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THURSDAY,DECEMBER4,2003
Stu.dents take control of MCCTA
By
LOUIS P. ORTIZ
Ill
Staff Writer
In its current production of "Once
Upon a Mattress," the Marist
College Council on Theatre
Arts
has developed a different approach
in collaborating with the Marist
Singers and the Marist Band.
The reenacted Broadway musi-
cal, which in
1997
starred Sarah
Jessica Parker, took center stage
Nov.
13 to Nov. 16 in the Nelly
Galetti Theatre.
Over the past 27 seasons,
MCCTA
has successfully grown in
popularity. Its current president,
Karla
Gareau, is aware of the new
role that the organiz.ation's execu-
tive board has taken
''With this particular production,
three of the five directors worked
within the music department at
Marist," Gareau said ''The entire
e-board literally went through
an
application process when choosing
the various positions that would be
.
filled by adults on and off campus,
which
is
definitely a
first
consider-
ing that the e-board is compiled of
only students."
After
years of hiring outside
pro-
fessional orchestras, MCCTA
chose Marist College composer,
Commitment to
Community
'Citizen' editor
strives
to reach
media
ideals
By
AMANDA VLADICK
Circle Contributor
Imagine a world full of caring
individuals with a real desire to
affect the lives of those around
them.
That is Elaine Fernandez's
goal. She and her fellow editors
at The Citizen, a monthly maga-
zine
run
by independent com-
munity journalists, are worldng
toward a community-minded
world, one step at a time.
Fernandez visited Marist Nov.
19
to discuss
becoming increasingly nar-
rowed."
In addition to media being
owned by a sparse group of peo-'
ple, it has become increasingly
dependent on sales revenue for
its profits.
"Corporate mainstream media
is
about
selling
news,"
Fernandez said. "No matter how
important an issue is, if it does-
n't sell, it's not news."
Plus, the news that greets con-
sumer ears each morning is
becoming increasingly nega-
tive.
the goals of
'Most media is owned by
"The media
dramatizes the
preliminary
hearings
of
The
Citizen,
a few large companies.
which chooses
Thus, our choices for
a new public
interest topic
thoughts, opinions, and
Kobe
Bryant
to cover each
actions are becoming
and
Scott
month.
Increasingly narrowed.'
Approximately
because educa-
P e t e r s o n
50
students,
_
Baine Fernandez
tion and the job
staff, and coIJ1-
Editor, The Citizen
market
aren't
munity mem- - - - - - - - - - - juicy," she said.
bers attended the discussion at
However, these issues rarely
the performing arts room in the
get any airtime unless some-
Student Center.
thing big happens.
Her talk centered on the recent
commercialization of news and
the media, and attempted to
enlighten audience members
about the benefits of independ-
ent community journalism ver-
sus
corporate
mainstream
media.
"Most media is owned by a
few large companies," she said.
"Thus, our choices for thoughts,
opinions, and actions are
How many hours a day
do
you spend on AIM?
47%
"When the high school dropout
down the block breaks into your
house one day, you
start
paying
attention to why and how he fell
through
the
cracks,"
said
Fernandez.
That is precisely why The
Citizen was created.
'The basis for The Citizen are
common social concerns and an
effort to involve the public," she
said,
SEE CITIZEN, PAGE 3
MARISTCIRCLE.COM
WEEKLY POLL
Last week's question:
"How
many hours a day
do you spend on AIM?"
47%
of respondents
never sign
off.
Visit MaristCircle.com
to participate in this
week's poll:
What will you be asking
for this holiday season?
Art
Himmelberger, as the musical
director to work with the Marist
Singers and Marist Band to search
for potential musicians that could
help out with the show.
This allowed more money to be
put towards detailed scenery and
elaborate costumes
handmade by
students Jenn Dugan, Christine
Digirolamo, and Chrissy
Pulaski.
Since many of the
cast members
are
active members of the Marist
Singers, production for "Once
Upon a Mattress"
ran
into many
problems when scheduling practice
times in between the singers'
sepa-
rate
perfonnances.
As a result, a new rule was
approved where performers cannot
hold two lead roles in consecutive
shows.
Nearly 600 students attended the
play throughout the weekend,
according to the Gareau.
"I liked the music," sophomore
Melinda E. Martinez said "I was
impressed with the costumes and
the scenery on stage. Many people
around me
agreed the performers
were very
animated."
Frosh Ricalya
RA.
Brissett, who
played Lady Meril, offered her
opinion about the show's
run.
"I thought the play was very sue-
Belly dancing with Sarah
cessful.
It was well rehearsed and
people enjoyed it," said Brissett.
"Personally, I felt very comfortable
on stage because normally in high
school, the theatre coul~ hold over
900
people ... at Marist it
can
hold
up to 300 people or more. We need
a bigger theatre."
Other performances to look for-
ward to include "The Heidi
Chronicles," debuting this week-
end, ''The
Vagina Monologues"
and "You're a Good Man Charlie
Brown"; in February, 'The
Children's
Theatre:
Looking
Glassland," the date for which is
yet
to
be announced.
SARA STIVENS / THE CIRCLE
Sarah Bell, renowned belly dancing instructor, taught basic technique and history to approximately 40
students in the Student Center on Tuesday night. For more information see story on page four.
Abroad program
activities
inform prospective
travelers
By
LORAINE HOWELL
Circle Contributor
The Marist Abroad Program
endorsed three unique activities
in support of International Week
in hopes of attracting• interest in
their programs.
Every year Marist College rec-
ognizes International Week from
Nov.
17 - 21.
This year,
MAP
invited two guest speakers to
Marist and sponsored a study
abroad fair.
Antonio Di Palma, a Marist
senior and employee
•
at the
abroad office, said the two guest
speakers were a great contribu-
tion to International Week.
"Ron Hick, a Marist College
graduate, spoke about interna-
tional trade and the globalization
of the Hudson Valley area as well
as the Empire State develop-
ment," said Di Palma.
Emergency Medical Services
assistant director David Violante,
of the Arlington Fire District in
Poughkeepsie,
N.Y.,
spoke about
his volunteering experience as
the EMS coordinator for a non-
profit organization called the
Society
for
Hospital
and
Resources Exchange. This pro-
gram is devoted to bringing peo-
ple in deprived areas of Africa
healthcare and education.
Katie Hargis, an undergraduate
at· Marist College, said she
regrets missing Violante's lec-
ture.
"I was disappointed that I could
not attend his lecture because I
have often thought about how
fulfilling it would be to assist
impoverished people one day
myself," said Hargis. "I give him
a lot of credit for being able to
contribute
to
such a noble cause."
In addition to the two lecturers,
another activity MAP sponsored
in tribute to International Week
was the study abroad fair.
Representatives from all abroad
programs distributed infonnation
to students going overseas next
semester and to prospective
Marist abroad students.
Lauren Mccusker, a Marist
senior, studied in Sydney,
Australia and was one of the stu-
dent representatives at the abroad
fair. Mccusker said the fair is an
important activity that provides a
lot of helpful infonnation to stu-
dents.
"Anyone who is looldng to go
abroad should take advantage of
all the meetings MAP provides,"
said Mccusker.
"Students
should also listen to all the people
who have come back from being
abroad because they have a lot of
interesting and important infor-
mation to share."



























































THE CIRCLE
THURSDAY, DECEMBER
4,
2003
marlstcircle.com
The "Security Briefs" and the "Alcohol Fantasy
Beat" is intended to be a parody and not a represen-
tation of The Circles editorial stance on drinking -
illegal or otherwise -
nor is it intended to be a
statement regarding the official Marist college poli-
cy on alcohol consumption
.
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Security Briefs: Car break-ins, thefts outshine drinking
Compiled
By
DAN ROY
Campus Editor
Alcohol related
incidents this week
Sheahan
- 2
\1idrise
-
I
Alcohol related incidents
by
dorm total
Gartland
-
IO
Champagnat
-
9
Lco-6
Sheahan
-
5
lJ
pper \\-'est Cedar
-
4
\1idrise
-
3
Old
Townhouses
-
2
\:larian -
1
Security Alert!
On Dec.
I, at approximately 1 p.m., an
unknown male subject was found by a
female
student in her room in Marian
Hall.
The subject left after being con-
fronted by the female student.
It
is believed the subject may have
entered
the
dorm by following other stu-
dents
as they swiped into the building.
The subject was able to enter the dorm
room
woon
the stmlent left the room
momentarily and left the door ajar.
All
students are urged to make sure that
no unauthorized persons enter the build-
ing behind them as they swipe
in.
It is
important to lock room doors even when
leaving
the room for a short time.
The subject is described as a black male
about 30 years of age, with a stocky build.
He was wearing a black puffy coat, blue
jeans, tan work boots, and a knit cap or
hooded sweatshirt. Anyone who has
information on this incident should con-
tact investigator DeMattio at extension
2116.
11/18 -
On a lighter note, there was a
fire alarm in Townhouse C at l :28 p.m.
Tuesday. These are interesting because
there is always some great reason for why
this happened. This time, over-cooked
mushrooms was the cause. This is a per-
fectly reasonable ... reason
.
.
.
however.
The student was obviously tired of play-
ing with a small Mario, so they tried to
give him a power up to make him big. I
know since I've tried this before, and I
ended up beating King Kupa because of
it. But this is advanced, and only should
be done with parental supervision. My
advice is next time just go outside and
pick a flower, you may not be big, but at
least you'll have fire power.
11/20 -
The first of about 12 vehicle
break-ins happened at 7:33 a.m
.
Thursday
morning in the Upper West Cedar lot. A
car was found to have its window
smashed out and the CD player and
speakers stolen. I don't care how poor
you are, there's got to be a better way of
getting
gifts
this Christmas.
11/21
-
One of the most embarrassing
events occurred at 2:05 a.m. Friday. A
commuter student attempted to enter
Leo
Hall using the
ID
of another student. He
also did this while
intoxicated.
The offi-
cer wasn't fooled, and prohibited this stu-
dent from entering. Normally, the student
would be told to go back to his dorm at a
time like this. But since he commutes,
this was not possible. Instead, the securi-
ty guard called the person's parents to
come pick him up. How awful is that?
"Yeah, excuse me
Mrs.
Jones, this is
Marist security. You're son is
drunk
and
tried speaking into one of our dorms. Can
you pick him up please?" If I were this
person, I would rather go to Dutchess
than come back here.
11/21 -
Our second car larceny was
reported at 7:30 a.m. Friday in Beck
Place. The car's driver side window was
shattered and the stereo and speakers
were taken. The town police were noti-
fied. This seriously is not anything to
joke about.
How someone could do
something like that, especially this time of
year is outrageous. Stealing candy or
Hallmark cards is one thing (we've all
done that), but this is going too far.
be
all set.
11/22 -
Sheahan got caught drinking.
"Ooooooh!" The
RD
found a small party
going on in one of the rooms at 12:33 a.m.
Saturday. Ten students were there with
about 50 empties
on
the floor and 18 cans
still in the box.
11/23 -
The N-block of Lower West
Cedar threw a large party on Sunday.
Everyone was having a grand old time
until a security guard showed up around
11 :05 p.m. The
party
of about 40 people
quickly dispersed at his arrival, with a lot
of them jumping out the kitchen window.
No alcohol was found, which leads me to
believe that they were playing a big game
of tag, and the security guard was "it."
11/23 -
Midrise didn't let nie down
with my pick last week. At 1:21 a.m., a
security guard was searching for the
source of water balloons thrown from a
fifth floor window, but found a little bit
more than balloons when he entered the
room. Four 12-owice cans of Coors
Light were also there for the ride.
I
drove into the opposite lane and struck
the oncoming car in the fender. The hit
was hard enough that one of the air bags
deployed
.
Both cars had to be towed
away.
11/26
-
Another fire alarm went off in
Old
Townhouses, this time in the B-
block at 1 :30 a.m. Not to be outdone by
their counterparts in C, they caused this
alarm by spraying too much.Pam onto a
cooking pan. That's just funny as is.
But
I have one question for you ... does
she have a sista?
11/26
-
The fmal brief of the week is
yet another car theft.
At 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday night a vehicle was found in
the Sheahan lot, broken into, with its
stereo and about 30 CDs stolen. This
was actqally a guest's car this happened
to. Instead of filing a report, security
slapped the kid with a ticket for not
parking in Beck. Just kidding.
Roy's dorm alcohol
incident fantasy beat
11/21-More vandalism happened in the
Lower West Cedar lot at 3:20 p.m. A stu-
dent wa1)ced back to his car to find yellow
paint splashed all <;>ver it. It could be
worse though
.
It
could have been black
paint. You can't get a tan standing next to
black paint ...
11123 _ 1 don't know what do with This is it. We are going into our last
Sheahan anymore. They are just going weekend of the regular season.
bananas over there. At 3:20 a.m. the Everything each dorm has trained for all
entry desk officer stopped a student and
11/21 -Another vehicle was
broken
into. confiscated eight 12-ounce cans of
at
5
p.m., this time in the McCann lot.
Budweiser. I think I'm going to have to
The same
tlring
was found too, the
win-
write to Dr. Phil so he can make you
dow smashed and the stereo taken. The guys his new family, because you
are
broken window must
be
his calling card. out of control.
All the great ones do it. I mean look at the
Wet Bandits later known as the Sticky
11/24 ........,
On
·
the road descending the
_
hill
Bandits, now they were pro.. All wen~ 'Jhl Midrise there was a two car accident
is Kevin here to catch this guy and we'll at 9:30 p.m. Monday.
One vehicle
1•
off-season, and worked for all semester
long will come to a finish this weekend
.
Who will go home for winter break with
the first annual Anheuser Busch Cup?
I
know for me the anticipation is worse
than Christmas morning. All we can do
now is sit_ ~a£~ and enjoy the show.
Next week I
will
hand out the season
awards to our winners and our losers.
Upcoming campus events
DEADLINE FOR
STUDENT-WRITTEN
PLAYS
Thursday,
Dec.
4
Friday, Dec. 5
Frfday,
Dec.
5
&
Friday,
Dec.
5
Class of 2006
SPC
Comedy
Club:
ante Heidi Chronicles"
Hollday Party
Tom Cotter
8 p.m. - Nelly Golettl
7p.m.
9
p.m.
Students
-
$2
SC349
Cabaret
Friday, Dec. 5
Saturday, Dec. 6
Saturday, Dec. 6
Science Major capping
Bus Trip to -ille Christmas
Gallerla Mall Trip
Presentation
Spectacular"
"Come find the answers."
3 p.m.
4
p.m.
5 p.m. - DN 225
Radio.City Music Hall
Saturday, Dec. 6
Saturday, Dec. 6
Sunday,
Dec.
7
-ille Heidi Chronicles"
Lessons and carols
Annual Children's
2 p.m.
-
Nelly
Goletti
8p.m.
Holiday Party
Students
-
$2
(Bus
leaves at 7:30
p.m.)
Noon
Our
Lady
of Mt. Carmel
SC349
Sunday,Dec.
7
Sunday, Dec.
7
Monday, Dec. 8
Hollday Concert
Mass and Tree Ughtlng
campus Ministry
with Marist Band
7 p.m.
Hollday Social
3 p.m.
&
7:30
p.m.
Our Lady Seat
8 p.m.
Nelly Galetti
Theatre
of Wisdom Church
Cabaret
Tuesday,Dec.9
Tuesday,Dec.9
Tuesday,Dec.9
HuMarlsts Big Show
SGA Dessert Party
ARCO Christmas Social
9 P~m.
9:30
p.m.
9:30 p.m.
Nelly Goletti
Theatre
Cabaret
SC349
Wednesday,Dec.10
Friday,
Dec.
12
Friday, Dec. 12
Music at Marlst:
•A Christmas Carol•
BSU presents
"Nyablngl"
Ulrich Recltal
perfonned
by
Martst Faculty
9:30 p.m.
Sp.m.
7p.m.
Cabaret
Performing Arts Room
Nelly Galetti
Theatre
Call ext.
2429
or visit
maristcircle.com to submit events for the campus calendar.
The Circle's last edition of the semester will be next Thursday.
The Circle office will be closed from Dec.
15, 2003
until Jan.
15, 2004.
Plays to be entered in the
John P. Anderson Playwriting Contest
are due no later than the end
of fall final exams.
Bring one hard copy of your entry
and a second copy on disk to either
SC 369 or RO 389
If
you
have not filled out an entry form, do
so.
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on how to contact
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THE CIRCLE
''
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER
4, 2003
marlstclrcle.com
It
concerns me
that I'm here
[graduate school]
for less than
two years, and my
debt
will
be
more
than my entire under-
graduate education.
''
- Jessica Ebert
NYU graduate student
News Editor
Cassi Matos
News Editor
Courtney
Kretz
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'The Citizen' strays from media
nonns
...
frompageone
"[The public] needs more mean-
ingful information that will
encourage them to get involved.
We use statistics, facts, historical
timelines, and community-based
reporting to surround an issue
and give the public a good look
at it."
"It
extends way beyond print
news," said Fernandez. "We're
.invested in our community."
The magazine hosted a pilot
program last' year to get high
school students involved in the
politics of their neighborhoods.
Students from three schools
learned to discuss current, perti-
nent legislation, research bills,
and contact legislators.
"We are committed to cultivat-
ing the next generation," said
Fernandez.
Many audience members, such
as Stephen Burger, junior, biolo-
gy
major, were impressed with
the goals of The Citizen.
"Independent community jour-
nalism really is needed for diver-
sity
in
news,"
he
said.
"Otherwise all we're going to
ever hear about is Michael
Jackson."
advertising.
"Of course it sounds like a nec-
essary addition to society, and I
understand
Kamby
Honour, senior,
Millbrook High
School, said she
agreed that The
Citizen's goals
'Independent
community
Journalism really is needed
for diversity in news.'
that
they
don't get a
whole lot of
publicity,"
she
said.
"But to get
up there and
were admirable.
However,
she
said she found the discussion to
be as much informational as
- Stephen Burger
Junior
·
demand that
the audience buy it, pass it on, go
to the Web site, and spread the
word was a little over the top."
According to Fernandez, the
magazine does have a very tight
budget and relies on readers to
pass the word as a form of adver-
tising.
"All of our six editors are vol-
unteers," she said. "We're very
committed, and we believe in
what we're doing
.
"
Fernandez is the publisher and
editor in chief of The Citizen
Monthly. Her career in public
service began in the 1990s when
she served as an Americorps
VISTA (Volunteers in Service to
America) for Literacy Volunteers
of America
.
She has directed,
organized, and consulted on a
variety of public service projects.
In 2003, she was nominated a
Woman of Achievement by the
YWCA's annual
Tribute
to
Women
.
For more information, visit The.
Citizen's
Web
site
at
www.thectzn.com
Congressman questions high college textbook costs
By HEATHER MEYER
Daily O'Collegian
Oklahoma State University
STILLWATER, Okla. (U-WIRE)
-
A new bill introduced to
Congress may help ease the
pocketbook pain students feel
each semester when buying text-
books.
Recent studies show American
students often pay more than
overseas
students for the exact
same textbooks that are pub-
lished in the United States.
Oregon Congressman David
Wu, member of the House
Education Committee, intro-
duced legislation to the U.S.
House of Representatives Nov
.
20 to
require
mi
fuvegtigatioh
t>f
the college
textbook
industry's
pricing practices.
According to the press release
from Wu's office, the investiga-
tive division of Congress, the
General Accounting Office, will
look into why American students
often pay more than double what
overseas students pay for the
exact same textbook and why
U.S. college bookstores are
barred from buying the cheaper
alternatives available overseas.
"American college students
should not have to pay double
what overseas students pay for
identical college textbooks. The
pricing practices of the college
textbook industry defy common
sense, and today I am announc-
ing legislation to get to the bot-
tom of it/' Wu said in the press
release.
"The (books) are too expen-
sive," said Tiffany Dougherty,
mechanical engineering fresh-
man.
Textbook publishers churn
more money
out
of students by
packaging textbooks in plastic
bundles requiring students to buy
extra materials such as CD-
ROMs, workbooks an,d study
guides. These extra items are
added to
make
the textbook look
more appealing to professors
when choosing which textbooks
to use for the classes they teach.
Dustin Morgan, political sci-
ence sophomore, said of the
packaged textbooks, "It's just a
way for them to charge more.
Not many students actually use
that extra stuff. It is unneces-
sary."
Publishers have
been
continual-
ly
losing
money to the efficient
used-book market. This problem
More students tum to private loans
By OLGA NORSTROM
Washington Square
News
New York University
NEW YORK (U-WIRE) -
An
increasing number of college
students are turning to private
loans to finance their education
-
despite the risk of sinking
deeper into debt -
as the gap
between the cost of a college
education and federal aid contin-
ues to widen.
The average cost of a four-~ar
private college education has
jumped by 43 percent since
1992, while federal loan limits
have not increased in over a
decade, said Sandy Baum, an
economics
professor
at
Skidmore College. Baum is co-
author of the ''Trends in Student
Aid Report," which is published
annually and sponsored by the
College Board.
Meanwhile, there has been a
private loan increase of 45 per-
cent
.
among undergraduates and
51 percent among graduates
since the 2001-02 academic year.
"Last year students
borrowed
$6.9
billion
from
private
lenders,"
Baum said. "This rep-
resents a 4 77 percent increase
from the 1995 academic year."
The total volume of private
loans has now surpassed the
amounts awarded annually under
the government-financed federal
student
educational
grants,
Federal Work Study and the
Federal Perkins Loans programs
combined, she said.
But while private
lending
has
increased, it still only comprises
10 percent of the total student
loan volume, said Kenneth Redd,
director of research policy and
analysis
for
the
National
Association of Student Aid
Administrators.
"Only a minority of all under-
graduates -
about 4 percent -
receive private loans, but these
are generally students attending
higher-cost schools like New
York University, or who have
very high financial need," Redd
said.
The drawback of private loans
is that monthly payments begin
accumulating interest right after
disbursement, so interest accu-
mulates while students are still
attending sch?ol.
"While it is a small percentage
·
of students that borrow from pri-
vate lenders like Sallie Mae,
those who do turn to private
loans are borrowing quite heavi-
ly," said Martha Holler, spokes-
woman for Sallie Mae.
She said 25
percent
of private
loan
borrowers
perceive them-
selves as having significant
problems with their education
debt after graduation. Excessive
debt can affect students' deci-
sions about their careers, stu-
dents said.
Jude Divers, an undergraduate
in the School of Continuing and
Professional Studies, borrowed
$6,000 in
private
loans this year.
She would like to go to medical
school after graduating from
NYU but considers this pricey
dream "iffy" because she does
not want to add to her debt.
Private loans from lenders like
Citibank and Sallie Mae, unlike
federal loans, allow students to
borrow for non-tuition costs like
room and board.
Students at NYU can borrow
from one of the two lenders at
negative 1 percent interest rates
without fees, 'said Antonio Del
Bono
,
NYU's director of finan-
cial aid. "These rates are among
the lowest in the country," Del
Bono said
.
But the
lowered
rates have not
eased some students' fears about
life after graduation.
"My first job out of school, I'll
be making a lower-end salary,"
said Cindy Luff, an NYU gradu-
ate student in
occupational
thera-
py who has incurred more than
$100,000 in debt. "Now ~at
these programs are starting to list
these loans on our credit reports,
how am I going to be able to get
a
car
or rent an apartment?"
A few students said counseling
required
for federal student loans
should be mandated for students
obtaining private loans.
"What is missing is that they
don't sit with the student and
strategize," Luff said
.
"We don't
.
get good counseling at t~e Office
of Financial Aid. They don't pro-
vide students with any direc-
tion."
If federal loan limits were
increased, a significant propor-
tion of the students who are cur-
rently receiving private loans
may obtain more federal loans
instead, Baum said.
Congress is considering rais-
ing federal loan limits under the
Higher Education Act, which is
up for reauthorization this year.
The bill, which called for col-
leges to lower their tuition rates
in October,
proposes
increases
in all forms of federal financial
aid.
Other students, like Jessica
Ebert, who has borrowed over
$20,000 in private loans to pay
for a graduate degree in science
and environmental reporting at
NYU, ·conside~ the cost a good
investment.
"It
concerns me that I'm here
for less than two years, and my
debt will be more than my
entire undergraduate education,"
Ebert said.
is not a new one. It has been
building for years since publish-
ers made the mistake of not get-
ting in on the used-book market.
Therefore, publishers are fre-
quently releasing new, unneeded
editions of textbooks to make
more money. Several publishers
now control the marketplace
because the others could not sur-
vive.
"It's somewhat unnecessary to
have 12 editions of a book with
only minor changes to the text,"
said Erik Kritz, international
business freshman.
One of Stillwater, Okla. 's col-
lege bookstol'8s, Cowboy Book,
sells both new and used books.
Its book prices range anywhere
from $5 to $150 per new
OT
used
book, some of the cheapest'prices
in
town.
They buy books back
based on whether the book is still
being used, how many books of
that kind they have on hand and
the condition of the book.
Two of the biggest complaints
students have are aimed at books
they cannot buy used, such as
workbooks, and the sell-back
value of their books.
"You spend $30 on a workbook
to only tear two pages out of it,
then you can't even sell it back,"
Kritz said about workbooks.
Morgan finds the sell-back
value on books ridiculous. "You
spend $60 on a book and then
you can only sell it back for
$20."
According to the press release,
Wu's bill will require the GAO to
investigate the college textbook
industry and report back within
one year on at least eight of the
fol]pwing points: The average
amount of money a student
spends on textbooks, the average
cost to produce new textbooks,
the average cost to produce a
new edition of a previously pub-
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the price discrepancy in text-
books in the United States. and
outside the United States, the
extent of the problem with such
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THE CIRCLE
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2003
Belly dancing:
art
and
honor
By SARA
STEVENS
Features
Editor
Over centuries, the dance has
traveled around the world and
evolved to incorporate various
Girls
shimmied
across the aspects of Latin, Turkish, and
Student Center as Marist College Moroccan culture.
became home to one of the oldest
"Each of the movements you
forms of artistic expression: make te~s a story.
In
traditional
belly dancing.
times, women gathered together
For two hours, the room undu-
to share the details of their lives
lated with the beat of Middle in a celebration of movement,"
Eastern music and the ferver of Bell told students.
eager students. Teaching the
Belly dancing is an integration
class, both traditional and mod-
of spirit and body, and should be
em aspects of the dance was pro-
honored as such.
fessional belly dancer Sarah
Bell also sought to tear down
Bell's mission.
some of the negative stereotypes
"Belly dancing is - - - - - - - - - - associated with
all about attitude,"
this dance. All
Bell told
students.
1
AII
of your llfe's
too often, belly
"[As a dancer,] you
wisdom
goes into your
dancing is mis-
?ave
t?
make an
dance.
As a teacher
I
taken to be a
1mpress1on from the
'
variation
of
moment you walk in
have
the opportunity to
exotic dancing.
the room."
pass
that wisdom
On the contrary,
Along with basic
down to
my
students.'
while the art
technique,
Bell
itself can be
taught some of the
-
Sarah
Bell
provocative, it
history behind this
truly
is
an
ancient dance.
empowering ritual for women.
"It's the oldest form of dance in
"All of your life's wisdom
the world, originating thousands goes into your dance. As a
of years ago," Bell said.
teacher, I have the opportunity
maristcircle.com
SARA
Sl'EVENS
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THE
CIRCLE
Above: Marist students experiment with the fundamental concepts of belly
dancing. The belly <::lancing program was taught by professional belly
·
dancer Sarah Bell Tuesday evening in the Student Center.
to pass that wisdom down to my
students
.
"
Sarah Bell has been belly
dancing for thirty years, during
which she has made numerous
television appearances. She
currently teaches
at
Exercise
Express in the Marshall's mall
in Poughkeepsie. With students
ranging in age from nine to sev-
enty, she is able to pass her
wis-
dom to young and old women
alike.
In addition to the traditional
celebration of womanhood,
many men also find belly danc-
ing
to be valuable for its grace
and physical
expression,
mak-
ing
it
an art form from which
everyone can benefit.
tou1inuon
For more information, check out
Sarah Bell's
Web
si~e:
www.danclngwlthsarah.com
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to research
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back
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1961.
Library Director
But the New York Times, going
back to
1851,
is in a class by
itself. So today we are going to
explore how to use it.
Many
students
are required to
use newspapers
going
back
20
years or more. And like
scholars
for decades,
they retrieve
micro-
film, thread it
thru
the microfilm
Students examining news in the
month they were born want to
know how they can browse
reader into the
"take-up"
roll, through issues, as they would
and begin
cranking
-
and copy-
scrolling
on microfilm.
ing.
But in many
cases
there
is
an
easier and cheaper
way.
Go to the
"Research"
drop
down menu at the library's home
page and click on
''Newsstand."
Librarian Katy
Silberger
has put
the inclusive dates for
several
national newspapers
that go
back
10 years or
more.
You were born in March
1982.
Click on the New York Times
(Backfile
).
Leave the search box
empty.
Go down to the radio but-
ton "On This Date." Enter
03/01/1982
(don't
worry: the
date format is in the other
boxes).
Page 49 appears
(it
doesn't
·
matter). Just above the newsp~-
per, in the center of the screen is
click on page
1.
Now here's the tricky part. You
can make out the headlines, but
even though your eyes are much
younger than mine, you can't
read the individual stories either
.
Roll th~ cursor over the page
and the individual headlines will
appear in a box.
Click
on the
headline and it will take you
to
a
screen with only that story.
Quirk number one:
Sometimes
you have to point
and
click at
several different spots on the
headline to find the
"sweet spot."
Don't
ask
me
-
I'm just report-
ing the facts. We
have
told
the
database
vendor about this
and
hope it will be corrected. But for
now don't be surprised if
you
have to
click
three or four times
Now you've
got a
story
that
you
want. Quirk number
two:
do
not
click
on the browser printer
icon
or
you'll get a
blank page.
Go down
to
the printer icon
inside
Pro Quest.
To go
to the
next day's issue,
return
,
to
"search"
page and
change
the day
in
the date box to
"/02."
I
know
this seems
really
com-
plicated. But
after
a few minutes
you'll
be
sailing
through
it
and
will have
access to
one
of
the
most remarkable
records
in the
English
language
.
Also note!
Every issue
of the
Marist
College newspaper
-
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Sara Stevens
PAGE4
Chilly weather doesn't
ice urge to socialize
Baby, it's cold outside.
It's that time of year again.
Along with the onset of holiday
shopping and yuletide cheer
comes the beginning of very cold
weather in the Northeast.
Even though most of us have
probably experienced winter for
really the h~ight of
social
life
on
Maristcampus,but
it sure beats going
to class early. So
although the area
between
Dyson
and
Lowell
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a significant portion of our lives, Thomas was formerly the ongo-
everyone
acts
completely ing gathering spot and gossip
shocked when the temperature mill of the
"in-between" class
drops each year.
It
always time, the inches and inches of
"seems"
like it's getting colder snow we're sure to get will dis-
earlier and earlier, and even if courage people from hanging out
the statistics show differently, on the benches. Therefore,
you'll
each winter seems worse than have to find another distraction
the one before it.
t" make you late to class. I'm
In college, however, we handle guessing that the Dyson cafe
will
cold weather a little differently be a good bet.
than other people
.
For one thing,
This also counts for the
ciga-
cold weather means new guide-
rette
/
boredom breaks that
lines on when you can and can-
everyone takes outside the dorms
not do certain things. For exam-
and townhouses. There will no
ple,
a
large - - - - - - - - - - longer be people
decrease in temper-
lingering outside
ature may mean
Most people, besides
for more than
ten
that it's too cold
to
smokers, will
stay
con-
or
_fifteen
min-
go to class.
An
talned, hermlt-llke,
in
utes.
In fact,
incoming
snow-
most
people,
storm could mean
their rooms
/
apart-
besides
smokers,
the weather's too
ments,
emerging
only
will stay con-
had to go to work.
for food, class, and
tained, hermit-
But I'm sure if the
like,
in their
drink specials.
storm of the centu-
rooms
/
apart-
ry hit on a
Tuesday
ments,
emerging
night, most of us
otii]. for fo.Qd,
would unflinchingly brave the class, and drink
specials.
elements to make it to the Mad
Finally,
one
of the funniest
Hatter.
things of
winter is
how different
But if you decide to attend class people react to the
weather.
when it's cold out, find a route to
There are those
people who
class that will require you to be claim to love snow,
play
in it
outside for the bare minimum once, and curse it out three hours
amount of time.
later. There's those,
like
myself,
For
example,
if you're walling who
remember
all the
problems
from
Gartland
to Donnelly,
cut
that
snow causes, and curse it
all the
way through Dyson, then right
from
the
beginning.
halfway
through Lowell
Thomas
There's
people
from
New York
to the door near Route
9,
behind City who
think
one
inch
of snow
the library and through the back should shut down the
city,
and
door of Donnelly. Remember, those from up
North who always
this is what these buildings were claim they've
seen
worse
.
strategically
placed there for.
Either
way,
it's
too late
to
move
And plus, coming up with new
.
down South
,
so
it seems
we're
routes to class
is sort
of like all in for it.
learning.
Except
not
really
at all.
Unfortunately, the onset
of
cold
weather
also means a decrease in
random socialization before and
after classes. I mean, this isn't
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER
4, 2003 •
PAGE 5
The Daily Grind
We still must acknowledge stereotypes in workplace
In reply to the
letter
to the editor that
appeared in the Nov. 20, 2003 edition
of The Circle about my
column,
"Glass
Ceilings & Mini Skirts."
I couldn't agree further myself. I sim-
ply pointed out the common stereo-
types,
and let's face it: Women are
treated poorly in the workplace, other-
wise there wouldn't be terms like
"glass
ceilings."
Yes, I also used insulting language.
And yes, my sources are out of date.
However,
no, I don't fail to
notice that men
do
take
care of their children just
as women do,
but
you have
to admit, more
often than
not, women take that role,
not men.
No,
I
do not have scientif-
ic
evid~nce to back up my opinions,
and
it
was an incomplete article,
but
that is
because of lack of time and findings.
I
have found updated data however.
Ac~ording to the 2001 Census of
women
between 1988 and
2003. Not
Women Board
Directors
Catalyst 2002
exactly
progressive
if you ask me.
Census of Corporate Offices
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
But
in
the
end, the only
and Top Earners,
"There
are
thing
I
am
guilty of is
only six women CEOs
in
the
There Is only a
pointing out
the stereo-
Fortune 500 and six in the
difference of three
types
in
the
workplace
Fortune 1000. Women make
women between
that
affect
both
sexes.
up
only 12.4 percent of board
Your
letter, as a matter
directors;
7.9
percent
of
the
1988
and 200J.
of
fact; furthered my
highest
titles
in corporations;
- - - - - - - -
points about
the
stereo-
and
5.2 percent of the top earners."
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Where has my semester gone? Well, I spent
many an hour conversing with intelligent women ...
Many sites on the inte
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net sc
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the hell out of me ...
A
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After mon
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By
ANDY JOYCE
Foreign Correspondent
CAMP ARFIJAN, Kuwait -
Just so
Y?U
all
know, everything I've written in this little series
was neither fact or fiction, true or false, its just
what/ know.
I'll sit here in
an
Internet kiosk in Kuwait, and
maybe when I'm done I'll go get a pizza or some-
thing with my buddies.
Life
•
for
rne1.>ifm
ths: ..
p1st
couple of weeks, has been relatively quiet com-
pared to the last seven months I just spent in Iraq.
I'm comfortable knowing that any
day
now I could
be on a plane coming home. Obviously, I still long
for home, my friends and family. And sometimes
I'll feel guilty that I made it out of there in one
piece, while soldiers are dying by the dozeJ1S up
there now. My fellow reservists might call me
crazy or even a liar, but from time to time, I'm
plagued with guilt over the fact some people, peo-
ple I don't know, died in Iraq, while I made it out
without a scratch.
I
know I'll live with this guilt for
a long time, and if you ask me, so should you. This
guilt shouldn't belong solely to soldiers out here in
desert colored uniforms -
it belongs to the entire
nation that sends its young, and sometimes less
privileged,
6,000 miles away to die in the sand.
This is yours as well, but you'll try not to remem-
ber it.
I'm sure you've become familiar with it by now.
You'll come back from class and you'll turn on the
I'll take home some of these more happy memo-
TV, flip through the channels and you might hap-
ries. Like sleeping on top of my fuel tanker, my
pen upon CNN, and there it is, death rolling along buddy a few rows down, arguing with his assistant
the bottom of the screen like stock quotes. One driver all night long. I'll remember pulling guard
killed by an improvised explosive device alongside duty, during a blinding and awful sandstorm,
a road, four at once, maybe,
killed
by
a rocket
pro•
reca1Jing
that if
the
enemy wanted to
attack,
·
pelled grenade while on patrol in Baghdad. It's dis-
"Here's his chance because my shirt is over my
turbing, but you'll
tum
off the TV and get back to head." The shirt didn't help much, besides, by that
life. Too many Americans are dying in Iraq and not point the sand had become a part of me; my soul.
enough people are really paying
I'll remember playing dodge-
'attetttfon
:
Could you imagine
'But I
f
y
o
u wan
t to g
o
on
ball in Kuwait in the pitcH
yourself in Iraq, with a weapon
fighti
n
g,
go take some youn
g
black, wearing night vision
and wearing a uniform? You
chap flaccid
and a half
wit
to
goggles.
I'll
remember com-
might say,
"Damn, that sucks!"
'
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ing out of Iraq to Kuwait
but that will pretty much be the
give hi
m a b
i
t of courag
e
and
briefly during the summer,
end of it. These realities used to
som
e
b
ra
in
s ... '
my buddy and I deciding how
bother me while
I
was out here,
.:...
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n
d
dumb it feels to salute, espe-
,as did the seemingly universal
Canto LXXII
cially after coming out of a
opposition to our being there at - - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
place where it was forbidden,
the time. I wonder what they would say if they the fear being, by saluting in a combat zone, you
could see the Iraqi kids we'd meet, running back to identify senior officers, making them vulnerable to
their houses
,
barefoot and dirty, with more food,
attack, like sniper fire. A pint sized little Major
bottled water and candy than their little arms could bopped past he and I, and saluted me, and after
hold?
laughing heartily at her mistake, we both decided
I thought about this, and I came to the conclusion we wouldn't be saluting anymore. So as my buddy
that regardless of the protests, the people wipt the and I goofed off, saluting wildly and mimicking the
guns and the bombs who are actually here aren't little Major with poor eyesight, a two star general,
against the war, so it doesn't matter. The same can in all his glory, walked by. More like he glided
be said for the humanitarians here as well. As much alongside us, like he was walking on air. We salut-
as you'd like to think, I cannot believe this war and ed him and ended our insubordinate ways there.
the subsequent
_
occupation was all about killing.
And lastly, I'll remember the Iraqis, and smile,
Kudos to online
courses
offered at Mari st
into an online program.
knowing I've never heard "I love you" or "you 're
beautiful" more times in my life. They won't put
the good Iraqis on CNN, so you probably wouldn't
know the majority I've met have welcomed this
wide-eyed, and homesick American kid with open
arms.
But shortly,
I'll
be on a plane to come home, and
soon I will join you again at Marist.
I'll
slip back
into relative anonymity, quietly confident knowing
what I've done and satisfied for doing it.
Spc. Andrew Joyce was transferred to the 325th
'lransponation Company, of Brockton
,
Mass. in
January 2003. The 325th is a medium truck compa-
ny in the United States Anny Reserves, specializing
in fuel hauling. Followjng the activation
,
the unit
went through mobilization at Ft. Drum
,
N. Y. until
March 2003, when they arrived in Kuwait. On April
1, Joyce's pl(Jtoon went into Iraq on their first fuel
mission to LSA Bushmaster, with the 773rd
Transportation Company of Long Island
,
N. Y.
Joyce's platoon ran fuel missions, until meeting with
the rest of the company weeks later. When all is said
and done, the 325th
has done over
JOO
fuel missions
in supporl of the 3rd Infantry Division, the V Corps
,
Army Air Force, 1st Armored Division
,
Air Force
and elements of
the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.
The 325th has delivered over eight million gallons of
fuel and has traveled over a combined two million
miles before coming back south to Kuwait to rede-
ploy home in November 2003.
THE
CIRCLE
By
TIM DU
G
UAY
Staff W
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ite
r
lessons are online but are genuinely descrip-
tive and helpful,
I have found this class to be quite a nice
addition this semester
.
College is already way
too structured for a student's good. Instead of
having this class Monday from
12:30 p.m.
to
1 :45
p.m.,
I
fit the lesson into whatever time
is good for me
-
my own class time in other
words. The only restriction in the course is
that the assignments need to be handed in on
time or they are not accepted. This is no
problem because there are at least two weeks
given to complete each assignment.
Online courses are great because people
tend to express what they really want to say
more concretely in writing. This way a pro-
fessor could give as much information as they
want without the students getting lost along
the way because the students
are reading the
material at their own pace.
If
there is any
worry about students not taking the course
seriously, keep in mind there are deadlines
still to meet. Students can't get away with not
doing work. What else is there left to say?
Jennifer C. Haggerty
Editor in Chief
Rob McGulnn
ess
Managing Editor
One thing that I was thankful for this
Thanksgiving was that I finished a course
before finals.
Stacey
L
Cesw
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ll
Copy Editor
Tara Morrlll
Assistant Managing Editor
Karla Kleln
Advertising Manager
J
oe
G
ua
rdi
no
Distribution Manager
Bernard
J.
H
agg
erty
Staff Cartoonist
Maura SWeen
ey
Advertising Manager
How could this be, you ask? It is the revo-
lutionary breakthrough that Marist has had
for some years now: the online course. Since
I do not have to waste time sitting in class
learning something that I will probably forget
later, I have time to finish work for other
classes. For a 13-credit workload, it helps a
lot, believe me.
You might now be asking how does an
online course work? Well, the answer is quite
simple
.
My employment practicum course,
offered by Career Services, has 14 sessions,
with only two of them actually meeting in
class, the midterm and the final. The other
I see no drawbacks in creating more online
courses.
It may be a problem to fit a three-
credit course into an online framework, but
other one-credit courses we have had to
endure might work well online
.
It would be
good if more instructors would sit down and
plan out what their
15 weeks of work would
look like for the semester and translate that
This online course has been my savior this
semester, as I
am
sure it has been for some of
my classmates. The amount of time that we
would have spent in class was devoted to my
other studies, and for that I am thankful.
The
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pu
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weekly
on Th
ursdays during the sc
hool
)'ea
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Press
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istributed
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h
ose of the
editoria
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boa
rd.
Circle
Mailbox
Vandalized cars need attention
I'm a resident student at
Marist
who is con-
cerned about the parking policy and
s
ecurity
.
rm not alone when I say all security does
is
hand out parking violations like
i
t's their job. Oh
wait, that
is their-job. Frankly, it seems like that's
the
only thing they do. I feel that they truly don't
make the campus a safer place
,
otherwise
cars
wouldn't
be
broken into and students wouldn
'
t
have to feel unsafe walking
to
theiI cars at night
So they came
up
with the idea of SNAP, which
If
you ask me what
I want for Christmas this
season it would be to see more online cours-
es worked into the curriculum
.
.
G. Mode
l
e Clarke
Faculty Advisor
MaristCircle.com
i
s nice. However
,
most of the time, all I see
is
SNAP walking themselves armmd
.
rm scared to
think
that Marist uses the parking violation fines
to pay for SNAP's payroll
.
Has anyone really
·
thoug)it about where that money goes?
Does
Marist really need any more money from its
stu-
dents? rm upset
because all
security does is
hand out tickets when they should actually
be
making Marist a safer place
to
walk at night
People
drive theiI cars around campus but can't
if th
e
y're afraid of getting ticketed every five
minutes. I parked in the Upper West
Cedar
over-
flow lot for an hour at
I
a.m
.
and received a tick-
et upon my
return
because my pass
is
for
Riverview. And where was security? Hanging
out with
his
fellow security officer buddy hav-
ing a smoke. Yeah I feel safe with these guys.
Also, parking in Riverview is completely
dan-
gerous. Cars are vandalized there. Someone
should have thought of making the parking lots
near the residents. Security should sit in the lots
and actually look around
instead of
just
check-
ing parking passes. Som
e
thing
needs to
be
done
about the parking policy because if my
car
is
broken
into
or vandaliz.ed one more time,
l'1l
tell
Marist where they can put my parking viola-
tions
from now on ... Seriously though,
has
any-
one ever noticed how oxymoronic the Office of
"Safety
"
and "Security
"
really is?
Thank you,
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THE
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2003
maristcircle.com
GAME OF THE WEEK
MEN'S BASKETBALL
SIENAATMARIST
James J. McCann Center
Thursday, Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m.
Penn
packs powerful
punch
against Foxes
By MIKE BENISCHEK
Staff Writer
After going blow for blow with
a Pennsylvania team with the
offensive punch of a heavy-
weight, the Marist Red Foxes
women's basketball team came
up short against the Quakers, 86-
78, Monday night at the Palestra
in Philadelphia, Pa.
After allowing the Quakers to
run off nine unanswered points
to start the
game, the
F
o x e s
struck back
with a
12-3
run
result-
ing in the
beginning
of a see-
saw match. The Foxes took a 39-
ter where the double team came
37 lead to the half but sue-
from the open play,er was able to
cumbed to the Quakers' hot hit it."
hands in the second half.
Four Foxes scored in double
Pennsylvania (2-2) shot a blis-
figures. Stephanie Del Preore,
tering 60 percent from the field,
who scored her eight hundredth
including 68 percent from behind point in the contest, led Marist
the three-point arc. The Foxes with 21 points and six rebounds.
(I-2) connected on 48 percent of Maureen Magarity had 18 points,
its shot attempts, Marist's highest Kristin Keller scored 12 points
field goal percentage in a loss and grabbed seven rebounds, and
since January of 2002.
Laura Whitney added 11 points.
After the game Marist head
Giorgis said he was happy with
coach Brian Giorgis said his contributions
from
unsung
team played well but the Quakers names.
played better.
"You got great games from dif-
"You've got to tip your hat to ferent people," he said. "Megan
this Penn team. I've never seen a Vetter played
very
well, Laura
team shoot like that -
never in Whitney shot the ball well, Alisa
my whole life," he said. "You
Kresge
came in and did a nice
can't defend everything. It was job of running the point and find-
very frustrating because no mat-
ing people with the ball."
•vou
've got to tip your
hat to this Penn team.
I've never seen a team
shoot llke that - never
In my whole llfe.'
-
Brian Glorgls
Women's
head
coach
different Pennsylvania players
knocked down two or more
three-pointers.
The Red Foxes only turned the
ball over 15 times, bringing its
three game season total to just
38. Comparatively, last year's
edition of Red Fox women's bas-
ketball turned the ball over 63
times in its first three contests,
Kresge played 22 minutes and and averaged 19 per game at
used the time well. The frosh year's end.
play caller dished four assists,
while only turning the ball over
once, and scored her first career
basket. She was one of seven dif-
ferent Foxes to play 20 minutes
or more in the contest.
Jewel Clark led all scorers with
On Friday the Foxes return
home and open the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
season against the Canisius
·
Golden Griffins at 7 p.m. Two
days later the Niagara Purple
27 points for the home Quakers Eagles come to Poughkeepsie for
and collected six assists. Four
a 2 p.m. game on Sunday.
Sports Editor
PaulSeach
PAGE7
Foxes
News
&
Notes
Marist announces five
high
school baseball players
signed National Letter
of
Intent
to
play
at Marist.
Head coach
Joe
Raccula
-signed bis
first
class of
players
as
head
coach of
the
Red
Foxes
baseball
team.
Representing
the class of
2008
will
be
Keith
Glasser, a catch-
er from
Rensselear
,
N.
Y.
Kenny
Anderson
from
Randolph,
NJ.
plays
first
and
third
base.
Jeff Hanson,
from
nearby
Woodstock (Onteora High
School)
is a
right
handed
pitch-
er
and
.first
basemen.
Left-handed pitcher
Tom
Close
who
hails
from
Devon,
Ml.
Kevin
Dalton,
a
left-handed
pitcher from
Edison,
,
.J.
Crowds d"rindle as sectip.ty increases at college games
By
SCOTT MONTESANO
Staff
Writer
Anyone who has been around a
community rink for any amount
of time will attest that hockey
parents are by far the worst of all
youth sports parents.
For a
variety
of reasons
-
not
the least of which is a lack of
knowledge about the sp9rt
-
hockey paret1.ts can
be
oownright
nasty in their boisterous com-
ments during even the youngest
age group's games.
In fact there have even been
tragic events surrounding youth
hockey parents. It has not been
long since that unfortunate
inci-
dent
in
a Massachusetts rink left
one hockey father dead after an
altercation with another.
It was this sad incident which
led to the
USA Hockey
Federation mandating a strict
code for
spectators
at all of
its
rinks,
including Poughkeepsie's
Mid Hudson Civic Center. The
rules are mostly associated with
making sure spectators don't yell
any negative comments during a
game. These rules were put j.nto
effect to control hockey parents
at youth games. The problem
-
at least in Poughkeepsie -
is
that security
is
forgetting that a
college game is a different entity.
For
the past three seasons,
Civic
Center security
at Red
Foxes club hockey games have
JOHN DOMAN
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KRT
Minnesota Gophers' Joey Martin unloads on New Hampshire's Chris Harrington. The intense action that comes
from a college
hockey
game is what allows the college students to
cheer
passionately for the home team.
turned a once exciting atmos-
phere into a glorified tea party.
Fans
-
both students and par~
ents -
are scared to say any-
thing for fear of ejection.
·
It's a small, unwelcome, taste
of oppression. While not at the
level of a dictatorship, it's still
unnerving for anyone wanting to
relax at a hockey game.
Security officials argue they are
only enforcing the USA Hockey
spectator
.
code, but in reality they
are ruining what was once one of
the more wholesome student
activities for Marist students on a
Friday night.
At most games, upwards of a
half-dozen security officials will
roam the Civic Center on the
lookout for anything they deem
offensive. As one would expect,-
intoxicated students, and those
who yell out vulgarities are
shown the door without any hes-
itation. This
is
completely under-
standable.
What
is
not is how fans that are
simply being loud and support-
ive are now the target of the
security's fire. This season alone,
fans have been ejected for saying
such naughty things as "You
suck" and "I hate you." True, nei-
ther one of these statements
are
friendly but they shouldn't merit
an ejection. Worse language has
been uttered by Red Foxes' men's
basketball season
,ticket
holders
this season.
And while college hockey' fans
are being ejected from the Civic
Center, youth hockey parents -
those who the rules are aimed at
-
get off with nothing, since
security is typically not present
at any of their games.
While a couple security guards
are needed at the college games,
just as a precaution, they should
not be as active as they are.
Hockey is a sport predicated
on violence on the ice, and a con-
trolled, yet extremely rowdy
atmosphere in the stands. This is
not golf, where politely applaud-
ing is the
name
of the game.
Instead hockey is a sport where
people can experience a cathar-
sis, a release of violent emotions
in a controlled atmosphere.
For many years
Red
Foxes club
hockey games fit this descrip-
tion. Throughout the 1990s, the
team played before more than
500 fans at the Civic Center on a
regular basis. Games were
loud
and the student body audience
was enthusiastic.
Now games draw
-
less than 200
students, and that number contin-
ues to dwindle at an alarming
rate. The reason is not the on-ice
product anymore. The reason,
simply put, is fans' fear of being
thrown out of the
rink
for merely
sneezing at an inappropriate
~Cr,
Civic Center security must
become more relaxed in its con-
trol of fans at the Red Foxes'
hockey games
.
Make sure the
fans don't get out of control for
their own safety, but at the same
time, let students have their fun.
Most players enjoy playing in a
hostile environment and it helps
to create a home ice advantage
for the Red Foxes.
There are many reasons for stu-
dents to come to Red Foxes
hockey games; unfortunately,
arena security has negated all of
those positives with one huge
negative. A negative that is keep-
ing the students away in droves.
Do
you attempt to attend
Marist
hockey
games?
If
you do,
do you
feel
restricted in cheering?
E-mail
your
opinions to
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GREATEST HITS GALORE
A holiday guide to the barrage of 'best of' discs
By
TIM BRUDEREK
Staff Writer
The hits are coming!
And
they
are
just in time
for
Christmas.
Coincidence? Probably not.
While you are
doing
your Christmas shopping
at
music stores this season, be prepared to see
an
overload
of "Greatest Hits" and "Best of' albums popping out
from all ends
.of
the new release displays. While you
may very well be accustomed to these types of collec-
tions, most likely owning a few yourself, the difference
is that all of these artists are from our generation, the
songs not spanning before the late 80's, and most of the
artists are still goini strong.
The main quesnon posed is: "Why now?" Are the
artists looking for a quick buck?
Are
they preying on
the music buyer's longing for the "hits"? Are they gen-
uinely concerned with creating a good collection that
will please listeners? You'll have to judge for yourself.
These releases hit the listening public in two groups.
The first consists of the true fans who will buy these
discs for a number of reasons: to complete their collec-
tion, to obtain the new or previously unreleased tracks,
and to get their hands on the bonus DVDs, featuring
videos that have been hard to find. The second is the
casual listeners, who like the hits but will never buy the
full albums.
Among the plethora of hits albums coming out this
season, most notable are the Stone Temple Pilots, the
Red Hot Chili Peppers, No Doubt, The Counting
Crows, Sheryl Crow, and R.E.M. These bands have
been creating music for over a decad~ now, and many of
their hits have been included on our primitive "mix
tapes" that we recorded from the radio. These collec-
tions are aimed at our age group, who have unknowing-
ly grown up with these artists.
The Stone Temple
Pilots
They may not have a future, but their past is remark-
able, which is realized with this very complete collec-
tion. All the singles are here, and the unreleased track,
"All
in the Suit That You Wear," seems to fit seamless-
ly with big hits like "Plush," "Interstate Love Song,"
"Big Bang Baby," and •
~
vasoline." When
hearing
this
CD for the
first
time, it
is
common to hear "I forgot how
many good songs they had" run through your head.
With a massive bonus disc of live footage and their
complete music videos, this package, appropriately
entitled "Thank You," is a
definite
.
The
Red Hot
Chili
Peppers
Bringing their
eclectic
mix of funk, punk, and straight
ahead rock our way since the mid-1980's,"Greatest Hits
and Videos" picks up where "What Hits?" left off. This
set
starts at
1989 and ends with two new songs, both
average b~t keeping with the Peppers' new style. The
CD
includes some smashes including "Give It Away,"
"Under
th
e
Bridge," and "Soul to Squeeze" (previously
unreleased on a Chili Peppers' album). But it contains a
few too many tracks from their past two studio albums,
"Califomication" and
"By
The Way." A good CD, but
missing some great tracks. Dish out the cash for the
bonus DVD of music videos.
No Doubt
Known for bringing ska and girl
-
rock to the main-
Movie
picks
Outstanding
Worthy effort
So-so
..,A bomb
Bad
Santa
(R)
Cat
In
the Hat (PG)
Elf
(PG)
Gothlka
(R)
Haunted Mansion (PG)
Master and _ (PG-13)
lbe
Missing (R)
•
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stream, piloted by their breakthrough hit "Just A Girl."
With only four albwns
behind
them,
the band
has had a
successful career, but this collection is a bit thin
.
Everyone already owns "Tragic Kingdom," and those
brave enough to explore their new electro-pop sound
may have sampled "Rock Steady," meaning this CD
might not
offer
anything too ground-breaking. The new
track, a cover of the '80s song "It's My Life," is
OK,
and "Trapped in a Box" from their overlooked self-
titled debut is a great addition. But if you already own
·
their albwns, stick with them.
The
Counting
Crows
"Mr.
Jones" was a radio staple and a
defining
song of
our generation. The band scored a few hits with "Round
Here," "A Long December," and
the
recently unimpres-
sive "Big Yellow Taxi," but
other
than that, they
weren't that huge. Their new collection, "Films About
Ghosts," differs from the others in their inclusion of
some deeper album cuts, including the epic "Mrs.
Potter's Lullabye," and the gorgeous "Anna Begins."
Two second-rate new songs and the hard-to-find
"Einstein on the Beach" fill in the gaps here, but again,
you are better off buying their four studio albums.
Sheryl Crow
Her music was all over the radio in the '90s, and
"Soak Up The Sun" is still stuck in everyone's heads.
She's had a lot of popular hits, and is a current female
artist that actually has talent. "The Very Best of Sheryl
Crow" is good, and includes a ton of"Oh, I forgot about
that one!" tunes. Hits like "All I Wanna Do," "Strong
Enough," "Leaving
Las
Ve~as," and
"If
It Makes You
Happy" are ingrained in everyone's memory, and are
featured here along with a few lesser-known tracks.
There is also a new, surprisingly good cover of Cat
Stevens' "The First Cut is the Deepest," in two forms:
the regular and the country versions. I will go out on a
limb and say that this may
be
a bit unnecessary, and
included in its place could have been another great song
like "Anything But Down" or "Can't Cry Anymore."
Again, the CD comes with a bonus disc of all of Crow's
hit music videos
.
R.E.M.
The last collection belongs to R.E.M. This band has
had a very lucrative career, and has been coming at us
since the mid-' 80s. "In Time" is the sequel to
"Eponymous," an early collection from IRS records
including the gems "It's The End of the World As We.
Know It" and "The One I Love." Those songs aren't
found here, but smash hits such as "Everybody Hurts,"
"Losing My Religion," "Man On The Moon," and
"What's The Frequency, Kenneth" are. Alongside these
are two new songs, including the wonderful "Bad Day,"
and some essentials: "Nightswimming,''
"E
le
ctrolite,"
"Orange Crush," and "Daysleeper." A great collection,
and whatever is missing is probably on the bonus disc
in the form oflive tracks, b-sides, and soundtrack songs.
So what's the reason for this plethora of "Best of's"
being thrown at Christmas
consumers?
Who knows, but
they are all fairly good collections that will definitely
end
up under Christmas trees or burned from friends
shortly
after
the holiday. The artists may
be
making
some easy money on these discs, but the audience does
-
n't care because they are
getting
a good deal on the best
that they have
.
Concert Review
KRT PHOTOS BY
JAMES
KEIVOM
/
NEW
YORK DAILY NEWS (top)
and
BOB LARSON
/
CONTRA COSTA TIMES (left)
Top: Sher'yl Crow, seen here performing in New York City
in April 2002, is one of
several
artists who r
e
leased a
greatest hits album in time for the holiday season.
"The
Very Best of Cheryl Crow"
is
available now and
retails for $18.98.
Left
:
No Doubt also issued a greatest hits
singles
compilation
in tim
e
for Christmas. The band's lead
singer,
Gwen
Stefani,
is
seen
here
performing at
th
e
Super Bowl
XXXVIII half time show in January 2003. No Doubt's
greatest
hits
album
is also currently available
and
retails
for $18.98.
White Stripes leave
audience seeing red
*
■
..,
..,
.., ..,
·*
By
AUDRA TRACY
Staff
Writer
Song by song,
Meg's
crisp drumbeats provided a steady
heartbeat to
Jack
White's
errat\C
musical breakdowns.
His
piercing
voice
and razor sharp guitar riffs
form
a
lethal
combination that cuts
right through you.
Their
NEW YORK
-
The
White
Stripes show
on Nov.
20
left
blend
of
bold lyrics
and
heavy rhythmic resonance
audience members
seeing red.
attracts a varied crowd, as seen
in
the
wid
e
range
of ages
More
specifically, they saw
red
curtains, a red guitar, a
and
attitudes
that turned out
for
the Roseland
gig .
red drum
kit, and
two pairs
of red
The
dark duo returned
to the stage
--------------
pants.
Much like their musical
Perhaps
the
only
thing that
to
play
a
four
-
song encore
that
approach, The
White
Stripes' stage set
included "Black
Math,"
"I
Just Don't
µp at Roseland Ballroom was
simple
united
this random unruly
Know
What
To
Do With Myself,"
yet
effective
in
conveying
their
shad
-
crowd
was their
appreciation
and
a
leisurely r
e
ndition
of "Fell in
owy imag
e.
Spotlights
illuminat
ed
d
.
Lov
e
With
a Girl."
them from below,
casti
n
g
two tow
er
-
for goo mUSIC,
Since
the
sold
out
performance
_
was
ing silhouettes
on
a
blank
scree
n - - -
-
- - - - - - - - - -
only an
hour long, th
e
audience
left
behind them.
seei
ng
red
in more ways than on
e.
An
e
nd
of set
brawl
llmellne
(PG-13)
■
..,
..,
During their third
and
final mak
e-
up
s
how
at
Ro
se
land
,
n
ear
the bar resulted in some
h
ea
t
e
d
faces,
both
for
the
The
White
Stripes performed
songs
off
th
eir
new album
in
stigators
and
the
innocent
bystand
ers
that w
ere
show-
":glephant" such
as
"Ball & Biscuit"
and
"Seven Nation
ered
in
b
eer.
P
er
haps th
e
only thing
that unit
ed
this ran-
Army."
Complimented
by
a solid sapphire
ba
ckdrop,
dom unruly
crowd
was th
e
ir
appreciation for good music.
wilting flower
Meg
Whit
e eve
n
s
t
epped away
from
h
er
The
Whit
e
Stripes'
next performance
is Dec.
3
1 at the
scarlet
drum
set
to
sing
th
e
blu
esy "
In the
Co
ld
, C
old
Aragon Ballroom in
C
hi
cago,
Ill.
as
part
of a triple
bill.
Night
."
G
All
ages admitted
PG
All
ages admitted,
parental pldance
suggested
PG-13
Parents strongly
cautioned,
some material
may
be
Inappropriate for
children
under
13
R
Reatrlcted,
under
17
requires
accompanying
parent
or guardian
02003KRT