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Supreme Court to hear Guantanamo case
By
FRANK DAVIES and
STEPHEN HENDERSON
Knight Ridder Newspapers
WASHINGTON (KRT) -
The
Supreme Court,
grappling with a
major
legal issue in the war
on
terrorism
for
the first time,
announced Monday
that it will
consider whether foreign terror-
ism suspects held at
the
Guantanamo Bay
Naval Base
in
Cuba should
have access
to civil-
ian courts.
The justices will decide
by July
whether
at
least some
of the 660
detainees
at
the base
can cha}:.
lenge
their detentions
in federal
court.
At stake is a fi!,ndamental issue
of a president's powers in an
undeclared
war. The Bush
administration maintains that the
prisoners at Guantanamo
-
most of them captured in
Afghanistan
-
are enemy com-
batants who do not have prisoner
of war status and can be held
indefinitely without lawyers,
charges or recourse to courts.
The case before the court com-
bines appeals on behalf of two
British
nationals,
two
Australians and 12 Kuwaitis.
Lower courts ruled that the fed-
eral court system did not have
jurisdiction in these
cases
because the prisoners are aliens
held on Cuban territory leased to
the United States.
The justices will limit their
review to jurisdiction, but
larger
issues of civil liberties, the glob-
al
attention
focused
on
Soldiers still occupy Iraq
Guantanamo and the precedent
set by indefinite detention will
overshadow the court's handling
of the case.
The case marks the court's
first foray into the debate
over
-
the proper balance
between national security
and clvll libertles.
The decision to hear the case
was a setback for the Bush
administration and marks the
court
'
s first foray into the debate
over
'
the proper balance between
national security and civil liber-
ties.
The court has declined to get
involved in cases over the USA
Patriot Act and its broader sur-
DAVID P.
GILKEY/ KRT
SSgt. Mark Vasquez, from Port Huron Michigan, with Alpha Company 1-16th Inf, 1st Infantry Division,
leads his soldiers on the raid of a building where suspected fighters have been operating.
Bush says U.S. must soldier on in Iraq
By
RON HUTCHESON
Knight
Ridder Newspapers
(KRT)
WASHINGTON-Iraqis loyal
to Saddam Hussein are teaming
up with foreign terrorists seek-
ing revenge for the U.S. victory
in Afghanistan to
"spread
chaos
and terror and fear" in Iraq,
President Bush said Tuesday.
In
delivering a status report on
the Iraq war, Bush drew a direct
link between the recent difficul-
ties there and the war
in
Afghanistan, where U.S. forces
routed al-Qaida terrorists and
the Taliban regime that protect-
ed them. Bush said Islamic ter-
rorists and Saddam loyalists
have put aside past differences
in a common desire to kill
Americans.
Although other administration
officials have pointed to possi-
ble ties between Iraqi loyalists
and foreign terrorists, Bush
spoke with more certainty about
an anti-American alliance. He
said some foreign terrorists
have come to Iraq
in
hopes of
establishing a Taliban-style
Islamic regime, while others
belong to al-Qaida and Ansar
Islam,
a
Kurdish Islamic
extremist group that operates in
Kurdish areas of Iraq.
'They
died In distant lands
to fight terror, to advance
freedom and to protect
America.'
- President Bush
"Saddam loyalists and foreign
terrorists may have different
long-term goals, but they share
a near-term strategy
-
,
to ter-
rorize Iraqis and to intimidate
America and our allies," Bush
said in a Veterans Day speech to
the
conservative
Heritage
Foundation. "Recent reporting
suggests that despite their dif-
ferences, these killers are work-
ing together to spread chaos and
terror and fear."
Although Bush blamed recent
setbacks in
Iraq
on
"remnants"
of Saddam's regime and out-
siders, a new top-secret CIA
assessment warns that more
Iraqis are turning against the
American occupation. L. Paul
Bremer, the U.S. official over-
seeing Iraq's reconstruction,
returned to Washington on
Tuesday for a reassessment of
U.S. efforts to transform the for-
mer dictatorship into a democ-
racy.
Bush acknowledged the diffi-
culties, but said victory is the
only option. He said defeat in
Iraq would embolden terrorists,
dash hopes for democracy in the
Middle East and lead to more
attacks on American soil.
"The work we are in is not
easy; yet it is essential," he said,
referring
to
Iraq
and
Afghanistan. "The failure of
democracy in those two coun-
tries would c
.
onvince terrorists
that America backs down under
attack, and more attacks on
America would surely follow."
Bush, who generally has with
SEE IRAQ, PAGE 4
veillance powers or whether
detainees' hearings held in U.S.
courts should be made public.
"The
Guantanamo case is
potentially one of great moment,
and the broader issues will have
some influence on the court,"
said Eugene
Fidell,
president of
the
nonpartisan
National
Institute of Military Justice.
"This
may be one of those times
the court plays a broad policy
role."
The Center for Constitutional
Rights, representing the families
of some detainees
,
argued that
Guantanamo
is "a
prison that
operates entirely outside the
law."
'"This
is
a principle that goes
back to the Magna Carta," said
Michael Ratner, president of the
center.
"If
the
government
is
permitted to evade all
scrutiny
by the federal
courts, then
the
most arbitrary type of executive
detention has been sanctioned
.
"
Solicitor General Ted Olson,
whose wife died on the hijacked
airliner that crashed
into
the
Pentagon on Sept.
11,
2001,
argued that courts traditi'onally
don't overrule broad executive
powers during wartime.
In his brief to the court
last
month, Olson pointed out that
U.S.
soldiers
are still being
killed in Afghanistan and that
the Guantanamo case carried
the
"potential
for interference
with the core war powers of
the
president."
SEE SUPREME, PAGE
4
Experience
new
cultures
with abroad program
By
LORAINE HOWELL
Circle Contributor
The Marist Abroad Program
(MAP)
is in
the process of
implementing new
study
abroad
programs.
For almost 40 years, MAP has
offered students the opportunity
to live, study, and work in differ-
ent cultures as part of their aca-
demic experience
.
Now, with
almost
150
students app
lyin
g for
the spring semester, MAP is
growing and is
looking to
expand programs offered
to
Marist students.
Antonio Di Palma
,
Marist
College senior; studied
in
Leeds,
England during his sophomore
year and is presently working in
the MAP office. Di Palma said
there are many new and exciting
programs being introduced.
According
to
Di Palma, there
are two new summer programs
that have been established. The
first
is
a fashion program in
which students travel and study
in three different European
countries: England, France and
Belgium
.
The
second is
a pro-
gram for students who wish to
study abroad in Greece.
South Africa and China are also
two countries MAP
has
recently
added to its program.
In
addi-
tion,
flyers
have
gone up on
campus for a new arid
shorter
program that travels to Barbados
and Cuba.
There are also a few programs
Di Palma said are
still in
the
works.
Bmh
programs
an;
throughout
Europe.
One is for
those students studying commu-
nication and the o
t
her
i
s offered
to
students
in
any
rtlajor.
Denise
Angevine,
an under-
graduate biology
major,
said it
is
a great idea for MAP
to
start pro-
grams that are not specific
to
certain areas of
study.
"As
a biology major, there are
not many clubs and organiza-
tions
that are
available
for me,"
said Angevine.
"That
is why I
think it is great that MAP
is
cre-
ating a program that even a biol-
ogy
major
can take part
in."
Stephanie!" Barreiro, a Marist
College
undergraduate
and
prospective abroad student, also
said she is pleased MAP is con-
tinuing
to grow and expand.
"I think
it
is wonderful that
Marist College has such an
excellent program that
is always
working towards improvement
and student satisfaction," said
Barreiro.
"I have
always
wanted
to
study abroad for a semester
,
and now that they offer
a
SEE ABROAD, PAGE 4
Mixed-sex housing under
review
at New York
U.
gender living.
"This proposal does not set any
limitations as
to
which students
By
LAUREN DILEONARDO
Washington
Square News
(New York
U.)
live
together,"
wrote Javier
(U-WIRE) NEW YORK - The
Martinez,
former co-chair of
Inter-Residence Hall Council Residential
Advocacy
and the
expects a decision on the mixed-
main author of the proposal,
in
gender housing
,
•
an e-mail.
"We
proposal sub-
The dynamic of garls and
believe it is the
mitted
last
guys living together could
s tu den t ' s
month in time
•
be better than the dynamic
responsibility to
to implement
that exists between same-
wisely
choose
the program for
the
type
of
the housing lot-
sex roommates.'
housing
and
tery
this spring.
roommates they
The proposal
-
Katherine
Fowler
would be com-
calls for a trial
CAS Junior
fortable with."
program
that
If
the
adminis-
would allow upperclassmen of tration approves the proposal,
the opposite sex to live in the NYU would become one of few
same room or suite, and suggests schools offering mixed-gender
that 15 quads
in
non-freshman, housing. Other
colleges
wi
t
h
uptown and downtown residence such programs include Wesleyan
halls be designated for mixed-
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THURSDAY,
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13,
2003
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-
illegal or otherwise
-
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policy on alcohol
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Security
Briefs:
Where has all the drinking gone?
Complled
By
DAN ROY
Campus
Editor
Alcohol related
incidents this week
Leo- I
Alcohol related incidents
by dorm total
Gartland
-
9
Champagnat -
9
Leo-6
Uppt'r \Vest Cedar
-
4
Sheahan -
3
Old Townhouses
-
2
Marian -
I
iVIidrise -
I
11/3
-
You know normally I don't do this but
...
I'm
going to write about a boot
incident.
In
the
Sheahan
lot, an unidentified car was booted. The
boot
means you've been parked illegally for far too
long,
and tickets aren
~f
working. The owner of this
vehicle
eventually went back to her car.
Undeterred by the boot, she
attempted
to drive
away.
Ummm,
yeah
...
You can't drive a car with
a
boot on it! I saw the picture of it.
It
was
ugly.
The
whole underside of the car by the wheel
was
tom up. That's retribution my friend, and I say it's
best
served cold
...
11/3
-
O-block of Lower West Cedar had a fire
alarm go off at
3
p.m. Monday. Now
who
wants to
gue~~
'Y'1a! 9~u~c!the
!\\~? ':9h,
oh,
I
do!
.
'
.
' Yes,
smap
El~~!~'M~p~<!
ooy; ..
'r'ood
on
tlie
~oVe~
·
foo1t-
on-the-stove!" Very good, my circular friend. "Do
I win anything for getting it right?" Sure, ahh, you
win the burnt piece of chicken from that very
stove! "Thank you so much Dan. Christmas has
come early for me."
11/5
-
A faulty
fu~
detector was the cause of
another fJre alarm at 11 :05 p.m. Wednesday.
Security came and replaced the defective detector.
Now if that's not the most exciting thing you've
heard all week.
I
don't know what is! Seriously,
I
don't.
11/7
-
I always like making fun of the less fortu-
nate, and here's my chance.
At
3:05
a.m. a home-
less man was found outside the Rotunda. Obviously
drawn to the glowing globe, he told security that he
was waiting for someone from Star Trek to pick
him up. He didn't have to wait long. The Star Trek
transporter arrived minutes later in the guise of a
police car (Security, 2003). The
"transporter"
then
took the individual to St. Francis for some testing.
11/7 -
A
student
reported at 4:20 p.m. that her
vehicle
was broken into by the water plant. She
told
security
that she is now missing 40-50 CDs
from her car. The town police were notified. That
really stinks. But look on the bright side -
at
least
your car is cleaner now. And honestly, how many
times can you listen to Clay Aiken's "Invisible"?
Maybe this was a blessing in disguise.
11/7 -
Now for the first and only alcohol incident
of the· week.
At 9:08 p.m., a student in Leo
attempted
to sneak in two
I 8
packs of Busch Light
via a laundry bag. This person obviously didn't
read the Security Briefs. If he did, he would have
noticed that in the third issue this semester, on Sept.
,
20,
a
student
tried the same exact thing in
Champagnat. It didn't work then, and it didn't
w,qr){
i;iqw, This proving the ~cµrity briefs are not
Upcoming
.
campus events
Thursday, Nov. 13
Novelist Mlchael
Cunningham
7p.m.
Mccann Center
Monday, Nov.
17 -
Sunday,
Nov. 23
campus Ministry
Hunger Drive
Drop
non-perishable
foods In
bins
located in chapel and
laundry
rooms around campus
Thursday,
Nov. 13
Once
Upon
A Mattress
8p.m.
Nelly Goletti Theater
Thursday,
Nov. 20
'
New York Blood
Drive
11:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
PAR
Saturday, Nov. 15
Comedian KM Rogers
9 p.m.
Cabaret
Thursday, Nov. 20
Student Coffeehouse
9p.m.
PAR
only a place for entertainment, but act as an educa-
tional tool as well.
·
11/8 -
There was a minor accident in the North
End lot at 9:05 a.m. Saturday. A black Lincoln
backed into a 1993 Ford. Both cars' bumpers were
damaged.
I
just hope one of them called
Progressive. They will help you find the lowest
rates, even if it's not their own.
11/8
-
A security guard making his rounds noticed
some screens pulled off the windows in Marian at
2: 15 p.m. This could mean one of two things: One,
these students
are
having
objects passed through
the window; or two, they just really like bugs. And
I think we all know which one it is. Heh heh, am
I
right? I mean
am
I
right! "Shut up." Ok.
11/8
-
Gartland is making an appearance this
week with a fire alarm incident. At 7:30 p.m. the
alarm sounded in G-block due to a taco in the toast-
er. G-block residents were all a little annoyed when
they learned the reason for the inconvenience.
They approached the student whose taco it was.
She defended herself, saying that's how you make
tacos. Yeah sweetheart, that's how you make tacos
... in prison!
11/8
-
The last brief of the week is another fire
alarm incident, and I wouldn't want it any other
way. This one occurred in Lower West Cedar N-
block at 10:55 p.m. due to steam from a shower.
So many questions are going through my head
right now to understand just how steam from a
shower sets off the fire alarm. First, how long were
you in there? Other people need hot water too!
Two, did you leave the door to the bathroom open?
I
don't see that much steam escaping from the
quarter inch crack of a closed door! And three,
how's it feel to be caught having sex and reading
about it in the Securicy
·
Briefs?!
Roy's dorm alcohol
incident fantasy beat
Not much is going on around campus lately.
Leo has been the only one to get mentioned for
alcohol in the last two weeks. The leaders are
apparently satisfied with their achievements
thus far, and are looking to stay out of trouble.
The only advice I can give you is to pick up Leo
if they are available. They are on a hot streak
right now. Other than that, stick to your guns
and hopefully your division title will follow.
Since there was not much action again this
week, I am going to switch from dorm alcohol
fantasy to some real fantasy. Here are my picks
for this weekend's big NFL games:
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Cincinnati
Bengals-
Cincinnati
Baltimore Ravens
vs.
Miami Dolphins-
Baltimore
New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Eagles-
Philadelphia
Green Bay Packers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers-
Tampa Bay
Dallas Cowboys
vs.
New England Patriots-
New
England
---------------------------·
IECIIIR ILEIT
A green Geo Tracker with a white roof has
been spotted on campus. The inhabitants are
two Hispanic males. They reportedly have
tried selling students drugs, and have asked
girls if they want to go on dates with them.. If
anyone observes this vehicle, please call secu-
rity immediately at 2282.
·---------------------------·
Commuter Comer
By
CARMEN ALU
Commuter Senator
Commuter students have wanted a chance to have
their own voice, their own meetings, and their own
officers. Well, commuters, here is your chance.
All commuter students are encouraged to attend
the inaugural Commuter Student Council meeting
on
Wednesday, Nov. 19 from 11 a.m. to noon.
Commuter Mentor Ms. Deborah Reeves-Duncan
and I are looking for dedicated commuter students
to become an active, organized association on cam-
pus. In the past, commuter students held their own
fundraising events, community service, and social
events. Reeves-Duncan feels that such a club can
once again become an active group on campus.
With the right people, we as commuter students,
can become our own unique council.
Our first meeting will establish the mission state-
ment and tentative by-laws for the council. We will
also open the floor to nominations of officers, dis-
cuss short and long term goals, as well as hear
all
concerns to be brought forth at the next student
senate meeting.
If
you are have any immediate comments or con-
cerns, please e-mail me at UNCSwish@aol.com
Reeves-Duncan is also very eager to hear from
you and can be reached by phone at ext. 3787 or by
e-mail at Deborah.Reeves-Duncan@marist.edu
I look forward to seeing you on Nov. 19.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003
marlstclrcle.com
It's difficult to do our job
s
when
there are no legal
spaces
to put our cars.
' '
- Janet Fairman
Professor
News
Editor
Cassi Matos
New
s
Edi
t
or
Courtney Kretz
PAGE3
ARCO
heats up
Cabaret
with Caribbean rhythm
'
By
STACEY L CASWELL
Copy Editor
T
h
e
Cabaret erupted in
maracas
and
i
live salsa
music
as
Dave
Santiago and Latin Affair took
the stage during Fiesta de Cache.
Sponsored by ARCO, a Latino
club on campus, the
'party
with
style,' held on Nov. 8, intended
to educate other Marist students
about the existence of the
Hispanic minority on campus. In
addition, it provided the opportu-
nity for Latinos to share their
musical heritage with the rest of
the college.
:Jenn ~mos, president
,of
ARCO, said that the club recent-
ly underwent a name change to
spread the idea that all students
are invited to join.
"In the past, it's been El Arco
Iris Latino, and people see the
word Latino and automatically
think they can't come to our
events," Ramos said. "We want
them to come; that's our goal."
Instead of calling the club El
Arco Iris, as it had been previ-
ously, it is
l'lOW
referred to as
ARCO,
an
acronym
for
"Appreciating
Races, Creating
Opportunities."
Ramos expressed the desire of
students in ARCO to clinch the
cultural gap that continues to
consume Marist.
"We want to
try
to bring down
invisible walls [among] people
of minorities and people who
aren't," Ramos said.
"I
think a
lot of times people want to come
out [to our events] but don't
because they feel intimidated."
By throwing the Fiesta de
Cache bash, ARCO attempted to
break down these barriers.
Performing a
mix of Afro-
Cuban,
Puerto
Rican
and
Caribbean dance music, the New
York City based Santiago and
Latin Affair tried to convert the
Cabaret into an island paradise.
Although some students danced
to their first melody,
"Chibola,"
a
hit from their self-titled CD, the
band failed to ignite the crowd's
appetite for salsa.
Senior Ladys Guerrero attrib-
uted the lack of enthusiasm
towards the ensemble to the fact
Latin Affair finished their first
set and the disc jockey took over
that people really began to move
to the music.
Ramos excused the band from
that not everyone knows how to playing a second set because stu-
stay in step
- -
-
-
- - -
-
- - -
-
dents didn't
with a salsa
'We
want to try and break down
seem to be
beat
as motivated
"You can't
lnvlslble walls.'
by
their
have a party
with
just
salsa because
-Jenn Ramos
ARCO president
music
as
they
were
with the DJ,
a lot of peo-
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and
she
ple can't really dance salsat she
said.
"Merengue
is more popular
and it's easier to dance to. People
get into it more."
It was not until Santiago and
wanted them to have a go
·
od
time.
"People
expected for the band
to be a little more crazy
because
that's what they had in the past,"
Ramos said.
Accustomed to playing to a
younger audience, the DJ played:J
more merengue and songs
with
.·v
faster beats that students found-
more dance-worthy.
Frosh Edgardo Perez explained
that students were more in tune
with the DJ's song selections
·
than with the live ensemble due
to the type of music that the disc
jockey played.
"I was probably more into
the
·
music from the DJ because he,
had more variety than the band;'"'
he said.
However, all in attendance
were disappointed with the lack
SEEARCO, PAGE4
Campus parking problems plague colleges nationwide
By
AUBREY
ROFF
Staff
Writer
There is a universal problem
that affects
college
campuses
across the
J]nited
States: Student
parking.
The mere mention of the issue
ignites controversy
among resi-
dent students, commuter stu-
dents, campus
security
and local
police
departments. As
colleges
a.13~d thtir
~tud~nt
body
and
begin to
run
short on space,
park-
ing availability is usually one of
the first thing§ to be ~a~rifi~f!. .
.
Schools
often issue
many
more
parking permits than available
ing.
spaces.
For example, at the
University of Arkansas,
14,000
parking permits are issued, even
though the campus boasts only
"In the townhouses I lived in
last year [Gartland], you could
never find a parking space," said
Pro-6lx.
8,300 spaces.
Auburn
University in
Alabama has
10,300 spaces
for its
18,000
student, facul-
ty and staff
- -
- - - - - - -
-
- -
'You
can never find a parking
space. There are either too
many permits
given
out, or
people are Illegally parked.'
-
Sandra
Proulx
"There
were
permitsissued
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either
too
many
per-
mits given
out, or peo-
ple illegally
parked there
all the time."
each
year.
Marist College junior Sandra
P.roulx)L~
had
p.
car on campus
for
two
years and is familiar with
the problems of on-campus park-
Although some schools work
parking fees into tuition and
other chare:es manv facultv: staff
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students
are
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to pay tor
parking permits up front. Large
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schools with limited parking
charge especially high prices for
both faculty and students. For
example, parking at Duke
University in North Carolina can
cost almost
$400. And parking
permits at St. John's University
in Jamaica, New York, range
from
$50
to
$
.
3
.
50.
In addition to the major rev-
enue collected by those institu-
tions that charge for parking per-
mits, colleges and
universities
also collect upwards of millions
of dollars in parking tickets,
which
are
used
to
maintain
the
p1f/r1icilig
fot's
1
~d'
facilities.
Campuses across the nation
are
reconfiguring their parking sys-
tems, and most of the changes
involve more restrictions for stu-
dent drivers. ~ut even though
students tend to be the ones most
affected concerning parking
restrictions, faculty members are
being hurt by parking restrictions
as well.
"It's
difficult to do our jobs
when there are no legal spaces to
put our cars," said Janet Fairman,
assistant research professor at the
University of Maine at Orono.
Some urban colleges, such as
Columbia University in New
York City, do not even allow stu-
dents
to
park on campus at all;
permits are only issued to faculty
and staff.
Edrys Erisnor, a supervisor of
parking at Columbia University,
explained their policy, which
allows student parking only for
night classes.
"We do
_
not allow student park-
ing in the daytime,'' said Erisnor.
"They
[students]
would have to
find their own parking
on
the
street."
School
.
administTators are
struggling to find solutions to the
ongoing problems. Due to the
lack
~f
space
_
on most cmpf1l~:fr
there
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 •
PAGE 4
Boston College journalists challenge press pass policy
By SEAN McLAUGHLIN
The Heights
Boston College
Gathering Agency."
State trooper David Parsons, a spokesman for the
Massachusetts State Police, says all applicants of
daily news
organizations
must meet these guide-
lines.
"The Heights reporters did not meet these quali-
fications," says Parsons, ref~rring to why three edi-
ever, are left vulnerable."
In early September, Heffernan, Michelle Sanders
'05,
assistant news edi
t
or, and Tim Czerwienski
'06,
editorial assistant, filled out the appropriate appli-
cations, which can be downloaded from the state's
Web site, and submitted them to the public affairs
office of the Massachusetts State Police. The three
The Washington Post were released as soon as they
showed their credentials
.
The Heights inc
i
dent has -sparked attention
among other journal
i
sm outlets in the country
,
including the Student Press Law Center.
CHESTNUT
HILL, Mass. (U-WIRE) -
When
journalists in Massachusetts set out to cover an
event, getting the story straight is their top concern.
Getting arrested is not often among their worries.
tors from The Heights were not
- - - - - - - - - - - -
applications
were
initially
"There's no rational reason for a distinction based
solely on student status,
"
Mark Goodman
\
director
of the Student Press Law Center, to
l
d The Bos
t
on
Globe, adding that such a rule could be fought in
court
.
Official
press passes issued by the Massachusetts
State
Police protect journalists from an unwarrant-
ed
arrest when covering events such as riots and
protests.
But this protection does not extend to col-
lege journalists working for student newspapers,
according to the official policy of the
Massachusetts State Police.
given press passes
after
they
The
fact
that
college
approved, even though they made
applied for them. The fact that
clear the fact that the editors were
college students are not typi-
students are not typically
working for a college newspaper.
The issue has precedent in court
,
i
n
cluding ruling
that one media organ
i
zation is e_nt
i
tled to the same
access as other media ou
t
lets (Savage
v
s. Pacific
Gas & Electric Co.) nor does the go
v
ernmen
t
have
the ability to decide the type of media coverage a
public event will receive (Anderson
v
s. Cryovac,
Inc
)
.
cally paid employees of their
paid employees of their stu-
The editors were not officially
student newspaper is the main
dent newspaper Is the main
denied the passes until they
reason behind their denial.
reason behind their denial.
arrived at a police station to get
When the three editors
their photos taken.
Student editors at Boston College's student news-
paper, The Heights, learned of these restrictions
last
week after officials denied their requests for
press
credentials.
The
Massachusetts State Police's official state
policy
includes that reporters must be "regularly
employed," by a recognized news source.
The policy fw:ther defines employed as working
"full time as a reporter devoting a significant por-
tion of employment time to police news for Dcply
Newspapers, Television Stations or Networks,
Radio
Stations, News Magazines, or News
returned to
Boston
College,
Ryan Heffernan
'06,
news
editor of The Heights,
wrote a letter to the State Police requesting they
reconsider their
decision
.
In his letter, Heffernan
addressed the need for college reporters to have
press passes and the injustices of the decision.
"I'm constantly faced with the problem that my
staff may not be protected when they go out to
cover a story," he wrote. "Our colleagues at the
commercial level have press passes
that
will pro-
tect them from being arrested and badgered by
police officers. Members of the college press, how-
.
The pictures are part of the
Massachusetts State Police's revision of issuing
press passes by requiring all reporters to have a
digital picture taken to appear on their badges,
which is valid for one year
.
This revision came on
the heels of heightened security across the nation.
In the last year, several events occurred suggest-
ing a need for student press passes. Journalists
working for the student newspapers at George
Washington University and the University of
Maryland were arrested while covering protests in
Washington, D.C., even though journalists from
The Society of Professional Journa
li
sts, the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
,
and
the SPLC ha
v
e also taken up the fight for a free
press and have offered advice and assistance
t
o The
Heights in fighting the policy se
t
forth by the
Massachusetts State Police.
"Picking and choosing who gets access to an
event is unconstitutional. College
j
ournalists
should be afforded the same privileges as
t
heir
commercial counterparts.
"
says Heffernan
.
Supreme Court may grant Guantanamo detainees access
.
.
.
co
n
ti
n
ue
d
fro
mPag
e
l
The prime goal at the prison the Red Cross, in
a
rare public
camp, U.S. officials say, is to complaint, warned last month
glean information from the that the legal limbo of the prison
detainees
that could break up ter-
camp
·
has contributed to the
rorist cells and forestall attacks.
severe deterioration of
some
U.S.
officials
say
the detainees.
Guantanamo detainees are being
,
Many have been held almost
treated humanely, under Geneva two
.
years and about
35
have
Conventions
standards,
and attempted suicide.
about
60
have been released. But
The Pentagon is preparing mil-
the International Committee of itary trials for at least six of the
detainees,
but
Defense
Department officials say rela-
tively few of the prisoners will
face that proceeding. If the
Supreme
Court grants the
detainees access· to federal
courts, that could jeopardize
plans for military trials.
Several legal observers said
Monday that an unusual s
_
i;:ries of
friend-of-the-court briefs from
former diplomats, top military
officers, federal judges and
American POWs challenging
indefinite detentions probably
influenced the court to review
the case.
Two retired admirals
,
both
judge advocate generals, and a
former Marine general warned
that
.
the Guantanamo precedent
could one day be used against
Americans
.
.
"It increases the likelihood that
foreign
authorities
holding
American captives will dec
i
de to
ignore the Geneva Conventions
entirely
,
thereby putting the lives
of American prisoners at risk
,"
the ex-officers argu~d
.
The briefs "were so powerfully
written that I can't imagine any
of the justices no
t
considering
Bush laments losses in Iraq, sympathizes with families, friends
held
comment on specific com-
bat
deaths in Iraq, used the day of
remembrance to offer his condo-
Jences
for
all
American casual-
ties in Iraq and Afghanistan
.
At least
267
Americans have
.dieg
.
}p
co,rµbat in
;l;wg,
iqklwiing
153
~l~,9
;,
t\~1:. Bus
,
h declared
major combat over on May 1
.
Another
31
have died in
Afgh~istan.
"The loss is terrible, borne
especially by the families left
behind. But in their hurt and in
sti.wr
,
J~n~iq~~
..
J ..
wmt
,
~~e
families to kn~w your loved one
ARCO heats up Cabaret
of participation from the rest of
the Marist community for the
Fiesta de Cache.
"I feel like the Marist commu
-
nity is pretty limited to hanging
out with die same people as
opposed to trying to meet new
people
and see what other cul-
tures are about," said Perez. "It's
sad because you can get
a
lot of
things out of these events and
what the Hispanic culture is like
... you can actually enjoy it
without knowing any Spanish
music."
Ramos agreed, "Most of .the
students that attended were from
New Paltz. We usually don't get
much support from Marist out-
side of people who know us,"
Ramos said. "We're hoping to
get past it, but it
'
s
a
slow
process."
Throughout the year ARCO
sponsors a stream of events to
enlighten students about the
Hispanic community and other
interracial
-
related issues to pro-
mote understanding between stu
-
dents.
In October, members brought
an off-Broadway troupe from
New York City to perform a play
open to the entire college enti-
tled, "Platanos and Collard
Greens," which focused on
issues associated with interracial
dating. There was also a comedy
rhumba featuring New York City
.
based comedians, John Pi
zz
i,
Arnold Acevedo and Clll)'
Caravas
.
In addition, the club arranges
a y
e
arbook at no cost to the
Campus
parking
problem
parking lpts.
In addition
,
some b
e
lieve that
numerous parking lots will take
away from the app
e
arance of the
campus
.
Joseph Vetter is a
Catholic prie
s
t who works at the
Duke Chap
e
l at Duk
e
Univ
e
rsity
and shares this viewpoint
.
"It's a tough problem
,
" said
Vetter. "Duke is a beautiful cam
-
pus and you can't tum it all into
a parkin
g
lot."
Sugg
e
stions have also b
ee
n
made for campuses to build
upward and add parkin
g
gara
ge
s
in order to combat the lack of
space.
C
ampus officials find
fault with this solution du
e
to an
extreme price increase.
One
spac
e
in a conventional parking
lot costs approximately
$2,000
to
build and maintain, wher
e
as a
spot in a parking garage can cost
anywh
e
r
e
from $13,000 to
$15,000
.
Stud
e
nts are also advised to uti-
lize the bus systems in larg
e
r
cities in order to get to their
class
es.
But for many coll
eg
e
stud
e
nts who grew up in the sub-
urbs where using cars was th
e
norm, publi
c
transportation is not
typically an appealing option
.
Students are also being dir
e
ct
-
e
d, quite simply
,
to walk.
Whether it's from distant parking
served in a good and just cause,"
Bush said earlier in the day at a
ceremony at Arlington National
Cemetery. "They died
in
distant
lands to fight terror, to advance
freedom
and
to
protect
Am
.
"
,~
r'-'ft~ij.
I
In his later
,
reroarks, Bush por-
... continued from Pag
e
3
members featuring functions that
the club has sponsored during
the year
.
Guerrero encouraged students
to become involved in ARCO.
"If
you have the opportunity to
learn something about a different
culture, you should taJce advan-
·
tage of that," she said.
"
We're
people. We have feelings, we
have backgrounds
,
and so much
to offer."
Guerrero also feels that there is
more to appreciating different
races
.
"Our thing is appreciating races
and creating opportunities
,
" she
said. "It's not just about being
Hispanic or being black. We
want to learn about other peo-
ple's cultures too."
... continu
e
d from Pag
e
3
lots or their residence on cam
-
pus, many b
e
lieve that the park
-
ing debates are simply due to the
stud
e
nts' refusal to walk a little
extra to class. But this is hard to
accept for people that live a sig-
nificant distance from campus.
E
lizabeth Sofield, a Marist
Coll
e
ge junior
,
resides in the
Upper West Cedar Townhouses.
"We live so far from the aca
-
demic buildings that Upper West
Cedar should be consider
e
d off-
campus housing," said Sofield.
"We should b
e
given commuter
permits to park close~ to our
class
e
s.
"
MAP launches opportunities
... continu
e
d from Pa
ge
I
program in Gr
eece,
I may tak
e
advanta
ge
of thi
s
uniqu
e
oppor-
tunity."
Stud
e
nts can d
e
cide to go
abroad for a
se
m
e
st
e
r or full a
c
a
-
d
e
mic year. While th
e
spring
se
m
e
st
e
r is the most popular
,
fall
and summer s
e
mesters ar
e
also
off
e
r
e
d
.
In
addition, the study abroad
pro
gr
ams offer
e
d by MAP are
ge
nerally equival
e
nt to th
e
Mari
s
t
C
oll
e
g
e
tuition
.
Scholarships and financial aid
are usually carri
e
d over to the
school abroad.
Airfar
e
and
sp
e
ndin
g
mon
e
y
,
how
e
v
e
r
,
are
not provid
e
d.
trayed the conflict
in,
Iraq as a
make-or-break test of America's
resolve in the war on terror. He
repeatedly linked the war
in
Iraq
to the war in Afghanistan
,
although initial causes for war
~ d W
0
l~
~
,~o
CQ~
mn
~-
The war in AfghanisJ~ was a
direct result of the Sep
t.
1
1,
2001
,
terrorist attacks. The stated
goal was to oust Saddam and
remove the threat from
any
weapons of mass destruction.
Faced
with
the failure of
U
.S.
tro9ps
tQ
find any
,
weapol\& of
mass
destruction
in
iI
J?%
Bu~
t
hem,
"
said Don Rehkopf
,
who
co-chairs the military law com-
m
i
tt~e
of
the
Na
t
ional
Association of Criminal Defense
L
a
wyers.
"
These were people close to the
situation
,
who understand mi
li
-
tary law and military exercises
,
and they are r
a
ising quest
i
ons
about what the governmen
t
is
doing.
"
... c
on
t
i
nued fro
m P
a
g
e
1
has recently recast the war
as
the
central front in the war on terror
and a crit
i
cal batt
l
egroun
d in
a
global campaign
to
§pre
a
d
democra
cy
. V
ic
to
ry
would be
"
a
grea
t
milestone in the h
i
st
o
ry of
liberty
,
" he said. Defea
t
would
WW
tt!rr
o
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003
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Features Editor
Sara Stevens
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Verne Newton is the director of
the James A.
Cannavino
Library. He
served
as the
director of the Franklin D.
Roosevelt Presidential Library
for eight years beft!Jre coming
to Marist.
Q:
How long have you been in
your
current position?
A:
Since April
1,
2003
-
so a
little
over half a
year.
Q:
What previous job(s) did
you have before accepting your
position at Marist?
A:
Well,
I
have had a long
association with Mi,.ri&t
,
eye,n
while I was the director of the
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
Presidential Library. In the
early 1990s, I formed a part-
nership with Marist and IBM,
which included the first digital
library project in the nation.
During that time, I also taught
history as an adjunct professor.
Then, I
·
moved down to
Washington D.C. where I
worked on projects concerning
southern Africa for the U.S.
Agency
for
International
Development.
Q: What do your responsibili-
ties include as Marist
'.s
library
director?
A: My
primary responsibility
is to integrate the library
resources into the classroom,
which includes books, videos,
etc. Marist has substantially
invested
in attaining electronic
materials
that have vastly
increased the resources avail-
able to both faculty and stu-
dents. These moves toward
greatly expanding technology
have put Marist on the map for
its advanced computer infra-
structure. On the flip side,
some of the technology is
extremely sophisticated, so we
work closely with Information
Technology (IT) and other
departments.
Q:
What was your biggest
accomplishment thus far?
A:
I
have probably received
the most feedback about put-
ting chairs and tables outside
the library. Students, faculty,
and staff have commented on
tib\v rl-tuch
thej
ar,pi'eciate-d
u.
However,
setting up
the
JSTOR database has increased
vastly the resources available
.
Also, creating a one-on-one
research center to help faculty
with researching and teaching
was important.
Q:
What do
you
enjoy most
about your job?
A:
I enjoy the daily opportunity
to work with faculty and
stu-
dents. I've worked in research-
ing and enjoyed it in the past,
but being in an environment
focused on teaching brings
enthusiasm and excitement to
my job.
Q:
How do
you feel
Marist'.s
library compares to those of
other
colleges
and universities?
A:
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·
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don't think that any
have provided a more
.
conducive
learning
environment for stu-
dents. Our library has
become the center-
piece of the campus,
which shows that it's
exactly
what
you
would want -
it
enthuses students to
do work.
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unique
about
our
library?
A:
Its breathtaking
view
because every
window
frames
a
work of art.
I
came to
I
The culinary conundrum
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afraid that you're going to only
a
few main meals for
the library as a patron
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long before becoming
. . . .
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starve to death in Gartland those who can't cook: Pasta,
tion and its beauty
=
never wore off. Also,
now
I
can do research
. .
of the same nature at
our library that
I
could do when I went
to the Library of
Congress in D.C. We
are also open
100
hours a week, which
is
more than Stanford
or
Cornell's
libraries
are open to students.
This proves that stu
-
dents want to be here
and we are working to
accommodate
their
needs.
Q:
Is there anything
you
would like
to
tell
the faculty and
I
or
students?
A: Looking at data
confirms what Marist
has been saying for
years. Students enter-
It
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ing have higher SAT scores and
class standings,
speaking
enor-
mously well of the college and
its students. The data reflects a
very
broad use of the library and
it was proven that students are
using the resources when over
26,000 scholarly full-text articles
were
viewed
this
past
September.
"Ask not what you
.
can do for your
country. Ask
what's for lunch."
- Orson Welles
This article should serve as a
warning for those students still
living in dorms, a lesson for
those who just moved into
apartments, and pure hellish
reality for those of us who have
''been'
'
there,
'a:M
done
·
that."
Yes, freshman year, the food
was really not that great. But I
look back on it now and think,
"at least it was free."
If
some-
one gave me a one-day pass to
the dining hall right now, I
wouldn't even know what to do
with myself. Hundreds of dol-
lars of groceries right in front of
me: I'd be inclined to take arm-
fuls and hoard it for later.
That's what living in an apart-
ment has done to me.
When you first move in to an
on-campus,
or off-campus
apartment, it seems really great
at first.
You have all these
rooms, and you're living with
all your friends, and you have a
kitchen. (What was so thrilling
about that, I have no idea.)
Plus, your parents probably
give you a ton of food to start
out with, since they're strangely
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co:rpmon room (because there's over your food
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really remember staking claims
Then you suddenly run out of to food at your house, and you
food.
No more ramen. No definitely remember offering
more
Kraft cheese. No more up your Nutri-Grain bars fresh-
chicken patties
.
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just
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and cheese and cold cuts? watch them like a hawk. You
How come your pantry was find yourself keeping food in
always packed with yummy your room and lying about
snacks and juices and soda?
what food you have. ("Oh,
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~atting a thousand
The intrepid researcher
investigates baseball
By
VERNE W. NEWTON
Library director
You read one day that George
Steinbrenner fired the Yankee's
·
hitting coach.
Why not? The team hit some-
thing like
.160
in the post-sea-
son and
.147
with runners in
scoring position.
But then you
wonder:
does
this really make sense? George
is paying guys $5-10 million a
year to hit the ball and when
they don't, he fires
the hitting
coach
who's probably making
$150,000.
Besides, can hitting be
taught? Wee Willie Keeler who
hit .432 put it simply: "Hit 'em
where they ain't."
Ted Williams, the Red Sox
slugger who was the last to hit
.400
kept telling youngsters to
get their bellybutton out in front
of the ball.
Sounds easy, but keep in mind
if you bat
.300
over a period of
·
years
-
which means you
failed 7 out of 10 times
-
you're in the Hall of Fame; if
you're a
-
neuro-surgeon you're
in jail.
Wade Boggs insisted hitting
is
a science. But remember this
is
a guy who ate the same dinner
of chicken wings before every
game and drove his teammates
nuts
with
his checklist of super-
stitious rituals he insisted they
observe.
So you decide to do a little
research. You go to JSTOR at
the library's A-Z database listing
and check
"Statistics,"
and enter
"baseball
AND hitting." You're
able to print out an article on "A
Statistical Analysis of Hitting
Streaks
in
Baseball
and
Exploring
Baseball
Hitting
Data."
Forget Wee Willie: We're deal-
ing here with hierarchical mod-
eling and situational variables
.
Boggs didn't need to eat the
same chicken dinner 162 nights
a year as it turned out. The key
was for him to swing at the first
pitch-when he did he hit
.379.
You realize that you must
understand the situational pat-
terns. There are some situations
which do not automatically
inhibit
the ability of an individ-
ual
to
hit. For instance some,
like Boggs, hit much higher on
the road. The
surface
the game
is on or whether
it is
played day
or night does not necessarily
impact the ability of a player
to
hit the ball.
But there are situational pat-
terns that overall make a differ-
ence. Batters
-
all batters
-
on average hit 20 points higher
when facing a pitcher of
the
opposite
arm,
11
points higher
when facing a groundball pitch-
er.
OK, you sense
you're
onto
something. But this is
only the
beginning. There are
scientific
journals to
consult.
There are
in-depth articles in
the "New
York Times" backfile on
the
physics of hitting.
There is one
thing you're
sure of: George Steinbrenner
hasn't read any of
these.
Suddenly you
imagine yourself
one day in pinstripes sitting on
the bench at Yankee Stadium
and advising Joe Torre on
who
to send to the plate.
THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY
,
NOVEMBER 13,
2003 •
PAGE
6
Cuts and bruises; inside Marist football
By
MARK PERUGINI
Assist~mt Sports Editor
It wasn't your typical
Saturday
football game. There
were no
pads, cleats, jerseys,
helmets or
mouth guards.
There
wasn't a
crowd
that exceeded
3,500
peo-
ple. However, there
were
two
teams that
battled each other
with
passion
as
they
played
their
final game of the season.
Although
our Red
Foxes'
had a
bye
week, Marist
hosted a hard
fought football game.
This year,
eight
students decided to start
a
football
league
with a
few
friends, just
for sure
enjoyment
and fun. Nonetheless,
this
secret
football league started to grow
and
its
popularity
gradually
increased.
Before the season
started,
the
president and
.
vice
president
appointed
coaches for each team,
and
they were
in
charge
of a
for-
mal football draft. Each coach
in
this league
had to have football
experience in an organized foot-
ball
league.
At the
conclusion
of
the game, all
the
teams
in
the
league
would
go
to
dinner,
demonstrating a sense
of
com-
munity and friendship on and off
the field.
The
Finale took place
on
Nov.
1, when
the league's top
two teams, "Choog-A-Loog" (4-
0) and
"Groog-A-Loog" (3-1),
faced off
in their championship
match.
The
rules are
simple. Each
team
is
only
allowed three
downs,
and
two
completions equal a first
down. All official football
rules
are
incognito, except
that
a
player
cannot
throw
forward
laterals and
sidewalks
are the boundaries.
On
kickoff returns, punts and
forced
turnovers, each team
must
start at
their
own
I-yard
line.
Eccentrically, instead
of
having a
coin
t
oss, each
captain uses the
''r
ock,
paper and
scissors" method
to determine
who will have pos-
session
of the ball.
Each touch-
down s~ore
is worth
one
point,
and
the
first
team
to score
six
touchdowns
wins
the game
.
Team
Groog-A-Loog
was
coached
by Pete
"Catch Me If
You Can" Martin,
and team
Choog-A-Loog was coached by
Matthew "Lithuanian Pride"
Kanceler
.
Each team
was com-
prised
of
two wide
receivers and
one tight end and running
back.
Mc;,reover, the
members
of each
had to pay
offense as
well
as
defense.
Choog-A-Loog scored on
their
opening drive
with a touch down
run
by
Rob
"Don't
Hate
Me"
DeAngelo;
DeAngelo
also
scored on
the Choog's third
pos-
session.
On
the Choog's second
possession
,
Frank "The Tank"
Lombardi
threw
his first of
two
touchdown
passes of the half
to
Kevin
Fisher.
Groog-A-Loog scored on
their
first
two
possessions.
Quarterback Drew
"The
Kid"
Christensen threw two touch-
down
passes, both
to
Martin. At
the end of the half, Choog-A-
L,oog led 3-2
After
a
riveting performance by
Marist's very
own
dance team,
the Choogs capped their stellar
performance on three more scor-
ing drives, eventually
winning
the
game
.
Lombardi was the star
of the second half, scoring on a
touchdown
run
and throwing for
two touchdown pa~ses, complet-
ed
to Brendan
"Thunder"
Morris
and Coach Matt Kanceler.
The Groogs did put
up
a steady
fight throughout the second half,
but it wasn't enough to beat their
undefeated foes.
Lombardi
threw
for three more touchdown passes
to Dan
"The Man"
Rizzo, Martin
and
"Power"
Pat Bean.
In the
end, the Choogs won 6-5.
Since the league has grown
in
popularity and in size,
they
intend
on
having a second season
during the spring. This league
demonstrates heart and a motto
of ••never giving up."
Indeed, the second season
should
be rather interesting for
this unusual football
league.
Weather we like it or not; a few notes about the local forecast
The
Daily
Grind
As a
sophomore,
I've noticed a trend
in the weather here
at Marist: rain.
It
seems that all the
weather does around
here is soak us
to
the bone, and
when
- - - - -
it's not raining,
it's
snowing or sleeting
.
I think the
new Marist motto should be,
"Neither
snow nor rain nor gloom
of night shall keep Marist students
from an education
."
Marist is becoming one of the
wettest campuses on the east coast.
This school has a major drainage
problem,
where
not only do we
have a nice view of
the
Hudson
River, but we have numerous pud-
dles and streams liµ-ge enough to be
considered
Jakes
and rivers. What
once was a dirt path between
Lowell Thomas and Dyson has now
become a mud path.
I've
noticed
an attempt by some
to avoid the
mud by walking through the
grass,
but even that now has
become a
hazardous area of puddles
.
Sheahan lot could now be called
"A River Runs
Through
It."
No
matter rain or
shine,
the storm drain
on the north end of
the
lot
is
backed
up,
causing
a flood
of water to pour
across the entire area.
A similar problem
with water is
the flooding
in various sections of
the west end of McCann lot. One
of my housemates
found,
much
to
his
chagrin last year,
that
the
Mccann
lot actually flooded with
three feet
of water,
creating
$2,500
worth
of damage
for
him.
The first
break
we get
from the
rain tends
to
come in the middle of
November, about
three days
before
the snow
starts. Marist
winters are
rough;
there's no
doubt about it. It
snows
almost every
,day
during
the
winter,
and
just when
the
walkways
are finally cleared,
another layer of
snow
quickly replaces what
has
just
been plowed.
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that. I
constantly longed for
a day
without
snow
during the win-
ter
that
wouldn't end.
(
Or at
least
for
some mercy
in
the
form of can-
celed classes, so I
might
not
have
t6
make the
trek
across
campus).
Now,
don't
get
me
wrong. Snow is
great,
but
only
for about the first
ten snowfalls. Everyone comes out
onto
The
Green for
snowball fights,
sledding,
and
tubing, followed by
some
quality time spent with hot
chocolate and blankets. But after
three and a half months of
straight
snow, we all learned to hate the
winters here.
Of course there's nothing we can
do about the
annual precipitation of
Marist or the fact that our drainage
system was designed haphazardly.
It
will always be this way. Just be
prepared the next time
you
walk
to
class;
chances
are
if it's
not raining
on the way
there, it
will be on the
way home.
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THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER
13, 2003
•
THE CIRCLE
PaueB3
Women's Preview
Season Preview
Mike Benischek's
predictions
PaueB4
Five questions with
the
stars
of the
Marist College
men's
and women's
basketball teams
Team
Schedules
Sports Editor
Paul Seach
Staff
Writers
Anthony Olivieri
Mike
Benischek
Travis Tellitocci
Fresh fa
'
ces start new season for men
By ANTHONY OLIVIERI
Staff
Writer
When
Siena~s Prosper Karangwa's running one-hander fell
through
the net with four tenths of a second
left
in the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) quarterfinals, it sealed one
of the
most-crushing
defeats in Marist basketball history
and
sent the Red Foxes back to the drawing board for the 2003-2004
season.
Head coach Dave Magarity, in his eighteenth season~ cannot
help
but wonder what could have been for last year's team.
"The
way the season ended, I can't ever remember in my career
a game ending like that,"
he
said. "The circumstances in which it
ended, it was disappointing."
Artlcle on B2
Senior
Maureen Maga
and Junior Brandon
Ellerbee
prepare for
the
upcomtng season.
Women looking to win it all in 2003-2004
By MIKE BENISCHEK
Staff
Writer
When we last saw the Marist College Red Fox women's basket-
ball team, it captured its first ever Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference (MAAC) tournament win after a season that boasted
Marist's highest win total m the MAAC conference since the team
joined in 1997.
But that is not enough for anybody.
With the team's top nine scorers from last season returning, as
well as four promising freshmen with the ability to contribute
immediately, there are not many in the MAAC basketball world
who have an answer for the Red Foxes season's motto "2003-04
MAAC Champions: Why Not Us?''
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THE CIRCLE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003
marlstclrcle.com
''
It's just not the way you
want to end your season.''
-
Dave
Magarity
Marist Head
Coach
PAGE
B2
Season brings new attitude, players for Foxes
By
ANTHONY OLIVIERI
Staff Writer
When
Siena's
Prosper
Karangwa's running one-hander
fell through the net with four
tenths of a second left in the
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference
(MAAC)
quarterfi-
nals, it sealed one of the most-
crushing defeats in Marist bas-
ketball history and sent the Red
Foxes back to the drawing board
for the 2003-2004 season.
Head coach Dave Magarity, in
his
eighteenth season,
cannot
help but wonder what could have
been for last year's team.
"The way the season
ended;
I
can't ever remember in my career
a game ending like that," he said.
"The circumstances in which it
ended,
it
was disappointing."
The referees
generously
let
Siena
inbound
from half court
after a timeout, resulting in the
game winning shot.
After losing to Siena in the
quarterfinals for
the second
straight
season, Marist lost its
two leading
scorers to
gradua-
tion.
David Bennett
and
Nick
Eppehimer
were leading
a
Red
Fox
team
that was finally coming
together at
the
right time.
"Everything I hoped
for
was
cotning to fruition,"
Magarity
said. "We
had
only one tough
loss at Manhattan;
we ran
into
a
buzz saw down there. Other than
"We have to put it behind us,
and we did, but it was a tough
pill to swallow,"
Magarity said.
'
'It
was probably the
toughest
locker room I've ever had to face
after a game. It's just not the way
you want to end your season."
This season the Red Foxes
have a drastically different ros-
ter, welcoming five freshmen
and two transfer students. The
freshmen
-
Kerry
Park
s,
Ryan
Stilphen, Miles Orman, Jared
Jordan, and Will Whittington
could play a. significant role on
this
·year's squad.
"This is a different year, a dif-
ferent team, and a whole new
that we played some
great
bas-
..
ketball down the
stretch."
CARLISLE STOCKTON/Used with permission
Dennis Young
The
Red
Foxes
now
have
to
make last
season a
learning
expe-
rience, using their loss as moti-
vation for
future
success
in the
postseason.
cast of characters,"
Magarity
said.
"I think
all
our new
guys
have
a c
h
ance to step
in
and con-
tribute."
Magarity likened the situation
that this year's freshman class
faces to the early years of former
Marist standouts Sean Kennedy
and Rick Smith.
This year's class has talented
players ahead of them in the rota-
tion, and competition for minutes
with the team's veterans will only
improve a young
playe
r's
game_.
The Red Foxes return back-
court leader
Brandon
Ellerbee,
who averaged
I
0.6 points per
game, to go along with 3.1
assists. Ellerbee was forced into
playing out of position last sea-
son, playing the majority of his
minutes at point guard.
Magarity said Ellerbee is the
consummate combination guard,
with the ability to score and find
open teammates. With Pierre
Monagan, the much-hyped jun-
Magarity acknowledged
Monagan's ability to make
everyone better around him
with
the ball in his hands, but
warned
after a season off,
it
will
take
time.
"He hasn't played
_
in such
a
long
time," Magarity
said. "The
last
time
he played
competitive
basketball was a
year
and
half
ago."
Magarity said
Monagan and
Ellerbee would not play
every
minute at point guard.
MAAC
tournament star
Carl Hood, sen-
ior
Eric Siegrist, and the
frosh
Jared Jordan will
all
see some
time
.
Magarity also
suggested that
Monagan could
see
some
time at
shooting guard
wheil the pure
point guard Jordan
is
on the
floor.
ior
co
ll
ege
transfer at the point,
The numerous
possibilities in
Ellerbee will be able
to
slide over
the
backcourt
give the
Red
Foxes
to shooting guard.
,,
some
well-needed
depth,
and the
"(Ellerbee)
is an
exceptional
ability
to create favorable match-
perimeter guy," Magarity said. ups based on their opponent.
"He
can play the point and two
The
Red
Foxes
return
ff
pair of
guard, really has an
6-8
big men
this
--------
--
understanding of
season, as Dennis
the
game,
and
"This is a different
Young and Chris
nobody
can
stop
year, a different team
,
Handy
are
back
for
him but
himself."
their senior sea-
High
expectations
and a whole new cast
sons.
a
cc
om pan
i
e d
of characters."
Young averaged
Monagan
to
_
Dave Magarity
10.0
points per
Poughkeepsie.
game
to
go
aJQng
With
such
t a l e n t - - - - - - - - - -
with 6.0 rebounds
handling
the
ball,
he
was deemed the heir to Sean
Kennedy's point guard
throne.
Monagan
sat
out last season
as a
medical
red shirt.
The Red
foxes
did not bring in
a
freshman point guard last sea-
son
feeling Monagan's
collegiate
experience
would
ease
the
transi-
tion to the post-Kennedy
era.
in his junior sea-
son, and Handy
had
8.6 points
per
game and 6.3 rebounds.
Junior transfer Will McClurkin,
who sat out last season after
transferring from
the University
of
Maryland-Baltimore
County,
will
provide much
needed help in
the
post.
.
Mcclurkin
said his game is
CARLISLE STOCKTON
/
Used ~Ith
permission
Brandon Ellerbee
focused on the ability to score on
the inside, and be a major pres-
ence in the paint.
"I have a couple of pet moves
down low, and play pretty much
in the post," he said. "I can step
out and hit the jumper from
about
15
feet. I'm not too much
of a shot-blocker; I'm more of a
transition defensive pl~er."
Mar9t
'i\Y&k1
r
ti,i:J{l,•
!CRits
new weapons in the first game of
the season on Tuesday, Nov. 18
at the Mccann Center.
The Red Foxes host the Hofstra
Pride in the opening round of the
preseason NIT. It is the pro-
gram's first appearance in the
prestigious early season tourna-
ment. The Red Foxes appeared
in the post season version of the
The Circle predicts a
'
2003-2004 Gaelic Championship
By
TRAVIS TELLITOCCI
Staff
Writer
#1
Iona
(16-11):
The road to
a
MAAC
championship may
run
through New
Rochelle
this
season.
You
know
the
MAAC
is
.
expecting
big
things
from
the
Gaels since
they
named DeShaun
Williams,
a sen-
ior transfer from Syracuse,
to the
third
team
preseason
squad and
he
hasn't
even
laced
up
his
s
n
eakers
for a regular
.
season game.
When
the
dust clears from another
wild
season in the MAAC, Iona
emerges as the number
one
seed in
the tourney.
#2
Manhattan
(23
-
7): Can you
blame
head
coach
Bobby
Gonzalez
for
coming back to
Manhattan
with
the most talent-
ed guard in the
MAAC
by his
i!
side, Luis Flores? Flores
will
be
joined
by
the
sophomore sensa-
tion Mike Konovelchick whose
name
is just as hard to pronounce,
as he is to guard behind the 3-
point arc. Their schedule
will
be
highlighted by a trip north to face
the defending
national champion
Syracuse Orangemen in a rematch
of
the
NCAA East regional on
Dec. 17th and a return to national
television on
ESPN2 against
Marist on
February 28th µi
Riverdale. The Jaspers will once
again
be the team that
everyone
is
gunning for
in the MAAC.
#3 Siena (21-11 ): Last season
the
saints
marched
into Trenton
.
for
the
MAAC tourney and managed
to
break a few
hearts
along
the
-
way,
beat-
ing
Marist
in a contro-
versial
buzzer
beater in standard Siena
style. The
question
is will they be
able
to Prosper this
season without
Karangwa? With
players
like
Austin Andrews, Jamal Jackson
and Justin Miller returning
it
should be
no
problem. There
will
be even
more incentive
for the
Saints since
the MAAC tourney
returns
to the
capital region
this
season.
#4
Niagara (17
-
12):
You won't
find anyone on the purple eagle's
roster
testing
the falls this season.
Niagara returns all five starters
including
first
team
all MAAC
selection
J
u
a
n
Mendez
and
sec-
ond team
honoree
Tremmell
Darden. Don't
think
that the
eagles have @verlooked the fact
that
the
first
round of the NCAA
tourney
is in their
hometown
this
year.
While
Buffalo is
not
the
most
desirab
l
e destination
in the
country,
every
team
would love
to
be.
there come March.
#5
Marist (13-16): Six
of the
Red
Fox players don't even know who
"Shooter" is. So what makes any-
one
think
that they have any
type
of chance
this
season
with
such a
yo~g squad? Coach
Dave
Magarity does
,
Yes,
half the team
isn't even
legal to drink, but that
doesn't mean they aren't
talented.
Marist will look to
saddle
up with
its four Texans and
hit the trail
to
Albany
where
justice will
be
.
served.
#6
Fairfie
ld
(19-12): It's
been
a
long
off-season for
head
coach
Tim O'Toole and
the
Fairfield
stags.
With allegations
surround-
ing the
program
of recruitment
vio
l
ations, the
coaches
and
p
l
ayers
will
be
happy to get out
of
the headlines
and onto
the
court
.
The stags welcome
back
three starters from a year ago;
Deng Gai, Kudjo Sogadzi, and
Terrance Todd,
but
lost three key
role players to graduation. Playing
teams like
Duke, Michigan
and St.
John's
is never
easy,
but
will
speak vo
lum
es for
the
conference
if
the result is
favorab
l
e.
#7 St. Peter's (10
-
19):
People in
Jersey City will come to grow and
love
the nickname "KeeKee".
One player
has never had
an
impact
on the
athletic program at
St. Peter's
like
Keyd.ren Clark did
last
season.
Clark had the
highest scoring
average in the
MAAC and was
sixth
in
the nation at 24.9 points
per game. He set a school record
last year with 722 points and a
national
Division I
record for 3-
point field goals by a freshman,
connecting on
I
09 treys. With a
good
support staff, St. Peter's can
make waves in the MAAC this
year and creep up on a
lot
of
teams.
#8 Rider (12-16): Following a dis-
appointing showing in the MAAC
tournament in front of their home
fans,
Rider
will
look
to
speed
up
the
rebuilding
process this
season
.
With
four starters
returning and MAAC play
e
r of
the
year finalist, Jerry Johnson on
the floor, head
coach Don Harnum
knows his team will be much bet
-
ter
than last
season. The only
problem for the Broncs is the six
or seven teams in the MAAC are
also going to be much better.
#9 Canisius (11
-
1
7
)
:
Canisius will
be celebrating 100 years of bas
-
ketball this season
.
If you ask head
coach Mike MacDonald
;
he
will
tell you it felt
like
the
y
w
e
nt
through 99 of them
last
year. Luck
was not on the side of the Golden
Griffins last
season after
losing
half
their roster to
injuries
.
Toby
' • 1
1 1
c
I
Foster is a
name that will be bounced around
upstate
N. Y.
when he returns to
the lineup after missing virtually
the entire season
last
year. With
five players returning who occu
-
pied starting roles, Canisius will
have experience, but not as much
talent as they could have had a
year ago
.
#
10 Loyola (4-24): Things possi-
bly can't get any worse m
Baltimore this
season,
can
th
e
y
?
Head
coach Scott
Hicks doesn't
think
so.
Hicks
will
bring back three of his
top five scorers and welcome a
stron
g
re
c
ruitin
g
class to the
mix
.
With eight players returning to the
lineup from a year ago, th
e
glass is
looking half full for the grey-
hounds
.
Loyola will be lookin
g
forward
to
th
e
tip-off of the season
more
than
any other team. Look
for them to b
e
fired up after get
-
ting challenges from the intramu
-
ral squads on campus
.
Althou
gh
I'm afraid to
.
put them above an
y
-
one else in th
e
MAAC
,
there is
mor
e
to this team
than
meets th
e
e
y
e
.
NIT in 1996.
Marist's tough initial game will
be a sign
of
the future
as they
face three 2003 NCAA tourna
-
ment participants,
_
Holy
Cross,
Vermont, and Central Michigan
in three early non-conference
games.
Marist will also make a trip to
Atlanta
to face Georgia
Tech
for
the
second year in a row. The
Red
Foxes
lost last
year's game
67-53
at Madison
Square
Garden.
Along with a tough non-confer-
ence schedule, the
Red
Foxes
have to compete in a tough
MAAC conference, the league
ha\ring its most talent in years.
"This year the conference is
very good, and I don't even think
it is
close since we'vei been in the
league,"
Magarity
said.
"Manhattan is very good, but
honestly my pick to win the
league is Niagara."
Marist was picked to finish
sixth in the conference by the
MAAC coaches in a recent poll.
The Red Foxes are considered by
many as a dark
horse
team
because
no one knows how their
seven newcomers will perform.
The
Red
Foxes don't know how
the young freshmen and the two
junior college transfers will play,
but the team is deeper, bigger
and more athletic
.
~
I
•
~
Frosh Miles Orman knows all
about big and athletic
.
His team-
mates call him
"
Baby Vince
"
, as
in Vince Carter.
Gary Trent was the
"
Shag of
the MAC"
-
Miles Orman
could be the "Vince of the
MAAC"
-
and ifhe is, the
Red
Foxes hope he can help them
soar to new heights.
2003-2004 Preseason
Coaches
Poll
1.
Manhattan
2. Niagara
3.
Iona
4. Siena
5.
Fairfield
6.
Marist
7. Saint
Peter's
8.
Rider
9. Canisius
10. Loyola
Circle Predictions
1.
Iona
2. Manhattan
3. Siena
4. Niagara
5.
Marist
6.
Fairfield
7.
Saint Peter's
8. Rider
9. Canisius
10.
Loyola
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.
I think this year we're
going to really show every-
body what we can do. , ,
- Stephanie Delpreore
Senior
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003
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By MIKE BENISCHEK
Staff Writer
When we last saw the Marist
College Red Fox women's bas-
ketball team, it captured its first
ever Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference (MAAC) tourna-
ment win
'
after a season that
boasted Marist's highest win
total in the MAAC conference
since the team joined in 1997.
But that is not enough for any-
body.
With the team's top nine scor-
ers from last season returning, as
well as four promising freshmen
with the ability to contribute
immediately, there are not many
in the MAAC basketball world
who have an answer for the Red
Foxes season's motto "2003-04
MAAC Champions: Why Not
Us?"
Stephanie Delpreore, one of
five seniors on this year's roster,
said last season was simply an
appetizer before this season's
main course.
"Last year
felt
like the halfway
point for what our team can be,"
she said. "I think this year we're
going to really show everybody
what we can do."
The Red Foxes graduated five
seniors
·
off of last year's roster.
The quintet accounted for just
100 points last season, just under
six-percent of Marist's scoring.
Despite returning all nine of last
year's key performers, the
MAAC coaches have not shown
the Red Foxes very much
respect, ranking them seventh in
the preseason poll.
Head coach Brian Giorgis said
it is up to his team to prove they
are better than the preseason pre-
diction.
"Being ranked seventh just
gives us' more motivation," he
said. "But until we start beating
some teams we haven't proven to
anyone we're worth any higher
than that."
Delpreore said her team knows
its performance will dictate the
season, not a poll.
"What
·it
comes down to is it
really doesn't matter once you
start playing, what matters is
each game we play," she said.
'' Anyone who has seen us prac-
tice knows we're not a seventh
place team."
The Red Foxes will look to
improve on a 13-16 season in
which Marist defeated every
conference opponent at least
once, with the exception of the
top two finishers Siena and
Manhattan.
"We can play with anybody,"
Giorgis said. "Our thing is we
need to be more consistent."
Depth Is key
For the second straight year the
story for Marist will be depth.
The di,ff erence between the past
and present, however, is last
year's team boasted a bench full
of players who could provide rest
'Just working ha
rd I
sn't
enough, you have to
produce If you' re going to
play.'
- Brian Giorgis
for starters
-
this season there
are more than 10 Foxes with the
ability to fill the five starting
positions.
All of the talent on this year's
roster has Giorgis wondering
how to maintain a good balance
among the players.
"I
think you try to utilize as
many people as possible and use
their skills for particular situa-
tions," he said. "They know
they're going to be held to a
greater accountability this year.
Just working hard isn't enough;
you have to produce if you're
going to play."
W
elco
m
e
f
reshmen a
dd
iti
ons
The biggest addition to the
Foxes' depth is the arrival of the
program's
most
promising
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The Marist Red Foxes women's basketball team enters the season with the "why not us" mentality. The team believes this could be their year.
recruiting class in three years.
Alisa Kresge, a point guard from
Red Bank Catholic High School
in New Jersey, headlines the
four-player class of 2007. In four
years Kresge accumulated a
record of 105-10, including a
perfect 31-0 in 2000. Kresge
looked cool and calm running
her
team
in the Red/White scrim-
mage on
Ndv.
1, and should
make a major impact from game
one.
Shannon Minter, a combo
guard from Ossining High
School in Westchester County,
New York, brings speed and ath-
leticism to the team, and can hit
the open jumper.
Kristen Hein, a forward from
Manasquan High School in New
York, showed tenacity and a
defensive work ethic in the Nov.
1
scrimmage.
Mary Alice Duff, a former
teammate of Red Fox Megan
Vetter at Haverford High School
in Pennsylvania, can body-up
with her 6-foot-2-inch frame, as
well as step out and knock down
the 20-foot jumper.
Senior guard Vicki Wancel said
the four freshmen are making
everyone work even harder in
practice.
"She (Kresge) really works us,"
she said. "I feel like with the
freshmen our team is getting
more competitive in practice,
which. is a plus, because
-
it will
help us when we have games."
Giorgis said he t~nks the over-
all quality of play on his team
has improved with the addition
of the talented freshmen.
"They
all have the possibility
of making an impact," he said.
"They've really
been pushing the
upperclassmen, and the upper-
cfassmen ateii't
taldhg 1t Ugtrly.
That's the great thing about com-
petition."
In no hurry to overstep her
bounds, Kresge said she
is
sim-
ply trying to be a team player for
now.
"I'm just there to work hard and
basically help them,"
she
said.
"My job
is
just to be a practice
player for now and help out."
Always looklng to Improve
/
IfMarist is to make a run at the
MAAC title, one area that needs
to be improved from last year is
field goal percentage. Last sea-
son the Foxes connected on just
37-percent of their shots and 30-
percent from behind the three-
point arc,
ranking
seventh and
sixth in the
conference
respec-
tively.
Giorgis said he needs perimeter
shooting to open space for play-
ers in the paint more effectively.
"I think everybody needs to
step up, especially from the
perimeter," he said. "We shot
30% last year from the one, two,
and three positions. We have to
have people shooting better or
else it will get even tougher for
people on the inside."
Wancel said the Foxes recog-
nize the problem and are trying
to combat it in the preseason.
"We've been
~ &
drills for
a qlfi~er ref ease, hopping ihto
Vicki Wancel
t
h
.
e
shot,"
s
h
e
said. "I
think its
helped
us a lot.
Its actu-
a
l l
y
Qrought
our con-
fidence
up for
a
lot of us.
I
know
it
has for
myself."
One player who could use help
from the perimeter scorers is
Maureen Magarity. The Red
Foxes' senior captain led the
team in scoring last season with
more than 14-points per game.
However, if Marist intends on
winning the conference champi-
onship the pressure needs to be
off Magarity's shoulders and
onto the team's secondary scor-
ers. Marist was 8-3 last season
when Magarity did_ not have to
take more than 10 shots.
Seniors Delpreore and Kerry
Sullivan will need to continue to
evolve into offensive weapons.
Delpreore averaged over 10-
points per game for the first time
last year, and Sullivan averaged
eight points per contest after new
years.
Junior ~Ji<m\i9-g
IDJar<1
,
Megan
Vetter may be able to provide the
Foxes with scoring this season
after a MAAC tournament per-
formance of 20
.
points and 5
three-pointers in two games.
Senior guard Nina Vecchio may
also emerge as the top three-
po int threat on the roster.
Vecchio has one of the best long-
balls on the team and could find
herself playing the shooting
guard position at times this year
alongsid~ Kresge.
With a depth of talented play-
ers on the roster, each offering
different tools from one another,
Giorgis could find himself with
even less hair at the year's end.
"They all bring different things
to the table," Giorgis said. "You
just wish it was all in one kid -
but then, if they did, they would
be playing at another level
r"
Season Opener
Nov. 22 at Hartford
Home Opener
Nov. 24 against LeHigh
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4 will be the Stags' party
Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Fairfield
By
M
I
KE
BEN
I
SCH
E
K
Staff Writer
#1 Fairfield (12-17, 9-9): After a
medical redshirt, prolific scorer
Schrene Isidora returns to a vet-
~
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U l f l . , E R B I T V
eran Stags
team high-
lighted by
Marybeth
Chartier,
C
a
th
y
Dash, and
Janelle McManus. Fairfield is
everyone's favorite to win the
conference with scoring, speed,
and defense like no other team.
#2 Marist (13-16, 8-10): The
Foxes should have its top squad
in program history, with a roster
that could go 13 players deep. As
long as Marist does not revert to
the inconsistency of 2003, they
should be the only team with the
tools to take down Fairfield.
#3
Niagara
(20-9,
13-5):
Mathematics 101: First team all-
MAAC Eva Cunningham, plus
2003 sixth
player of the
year Colleen
Toetz, plus
2003 coach
of the year Bill Agronin, equals
another high-flying year for the
Purple Eagles.
#4 Siena (25-8, 15-3): After los-
ing
stars
Gun ta
Basko and
E
r
i
c a
Anderson to graduation, defend-
ing MAAC player of the year
·
Liene Jansone and hustle incar-
nate Jolene Johnston are more
than enough to keep opponents
fearful of the Saints this season.
of .the year
J
e n e
1
Stevens was
first in scor-
ing and sec-
#5 St. Peter's 14-14, 11-7):
ond
in
Somehow head coach Mike
rebounding
Granelli in the MAAC last year.
always
finds
a
way
to
take
an
)Jnimpres-
sive roster
and create a dominant defensive
team. First team all-MAAC point
guard Lindsay Gonzalez consis-
tently impresses on both sides of
the ball.
#6 Canisius (16-14, 9-9): MAAC
success depends on quality guard
play, and the Golden Griffins
have the best. Preseason player
#7 Loyola (11-17, 7-11): Head
coach Candy Cage will continue
to mold a group of young play-
ers, highlight-
ed
_
by 2003
rookie
of the
year
Katie
Scherle.
It's
not another rebuilding year, but
construction
is
far from done in
Baltimore.
#8 Rider
(8-20,
3-15): Rider
is
just
one
big
loose cannon ready to cast off for
three at all times; which is not
always a bad thing with sharp-
shooters Becky Hower and Katie
Hall on the Roster.
#9
Manhattan (20-10, 15-3): After
losing nearly
every key play-
er from last
year, including
head coach Sal
Buscaglia, ·sen-
ior star Rosalee Mason is left to
defend the MAAC title seemingly
single-handed.
#10 Iona (1-27, 0-18): The Gaels
won one game last year. With any
luck the they might win a second
this
season.
Good Luck.
2. Siena
3. Saint Peter's
4.
Niagara
5.
Manhattan
6.
Canisius
7. Marist
8. Loyola
9. Rider
10.
Iona
Circle Preseason Poll
1. Fairfield
2.
Marist
3. Niagara
4.
Siena
5.
St. Peter's
6. Canisius
7. Loyola
8. Rider
9.Manhattan
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THURSDAY,
NO\/EMBER 13, 2003
•
THE
CIRCLE
**
Men, women players on the hot seat
Team Schedules
Home games in bold.
Maureen Mauaritv,
senior Captain
final year: What are your
expectations, and what are
your goals?
Maureen: I
think
after being pre-
season ranked
seven.
we
obvi-
ously have to put our goals
a
lot
higher than that. I
think
we·
deserve and we should
be
in the
u ~ echelon of the MAAC.
Of
course
OUJ,'.
_goaJ is
to
win
the
MAAC and go to the CAA~:
that's our ultimate goal as
a team.
I
think
we
can
do
that
and
I
think
with
$e
experience
we
have with
five .seniot'St
that's
a possibility.
Magarity recalls Red Foxes
trip to
NCA.As as her favorite
moment
at Marist.
P: One player you would
like
to
play with and against,
the per-
Paul: Your thoughts on your son can be
from
any level
Pierre Monagan,
Junior
Monagan is back at
100%
and
looks
to
start the season calm
and
cool despite
the hype.
Travis: Can you describe the
steps that
you
took over the past
year to get where you are right
now, and are you
100
percent?
Pierre:
I
worked
hard
in
the off-
Alisa Kresge
Frosh
Kresge chose Marist fer
its
wann atmosphere.
Mike:
How
did you choose
to
come to 1\-larist College?
Alisa:
Well, I looked at every
school that was
interested
in
me
and I took an
interview.
I took
a
visit at the
three
main
schools
and
Kerrv Parks,
Frosh
season and did my usual summer
routine. I worked on every
part
of
my game -
shooting, ball
han-
dling,
everything. Right now I'm
I
00°/o,
but my game status is not
like what it used
to
be.
My instincts
and all of that
~
still
off.
I still
have more work
to
do. My
turnovers were high
in
the
scrim-
mage so I have
to
get back into
game action and get a few more
games under my belt.
T: You are going to step on the
floor in your
first
Division I bas-
ketball game on Nov. 18th
in
the
Preseason NIT in front of a sold-
out McCann Center. Is
this
going
to be the culmination of the long
journey over the past year?
P:
I'm trying
to
take it one day at a
time.
I
can't
tell you right now but
so far I
want
my mindset
to
be
I
actually
foWld
that Marist
was
the
most friendly; I guess you
could say the wannest
school
I
went
to.
I
felt that was a big
part.
If
rm
going to be
there
for
four
years
I have
to
be
around
people
l
can
get:
along
with.
I
felt
Marist
was
kiIJd
of
like
the
same
feeling
as
my
high
school
atta"l'W~
to
be around
"that
again.
M:
How has
the transition
from
high school
life
to
college
life
been
so
r.-r?
A:
It's obviously
a
big
difference;
I
don't have
my
parents to run to
every
time there's something
wrong.
I
have to
do
a lot on
my
own, which
Pm
not
used
to,
but
it's
going good.
M: Considering there
are
two
Parks finds
the
game is
much
quicker at the collegiate
level
Anthony: How would you
describe your game as a whole?
Kerry:
My
·
game? Well, Coach
Magarity recruited
me
because I'm
pretty
versatile. I've got
an
outside
game
and
an inside game,
things
like that.
I'll
just do
what I can
to
help
out
the other guys.
A: How
do you think you
will
fit
M:
That's
a good
question.
I
would like to play
against
Sheryl
Swoopes.
I
think
she
is
one of
the
all-time
greats
in
the
wpmen'Sa
league. Just
growing up andt
watching her and
when
the
WNBA
started.
She
is
a
great
player overall. I would love to
play with ttJY
dad back
in
the
~Y.
and see how
good he
really
was.
P: How· big of an influence bas
your father been?
M:
He's always
been
a
big
influ-
ence.
Basketball is
a
huge part
of
my life, always has been and
always
will be~ He has
taught
me
a
lot of things
not
just the
X's and
O's of basketball, but a lot of
calm and cool, and not be oveneal-
ous and try to go out there and do
stuff I can't
do.
T: The fans at Marist haven't
seen you play, but they are
already comparing you to Marist
greats like Sean Kennedy.
Do
you like the hype and feel that
you can live up to the fans'
expectations?
P:
I
can't
say that
I
like the hype.
I
don't disagree with it, and I feel that
I
can
live
.
up.
I
haven't played
yet,
but who knows. It's not bothering
me
too
much. I try not
to
listen
to
what everyone
says.
I
just
try to
stay in my own world when it
comes to
stuff
like that, and keep a
good mindset.
T: With everything that hap-
pened last year, you could have
seniors on the team already
playing
your
position,
how
did
your
first
preseason go?
A:
I'm
learning a
lot
from
them.
I
mean,
they're
always
a
step
quick-
er.
They're
reaching
me a
lot
Its
not
the
same as
high
~
you
can't
jmt
db
wllat
~
wmt!._~
do.
liiitve
to
li
lot harder
and
l
'rn
aning
ftom
the
seniors
that
are
here.
M:
Are
you anxious for the
start
of
the season?
A:
rm e~ely nervous! I can't
wait
though; I can't wait
to
see
how
it
is. rve
experienced
high
school, but high
school
is
high
school, and
I
don't
know
if
it
will
be the same.
rm
just
extremely
nervous.
in
with the rest of the guys and
the offense that Coach Magarity
already bas
in
place?
K:
We've got an
offense
that gets
everyone open
on the
court. So, I
guess
I'll
fit in because everyone
will get
their
time with
the
ball.
_
A: How has the transition been
from high school basketball to
Division
I college basketball?
K:
Everything is quicker; every-
body
is
the same size as you versus
things off the
eowt;
how
to deal
'With
different
situations.
He's
really been
a
great
mentor for
me
really~
·and
I
~
him
a
lot. He
has
beeµ
very:
'.patient
iwith
me
growittg up antl'he
basal
put
too
much
pre-ssufe
orhne.
ft
What are J(!~r plans after
college?
M:
Rightnow
I'tnin
grad school.
I'd
like to finish that
:UP
next year
hopefully.
I'm
also very interest-
ed in going into coaching to
see
if
I
like
it.
I
don't
know~
N
givt,
it
a
shot
to see
if
Pd
like
it.
I don't
'tnow
if
rm
tip
for
it
because
it's
a
toughjQb.
Or
f'd
like to go into
something
with
sports public
very easily went back to
Chicago. What made you stay at
Marist College?
P:
My
parents. They just
con-
vinced
me that it was the place
to
be
for me and that I should just
stay
and stick my neck
out
arid finish it
out. My mom and my stepdad real-
ly influenced me
to
come back.
I
think
it
was the day I was supposed
to
come back. that
I
decided
to
comeback.
T: You have yet to compete
in
a
MAAC conference game, but
you've had a whole season to
experience the rivalry with Siena
and see talented players like
Louis Flores. Who do you look
forward to playing against the
most?
P:
I really want
to
play against
Manhattan
because Luis Flores
M:
After
scoring
six points
in
the
Red/White
-scrimmage
game, are you
starting
to look
for
your shot
more?
A: Yeah
...
if
I'm open,
you saw I
wasn't shooting
too
much
and
I
got
relation.
P: What was your favorite
moment
at Marist?
M:
My
favorite moment,
proba-
bly would be
When
l
was
really
really little. My
dad
got
to
the
NCAAs with
Rik
Smits: I still
remember.
I
was only
fol,lf'
or
five&
but I
still
remember
every
..
one
rushing
on the court
and
holding
my
dad
up.
f
think
back
in
the
day
students were
so
into
it;
Ue
.still has
it
on
tape,
The
stu~
dents rushed
the
court
it
was like
madness and
it
would
be
great if
Marist
basketball
could
ge~
back
to
that, and that always stuck
in
the back
of
my head
gets
a
lot of hype.
I watched
him
this year and he's a good player, but
I
think
he was getting a little more
than he deserved. He's pretty
'
good,
but I want
to
play against
him
to
see how good he really
is.
I'm
also
looking
fotward
to
playing against
Siena
No
one here likes Siena, so I
don't like them either.
T: What
is
one thing we don't
know about Pierre Monagan?
P: I
have
8
sisters
ranging
in age
from
27
to
1,
but no brothers.
T: Who
is
the best dresser on the
team?
P:
I would have
to
go with myself
on that one.
If
it
weren't me, it
would be Chris or Brandon.
A:
My
father.
He's
just
been
through everything with
me.
From
day
one
he's
been
at
every
game my whole life. He's taught
me how to be the person
that
I
am;
yelled at for that, which was
he
has taught me everything.
llllderstandable,
so
'fth
':gdlng
lt8
J
~rlc
on
it
But
i
kib.d 8!1fJWtllle
5
r,
M1l
~
,t~ii
don't
riiake
the"
right
now
there
are
f>etter
shooters
WNBA,
what would
you
say
on the
cowt
than me, and
if
they
have a better
shot,
why
not
get
them the
ball?
M: So what
Is
your top goal to
accomplish this season?
A:
I want to
just
become a better
player, and hopefully I'll learn that
through the
seniors.
your career goals
are?
A:
Actually
my
one
goal
in life
is
just
to
be
a mother.
l
don't want to
work, just be a mother. I want to
have
kids
and watch them grow.
M: Tell
us
one thing that people
may not know about you?
M:
Wb9
would you say your A:
This
is
hard
(pauses). I've never
hero
is?
lost a home game.
the size
iri
high school. You just
have
to
pick it
up,
pick your game
up,
physically and mentally.
A:
Do
you feel you have done a
good job of picking up your
game
to that level so far?
K:
I feel I've done a decent job
adjusting
to
the
level of practice
and to the level of experience of
the older
players
in college
ball
.
a short time, but with Coach
Magarity
in his eighteenth year
as bead coach at Marist, do you
think his experience has affected
your game during pre-season
practice?
K:
I
think
Coach Magarity has
stepped
up
my game, made
me
work
hard
in
practices.
What you
do
in practices translates
to the
game. He just told
me
to play
A:
I know you've only been here
my game.
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PAGE7
Sensationalism
plagues television media
By
JASON NOBLE
Iowa State Daily
Iowa State University
AMES, Iowa (U-WIRE) -
TV news sucks.
Maybe it's just the print journalist in me, but I
hate everything about network news. Whether it's
the incomplete and ultimately meaningless evening
news or the manipulative drivel of 'the hour-long
primetime news magazines, I can't stand the whole
medium. I'd rather sit through a telenovela on
Univision.
Take the local tripe that runs from 6-6:30 p.m.
every night. How is this even considered news?
The stories, which run about 90 seconds each, are
vague and focused 9nly op what the cameraman
was able to catch
on
.film,
'
ratherl flan tho actual
news. Such brevity makes it nearly impossible to
give a balanced and complete view of an issue.
Worse, the news often seems more preoccupied
with entertaining and tear-jerking its audience than
informing them. There are several news values
journalists follow in searching for and reporting
stories,
including significance, proximity, timeli-
ness, human interest and unusual nature. It seems
TV news focuses exclusively on the latter two at
the expense of the rest.
Last week, for example, one network featured a
story on a married man and woman who were both
called to active military duty. Is this story interest-
ing? Sure. Strange? Yes. Newsworthy and vitally
important to the thousands of people in th~ greater
Des Moines, Iowa, area? Not in the slightest.
Much worse.
Network news magazines like "Dateline," "20/20"
and "60 Minutes" are the most putrid trash on tele-
vision today. Well, besides the Fox News Channel,
but that's a whole different column. Or two.
'
.
Undoubtedly, the most maddening thing about the
News magazines are trivial and sensationalistic
news is the patronizing teasers for the final story of melodramas, led by pompous personalities (not
the broadcast. Without fail, in every show the reporters) who care only about their face time on
anchors allude to some goofy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ camera. These shows feed on the
story, one about a new miracle
fears of the audience, delivering
drug or conclusive proof that
Network news magazines llke
their viewers not to enlighten-
Elvis is still alive, which they
•oatellne,'
·20120'
and
·so
ment on pertinent issues, but to
will reveal "later in the show."
unjustified fear and the advertis-
Then, after forcing the viewer sit
Minutes' are the most putrid
ers paying their salaries.
through 10 or 12 incomplete
trash on televlslon today.
One tenet of journalism is that
news stories, two weather
the jow;iµilist's place
ij
b~hind
reports, a sport& segment
~d
1
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p¢Il,
camera or
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minutes of commercials, the much-hyped story and not in the story. The producers of these shows
turns out to be a 15-second blurb about a toupee in are apparently oblivious to this. Anchors and
a can or an impersonator's convention.
reporters drive these shows and dominate the
This "lighter side" of the news is misleading and reports. The reporters are the stars, going on
manipulative, with no value to the broadcast or the
"investigative reports" where they get to dress up in
lives of its viewers. With techniques like this dark sunglasses and wear wires to bust the "bad
employed in every show, it seems TV news' pur-
guys ...
pose is not to inform its viewers, but to dupe them
These shows don't report the news -- they create
into sitting through the whole show and absorbing it, and that is a dangerous and unethical practice.
all the advertising.
Stories intentionally play on the viewers' fears, and
But there is worse than the local evening news. drive them into the hands of advertisers who claim
to alleviate those fears. This intentional and culti-
vated sensationalism is heightened through an
array of techniques: Dramatic music, subtle scerie
selections, and leading questions that over-drama-
tize the "issue" being discussed.
I remember a piece from one such news magazine
last spring, about teenage girls wh~ had been
tricked into posing naked for an Internet site.
The reporter, Jane Pauley or John Stossel or
whichever pretentious, self-obsessed "journalist" it
was, conducted the interviews with these 16- or l 7-
year -old girls on a playground. Now, unless these
girls lived at a playground or went to a high school
that still observed recess, it seems the show picked
this location for the interview to send a subcon-
~~~~UJ,
(9~~.~a~e to the viewers about the story being
told and the people involved.
Sensationalism and emotional ploys have
absolutely no place in journalism -- anything
steeped in such manipulative garbage is not jour•
nalism.
TV news is awful tripe that cares more about
advertising than its viewers. Give it up. Turn off
your TV and pick up a newspaper. In the paper, the
news is unbiased and driven by events and news.
If
there is manipulative garbage, it's limited to one
clearly identified page-· the "opinion" page.
Be sure to treat the sick, tum the poor away
STAFF EDITORIAL
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Daily Mississippian
University
of Mississippi
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regardless of insurance or ability to pay, The
according to The Morning News, citing U.S.
Clarion-Ledger reported.
Census data. In Mississippi alone, nearly half
This means that, depending on a private a million people out of the state's population
hospitals'
interpretation of the rules, specials
of 2,844,658 are uninsured or underinsured,
may not be on call 24 hours a day, hospitals The Clarion-Ledger reported.
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OXFORD, Miss. (U-WIRE) -
If
hospitals
aren't allowed to treat everyone, the poor will
only suffer more.
For most college students, health concerns
are something that are often put on the back
burner.
And why not? We're young, usually at our
prime healthwise,
and
if a major problem
does come up, it's usually no big deal to call
mom or dad and let them foot the bill.
That plan may work for a while,
but
once
you graduate from college, one's ability to
afford serious health problems becomes
more of an issue. In this country, at least 17. 9
million people between the ages of 18 and 34
are uninsured, according to The Dallas
Morning News Sunday.
For college students and others who are
uninsured, finding affordable health care
may be more difficult. Today the
federal
gov-
ernment will relax rules requiring hospitals
to treat anyone who seeks emergency care,
'
can decide whether or not to even call a spe-
Insurance and adequate health care should
cialist, or worse, patients may be turned be a luxury for anyone. Obviously, there is
away if they don't have
- - - - - - - - - - - -
no
immediate
answer to
adequate health insurance.
this problem, but the gov-
Why should these rules
1
Most
young adults are
ernment should reassess its
concern
college students?
dropped by their parents'
priorities to deal with this
Because most young
insurance at age
19,
or
22
if
issue instead of acting in
adults are
·
dropped by their
ways that could make the
parents' insurance at age
they go to college.'
situation worse.
19, or 22 if they go to col-
Yes, almost everyone is
lege, The Morning News
clutching their wallets
cited.
right now, but no one should have to choose
It should also be a concern because young
adults have the highest number of annual vis-
its to emergency rooms, account for one-
third of new HIV diagnoses and 3 .5 million
pregnancies among women in their 20s every
year.
Any other American should be concerned
because at least 15.2 percent of the U.S. pop-
ulation, or 43.6 million people are unins~ed,
between paying bills or getting necessary
health care.
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U-V\IIRE
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Always eclectic,
MMW energizes
Peekskill audience
By AUDRA TRACY
Staff Writer
PEEKSKILL -
MMW
has
artistic schizophrenia,
but
in
a
good way.
Throughout their
perfonnance
at the
Paramount
Theater in
sce-
nic Peekskill
on Nov.
8,
the
eclectic trio evolved
from one
musical personality
to another.
Featuring John Medeski
on
the
keys,
Billy
Martin
on percus-
sion,
and
Chris
Wood on bass,
MMW blended
their
simple
sounds
to create
two
and a half
unpredictable
hours of
jams.
expect the
unexpected
from a
MMW show.
Builcfing
upon
siin-
plicity with
unconventional
instru-
ments, rhythms, and styles,
Medeski,
Martin,
and Wood each
contribute a distinctive talent to the
well-rounded trio.
Chris
Wood
provides a throbbing
pulse
as
he
plucks
away
on
the
upright bass and electric bass
gui-
tar,
while
John
Medeski spices up
their sound with his many flavors
of keyboards, including the
Hammond AI00, Wurlitzer, and
Fender Rhodes.
Bestowing the
beats
on
a
drum
kit,
bongos,
whis-
tles,
tambourines,
bells,
and
a xylo-
phone, it
seems
that
Billy Martin
could bang on a
tin
can
and make
it sound good.
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With
booming
bass-lines,
crash-
ing
cymbals, and clattering keys,
the
first
set opened
up
swinging.
As
MMW's mood shifted, their big
band
sound
was overcome by
darkness, and suddenly
the
atmos-
phere of the Paramount was
'trance-formed' from explosively
upbeat to sonically hypnotic.
While their gloomy
tunes
spaced
out the crowd for a
while MMW
The crowd was out of their seats,
on
their feet, and dancing in the
aisles for the second
set,
when
MMW perfonned such favorites as
"Is There Anybody Here That
Loves My Jesus" and "Night
Marchers."
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MMW bassist Chris Wood performing at the Paramount Theater.
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slipped out of
the
shadows to
jazz
up the end of their
first
set
with a
mellower mood
Thanks
to
their improvisational
approach, audiences can only
For the encore the three joined on
center
stage for a
mini-jam
on
handheld
instruments.
Here
Medeski broke out the melodica, a
small
keyboard he
powered
by
brM~ intd'inrmmched'
1'tt,e,
while Martin played a tribal,
'talk-
ing' dnnn, and Wood kept the
rhythm
funky
on the upright bass.
Still jamming, MMW trailed back-
stage, where
they
continued to per"
fonn unseen. Although the house
lights had come
on,
an amused
audience stuck around until the last
note had
beert
rendered.
Monday
9 - 11 a.m.
-
Nick (Morning Chat)
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
-
John & Pete (Rock / Jazz / Funk)
I - 3
p.m.
-
Lisa & Monica (Pop)
S
-
7
p.m.
-
Audra & Maya (Jam Band Show)
7 - 9
p.m.
-
Ryan & Rich (Crazy Music)
9 •
11 p.m.
-
Erika & Lisa (Hip Hop
l
R&B)
11 p.m. -
I
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/
Pw1k /
Hardcore)
1 - 3 p.m.
-
Marcus & Darren (Hardcore)
3 -
S
p.m.
-Alex
(Variety)
S -
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
a.m. -
'1
p.m.
-
Jenn & Laura (Alt./
Rock/
Top
200)
1 - 3
p.m. -
Kevin, Dan
& Matt (Punk)
3 -
S
p.m. -
Sarah & Brian (Variety)
S -
7
p.m.
-
Nex
(Rock)
7 - 9 p
.
m. -
Cyndi & JB (Variety)
9 - 11 p.m.
-
Michael (R&B / Hip Hop)
11 p.m. - 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)
S •
7 p.m.
-
Michele
&
Katie (Hardcore/ Punk/ 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. - l p.m.
-
John, Chris & Richard (Alt.
/
Punk)
1 - 3 p.m.
-
Mike
&
Jesse
(Rock/ Jam Band/ Eclectic)
3 -
S
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. - l 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)
l O -
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.
-
Summer
& Becky (Variety)
6 - 8
p.m. -
Stephanie (Alternative)
8 - IO
p.m.
-
Megan
& Miranda ('Frank & Friends')
10 - Midnight
-
Mike, Andy, Brian, Tom (Classic Rock)
Midnight - 1 :30 a.m.
-
Angela & Denise (Alt. Rock)
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Album Review
Day's 'Stop' features
several standollt tracks
By
TIM BRUDEREK
Staff Writer
Howie Day
MStop
All the World Now"
Label: Epic Records
Release Date: Oct. 7, 2003
raw vocals beautifully lead the
songs into unknown yet comfort-
able
directions,
embracing
experimentation.
"Brace Yourself' sh9wcases
Day's best singing ability, and
kicks off the album with a pow-
erfully upbeat love song. The
song is followed by the single
Love's a
bitch,
and Howie Day
knows it. On his new CD, "Stop "Perfect Time of Day," arguably
All the World Now," he sings the highlight of the album, yet
about lost love,
unfortunately
a topic that he
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deal about. The
phrasing
is
album sets a
impeccable,
somber, quiet
with his voice
mood that lays
molding around
you down and
spins you into a
the heavy band
deep emotional
arrangement.
groove.
The
The song fea-
songs float
on
a
tures a catchy
calm sea of
chorus you
can
guitars
with
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Day's ftrst album, Australia," Anything at all."
was simply Howie singing and
Another standout track is
playing his guitar to an empty
room with spare arrangements
and a bundle of looped acoustic
guitar riffs. On "Stop All The
World Now," he is backed by a
full band with a piano tlirown
into the mix. His sdothing yet
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lyrics of the album. It's another
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it should have been sung. With
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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 •
PAGE 10
'Revolutions' mixes
flat characters,
digital cliches
By
CHRISTOPHER BRENNER
Staff
Writer
"The
Matrix
Revolutions"
*
112
out of
* * * *
Unnecessary.
That's how I
would describe the first "Matrix"
sequel and now this, the bloated
"Matrix Revolutions." What was
once innovative and exciting has
now turned into a mix of bad act-
ing, worse writing, and meaning-
less action.
For anyone
who
cares,
"Revolutions" picks up where
the
cliffhanger
ending
of
"Reloaded" left off. Neo (Keanu
Reeves) is in a coma, which
means he's stuck in limbo.
Trinity (Carrie Ann-Moss) and
Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne)
must infiltrate the Matrix in
order to bring him back because
,
after all, he is humanity's last
hope of defeating the monstrous
machines. Speaking of which, a
massive robot army is tunneling
to the city of Zion, where a huge
battle between
man
and machine
is about to take place.
Also, Neo's evil reciprocal,
Agent Smith, has become too
powerful. As Morpheus races to
Zion with his ex-lover Niobe
(Jada Pinkett Smith), the battle
for mankind is at odds with the
.
Oracle's predictions and blah
blah blah.
One of the man:¥ reasons why
"Revolutions" is such a stinky
mess is that there is absolutely no
reason to care about these char-
acters. What do we know about
Neo?
Uh, let's see; he was a
computer programmer and
,
..
that's about it.
His relationship with Trinity is
laughable because
it
is not
founded on anything.
They
share no moments of laughter
,
loving glances
,
or good conver,,
Sation. At their big
6iimhtnatl
Day
..
.
continued from P<1ge 9
lines like "Even the best fall
down sometimes
/
Even the
wrong worcls seem to rhyme /
Out of the doubt that fills your
mind/ You finally find/ You and
I collide," one can see his
improvement in songwriting.
The album has a beautiful flow
and rhythm, but it might bore
you if you aren't in the right
mood for it. You don't want to
put this CD on during a party
,
but rather when enjoying sQme
quiet time alone. The
lyrics
are
solid throughout, and it is defi-
nitely beneficial to read the
booklet along with the songs to
get the full vibe of the album
.
Though Day
'
s "Australia" may
be the superior album
,
"Stop All
The World Now" is no slouch
.
Buy both of them
-
they are
always ~heap
-
and follow the
evolution of Howie Day
'
s life
and music.
At 22, Day has already made a
huge mark on the indie-rock
world. His mu
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ic h
as
b
e
come the
bridge between the unknown tal
-
ent that will never be play
e
d on
the radio and sing
e
r / songwrit
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r
pop sound of May
e
r and Mraz
.
While these other artists' popu-
larity may soon fad
e,
Howi
e
Day
is not going anywh
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r
e
anytim
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soon.
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and brings the story to a
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revealing the answers and barely
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matter. (Duane Dudek,
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Hugo Weaving is digitally
transformed (left).
trilogies, like the original "Star
Wars," have a sense of fun and
awe to them. The cumulati~e
effect of this trilogy is one of
relief that the whole pretentious
muddle is over.
So at least the action's good,
right? Nope. The fight for Zion
is humanity's last stand as
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thinking, "Gee, Neo and Agent
Smith are fighting in slow
motion again.
I
think
I'll
get
another popcorn."
There's so many unintentional
laughs,
too,
like
the character who
mutters "goddamn" every five sec-
onds or the choking obviousness
of
the end.
The idea of 'The One' was blatant
in the
first
film,
but this one is like
getting hit over the head with a
sledgehammer:
Get
it? He's like
Jesus?
Get
it? Jesus?!
I could go on, but I'll limit this to
50(l
words. It's just so depressing
to
think
that
$150
million
was spent
on this movie when that money
could have gone
to
charity or
(gasp)
a good movie. At least the title is
accurate.
It sure'is revolting .
lo11111
On
climax, my friend was more
interested in opening his Blow
Pop.
are ambitiously trying to fuse
be action.
And then the narrative
science fiction with notions of is stalled by characters who
religion and karma,
but they fail
d
w
ne on about their "profound"
l
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l into a movie, but it must be
shown
through the action of the
story.
This dorky dud alternates
between lecturing us on why it's
so important and scenes of
numb.iD.g violence
.
Other film
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 •
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Students at NYU petition the school to allow mixed-sex housing
and Brown universities.
Administrators expect to make a
decision soon.
"We are cwrently reviewing the
very thoughtful proposal generat-
ed by the Inter-Residence Hall
Council," Vice President for
Student Affairs Marc Wais wrote
A separate mixed-gender hous-
ing lottery would then be conduct-
ed, with preference given to those
students with the highest number
of housing lottery points. Once
selected, all four suitemates would
be required to meet with a
Residential Education official
in an e-mail. "We hope to make a within two weeks to discuss their
decision before the end of the fall
reasons for applying to the pro-
semester."
According to the proposal, inter-
ested students would be required
to choose all of their roommates
and oodergo a separate application
process at the time of the lottery. A
board of Residence Education
officials would review applica-
tions
to
ensure
eligibility.
Freshmen and transfer students
would not be eligible, and no one
requesting this
type
of housing
could
~
randomly placed with
strangers.
gram and any questions or con-
cerns. Although students would
not be required
to
obtain parental
consent, they would discuss
whether they
had
chosen to notify
their parents, and if not, would be
strongly encouraged to do so.
Under the proposal, students
would also agree to fill out a
monthly evaluation and attend a
bimonthly discussion session with
Residential Education administra-
tors and representatives of IRHC.
At the beginning of the program's
second semester, an assessment
would be made and evaluators
would consider the future of
mixed-gender housing.
Students in
arrival of Wais, who was hired
from Stanford University.
The IRHC proposal has been in
the works for two
years,
and feed-
mixed~gender
housing would
be required to
live
together
for a full year.
If
a student
decided
to
'When you put anyone
together, there are always
going to be issues.'
back from hous-
ing surveys and
Town Hall meet-
ings has indicat-
ed a strong stu-
dent interest.
- Jonathan Salzberger
"There was
outstanding sup-
move out in the
middle of the school year, his or
her suitemates would have two
weeks to replace him or her with
someone they all agreed upon.
If
they could not agree on a replace-
ment, the entire suite would be
broken up, and residents would be
transferred to regular housing.
The administration delayed a
decision on a similar proposal
submitted last year, awaiting the
CASJunlor
port for moving
towards optional mixed-sex hous-
ing, for a variety of reasons,"
IRHC President Justin Lee wrote
in an e-mail. "Although we know
that not all students will want to
live in mixed-sex housing, it is
important to note that they believe
their peers should have this
option."
Although many students support
the proposal, Martinez said
administrators are concerned
about couples who would choose
to live in this type of housing.
Martinez noted that homosexual
couples can live together under
current housing policies, but said
he thought most students recog-
nized that living with a significant
other would not be wise.
Many students agreed, saying
that while mixed-gender housing
offers couples a choice, roommate
issues will always exist, regardless
of gender combinations.
"When you put anyone together,
there's always going to be issues,"
College of Arts and Science
(CAS) junior Jonathan Salzberger
said. "As long as everyone
involved is a consenting party,
there's nothing wrong with it."
Other students said that resident
advisers and counseling services
available at NYU would alleviate
any probleiµs resulting from
mixed-gender housing.
"If
couples choose to live togeth-
er, they know the risks," said
Flynn Roberts, a Steinhardt
School of Education senior. "But
the (Resident Advisor) program is
so good here, and the RAs really
know their residents, so I feel like
it would be easy for them to medi-
cUe
problems."
Most students said that couples
who want to live together will find
a way to
do
so regardless of
uni-
versity housing policies.
"It's not NYU's job to play our
parents," CAS junior Katherine
Fowler said. ''There are plenty of
people who move off campus and
live with whoever they want any-
way. I
think
the dynamic of girls
and guys living together could
be
better
than
the dynamic th11t exists
between same-sex roommates."
MCTV begins broadcasting live on channel 29 for first tin1e in ten years
Marist College Television is
back to live broadcasts for the
first time in l
O
years.
Men's and women's preseason
basketball scrimmages became
the first live broadcasts in a
decade on Saturday, Nov. l. All
on-campus residents saw the MCTV, but it was only a small
broadcast
in
real-time
on taste of what is to come," he
Channel 29.
said.
MCTV President Travis
In the past, the station only had
Tellitocci is looking forward to the capabilities to tape games
the future.
and rebroadcast them at later
"This was a great day for dates. Recent cable additions at
Chess club challenges Chess Master
Ernie Johnson's reign was
challenged when he came to
Marist College this weekend.
afternoon came when Dave
Bedoukian, also a sophomore;
beat the Master.
Bedoukian has become the ris-
ing star in the Chess Club. He is
the only member of the ch.ib
ever to have won two games
against a Chess Master. In 2002,
Bedoukian beat Master Alan
tial to become a Chess Master,"
he said. "I have seen Dave play
some great games in the p.ower-
ful Vassar-Chadwick Chess
Club of Poughkeepsie. I know
he has a lot of potential."
For his win, Bedoukian
received a "Chess Knight" pin.
Those who lasted 40 moves
The Marist Chess Club took on
the Chess Master Saturday, hop-
ing to show him who was king.
Johnson faced 18 members of
the club in simultaneous match-
es.
In
16 matches, the Chess
Master defeated club members.
Kantor.
before losing received a pin as
The sophomore class rose to
the
chaiienge,
though.
Sophomore Dan Locker drew
his game against the Chess
Master. The solitary upset of the
Club advisor Dr. Craig Fisher well.
believes that Marist could be
The Marist Chess Club meets
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THE
CIRCLE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
13,
2003
Campus buzzing about
NIT game
For the first time in school history, the Marist College men's basketball team
will
draw national attention when they host Hofstra in round one of a National
Invitation Tournament preseason game.
The last NIT appearance for the Red Foxes came in 1996, when Marist posted
a school record 22 wins.
Marist plans to insert additional bleachers to accommodate large
crowds.
Students are encouraged to bring this copy of The Circle with them to the game
and hold it up in the air when Hofstra takes the floor or when Marist scores some
big points.
The NIT game is free for all Marist College Students presenting a valid Marist
ID card. Come down and cheer on the Marist men's basketball team
as
they start
the season against the Hofstra Pride at 7:30 p.m.!
Intramural Basketball Standings
Monday Night
Team
1. Coalition
2. Bum-Fight Krew
3. Ground Zero
4. C-Clampers
Record
6-0
5-1
5-1
4-2
5.
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
4-2
3-3
6. 2 Nice on
Natty
Ice
7. FIST
8. The Celtics
9. RamRod
IO.Baby Beluga
11 The Blazers
12. The Gunners
C
3-3
2-4
2-4
1-5
1-5
0-6
EB
Wednesday Night
Team
Record
1. Son's of Liberty
5-0
2. Olde
English
,
5-0
3. The Badgers
4-1
4. Team Domination
3-2
5.
Old School
3-2
6. Nixon
3-2
7. Busch Boys
2-3
8. Money Shot
2-3
9. Cleveland Steamers
1-4
10. PoTown Globetrotters
1-4
11. Untouchables
1-4
12. Thick
N'
Spicy
0-5
*Only the top 8 teams make the
playoffs!
ATE I T
GAME OF IBE
WEEK
SPORT
MARIST
v.
HOFSTRA
PRE
SEASON
NIT
Mccann Center
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m.
Sports
Editor
PaulSeach
* *
PAGE12
Dukes drop Foxes 31-6
By
MARK PERUGINI
Assistant Sports Editor
POUGHKEEPSIE- Duquesne's
Niel Loebig led the Dukes offen-
sive charge by throwing for 354
yards and three touchdown pass-
es, as Duquesne defeated Marist
31-6.
In the first quarter, both defen-
sive units were impenetrable and
solid. The hungry Foxes' defen-
sive core dissected the Dukes'
offense, only allowing two first
downs. On the Dukes' third pos-
session, Loebig threw his only
interception of the game to
Marist's Scott Shukri. However,
Marist's offensive squad could
not capitalize on Duquesne's
mistake and they were forced to
punt. Marist had five first downs
during the first quarter, but
Duquesne's defensive backs-led
by Antoine Bullock's early quar-
ter sack-crushed the hopes of
Marist
breaking
a scoreless quar-
ter.
As
the second quarter com-
menced, the Dukes' octane
offense awakened. After Marist
punted the ball, the Dukes started
their 74-yard touchdown drive
with a 13-yard slant pass to sen-
ior wideout Randy Vulakovich.
Seven plays Jater, senior running
back
Mike
Hilliard pushed up
the field for a 1 0,;yard touch-
down run.
With
tp.~
extra
pQint,
Duquesne jumped
.in
front~ 7-0.
Nonetheless, the Dukes' offen-
AT
0
sive punishment did not subside.
Duquesne
scored on their fol-
lowing two possessions. James
Luft threw his first interception
of the game to Harry Carter, giv-
ing Duquesne
pqsit
ion
on its
own 20-yard line. After seven
plays, junior kicker John Harris
launched a 21-yard field goal
through the upright, extending
the deficit I 0-0. On their next
drive, Neil Loebig led the 67-
yard scoring charge with three
straight first down completions,
two of them completed
-
to Loran
Cooley. Loebig threw Cooley a
27-yard post pattern bomb down
the left side of the field for a
touchdown. The extra point was
good, and by halftime, the Dukes
had a comfortable lead over the
Red Foxes, 17-0.
The score did riot change in the
third quarter. Marist was not able
to
score, as they punted once and
committed two turnovers. One of
those two turnovers was an inter-
ception by sophomore defensive
back Michael Ford.
The
Dukes' offense
foiina
life
once again during the fourth
AL
quarter. On the first play, Loebig
connected with Michael Warfield
on a seven-yard touchdown grab.
On the Dukes' official first drive
of the fourth quarter, Loebig con-
nected with Yardon Brantley on a
28-yard pass, culminating a 63-
yard drive. The extra point was
good, and the Dukes sat comfort-
ably ahead of the Foxes, 31-0.
With less then
three
minutes
remaining, James Luft ran into
the end zone on a 1-yard draw
play. The extra point was
botched, and the Foxes trailed
31-6. Duquesne easily ran out the
clock to end the game.
Duquesne
(6-3)
won their
fourth
consecutive
Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
crown, with an undefeated divi-
sion record. The Dukes extended
their 29 game winning streak in
the MAAC.
Loebig threw for
his 21st touchdown pass of the
year, as has a total of 2,468 pass-
ing yards this season. Loebig
earned MAAC Offensive Player
of the Week, his third of the year.
Marist (3-6, 2-3 MAAC) will
play its final hom:e game against
Central
Connecticut
State
University Saturday at
I
p.m.
Next Game
Central Connecticut
at Marist
1
p.m.
at
Leonldoff Field
E