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of the Absurd
MCCTA to present the
Tony awar<'.:I winning
"Rosencrantz and
Marist health
fair
educates, informs
Local vendors set up booths, displays
at the sixth annual Wellness Fair
By
STACEY
L.
CASWELL
Copy Editor
Students had the opportunity to meet
with vendors and service providers from
all over the Hudson Valley in an entertain-
ing atmosphere last Friday at the sixth
annual Wellness Fair.
Fitness concerns and various methods of
well-being booths dotted along the
Mccann center.
Roberta Staples, director of the counsel-
ing center, felt the event has progressed
significantly since its inception six years
ago.
"We had over the years done many pro-
grams of health and wellness addressing
alcohol, personal safety, eating disorders,
[and] stress management," Staples said.
"We decided this year that we would try to
kickoff every year with a big event that
would introduce the campus community to
various ways of taking care of yourself ...
addressing non-traditional, and traditional
ways of self care and managing stress."
Free massages, blood pressure and cho-
lesterol checks, body fat readings, free
health shakes and foods, condoms, and
acupuncture sessions were provided for the
attendees.
"This year is the first time we have
received a number of calls from agencies
in the
conununity,"
Staples said.
"I
guess
the
word
is out there that Marist is doing
some really interesting
things."
Senior Cynthia Adarian stood in line
before lacrosse practice to have her body
fat measurement taken.
"I came to see how it was
.
I did a breath-
ing evaluation and a cardio evaluation,"
Adarian said. "It's good because you get a
different idea of how you really are in
terms of your breathing or your body
structure."
The Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union
was on hand to advise students on ways to
avoid sticky financial situations through a
board game called "Financial Freedom."
Each student was asked several questions
and then given a prize for answering cor-
rectly.
Branch Manager, Jeremy Brooks, felt
that financial stability adds to a person's
well-being, which is the reason their cor-
poration decided
to
participate in the fair.
"If
you are financially well-off or have
the knowledge, you will have less stress in
your life," said Brooks.
"An
'
educated
financial person is better off than some-
one who isn't."
Certified local hypnotist, Arthur Huy of
Z.S.I. Hypnotherapy offered a non-tradi-
tional alternative to help students stop
smoking. He felt that by introducing him-
self to the student community at the
Wellness Fair that he would be better able
to aid younger generations to stop smok-
ing before they developed chronic
illnesses.
"I thought if I could get to
them before it gets too seri-
ous, I could help them have
healthy lives," Huy said.
Students overall seemed
pleasantly surprised and
extremely satisfied by the
Wellness Fair.
They walked from booth
to ho.6th, investigating one-
of-a-kind techniques of
achieving spiritual and men-
tal vigor.
Punita Murthy, graduate
student, had a demonstrator
pei:form acupuncture on her.
"I heard acupuncture
works, so I just thought I'd
give it a try," Murthy said.
Above: A Wellness Fair attendee tests out cer-
tified hypnotherapist, Arthur Huy's, tech-
niques. Huy, left, invited students to become
the person they want to be through "The Mind
&
Body
Connection.#
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By
JAMES REYES
Staff Writer
Kellie Cunningham, sopho-
more, knew since she transferred
to Marist last spring that the
Student Government Association
(SGA) would be a part of her
everyday
life.
"I was eager to get involved and
was appointed the position of
president,"
.
said Cunningham.
She was one of the 11 class offi-
cer candidates at SGA's Speech
Night, the second stage of the
election process.
Each candidate expressed their
reasons for running for office, as
well as individual goals for the
future of Marist.
The event, televised by MCTV,
opened with an introduction by
Melissa Mayfield, director of
public relations, who then intro-
duced each candidate to the audi-
ence.
'[oday, the SGA will be holding
a special "Meet the Candidates"
event. Elections will begin next
week on Sept. 29. Voting can be
done via the SGA website.
. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vital Role
Pick your candidates
SGA Caadidates:
2005
class
officer
candldatu:
Sam
Pines
Vice-President
2006
class
officer
candidates:
Krissy Mulholland
Secretary
Steven Waiculonis
Vice-President
Kellie Cunningham
President
2007
class
offlc.r
candidates:
Siobhan Skerritt
Secretary
Maryellen Conway
Secretary
Amanda Nerthaway
Treasurer
Timothy
Griffin
Vice-President
Jennifer Reinhart
Vice-President
CorrieBeth Hughes President
Paolo Molina
President
Ruldent
SenatolS:
Joe Tamweber
Jon Hackett
Linda Crane
FrankYocca
Commuter
Senator.
Carmen Alu-
The SGA oversees every club
on campus
.
Their job
is
to advo-
cate the voices and opinions of
the student body.
Bobbi Sue Gibbons, student
body president, said that SGA
serves as a liaison between the
student body and the Marist
College staff.
"If
it's an issue with the stu-
dents, it's an issue with the
SGA," said Gibbons.
However, the student body is
too large for a select
few
to han-
dle. That is why each year elec-
tions are held for class officers
and resident commuter senators
.
Each set of officers serves as
representatives for each individ-
ual class. The resident senators
deal with any case on campus.
Likewise, the commuter senators
deal with any issues of students
who commute to the campus
.
When the issues overlap
,
these
three divisions pull their efforts higher in order to hold an office.
together to get them solved.
These rules are applied to fresh-
Each candidate who runs for
men officers at the end of the first
office or senator must not be
under any type of academic or
disciplinary probation. They must
also maintain a GPA of 2.5 or
semester.
Last week the SGA candidates
endorsed students to sign
peti-
tions in order to run in the upcom-
ing election. Each candidate was
required to submit a certain
amount of signatures ( class offi-
cers: 90, senators: 360). These
signatures show that those who
signed are in support of the candi-
date's campaign.
Students
relate to Revolution
By
JOHN
C.
BRENNAN
Staff
Writer
Imagine a group of Marist stu-
dents were going to rebel against
a dean for som.e wrongdoings he
had committed against the Marist
student body.
Some students wished for vio-
lence and some for peace, while
others could not decide at all.
Although this situation is ridicu-
lous in sense, this example
served as insight at Friday's his-
torical lecture by Dr. Joseph
Tiedemann, author and professor
of history at Loyola Mary Mount
College.
Marist College, in correlation
with the Hudson River Valley
Institute, celebrated the 225
anniversary of the Revolu-
tionary War in the Hudson River
Valley this past weekend.
Tiedemann, originally from
New York, is the author of two
books, including his most recent,
"The Other New York: The
Revolution Outside New York
City."
The
lecture
grounded
itself in the state of New York
during the revolutionary period,
and touched upon the motives of
rebels and why it took so long for
upstate New Yorkers to join the
revolution
.
'I
enjoyed the experience
and the enthusiasm
of
the
crowd.'
- Dr. Joseph Tiedemann
Tiedemann said that the revo-
lution began in urban areas, and
slowly spread out to the suburban
areas of the colonies. In accor-
dance with Tied~ann•s theory,
New Yorkers did not get
involved in the revolution until
1774. This was also the time
period when the Wigs occupied
New York City; upstate residents
had no choice but to join the rev-
olution. Colonial people tended
to choose their side in the revolu
-
tion depending on which social
group would favor their religious
denomination, economic interest,
and so on. Tiedemann suggested
an example of a split in the revo-
lution caused by religion, which
occurred when two ~otesta.nt
groups in New York City wete in
a dispute over local power and
control of Colwnbia University.
After the lecture Tiedemann
socialized with the audience .
"I enjoyed the experience and I
enjoyed the enthusiasm of the
crowd," said Tiedemann.
Stephen Conlon, sophomore,
said that Tiedemann presented a
plethora of information to his
audience.
"Tiedemann was an excellent
speaker. I am glad to see Marist
putting on these types of events,
said Conlon."
This lecture is part of an annu-
al series offered by the history
department.
Dr.
Thomas Wermuth, dean of
the
school of liberal
arts,
said
programs such as these help
stu-
dents become more familiar with
the surrounding community.
"Part of the work that we are
doing with the Hudson River
Valley Institute is trying to have
more lectures and intellectual
activities on campus to engage
students more fully."
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Security Briefs: Gartland clings to a two point lead
By
DAN ROY
Campus
Editor
kids' fault that Santa comes in
September for them? Come on,
they've been good!
one of our shrewd security
guards Saturday morning. At 1
a.m. a student attempted to gain
entry into Champagnat carrying
a laundry basket. Thinking the
laundry smelled "Summer Rain
fresh," the security guard asked
the student what kind of deter-
gent he used. Hearing Tide as
the student's response, security
knew something was up.
He
asked the student to remove the
laundry, and sure enAugh two
18
packs of Bud Light were
revealed.
The proud security
officer was then heard saying,
"If
these kids don't think I know
Bounty when
I
smell it, they are
in for a rude awakening."
returned home and pulled the they can't drive. Oh wait ... yes it
same stunt when his mom is.
9/16 -
The road heading
towards Midrise parking lot
played host to a battle of galactic
proportions
at
6:25
p.m.
Tuesday. A black Saturn and a
red Plymouth threw off
·
the
gloves and went to town.
In
the
battle of planets, the Saturn won,
hitting the Plymouth in the back,
damaging the bumper . . . "Hey
moron, Plymouth isn't a planet!"
... What are you
9/17 -
Upper West Cedar had a
hard couple of days. At
10: 10
p.m. in V-block, ~ecurity stum-
bled upon some beer pong activ-
ity. When they got there howev-
er, all the beer had vanished. Not
to be denied, security did man-
age to walk away with another
funnel and hose... funnel and
hose? What kind of crazy Beirut
rules are you play-
talking about?
It's the planet
farthest
from
the
sun
"
What, one too many
creme puffs pal?
ing up there in V-
block . .. because
I
want to learn!
wouldn't let him have dessert.
9/20 -
Ha-ha, here's a funny
one. At
4:50
a.m. an individual
was found lying in the grass in
front of Old Townhouses B-
block. When evaluated, the kid
turned out to be a student from
the CIA. What, one too many
creme puffs pal? How about you
pick up your chefs hat, go back
to the CIA, and make me some
gumbo. We'll call it even when
I
get my gumbo ... Old man
stands up. "Call what even?" ...
Shut up old man, this doesn't
concern you!
That's Pluto you - - - - - - - - - -
idiot! Plymouth is a rock where
Pilgrims eat" . . . Oh, well
I
feel
foolish,
9/16 -
Apparently there was
some kind of misURderstanding
at Upper West Cedar Y-block
Tuesday night. At
9:30
p.m.,
security arrived and found eight
people having what they thought
was a party. Security confiscated
11
cans of Bud, five cans of New
Castle, one bottle of Bacardi
Rum, one bottle of Vodka, one
bottle of Yellow Tail, one bottle
of Berringer, one bottle ofRivola
red wine, and three funnels with
hose set-ups. And yes,
.w~Y.i!~
it'
was a party. But is it really thes
·
e
9/19 -
An intoxi-
9/20 -
There was some furni-
9/20 -
A minor accident
cated student was found in the ture moving over at Gartland occurred at
3:50
p.m. Saturday.
Champagnat courtyard at
6:48
Saturday morning, but not the A girl driving a Nissan hit a tree
a.m. Friday. He was evaluated •~Fun! Let's rearrange our room" causing damage to both the car
and taken to St. Francis by kind. Two former students were and the poor sap. But she has a
Fairview. Hold on a second
.
He asked to leave campus
by
securi-
good excuse for why this hap-
was found at
6:48
in the mom-
ty because they had too much to pened.
Yo'I
see, her foot slipped,
ing? God knows how long that
drink.
One of these _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and it hit the gas
poor kid was laying out there gentlemen
took
knew buying this
pedal,
pro-
before someone noticed him. offense
to
this
pelling her into
Some students are waking up for request and decided
security outfit would
the tree.
You
8
a.m. classes by
6:48
a.m.
! Not to cause a scene
pay off at sometime.
follow me:? She
only did this student obviously about it.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was driving ...
have a rough night of drinking,
Remembering how
her foot
slipped
but now he has pneumonia on infants get things when they cry, ... the gas pedal was slammed
top it.
he proceeded to kick and scream.
down ... a tree was struck. That
After this went on for awhile could have happened to anyone!
9/20 -
The
ingenious
plsns of sec'1rity reunited him
'
with his It's not fair that
grr~~
g~
a rep for
atiother
.
drinker
.
were
foiled by
fr.iend off campus.
The
boy being bad driv~rs;
jtis~
because
9/21 -
Sunday at
1
a.m. a secu-
rity guard spotted three males
with an
18
pack of Coors Light
on the sidewalk by Lower New
Townhouses. When the students
realized they had been seen, they
dropped the beer and ran.
I knew
buying this security outfit would
pay off at sometime.
RQy
1
s Dorm Alcohol
Incident Fantasy Beat
Last week's biggest surprise:
Upper West Cedar. Even though
these guys are off campus, they
proved they can still get written
up. However, the distance away
from campus will limit their pro-
duction, so keep U.W.C on your
bench.
Last week's biggest disappoint-
ment:
Gartland. After a great
start, Gartland got blanked this
past weekend. For everyone on
the Gartland bandwagon,
I
wouldn't jump ship yet.
I
would
keep these guys from the North
End in the starting line up at least
for now.
Prediction:
we~kert'd
Weekend.
This is the last
before
Parents'
Freshtn~n
..vm
be
looking to
drink
a lot this week-
end knowing that next week,
their parents will be around
.
So
with that in mind, any freshmen
dorm is a good bet.
.
I
predict Leo
doing the best though.
Alcohol related
incidents this week
I.
Upper West Cedar- 2
2.
Champagnat-1
Alcohol related incidents
by
dorm
total
I.
Gartland- 8
2.
Champagnat- 6
J.
Leo- 3
-t.
Upper West Ccclar-2
5.
Sheahan- I
6
.
Old Townhouses- I
7.
i\larian- I
Dan
Roy's
"Alcohol
Fantasy Beat"
ts.
intended
to be a parody and not a
representation
of The
Circle's editorial stance on
drinking -
illegal or
otherwise -
nor is
it
intended to be a statement
regarding
the
official
Marist (_:allege
policy.
.au..
°211i:ohol
consu"'!pi~on.
Upcoming
Thursday,
Sept. 25, 2003
"Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle"
9 p.m.
Friday,
Sept. 26, 2003
SPC "Rent"
Saturday,
Sept. 27, 2003
campus events
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,
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Sunday,
Sept.
_
28, 2003
Yankees Game
Bus leaves
10
a.m.
from Midrise
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Tuesday,
Sept. 30, 2003
Dan Renz
"HIV Among College Students•
9 p.m. in Cabaret
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Wednesday, Oct.1, 2003
Immunizations
Meningitis
&
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Thursday, Oct. 2, 2003
Michelle Branch Live
Sp.m.
Mccann Center
Bus leaves 4 p.m.
from Mldrise
Thursday,Oct.2,2003
Six Flags Fright Fest Tickets
on Sale at 12 p.m.
Student Activities
Duncan Sheik Live
9p.m.
Nelly Goletti Theater
Sunday,
Oct.
5, 2003
Suicide Benefit Concert
The Chance in
Poughkeepsie
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Student Mentor
By
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Asst.
Managing Editor
Brother Michael Williams is a student
mentor for Leo Hall who lives and works
in. the dorm. In addition, Brother Michael
plays a role in Campus Ministry .
Q:
lhJw long have you been a mentor at
Marist?
A:
This is my second year as a mentor;
however, I have been working with
Campus Ministry since 1991. My major
focus with Campus Ministry was to
develop and maintain a community serv-
ice program and help with retreat work.
When I became a "mentor" last year, stu-
dents came up to me asking, "Brother,
I
thought you already were
a mentor." And to them,
I
had already been a mentor,
but ·now
I
had the title of
an "academic mentor." I
continue working with
C~mpus Ministry by
run-
ning "City Plunge," which
is a program that goes on
in the inner-city areas dur-
ing winter or spring break.
Q:
What does your
jpb
e11taiJ?c-
com-
mon problems you are dealing with right
now?
A:
Many are still struggling with feeling
homesick and missing their parents, girl-
friends, and friends. But, a lot of students
are having difficulties with finding the
time and place to get their academic work
done.
Q: How is it living in a dorm
with college students?
A: A
year ago,
I
was telling my
sister-in-law about my new job
here and at
first
she was excit-
ed,
up until when
I
told her
I
would be living in a freshmen
dmm. Then, she
pamed
md
asked me
if
I
was
crazy.
I'm
happy
to
say that I'm not
crazy
t·
and I'm not regretting it at all.
MY rql~
as
a
Marist
Brallier
is
tb
,be
there
when.i
~eone
iieeds
to
'talk,
and
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Features Editor
Sara Stevens
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The Google
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less Search
The Intrepid Researcher Does Criminal Justice
By
VERNE W. NEWTON
&
JUDY DIFFENDERFER
Circle Contributors
You've been assigned a nine to
ten page research paper and
you've got your topic. It's one
that you've wondered about
since high school: Is there any
correlation between
bullying
behavior in school and
juvenile
-delinquency?
Now you do what coilege stu-
dents across America would do.
You go to Google. Because you
are a Marist student, you even do
an advanced search ("bullying"
AND "juvenile delinquency").
You get
only
3,500 hits. You start
clicking on the individual sites.
Hey, let's be honest. You don't
care
about
Delinquency
Development Statements for
Fiscal Year 1995
and you
don't
even
know
what
Oikeuspoliittinen tutkimuslaitos
is. And you still have 3,495 sites
to go to.
This is not working out.
Undaunted, you bring up your
favorite web site, the James A.
Cannavino Library homepage
(www.librnry.marist.edu).
A\1
right, so maybe it's not your
favorite, but it is the one you will
learn to rely upon.
A1
the
library's
new web page,
you
drop
down
the Resources
by
Subject
tab on the right hand
side.
You click on
Criminal
Justice.
It
takes you to a true
paradise filled with material
that even your professor would
approve of; references, sources
and web sites tailored to your
needs. It lists databases rele-
vant to your field. Wait. What's
that? What's a database? Well,
for the most part it is a collection
of thousands of scholarly jour-
nals with scores of thousands of
articles.
Take
Criminal
Justice
Abstracts.
This includes not
only an index of articles, but also
books and dissertations.
Let's get started. lype
bully-
ing
in the search box and press
the search button. Ninety-five
articles are retrieved. Some deal
with bullying in prisons or the
workplace, but a number of them
discuss school bullying.
Your
eyes zero in on
.
the article,
Bullying in school and violence
o» the strffts: Are the s-ame peo-
ple involved?
published in the
Journal of Scandinavian Studies
in Criminology and Crime
Prevention in 200 l.
This
·
article
is
precisely what
you want. But, oh no! Mon Dieu!
Tohe full text is not available in
this database. Collect your wits
and remember: you have no fear.
Then you spot a life raft
.
At the
end of the record you see the
command:
Find Full Text
Artic
l
e
and immediate
l
y nail it.
It
responds by telling you the full
t~xt article you want is in anoth-
er Marist database:
Academic
Search Premier.
Click on the
article link and select the article
title. Then, select the PDF but-
ton, and voila, you now have the
article in its entirety.
It's not quite like winning the
Lotto, but th.e
thrill of a success-
ful search cannot be denied
.
And
you've only just started
.
Stay tuned next week for more
adventures
of the
i~tr~pid
researcher
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As a mentor, I provid@ aead.emiw
infor-1
mation, encouragement, classes on study
skills and reading, and other basic educa-
tional skills to assist students in achiev-
ing their potential. Also, I help coordi-
nate events that bring faculty and stu-
dents together outside of the classroom
environment. I feel that is
a
very impor-
tant role of a mentor.
times, it's at
11
o'clock at night when that
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Q:
What kinds of concerns do students
approach you with?
A: I get questions like "Where's
Donnelly Hall?" and "How do I get a cab
to go to the train station?" Then, there
are the more personal concerns like "My
girlfriend and I just broke up and my
heart's broken."
It
goes the whole gamut.
Q:
What would you say are the most
life
as
a Marist Brother are very closely
aligned.
Q:
What
do you like and dislike about -your
job?
A:
I love interacting with students and being
there
to
support them whenever they need it.
The one thing I could say I dislike about my
job is that sometimes there's too much
paperwork.
Q:
Is there any message would yo~ like to
send to the students?
A:
Be honest to yow-self and others. Be true
to
the person who are becoming. And take
time
to
find a peaceful pocket
in
your life
each day.
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Sept. 18, 2003 edition of
The
Circle,
Robin Torres was misiden-
tified as "Dean of Student
Affairs." Torres
is
actually the
Director of Student Affairs.
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is
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Student Affairs.
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Saturday night at the coffeehouse with Carl Rosen
Pianists performance includes interpretations of Billy Joel, Elton John classics
By
JAMES REYES
Staff
Writer
The lights are set to a dim glow
as you enter the mellow atmos-
phere of the coffee house. You sit
down next to your friends with
your biscotti and cappuccino
(topped with whipped cream and
cinnamon, of course.) As you
wipe the cappuccino foam from
your lip, the stage lights come
on. The crowd applauds in antic-
ipation of the live perfonnances
of Elton John, Billy Joel, and
The Beatles.
replaced that biscotti and cap-
puccino with a Pepsi and a slice
of pizza, and replaced all of
those perfonners with one amaz-
ing, but lesser-known musician,
then that's exactly what you'd be
left with.
With his emotional
lyrics and his incredible talent,
musician/singer/songwriter Carl
Rosen made it seem as though all
of these artists were right in the
PAR.
Miller, and The Beatles. He Elton John and Billy Joel, so keyboard and harmonica. Rosen
released his first LP
"The
these covers were definitely the closed his perfonnance with one
Towers"
in 1982, which was dis-
crowd's favorites. He also per-
of his original pieces "Twilight
tributed semi-nationally and fonned an astounding rendition Dreamer," inspired by and dedi-
achieved moderate success. He's of The Beatles' "Let it Be." One
been touring for more than a could close their eyes and be
decade playing college circuits, convinced they were at an actual
clubs; festivals, theme parks, and concert (minus the exaggerated
casinos. His latest gigs include screaming of thousands of fans
cated to his "little girl, who's not
so little anymore." All in all, it
was an amazing performance.
To check out his latest album
the Hershey Park Amphitheater drowning out the music.)
"
...
in case you haven't heard ... "
and more about Carl Rosen visit
his web site.
A native of Long Island, Carl
Rosen began playing the piano at
the age of 3. Rosen perfonned
his first solo in his sixth grade
chorus and played his first pro-
fessional gig at the age of
17,
playing a line of songs from
Elton Jo~n, The Who, Steve
in Pennsylvania and the First
"It was great, he performed just
Night New Year's Eve concert in like Elton John. It felt as though
York, Pa.
[the superstar] was right in the
lo111n11n
Saturday night, Rosen played building." said frosh Ashley
to the demand of his audience, Polasek.
This is exactly how you would
describe last Saturday night at
the SPC Coffee House. Well ...
maybe not exactly. But if you
fulfilling their requests while
Rosen accompanied his vocal
adding in a few of his own skills with his. mastery of the
favorites in the mix. This enter-
piano as his fingers danced
tainer specializes in remaking hit across the ivory keys. He also
songs of opera-rock legends performs quite eloquently on the
Visit Carl Rosen's official
website at:
www.carlrosen.com
Musician Carl Rosen, shown
above, was featured at the SPC's
Student
Coffeehouse
on
Saturday, Sept. 21.
Fall Fashions: What's in style?
TheDailyGriu<l
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By
KRISTIN GALLAGHER
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Fashion Avenue and hit the streets them wanting more are this sea-
Ab ercro m b
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of Soho for your fall wardrobe, son's favontes.
ta
nter
Gucci, Prada, Dolce and Gabbana,
Chanel and Dior are sure to keep
Marist Must:
The weather is not the only thing
changing this season. Fashion
majors and trendsetters get ready:
the latest fall fashions have arrived
you looking sharp. For those ofus A flashback to the 50's and the
and
are
literally ready to wear!
on a more modest budget, there are
still plenty of ways to keep our
campus look young and modern.
Before getting into this season's
trend report, I would like to intro-
·
duce myself. My name is Kristin
Gallagher and I am a freshman at
Marist. I am majoring in journal-
ism with a minor in fashion mer~
chandising, and I'll be keeping you
up-to-date on all the latest fashions
for the rest of the
Marlst Must:
The casual and cool look of fall: the
ever-popular "graphic tee." You
know them; in fact, you probably
own a dozen of them in a variety of
colors. Abercrombie is a favorite
for this look, but read carefully
when purchasing -
they tend to
get a little "graphic" with their
g.raphics! Either way, wear them if
you've got them; the weather won't
permit these cute little tees for
much longer!
semester.
This fall, ski-slope glamour, old-
fashioned elegance, retro shine,
modest attitude, and medieval
styles
,
have
gr-aced-
the runways of
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Ufo'fJl
d'esi~ers.
How~t~utsinoo
'We are no~ all
blessed with Jennifer Lop~z'.s body
and Britney Spears' shape, this
year's designers leaned toward the
theme of leaving something to the
imagination.
•
Marist Mists~:,
A night out on the town with the
girls is never complete without the
perfect outfit. Don't let the popu-
lar belief that "less is more" fool
you.
Don't get me wrong, if
you've got it flaunt it, but remem-
ber, tasteful is in; looks to leave
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shining days ofretro is
"totally"
in!
Break out the off-the-shoulder tops,
polka dots, and crimping iron
because these looks are making
~
groovy comeback!
For those of
you brave fashion followers: leg
warmers are back, too! The trendy
looks of Europe have finally made
their way to the States. S.o, hit the
malls ( or mom's closet for that mat-
ter) and enjoy the flash-dance fun!
These are just a few of the casual
and contemporcLry looks gf this sea-
son.
Appearing in next week's
issue will be the latest fashion
award at Marist: "Red Fox of the
Week." This award will go to the
trendiest, classiest, wildest, and
overall best-dressed student on
campus (and yes, your picture will
be featured in the next issue!)
So keep reading, keep setting trends,
and keep your wardrobe up-to-date
because fashion fever is everywhere!
Name-brand uniformity
Anyone who went to
Catholic school or prep
school probably vowed
upon graduation never to
wear a school uniform
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again. Chance~ are, when
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these
determmed-to-be-
original young adults decided to go to Marist
College, they never thought they would find
themselves wearing a daily unifom1
.
As a student on campus, I check everyone
out as I walk around. I especially enjoy this
practice. on warm spring days when our
enrollment appears to have doubled
overnight. As I look around at the passers-
by,
1
notice that we are not only
a very
alt!active campus, but that there is a popular
trend in our garb. You may or may not have
noticed it, but we all wear the school
uni-
form -
Abercrombie & Fitch.
Besides having an indisputably excellent
fashion program, Marist is extremely fash-
ionable in its own right.
If
you visit most
other college campuses, you will notice that
the students who show up to their early
classes are
sporting
whatever they rolled out
of bed in. Here at Marist, though, we tend to
reserve sweats for the
·
gym
or the dorm
.iiliiil:
room. Even for our
8
a.m. classes, we get up
in the morning with enough time to shower
and get dressed to impress. Abercrombie
may not be everyone's brand of choice, but
chances are you're wearing either Gap,
Express, American Eagle, or some other
popular name brand. This trend becomes
especially evident when you observe
,
Marist's nightlife apparel. Walking down to
meet your cab at Donnelly on Friday and
Saturday nights, there is an 1.J.tlSpoken rule
that you must always look good when in
public.
I'm not belittling name brand clothing,
especially since I own it all. I am encourag-
in~ everyone to stand out. Uniforms were
meant to unify students by making them
look like clones. It's perfectly fine to wear
bra.pd name clothes as we all do, but at least
wear them uniquely by making an
original
fashion statement. Do your own thing and
what is comfortable for you, and you 're sure
to be noticed.
If
sweats are the most com-
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Top: John Nigrelli was among the first students to
take the stage at the SPC coffeehouse.
,
Dan Buzi (left) wowed the audience with an
intense reading of an original poem, while Nolan
Van Wert's (above) vocal and guitar stylings
earned third place in the talent voting. The next
SPC student coffeehouse is slated for Oct. 30.
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WEEKLY POLL RESULTS
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By
LAUREN RICHMOND
Staff Writer
Students showcased their
rhythm and wit to the delight of
an enthusiastic crowd at the first
student coffeehouse of the year
in the Performing
Arts
Room in
the Student Center.
Student
Programming
Council
President Kristen
Burlage
said
she hopes that upcoming coffee-
houses will continue to have
such great turnouts.
"It was one of our better
attended coffeehouses," Burlage
said.
Goo Goo Dolls.
Junior
John
Santiago
came
in
first place for the
night.
Santiago played some of his own
music on the acoustic
guitar, as
well as "Barely Breathing" by
Duncan
Sheik in honor of his
concert visit to Marist
on
Sept.
27. He gave an excellent
per-
formance, playing his
original
songs with melodic expertise.
He
even
gave his own twist to
"Barely
Breathing,"
which the
audience enjoyed.
,
Junior Jeremy Able also lent
his own stylings to a few songs
by college radio favorites,
Dispatch. His performance was
undeniably impressive,
but
the
competition proved to
be
too
stiff.
Many students chose to play
the guitar and sing songs (both
covers and originals), and a few
others read original poetry. The
co_mpetitor with the most unique
As with all of the SPC's coffee-
talent of the night was junior
.
houses, there were beverages
Eric Alejandro,
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who sang and
all
patrons.
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SPC President
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leavmg,
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of the audience and tied for
second place.
Senior Dan Buzi was the other
second place winner, reading
some original poetry that he con-
fessed
·
to writing just minutes
before the coffeehouse started.
"It's still just a draft," he
warned the crowd.
Nonetheless, the audience
seemed to enjoy his perform-
ance.
Buzi read his poem
intensely, as
~1h@Awli~d
,
~ery
strongly in what he had written,
which made his performance
striking and memorable.
Junior Nolan Van Wert placed
third.
Van Wert played some
original songs on his acoustic
guitar and covered "Slide" by the
next one would take place.
Frosh Patty Webster praised
the performers.
"Everyone did a really good
job, and I admire their courage,"
Webster said. "I wouldn't ever
get up in front of a crowd like
that!"
The next coffeehouse, featuring
even more student performers,
will
be
held on the evening of
Thursday, Oct.
30.
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More often than not, college
fraternities are known for their
wild parties, excessive drinking
habits and failure to abide by any
school rules, much like the fra-
ternities seen in the familiar
movies,
"Animal
House,"
''PClr'
and,
most
recently,
"Old
School." Each clearly portrays
the negative stereotypes people
assume about fraternities.
What people do not know is
that there is more to fraternity
life than that. Each year our fra-
ternity must submit a Mitchell
Chapter Standards (MCS) appli-
cation. MCS was established to
provide each chapter and the
International Fraternity with a
means of assessing performance
on an annual basis. This is done
to objectively rank the 61 active
chapters and colonies nation-
wide, in order to recognize and
reward the top performing
organizations.
Chapters
are
awarded points for grade point
averages, membership develop-
ment and size, financial manage-
ment, philanthropy and commu-
nity service, overall chapter
management, campus and alum-:-
ni
relations,
as
well as participa-
tion in national Phi Kappa Sigma
events, conferences and other
chapter visits.
For the third year in a row, the
Phi Kappa Sigma at Marist
College did extremely well,
combining a base score and vari-
ous extra-credit awards for a
total of 148, about a 20 percent
improvement on last year's
score. This
.
score was strong
enough for the Marist College
chapter to rank second among
the 61 chapters and colonies
nationwide, earning the presti-
gious Distinguished Chapter
Award to be presented at our
2004 Grand Chapter national
convention in Chicago.
The National Executive
Director Toby Smith has identi-
fied Marist and a select few other
successful chapters as the stan-
dard to which other chapters
must measure up. In a heart-
breaking development, Marist
missed the score of the top-
ranked chapter in the frate~ity
(McDaniel Universfty, form rly
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Western Maryland)
by
a sin9le
point.
Mr. Delia, grand delta of the
national executive board and
Marist College Phi Kappa Sigma
chapter advisor, has personally
acknowledged the chaj,ter for its
accomplishments.
In
a letter to
Academic Dean Steve Sansola
and President Deruiis Murray,
Delia acknowledged some key
members and their accomplish-
ments.
"Contributing to Delta Iota's
stellar reputation in the fraternity
have been Carmen Alu, for his
outstanding scholarship and
leadership; Michael Constantine,
who served as an undergraduate
representative to the National
Executive Board's standards
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committee, and who organized
the popular and successful golf
outing fund-raiser; Ryan Hogan,
for organizing the
second
Annual
North Atlantic Regional
Leadership conference at the
Marist Brothers Retreat Center;
and Matthew West, for his sig-
nificant contributions on the
National Executive Board's
insurance methodology commit-
tee," Delia wrote. "The MCS
application is a sizeable docu-
ment of more than 100 pages,
presenting the yearly accom-
plishments of the chapter. Delta
Iota's MCS applications were
superbly a1tthored by Steven
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Faculty Advisor
Arocho in 2002 and Liam
O'Donovan in 2003, both result-
ing in the Distinguished Chapter
Awards and consecutive rank-
ings among the top three chap-
ters in the entire fraternity.
Additionally, Constantine fin-
ished in fifth place among eleven
regional candidates for the Neil
Hospers Outstanding Under-
gmdu~ award~e competition
was unusw.ill:y _c,lose, and among
the regional candidates, all were
seniors in 2003 except for
Constantine. He can somewhat
legitimately claim to rank fifth
among approximately
1400
active Phi Kappa Sigma under-
graduates in 2003, and those
fin-
ishing ahead of him have already
graduated.
These
are
not
Our fraternity has been
much more than what you
would see In the movie
theaters.
insignificant awards.
While the chapter is not per-
fect, it has sustained and
improved on its high perform-
ance for the past three years, and
is strategically positioned to
challenge for the highly coveted
Founder's Cup Award, given to
the best overall chapter for the
two-year interval between our
Grand Chapter conventions.
Our fraternity has been much
more than what you would see in
the movie theaters, working very
hard to improve its involvement
both on and off campus. We only
hope to continue this success
during this upcoming school
year. A
first
place finish
is
within
reach,
and we
will
do our
best
to
see that Marist College
has
the
best
Phi
Kappa
Sigma in the nation.
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in my concentration. Instead, I
never had the time
to
learn these
things because
that
time was
spent
on more
literature,
science
.
and history than I need.
Bending the Core
What do I feel about the core
classes at Marist College? That
question has come up in my
cap-
ping class over the course of this
semester. Our teacher
has
asked
us to respond to the article writ-
ten
in The Circle about the core
requirement.5 and
how we as a
senior class felt about them.
In
my own personal experi-
ences, surviving core classes
have helped me develop into the
person I am today. I have found
that it was worth all the stress
and discomfort. Many people
say that when they get to college
they want to study only subjects
that interest them, and core
classes don't allow them to do
that.
I
agree
that some core
classes are a little pointless and
some students really won't
ben-
efit from them in the
future,
but
I feel that in the long nm it is
bet-
ter
to have a well-rounded edu-
cation
What I am really trying to say
is
that
core classes are needed
and
should
be
required.
However, I feel that they should
take up less of a percentage of
our college education. Since I
am in the psychology special
education department, I had no
extra credits or time to take any
other classes besides my core
classes and ones required for my
major. I would have loved to
take a business class or a class in
art
design, but because of the
strict core requirements, I
was
unable to
do
so. The core should
stay, but there needs to be a little
more flexibility with the amount
of core credits needed
-
Peter Bisceglia
Keep core, expand optio
n
s
I agree that the actual purpose
of taldng core classes has
become a mystery to the stu-
dents. It
has
never been made
clear what the specific reasoning
behind taking the classes are.
The only logical answer is to
produce a well-rounded student
I
agree
that some of the core
classes such as philosophy and
origins of modem times were
not the most interesting classes
of my college career, but I was
exposed to an area of study that
I otherwise would not have
taken any classes in. Core class-
es allow students to learn about
topics outside their major, attend
classes with new people who
may have different perspectives,
and
separates
an otherwise mun-
dane day of classes in the same
subject~.
The only improvement I would
make is to allow students more
of an option in choosing their
core classes. Marist can still
require
classes
th
a pafficufar
subject area, but they shouldn't
mandate the specific class. For
example, don't require origins of
modern times or
arts
and values,
but
instead
require any history or
any
art
class.
I
think
it would also be benefi-
cial if it were easier for students
to take 200 level classes in a
major area of study other than
their own. The majority of the
time the only classes a student is
able
to
get into are the introduc-
tory classes to other majors.
However, the 200 level classes
are usually more interesting.
Marist should continue their
core requirement but expand the
options to students so
that
they
are choosing classes that they
enjoy and in areas that will meet
the student's definition of a well-
rounded student, not Marist's.
-
Lauren
Mccusker
Core Interferes
w~
studies
I understand that
Marist
is a
liberal
arts
school, so obviously
it's going to have core classes.
But my problem
has
always
been the number of core classes.
For instance, as an accounting
major, I have had to take
·
two lit-
erature
classes, two natural sci-
ence classes and two history
classes. I don't have a problem
with having to take one philoso-
phy class or one
arts
class. My
question is, what am I gaining as
an accounting student by taking
two literature classes instead of
just one?
Do
I really need to
have six credits
worth
of
natural
science?
I'm a senior, and I would've
much rather used some of those
credits to further my education
in business or economics.
In
terms of my career
path,
here are
more useful things I could've
learned by taking more classes
-
Ryan Hennessy
Core Is worthwhlle
I am a business major with a
concentration in marketing
and
a
minor in economics. Like all
other Mari.st students I
have
taken core classes. My core
requirements were completed
first
semester junior year and it
was not witil I attellded
Professor O'Keefe's self man-
agement class
first
semester sen-
ior year that I learned what the
purpose of those classes had
been. While learning this infor-
mation so late in the game did
not anger me, it left me question-
ing why Marist students are not
provided with this infonnation
earlier. I feel this infonnation
wou.1d have enabled me to have
a better understanding of what
was
expected of me in those
c l ~ and throughout my time
at Marist I am only · glad I
decided to sign up for this volun-
tary
course so I have the oppor-
tunity to understand the bigger
picture before graduating from
Marist in the spring.
Finally, I would like to com-
ment on the subtitle to the article
in the paper last week It read,
"Psychology professor says
pro-
gram
has outlived its useful-
ness." After speaking with
Professor O 'Keefe I believe this
statement to be inaccurate. It is
clear that Professor O'Keefe is
very impassioned about the
topic and believes in the values it
offers students. His only
regret
of the program is the lack of sup-
port it receives from his fellow
faculty and staff. Hopefully his
article will spark other fuculty
and
staff
members to give the
core the attention it deserves.
-
Kristin Flannery
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• ™E CIRCLE
Recording industry
price cuts may be
too little, too late
By
WILLIAM BOLEN
The.Voyager
(U.
West
Florida)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (U-WIRE) -
Downloading music
from
the
Internet violates copyright laws and deprives
artists of revenue. While that may be true, the
Recording
Industry Association of America has taken
their war against copyright infringement to a perilous
level.
The RIAA announced last week it would pursue law-
suits against 261 music file-sharers. The litigants
include a 71-year-old grandfather, whose grandchildren
used his computer to download songs and a 12-year-old
.
girl whose family lives in a housing project on New
York's Upper West Side.
According to a study by Forrester Research in
Cambridge about two-thirds of American 18 and 19-
year-olds surveyed download music. Although they do
not represent the majority of file-sharers, college stu-
dents have been at the forefront of the trend since the
beginning.
The heavy-handed actions by the RIAA will only
fur-
ther antagonize the fan base it so desperately needs.
RIAA
statistics show there has been a 31 percent drop
- - - - - - - - -
in sales of recorded music
The convenience of
downloading only
the.songs wanted
and the ease by
which CDs can be
since file sharing became
popular more than three
years ago. The music com-
panies need to bring cus-
tomers back not push them
away.
"When labels didn't come
through, consumers built it
themselves,"
says
Lee
Black, an analyst for Jupiter
Research.
burned
overshadow the
price cuts.
For every Napster the
RIAA shuts down, a Kazaa
is born. As time passes the
- - - - - - - - -
software
to
download music
and other files wrn become more sophisticated and
secure from the eyes of the
RIAA.
The recording industry has to embrace the new tech-
nology. The door has already been opened. By oppos-
ing the download trend rather than accepting it, the
music industry has placed them~elves
in
this osition.
Legal download sites have begun appearing. With the
availability of more songs on these sites, and a con-
sumer-friendly pricing scale, the recording industry can
begin slowly turning the focus towards legitimate
downloading.
Improved access and the fear of prosecu-
tion favor the expansion of these legitimate outlets.
"Labels are making some pretty big concessions,"
Black says. ""One thing (free) file-sharing sites don't
do well is customer service. The paid path was always
the future. Even Napster was going to have to build a
business to support itself."
The cost of compact disks is another factor that helps
spur
on
the downloading movement. Some companies
are taking notice and have made moves to react to the
drop in sales. Universal Music's recent move to reduce
prices, by as much as 30 percent, is an example that
other
companies need to follow. Prices could drop as
low as $9.98 from its present $16 to $18 plateau.
Even
though
the price cuts have received positive
consumer response so far, the rest of the top music
companies (Warner, Sony, BMG and EMI) have yet to
follow suit with similar cuts. They are taking a wait-
and-see attitude to gauge customer feedback. The cuts
may be too little, too late. The convenience of down-
loading only the songs wanted and the ease by which
CDs can be burned overshadow the price cuts.
"We think this will be the most painful year," said
Richard Doherty,
director
of The
Envisioneering
Group, a
technology
assessment
firm
in Seaford, N.Y.
"It's frustrating that it is taking the music industry this
long to listen to the desires of consumers, but it is get-
ting better."
It's about time.
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Pundits unfair in calli~g Iraq
occupation 'another
Vietnam'
By
DAVID SILLER$
The Daily Princetonian
(Princeton U.)
PRINCETON, NJ. (U-WIRE) -
Needless to
say, America's occupation of Iraq
has taken a
tum
for the worse.
Our
soldiers continue to be
attacked daily, and many Iraqis have gone from
supporting our cause to joining the chorus of
violent anti-American protests. Next week,
President Bush will likely make concessions to
Presidents Chirac and Schroeder regarding the
sharing of power and division of responsibili-
ties that were llllthinkable even weeks ago.
Donald Rumsfeld
has
all but disappeared
from
·
the public eye since his proclamation that there
is no developing "quagmire" in
Iraq.
Public
support
for America's actions in Iraq
has
taken
a nosedive, and the Bush that r~tly seemed
widefeatable
seems
suddenly vulnerable.
But while the situation in Iraq is obviously
troubling, the repeated references
to
a
"quag-
mire" and oth~r indirect comparisons to
Vietnam are both factually inaccurate and sub-
versive to the nation's interests. Attempts to
compare the situation
in Iraq with one of the
darkest chapters in American history are ulti-
mately politically motivated, and should be
looked at with a more critical eye.
In
order to tmderstand the true
nature
of"quag-
mire"
comments, we must
first
examine the
political environment in which they were made.
Columnists such as Eleanor Clift have been frus-
trated with President Bush's prolonged invulner-
ability to criticism post-9/11, and reporters criti-
cal
of the administration were continually
flus-
tered by Donald Rumsfeld's repeated (while per-
haps not always entirely honest) dodging of their
questions
.
In
short, prior to the Iraq invasion the
Bush administration's war stance had weakened
the position of the liberal punditry and
press.
Since the
Iraq
occupation
has
run into difficulty,
comparisons to Vietnam have been especially
seductive for liberal critics.
Admittedly, there are some similarities
between
the situation in Iraq and our experience in
Vietnam
,
namely an elusive enemy who strikes
at our forces and disappears before we can
destroy him.
However, the numbers tell a com-
pletely different story. At the time of
this
writing,
we have lost 304 American soldiers in
Iraq,
including those killed
by
accidents and disease.
In
Vietnam, there we almost 60,000 American
servicemen killed It
has
been
six months since
the invasion of Iraq began; the United States was
engaged in active combat in Vietnam for almost
a decade.
In Iraq,
American forces destroyed
•
Saddam Hussein's army within a matter of
weeks, and control the majority of the country.
In
Vietnam, American forces almost never crossed
into North Vietnam, and never controlled lluge
portions
of the
country
outside the major cities.
Similarities exist, but not
on the scale to justify a
direct
comparison. Vietnam destroyed the
nation's confidence in itself:
and
bred
a
genera-
tion of jaded and
angry
youth. While it
is
true
that the situation in Iraq is dangerous for the
nation. comments such as these create a defeatist
,
atmosphere which
brings
us closer to failing in
our responsibilities there. A comparison such as
this should
aim
to highlight existing similarities
between two situations and not help make the
claim a
reality.
Unforµmately, some who hear "quagmire"
comments
are
also likely to be
inspired
by
them.
As our enemies learned
from
Vietnam and
Somalia, the American people
are
not very
patient when
faced with American casualties
outside of our immediate national interest.
Comparisons such as
this
not only help erode
public
support for the effort in
Iraq,
they give a
further incentive for
terrorists
to
attack U.S.
interests.
If
small-scale
attacks
on U.S. fon:es are
successful
in
weakening U.S. resolve, they
will
simply increase
until
the United States
with-
draws. That would reinforce a terrible precedent
Attacks on
the
United Nations headquarters in
Iraq
were completely
successful in destroying
the U.N. commitment
to
station aid workers in
the country (despite Kofi Annan's proclamation
to the contrary), and their force in-country
has
been reduced
to
a
skeleton
staff.
This
type
of
behavior only proves
that terrorism ''works"
from the perspective of the terrorist
The
United
States cannot fall to the same
type
of
pressure,
because it would legitimate tem>rist attacks as a
successful cotmter
to
any U.S.
action.
Instead of trying to invoke the
painful
memo-
ries of a time long passed
to
hurt the adminis-
tration, the
pundits should be saying what the
Bush administration should do
to
prevent Iraq
from
further resembling Vietnam. We may have
invaded
Iraq
for all the wrong
reasons.
but
we
must stay for all the right ones. The entire
world, including its terrorists,
is
watching
our
actions in Iraq very closely.
If
we can overcome
our early mistakes in Iraq and help create a sta-
ble and prosperous
nation,
it
will
do much
towards restoring our international legitimacy
and dampening anti-American sentiment world-
wide.
If
we bend
to
the
pressure and fail in our
responsibilities, it
will
show
that America
will
bow
to
terrorists, and will en\bolden our ene-
mies worldwide. While we may not be doing
everything right, it's
unfair
to
declare Iraq
is
another Vietnam
.
Act walks a fine
line with fourth
amendment rights
By
ANDREW LAWSON
Kansas State
Collegian
(Kansas
State
U.)
·
MANHATTAN, Kan. (U-WIRE) -
If
Americans
examine any sections
in the PATRIOT Act, they need to
look at these four. Make
no
mistake, there are many
other
controversial sections in this law, but these exem-
plify what could go wrong if -
or when -
the govern-
ment
abuses
its new
powers.
Section 206:
Roving
surveillance authority
The government used to tap specific phones or com-
puters,
and
they had to
secure a
warrant detailing that
target to do so.
·
Of course,
PATRIOT
changed everything with the
deployment
of roving wiretaps.
Obviously, this removes the primary
'
protection
against wiretaps that used to be present: The ability of a
judge to
determine
whether a certain device should be
tapped.
What makes this even scarier is that this was one of
two provisions the Justice Department omitted when
listing
PATRIOT
provisions that had helped catch
·
and
prosecute
terrorists. So who are they going after with
this new tool?
Section 213: Authority f o r - - - - - - - - -
delaying
notice of the ex!cu-
tion of a warrant
Police officers used to fol-
low a policy of "knock-and-
announce," which was a
moniker for their practice of
notifying
you that you were
going
to
be searched.
In
1978, the Foreign
Intelligence
Surveillance
Act made
an
exception:
Notification
of the warrant
could be
delayed
in the
case
of suspected foreign spies,
.
to
aid authorities by not warn-
ing
the
target so they could
flee.
Everyone knows
about this one. You
know, It's the part
that says the
government can
check your llbrary
records to see If
you've checked out
11
Bombs for
Dummies" lately.
---------
Under PATRIOT, this delay no longer is limited
.
Papa
Ashcroft can do it to anybody. Sure, he still has to get court
.?PJ)l'OVal, and
90 days is essentially the maximum allow-
able delay, but there's nothing to stop a court
from
renew-
ing the delay.
If
the Justice Department plays its cards right and really
finesses judges, knock-and-announce
is
probably a relic of
the
past. Worse, this particular section will not sunset in
2005.
Section 215: Access to records and other items
Everyone knows about this one. You know, it's the part
that says the government can check your library records to
see if you've checked out ''Bombs for Dummies" lately.
Back in the good ol' days, it
required
a warrant and prob-
able cause to do that kind of search, but no longer.
New and improved databases make it even easier for
Uncle Sam
to
browse through a comprehensive report of
your personal
records,
just in case you're a terrorist. The
people that supply those records -
librarians, video rental
clerks, priests and more -
can't tell you you're being
"investigated."
Slate Magazine examined
this
section - among others -
and there's some good news for me. According to Slate
edi-
tors Dahlia
Lithwick
and Julia Turner, ''That means you
can't have your records searched solely because you wrote
an
article
criticizing the Patriot Act."
Whew.
Section 218: Foreign intelligence infonnation
This one really sums of the problems of all the previous
sections.
Congress' real aim in passing the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillaqce Act was to loosen the FBI's hands when
dealing with suspected foreign agents.
They did so
by
al
l
owing some fudging of the Fourth
Amendment, which
requires probable cause for investiga-
tions. At the time, all the probable cause the FBI really
needed was that such-and-such a diplomat was Russian,
Chinese, Iranian, whatever.
In
our
brave new Patriotic world, that little part about for-
eign doesn't really apply anymore. FISA
is
being used
against
American citi7.ens and Ashcroft
has
broken the
"deal"
his
predecessors sealed with Congress in 1978.
What do these provisions all have in common?
They allow the federal government to breach our First
and Fourth Amendment rights in new and unprecedent-
ed ways.
They do not require said government to tell us we are
suspected "terrorists" until the investigation is well
underway; indeed, maybe not until we are arrested and
brought to trial.
And, with the exception of Section 213, which at least
needs to be dramatically curtailed, they will all sunset in
2005. By that time, the American people need
to
take a
close
look
at these laws and decide
if
we want them to
remain.
I suggest we let them die away and forget the
period in
our history where we traded fear for a false sense of secu-
rity and sacrifice of civil liberties .
THE CIRCLE
ROB McGUINNESS/ THE CIRCLE
Red Foxes' Meghan Cochrane had 23 assists in a 3-0 loss to the Hofstra Pride in the McCann Center
Tuesday night. The Foxes have won four of their last six games. The team is 6-10 on the season.
Hofstra blanks Mari st volleyball
Pride snaps Red Foxes' two game winning streak
By
MARK PERUGINI
Staff Writer
POUGHKEEPSIE
-
Alessandra
Pollo's 17 kills and 32 team
assists rattled the McCann
Center as the Hofstra Pride
blanked the Red Foxes in three
games Tuesday.
In
game one, Hofstra slid past
the Foxes 30-23. Early on, the
Foxes' Sally Hanson had two key
kills, and Hanson brought Marist
to an early 3-l lead.
However, Hofstra's communi-
cation on the floor surmounted
the quickness of the Foxes
.
With
their size and ability, the Pride
attacked the Foxes with ruthless
aggression. Hofstra had 38 team
assists and 20
•
kills, due to their
excellent and intense ball move-
ment.
In game two, Hofstra con-
trolled the entire tempo of the
game. The Pride went on a 4-0
scoring drive where Hofstra's
Tessa Sphar had one kill to bring
the Pride their fourth point of the
game.
The Foxes, who trailed by nine
points during two segments of
the game, initiated key volleys
and started to brew a comeback.
Nevertheless, Hofstra's compq-
sure and unending effort brought
them a commanding control with
a win in game two.
Game two concluded with
Hofstra breezing by Marist 30-
20. Hofstra tallied six more kills
than Marist, a key stat to a cru-
cial game two.
In game three, Marist's
momentum and hunger started to
resurface.
Marist's Stefanie Miksch had a
key kill to bring Marist within
one of the Pride
.
After tying the
game at three, Hofstra double-
blocked Marist's attack and
reclaimed the lead at 4-3.
Marist's eleven errors diluted
some key points in the
.
game, as
they slowly saw their winning
chances diminish
.
Hofstra's textbook trio, known
as the bump-set-kill, weakened
Marist's pride.
At 29-24, Marist had full pos-
session of the ball and attempted
to make a comeback on eight
unanswered points.
Nevertheless, Marist's final kill
sailed out of bounds, and Hofstra
completed its sweep by the score
of 30-24.
The Foxes will travel to the
University
of Pennsylvania
Tournament this weekend. The
Marist Red Foxes (6-10) will
oppose Robert Morris in their
opening game.
Foxes top Crusaders, Big Green en route
to two victories at Holy Cross tournament
The Red Foxes shut out Friday's loss
,
the best we could
Dartmouth and host Crusaders
3
-
0 in the Holy Cross tourna
-
ment last weekend.
Sophomore outside hitter
Jaime Kenworthy averag
e
d 14
kills per match over the tourna-
ment
and
setter
Meghan
Cochrane had match
es
of 53
,
40
and 36 assi
s
ts
.
"We came in
t
o th
e
tournam
e
nt
wanting to go 3·0, but after
do was
2-
1
,
" said coach Sarah
Watters
.
Marist won three fairly tight
games again
s
t Dartmouth, never
trailing by more than three points
the entire match.
The team's second game on the
day was a
g
ainst Holy Cross, and
'
.
Marist
e
asily defeated the strug
-
g
lin
g
Crusad
e
rs by
an
average of
more than ten points per game.
The Foxes have a tough ~ched-
ule to contend over the next
stretch of games, including a few
home matches against Colgate
and Siena and on the road at the
UPENN tournament.
"Most people from the north-
east have never seen this type of
volleyball," says Watters. "Once
you see a match you will come
back and see another."
-
Timothy Griffin
GAME OF THE WEEK
FOOTBALL
Marist at Wagner
Saturday, Sept.
27, 1
p.m.
Staten Island,
N.Y.
Sports Editor
PaulSeach
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Red Foxes cruise past Saints
James Luft throws for 268 yards, earns
Foxes first conference win of season
By
MARK PERUGINI
Staff Writer
POUGHKEEPSIE -
James
Luft threw for 268 yards and had
a three-yard bootleg touchdown
run,
as Marist beat the Siena
Saints 28-14.
·
The Foxes entered the game
with undeniable intensity, as
Brad Rowe ran 46 yards for
Marist's first score of the game,
ending
a
51-yard
drive.
However, the Saints battled back
as Brandon Matano returned a
punt for 90 yards to tie the game
at 7-7.
On
the n~xt Saint drive, Sal
Jeraci scored on a 44-yard run
and gave Siena the lead 14-7.
Marist would finally answer
back on its last possession of.the
half, when Guy Smith recovered
a fumble in the end zone to tie
the score at 14-14.
Man.st scored twice in the third
·
quarter. After a Jcey 41-yard
catch by Guy Smith, James Luft
has a 2-yard touchdown run
towards the tight -:,\de
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Game Summary
Hofstra def. Marist -0
Game I. 30.Z3
Game 2 30-20
Game 3· 30-24
Attack (offeme): Hofstra -
51 kills:
ollo 17,
Nick
9. Sphar 9. Smith 6
Marist -
36 k11I Miksch I 0,
Kenworthy 9,
Hanson
7,
Brozek 4
Gillespie
4
Defense:' Hofstra -
46 digs: Dw-akis
10,
Pollo 9,
.
phar
9
.
Marist-40
digs:
Lux
9, Cochrane 9,
McEathron 7, Giltepsie .
Team Records:
Hofstra 4-10,
Marist 6-10,
field, giving the Foxes a critical
21-14 lead
.
On the next posses-
sion, Alfredo Riullano galloped
into the end zone for a 2-yard
run.
Riullano's run was the last
play of a 97-yard drive by the
Foxes, with a key 44-yard catch
by Guy Smith and an 11-yard
catch by Tim Traynor. James
Luft also ran for 15 yards on that
drive, one of many first downs
by the Foxes that night.
The Foxes defense had key
·
plays that slowed the Saints'
momentum.
In the first quarter,
John
Healy
recovered a fumble and the
Marist special teams blocked one
of many Siena punt attempts
.
Pete Crossett's interception, as
well as Payton Rogers' 10-yard
sack, inhibited Siena's offense
for the rest of the game. Marist
intercepted the ball three times
during th
_
e game, but one inter-
ception was called back due to a
roughing the passer penalty.
Siena fumbled the ball six times
during the game, only recovering
na\f oftnem.
The Foxes had 352 total yards
while holding Siena to only 183
total yards
.
All ofMarist's scores
came on the run, even though 76
percent of the total yards came
through the air
.
For the Foxes (2-1), this victory
sends a message throughout the
conference that Marist is a con-
tender. The Foxes' next game will
be
on the road against Wagner
Sept. 27 at 1 p
.
m.
MAAC co-defensive
player of the week:
Payton R0gers
Rogers earned co-defensive
player of the week honors with
two sacks and 10 tackles
against Siena last Saturday.
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10 •
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2003
•
THE CIRCLE
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S
t.
Anger
triumphs as
Husker
Du.
circa 1983, in a promo shot taken in San Diego,
Ca.
Tim Tonooka
I
www.thlrdltv.oom
Husker Du's classic
Zen Arcade revisted
By
BRANDON SMITH
Staff Writer
Husker
Du's classic
19-84
release
Zen Arcade
was more
than an artistic breakthrough.
It
broke down
many
of the
rules
·of what
it
meant to
be
punk.
Zen Arcade is often
ref
erred to as .the White
Album
of punk, and for many
justifiable
reasons.
For
starters, it was the first punk
rock double album,
a
notion
previously thought of
in
the
punk
community as
gratu-
itous.
Zen
Arcade also marked
punk's first concept
album.
Though the concept is not
as
direct as The
Who's
Tommy
or
The
Beatles
Sgt.
Pepper,
it is
still easily
recognizable:
the
pains
of
growing
up.
Songs
such as
••something
I Learned
Today"
and "Broken Home,
Broken Heart" are
per:(ect
vignettes of what
it
is like
growing
up
in
a shattered
home.
Zen
Arcade also
proved that it was possible
to
be hardcore
and still employ
pop-rock
song structures.
Songs such as "Pink Turns
to
Blue"
and "Somewhere"
are
built on simple verse-chorus-
verse
foundations and don't
venture into any new territory,
structurally speaking.
Husker
Du's songwriting
dichotomy
is
often
compared
to that
of
John Lennon and
Paul McCartney,
in
that
it's
easy
to tell who wrote what.
The poppier sides of
Zen
Arcade
come
courtesy of
drummer
Grant Hart's songs,
while the
punk
aggression
comes
from
guitarist Bob
Mould.
The album retains its
punk
credentials
by
sticking closely
top~ aesthetics. The album
was recorded and mixed in a
total
of
just over
80 hours.
This bare-bones
approach
did
leave
some
minor
flaws
in the
recording, but affords a cer-
tain honesty
in
the music that
no
mixing
console could ever
replicate.
On
many
of
the
songs, the instruments sound
tinny
and
underdeveloped,
and they tend to drag jn spots.
These quirks, combined with
Bob Mould's obsession with
fuzz, make it difficult to
pick
out
the melodies
on
certain
tracks.
However,
for
the dedi-
cated listener, this poses no
problem
at all, and
makes the
rewards of the album that
much
sweeter.
If
there
is one
track
that
j
us-
tifies this album's place
among
punk
rock's
best iind
brightest,
its the
final
track
":Reoccurring
Dreams," The
song is a
13-minute instru-
mental
adventure
reminiscent
of fellow fuzz-merchants
Sonic Youth. For 13
minutes,
the band lays a psychedelic,
noise rock instrumental over
various tape effects, making
for a truly unique blend of
acid rock, vintage punk, and
experimental
jazz.
Before
"Reoccurring Dreams,"
it was
considered taboo
for
punks
to
play
instrumentals, let alone
13-minute psychedelic
romps
like
this
one.
Husker Du continued to per:-
fect their style
with
their fol-
low up,
New Day Rising, and
then focus
~n a
more
pop-ori-
ented style on
Flip Your Wig.
Without Husker Du there
would have been no
Pixies,
no
Superchunk, and
no
Nirvana.
The entire alternative genera-
tion owes a great debt
to
Husker Du, whether they
acknowledge
it
or not.
MCCTA comedy to be
an exercise in absurdism
By
DAN
CALANDRO
Staff Writer
For
its
fall comedy,
Marist
College Council
on Theater Arts
will present
.
the
Tony
award win-
ning
play
Ros~ncrantz
and
Guildenstem Are Dead
by Tom
Stoppard.
The play belongs to
a
genre
of the theater
called
Theater
of
the Absurd.
Si~ply
put,
this
is
not your typical
col-
lege
production.
Absurdist
Theater has its roots in the philo-
sophical
belief
of existentialism.
,
The philosophy of
existentialism
stresses
the idea that humans
desire to make rational decisions
in
an
irrational
universe.
Absurdist Theater meshes this
belief with the modern idea of
drama
and minimalist
set
pieces,
eccentric characters,
dark humor,
and
events
you would not nor-
mally
encounter
in
everyday
life.
The genre
of
Absurd
Theater
was popular from the 1930s until
about the 1970s. Playwrights,
such as
Si,Ulluel Beckett, offer a
dark, seemingly
uncaring,
view
of
the human condition. The
characters are often provided
with little or no information
and
must find their own way
through
the play. Visually and
aurally
absurdist plays are
a
metaphor
for man's search
for
answers.
Dialogue throughout plays in
this
genre is
often quick,
mini-
malist and abstract. The dramatic
elements
of these
plays
appear in
llil
illogical order. Plots wander
just
as
the actors move
about
the
stage.
Through
the
eyes
of
Rosencrantz and
Guildenst'ern,
the tal11 of Hamlet is
given
a new
life. Stoppard's play
relies
and
feeds on the plot of Hamlet to
provide meaning. The
fates'
of
Rosencrantz and
Guildenstem
are tied with Shakespeare's
play.
Despite this the two share their
dark humor and wit throughout
the play
even
when
faced
with
the most dire of
situations
.
Their
absurd
conversations and
verbal
games
are inwmingled with
var-
ious slapstick comedic acts.
Underneath
thQugh
,
Rosencrantz
and Guildenstem are real people
with feelings and desires. The
comedy
is
interspersed with
tragedy to
give
the
play a
more
realistic and
emotional
feel. The
play's overall
feel is
that of
a
dark humored
confusion
in
which two young
men are
searching
for their
purpose.
The
production
will
be
.
a
very
unique
experience for
all
of
those
involved. The audience
will
be
treated
to
a
wide range of
emotions
from
revenge
to come-
dy to despair.
Costumes, sets,
and
props
should
prove to be
quite interesting, adding a
great
amount
of
atmosphere
to
Denmark and
Elsinore.
If
noth-
ing
else,
the pirate seen~
should
prove to be
a
theatrical master
-
piece.
Rosencrantz
and Guildenst
e
rn
Are Dead
will run
October
1
Oth-
11 th
at 8
PM
and October
12th
at
2
PM.
For
more information and
to reserve tickets please visit
www
.
guildenstern.com.
Metallica
are reborn
By
DAN CALANDRO
Staff Writer
Metall~ca -
St. Anger
St. Anger was probably
Metallica's most anticipated new
album since I 996's
Load. The
recent events in Metallica's 20
plus year
career:
Napster, the
departure of long-time bassist
Jason Newsted, and singer/gui-
tarist James Hetfield's stint in
rehab are just some of the issues
addressed in
St. Ang~r. For most
of the 1990's, Metallica continu-
ally reinvented heavy metal.
Now, in 2003, Metallica have
reformulated themselves and
their genre once again
Rumors were rampant during
the summer that the album
would have " ..
,And Justice for
Al/
like time changes." Another
was that the album would sound
similar to
Master of Puppets. St.
Anger does not emul~te any of
these albums. It is completely
unlike any other Metallica
album, and that's one of its most
admirable qualities.
seven minutes. The songs, and
the overall
length
of the CD,
stand as a 'testament that
Metallic a is still capable of writ-
.
ing epic tracks.
"Some
Kind of
Monster" and "¼!visible Kid"
stand out as some of the excel-
lent longer cuts. While there are
no solos to be found anywhere
on the CD, Kirk Hammett mar-
shal a few memorable moments,
most notably Hammett's licks on
"Frantic" and
''Sweet
Amber."
Other than that, he appears to be
almost absent from
the
CD.
The opening track, "Frantic,"
is hard, loud, and fast proving
that Metallica still has their
thrash metal roots. The blister-
ing riff is followed by a mellow,
clean guitar giving the track
some harmony and melody.
"Frantic" is the best overall song
on the entire album with excel-
There are some distorted/clean
lent riffs.
Typical of every changes to be heard but mostly
Metallica album, the riffs do an the songs are
straight
crunch-
excellent job of balancing thun-
filled shred fests.
derous volume
and delicate
Them
i8
a grnat
runount
of
articulation. While many are not clamor about Lars Ulrich's snare
overly complex, they are execut-
drum sounding like an alu-
ed with enough speed and preci-
minum trashcan.
True,
a lot of
sion to bring a
faarning
smile to the drum work on
St. Anger
does
any metahfitrt"1,&Gtr.
lhe-gui~
rsotmd
as
·
if
Ulrich traded
iri
his
throughout the album are blister-
custom Tama set
for an
array of
ing fast and hard hitting.
empty oil drums,
but
he and his
The majority of the songs are skins are,
for
the most
part,
not radio friendly with six of the drowned out by the wall
of gui-
eleven songs weighing in at over tars and
vocals.
To
Ulrich's
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ollingstone.com
The Metallica of the future,
from
left: bassist Rob
Turjillo, lead guitarist
Kirk Hammett, drummer Lars Ulrich, and vocalisVrhytt\m
guitarist
James Hetfield.
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credit,
there
is a great deal more
double-bassing to be heard
throughout
St
,
Anger than on
recent Metallica projects. The
CD also has the "recorded in a
garage feel" in so much that the
band plays off of each other
instead of the mixing board.
The lyrics
too
have caused
somewhat of an uproar among
critics and fans. While the lyrics
are not the most introspective
nor the deepest, Bob Dylan and
Tom Petty ~ave that covered,
they are still decent. Some of
the lyrics, to be fair, do seem to
be
poorly
conceived.
Specifically,
"Purify"
is
arguably the worst track on the
album. The lyrics, however, do
not detract from the overall
song. Many of the
lyrics actual-
ly beg to be screamed back at the
band during a live gig, "My
lifestyle determines my death
style,"
from
"Frantic!"
for exam-
ple.
.
Metallica were also nice
enough to
include
some bonus
material. A
free DVD comes
packaged
with the
regular
audio
CD. The DVD
contains
every
song
on
the CD
played
by
the
band live in their
studio.
Also
included
is
a
special
code
which
grants access
to the
"Metallica
Online Vault." The vault
con-
tains
compfete
live songs
from
three
different gigs.
More songs
and
concerts will
be added at a
later date. Currently, the three
gigs
run
the gamut
of Metallica
songs from
favorites, "Fade
to
Black"
to lesser
known,
and
appreciated tracks
such as
"Bleeding
Me."
On
the
whole,
St. Anger
is an
excellent
Metallica disc.
Is
it
Mast
e
r of Pupp
e
ts?
No. Should
it be? No. Music
is about evolu-
tion and no band knows that bet-
ter than Metallica.
St. Anger
is
not a
return,
but
a step forward
in Metallica
'
s heavy
metal
evo-
lution.
So far the evolution
sounds excellent: fast,
loud, and
above
all, defiant\)' Metallica.
Seal releases
first album in five years
SEAL
"Seal
IV" (Warner Bros.)
3 stars
British musician Seal always seems to
hibernate
between
albums
.
His last
effort, "Human
Being," was released
in 1998, four years
after his previous,
eponymous
album: There
was also a
three
year gap
between his
first
and
second albums.
Seal has
apparently
spent this
recent respite going
through his
record collection,
and the
influences can
be
heard on "Seal
IV,"
an
eclectic sampling of styles ranging from
'70s
soul-pop
to
straightforward reggae.
.
While the
album's abundance of styles
~
and
Seal's
occasion
-
ally
nebulous lyrics
-
can confuse his true artistic identity
,
"Seal
IV'' is a thoroughly enjoyable
album. Trevor Hom's immaculate
production puts Seal's
voice
high in the mix over
perfectly craft-
ed soundscapes
.
Standouts among a satisfying set are th~ gospel
-
influenced sin-
gle "Waiting For
You" and the
eerie "Heavenly ... (Good
Feeling)."
-
Romann
M W
e
ber (KRT
C
ampus S
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rv
i
c
e)
SEAL IV
PRODUCTION NOTES
Jill
Sinolair
-
Executive Producer
Stev
e
Price - Engineer
Tim
Lambert
-
Asst.
Engineer
Sacha Waldman
-
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y
PAGE 11 •
THlfRSDAY,
SEPTEMBER
25,
2003
•
THE CIRCLE
Iron Maiden riding
high on new album
Dance of Death a macabre 21st-century waltz
By
MATT DUNNING
Arts Editor
McBrain) is especially well-mixed, his
drwn
work
supplying the th:underous backbone of this 67-
minute beast of an album.
You've heard them name-checked along with the
Contrary to its name,
Dance
'
of Death kicks off
likes of Motorhead and Black Sabbath whenever with a gleam in its eye and a bounce in its step, as
nu-metal bands are asked to rattle off a list of their McBrain counts the rest of the band off into the
influences. You've seen their t-shirts in Sum-41
classically structured cruising anthem
"Wildest
videos and
on
stage at award shows.
If
you own a Dreams." The first three tracks may, in fact, take
copy of
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, you've more some getting used to for devoted students of the
than likely heard "The Number of the Beast," the Maiden catalog. "Wildest Dreams," "Rainmaker,"
title track form their 1982 landmark album and one and "No More Lies" are, lyrically speaking, sharp
of their most successful singles to date. But behind deviations from the traditionally war-torn, charac-
the retro sheik of their
ter-driven sagas that
merchandise and "old-
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fans
have
grown
school" credibility that
accustomed
to.
comes with dropping their
Centered on personal
name at a skate park is a
, growth
.
and
redemp-
bal).d that began recording
tioI'l.,
·
the first third of
and touring more than 25
Dance observes princi-
years ago; a band with
pal songwriter and
more than 50 million
bassist Steve Harris re-
album sales and 14 world
examining life, both in
tours to its credit.
and
·
out
of Iron
For over 25 years, Iron
Maiden. The very first
Maiden have done it their
words uttered to cross
way, Their galloping bass
lead vocalist Bruce
lines, blistering guitar
Dickinson's lips he
proudly announces as
solos and epic structures
if he were making
have blazed a trail far, far
some sort of ultimate
away from mainstream
,__
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
_ _;_ _ _
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New Year's resolution:
heavy metal. Where most Iron Maidens are (from left) guitarists Dave
Murray
"I'm gonna organize
bands are satisfied crank- and Janick Gers, drummer Nicko McBrain,
guitarist
some changes in my
ing out one radio-ready Adiran Smith, bassist and founding memeber Steve life
/
I'm gonna exer-
pop-metal nugget after Harris and vocalist Bruce Dickinson.
cise the demons of my
another, Maiden genuinely
past."
appear dedicated to their craft. Granted, some of
Despite the apparent changes (well, amendments)
their material may seem longwinded and over-the-
to the band's M.O., disciples of the old testament of
top, but it's that very willingness to step beyond Iron Maiden need not fear.
Dance of
Death isn't all
what is commercially acceptable that separates
12-step slogans and self-help pamphlets
.
Once
Maiden from the rest of their contemporaries. Harris and Dickinson are finished purging their
Whik bands like Motley Crue and Ratt were busy sins, they and the rest of the band launch right into
soaking up the spotlight in the mid-eighties, their practiced and macerating
"no-prisoners"
Maiden pouted themselves into their oWfi brand of
assault. Frantic,
visceral,
and pleadingly urgent,
lavish and .intricate songwriting. Now, nearly two
decades after the hair-metal craze, Iron Maiden "Montsegur" rips and howls as Dickinson unlea
_
sh-
find themselves as prolific as ever with a brand es a- soaring tirade detailing centuries of violence at
new album that
debuted
at
~ v
18
on
;t,9~
Billl;,o~4 the hands of religion. It, along
with
"Pachendale"
charts and a worldwide arena tour that, upon its
~d
*Dffllcl!'ttf'Deattr,l'•u-e1ht tnt~igh:lighwof
tp~
,
conclusion, will have spanned more than 15 coun-
record. As savage and well:coticeived as they are
tries across four continents.
(In case you were lengthy, they tower above the rest of
Dance's
wondering,
Vmce
Neil, former vocalist for Motley eleven tracks.
Crue, will be at Poughkeepsie's own Chance
Iron Maiden may never record another
Theatre in November. Plenty of tickets are still
Powers/ave or Somewhere in Time. The band that
available.)
recorded those albums, along V'{ith a host of others
For their thirteenth studio album and twenty-third equally outstandi!}g, may be gone forever.
If
that is
release overall, ominously titled
Dance of Death, indeed the case, then let Dance of Death serve as
Maiden are sticking with essentially the same for-
both a proud and boisterous memorial of the
mula that made 2000's
Brave New World such a fan
Maiden of old and a monument of the new incarna-
favorite. Though it is widely agreed that the band's
best works lay behind them, producer Kevin tion of a truly formidable and gifted group of men.
Shirley (The Black CrQwes, Aerosmith) brings a
If
nothing else,
Dance of Death is a massive bill-
clarity and resonance
to
the new material that early board that overlooks the vast and essentially barren
Maiden albums lack.
Nicko McBrain (yes, landscape of heavy metal and, in big red letters
reads "This, friends, is how it's done."
Beulah weather rough waters,
release landmark fourth album
By
JENNIFER GOLDSMITH
Staff
Writer
Beulah -
Yoko
Pesky
record
labels,
low
distri-
bution rates,
and
inner-band
tur-
moil have haunted
Beulah
since
their semi-eunk debut album,
Handsome
Western
States,
emerged
in 1997. Seemingly
unhindered, the
San
Francisco
band persisted and
readily
put
forth
l 999
1
s
When
Your
Heartstrings Break, followed
shortly after
by
The Coast
is
Never Clear in 2001-
both
earnest, youthful pop-based
assortments which managed to
go W1noticed beyond a small rip-
ple of fans. Not exactly encour-
aging. Add to all
of
that the fact
that,
of
their
six
members, f ~
of the Beulah crew divorced or
ended serious relationships this
year, and you have a recipe for
what would,
in
anyone else's
hands, be
a
doldrum of a fourth
album.
Though their newest release
exhibits
tragic undertones,
Yoko,
commendably, does anything but
wallow
in
self-pity. Rather, any
sense
of
anguish is distilled
in
Beulah's new lyrical poise and
wizened indie-rock
form,
pro-
viding a smooth transition from
Heartstrings and Coast's freckle-
faced idealism
to
a more
sea-
soned, though never cynical,
dexterity.
The album opens with
a
sprin-
kling of light piano over what
could
easily be
mistaken for the
rumble of auto-ignition. And
thus, it begins:
a
musical venture
of wrought iron strength, well-
masked
by
chirpy
melodies and
harmonic innocence. The weight
of the lyrics
doesn't
pull the
tunes
down
in the least
.
Take,
for
example,
the
Beatles-esque
''Don't Forget to Breathe,"
which
exhales
melancholy
("Time
will
take all my dreams
Close your eyes and the moon
will
sigh
/
Is it worth me
tryin'?
11)
while revisiting the up-,tempo,
drum-pulsed tunes
of
the 60's.
But the album isn't comprised
solely of retro-pop, nor does it
exhaust its stylistic welcome.
"My Side
of
the City"
ups
the
ante (and the adrenaline) through
a raspy, caffeinated ode to
Urbania,
and very nearly a
throwback to their punk days. It
seems Beulah wants
to
dabble in
every genre this time around:
"Fooled Around With The
Wrong Guy" brings them one
cowboy boot away from the alt-
country border, and
1
'Your
Mother Loves You
Son"
is noth-
ing short of good old cigarette-
scented distortion rock.
Yoko
is
both a departure and a
reunion of past successes,
exploring new territory
'
while
celebrating the best of Beulah's
past three albums. Each song is
crafted
with
unique honesty and
speaks to the same kind of
growth
that the band
itself
has
experienced. The result?
A
ripe,
wizened
medley
of Beulah's best
sounds thus far, and, if we're
lucky, a view of things
to
come.
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picks and plucks
away at
a
live
show
in New
York City in support of his album,
Heavier Things.
John Mayer grows up
and
spreads out on
Heavier
Things
By
DORY
LARRABEE
Staff Writer
John
Mayer-Heavier Things
Ever since John Mayer's break-
through album
Room for Squares
hit the mainstream, he has been
swooning
girls and modeling
excellent guitar style with hits
like
"Your
Body
is
a
Wonderland" and "No Such
Thing."
When his successful
CD/DVD
Arry
Given Thursday
was released, fans were given a
glimpse into the live and raw tal-
ent of Mayer. With his highly
anticipated new
release,
Heavier
Things, Mayer takes' on
a
highly
evolved new sound and gives
fans a taste of something differ•
ent.
A big step
from
the pop flavor
given to fans in
...
Squares,
Heavier Things has
a
bluesier,
ja.izjer
feel
than his previous
work.
It
seems as though this
album only has a couple of pos-
sible singles, whece as
...
Squares
contained almost all radio-
friendly tunes.
At first listen, Mayer sounds
like he should
be
playing in an
underground jazz club rather
than on a Top 40 radio station
.
However,
"New
Deep,"
"Clarity/ and
"Split
Screen
Sadness" have definite possibili-
ties
of
being hit
singles:
Although different in
sound,
the lyrics are as creative and
clever as the last album. He
proudly states in
'
'Bigger than
My Body" that:
"I'll
gladly go
down in
a flame
If
a flame's
what it takes to remember
/
my
name."
"Come Back to Bed"
begs forgiveness as Mayer
pleads: "You can be mad in the
morning I'll take back what I
said.
Just don't leave me alone
here It's cold, baby/ Come back
to bed."
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CD's extras are impressive
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as well as live acoustic tape of
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"Come Back to Bed."
The
CD
booklet
will
keep
fans
occupied.
be~een classes, featuring "key-
words
by
song
,
" a key to decod-
ing
each song (including advice,
sarcasm,
guitar solo, irony, retro,
family, love lost, bittersweet,
ballad, etc) a map color-coded
of where each song was written.
a
graph of file size by song, a
song tempo line graph, a
body
diagram
of
"suggested
target
points"
(for
example,
"Something's
Missingtt targets
the heart and the head), along
with other fun diagrams.
Heavier Things is
a
quality CD
that any Mayer fan will enjoy.
The sound is new and different.[
but still
good.
Its mellow sound
is
a change from previous
releas-
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.
suits as I)erfect back-
gJOWld
music
for
-hanging
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with friends in the
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2003
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ti val showcases Hudson Valley talent
By
MELISSA DAVIS
Staff Writer
Being Marist College students,
not many of us venture out into
the community of Poughkeepsie
that nestles us snugly in its arms.
On
Saturday, Sept.
21 at
Waryas Park in Poughkeepsie, a
mere eight minute drive from
campus, the eighth annual
Hudson River Arts Festival was
held.
Poughkeepsie's annual free
fall festival took place on the
riverfront where Main Street
meets the Hudson River, which
served as a showcase for the
abundant talent, culture, and
community-oriented works by
local artists and mingling large
sponsors with everyday crafts
people and local performers.
Walking through the maze of
booths and food stands, there
was much to see and learn, with
many people to talk to and hear
stories from.
Charles R. Smith Jr., a poet,
children's book writer, and local
teacher at the. Barrett Art Center,
performed some of his own
poetry at the "Five Minute
Marvels" tent. He recently
released a new book titled "I Am
America." "[The book] brings
with it a lot of pride to the com-
munity; most of the kids pic-
tured in
"I
Am
America" are
local," he said
.
There were also photogra-
phers, but one of the most strik-
ing was Max Sebron. Not only
professional, his photos showed
his enthusiasm through a cam-
era's lens.
Surprisingly, Sebron is only 16
and attends Roosevelt High
School.
·
·
Sebron said that his motiva-
tions run deep.
"I started taking pictures so I
don't always have to
try
and
remember -
everything is right
there for me to see and look
back on," he said.
youth can learn to interact with
media arts, both as creators and
critical viewers. For the festival,
the organization had a tent
where children could create their
own 30-second animation clips.
Another organization was the
Youth Resource Development
Corporation, or the YRDC. A
subgroup
of
the
larger
Americorps program, YRDC
strives to recruit people involved
in Environmental, Education,
Agriculture,
Computer
Technology, and Social Service
Fields
.
They also offer benefits
to students just out of college, in
the form of $4,000 educational
awards to those who work for
them. Their mission and purpose
is to expand the possibilities of
young adults by providing
opportunities for learning and
growth.
The Barrett Art Center spon-
sored a Paint Out, which wel-
comed artists from throughout
the region to come to the festi-
val and paint landscapes of the
surrounding terrain. The Center
provided easels, paper, paint
and brushes, to allow festival-
goers to
try
their hand at creat-
ing their own works of art. A
mix of several professional
artists and local children paint-
ed alongside each other and
produced beauiifut artwork.
The Center provides classes for
people interested in different
aspects and representations of
art including drawing, sculpture
and others.
The festival was a great experi-
ence to attend and showed the
wealth of support that the com-
munity has to offer.
It illustrated
how people use art as an outlet
to express their own culture and
lifestyle
,
which is sometimes all
they have to utilize.
Logging on
lbe Barrett
Art Center
www.BarrettArtCenter.org
Find out more about the
organization and sign up
for classes on
photography, poetry,
painting, music and
sculpture.
Charles
R.
Smith Jr.
www.charlesrsmlthjr.com
Find out more information
about Charles as well as a
listing of his books and
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Not only did the fair boast
complex people, but also inter-
esting
organizations.
The
Children's Media Project, a non-
profit organization based in
Poughkeepsie, does after-school
programs for local children.
Their mission is to create a
teaching/learning environment
where artists, educators, com-
munity activists, children and
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City of Poughkeepsie, the
Dutchess County Arts Council,
the New York State Council on
the
Arts,
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National
Endowment for the Arts,
Hudson
Valley
Bluegrass
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as Fleet Bank, ORA imaging,
MVP Health Care, M&T Bank
,
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including MIX 97, produced
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ARTS:
The Theater
of the Absurd
MCCTA to present the
Tony awar<'.:I winning
"Rosencrantz and
Marist health
fair
educates, informs
Local vendors set up booths, displays
at the sixth annual Wellness Fair
By
STACEY
L.
CASWELL
Copy Editor
Students had the opportunity to meet
with vendors and service providers from
all over the Hudson Valley in an entertain-
ing atmosphere last Friday at the sixth
annual Wellness Fair.
Fitness concerns and various methods of
well-being booths dotted along the
Mccann center.
Roberta Staples, director of the counsel-
ing center, felt the event has progressed
significantly since its inception six years
ago.
"We had over the years done many pro-
grams of health and wellness addressing
alcohol, personal safety, eating disorders,
[and] stress management," Staples said.
"We decided this year that we would try to
kickoff every year with a big event that
would introduce the campus community to
various ways of taking care of yourself ...
addressing non-traditional, and traditional
ways of self care and managing stress."
Free massages, blood pressure and cho-
lesterol checks, body fat readings, free
health shakes and foods, condoms, and
acupuncture sessions were provided for the
attendees.
"This year is the first time we have
received a number of calls from agencies
in the
conununity,"
Staples said.
"I
guess
the
word
is out there that Marist is doing
some really interesting
things."
Senior Cynthia Adarian stood in line
before lacrosse practice to have her body
fat measurement taken.
"I came to see how it was
.
I did a breath-
ing evaluation and a cardio evaluation,"
Adarian said. "It's good because you get a
different idea of how you really are in
terms of your breathing or your body
structure."
The Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union
was on hand to advise students on ways to
avoid sticky financial situations through a
board game called "Financial Freedom."
Each student was asked several questions
and then given a prize for answering cor-
rectly.
Branch Manager, Jeremy Brooks, felt
that financial stability adds to a person's
well-being, which is the reason their cor-
poration decided
to
participate in the fair.
"If
you are financially well-off or have
the knowledge, you will have less stress in
your life," said Brooks.
"An
'
educated
financial person is better off than some-
one who isn't."
Certified local hypnotist, Arthur Huy of
Z.S.I. Hypnotherapy offered a non-tradi-
tional alternative to help students stop
smoking. He felt that by introducing him-
self to the student community at the
Wellness Fair that he would be better able
to aid younger generations to stop smok-
ing before they developed chronic
illnesses.
"I thought if I could get to
them before it gets too seri-
ous, I could help them have
healthy lives," Huy said.
Students overall seemed
pleasantly surprised and
extremely satisfied by the
Wellness Fair.
They walked from booth
to ho.6th, investigating one-
of-a-kind techniques of
achieving spiritual and men-
tal vigor.
Punita Murthy, graduate
student, had a demonstrator
pei:form acupuncture on her.
"I heard acupuncture
works, so I just thought I'd
give it a try," Murthy said.
Above: A Wellness Fair attendee tests out cer-
tified hypnotherapist, Arthur Huy's, tech-
niques. Huy, left, invited students to become
the person they want to be through "The Mind
&
Body
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By
JAMES REYES
Staff Writer
Kellie Cunningham, sopho-
more, knew since she transferred
to Marist last spring that the
Student Government Association
(SGA) would be a part of her
everyday
life.
"I was eager to get involved and
was appointed the position of
president,"
.
said Cunningham.
She was one of the 11 class offi-
cer candidates at SGA's Speech
Night, the second stage of the
election process.
Each candidate expressed their
reasons for running for office, as
well as individual goals for the
future of Marist.
The event, televised by MCTV,
opened with an introduction by
Melissa Mayfield, director of
public relations, who then intro-
duced each candidate to the audi-
ence.
'[oday, the SGA will be holding
a special "Meet the Candidates"
event. Elections will begin next
week on Sept. 29. Voting can be
done via the SGA website.
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Pick your candidates
SGA Caadidates:
2005
class
officer
candldatu:
Sam
Pines
Vice-President
2006
class
officer
candidates:
Krissy Mulholland
Secretary
Steven Waiculonis
Vice-President
Kellie Cunningham
President
2007
class
offlc.r
candidates:
Siobhan Skerritt
Secretary
Maryellen Conway
Secretary
Amanda Nerthaway
Treasurer
Timothy
Griffin
Vice-President
Jennifer Reinhart
Vice-President
CorrieBeth Hughes President
Paolo Molina
President
Ruldent
SenatolS:
Joe Tamweber
Jon Hackett
Linda Crane
FrankYocca
Commuter
Senator.
Carmen Alu-
The SGA oversees every club
on campus
.
Their job
is
to advo-
cate the voices and opinions of
the student body.
Bobbi Sue Gibbons, student
body president, said that SGA
serves as a liaison between the
student body and the Marist
College staff.
"If
it's an issue with the stu-
dents, it's an issue with the
SGA," said Gibbons.
However, the student body is
too large for a select
few
to han-
dle. That is why each year elec-
tions are held for class officers
and resident commuter senators
.
Each set of officers serves as
representatives for each individ-
ual class. The resident senators
deal with any case on campus.
Likewise, the commuter senators
deal with any issues of students
who commute to the campus
.
When the issues overlap
,
these
three divisions pull their efforts higher in order to hold an office.
together to get them solved.
These rules are applied to fresh-
Each candidate who runs for
men officers at the end of the first
office or senator must not be
under any type of academic or
disciplinary probation. They must
also maintain a GPA of 2.5 or
semester.
Last week the SGA candidates
endorsed students to sign
peti-
tions in order to run in the upcom-
ing election. Each candidate was
required to submit a certain
amount of signatures ( class offi-
cers: 90, senators: 360). These
signatures show that those who
signed are in support of the candi-
date's campaign.
Students
relate to Revolution
By
JOHN
C.
BRENNAN
Staff
Writer
Imagine a group of Marist stu-
dents were going to rebel against
a dean for som.e wrongdoings he
had committed against the Marist
student body.
Some students wished for vio-
lence and some for peace, while
others could not decide at all.
Although this situation is ridicu-
lous in sense, this example
served as insight at Friday's his-
torical lecture by Dr. Joseph
Tiedemann, author and professor
of history at Loyola Mary Mount
College.
Marist College, in correlation
with the Hudson River Valley
Institute, celebrated the 225
anniversary of the Revolu-
tionary War in the Hudson River
Valley this past weekend.
Tiedemann, originally from
New York, is the author of two
books, including his most recent,
"The Other New York: The
Revolution Outside New York
City."
The
lecture
grounded
itself in the state of New York
during the revolutionary period,
and touched upon the motives of
rebels and why it took so long for
upstate New Yorkers to join the
revolution
.
'I
enjoyed the experience
and the enthusiasm
of
the
crowd.'
- Dr. Joseph Tiedemann
Tiedemann said that the revo-
lution began in urban areas, and
slowly spread out to the suburban
areas of the colonies. In accor-
dance with Tied~ann•s theory,
New Yorkers did not get
involved in the revolution until
1774. This was also the time
period when the Wigs occupied
New York City; upstate residents
had no choice but to join the rev-
olution. Colonial people tended
to choose their side in the revolu
-
tion depending on which social
group would favor their religious
denomination, economic interest,
and so on. Tiedemann suggested
an example of a split in the revo-
lution caused by religion, which
occurred when two ~otesta.nt
groups in New York City wete in
a dispute over local power and
control of Colwnbia University.
After the lecture Tiedemann
socialized with the audience .
"I enjoyed the experience and I
enjoyed the enthusiasm of the
crowd," said Tiedemann.
Stephen Conlon, sophomore,
said that Tiedemann presented a
plethora of information to his
audience.
"Tiedemann was an excellent
speaker. I am glad to see Marist
putting on these types of events,
said Conlon."
This lecture is part of an annu-
al series offered by the history
department.
Dr.
Thomas Wermuth, dean of
the
school of liberal
arts,
said
programs such as these help
stu-
dents become more familiar with
the surrounding community.
"Part of the work that we are
doing with the Hudson River
Valley Institute is trying to have
more lectures and intellectual
activities on campus to engage
students more fully."
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2003
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Security Briefs: Gartland clings to a two point lead
By
DAN ROY
Campus
Editor
kids' fault that Santa comes in
September for them? Come on,
they've been good!
one of our shrewd security
guards Saturday morning. At 1
a.m. a student attempted to gain
entry into Champagnat carrying
a laundry basket. Thinking the
laundry smelled "Summer Rain
fresh," the security guard asked
the student what kind of deter-
gent he used. Hearing Tide as
the student's response, security
knew something was up.
He
asked the student to remove the
laundry, and sure enAugh two
18
packs of Bud Light were
revealed.
The proud security
officer was then heard saying,
"If
these kids don't think I know
Bounty when
I
smell it, they are
in for a rude awakening."
returned home and pulled the they can't drive. Oh wait ... yes it
same stunt when his mom is.
9/16 -
The road heading
towards Midrise parking lot
played host to a battle of galactic
proportions
at
6:25
p.m.
Tuesday. A black Saturn and a
red Plymouth threw off
·
the
gloves and went to town.
In
the
battle of planets, the Saturn won,
hitting the Plymouth in the back,
damaging the bumper . . . "Hey
moron, Plymouth isn't a planet!"
... What are you
9/17 -
Upper West Cedar had a
hard couple of days. At
10: 10
p.m. in V-block, ~ecurity stum-
bled upon some beer pong activ-
ity. When they got there howev-
er, all the beer had vanished. Not
to be denied, security did man-
age to walk away with another
funnel and hose... funnel and
hose? What kind of crazy Beirut
rules are you play-
talking about?
It's the planet
farthest
from
the
sun
"
What, one too many
creme puffs pal?
ing up there in V-
block . .. because
I
want to learn!
wouldn't let him have dessert.
9/20 -
Ha-ha, here's a funny
one. At
4:50
a.m. an individual
was found lying in the grass in
front of Old Townhouses B-
block. When evaluated, the kid
turned out to be a student from
the CIA. What, one too many
creme puffs pal? How about you
pick up your chefs hat, go back
to the CIA, and make me some
gumbo. We'll call it even when
I
get my gumbo ... Old man
stands up. "Call what even?" ...
Shut up old man, this doesn't
concern you!
That's Pluto you - - - - - - - - - -
idiot! Plymouth is a rock where
Pilgrims eat" . . . Oh, well
I
feel
foolish,
9/16 -
Apparently there was
some kind of misURderstanding
at Upper West Cedar Y-block
Tuesday night. At
9:30
p.m.,
security arrived and found eight
people having what they thought
was a party. Security confiscated
11
cans of Bud, five cans of New
Castle, one bottle of Bacardi
Rum, one bottle of Vodka, one
bottle of Yellow Tail, one bottle
of Berringer, one bottle ofRivola
red wine, and three funnels with
hose set-ups. And yes,
.w~Y.i!~
it'
was a party. But is it really thes
·
e
9/19 -
An intoxi-
9/20 -
There was some furni-
9/20 -
A minor accident
cated student was found in the ture moving over at Gartland occurred at
3:50
p.m. Saturday.
Champagnat courtyard at
6:48
Saturday morning, but not the A girl driving a Nissan hit a tree
a.m. Friday. He was evaluated •~Fun! Let's rearrange our room" causing damage to both the car
and taken to St. Francis by kind. Two former students were and the poor sap. But she has a
Fairview. Hold on a second
.
He asked to leave campus
by
securi-
good excuse for why this hap-
was found at
6:48
in the mom-
ty because they had too much to pened.
Yo'I
see, her foot slipped,
ing? God knows how long that
drink.
One of these _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and it hit the gas
poor kid was laying out there gentlemen
took
knew buying this
pedal,
pro-
before someone noticed him. offense
to
this
pelling her into
Some students are waking up for request and decided
security outfit would
the tree.
You
8
a.m. classes by
6:48
a.m.
! Not to cause a scene
pay off at sometime.
follow me:? She
only did this student obviously about it.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was driving ...
have a rough night of drinking,
Remembering how
her foot
slipped
but now he has pneumonia on infants get things when they cry, ... the gas pedal was slammed
top it.
he proceeded to kick and scream.
down ... a tree was struck. That
After this went on for awhile could have happened to anyone!
9/20 -
The
ingenious
plsns of sec'1rity reunited him
'
with his It's not fair that
grr~~
g~
a rep for
atiother
.
drinker
.
were
foiled by
fr.iend off campus.
The
boy being bad driv~rs;
jtis~
because
9/21 -
Sunday at
1
a.m. a secu-
rity guard spotted three males
with an
18
pack of Coors Light
on the sidewalk by Lower New
Townhouses. When the students
realized they had been seen, they
dropped the beer and ran.
I knew
buying this security outfit would
pay off at sometime.
RQy
1
s Dorm Alcohol
Incident Fantasy Beat
Last week's biggest surprise:
Upper West Cedar. Even though
these guys are off campus, they
proved they can still get written
up. However, the distance away
from campus will limit their pro-
duction, so keep U.W.C on your
bench.
Last week's biggest disappoint-
ment:
Gartland. After a great
start, Gartland got blanked this
past weekend. For everyone on
the Gartland bandwagon,
I
wouldn't jump ship yet.
I
would
keep these guys from the North
End in the starting line up at least
for now.
Prediction:
we~kert'd
Weekend.
This is the last
before
Parents'
Freshtn~n
..vm
be
looking to
drink
a lot this week-
end knowing that next week,
their parents will be around
.
So
with that in mind, any freshmen
dorm is a good bet.
.
I
predict Leo
doing the best though.
Alcohol related
incidents this week
I.
Upper West Cedar- 2
2.
Champagnat-1
Alcohol related incidents
by
dorm
total
I.
Gartland- 8
2.
Champagnat- 6
J.
Leo- 3
-t.
Upper West Ccclar-2
5.
Sheahan- I
6
.
Old Townhouses- I
7.
i\larian- I
Dan
Roy's
"Alcohol
Fantasy Beat"
ts.
intended
to be a parody and not a
representation
of The
Circle's editorial stance on
drinking -
illegal or
otherwise -
nor is
it
intended to be a statement
regarding
the
official
Marist (_:allege
policy.
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°211i:ohol
consu"'!pi~on.
Upcoming
Thursday,
Sept. 25, 2003
"Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle"
9 p.m.
Friday,
Sept. 26, 2003
SPC "Rent"
Saturday,
Sept. 27, 2003
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Tuesday,
Sept. 30, 2003
Dan Renz
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Thursday, Oct. 2, 2003
Michelle Branch Live
Sp.m.
Mccann Center
Bus leaves 4 p.m.
from Mldrise
Thursday,Oct.2,2003
Six Flags Fright Fest Tickets
on Sale at 12 p.m.
Student Activities
Duncan Sheik Live
9p.m.
Nelly Goletti Theater
Sunday,
Oct.
5, 2003
Suicide Benefit Concert
The Chance in
Poughkeepsie
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Student Mentor
By
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Asst.
Managing Editor
Brother Michael Williams is a student
mentor for Leo Hall who lives and works
in. the dorm. In addition, Brother Michael
plays a role in Campus Ministry .
Q:
lhJw long have you been a mentor at
Marist?
A:
This is my second year as a mentor;
however, I have been working with
Campus Ministry since 1991. My major
focus with Campus Ministry was to
develop and maintain a community serv-
ice program and help with retreat work.
When I became a "mentor" last year, stu-
dents came up to me asking, "Brother,
I
thought you already were
a mentor." And to them,
I
had already been a mentor,
but ·now
I
had the title of
an "academic mentor." I
continue working with
C~mpus Ministry by
run-
ning "City Plunge," which
is a program that goes on
in the inner-city areas dur-
ing winter or spring break.
Q:
What does your
jpb
e11taiJ?c-
com-
mon problems you are dealing with right
now?
A:
Many are still struggling with feeling
homesick and missing their parents, girl-
friends, and friends. But, a lot of students
are having difficulties with finding the
time and place to get their academic work
done.
Q: How is it living in a dorm
with college students?
A: A
year ago,
I
was telling my
sister-in-law about my new job
here and at
first
she was excit-
ed,
up until when
I
told her
I
would be living in a freshmen
dmm. Then, she
pamed
md
asked me
if
I
was
crazy.
I'm
happy
to
say that I'm not
crazy
t·
and I'm not regretting it at all.
MY rql~
as
a
Marist
Brallier
is
tb
,be
there
when.i
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iieeds
to
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and
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Features Editor
Sara Stevens
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The Google
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less Search
The Intrepid Researcher Does Criminal Justice
By
VERNE W. NEWTON
&
JUDY DIFFENDERFER
Circle Contributors
You've been assigned a nine to
ten page research paper and
you've got your topic. It's one
that you've wondered about
since high school: Is there any
correlation between
bullying
behavior in school and
juvenile
-delinquency?
Now you do what coilege stu-
dents across America would do.
You go to Google. Because you
are a Marist student, you even do
an advanced search ("bullying"
AND "juvenile delinquency").
You get
only
3,500 hits. You start
clicking on the individual sites.
Hey, let's be honest. You don't
care
about
Delinquency
Development Statements for
Fiscal Year 1995
and you
don't
even
know
what
Oikeuspoliittinen tutkimuslaitos
is. And you still have 3,495 sites
to go to.
This is not working out.
Undaunted, you bring up your
favorite web site, the James A.
Cannavino Library homepage
(www.librnry.marist.edu).
A\1
right, so maybe it's not your
favorite, but it is the one you will
learn to rely upon.
A1
the
library's
new web page,
you
drop
down
the Resources
by
Subject
tab on the right hand
side.
You click on
Criminal
Justice.
It
takes you to a true
paradise filled with material
that even your professor would
approve of; references, sources
and web sites tailored to your
needs. It lists databases rele-
vant to your field. Wait. What's
that? What's a database? Well,
for the most part it is a collection
of thousands of scholarly jour-
nals with scores of thousands of
articles.
Take
Criminal
Justice
Abstracts.
This includes not
only an index of articles, but also
books and dissertations.
Let's get started. lype
bully-
ing
in the search box and press
the search button. Ninety-five
articles are retrieved. Some deal
with bullying in prisons or the
workplace, but a number of them
discuss school bullying.
Your
eyes zero in on
.
the article,
Bullying in school and violence
o» the strffts: Are the s-ame peo-
ple involved?
published in the
Journal of Scandinavian Studies
in Criminology and Crime
Prevention in 200 l.
This
·
article
is
precisely what
you want. But, oh no! Mon Dieu!
Tohe full text is not available in
this database. Collect your wits
and remember: you have no fear.
Then you spot a life raft
.
At the
end of the record you see the
command:
Find Full Text
Artic
l
e
and immediate
l
y nail it.
It
responds by telling you the full
t~xt article you want is in anoth-
er Marist database:
Academic
Search Premier.
Click on the
article link and select the article
title. Then, select the PDF but-
ton, and voila, you now have the
article in its entirety.
It's not quite like winning the
Lotto, but th.e
thrill of a success-
ful search cannot be denied
.
And
you've only just started
.
Stay tuned next week for more
adventures
of the
i~tr~pid
researcher
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As a mentor, I provid@ aead.emiw
infor-1
mation, encouragement, classes on study
skills and reading, and other basic educa-
tional skills to assist students in achiev-
ing their potential. Also, I help coordi-
nate events that bring faculty and stu-
dents together outside of the classroom
environment. I feel that is
a
very impor-
tant role of a mentor.
times, it's at
11
o'clock at night when that
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time comes. So, my job as a mentor and my
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Q:
What kinds of concerns do students
approach you with?
A: I get questions like "Where's
Donnelly Hall?" and "How do I get a cab
to go to the train station?" Then, there
are the more personal concerns like "My
girlfriend and I just broke up and my
heart's broken."
It
goes the whole gamut.
Q:
What would you say are the most
life
as
a Marist Brother are very closely
aligned.
Q:
What
do you like and dislike about -your
job?
A:
I love interacting with students and being
there
to
support them whenever they need it.
The one thing I could say I dislike about my
job is that sometimes there's too much
paperwork.
Q:
Is there any message would yo~ like to
send to the students?
A:
Be honest to yow-self and others. Be true
to
the person who are becoming. And take
time
to
find a peaceful pocket
in
your life
each day.
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to an editing error in the
Sept. 18, 2003 edition of
The
Circle,
Robin Torres was misiden-
tified as "Dean of Student
Affairs." Torres
is
actually the
Director of Student Affairs.
Deborah DiCaprio
is
the Dean oJ
Student Affairs.
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Saturday night at the coffeehouse with Carl Rosen
Pianists performance includes interpretations of Billy Joel, Elton John classics
By
JAMES REYES
Staff
Writer
The lights are set to a dim glow
as you enter the mellow atmos-
phere of the coffee house. You sit
down next to your friends with
your biscotti and cappuccino
(topped with whipped cream and
cinnamon, of course.) As you
wipe the cappuccino foam from
your lip, the stage lights come
on. The crowd applauds in antic-
ipation of the live perfonnances
of Elton John, Billy Joel, and
The Beatles.
replaced that biscotti and cap-
puccino with a Pepsi and a slice
of pizza, and replaced all of
those perfonners with one amaz-
ing, but lesser-known musician,
then that's exactly what you'd be
left with.
With his emotional
lyrics and his incredible talent,
musician/singer/songwriter Carl
Rosen made it seem as though all
of these artists were right in the
PAR.
Miller, and The Beatles. He Elton John and Billy Joel, so keyboard and harmonica. Rosen
released his first LP
"The
these covers were definitely the closed his perfonnance with one
Towers"
in 1982, which was dis-
crowd's favorites. He also per-
of his original pieces "Twilight
tributed semi-nationally and fonned an astounding rendition Dreamer," inspired by and dedi-
achieved moderate success. He's of The Beatles' "Let it Be." One
been touring for more than a could close their eyes and be
decade playing college circuits, convinced they were at an actual
clubs; festivals, theme parks, and concert (minus the exaggerated
casinos. His latest gigs include screaming of thousands of fans
cated to his "little girl, who's not
so little anymore." All in all, it
was an amazing performance.
To check out his latest album
the Hershey Park Amphitheater drowning out the music.)
"
...
in case you haven't heard ... "
and more about Carl Rosen visit
his web site.
A native of Long Island, Carl
Rosen began playing the piano at
the age of 3. Rosen perfonned
his first solo in his sixth grade
chorus and played his first pro-
fessional gig at the age of
17,
playing a line of songs from
Elton Jo~n, The Who, Steve
in Pennsylvania and the First
"It was great, he performed just
Night New Year's Eve concert in like Elton John. It felt as though
York, Pa.
[the superstar] was right in the
lo111n11n
Saturday night, Rosen played building." said frosh Ashley
to the demand of his audience, Polasek.
This is exactly how you would
describe last Saturday night at
the SPC Coffee House. Well ...
maybe not exactly. But if you
fulfilling their requests while
Rosen accompanied his vocal
adding in a few of his own skills with his. mastery of the
favorites in the mix. This enter-
piano as his fingers danced
tainer specializes in remaking hit across the ivory keys. He also
songs of opera-rock legends performs quite eloquently on the
Visit Carl Rosen's official
website at:
www.carlrosen.com
Musician Carl Rosen, shown
above, was featured at the SPC's
Student
Coffeehouse
on
Saturday, Sept. 21.
Fall Fashions: What's in style?
TheDailyGriu<l
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By
KRISTIN GALLAGHER
.
Fashion Avenue and hit the streets them wanting more are this sea-
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of Soho for your fall wardrobe, son's favontes.
ta
nter
Gucci, Prada, Dolce and Gabbana,
Chanel and Dior are sure to keep
Marist Must:
The weather is not the only thing
changing this season. Fashion
majors and trendsetters get ready:
the latest fall fashions have arrived
you looking sharp. For those ofus A flashback to the 50's and the
and
are
literally ready to wear!
on a more modest budget, there are
still plenty of ways to keep our
campus look young and modern.
Before getting into this season's
trend report, I would like to intro-
·
duce myself. My name is Kristin
Gallagher and I am a freshman at
Marist. I am majoring in journal-
ism with a minor in fashion mer~
chandising, and I'll be keeping you
up-to-date on all the latest fashions
for the rest of the
Marlst Must:
The casual and cool look of fall: the
ever-popular "graphic tee." You
know them; in fact, you probably
own a dozen of them in a variety of
colors. Abercrombie is a favorite
for this look, but read carefully
when purchasing -
they tend to
get a little "graphic" with their
g.raphics! Either way, wear them if
you've got them; the weather won't
permit these cute little tees for
much longer!
semester.
This fall, ski-slope glamour, old-
fashioned elegance, retro shine,
modest attitude, and medieval
styles
,
have
gr-aced-
the runways of
mwh1
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Ufo'fJl
d'esi~ers.
How~t~utsinoo
'We are no~ all
blessed with Jennifer Lop~z'.s body
and Britney Spears' shape, this
year's designers leaned toward the
theme of leaving something to the
imagination.
•
Marist Mists~:,
A night out on the town with the
girls is never complete without the
perfect outfit. Don't let the popu-
lar belief that "less is more" fool
you.
Don't get me wrong, if
you've got it flaunt it, but remem-
ber, tasteful is in; looks to leave
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shining days ofretro is
"totally"
in!
Break out the off-the-shoulder tops,
polka dots, and crimping iron
because these looks are making
~
groovy comeback!
For those of
you brave fashion followers: leg
warmers are back, too! The trendy
looks of Europe have finally made
their way to the States. S.o, hit the
malls ( or mom's closet for that mat-
ter) and enjoy the flash-dance fun!
These are just a few of the casual
and contemporcLry looks gf this sea-
son.
Appearing in next week's
issue will be the latest fashion
award at Marist: "Red Fox of the
Week." This award will go to the
trendiest, classiest, wildest, and
overall best-dressed student on
campus (and yes, your picture will
be featured in the next issue!)
So keep reading, keep setting trends,
and keep your wardrobe up-to-date
because fashion fever is everywhere!
Name-brand uniformity
Anyone who went to
Catholic school or prep
school probably vowed
upon graduation never to
wear a school uniform
ALEC TROXELL
again. Chance~ are, when
==-=::.=.:=~
these
determmed-to-be-
original young adults decided to go to Marist
College, they never thought they would find
themselves wearing a daily unifom1
.
As a student on campus, I check everyone
out as I walk around. I especially enjoy this
practice. on warm spring days when our
enrollment appears to have doubled
overnight. As I look around at the passers-
by,
1
notice that we are not only
a very
alt!active campus, but that there is a popular
trend in our garb. You may or may not have
noticed it, but we all wear the school
uni-
form -
Abercrombie & Fitch.
Besides having an indisputably excellent
fashion program, Marist is extremely fash-
ionable in its own right.
If
you visit most
other college campuses, you will notice that
the students who show up to their early
classes are
sporting
whatever they rolled out
of bed in. Here at Marist, though, we tend to
reserve sweats for the
·
gym
or the dorm
.iiliiil:
room. Even for our
8
a.m. classes, we get up
in the morning with enough time to shower
and get dressed to impress. Abercrombie
may not be everyone's brand of choice, but
chances are you're wearing either Gap,
Express, American Eagle, or some other
popular name brand. This trend becomes
especially evident when you observe
,
Marist's nightlife apparel. Walking down to
meet your cab at Donnelly on Friday and
Saturday nights, there is an 1.J.tlSpoken rule
that you must always look good when in
public.
I'm not belittling name brand clothing,
especially since I own it all. I am encourag-
in~ everyone to stand out. Uniforms were
meant to unify students by making them
look like clones. It's perfectly fine to wear
bra.pd name clothes as we all do, but at least
wear them uniquely by making an
original
fashion statement. Do your own thing and
what is comfortable for you, and you 're sure
to be noticed.
If
sweats are the most com-
fortable apparel in the morning, break the
"rules." Next time you walk to class, look
around. You'll surely notice the "official"
unofficial name-brand school unifonn that
all Marist students are wearing.
Pomm:~
Holutic
Couruieliq
4llan feldman.
M.v.i.~ c.t1T.
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Top: John Nigrelli was among the first students to
take the stage at the SPC coffeehouse.
,
Dan Buzi (left) wowed the audience with an
intense reading of an original poem, while Nolan
Van Wert's (above) vocal and guitar stylings
earned third place in the talent voting. The next
SPC student coffeehouse is slated for Oct. 30.
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WEEKLY POLL RESULTS
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Santiago, Able, Van Wert
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By
LAUREN RICHMOND
Staff Writer
Students showcased their
rhythm and wit to the delight of
an enthusiastic crowd at the first
student coffeehouse of the year
in the Performing
Arts
Room in
the Student Center.
Student
Programming
Council
President Kristen
Burlage
said
she hopes that upcoming coffee-
houses will continue to have
such great turnouts.
"It was one of our better
attended coffeehouses," Burlage
said.
Goo Goo Dolls.
Junior
John
Santiago
came
in
first place for the
night.
Santiago played some of his own
music on the acoustic
guitar, as
well as "Barely Breathing" by
Duncan
Sheik in honor of his
concert visit to Marist
on
Sept.
27. He gave an excellent
per-
formance, playing his
original
songs with melodic expertise.
He
even
gave his own twist to
"Barely
Breathing,"
which the
audience enjoyed.
,
Junior Jeremy Able also lent
his own stylings to a few songs
by college radio favorites,
Dispatch. His performance was
undeniably impressive,
but
the
competition proved to
be
too
stiff.
Many students chose to play
the guitar and sing songs (both
covers and originals), and a few
others read original poetry. The
co_mpetitor with the most unique
As with all of the SPC's coffee-
talent of the night was junior
.
houses, there were beverages
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who sang and
all
patrons.
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on guitar.
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leavmg,
they
even
covered
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Jack Johnson's
aloud when the
"Rodeo Clown," to the surprise
of the audience and tied for
second place.
Senior Dan Buzi was the other
second place winner, reading
some original poetry that he con-
fessed
·
to writing just minutes
before the coffeehouse started.
"It's still just a draft," he
warned the crowd.
Nonetheless, the audience
seemed to enjoy his perform-
ance.
Buzi read his poem
intensely, as
~1h@Awli~d
,
~ery
strongly in what he had written,
which made his performance
striking and memorable.
Junior Nolan Van Wert placed
third.
Van Wert played some
original songs on his acoustic
guitar and covered "Slide" by the
next one would take place.
Frosh Patty Webster praised
the performers.
"Everyone did a really good
job, and I admire their courage,"
Webster said. "I wouldn't ever
get up in front of a crowd like
that!"
The next coffeehouse, featuring
even more student performers,
will
be
held on the evening of
Thursday, Oct.
30.
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y9\l
have a talent
that you'd
1~
tQ
p
show
.
off
to
your
fellow
classmates, call extension
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to
schedule yourself a time slot.
All
free of charge, student
coffeehouses are a great way to
see your fellow students in
action outside of the classroom
while spending some quality
time with friends.
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carrnen Alu
Phi Kappa Sigma President
More often than not, college
fraternities are known for their
wild parties, excessive drinking
habits and failure to abide by any
school rules, much like the fra-
ternities seen in the familiar
movies,
"Animal
House,"
''PClr'
and,
most
recently,
"Old
School." Each clearly portrays
the negative stereotypes people
assume about fraternities.
What people do not know is
that there is more to fraternity
life than that. Each year our fra-
ternity must submit a Mitchell
Chapter Standards (MCS) appli-
cation. MCS was established to
provide each chapter and the
International Fraternity with a
means of assessing performance
on an annual basis. This is done
to objectively rank the 61 active
chapters and colonies nation-
wide, in order to recognize and
reward the top performing
organizations.
Chapters
are
awarded points for grade point
averages, membership develop-
ment and size, financial manage-
ment, philanthropy and commu-
nity service, overall chapter
management, campus and alum-:-
ni
relations,
as
well as participa-
tion in national Phi Kappa Sigma
events, conferences and other
chapter visits.
For the third year in a row, the
Phi Kappa Sigma at Marist
College did extremely well,
combining a base score and vari-
ous extra-credit awards for a
total of 148, about a 20 percent
improvement on last year's
score. This
.
score was strong
enough for the Marist College
chapter to rank second among
the 61 chapters and colonies
nationwide, earning the presti-
gious Distinguished Chapter
Award to be presented at our
2004 Grand Chapter national
convention in Chicago.
The National Executive
Director Toby Smith has identi-
fied Marist and a select few other
successful chapters as the stan-
dard to which other chapters
must measure up. In a heart-
breaking development, Marist
missed the score of the top-
ranked chapter in the frate~ity
(McDaniel Universfty, form rly
'
Western Maryland)
by
a sin9le
point.
Mr. Delia, grand delta of the
national executive board and
Marist College Phi Kappa Sigma
chapter advisor, has personally
acknowledged the chaj,ter for its
accomplishments.
In
a letter to
Academic Dean Steve Sansola
and President Deruiis Murray,
Delia acknowledged some key
members and their accomplish-
ments.
"Contributing to Delta Iota's
stellar reputation in the fraternity
have been Carmen Alu, for his
outstanding scholarship and
leadership; Michael Constantine,
who served as an undergraduate
representative to the National
Executive Board's standards
·
committee, and who organized
the popular and successful golf
outing fund-raiser; Ryan Hogan,
for organizing the
second
Annual
North Atlantic Regional
Leadership conference at the
Marist Brothers Retreat Center;
and Matthew West, for his sig-
nificant contributions on the
National Executive Board's
insurance methodology commit-
tee," Delia wrote. "The MCS
application is a sizeable docu-
ment of more than 100 pages,
presenting the yearly accom-
plishments of the chapter. Delta
Iota's MCS applications were
superbly a1tthored by Steven
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Arocho in 2002 and Liam
O'Donovan in 2003, both result-
ing in the Distinguished Chapter
Awards and consecutive rank-
ings among the top three chap-
ters in the entire fraternity.
Additionally, Constantine fin-
ished in fifth place among eleven
regional candidates for the Neil
Hospers Outstanding Under-
gmdu~ award~e competition
was unusw.ill:y _c,lose, and among
the regional candidates, all were
seniors in 2003 except for
Constantine. He can somewhat
legitimately claim to rank fifth
among approximately
1400
active Phi Kappa Sigma under-
graduates in 2003, and those
fin-
ishing ahead of him have already
graduated.
These
are
not
Our fraternity has been
much more than what you
would see In the movie
theaters.
insignificant awards.
While the chapter is not per-
fect, it has sustained and
improved on its high perform-
ance for the past three years, and
is strategically positioned to
challenge for the highly coveted
Founder's Cup Award, given to
the best overall chapter for the
two-year interval between our
Grand Chapter conventions.
Our fraternity has been much
more than what you would see in
the movie theaters, working very
hard to improve its involvement
both on and off campus. We only
hope to continue this success
during this upcoming school
year. A
first
place finish
is
within
reach,
and we
will
do our
best
to
see that Marist College
has
the
best
Phi
Kappa
Sigma in the nation.
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in my concentration. Instead, I
never had the time
to
learn these
things because
that
time was
spent
on more
literature,
science
.
and history than I need.
Bending the Core
What do I feel about the core
classes at Marist College? That
question has come up in my
cap-
ping class over the course of this
semester. Our teacher
has
asked
us to respond to the article writ-
ten
in The Circle about the core
requirement.5 and
how we as a
senior class felt about them.
In
my own personal experi-
ences, surviving core classes
have helped me develop into the
person I am today. I have found
that it was worth all the stress
and discomfort. Many people
say that when they get to college
they want to study only subjects
that interest them, and core
classes don't allow them to do
that.
I
agree
that some core
classes are a little pointless and
some students really won't
ben-
efit from them in the
future,
but
I feel that in the long nm it is
bet-
ter
to have a well-rounded edu-
cation
What I am really trying to say
is
that
core classes are needed
and
should
be
required.
However, I feel that they should
take up less of a percentage of
our college education. Since I
am in the psychology special
education department, I had no
extra credits or time to take any
other classes besides my core
classes and ones required for my
major. I would have loved to
take a business class or a class in
art
design, but because of the
strict core requirements, I
was
unable to
do
so. The core should
stay, but there needs to be a little
more flexibility with the amount
of core credits needed
-
Peter Bisceglia
Keep core, expand optio
n
s
I agree that the actual purpose
of taldng core classes has
become a mystery to the stu-
dents. It
has
never been made
clear what the specific reasoning
behind taking the classes are.
The only logical answer is to
produce a well-rounded student
I
agree
that some of the core
classes such as philosophy and
origins of modem times were
not the most interesting classes
of my college career, but I was
exposed to an area of study that
I otherwise would not have
taken any classes in. Core class-
es allow students to learn about
topics outside their major, attend
classes with new people who
may have different perspectives,
and
separates
an otherwise mun-
dane day of classes in the same
subject~.
The only improvement I would
make is to allow students more
of an option in choosing their
core classes. Marist can still
require
classes
th
a pafficufar
subject area, but they shouldn't
mandate the specific class. For
example, don't require origins of
modern times or
arts
and values,
but
instead
require any history or
any
art
class.
I
think
it would also be benefi-
cial if it were easier for students
to take 200 level classes in a
major area of study other than
their own. The majority of the
time the only classes a student is
able
to
get into are the introduc-
tory classes to other majors.
However, the 200 level classes
are usually more interesting.
Marist should continue their
core requirement but expand the
options to students so
that
they
are choosing classes that they
enjoy and in areas that will meet
the student's definition of a well-
rounded student, not Marist's.
-
Lauren
Mccusker
Core Interferes
w~
studies
I understand that
Marist
is a
liberal
arts
school, so obviously
it's going to have core classes.
But my problem
has
always
been the number of core classes.
For instance, as an accounting
major, I have had to take
·
two lit-
erature
classes, two natural sci-
ence classes and two history
classes. I don't have a problem
with having to take one philoso-
phy class or one
arts
class. My
question is, what am I gaining as
an accounting student by taking
two literature classes instead of
just one?
Do
I really need to
have six credits
worth
of
natural
science?
I'm a senior, and I would've
much rather used some of those
credits to further my education
in business or economics.
In
terms of my career
path,
here are
more useful things I could've
learned by taking more classes
-
Ryan Hennessy
Core Is worthwhlle
I am a business major with a
concentration in marketing
and
a
minor in economics. Like all
other Mari.st students I
have
taken core classes. My core
requirements were completed
first
semester junior year and it
was not witil I attellded
Professor O'Keefe's self man-
agement class
first
semester sen-
ior year that I learned what the
purpose of those classes had
been. While learning this infor-
mation so late in the game did
not anger me, it left me question-
ing why Marist students are not
provided with this infonnation
earlier. I feel this infonnation
wou.1d have enabled me to have
a better understanding of what
was
expected of me in those
c l ~ and throughout my time
at Marist I am only · glad I
decided to sign up for this volun-
tary
course so I have the oppor-
tunity to understand the bigger
picture before graduating from
Marist in the spring.
Finally, I would like to com-
ment on the subtitle to the article
in the paper last week It read,
"Psychology professor says
pro-
gram
has outlived its useful-
ness." After speaking with
Professor O 'Keefe I believe this
statement to be inaccurate. It is
clear that Professor O'Keefe is
very impassioned about the
topic and believes in the values it
offers students. His only
regret
of the program is the lack of sup-
port it receives from his fellow
faculty and staff. Hopefully his
article will spark other fuculty
and
staff
members to give the
core the attention it deserves.
-
Kristin Flannery
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Recording industry
price cuts may be
too little, too late
By
WILLIAM BOLEN
The.Voyager
(U.
West
Florida)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (U-WIRE) -
Downloading music
from
the
Internet violates copyright laws and deprives
artists of revenue. While that may be true, the
Recording
Industry Association of America has taken
their war against copyright infringement to a perilous
level.
The RIAA announced last week it would pursue law-
suits against 261 music file-sharers. The litigants
include a 71-year-old grandfather, whose grandchildren
used his computer to download songs and a 12-year-old
.
girl whose family lives in a housing project on New
York's Upper West Side.
According to a study by Forrester Research in
Cambridge about two-thirds of American 18 and 19-
year-olds surveyed download music. Although they do
not represent the majority of file-sharers, college stu-
dents have been at the forefront of the trend since the
beginning.
The heavy-handed actions by the RIAA will only
fur-
ther antagonize the fan base it so desperately needs.
RIAA
statistics show there has been a 31 percent drop
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in sales of recorded music
The convenience of
downloading only
the.songs wanted
and the ease by
which CDs can be
since file sharing became
popular more than three
years ago. The music com-
panies need to bring cus-
tomers back not push them
away.
"When labels didn't come
through, consumers built it
themselves,"
says
Lee
Black, an analyst for Jupiter
Research.
burned
overshadow the
price cuts.
For every Napster the
RIAA shuts down, a Kazaa
is born. As time passes the
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software
to
download music
and other files wrn become more sophisticated and
secure from the eyes of the
RIAA.
The recording industry has to embrace the new tech-
nology. The door has already been opened. By oppos-
ing the download trend rather than accepting it, the
music industry has placed them~elves
in
this osition.
Legal download sites have begun appearing. With the
availability of more songs on these sites, and a con-
sumer-friendly pricing scale, the recording industry can
begin slowly turning the focus towards legitimate
downloading.
Improved access and the fear of prosecu-
tion favor the expansion of these legitimate outlets.
"Labels are making some pretty big concessions,"
Black says. ""One thing (free) file-sharing sites don't
do well is customer service. The paid path was always
the future. Even Napster was going to have to build a
business to support itself."
The cost of compact disks is another factor that helps
spur
on
the downloading movement. Some companies
are taking notice and have made moves to react to the
drop in sales. Universal Music's recent move to reduce
prices, by as much as 30 percent, is an example that
other
companies need to follow. Prices could drop as
low as $9.98 from its present $16 to $18 plateau.
Even
though
the price cuts have received positive
consumer response so far, the rest of the top music
companies (Warner, Sony, BMG and EMI) have yet to
follow suit with similar cuts. They are taking a wait-
and-see attitude to gauge customer feedback. The cuts
may be too little, too late. The convenience of down-
loading only the songs wanted and the ease by which
CDs can be burned overshadow the price cuts.
"We think this will be the most painful year," said
Richard Doherty,
director
of The
Envisioneering
Group, a
technology
assessment
firm
in Seaford, N.Y.
"It's frustrating that it is taking the music industry this
long to listen to the desires of consumers, but it is get-
ting better."
It's about time.
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Pundits unfair in calli~g Iraq
occupation 'another
Vietnam'
By
DAVID SILLER$
The Daily Princetonian
(Princeton U.)
PRINCETON, NJ. (U-WIRE) -
Needless to
say, America's occupation of Iraq
has taken a
tum
for the worse.
Our
soldiers continue to be
attacked daily, and many Iraqis have gone from
supporting our cause to joining the chorus of
violent anti-American protests. Next week,
President Bush will likely make concessions to
Presidents Chirac and Schroeder regarding the
sharing of power and division of responsibili-
ties that were llllthinkable even weeks ago.
Donald Rumsfeld
has
all but disappeared
from
·
the public eye since his proclamation that there
is no developing "quagmire" in
Iraq.
Public
support
for America's actions in Iraq
has
taken
a nosedive, and the Bush that r~tly seemed
widefeatable
seems
suddenly vulnerable.
But while the situation in Iraq is obviously
troubling, the repeated references
to
a
"quag-
mire" and oth~r indirect comparisons to
Vietnam are both factually inaccurate and sub-
versive to the nation's interests. Attempts to
compare the situation
in Iraq with one of the
darkest chapters in American history are ulti-
mately politically motivated, and should be
looked at with a more critical eye.
In
order to tmderstand the true
nature
of"quag-
mire"
comments, we must
first
examine the
political environment in which they were made.
Columnists such as Eleanor Clift have been frus-
trated with President Bush's prolonged invulner-
ability to criticism post-9/11, and reporters criti-
cal
of the administration were continually
flus-
tered by Donald Rumsfeld's repeated (while per-
haps not always entirely honest) dodging of their
questions
.
In
short, prior to the Iraq invasion the
Bush administration's war stance had weakened
the position of the liberal punditry and
press.
Since the
Iraq
occupation
has
run into difficulty,
comparisons to Vietnam have been especially
seductive for liberal critics.
Admittedly, there are some similarities
between
the situation in Iraq and our experience in
Vietnam
,
namely an elusive enemy who strikes
at our forces and disappears before we can
destroy him.
However, the numbers tell a com-
pletely different story. At the time of
this
writing,
we have lost 304 American soldiers in
Iraq,
including those killed
by
accidents and disease.
In
Vietnam, there we almost 60,000 American
servicemen killed It
has
been
six months since
the invasion of Iraq began; the United States was
engaged in active combat in Vietnam for almost
a decade.
In Iraq,
American forces destroyed
•
Saddam Hussein's army within a matter of
weeks, and control the majority of the country.
In
Vietnam, American forces almost never crossed
into North Vietnam, and never controlled lluge
portions
of the
country
outside the major cities.
Similarities exist, but not
on the scale to justify a
direct
comparison. Vietnam destroyed the
nation's confidence in itself:
and
bred
a
genera-
tion of jaded and
angry
youth. While it
is
true
that the situation in Iraq is dangerous for the
nation. comments such as these create a defeatist
,
atmosphere which
brings
us closer to failing in
our responsibilities there. A comparison such as
this should
aim
to highlight existing similarities
between two situations and not help make the
claim a
reality.
Unforµmately, some who hear "quagmire"
comments
are
also likely to be
inspired
by
them.
As our enemies learned
from
Vietnam and
Somalia, the American people
are
not very
patient when
faced with American casualties
outside of our immediate national interest.
Comparisons such as
this
not only help erode
public
support for the effort in
Iraq,
they give a
further incentive for
terrorists
to
attack U.S.
interests.
If
small-scale
attacks
on U.S. fon:es are
successful
in
weakening U.S. resolve, they
will
simply increase
until
the United States
with-
draws. That would reinforce a terrible precedent
Attacks on
the
United Nations headquarters in
Iraq
were completely
successful in destroying
the U.N. commitment
to
station aid workers in
the country (despite Kofi Annan's proclamation
to the contrary), and their force in-country
has
been reduced
to
a
skeleton
staff.
This
type
of
behavior only proves
that terrorism ''works"
from the perspective of the terrorist
The
United
States cannot fall to the same
type
of
pressure,
because it would legitimate tem>rist attacks as a
successful cotmter
to
any U.S.
action.
Instead of trying to invoke the
painful
memo-
ries of a time long passed
to
hurt the adminis-
tration, the
pundits should be saying what the
Bush administration should do
to
prevent Iraq
from
further resembling Vietnam. We may have
invaded
Iraq
for all the wrong
reasons.
but
we
must stay for all the right ones. The entire
world, including its terrorists,
is
watching
our
actions in Iraq very closely.
If
we can overcome
our early mistakes in Iraq and help create a sta-
ble and prosperous
nation,
it
will
do much
towards restoring our international legitimacy
and dampening anti-American sentiment world-
wide.
If
we bend
to
the
pressure and fail in our
responsibilities, it
will
show
that America
will
bow
to
terrorists, and will en\bolden our ene-
mies worldwide. While we may not be doing
everything right, it's
unfair
to
declare Iraq
is
another Vietnam
.
Act walks a fine
line with fourth
amendment rights
By
ANDREW LAWSON
Kansas State
Collegian
(Kansas
State
U.)
·
MANHATTAN, Kan. (U-WIRE) -
If
Americans
examine any sections
in the PATRIOT Act, they need to
look at these four. Make
no
mistake, there are many
other
controversial sections in this law, but these exem-
plify what could go wrong if -
or when -
the govern-
ment
abuses
its new
powers.
Section 206:
Roving
surveillance authority
The government used to tap specific phones or com-
puters,
and
they had to
secure a
warrant detailing that
target to do so.
·
Of course,
PATRIOT
changed everything with the
deployment
of roving wiretaps.
Obviously, this removes the primary
'
protection
against wiretaps that used to be present: The ability of a
judge to
determine
whether a certain device should be
tapped.
What makes this even scarier is that this was one of
two provisions the Justice Department omitted when
listing
PATRIOT
provisions that had helped catch
·
and
prosecute
terrorists. So who are they going after with
this new tool?
Section 213: Authority f o r - - - - - - - - -
delaying
notice of the ex!cu-
tion of a warrant
Police officers used to fol-
low a policy of "knock-and-
announce," which was a
moniker for their practice of
notifying
you that you were
going
to
be searched.
In
1978, the Foreign
Intelligence
Surveillance
Act made
an
exception:
Notification
of the warrant
could be
delayed
in the
case
of suspected foreign spies,
.
to
aid authorities by not warn-
ing
the
target so they could
flee.
Everyone knows
about this one. You
know, It's the part
that says the
government can
check your llbrary
records to see If
you've checked out
11
Bombs for
Dummies" lately.
---------
Under PATRIOT, this delay no longer is limited
.
Papa
Ashcroft can do it to anybody. Sure, he still has to get court
.?PJ)l'OVal, and
90 days is essentially the maximum allow-
able delay, but there's nothing to stop a court
from
renew-
ing the delay.
If
the Justice Department plays its cards right and really
finesses judges, knock-and-announce
is
probably a relic of
the
past. Worse, this particular section will not sunset in
2005.
Section 215: Access to records and other items
Everyone knows about this one. You know, it's the part
that says the government can check your library records to
see if you've checked out ''Bombs for Dummies" lately.
Back in the good ol' days, it
required
a warrant and prob-
able cause to do that kind of search, but no longer.
New and improved databases make it even easier for
Uncle Sam
to
browse through a comprehensive report of
your personal
records,
just in case you're a terrorist. The
people that supply those records -
librarians, video rental
clerks, priests and more -
can't tell you you're being
"investigated."
Slate Magazine examined
this
section - among others -
and there's some good news for me. According to Slate
edi-
tors Dahlia
Lithwick
and Julia Turner, ''That means you
can't have your records searched solely because you wrote
an
article
criticizing the Patriot Act."
Whew.
Section 218: Foreign intelligence infonnation
This one really sums of the problems of all the previous
sections.
Congress' real aim in passing the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillaqce Act was to loosen the FBI's hands when
dealing with suspected foreign agents.
They did so
by
al
l
owing some fudging of the Fourth
Amendment, which
requires probable cause for investiga-
tions. At the time, all the probable cause the FBI really
needed was that such-and-such a diplomat was Russian,
Chinese, Iranian, whatever.
In
our
brave new Patriotic world, that little part about for-
eign doesn't really apply anymore. FISA
is
being used
against
American citi7.ens and Ashcroft
has
broken the
"deal"
his
predecessors sealed with Congress in 1978.
What do these provisions all have in common?
They allow the federal government to breach our First
and Fourth Amendment rights in new and unprecedent-
ed ways.
They do not require said government to tell us we are
suspected "terrorists" until the investigation is well
underway; indeed, maybe not until we are arrested and
brought to trial.
And, with the exception of Section 213, which at least
needs to be dramatically curtailed, they will all sunset in
2005. By that time, the American people need
to
take a
close
look
at these laws and decide
if
we want them to
remain.
I suggest we let them die away and forget the
period in
our history where we traded fear for a false sense of secu-
rity and sacrifice of civil liberties .
THE CIRCLE
ROB McGUINNESS/ THE CIRCLE
Red Foxes' Meghan Cochrane had 23 assists in a 3-0 loss to the Hofstra Pride in the McCann Center
Tuesday night. The Foxes have won four of their last six games. The team is 6-10 on the season.
Hofstra blanks Mari st volleyball
Pride snaps Red Foxes' two game winning streak
By
MARK PERUGINI
Staff Writer
POUGHKEEPSIE
-
Alessandra
Pollo's 17 kills and 32 team
assists rattled the McCann
Center as the Hofstra Pride
blanked the Red Foxes in three
games Tuesday.
In
game one, Hofstra slid past
the Foxes 30-23. Early on, the
Foxes' Sally Hanson had two key
kills, and Hanson brought Marist
to an early 3-l lead.
However, Hofstra's communi-
cation on the floor surmounted
the quickness of the Foxes
.
With
their size and ability, the Pride
attacked the Foxes with ruthless
aggression. Hofstra had 38 team
assists and 20
•
kills, due to their
excellent and intense ball move-
ment.
In game two, Hofstra con-
trolled the entire tempo of the
game. The Pride went on a 4-0
scoring drive where Hofstra's
Tessa Sphar had one kill to bring
the Pride their fourth point of the
game.
The Foxes, who trailed by nine
points during two segments of
the game, initiated key volleys
and started to brew a comeback.
Nevertheless, Hofstra's compq-
sure and unending effort brought
them a commanding control with
a win in game two.
Game two concluded with
Hofstra breezing by Marist 30-
20. Hofstra tallied six more kills
than Marist, a key stat to a cru-
cial game two.
In game three, Marist's
momentum and hunger started to
resurface.
Marist's Stefanie Miksch had a
key kill to bring Marist within
one of the Pride
.
After tying the
game at three, Hofstra double-
blocked Marist's attack and
reclaimed the lead at 4-3.
Marist's eleven errors diluted
some key points in the
.
game, as
they slowly saw their winning
chances diminish
.
Hofstra's textbook trio, known
as the bump-set-kill, weakened
Marist's pride.
At 29-24, Marist had full pos-
session of the ball and attempted
to make a comeback on eight
unanswered points.
Nevertheless, Marist's final kill
sailed out of bounds, and Hofstra
completed its sweep by the score
of 30-24.
The Foxes will travel to the
University
of Pennsylvania
Tournament this weekend. The
Marist Red Foxes (6-10) will
oppose Robert Morris in their
opening game.
Foxes top Crusaders, Big Green en route
to two victories at Holy Cross tournament
The Red Foxes shut out Friday's loss
,
the best we could
Dartmouth and host Crusaders
3
-
0 in the Holy Cross tourna
-
ment last weekend.
Sophomore outside hitter
Jaime Kenworthy averag
e
d 14
kills per match over the tourna-
ment
and
setter
Meghan
Cochrane had match
es
of 53
,
40
and 36 assi
s
ts
.
"We came in
t
o th
e
tournam
e
nt
wanting to go 3·0, but after
do was
2-
1
,
" said coach Sarah
Watters
.
Marist won three fairly tight
games again
s
t Dartmouth, never
trailing by more than three points
the entire match.
The team's second game on the
day was a
g
ainst Holy Cross, and
'
.
Marist
e
asily defeated the strug
-
g
lin
g
Crusad
e
rs by
an
average of
more than ten points per game.
The Foxes have a tough ~ched-
ule to contend over the next
stretch of games, including a few
home matches against Colgate
and Siena and on the road at the
UPENN tournament.
"Most people from the north-
east have never seen this type of
volleyball," says Watters. "Once
you see a match you will come
back and see another."
-
Timothy Griffin
GAME OF THE WEEK
FOOTBALL
Marist at Wagner
Saturday, Sept.
27, 1
p.m.
Staten Island,
N.Y.
Sports Editor
PaulSeach
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PAGE9
Red Foxes cruise past Saints
James Luft throws for 268 yards, earns
Foxes first conference win of season
By
MARK PERUGINI
Staff Writer
POUGHKEEPSIE -
James
Luft threw for 268 yards and had
a three-yard bootleg touchdown
run,
as Marist beat the Siena
Saints 28-14.
·
The Foxes entered the game
with undeniable intensity, as
Brad Rowe ran 46 yards for
Marist's first score of the game,
ending
a
51-yard
drive.
However, the Saints battled back
as Brandon Matano returned a
punt for 90 yards to tie the game
at 7-7.
On
the n~xt Saint drive, Sal
Jeraci scored on a 44-yard run
and gave Siena the lead 14-7.
Marist would finally answer
back on its last possession of.the
half, when Guy Smith recovered
a fumble in the end zone to tie
the score at 14-14.
Man.st scored twice in the third
·
quarter. After a Jcey 41-yard
catch by Guy Smith, James Luft
has a 2-yard touchdown run
towards the tight -:,\de
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Game Summary
Hofstra def. Marist -0
Game I. 30.Z3
Game 2 30-20
Game 3· 30-24
Attack (offeme): Hofstra -
51 kills:
ollo 17,
Nick
9. Sphar 9. Smith 6
Marist -
36 k11I Miksch I 0,
Kenworthy 9,
Hanson
7,
Brozek 4
Gillespie
4
Defense:' Hofstra -
46 digs: Dw-akis
10,
Pollo 9,
.
phar
9
.
Marist-40
digs:
Lux
9, Cochrane 9,
McEathron 7, Giltepsie .
Team Records:
Hofstra 4-10,
Marist 6-10,
field, giving the Foxes a critical
21-14 lead
.
On the next posses-
sion, Alfredo Riullano galloped
into the end zone for a 2-yard
run.
Riullano's run was the last
play of a 97-yard drive by the
Foxes, with a key 44-yard catch
by Guy Smith and an 11-yard
catch by Tim Traynor. James
Luft also ran for 15 yards on that
drive, one of many first downs
by the Foxes that night.
The Foxes defense had key
·
plays that slowed the Saints'
momentum.
In the first quarter,
John
Healy
recovered a fumble and the
Marist special teams blocked one
of many Siena punt attempts
.
Pete Crossett's interception, as
well as Payton Rogers' 10-yard
sack, inhibited Siena's offense
for the rest of the game. Marist
intercepted the ball three times
during th
_
e game, but one inter-
ception was called back due to a
roughing the passer penalty.
Siena fumbled the ball six times
during the game, only recovering
na\f oftnem.
The Foxes had 352 total yards
while holding Siena to only 183
total yards
.
All ofMarist's scores
came on the run, even though 76
percent of the total yards came
through the air
.
For the Foxes (2-1), this victory
sends a message throughout the
conference that Marist is a con-
tender. The Foxes' next game will
be
on the road against Wagner
Sept. 27 at 1 p
.
m.
MAAC co-defensive
player of the week:
Payton R0gers
Rogers earned co-defensive
player of the week honors with
two sacks and 10 tackles
against Siena last Saturday.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2003
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THE CIRCLE
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S
t.
Anger
triumphs as
Husker
Du.
circa 1983, in a promo shot taken in San Diego,
Ca.
Tim Tonooka
I
www.thlrdltv.oom
Husker Du's classic
Zen Arcade revisted
By
BRANDON SMITH
Staff Writer
Husker
Du's classic
19-84
release
Zen Arcade
was more
than an artistic breakthrough.
It
broke down
many
of the
rules
·of what
it
meant to
be
punk.
Zen Arcade is often
ref
erred to as .the White
Album
of punk, and for many
justifiable
reasons.
For
starters, it was the first punk
rock double album,
a
notion
previously thought of
in
the
punk
community as
gratu-
itous.
Zen
Arcade also marked
punk's first concept
album.
Though the concept is not
as
direct as The
Who's
Tommy
or
The
Beatles
Sgt.
Pepper,
it is
still easily
recognizable:
the
pains
of
growing
up.
Songs
such as
••something
I Learned
Today"
and "Broken Home,
Broken Heart" are
per:(ect
vignettes of what
it
is like
growing
up
in
a shattered
home.
Zen
Arcade also
proved that it was possible
to
be hardcore
and still employ
pop-rock
song structures.
Songs such as "Pink Turns
to
Blue"
and "Somewhere"
are
built on simple verse-chorus-
verse
foundations and don't
venture into any new territory,
structurally speaking.
Husker
Du's songwriting
dichotomy
is
often
compared
to that
of
John Lennon and
Paul McCartney,
in
that
it's
easy
to tell who wrote what.
The poppier sides of
Zen
Arcade
come
courtesy of
drummer
Grant Hart's songs,
while the
punk
aggression
comes
from
guitarist Bob
Mould.
The album retains its
punk
credentials
by
sticking closely
top~ aesthetics. The album
was recorded and mixed in a
total
of
just over
80 hours.
This bare-bones
approach
did
leave
some
minor
flaws
in the
recording, but affords a cer-
tain honesty
in
the music that
no
mixing
console could ever
replicate.
On
many
of
the
songs, the instruments sound
tinny
and
underdeveloped,
and they tend to drag jn spots.
These quirks, combined with
Bob Mould's obsession with
fuzz, make it difficult to
pick
out
the melodies
on
certain
tracks.
However,
for
the dedi-
cated listener, this poses no
problem
at all, and
makes the
rewards of the album that
much
sweeter.
If
there
is one
track
that
j
us-
tifies this album's place
among
punk
rock's
best iind
brightest,
its the
final
track
":Reoccurring
Dreams," The
song is a
13-minute instru-
mental
adventure
reminiscent
of fellow fuzz-merchants
Sonic Youth. For 13
minutes,
the band lays a psychedelic,
noise rock instrumental over
various tape effects, making
for a truly unique blend of
acid rock, vintage punk, and
experimental
jazz.
Before
"Reoccurring Dreams,"
it was
considered taboo
for
punks
to
play
instrumentals, let alone
13-minute psychedelic
romps
like
this
one.
Husker Du continued to per:-
fect their style
with
their fol-
low up,
New Day Rising, and
then focus
~n a
more
pop-ori-
ented style on
Flip Your Wig.
Without Husker Du there
would have been no
Pixies,
no
Superchunk, and
no
Nirvana.
The entire alternative genera-
tion owes a great debt
to
Husker Du, whether they
acknowledge
it
or not.
MCCTA comedy to be
an exercise in absurdism
By
DAN
CALANDRO
Staff Writer
For
its
fall comedy,
Marist
College Council
on Theater Arts
will present
.
the
Tony
award win-
ning
play
Ros~ncrantz
and
Guildenstem Are Dead
by Tom
Stoppard.
The play belongs to
a
genre
of the theater
called
Theater
of
the Absurd.
Si~ply
put,
this
is
not your typical
col-
lege
production.
Absurdist
Theater has its roots in the philo-
sophical
belief
of existentialism.
,
The philosophy of
existentialism
stresses
the idea that humans
desire to make rational decisions
in
an
irrational
universe.
Absurdist Theater meshes this
belief with the modern idea of
drama
and minimalist
set
pieces,
eccentric characters,
dark humor,
and
events
you would not nor-
mally
encounter
in
everyday
life.
The genre
of
Absurd
Theater
was popular from the 1930s until
about the 1970s. Playwrights,
such as
Si,Ulluel Beckett, offer a
dark, seemingly
uncaring,
view
of
the human condition. The
characters are often provided
with little or no information
and
must find their own way
through
the play. Visually and
aurally
absurdist plays are
a
metaphor
for man's search
for
answers.
Dialogue throughout plays in
this
genre is
often quick,
mini-
malist and abstract. The dramatic
elements
of these
plays
appear in
llil
illogical order. Plots wander
just
as
the actors move
about
the
stage.
Through
the
eyes
of
Rosencrantz and
Guildenst'ern,
the tal11 of Hamlet is
given
a new
life. Stoppard's play
relies
and
feeds on the plot of Hamlet to
provide meaning. The
fates'
of
Rosencrantz and
Guildenstem
are tied with Shakespeare's
play.
Despite this the two share their
dark humor and wit throughout
the play
even
when
faced
with
the most dire of
situations
.
Their
absurd
conversations and
verbal
games
are inwmingled with
var-
ious slapstick comedic acts.
Underneath
thQugh
,
Rosencrantz
and Guildenstem are real people
with feelings and desires. The
comedy
is
interspersed with
tragedy to
give
the
play a
more
realistic and
emotional
feel. The
play's overall
feel is
that of
a
dark humored
confusion
in
which two young
men are
searching
for their
purpose.
The
production
will
be
.
a
very
unique
experience for
all
of
those
involved. The audience
will
be
treated
to
a
wide range of
emotions
from
revenge
to come-
dy to despair.
Costumes, sets,
and
props
should
prove to be
quite interesting, adding a
great
amount
of
atmosphere
to
Denmark and
Elsinore.
If
noth-
ing
else,
the pirate seen~
should
prove to be
a
theatrical master
-
piece.
Rosencrantz
and Guildenst
e
rn
Are Dead
will run
October
1
Oth-
11 th
at 8
PM
and October
12th
at
2
PM.
For
more information and
to reserve tickets please visit
www
.
guildenstern.com.
Metallica
are reborn
By
DAN CALANDRO
Staff Writer
Metall~ca -
St. Anger
St. Anger was probably
Metallica's most anticipated new
album since I 996's
Load. The
recent events in Metallica's 20
plus year
career:
Napster, the
departure of long-time bassist
Jason Newsted, and singer/gui-
tarist James Hetfield's stint in
rehab are just some of the issues
addressed in
St. Ang~r. For most
of the 1990's, Metallica continu-
ally reinvented heavy metal.
Now, in 2003, Metallica have
reformulated themselves and
their genre once again
Rumors were rampant during
the summer that the album
would have " ..
,And Justice for
Al/
like time changes." Another
was that the album would sound
similar to
Master of Puppets. St.
Anger does not emul~te any of
these albums. It is completely
unlike any other Metallica
album, and that's one of its most
admirable qualities.
seven minutes. The songs, and
the overall
length
of the CD,
stand as a 'testament that
Metallic a is still capable of writ-
.
ing epic tracks.
"Some
Kind of
Monster" and "¼!visible Kid"
stand out as some of the excel-
lent longer cuts. While there are
no solos to be found anywhere
on the CD, Kirk Hammett mar-
shal a few memorable moments,
most notably Hammett's licks on
"Frantic" and
''Sweet
Amber."
Other than that, he appears to be
almost absent from
the
CD.
The opening track, "Frantic,"
is hard, loud, and fast proving
that Metallica still has their
thrash metal roots. The blister-
ing riff is followed by a mellow,
clean guitar giving the track
some harmony and melody.
"Frantic" is the best overall song
on the entire album with excel-
There are some distorted/clean
lent riffs.
Typical of every changes to be heard but mostly
Metallica album, the riffs do an the songs are
straight
crunch-
excellent job of balancing thun-
filled shred fests.
derous volume
and delicate
Them
i8
a grnat
runount
of
articulation. While many are not clamor about Lars Ulrich's snare
overly complex, they are execut-
drum sounding like an alu-
ed with enough speed and preci-
minum trashcan.
True,
a lot of
sion to bring a
faarning
smile to the drum work on
St. Anger
does
any metahfitrt"1,&Gtr.
lhe-gui~
rsotmd
as
·
if
Ulrich traded
iri
his
throughout the album are blister-
custom Tama set
for an
array of
ing fast and hard hitting.
empty oil drums,
but
he and his
The majority of the songs are skins are,
for
the most
part,
not radio friendly with six of the drowned out by the wall
of gui-
eleven songs weighing in at over tars and
vocals.
To
Ulrich's
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ollingstone.com
The Metallica of the future,
from
left: bassist Rob
Turjillo, lead guitarist
Kirk Hammett, drummer Lars Ulrich, and vocalisVrhytt\m
guitarist
James Hetfield.
www.amazon.com
credit,
there
is a great deal more
double-bassing to be heard
throughout
St
,
Anger than on
recent Metallica projects. The
CD also has the "recorded in a
garage feel" in so much that the
band plays off of each other
instead of the mixing board.
The lyrics
too
have caused
somewhat of an uproar among
critics and fans. While the lyrics
are not the most introspective
nor the deepest, Bob Dylan and
Tom Petty ~ave that covered,
they are still decent. Some of
the lyrics, to be fair, do seem to
be
poorly
conceived.
Specifically,
"Purify"
is
arguably the worst track on the
album. The lyrics, however, do
not detract from the overall
song. Many of the
lyrics actual-
ly beg to be screamed back at the
band during a live gig, "My
lifestyle determines my death
style,"
from
"Frantic!"
for exam-
ple.
.
Metallica were also nice
enough to
include
some bonus
material. A
free DVD comes
packaged
with the
regular
audio
CD. The DVD
contains
every
song
on
the CD
played
by
the
band live in their
studio.
Also
included
is
a
special
code
which
grants access
to the
"Metallica
Online Vault." The vault
con-
tains
compfete
live songs
from
three
different gigs.
More songs
and
concerts will
be added at a
later date. Currently, the three
gigs
run
the gamut
of Metallica
songs from
favorites, "Fade
to
Black"
to lesser
known,
and
appreciated tracks
such as
"Bleeding
Me."
On
the
whole,
St. Anger
is an
excellent
Metallica disc.
Is
it
Mast
e
r of Pupp
e
ts?
No. Should
it be? No. Music
is about evolu-
tion and no band knows that bet-
ter than Metallica.
St. Anger
is
not a
return,
but
a step forward
in Metallica
'
s heavy
metal
evo-
lution.
So far the evolution
sounds excellent: fast,
loud, and
above
all, defiant\)' Metallica.
Seal releases
first album in five years
SEAL
"Seal
IV" (Warner Bros.)
3 stars
British musician Seal always seems to
hibernate
between
albums
.
His last
effort, "Human
Being," was released
in 1998, four years
after his previous,
eponymous
album: There
was also a
three
year gap
between his
first
and
second albums.
Seal has
apparently
spent this
recent respite going
through his
record collection,
and the
influences can
be
heard on "Seal
IV,"
an
eclectic sampling of styles ranging from
'70s
soul-pop
to
straightforward reggae.
.
While the
album's abundance of styles
~
and
Seal's
occasion
-
ally
nebulous lyrics
-
can confuse his true artistic identity
,
"Seal
IV'' is a thoroughly enjoyable
album. Trevor Hom's immaculate
production puts Seal's
voice
high in the mix over
perfectly craft-
ed soundscapes
.
Standouts among a satisfying set are th~ gospel
-
influenced sin-
gle "Waiting For
You" and the
eerie "Heavenly ... (Good
Feeling)."
-
Romann
M W
e
ber (KRT
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ampus S
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SEAL IV
PRODUCTION NOTES
Jill
Sinolair
-
Executive Producer
Stev
e
Price - Engineer
Tim
Lambert
-
Asst.
Engineer
Sacha Waldman
-
Photograph
y
PAGE 11 •
THlfRSDAY,
SEPTEMBER
25,
2003
•
THE CIRCLE
Iron Maiden riding
high on new album
Dance of Death a macabre 21st-century waltz
By
MATT DUNNING
Arts Editor
McBrain) is especially well-mixed, his
drwn
work
supplying the th:underous backbone of this 67-
minute beast of an album.
You've heard them name-checked along with the
Contrary to its name,
Dance
'
of Death kicks off
likes of Motorhead and Black Sabbath whenever with a gleam in its eye and a bounce in its step, as
nu-metal bands are asked to rattle off a list of their McBrain counts the rest of the band off into the
influences. You've seen their t-shirts in Sum-41
classically structured cruising anthem
"Wildest
videos and
on
stage at award shows.
If
you own a Dreams." The first three tracks may, in fact, take
copy of
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, you've more some getting used to for devoted students of the
than likely heard "The Number of the Beast," the Maiden catalog. "Wildest Dreams," "Rainmaker,"
title track form their 1982 landmark album and one and "No More Lies" are, lyrically speaking, sharp
of their most successful singles to date. But behind deviations from the traditionally war-torn, charac-
the retro sheik of their
ter-driven sagas that
merchandise and "old-
- - - - - - - , . - - . - . - - - - - - - - ~
fans
have
grown
school" credibility that
accustomed
to.
comes with dropping their
Centered on personal
name at a skate park is a
, growth
.
and
redemp-
bal).d that began recording
tioI'l.,
·
the first third of
and touring more than 25
Dance observes princi-
years ago; a band with
pal songwriter and
more than 50 million
bassist Steve Harris re-
album sales and 14 world
examining life, both in
tours to its credit.
and
·
out
of Iron
For over 25 years, Iron
Maiden. The very first
Maiden have done it their
words uttered to cross
way, Their galloping bass
lead vocalist Bruce
lines, blistering guitar
Dickinson's lips he
proudly announces as
solos and epic structures
if he were making
have blazed a trail far, far
some sort of ultimate
away from mainstream
,__
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
_ _;_ _ _
-4
New Year's resolution:
heavy metal. Where most Iron Maidens are (from left) guitarists Dave
Murray
"I'm gonna organize
bands are satisfied crank- and Janick Gers, drummer Nicko McBrain,
guitarist
some changes in my
ing out one radio-ready Adiran Smith, bassist and founding memeber Steve life
/
I'm gonna exer-
pop-metal nugget after Harris and vocalist Bruce Dickinson.
cise the demons of my
another, Maiden genuinely
past."
appear dedicated to their craft. Granted, some of
Despite the apparent changes (well, amendments)
their material may seem longwinded and over-the-
to the band's M.O., disciples of the old testament of
top, but it's that very willingness to step beyond Iron Maiden need not fear.
Dance of
Death isn't all
what is commercially acceptable that separates
12-step slogans and self-help pamphlets
.
Once
Maiden from the rest of their contemporaries. Harris and Dickinson are finished purging their
Whik bands like Motley Crue and Ratt were busy sins, they and the rest of the band launch right into
soaking up the spotlight in the mid-eighties, their practiced and macerating
"no-prisoners"
Maiden pouted themselves into their oWfi brand of
assault. Frantic,
visceral,
and pleadingly urgent,
lavish and .intricate songwriting. Now, nearly two
decades after the hair-metal craze, Iron Maiden "Montsegur" rips and howls as Dickinson unlea
_
sh-
find themselves as prolific as ever with a brand es a- soaring tirade detailing centuries of violence at
new album that
debuted
at
~ v
18
on
;t,9~
Billl;,o~4 the hands of religion. It, along
with
"Pachendale"
charts and a worldwide arena tour that, upon its
~d
*Dffllcl!'ttf'Deattr,l'•u-e1ht tnt~igh:lighwof
tp~
,
conclusion, will have spanned more than 15 coun-
record. As savage and well:coticeived as they are
tries across four continents.
(In case you were lengthy, they tower above the rest of
Dance's
wondering,
Vmce
Neil, former vocalist for Motley eleven tracks.
Crue, will be at Poughkeepsie's own Chance
Iron Maiden may never record another
Theatre in November. Plenty of tickets are still
Powers/ave or Somewhere in Time. The band that
available.)
recorded those albums, along V'{ith a host of others
For their thirteenth studio album and twenty-third equally outstandi!}g, may be gone forever.
If
that is
release overall, ominously titled
Dance of Death, indeed the case, then let Dance of Death serve as
Maiden are sticking with essentially the same for-
both a proud and boisterous memorial of the
mula that made 2000's
Brave New World such a fan
Maiden of old and a monument of the new incarna-
favorite. Though it is widely agreed that the band's
best works lay behind them, producer Kevin tion of a truly formidable and gifted group of men.
Shirley (The Black CrQwes, Aerosmith) brings a
If
nothing else,
Dance of Death is a massive bill-
clarity and resonance
to
the new material that early board that overlooks the vast and essentially barren
Maiden albums lack.
Nicko McBrain (yes, landscape of heavy metal and, in big red letters
reads "This, friends, is how it's done."
Beulah weather rough waters,
release landmark fourth album
By
JENNIFER GOLDSMITH
Staff
Writer
Beulah -
Yoko
Pesky
record
labels,
low
distri-
bution rates,
and
inner-band
tur-
moil have haunted
Beulah
since
their semi-eunk debut album,
Handsome
Western
States,
emerged
in 1997. Seemingly
unhindered, the
San
Francisco
band persisted and
readily
put
forth
l 999
1
s
When
Your
Heartstrings Break, followed
shortly after
by
The Coast
is
Never Clear in 2001-
both
earnest, youthful pop-based
assortments which managed to
go W1noticed beyond a small rip-
ple of fans. Not exactly encour-
aging. Add to all
of
that the fact
that,
of
their
six
members, f ~
of the Beulah crew divorced or
ended serious relationships this
year, and you have a recipe for
what would,
in
anyone else's
hands, be
a
doldrum of a fourth
album.
Though their newest release
exhibits
tragic undertones,
Yoko,
commendably, does anything but
wallow
in
self-pity. Rather, any
sense
of
anguish is distilled
in
Beulah's new lyrical poise and
wizened indie-rock
form,
pro-
viding a smooth transition from
Heartstrings and Coast's freckle-
faced idealism
to
a more
sea-
soned, though never cynical,
dexterity.
The album opens with
a
sprin-
kling of light piano over what
could
easily be
mistaken for the
rumble of auto-ignition. And
thus, it begins:
a
musical venture
of wrought iron strength, well-
masked
by
chirpy
melodies and
harmonic innocence. The weight
of the lyrics
doesn't
pull the
tunes
down
in the least
.
Take,
for
example,
the
Beatles-esque
''Don't Forget to Breathe,"
which
exhales
melancholy
("Time
will
take all my dreams
Close your eyes and the moon
will
sigh
/
Is it worth me
tryin'?
11)
while revisiting the up-,tempo,
drum-pulsed tunes
of
the 60's.
But the album isn't comprised
solely of retro-pop, nor does it
exhaust its stylistic welcome.
"My Side
of
the City"
ups
the
ante (and the adrenaline) through
a raspy, caffeinated ode to
Urbania,
and very nearly a
throwback to their punk days. It
seems Beulah wants
to
dabble in
every genre this time around:
"Fooled Around With The
Wrong Guy" brings them one
cowboy boot away from the alt-
country border, and
1
'Your
Mother Loves You
Son"
is noth-
ing short of good old cigarette-
scented distortion rock.
Yoko
is
both a departure and a
reunion of past successes,
exploring new territory
'
while
celebrating the best of Beulah's
past three albums. Each song is
crafted
with
unique honesty and
speaks to the same kind of
growth
that the band
itself
has
experienced. The result?
A
ripe,
wizened
medley
of Beulah's best
sounds thus far, and, if we're
lucky, a view of things
to
come.
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John Mayer
picks and plucks
away at
a
live
show
in New
York City in support of his album,
Heavier Things.
John Mayer grows up
and
spreads out on
Heavier
Things
By
DORY
LARRABEE
Staff Writer
John
Mayer-Heavier Things
Ever since John Mayer's break-
through album
Room for Squares
hit the mainstream, he has been
swooning
girls and modeling
excellent guitar style with hits
like
"Your
Body
is
a
Wonderland" and "No Such
Thing."
When his successful
CD/DVD
Arry
Given Thursday
was released, fans were given a
glimpse into the live and raw tal-
ent of Mayer. With his highly
anticipated new
release,
Heavier
Things, Mayer takes' on
a
highly
evolved new sound and gives
fans a taste of something differ•
ent.
A big step
from
the pop flavor
given to fans in
...
Squares,
Heavier Things has
a
bluesier,
ja.izjer
feel
than his previous
work.
It
seems as though this
album only has a couple of pos-
sible singles, whece as
...
Squares
contained almost all radio-
friendly tunes.
At first listen, Mayer sounds
like he should
be
playing in an
underground jazz club rather
than on a Top 40 radio station
.
However,
"New
Deep,"
"Clarity/ and
"Split
Screen
Sadness" have definite possibili-
ties
of
being hit
singles:
Although different in
sound,
the lyrics are as creative and
clever as the last album. He
proudly states in
'
'Bigger than
My Body" that:
"I'll
gladly go
down in
a flame
If
a flame's
what it takes to remember
/
my
name."
"Come Back to Bed"
begs forgiveness as Mayer
pleads: "You can be mad in the
morning I'll take back what I
said.
Just don't leave me alone
here It's cold, baby/ Come back
to bed."
Besides the actual music, the
CD's extras are impressive
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video to
"Bigger
than My Body"
as well as live acoustic tape of
Mayer performing "Clarity"
and
"Come Back to Bed."
The
CD
booklet
will
keep
fans
occupied.
be~een classes, featuring "key-
words
by
song
,
" a key to decod-
ing
each song (including advice,
sarcasm,
guitar solo, irony, retro,
family, love lost, bittersweet,
ballad, etc) a map color-coded
of where each song was written.
a
graph of file size by song, a
song tempo line graph, a
body
diagram
of
"suggested
target
points"
(for
example,
"Something's
Missingtt targets
the heart and the head), along
with other fun diagrams.
Heavier Things is
a
quality CD
that any Mayer fan will enjoy.
The sound is new and different.[
but still
good.
Its mellow sound
is
a change from previous
releas-
e~, but
.
suits as I)erfect back-
gJOWld
music
for
-hanging
out
with friends in the
dorm..
THE CIRCLE
UPCOMING EVENT
MICHELLE BRANCH
IN
CONCERT
Thursday, Oct.
2, 2003
Time:
7:00
p.m.
Location: McCann Center
Arts
Editor
Matt Dunning
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2003
marlstcircle.com
PAGE 12
Arts f
es
ti val showcases Hudson Valley talent
By
MELISSA DAVIS
Staff Writer
Being Marist College students,
not many of us venture out into
the community of Poughkeepsie
that nestles us snugly in its arms.
On
Saturday, Sept.
21 at
Waryas Park in Poughkeepsie, a
mere eight minute drive from
campus, the eighth annual
Hudson River Arts Festival was
held.
Poughkeepsie's annual free
fall festival took place on the
riverfront where Main Street
meets the Hudson River, which
served as a showcase for the
abundant talent, culture, and
community-oriented works by
local artists and mingling large
sponsors with everyday crafts
people and local performers.
Walking through the maze of
booths and food stands, there
was much to see and learn, with
many people to talk to and hear
stories from.
Charles R. Smith Jr., a poet,
children's book writer, and local
teacher at the. Barrett Art Center,
performed some of his own
poetry at the "Five Minute
Marvels" tent. He recently
released a new book titled "I Am
America." "[The book] brings
with it a lot of pride to the com-
munity; most of the kids pic-
tured in
"I
Am
America" are
local," he said
.
There were also photogra-
phers, but one of the most strik-
ing was Max Sebron. Not only
professional, his photos showed
his enthusiasm through a cam-
era's lens.
Surprisingly, Sebron is only 16
and attends Roosevelt High
School.
·
·
Sebron said that his motiva-
tions run deep.
"I started taking pictures so I
don't always have to
try
and
remember -
everything is right
there for me to see and look
back on," he said.
youth can learn to interact with
media arts, both as creators and
critical viewers. For the festival,
the organization had a tent
where children could create their
own 30-second animation clips.
Another organization was the
Youth Resource Development
Corporation, or the YRDC. A
subgroup
of
the
larger
Americorps program, YRDC
strives to recruit people involved
in Environmental, Education,
Agriculture,
Computer
Technology, and Social Service
Fields
.
They also offer benefits
to students just out of college, in
the form of $4,000 educational
awards to those who work for
them. Their mission and purpose
is to expand the possibilities of
young adults by providing
opportunities for learning and
growth.
The Barrett Art Center spon-
sored a Paint Out, which wel-
comed artists from throughout
the region to come to the festi-
val and paint landscapes of the
surrounding terrain. The Center
provided easels, paper, paint
and brushes, to allow festival-
goers to
try
their hand at creat-
ing their own works of art. A
mix of several professional
artists and local children paint-
ed alongside each other and
produced beauiifut artwork.
The Center provides classes for
people interested in different
aspects and representations of
art including drawing, sculpture
and others.
The festival was a great experi-
ence to attend and showed the
wealth of support that the com-
munity has to offer.
It illustrated
how people use art as an outlet
to express their own culture and
lifestyle
,
which is sometimes all
they have to utilize.
Logging on
lbe Barrett
Art Center
www.BarrettArtCenter.org
Find out more about the
organization and sign up
for classes on
photography, poetry,
painting, music and
sculpture.
Charles
R.
Smith Jr.
www.charlesrsmlthjr.com
Find out more information
about Charles as well as a
listing of his books and
•
teaching techniques.
'
Not only did the fair boast
complex people, but also inter-
esting
organizations.
The
Children's Media Project, a non-
profit organization based in
Poughkeepsie, does after-school
programs for local children.
Their mission is to create a
teaching/learning environment
where artists, educators, com-
munity activists, children and
·
The Bardavon, along with the
City of Poughkeepsie, the
Dutchess County Arts Council,
the New York State Council on
the
Arts,
The
National
Endowment for the Arts,
Hudson
Valley
Bluegrass
Association, and sponsors sµch
as Fleet Bank, ORA imaging,
MVP Health Care, M&T Bank
,
ArtHop and radio stations
including MIX 97, produced
this great event.
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Check out Max's photos,
read his witty comments,
purchase prints, or partake
in some of his poetry.
Top: Members of the Mid-Hudson Folkloric Dance Group perform on the stage at Waryas Park Sept. 20.
Above: Salsa group Soi'iando thrilled the second-stage audience with Mexican tunes.
A variety of community organizations coordinated the event, including the Bardavon and the Dutchess
County Arts Council. For more pictures from the festival, visit MaristCircle.com
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