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llfURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2003
'Ra}Je Aggression Defense' protects women
By
ANNA GABBERT
Circle Contributor
Every two minutes, some-
where in America, someone is
sexually assaulted.
'Someone somewhere in
America' could be anyone at
Marist College. The Student
Govemm~nt Association (SGA)
wants to ensure that no member
of the
Marist
community
becomes a statistic.
Members of SGA recently
allocated funds to support a new
women-only course called Rape
Aggression Defense (RAD).
Students could have been
offered RAD sooner if Marist
provided money for the padded
floor mats required for the
course.
According to SGA
President Bobbi Sue Gibbons,
the mats were the only reason
the course was not offered sever-
al years ago.
"The time slots, teachers and
equipment were all picked a few
years ago, but RAD can't be
taught without the right kind of
mats," said Gibbons. "The lack
of mats was the only thing stop-
ping the course from
'
being
offered."
SGA members considered the
RAD program a worthy cause,
and voted to pay for the mats out
of SGA funds at their Nov. 12
weekly meeting. Gibbons said
that the mats are expensive, but
worth it.
"SGA decided to foot the bill
Will Bush's ratings rise again?
and own the mats, though we are
purchasing them for the RAD
program,"
Gibbons said. ''They
were pretty pricey, but it's so
important for a woman to know
how to handle herself in certain
situations that I think it's defi-
nitely worth it."
The course begins with
awareness,
prevention,
risk, and risk avoidance,
then progresses to teach-
Ing hands-on self-defense.
RAD is a program of practical
self-defense tactics and tech-
niques for women. The compre-
hensive women-only course
begins with awareness, preven-
CHUCK KENNEDY
/ KRT
President George W. Bush during
·
honors for NCAA champions in the East Room of the White House on
Monday, November 17, 2003
Voters w
·
ant Bush out of office
By
HAYDEN BATES
Circle Contributor
A majority of voters do not
want President George W. Bush
to stay in office next November,
according to a recent poll con-
ducted by Newsweek.
The poll, released Nov. l 0,
shows that a slight preponder-
ance of the voting public want
Bush voied out rather
than
kept
in, come next year's election
.
Among
registered
voters
queried on a national scale, 50
percent said they do not want to
see Bush re-elected, while 44
percent said they do.
These findings come on the
heels of a comparable poll con-
ducted by the Marist Institute
for Public Opinion (MIPO).
The MIPO poll, released Nov.
4, shows that, by a slim margin,
more voters plan to definitely
vote against Bush than for him
.
Among registered voters
nationwide, 44 percent said
they definitely will vote against
Bush
,
38 percent will definitely
vote for him
,
and 18 percent are
not committed either way.
The margin of error for both
polls was plus or minus three
percentage points.
Lee Miringoff, P-h.D., director
of MIPO, said that the country
is squarely divided politically,
increasing the probability of a
close presidential race
in
November 2004.
"Xou can cle~ly see in the
Newsweek and MIPO polls that
the country is evenly split on
the president," said Miringoff.
"About half want him back
right now, and half do not.
With the splits between the par-
ties as wide as they are, and
with
minimal
crossover
between, I think Bush is in for a
competitive race next year. Of
course, developments in Iraq
and fluxes within our economy
will dictate just how close."
The steady flow of American
deaths in post-war Iraq has been
a driving force behind ebbing
domestic support for Bush's
post-war handling: The deadly
Nov. 2 bombing of an Army
CH-47 Chinook helicopter was
one in a series of attacks during
a week in which 32 U.S. ser-
vicemen were killed.
That same week, however,
brought some positive news for
Bush with reports ofa U.S. eco-
nomic resurgence. Growth in
the third quarter soared at 7 .2
percent, the fastest pace in near-
ly two decades.
Democrats
criticized, though, that the burst
failed to create many new Jobs.
The MIPO poll shows Iraq
and the economy to be very
divisive issues. Among voters
nationwide, 48 percent approve
of Bush's Iraq management,
while 47 percent disapprove,
and 46 percent of voters
approve of Bush's handling of
the economy, while 50 percent
disapprove.
Paul Herrera, Marist College
student, said that he usually
votes the Republican ticket, but
he is unsure whether
he
will
support Bush next year.
~•Toe situation in Iraq has not
been improving, and even
though the
economy has
SEE
BUSH, PAGE
3
tion, risk, and risk avoidance, instructors teach the course and
then progresses to teaching
each
student is provided with
a
hands-on self-defense -
not workbook
and
manual.
The
martial arts -
training.
manual
outlines
RAD's
entire
One in three women can expect
physical defense
program, facil-
to be sexually assaulted
during
ities a student's
personal
growth,
her lifetime, and
RAD
gives
and
serves as
an
information
women the tools to defend them-
source after
completion of
the
selves and build the self-confi-
course. A unique featur~ of the
dence a woman needs in order to program is that RAD graduates
survive an attack. Senior Jillian
are
encouraged
to
take advan-
Laks is pleased that the
course
is tage of
the
free lifetime
return
finally being offered.
and practice policy.
Students
"I think it's great that
RAD
is that complete the RAD program
finally coming to Marist," said
at
Marist can attend any
RAD
Laks. "Marist isn't any safer
course
anywhere to practice
than anywhere else, and the their
skills.
women on this campus need to
The half-semester one credit
know how to defend them-
RA!)
course is tentatively sched-
selves."
uled
to
begin next
semester
at
Nationally certified RAD
Marist.
MAP accepts too
many students for
spring semester
By
LORAINE HOWELL
Ci.tcte
Contrtbutor
Marist Abroad Program (MAP)
announced earlier this month
that they accepted too many stu-
dents into the program for the
spring 2004 semester.
Students planning to go abroad
in the spring were anxious after
receiving an e-mail stating that
there was not enough space to
allow all accepted students to go
abroad.
However, Jerre Thornton, a
coordinator for
MAP,
said
although MAP accepted an
excessive number of people, no
students were forced to leave the
program.
"All the students who applied
to go abroad for the spring
semester are still going abroad,"
said Thornton.
.
According to Duleep
Deosthale, assistant dean of
International Programs at Marist
College, MAP is still hoping for
students to postpone their trip to
another semester.
In another e-mail sent to stu-
dents going abroad, Deosthale
said students who defer their
applications will be automatical-
ly accepted to the abroad pro-
gram for another semester and
will receive a $500 credit.
Corinne Demetriou, an under-
graduate at Marist College, said
she heard about the commotion
and felt MAP was irresponsible
in accepting more students than
they
could handle.
"It is unacceptable that stu-
dents were left for a week with-
out knowing
if
they were still
g6"ittg
tl.bl'<)tl.d,"
said Demetriou.
"Many
students were upset
because they had already bought
their tickets and did
not
register
for spring classes, yet they
remained uninformed about
what was going on."
Kristen Foehrenbach, a
prospective Marist abroad stu-
dent, said she saw the situation
in
a
different
light than
Demetriou.
"This is a sign that MAP is
going to become more competi-
tive and much harder to get
accepted into than previous
years,"
said
Foehrenbach.
"However, I think it is great
that
so many students are taking part
in
MAP because it really pro-
vides many great opportunities
for Marist students."
Students going abroad next
semester are now working on
their travel arrangements. They
are also in the process of choos-
ing the courses they
will
be tak-
ing abroad.
Students considering going
abroad for the fall 2004 semester
should be preparing their appli-
cations for the Mar. 1 deadline.
This deadline also applies for
students who wish to go abroad
for the full academic 2004 / 2005
year.
Add/Drop to take place
online for the first time
For the first time at Marist,
Add/Drop, Dec. -1 through Dec.
8, will take
·
place online.
Students who participated in the
pre-registration period this past
October will be able to use the
web to add and delete courses
for their Spring 2004 schedules.
Letters have been sent from the
Registrar's Office that outline
the process for students. The use
of the web is spread out by
earned credits, with students
being granted registration access
on different days. Each student
must only use the web during
their
given
time
period.
Students can also go to the
Registrar's Office, Donnelly
203, at a time specified in the let-
ter for registration assistance if
needed.
Advisor approval is not neces-
sary to make changes to a sched-
ule.
.
However, ~tudents are
encouraged at each point of the
process to seek the assistance
and review of cours-e selections
from their advisors.
Students
will be ultimately responsible for
the schedules that they modify or
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2003
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Security Briefs: Midrise, take it easy on
.
the Pepsi
Compiled By
DAN ROY
Campus Editor
cars. Instead of booting them, just ram them good belligerent. The officer didn't want to deal with
with the CRV. Then they will think twice before him and sent the student back to his dorm
.
I feel a
parking their car in the striped yellow again.
little courtesy goes a long way. Next time you are
it's worth a shot.
11/16 -
Midrise in one week is trying to make up
for a semester ofreading. At 5:06 a.m. a student
was found intoxicated in a room. He was taken to
St. Francis by Fairview
.
St. Francis informed me
that they were glad to see the flushed faces of ine-
briated Marist students again. "All "'.e have been
getting are CIA students who have consumed too
muck vodka sauce," said a St. Francis representa-
tive. Ha ha, stick to alfredo CIA, stick to ~lfredo ...
in that position, don't yell at the guard; compliment
Alcohol related
incidents this week
11/11 -
This next brief is a little different for me:
him on his dress. Tell him that despite the late
Midrise
-
l
Gartland
-
l
Alcohol related incidents
by
dorm total
Gartland -
10
Champagnat
-
9
Leo
-
6
Li
ppcr \Vest
Cedar -
4
Sheahan
-
3
Old
Townhouses -
2
l\1arian
-
l
Midrise
-
2
11/9 -
A student was found intoxicated in the
Gartland Commons area at 3 :20 a
.
m. Fairview
then took her to St. Francis. Friends
.
say they
couldn't believe she wasn't spotted earlier.
Apparently, beginning at midnight she was outside
reciting lines from Oliver Twist. When security
was asked about why it took so long to notice her,
they said, "We don't go by there as much. We
didn't
thiP.k Gartland drank anymore
.
"
11/11 -
There was a minor accident in the Old
Townhouse lot at 10:00 p.m. Tuesday night. A stu-
dent driving
a
Volkswagen backed out of a spot
and
struck an illegally parked Toyota. The Volkswagen
suffered damage to its back bumper and the
Toy,ota:S right,#"<,)Qt fender wa~
dapia.pd.
That's
the way security. should punish illegalfy P1trked
For the first time this semester, an incident has
struck home. And it struck hard. At 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday evening a student (*cough* my room-
mate •cough*) reported that his car had been bro-
ken into and that his stereo system was stolen. The
town police were notified. The stereo was the most
expensive part of the car, including the 1992 Chevy
Cavalier itself. Seriously, who breaks into a 1992
Cavalier with two fake rims on only the driver's
side? Who does that! The hunt for this person is
still on.
If
anyone knows anything, contact securi-
ty immediately. In the mean time, this is the
Holiday season. Donations for a new stereo are
being collected at L4. Every little bit helps
.
11/13 -
Champagnat's sixth floor was responsible
for a fire alarm at 11 :46 p.m. Thursday night. I was
told that the cause of this was a fight between a bag
of popcorn and a microwave. Rumors have been
flying about how this actually started, but I will lay
them all to rest for you now. Microwave has hated
Popcorn for awhile now, because he doesn't feel
Popcorn appreciates him. This time whef! Popcorn
walked up, Microwave made
fun
of his family say-
ing his mom, Mrs. Redenbacher cheated on her
husband with the Oreck vacuum guy. Popcorn
flipped out and turned on Microwave's heat full
blast. Ten minutes later he exploded, causing the
alarm. Popcorn wanted me to clear up the family
scandal though. Mrs. Redenbacher didn't have an
affair with the Oreck guy ... Orville did.
11/14
-
A student approached the Midrise entry
desk at
3:46
a.m. in hopes of visiting a friend
Friday morning
.
This student was never taught the
word please however. lnst~d of asking nic~]y to
be let inside, the intoxicated student became
Ministry food drive in full swing
By APRIL GASCON
Circle
Contributor
Donate food by Nov. 23 and
help those
·
in Dutchess county
have a great Thanksgiving.
enormous task of collecting food
in these areas. However, with
the help of various caring stu-
dents
,
hopefully that will change
this year.
their Giving Individuals Food for
the Soul (GIFTS) program, and
the Lunch Box Soup Kitchen.
The Emergency Food Bank
provides clients with up to a
three-day supply of food. The
GIFTS program help HIV and
AIDS patients by delivering
freshly prepared meals three
days a week.
The Lunch Box Soup Kitchen
hours, he looks alive and fresh.
If
that doesn't
work pass gas then blame it on him.
If
you can't
get inside, you might as well get a laugh out of it.
11/14 -
The security guard making rounds in
Champagnat found the remains of what seemed to
be a scavenger hunt. Fire alarm strobe light ...
check; piece of wall from seventh floor ..
;
check;
cushion from first floor lounge
.
.. check. Sounds
like
fun
guys. Now all you need is a Bo Jackson
rookie card, a grandmother, and a yellow subma-
rine and you're all set!
11/16 -
Hearing about the difficulties one student
had gaining entrance to Midrise through the front
desk, some students tried another way
.
The securi-
ty guard spotted them climbing into a ground level
window at 1 :30 a.m
.
Sunday morning.
These
unauthorized visitors were located and were forced
to go back to their own dorms. Man, there
·
must be
some way to crack Midrise. What's left if yelling
at the entry officer and climbing into the window
doesn't work? See next brief ...
11/16 -
Hours later at 4:27 a.m
.
Midrise had
another attempted entry.
In
a last ditch effort, two
non-Marist students tried using a pair of students'
ID
cards to get in. They too were stopped and then
removed from camP,us. What rotten luck huh
guys? Three different attempts in a span of three
days all failed. There is one way you guys are
forgetting though. From below! Take Die Hard
with a Vengeance for instance
.
They penetrated the
U.S. Mint like it was a Junior Mints box. Now, I'm
not saying you have to blow up a subway. But if
yo4
aig
your
,
y,ay into the basement, rnix that witli
some
·
type of distt~ctiop
;
you 're home free!
Try
it,
Roy's dorm alcohol
incident fantasy beat
First off,
I
just want to say that I called the
Bengals beating the Chiefs thank you very much
.
Besides that, this was Midr
i
se's week. Even
though they had only one alcohol incident, they
certainly entertained' the crowd. Those types of
things, the intangib~es that don't show up in the
stat book, are still qualities I'd like on my team
.
Even though they don't have a chance to win, you
might want to pick up Midrise from waivers and
see what they do. If they come to play with the
same type of energy they came with last week,
they are bound to get written up for alcohol
sooner or later.
The other big event is that Gartland has retaken
soul possession of first place. It was
_
a weak
write-up I'll give you that, but it was a write-up
nonetheless. It might be something that gives
Gartland momentum going into Thanksgiving
break.
My starting lineup for this week would definit-
ly include Gartland, Midrise,
·
and Champagnat.
Champagnat, though stagnant the last few weeks
,
will
try
to pull out the stops to get back to first.
The season
is winding,
dawn
so make your moves
w;isclf
.
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Campus Ministry is having its
annual "Hunger Drive" to bene-
fit needy families throughout
Dutchess County. Proceeds of
these food donations will go to
local humanitarian non-profit
organizations. These organiza-
tions make it possible to give
various families filling
meals
throughout the holiday season.
To ensure better participations
among these residences
,
stu-
dents, including members of
Campus Ministry
,
will be going
door
-
to-door to collect food.
Laundry rooms have also been
situated with large boxes and
posters advertising the need and
appreciation of donations
.
Donations can include: canned
meats
,
vegetables, fruits, soup,
rice, dry cereal, pasta
/
sauce,
potatoes ( canned
/
inst;mt),
peanut butter
,
jellies, tea, coffee,
and sugar.
is a free mid-day meal program
that serves hot lunches to the
unemployed, the homeless, and
-
those without enough money to
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Collections will take place at
all campus residences. However
,
in past years there was less
turnout from the Cedars and the
North End of campus. There are
not enough people in campus
ministry who can handle the
Dutchess Outreach has many
programs that profit from the
food: the Emergency Food Bank,
If any student wants to help out
with the food drive or start vol-
unteer work for a non-profit
organization, they may contact
Campus Ministry at extension
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2003
maristclrcle.com
The real danger is starting to
think of yourself as more
important than your work. You
have to love what you're doing
more
than you love yourself.
''
- Michael Cunningham
Author,
The Hours
Students
.
given chance to network
Second off
our expos focuses on health and science
careers
By
LOUIS P. ORTIZ
Ill
Circle Contributor
The Center for Career Services
presented the second of four
career expos in the James J.
McCann Center on ·Nov. 12,
introducing Marist students to 45
different graduate school
pro-
grams and job agencies in
the
field of science and health.
This event differed from
last
month's expo due
to
its focus
on
both employment agencies
and
graduate schools.
According to Career Services
director Deidre Sepp and
Mid-
Hudson
Career
Center
Consortium coordinator Tammy
Fraser, the changes to the
event
format were practical.
"[The reasons for the change
were] to respond to the current
economic conditions...to
provide
economic
opportunities
for stu-
dents to
investigate
both career
and
graduate
school options
in
the same
venue,
and
to
encour-
age undergraduate students
to
think
in
broad
terms regarding
employment
and
graduate
schools,"
S.epp
said.
Employers
included the
Princeton Review, United
States
of
Agriculture,
and
MDS
Hudson
Valley Labs.
Chet
Koulik, associate
director
of
career
counseling, believed
the
expo
offered
several benefits
to
students.
"This
event
exposes the stu-
dents
to
great opportunities that
can be used for
credit and non-
credit internships
or
full-time
positions
after they graduate
from college," Koulik said.
"It
is
a great feeling to
be
responsible
for putting
together
a big show-
case that has been successful
thus far since a unique
potential
of
publicity
is available for stu-
dents, employers, and the servic-
es that our office provides."
'This particular expo was
dlfflcult
to
organize
because
science
and
health agencies do not put
money aside to recruit col-
lege students.'
-
Chet Koullk
Associate Director of
Career Counseling
Koulik said coordinating the
event was no easy task, but he
hopes the event will continue to
grow in corning years.
"This particular expo was diffi-
cult to organize
because
science
and health agencies do not put
money aside to recruit college
students," he said.
"It
is the
office's hope that our efforts will
draw more agencies to sign up
year after yeiµ-."
Faculty and staff believe that
events
like career expos help to
eliminate the fear involved when
one is out in the job market for
the first time.
They
believe
that they also give
students the opportunity to net-
work and meet alumni who have
dealt with the same obstacles and
succeeded.
The small gymnasium featured
nine Marist alumni who offered
their opinions on job opportuni-
ties after graduation and included
expertise on their particular
employer.
Jonathan Churins, a graduate of
the class of 1998 and project
facilitator of the Dutchess
County Water and Wastewater
Authority, believes
it
is a privi-
lege to be invited to the expo.
"I was honored to be given the
chance to return on campus and
give back to Marist," Churins
said
To help students prepare for
this event, the Center for Career
Services offered two resume
marathons in which students
could bring their resumes for
review, free of charge.
In
addition, Career Services
also offered workshops and indi-
vidual counseling on interview-
ing, cover letter writing, and net-
working before the event.
The final two expos will take
place in March and April and
will focus on opportunities in the
fields of communication, gov-
ernment, and human services.
Books: a source of companionship
By
STACEY
L
CASWELL
Copy Editor
Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer-
prize winning author of "The
Hours," discussed the impor-
tance of using books as s()ijl'ees
of companionship and forgive-
ness at the McCann center last
Thursday.
Sponsored by the Marist
College Dean's Circle and the
Honors Program, the speech
included a brief question and
answer session and book signing.
"One of the things I think a
novel is here. to do is try to sum-
mon up forgiveness for all ofus,"
Cunn~gham said. "I hope to
give readers what I hope to get as
a reader, which is a sense of
companionship."
Dressed in all black,
Cunningham dominated the dark
room with his expressive voice,
performing readings from the
book he is currently working on
and his
·
only short story,
"Mr.
Brother."
"In
writing and rewriting, I
hope to maximize my chances of
writing something that's at
least
a little smarter than I am,"
Cunningham said.
"Mr.
Brother," first
published
in the magazine, Doubletake,
investigates the relationship that
one brother has with another and
the mental struggles he endures.
"I don't have a brother, but I
bet a
lot of
us have had an
expe-
up in their own life struggles in
rience like
that," he
said.
different times in history, but
The story, written in second united by the reading of a corn-
person animated listeners and mon
literary
work,
Mrs.
prompted a series of questions Dalloway.
about how he had chosen to write
The audience sat mesmerized
with that narrative.
as Cµnnil)gham explained his
"You
know,
it
'just
teH
right," fascination w_ith
Mrs.
P!l1Toway
Cunningham said. "A great deal and how he first became
inspired
of what
I
do . . . the true unvar-
to write about her. At the age of
nished
response, is, beats me."
fifteen, he was given a copy of
Cunningham's new book, the book by a former sweetheart,
unnamed
of yet, focuses
on
three and immediately became fasci-
stories
that
combine into one nated with it.
with the
use
of the same charac-
"As an unread fifteen year old
ters.
boy, I had no idea you could do
"It's a crackpot book . . . It's that with just ink and
·
paper,"
three
i n t e r l i n k e d - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cunningham
'A writer needs first and
said.
novels each in a
different
genre,"
he said.
The three sto-
ries are set in the
past, present and
future
and
foremost to be ferociously
Audience
·
determined, and almost
m e m
b
e r s
seemed
to
frlghtenlngly patient.'
internalize the
characters and
- Michael Cunningham
Author, The
Hours
sparked ques-
include a boy
- - - - - - - - - - - -
tions about his
intrigued by Walt Whitman's relationship to the book.
"Leaves of Grass
.
" When the
Cunningham said
·
of "The
boy gets agitated
or
upset, he
·
Hours," "To some degree [it is]
enters into a state of
having
tur-
based on my mother and is sort
rets syndrome, only able to spit of a gift to my mother ...
out
random
phrases
from
although this kind of gift is like a
Whitman's book.
cat bringing a mouse."
Cunningham has published
He spoke of the perils of sue-
several books, including "The c~ss and the feeling of self-
Hours" and
"A Horne at the End importance.
,of the World,"
both
of which
"The real danger is starting to
have been converted to movies.
think of yourself as more irnpor-
"The Hours," is based on the tant than your work. You have to
lives of three women each caught love what you're doing more
than you love your-
.
self," he said.
Cunningham
encouraged future
writers to be persist-
ent is striving to
achieve
personal
success.
"Don't give up.
I
have seen more
writers fall by the
wayside
simply
because they didn't
believe they could
have the patience to
live through all the
rejection that can
happen early in your
career," he said. "I
have
come
to
believe
"
... that if
you have a gift and
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you just keep writing no matter
what, sooner or later it will hap-
pen for you. But a writer needs
first and foremost to be fero-
ciously determined, and almost
frighteningly patient."
Meg Franklin, executive assis-
tant to the academic vice presi•
dent, is responsible for bringing
Cunningham to Marist and hopes
Marist will be able to invite more
authors to the school for book
signings and readings in the
future.
"Marist needs writers like
Michael Cunningham," Franklin
said. "He's a very good and
charismatic presence.
He's
down to Earth
.
. . There are
authors and writers that I've
worked with that make kids feel
intensely stupid. He's not one of
them."
Jessica Smith, aspiring author
,
said she enjoys his works and
was very pleased with the lec-
ture.
"I like his style. It's very artis-
tic; very scholarly
,
" said Smith.
Smith also hopes that the
English department will sponsor
more events of this nature in the
future.
"
I want them to sponsor Chuck
Palohniak. He is my favorite
author
,
" she said.
Interns learn of Hudson Valley's rich history
By
ASHLEY MYERS
Circle Contributor
Meredith Laino has
learned
a
lot about Hudson River Valley
history recently.
Laino, senior, worked at The
Hudson River Valley Institute
(HVRI), an organization that
supports the region's rich
histor-
ical past. Based here at Marist
College, it has the benefit of
using the school's resources,
including professors and stu-
dents.
Laino assisted with the educa-
tional aspect of the
institute
.
She
took a course with visiting pro-
fessor James Johnson, the HVRI
executive director.
"I was taking History and
Culture of the Hudson Valley
with Col. Johnson, and he was
recruiting people to help out,"
Laino said. "It really helped me
become familiar with the area."
Laino worked during her junior
year to create lesson plans for
teachers.
Although, there is an
array of different plans for sever-
al points in history, much empha-
sis is
placed
on the American
Revolution. These
lessons
are
posted on the
HVRI
Web site and
are easily accessible.
"The interns are indispensa-
ble," said Chris Pryslopski,
HVRI program director. "We
have progressed in everything
the institute has done by working
with the interns."
Not only are students partici-
pating, but the faculty also gets a
chance to contribute.
Pryslopski said that he and
other staff went to the Marist fac-
ulty to express their gratitude
towards anyone who showed an
interest in the program.
"We have progressed in
everything by working with
the Interns."
-
Chris Pryslopski
HVRI program director
"We encouraged professors to
bring up any Hudson Valley
specifics,
like
projects
or
essays," Pryslopski said.
Essays may be published on the
Web site, or in HVRI's journal,
The
Hudson
River Valley
Review. The journal is a biannu-
al publication featuring essays on
all subjects relating to the
Hudson River Valley area.
Kristin Miller
,
also a senior,
heard about HVRI through her
roommate. Last year, she took
architectural photos for the
organization. Now, both Miller
and her roommate are taking a
six-credit internship working
with the institute as intern coor-
dinators.
Miller supervises projects
being developed by the rest of
the interns. The HVRI newsletter
and calendar of events are exam
-
ples of current projects, and can
be found online.
Presently, Miller's most time-
consuming project is scanning
Susan Warner's 500-page jour-
nal. Warner was a woman who
lived in the mid-
I
800s in the
Hudson River Valley.
"We also pro
yi
de a service to
the interns
,
" Pryslopski said.
"We give students who wouldn't
normally be exposed to the world
outside Marist and take them to
meetings and events
,
and they
see
how
professionals
do
thing
s.
"
Miller said
HVRI
tries to match
personal interests with areas of
work at the institut
e
. She said she
has enjoyed the exp
e
rience.
"It's a r
e
all
y
good time," Miller
said, "We try to find jobs for
everyon
e."
News Editor
Cassi Matos
News Editor
Courtney
Kretz
PAGE3
CHUCK KENNEDY/ KRT
From Page One
Bush's
·
ratings
decline
strengthened a bit, it's got a
ldng way to go," said Herrera.
"I really can't see myself
backing a president who
can't
deal with these fundamental
issues."
.
Mar Peter-Raoul,
Ph.D.,
assistant professor, religious
studies, Marist College, said
Bush has not been
leading
the
country in the right direction.
"The whole Iraq situation
makes me sick, and I truly
believe
that Bush has thrown
a stone into a hornet's nest,"
said Peter-Raoul. "The econ-
omy
is
showing
some
improvement, but what does
that matter when so many
people
are
out of work,
schoo1s are
cl9shtg
;
and
vet-
erans
ar'e
·
losing
c.
beltefits?
Bush is a dangerous person,
and my vote will go else-
where next election."
Registrar
brings
Add/Drop
to the Web
generate.
There are a number of
advisement tools that are
available
on
the
Web.
Students can view their cur-
rent audit and determine what
requirements remain
.
They
can also view course offerings
to determine which sections
are still open and review cata-
1
og descrip!ions of these
courses.
The exceptional situations,
for example closed sections
or missing prerequisite, that
require an action by a faculty
member or department chair,
will be handled by permission
cards available at school and
departmental offices. These
cards are to be left only with
the department chair or pro-
gram director
.
Demonstration sessions
have been scheduled if stu•
dents wish to see the Web's
content and other options.
The dates and times will
be
posted on the Registrar's Web
site
:
Because this is the first time
the Web process will be used,
the registrar's office will be
m
,
onitoring registration activi-
ties. They welcome feedback
from students and members
of the Marist community on
how the process has worked.
To send comments or ask
questions write to the regis-
trar at
re
gistrar
@
marist.
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THE CIRCLE
THURSDAY,
'
NOVEMBER 20, 2003
maristcircle.com
College Life
Why are We thankful again?
Thanksgiving is a very special time
of year; it should be a
time for food, fun, and
family, and not to men-
tion giving thanks for
all the things that are
important and special in
our
lives.
But, in reality, it's a ...._
_ _
~
time to give thanks that you go to col-
lege and don't live with your parents
anymore.
stuff you talk about with your college They're miles away, probably thinking
friends probably cannot be discussed the same thing that yoll are.
And
with your parents. You realize that the when you're the only one awake in
conversation with your grandparents your house after ten o'clock, you real-
is going to be about three minutes ly start wishing that your roommate
long, and consist of your _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was there with her
major and "I'm doing
late-night
"I
Love
great
in
school,
In reality, It's a time to give
the 80's" obses-
Grandma."
thanks that you go to
sion.
In
a'ddition (and this is
college and don't live with
Unfortunately,
mostly for the frosh)
Thanksgiving also
don't make up stupid
your parents anymore.
provides a perfect
stories to tell your par-
time for additional
first time that you see the people that
you used
to
go to high school with.
This encounter also
lets
you know
who your real friends from home are.
Your real friends are the ones that are
still cool, even after going to college,
H
living at home, whatever. The other
1
people are the ones who were cool in
•'11/
high school and all of a sudden you
I
1
j
can't stand them. At l«?ast it allows you
I
t
to narrow down who gets
to
come and
•
visit you at Marist.
f
Thanksgiving is
fun
for
ij
lot of
i¼
things: good food, time with family,
·
t
relaxing, movies, and playing football
;
t
Features Editor
Sara Stevens
PAGE4
Living at home didn't seem so bad
when
I
was in high school. Sure, there
was the whole curfew thing, but there
was also free cable, my mom cooking
dinner, and unlimited free access to
laundry,
which your mom was proba-
bly doing as well.
ents. They definitely do not think that procrastination.
Every
week that
you are the only kid at school not you're at school, you're probably
going out and having fun on the week-
.
struggling with papers and homework,
ends. They are not going to believe a
and wishing that you had more time to
story about you staying in on Friday do it. But once you're granted a four-
nights, studying for government class day weekend to get some extra work
and watching PBS.
done, you spend the whole time on
with your little cousins. But there's
~
only so much you· can take.
By
i
.
Sa~day night, you're going to be
l
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r,,r,r
4:..-.~
But when you go home for any rea-
son, it's complete culture shock from
college life.
First, what is there to talk aboq,t?
Then there's the complete shock of
your
couch, watching
"The
Real
being away from your dorm
/
suite
/
World" marathon and eating leftover
apartment. Your friends aren't next turkey.
craving Doughboy's and a Beirut
game will definitely be calling
your
name.
Just think
.
of what Christmas vaca-
tion is going to be
like.
Suddenly you realize that most of the door, or upstairs, or down the hall.
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By
SARA STEVENS
Features Editor
Watch out,
S panky,
Marist
has
found
a
new
comedian!
Singer-songwriter Stephen
Lynch
took the
stage Thursday night, Nov.
13 in
the
McCann
Center, and rocked
t;he house
with a
hilarious
l\0.\1f
of
his
taboo
tunes.
Opening the
program with
a
song entitteci
"Half
a Man,"
Lynch made
it
clear from
the
start that this
was
not
going
to be
a political-
ly correct perfonnance. In his opening num-
ber, he
shared
with his audience the
woes
of
being born
with a certain
.
. . physical
defi-
ciency. Following
this
song
with such musi-
cal arrangements
as
"If
I Were
Gay," "Ugly
Baby" and
"Special Ed," Lynch
not only
touched upon, but deeply
exploited, a
huge
number
of socially taboo topics. From
temp-
tations of
a Catholic
priest
to big fat
friends
to unwanted pregnancies,
nothing
was
off-limits.
"'
Between
songs, Lynch kept the audience
rolling with off-the-cuff jokes and
audience-
interactive
composition. Telling stories
and
making
gestures
so obscene they would
give
your grandmother a
heart
attack,
Lynch's
unique
comedic style
had
everyone
in
the
audience
rolling
on the floor. Sharing his
views
on
politics, friendship,
crime
fighting
and masturbation, he left no
stone
unturned.
Obviously, this was not a show for the
weak-stomached or
the
frail-hearted. Even
the most liberal-minded adults felt the need
to
look around
to
see
who was in the room
before bursting into laughter. After
all,
songs
about
dead babies and
foreigners
driv-
ing taxicabs would undoubtedly offend some
people. A
college campus,
however, afford-
ed Lynch
an
ideal
audience
for his outra-
·ge6\l§
humbY! In' a
s~ttiiig
where
everyone
lets loose,
Lynch
honed in on
every
ounce of
political incorrectness in the room, then mul-
tiplied
it
times ten and
spit
it back out
at
his
entertainment-hungry audience, who raven-
ously ate up
every
word
Lynch
began his career in 1996, debuting at
New York
City's
Catch a Rising Star comedy
club.
His
politically incorrect
style
was an
immediate hit, and he has
since
released two
albums, "A
Little Bit
Special" and
"Superhero."
His
television credits
include
Comedy Central's
Hi-Fi Party, Premium
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He
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His
career has not been without bumps
,
though.
One of
his
more recent works, a song
entitled "Kill a
Kitten,"
sparked controversy
among
animal-rights activists
across the
coun-
try.
But Stephen Lynch fans have not let this
stop
them
from
delighting
in
the work of his
obvious
comedic
mastermind, and
his songs
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Circle history to be uncovered online
Library
s
digital archive is latest installment of Heritage Project
By JENNIFER C. HAGGERTY
Editor in Chief
Upon first glance, the first floor
of the library contains
work
sta-
tions and books.
Little known to students are the
special
collections and Marist
archives available, literally, at
their fingertips.
John Ansley, head of
special
collections
and archives at the
James A. Cannavino Library, has
been discovering the keys to
Marist's history during the past
three years.
"The
focus has been getting the
special collectiohs in shape as
well as the college archives,"
Ansley said.
The newest completed addition
to the library's archives is the
complete
run
of The
Circle,
pub-
lished from the fall of 1961 to the
spring
of 2000.
"We're
one of the first colleges
to have done this," Ansley said.
"Hardly anyone has their full
[college) newspapers up."
The archives are available
online to the Marist community
on the Marist website through
the ''News Stand" link at the top
of the main page, or at
http://librdry.marist.edu/
archives/Circlelcircle:html
Originally known as the
Greystone Gazette, the archive
begins with the Reynard's
Record years in 1961 (the
Gazette years are not yet avail-
able online). The publication
switched over to The Circle in
the spring of 1965.
"The paper is importanr because
it shows much more than
reports," he said.
"It
shows the
cultural and political climates on
campus."
The Circle editions from the
fall of 2000 to the current year
should
be available in the spring.
"My
goal is to get students to
.
come in and use this stuff," said
Ansley. "The Circle [history]
was the first major thing we put
online for the college."
Getting the newspaper online
took several months to complete.
The past editions were sent out to
a microfilm processor, who
scanned it for both microfilm and
online media. This was returned
to Ansley this past summer, but it
was not ready for online viewing
until last
week.
Student worker
Janet Rice contributed extensive-
ly to the creation of the Circle
archive website.
The Circle database is the lat-
est installment of the Marist
Heritage Project in an effort to
document the history of the col-
lege for years to come.
"The Heritage Collection is
Marist's only documentation of
the history of the college either
online or
by
trying to point peo-
ple to records we have here,"
said Ansley.
The next planned addition to
the Heritage Collection is the
collection of Marist's yearbook,
The Reynard, which was sent out
shortly after the Circles were
received.
The difference between the
archive yearbooks and archived
Circles is that color versions of
the· yearbook were scanned in
color; color versions of The
Circle won't be available until
the current volwne goes online.
Those interested in
learning
more about the history of The
Circle or Marist College sholl:ld
contact Ansley. For further
research in the special collec-
tions at Marist, e-mail Ansley at
John.Ansley@Marist.edu to set
up an appointment.
To learn more about the spe-
cial collections in the library,
read the Dec.
4
edition of The
Circle where the collection of
fore-edge paintings will be
explored.
THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
20,
2003 •
PAGE 5
• •
I
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...
COUNCIL REJECTS AMENDMENT
Photo courtesy of The Archives end Special Collections
et
llbrery.
The first edition
of
The Circle
appeared
on Feb.
12, 1965.
Off-road adventures: The Intrepid Researcher investigates Firestone tires
By
Verne W. Newton
&
Charyl Pollard
Circle Contributors
You need a research topic
for
your business course and some-
how you latch onto Bridgestone-
Firestone. You know
they
make
tires,
you
remember
there was a
scandal,
but the details are
vague.
You go
to the historical
New York
Times in
the
Library's
A-Z data base, click on the
advanced search tab and enter
"Bridgestone
AND legal AND
tires." You get just two
results.
You
print out the one
1lbotrt
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whole history of the company or
the dispute. You decide
'to
focus
on how a Japanese company
responded to an American scan-
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expand
and nar-
row your
search.
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in
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go
down to
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then click on the
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results, but you want some
analysis. So at the top of the
screen,
you click on the
"Magazines" tab and you get five
results. The first two, both in
Business Week, deal with
exact-
ly what you want: '.'What Japan's
CEOs
can
learn
from
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"They
just
don't have a clue how to handle
this."
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really fascinates you. A click
results in 3,293 articles in
your
very own Marist Library data-
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THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER
20, 2003
THE CIRCLE
-
Giving
back
to
your
country
By STEPHEN
BUTKA
Staff Writer
In one of my recent history
classes the question was asked,
"Do you feel that there should be
.a draft in the United States?"
Out of approximately fifteen
students ol).ly one hand went up,
and that was mine.
thirty-five year olds that still
don't. This is why I feel that
dedicating as little as
iwo years
of your life to the military could
only be a positive experience.
Do I think that there will ever
be a
draft?
No, but I can honest-
ly say that if there was it would
be an excellent decision.
In two years, a soldier can trav-
el the world, meet new people,
and experience a world in which
they might never get to see oth-
erwise. Militarily, you can learn
how to jump out of airplanes,
helicopters, and fire weapons
only seen in the movie theaters.
Let the
voices
of the Marist
community be heard.
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Genders misrepresented
We have a problem, and no,
we're not "crying" about it.
Despite Alec Troxell's attempts
to address gender bias in the
workplace, the argument was
incomplete and ultimat~ly per-
petuated gender stereotypes.
After explaining my position, I
wondered why so many people
were against giving a few years
of their young lives to the coun-
try.
I came to the conclusion that
there isn't much knowledge of
what the military can do for a
young man or woman, and that
people were hesitant to make the
leap from civilian life to soldier-
hood.
,Having spent a little over seven
months at West Point, I got a
very limited glimpse at what the
military was about.
In
fact, on
my second day of basic training I
asked to resign from the military
-
I hated it. With some help
from my classmates, I decided to
give it a try. I never experienced
such a rush of adrenaline in
my
entire life as I did on that last day
of basic, the day of my accept-
ance into the Corps of Cadets.
The cost? Nothing. In fact,
you get pa\d.
The benefits from being in the
military include insurance, dis-
counts on food, cl9thing, hous-
ing and in some cases, simply
signing up for a few years enti-
tles you to a bonus of up to
$20,000.
Dennis Miller to tackle news
The language within the text
reduces women to objects and to
stereotypes. For instance, claim-
ing that women cry about equal
opportunity and injustice; that
only women are family oriented
(and that is viewed as negative)
or wish to be mothers; that the
bonus for women's lack of equal
rights is their own
·
fault, and
when women do try to make a
change they are seen as pushy
(and needy). Equal rights should
be genderless.
The arguments presented are
incomplete and rely on outdated
facts and references. Currently,
women nationwide make
$0. 74
to a man's
$
I.
In Dutchess
County women make
$0.67
to a
man's $1 (June 2002, U.S. L
Department).
I
l~~~H
.
thl:lt the
;n;tqitacy
had
so pmch mor@ to offer than a
weapon and polished boots. As a
spoiled eighteen year old, I
learned
what real discipline was
and I became motivated to
become the best soldier, and
American, I could be.
I don't know many eighteen or
nineteen-year-olds that have an
idea of what they would like to
do with themselves after they
graduate college. I know some
What I took from the military
in a short period has helped in all
aspects of my civilian life and
the values instilled in me from
the Academy have carried into it.
In~ ~o{l<Ji.fuJl of terror ;md tor-
ment,
maybe
it's time our gener-
ation took it upon themselves to
put their lives on the line for a
cause -
much like our ancestors
did centuries before us.
Two years is
nothing
when you
are so young, and should you
decide to leave the military after
your short commitment to get an
education, Uncle Sam will glad-
ly pay your tuition bill.
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Advertising Manager
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ByTIM DUGUAY
Staff Writer
A new spin has been added to
our already sick and twisted
world.
Dennis Miller, unfunny come-
dian, will now be hosting a
nightly
show
on
CNBC,
ons of
America's premier news net-
works.
This is unbelievable
since everything that Miller has
ventured into latf:,ly
in
my Qpin-
ir,u
P~
.
been a q~mplete .q_isa~ter.
Need we bring up the example
of Monday Night Football a few
years back? An oaf who wanted
to sit next to Al and Dan Fouts
and make a mockery of the game
ruined a once great tradition of
men sitting around their televi-
sions listening to the clever
insight of Al Michaels, Frank
Gifford and Dan Dierdorf
For you non-football fans out
there, I would like to know what
else Miller has done in his career
to even warrant a possible run on
the schedule of CNBC's
usually
fair reporting of news. Maybe he
is a really intelligent guy and I
have just been seeing the worst
in him from his recent debacles,
but then again
maybe I'm
right.
Does his role in
Joe
Dirt,
the
movie flop with David Spade,
open our eyes and tell us that this
is a good guy to have, out there
telling us about the hard-hitting
news issues of each
diry?
He
has
already said in an interview with
MSNBC that he is going to put a
funny spin on the news. Is that
what we need?
There are already a lot of peo-
ple disgusted with the way news
is portrayed today, and
I
don't
really think adding comedy to
the mix is going to do much of
anything in the way of improv-
ing people's opinions. What we
need instead of bringing in
comedi~s to do the news is
work
on
the current structure to
make it better.
Rush Limbaugh comes as a
good example, since conserva-
tives all over the country loved
to hear his rambling each day,
and it
turns
out he has a prescrip-
tion drug addiction.
I'm sure
there's a problem with Bill
O'Reilly and Chris Matthews as
well but we just haven't found
out about it yet.
This is my
p.o\nt; thes1.nife tne
~
p~opte'
·
tttitt
are telling us about the news.
First a prescription drug addict,
then a comedian, what could be
next, Homer Simpson?
All I'm saying to regular view-
ers of CNBC is be wary of what
you are watching. Take the time
to consider what Miller is really
saying to you and see if it really
has any news value at all. Then
you can write back to me if you
wish, because I won't be
watching.
Four steps to improve the core program
By EDWARD O'KEEFE
Circle Contributor
In several articles this semester
I asked a series of questions
regarding the core / liberal stud-
ies program at Marist. A large
number of students were inter-
ested enough to respond; only
one faculty member. Now it is
my responsibility to provide
some answers to these questions.
Students are not enamored of
core courses primarily because
they do not know or understand
their purpose and function. It is
difficult
to be fond of courses
that for unknown reasons you
are
.
required to take, and are
seemingly imposed
on you
capriciously. Why faculty are not
smitten by the program I can
only
speculate, since
none
responded to the question.
Students do not know or
understand the core because they
are not taught its purpose and
function in an organized, system-
atic, and consistent
'
manner
throughout their years at Marist.
I am convinced of the truth of
this assertion from surveying all
of my classes over the past ten
years
and
from
students'
e-mails in response to these
articles.
Of course, then, the question
has to be asked: "Why are stu-
dents not taught the core?" A
possible answer can be found in
one of the original questions
posed. Students are not taught
the core because faculty are
not
enamored of it, and see no pur-
pose in teaching something they
don't believe i~,
regardless
of
their responsibilities.
Another possible answer is that
the faculty are as ignorant of the
purpose and function of the core
as the students, and it is as diffi-
cult to teach as it is to
learn
something you don't under-
stand.
The solutions to these problems
are so simple and
obvious,
it
boggles the mind that they have
not been implemented already
(particularly since they have
been suggested for years).
1. To guarantee that the present
core is taught, the syllabus of
every course that is taken by stu-
dents to fulfill their core require-
ments should require a unit of
instruction on the core and its
relationship to that course.
2. To guarantee that what is con-
tained in a core course syllabus
is taught, require that the stu-
dent evaluation form for all
these courses
contain assess-
ment questions related to core
criteria.
4. Educate all faculty regarding
the intrinsic worth, esthetic
beauty, and uniqueness of the
present core, and to find ways to
"turn them on" to it.
On
a personal note, let me con-
clude as follows: Ever since I
became aware that very few
Marist students understood the
core and that therefore very few
valued it, I felt an obligation to
try obviate
this
problem.
Perhaps that is because I was
chair of the committee that initi-
ated the present core twenty-five
years ago, and felt some guilt
for causing so many students so
much pain. Obviously I have
failed,
despite
repeated
entreaties to faculty and staff.
The real shame of this core
problem is that once students
come to understand what the
core is really all about, and how
the courses contribute to its pur-
pose, they do express admiration
for it. But for so many students
this occurs too late, for I hear
repeatedly,
"If
I had only known
all this years ago, I could have
gotten so much more from my
education at Marist."
Isn't it time we give students
what they have a right to receive
and which we as a college say we
value?
3. Get rid of the present core and
Reactions are welcomed at
replace it with something that
Edward.O'Keefe@marist.edu
or
excites the faculty.
directly to The Circle.
.
According to this article, sex-
ism is acceptable and there are
different expectations of
women
and men in the workplace.
Women can supposedly advance
from their overall feminine role,
their ability to look attractive
and flirt with
''busfness'rneii."
Women are not credited for their
intelligence, skills or compe-
tence in the workplace; instead
they are objectified as sexual
objects by using "weapons of
gender," "dirty tricks" and "good
looks"
by
this
article.
Apparently,
conventionally
·
unattractive, overweight, sexual-
ly unavailable or disabled
women need not apply. This arti-
cle presup_poses sexual harass-
ment as acceptable behavior for
promotion
.
Men are also described stereo-
typically. Men are not warm and
friendly, do not parent, are sex-
ist, and all have the equal oppor-
tunity to make it to the top. The
article implies that men are more
productive at work because they
have no family responsibilities
to interfere. Men do have the
ability to take paternity leave
and are assuming more active
parenting roles.
The issues raised are complex
and require both women and
men to transform the workplace
and societal norms. We appreci-
ate the author's attempt to
address gender bias in the work-
place; our feminist critique
moves the issues to a space
where we can articulate change.
Christielyn Diller
Moira Dwyer
Caro
l
yn Johnsen
Vanessa Katz
Helaine Liwacz
Jennifer Mende
Erin O'Neill
Dr. J.A. Myers
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20, 2003
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'Once Upon a Mattress' shines
with talent, fun, musical magic
By
LAUREN RICHMOND
Circle Contributor
MCCTA's presentation of the
well-known musical
"Once
Upon a Mattress" generated
more than a few laughs during
its recent run at Marist.
This funny, engaging produc-
tion, which is a retelling of the
fairy tale "The Princess and the
Pea," thrilled those in attendance
at each of the five performances
over the weekend.
The talented cast played this
quirky music~) to the nines; the
songs as well as the acting stood
out in this somewhat silly fairy-
tale retelling, which showed that
the cast had a wonderful time
putting on the show.
Frosh Patty Webster was glad
she attended one of the perform-
ances.
"The show was really
fun
and
well-acted. The kids all did a
goodjob. I'm glad that my room-
mate asked me to go!"
The first big song "Opening for
a Princess," sung by all members
of the cast, sets the tone for the
rest of the show as the whole
kingdom cannot be wed until the
pr,m~e gets married.
Queen Aggravain, played
excellently by senior Kristen
Amundson, doesn't want to give
her son, the prince, up to mar-
riage, and therefore she invents
the 'true princess' test (the pea
under the mattresses) extremely
hard to pass:
The song
"Opening
for a
Princess" showcases the king-
dom's prayer that the right
princess will come soon so that
they may all be married.
Frosh talent abounded in this
show. Bridget Burns
(Lady
Larken), Joe Cummings
(Sir
Harry), Dave Heinzinger (the
mute King Sextimus), Dan
Spadora (the Jester) and Jason
Thalacker (the Wizard) all did
excellent jobs in their first per-
fonnances at Marist.
It should prove interesting to
follow these young actors and to
see their talents and future roles
in the MCCTA productions grow
in the next few years.
Princess Winnifred, played by
senior Ali Aguiar, was endear-
ing, and the audience ~njoyed
following her story throughout
the musical.
Prince Dauntless (
sophomore
Dan Matos) realized in the end
that
"the
mouse devours the
hawk
" and his
father
is
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his overbearing mother
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"Once
Upon a Mattress." Dave Heinzinger
(bottom), Joey-Lyn Addesa, Dan Spadora (top) play the king, the minstrel, and the
jester,
shown singing
"The
Minstrel, the Jester, and I."
away.
The love song between the
prince and princess "Song of
Love,"
gave the audience quite a
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the
Minstrel
(~ophomore
Joey-Lyn
Addesa) helps to bring the whole
story together, speaking directly
to the audience,
acting
as a
crutch to help sort out some con-
fusing scenes.
Frosh Phil DiVuolo, assistant
production stage manager,
took
time out to
enjoy
the musical.
"It's a really fun show,"
DiVuolo said.
"The characters
are
very entertaining
and
you
can tell the actors
enjoy playing
the
parts, which makes for
a
dyna.mit
1
rkdffiictidb..w
At the bargain ticket price of
$5
per student, this musical was
truly
a
worthwhile
night out for
everyone.
The
story,
music and
especially
cast, all worked together
to cre-
ate a
very erijoyaole experience
for
young and old alike.
Drama on the high seas manuevers
artfully in 'Master and Commander'
By
CHRISTOPHER BRENNER
Staff Writer
MMaster and Commander:
The Far Side of the World"
**** out of****
The
commercials
are selling
"Master
and Commander: The
Far Side of the World" as a
swashbuckling adventure, per-
haps trying to capitalize on the
success of last summer's "Pirates
of the Caribbean." But those
expecting an action movie will
be
sorely
disappointed.
When I first saw the preview
for
"Master
and Commander," I
thought it looked terrible, like
"Gladiator
2:
Cruise Control."
Maybe that's
why
I'm so sur-
prised with how good the film
really is.
It isn't just another
mindless action picture. It's a
detailed drama about life on the
high seas during the Napoleonic
Wars.
•
Based on two books in Patrick
O'Brian's 20-volume series,
"Master and Commander" fol-
lows the exploits of Captain Jack
Aubrey (Russell Crowe) and his
crew aboard the British frigate,
the Surprise.
The first 15 minutes of the film
are about as good as moviemak-
ing
gets.
As the Surprise sails
through early morning fog, we
are intimately introduced to this
wooden vessel; the men
swaying
in their hammocks; the groaning
of the timber below decks; the
changing
of the watchmen.
Suddenly, flashes of orange
appear on the horizon and the
Surprise
is
attacked
by a larger
French
ship, the Acheron.
Cannon fire
rips
through the
Surprise's
hull,
splintering
men
and wood alike. And this is only
the set-up for the story, which
has the proud Aubrey chasing
the
Acheron
around
the
Brazilian
coast
intent
on
revenge.
It sounds like a flimsy plot, but
the simple narrative allows the
film to focus on the experience
of life aboard a floating prison.
Never before has this environ-
ment been
recreated
with
such
force and clarity. You can prac-
tically smell the grog the men are
eating, just as you can sense their
sadness when they have to aban-
don a friend who's swept over-
You can practically smell
the grog the men are eat-
ing, Just as you can sense
their sadness when they
have to abandon a friend
who's swept overboard.
board.
Then there is the ship's doctor,
Stephen (Paul Bettany), a schol-
ar of biology, and the young boy
who loses his arm. And leading
them is Captain Aubrey, a man
whose patriotism is his greatest
flaw and his greatest
strength.
Russell Crowe is one of the best
actors working today.
.
His
"Lucky Jack" isn't a showy per-
fonnance, but a solid and com-
manding one, equal parts charm
and
steely
resolve.
Bettany is perfect as the
gentle
surgeon, who debates with his
friend Aubrey about the wonders
of nature and the
evils
of war-
fare. They often play violin and
cello together, and their friend-
ship is key to the movie's subtle
power.
Aubrey is a man of tradition
and action, while Stephen
repre-
sents reflection and pragmatism.
The difference between them
is
that of
skepticism
and faith, sci-
ence and God. None of this is
·
said aloud, but told through the
characters' looks and move-
ments.
Director Peter Weir, who made
"Witness"
and
"The
Truman
Show," gives the film an intelli-
gence and grace that lifts it
above other adventure movies.
He
combines
awesomely expan-
sive
cinematography,
lush classi-
cal
music,
seamless special
effects, thundering sound and
beautifully designed sets into an
engrossing whole.
Scenes of a stonn at Cape Horn
or the foray into the Galapagos
Islands are intense and exhilarat-
ing. The movie recalls the glori-
ous epics of the past, like
"Lawrence
of Arabia," where
furious action sequences were
second fiddle to the people who
inhabited them.
Recent films, like "Pearl Harbor"
or the
"Matrix"
sequels are
crass,
soulless
showcases
for special
effects.
They are called epics
because of their size and cost.
But
"Master
and
Commander,"
with its
loving attention
to
detail
and personal conflict,
shames
them. It restores faith in the
transporting magic of movies.
l1aa1naon
For more Information on
"Master and Commander,"
visit
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Erika
&
Lisa (Hip
Hop
/
R&B)
11
p.m.
-
1 a.m. -
Annie
& Lauren (Punk / Rock)
Tuesday
9 -
11
a.m.
-Justin
&
Jeff(Pop
/
Punk
/
Rap)
11
a.m.
- 1
p.m.
-
Kenny
&
Tony (Emo /Punk/ Hardcore)
1
- 3
p.m.
·
-
Marcus
& Darren
(Hardcore)
3 -
5
p.m.
-Alex (Variety)
5 -
7
p.m. -
Kimberly
&
Kimberly (Alternative)
7 - 9 p.m. -
Jennifer (Country/ Techno
/
Hardcore)
9
-
11
p.m.
-
Jackie, Lauren, Nicole
(Rock
/
Alternative)
11
p.m.
- 1
a.m.
-
Coral
(Goth/
Metal/ Alternative)
Wednesday
9 - 11 a.m. -
Heather
(Alternative
/
Punk/
Rock)
11
am. - 1 p.m.
-
Jenn
& Laura (Alt. /Rock/ Top 200)
l - 3
p.m.
-
Kevin,
Dan &
Matt (Punk)
3 - 5 p.m. -
Sarah &
Brian
(Variety)
5 - 7
p.m.
-
Alex (Rock)
7
-
9
p.m.
-
Cyndi
&
JB
(Variety)
9 -
11
p.m. -
Michael
(R&B
/
Hip Hop)
11 pm. -
1 am.
-
Sandra,
Kristen
(Hip
Hop/
R&B
/
Dance)
Thursday
9 -
11
a.m.
-
Mike
(Alt.
/
Ska
/ Rock)
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. -
K-rod (Punk/
Ska
/
Emo)
1 - 3 p.m.
-
Erin
& Nikki
(Punk
/
Alternative
/
Rock)
3 - 5 p.m.
-
Kara & Shamika
(Rock)
5 - 7 p.m. -
Michele
&
Katie (Hardcore/ Punk
I
Indie)
•
7
- 9
p.m. -
Tim & Sam
(Rap/ Hip Hop)
9
- 11
p.m. -
Shannon, Jessica
&
Doug (Punk/ Ska)
11
p.m.
- 1
a.m.
-
Wild Bill
(Classic/ Alt. Rock)
Friday
9 - 11 a.m. -
Jessica (Country)
11 a.m.
- 1
p.m. -
John, Chris & Richard (Alt.
/
Punk)
1 - 3 p.m
.
-
Mike & Jesse (Rock/
Jam Band
/
Eclectic)
3 - 5 p.m.
-
Katie & Janet
5 - 7 p.m
.
-
Kristin, Andrea
&
Tory (Punk
/
Emo)
7 - 9 p.m. -
Alex &
John
(lndie
/
Talk
/
Underground)
11
p.m. -
1
a.m. -
LeRoy (Hip Hop
/
R&B)
Saturday
10
a.m.
-
Noon -
Chantel (Variety)
Noon - 2 p.m. -
Dan
& Craig (Alt/
Rock)
2 - 4 p.m.-- Paul,
Phil
&
James (Punk/Alt./Rock)
4 - 6 p.m.
-
Paul & James
(Punk/Emo/Hardcore)
6 - 8 p
.
m
.
-
Brendan (Classic
/
Alt. Rock)
10 - Midnight
-
Ryan & Caitlin (Variety)
Sunday
10
a.m
.
- Noon
-
Bryan,
Paul,
Mike,
Scott &
Alison
Noon - 2
p.m.
-
Andrew
/
Brendan
(Variety)
2
-
4 p.m.
~
Joe, Chris & Brendan (Variety)
4 - 6 p.m.
-
Swnmer & Becky (Variety)
6 - 8 p.m. -
Stephanie (Alternative)
8
-
10 p.m. -
Megan &
Miranda
('Frank
&
Friends')
10 - Midnight -
Mike, Andy,
Brian, Tom
(Classic
Rock)
Midnight
-
1 :30 a.m. -
Angela &
Denise
(Alt.
Roe~)
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THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER
20, 2003 •
PAGE 8
Whos the leader of the club thats made for you and me? M-I-C-K-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E!
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-
"Mickey
Mouse March,
"
by Jimmie Dodd
Surveying his companys su~cess, Walt Disney noted, 'It was all started
by
a mouse'
MICKEY'S CREATOR
Born in Chicago on Dec. 5, 1901, Walter Elias Disney
was
one of
five children. He grew up on a small
fann
in
Marceline, Mo.
In
1919,
Disney
began
his
career as a commercial artist
and cartoonist in
Kansas
City, Mo. He started a tiny compa-
ny called Laugh-0-Gram Fihns, but eventually declared
bankruptcy.
In
1923, he moved to Hollywood to set up a
small studio with his brother, Roy.
Disney
first
developed two silent Mickey Mouse car-
toons,
but
could not find a distributor for the films. When
sound
burst
onto the film scene with the movie "The Jazz
Singer," Disney added a synchronized soundtrack to
"Steamboat Willie" and introduced Mickey to the public.
With the success
of Mickey and other cartoon shorts,
Disney began work on the first full-length animated film,
"Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs."
Despite its critics,
when the film opened in 1937, it was a box-office hit.
One of Disney's riskiest, and most successful, ventures
was Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif.
After
financial setbacks
and construction problems, the theme park opened in 1955.
In the 1960s, Disney started planning the
Florida
Project,
which would eventually become Walt Disney World. He did
not live to see the project completed.
In
1966, Disney died
at
age 65. The flag at Disneyland flew at half-staff.
MICKEY'S FRIENDS
MINNIE MOUSE
Mickey'•
_..rtfrlend
First
app, . .
. -
Jn
I~•
"Steamboat
WjUiQ.."
Favodle
uylnp:
"Why; hello!" "Aren't you sweet!"
"Yoo-hoo!" "Oh, Mickey
...
"
'Toon
tidbits:
•
Minnie was pursued by both Mickey and Mortimer in
"Mickey's Rival" in 1936.
•
1986 was declared "Minnie's year."
•
Minnie has two nieces, Melody and Millicent, who
appear in several Disney comic books.
DONALD DUCK
Mickey'•
fowl
pal
First appearance:
In
1934's '"The WI.SC Little
Hen."
FIIVOlfte
uylnp:
''Oh,
yeah?" "Hiya, toots!" "Aw,
phooey!"
"Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!" ''Nothin' to it!"
'Toon
tidbits:
• Donald's
middle name
is
Fauntleroy, we discov-
er in a wartime cartoon.
•
In
the 1940s, more cartoons starring Donald
Duck reached theaters than cartoons starring
Mickey
Mouse.
•
Donald's first starring role was in "Don Donald"
in 1937. The cartoon also starred Donna Duck, who
·
later
became Daisy.
GOOFY
Mickey's
doggon..ioy■ I
friend
First appearance:
In
1932, as an audi-
ence member in "Mickey's Revue."
Favodte
uylnp:
"Gawrsh!" "Well,
whaddya know
... " "A-hyuck!"
''Huh?"
'Toon
tidbits:
·
•
The character was originally called
Dippy Dawg in newspaper comic
strips.
Later,
a book title proclaimed
him
Dippy
the Goof. And in 1939, he officially
became Goofy.
•
Unlike Pluto, Goofy was
never conceived as a pet, so he was
drawn upright, and given a speaking
voice.
PLUTO
Mlcker'•
pet
First appearance:
In
1930, as
aJJ
unnamed
bloodhound in '"The
Chain Gang."
Favodte
uylnp:
"Grrr
...
" "Snort!"
"Sniff, sniff, sniff
.
.
. "
''Bark! Bark!"
'Toon
tidbits:
•
Following his debut in
'"The Chain Gang," the character
appeared later in 1930 as Minnie's
dog, Rover, in ''The Picnic." He finally
settled in as a Mickey's dog, Pluto, in 1931,
in '"The Moose Hunt."
•
Pluto's
first
starring role was in 1937's
"Pluto's Quin-Puplets."
e turns 7 5 this year,
but
you'd
never
know it by
looking at him. Mickey Mouse is still as
sprightly as ever, with not even a laugh line to
show his age. Mickey's come a long way since
his
tum as a deckhand in "Steamboat Willie"
in 1928. Back then, the Disney studio's hopes were
pegged to the mischievous rodent. They hoped he
would bring the company success after the rights
to
Walt Disney's first successful character, Oswald the
Lucky Rabbit, were sold to another studio by its dis-
tributors. Walt sketched a mouse -
who looked an
awful lot like his predecessor, Oswald -
and his wife,
Lilly, christened the mouse Mickey. (Without Lilly's
quick thinking, we'd be celebrating the 75th birthday
of Mortimer Mouse.)
Mickey was a hit, and soon he had a
band
of buddies
with whom he got into all kinds of scrapes and mess-
es. (He never officially married Minnie Mouse,
but
they're still the world's most famous animated couple.)
According
to Disney, more than 1 million children
joined the original Mickey Mouse Club between 1929
and 1932. His fans ranged from American children to
famous names like Mary Pickford, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, Benito Mussolini, the Nizam ofHyderabad
and King George V of England.
As animation techniques grew more sophisticated
over the years, Mickey's appearance changed a bit-
he gained
some
weight around the middle, donned a
pair of white gloves and grew
more
angular. But his
personality never changed from the friendly mouse
that Walt Disney first created in the 1920s.
Today, Mickey has become the international symbol
of the Disney empire -
the three-circle silhouette of
his head is one of the most recognized corporate sym-
bols in the world. And his image -
the famous two-
button pants, the big yellow shoes
-
has graced every
kind of merchandise imaginable, from T-shirts to tele-
phones.
Clearly the world's most be\o:ved animated charac-
ter,
Mickey continues
,ww..ard
the century mark just as
he began his life
75
years ago -
full steam ahead.
Written
and compiled
by
Jody Mitori and Becky Sher, Knight
Ridderll'ribune
MICKEY'S MILESTONES
•
.
Nov.
18, 1928:
Mickey Mouse debuts in
"Steamboat Willie," above, at the Colony Theater
in
New
Yotk.
Directed
by Walt Disney,
the
film
is
the
first
cartoon
to have synctironized sound The soundtrack was recorded
with a 15-piece band, and'Disney bimselfprovi4led
Mickey's
voice.
•
1129:
For the first
time,
Mickey appears with
gloves
in
'"The
Opry
House.''
•
1930:
The Mickey Mouse comic
strip debuts in newspapers. It
was
written
by
Disney and illustrated
by
Ub
Iwerks.
•
1932:
Walt Disney receives a spe-
cial Academy Award for creating Mickey
Mouse.
•
1933:
The first Mickey Mouse
watch is sold for $3.25. A Mickey pocket
watch was also available for $1.50.
•
1935:
•"The Band Concert"
is
Mickey's
first
color cartoon.
In
the film,
A1.935
Mlckeydoll.
Mickey is a band leader who must deal with a rebellious
flute
player-
Donald
Duck.
•
1139:
Mickey
is
redesigned for the cartoon '"The
Pointer." For the first time.
his
eyes have pupils and his
body
is
more
pear-shaped
♦
WO&
Midrey.ffl11kes
bis
first
featth-e
film
as
the
sorcerer's apprentice in .. Fantasia.''
•
19A:
'The
TV series '"The Mickey
.
Mouse Club ..
airs
on ABC and becomes one of the most
rxipular
chil-
dren's shows of
all
time.
The
young
cast
of
"Mouseketeers" includes actress Annette Funicello.
•
1970.:
American Telephone
Corp.
chooses
Mickey as the
star
of
its first
character phone.
•
1978:
Mickey celebrates his fiftieth birthday
with a TV special.
•
1983:
ht
"Mickey's Christmas
Carol,''
Mickey
returns
to cartoons after a 30-year break.
This
retelling of Charles Dickens' classic casts Mickey as
BobCratchit.
•
199&
Mickey's most recent theatrical short,
"Runaway
Brain,'" is re1eased and
is
nominated
for an
Academy Award
MICKEY
MOUSE
KNIGHT
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MICKEY'S MOVIES
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75 years, Mickey Mouse has appeared in more than 120
cartoons.
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you match each title with its
description?
1.
"Steamboat Willie" (1928)
2. "Mickey's
Choo-Choo"
(1929)
3.
"The Mad Doctor" (1933)
4. '"The Pointer" (1939)
5. '"The
Simple Things" (1953)
6. "Runaway Brain" (1995)
A. A scientist tries
to
put Pluto's head on a hen's body
.
B. Mickey and Pluto
go
quail hunting and
- - • - - . . . . . _ encounter a big
bear.
C.
Mickey plays
"Turkey
in the
Straw," using different animals
as
instruments.
,
D. Mickey takes Minnie on a
train
that
goes out of
control.
E.
Mickey and Pluto
go fishing
and
end
up
fighting with a
seag-
ull that steals Mickey's bait.
F. An
evil
doctor
switches
Mickey's brain
with a monster's.
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From Page Ten
Brozek
caps career
practices
and
classes
and other
activities were plotted around
them. She said volleyball has
made her schedule easier
because she knew exactly what
went before it and what came
after it.
Brozek,
whom
Watters
described as a silent leader, said
volleyball has taught her how
to let the sport remain a sport
and not let it take over her per-
sonal life.
"I've gotten mentally stronger
. . . I had to learn to be
happy
and not
be
affected by volley-
ball," said Brozek.
Besides strengthening men-
tally, Brozek also grew as a
player. Watters said Brozek
had
made a lot of
improvement
as a
player since she led the pro-
gram as hea~ coach three years
ago.
"She has improved tremen-
dously in her speed, dynamic,
passing and defense. She's six-
foot-one and moves very well
for her height," said Watters,
"It's sad to see her go. I feel
like I have invested in her. We
worked together and grew
together. The program is better
and she is
one
of the reasons.
Her teammates look up to her."
The accolades that Brozek has
accumulated in her volleyball
career show her growth as a
player and her dedication to the
sport. In four years as a Red
Fox, she played in 119 matches
and is ranked among the pro-
gram's all-time best in numer-
ous categories: ranking third
with 69 blocks solos. Brozek
also rates in the top ten in
Marist history in block assists
and career skills and holds sin-
gle season records for block
assists ( I 08) and kills in a
!Wt-
gle match (25).
Brozek said she will miss her
team; a group of girls that she
thinks has great chemistry
on
and off the court. She will miss
the security that she had going
into Mccann Center: the com-
fort of seeing familiar faces of
the trainers, athletic directors,
the security guards and the jan-
itors.
Moreover; she will miss the
routines that she has adopted
since her frosh year: the prac-
tices, the team works and the
matches
.
After four fulfilling years of
playing on the Marist volley-
ball program, Brozek said she
is ready for some changes. She
,
looks forward to studymg
abroad next
semester
in
Florence, Italy, pursuing a
career in public relations and
getting a masters degree in
communication in the near
future.
'
THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2003 •
PAGE 9
Pre-Season NIT
From Page Ten
Basketball: Marist falls
in Pre-Season
NIT
season.
Danny Walker made one of his two free
throws with 31 seconds remaining giving
Marist a final shot at tying the game.
Monagan, in his much anticipated Maiist
debut, scored 12 points on 3-10 shooting in a
team high 33 minutes.
panied by a barrage of three-pointers.
In the end, however, Marist could not get
the critical defensive stop or big defensive
rebound they needed to put the Pride away
;
Hofstra advances to the second round of the
Pre-Season NIT against ACC opponent
Georgia Tech.
19
14
Leading Scorers:
Leading Scorers:
Walker, who missed the entire 2002-2003
season with an ankle injury, led the Pride
with 21 points, including five three-pointers.
Washington scooped up the loose ball after
~
the Handy miss and cruised the length of the
court for a layup that sealed Marist's fate.
Walker
21
Ellerbee
Gibson
16
Monagan
25
12
Pierre Monagan missed a pull-up thr~e
pointer from the top of the key, and Chris
Handy missed the put back from point blank
range in a last ditch attempt in the waning
seconds of the game.
Wendel Gibson had 16 points, and Kenny
Adeleke had seven points and 13 boards for
Hofstra
.
The Red Foxes will take the floor next
Saturday, No"., 22 in the first round of the
Pepsi Marist Classic against Coastal
Carolina.
Washington
10
Rivera
10
Adelke
7
McClurkin
Jordan
Young
8
7
7
In
the first half, Ellerbee got the McCann
Center crowd on their feet with a thundering
one-hand dunk on a lone breakaway accom-
From Page Ten
Football: Luft, Traynor lead Marist to
miraculous
victory
receiver Tim Traynor for a 34-yard touchdown catch.
After this critical scoring drive, the Foxes' offense was
contained; the Blue Devils' defense forced an intercep-
tion and held the Foxes' on a fourth-down conversion
attempt. However, the Foxes led at the end of the third
quarter, 20-15.
The Blue Devils refused to quit and wanted to reclaim
their lead. Scott Dolch threw for two touchdowns in the
fourth quarter, both to Mike Morgan. Dolch clenched his
fist as he saw his team regain the lead 29-20, with only
three minutes left in the game. No one expected the Red
Foxes to come back, except for the Red Foxes them-
selves.
With less than three minutes to play, Guy Smith caught
a critical pass, which resulted in a first down. After
throwing an incomplete pass, Luft heroically connected
with Tim Traynor on a 14-yard touchdown catch on the
right side of the end zone. Although the extra point
failed, the Foxes' special teams unit stepped up and
recovered an on-side kick. With the crowd becoming
boisterous
every second, Luft kept his composure and
completed two first-down strikes to Guy Smith and Mike
DeRosa respectively. On the following play, Traynor
slanted
toward
the middle of the field and caught a dart
from Luft. After dodging a few Blue Devil tackles,
Traynor scampered into the end zone, which resulted in
a 15-yard touchdown play. The extra point was good, and
the Foxes miraculously climbed ahead 33-29 with thirty-
three ticks left in the game.
That lead was just enough for the Red Foxes' defense.
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,
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THE CIRCLE
GAME OF THE WEEK
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
MARIST VS. LEHIGH
,
McCann Center
Sports Editor
PaulSeach
Monday, Nov. 24, 7:00 p.m.
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 2003
marlstcircle.com
PAGE 10
Marist falls to Hofstra, 79-74
By
ANTHONY OLMERI
Staff Writer
on Tuesday, Nov. 18.
nailing all three free throws.
After the
timeout,
Gibran
The Red Foxes (0-1), in the Ellerbee led all scorers with 25
Washington nailed a three-point-
first appearance in the pre-season points on the night on the er with a hand in his face to give
POUGHKEEPSIE -
In front of version of the NIT, scratched and strength of six three-pointers.
Hofstra a 75-73 lead.
a sellout crowd at the Mccann clawed their way to a one-point
The Pride (1-0) took the lead
Washington had 10 points on
Center, the Marist College men's lead with 1 :30 remaining in the for good on the ensuing posses-
the night, half of them coming in
basketball team fell 79-74 to the second half.
sion. After a scrum on the floor,
the final 1 :01 of the contest.
Hofstra Pride in the opening
Brandon Ellerbee gave the Red Hofstra came up with the loose
In a one-possession game, the
round of the
,
Pre-Season National Foxes the lead after being fouled
ball offensive rebound and called Red Foxes called timeout to set
Invitational Tournament (NIT) behind the three-point arc and timeout.
up a play to tie the game. Dennis
Swimmers
keep win
streak alive
By
ALEX PANAGIOTOPOULOS
Staff Writer
POUGHKEEPSIE
Maybe
George Steinbrenner could talce a
trip up to Poughkeepsie and get a
glimpse of what has eluded his
Yankees for the last three years.
The Red Foxes men's swimming
and diving team continued its
dominationoftheMAACNov. 15,
beating perennial doormats St.
Peter's 130-94 and Fairfield 126-
8}
in
a
dual match
llt
the
Mc-Cfillll
Center. It was their forty-ninth
consecutive MAAC win.
The women's squad also won,
putting them at 3-2 on the year.
Coach Van Wagner, who has
been
with the team for 27 years,
used
Saturday's meets as a tune up
for
the
Colgate
University
Invitational in three weeks.
DORY LARRABEE/
THE CIRCLE
Christi110 Brozek (3) sends the ball over the net during her last Marist match Nov. 12 against West Point.
"A lot of our swimmers swam in
their off - events," he said "We
also did a lot of events that we nor-
mally don't do."
Brozek wraps up record-setting
volleyball career on a high note
Despite their possible unfamiliar-
ity with their events, Jeff Paul
(100
yard freestyle) and Brian
Sankowski (500 yard freestyle),
set
seasonal bests with their times.
On the women's team, Jen
Gelsomino ( 400 yard individual
medley), Amber VanDeCarr
(I
meter diving), and Emily Heslin
(100 yard freestyle), all also turned
in top perfonnances.
Although the
team
hasn't lost
since the 1990s, and
has
won eight
straight MAAC titles, Van Wagner
is still not satisfied
"We have to continue to eliminate
our mistalces," said Van Wagner.
"Our
entire season is geared toward
championship meets, so we use the
season as a learning process."
By
QIU XIA YUAN
Staff Writer
She is finished.
Christina Brozek played her last Marist volley•
ball match Nov. 12.
The six-foot-one middle
blocker from Fair Lawn, N.J., closed out her career
in a game that was marked with different emotions
and a winning sweep against the West Point Black
Knights.
Before the game began, Brozek, who was team
captain last year and the tri-captain this year, said
she felt awkward putting on her jersey and knee
pads because it was the last time she would get to
perform these familiar routines with her team.
"For the last eight years of my life, vo11eyba11 and
school has been what my life evolved around,"
Brozek said.
Brozek has been playing volleyball since her
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frosh year at Fair Lawn High School. During her
sophomore year, she made varsity and her team
won the state championship. That year, Brozek
also joined DIGS (Do
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leyball program. She learned valuable skills and
competed in different matches when she played for
DIGS. Brozek continued playing on the school
team and club volleyball throughout junior and
senior year.
.
During her senior year of high school, different
colleges, including Marist, recruited her. She chose
Marist. She was the only player who remained in
Marist's volleyba11 program when other players
left the team during the transitional period, after
the current volleyball head coach, Sarah Watters,
took over the program.
Brozek said vo11eyball has helped structure her
life. It defined her daily routines: she attended
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Young, experiencing a flashback
to last year's MAAC tournament
loss, launched a three pointer
that
was
off the mark with 40
seconds remaining.
Young nailed a three-pointer
that tied ~e game in the MAAC
tournament contest after only
having two three-pointers on the
SEE BASKETBALL, PAGE 9
Foxes tame
Blue Devils
Luft, Traynor lead Marist
to stunning wiri over CCSU
By
MARK PERUGINI
Assistant Sports Editor
POUGHKEEPSIE
Tim
Traynor's
three
touchdown
catches in the final two minutes
of
the game lifted
the
Red Foxes
to a remarkable 33-29 comeback
victory
over
the
Central
Connecticut State University
Blue Devils Nov. 15.
The Red Foxes' seniors played
in their last co11egiate game, and
in order to beat the hungry Blue
Devils, they knew they had to
step it up.
However, the Blue Devils
would crush the hopes of the
Foxes immediately. In the open-
ing strike of the game, the Blue
Devils' offense only needed two
plays to complete a 68-yard
touchdown drive. Blue Devil
quarterback Scott Dolch threw a
bu11et to wide out Brian
Frederick, who sprinted down
the field for a 64-yard touch-
down catch. The Blue Devils
also scored late in the first quar-
ter with a 5-yard touchdown run
by Tom Hunter, capping a 74-
yard scoring strike.
With only eleven seconds
remaining in the first quarter, the
Blue Devils' defense ruthlessly
pressured the Red Foxes' offen-
sive unit, forcing the Red Foxes
to commit a safety.
The Foxes' offense scored only
once in the first quai:ter. The Red
Foxes' stellar running back,
Alfredo Riullano, had a 14-yd
touchdown grab · from senior
quarterback Brad McGuire; this
completed a 68-yard scoring
drive for the Red Foxes. The first
quarter concluded with the score
of 15-7, in favor
.
of the Blue
Devils.
Both defensive units dominat-
ed the second quarter. The B Jue
Devils forced two fumbles, how-
ever, their offense could not cap-
italize on the Foxes' sloppy
turnovers. The Red Foxes'
defenses responded in similar
fashion, forcing the Blue Devils
to fumble twice and punt once.
The Red Foxes scored on the
second Blue Devil fumble of the
quarter with a 3-yard touchdown
run by Riullano. The Foxes'
botched the two~point conver-
sion, which kept the score at 15-
13,
in favor of the Blue Devils.
The second half concluded with
CCSU leading 15-13.
The Foxes' defense did not
allow their opponents to score
once in the third quarter. The
Foxes continued to play an out-
standing 4-3 defensive zone,
forcing the Blue Devils to foul
up a field goal attempt, commit a
fumble and punt the ball; respec-
tively. Again, the Red Foxes had
the only scoring strike of the
quarter, when Brad McGuire
connected with sophomore wide
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