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JENNIFER
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were on the green, and realized the
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description that my housemate
News Editor
had given of the man on the stair-
Late last Wed. night, Feb. 20,
well did not match that of the kids
are being installed to brighten up
the stairwell by the end of next
week.
there was a reported incident of a
at all, so I called a second time on
Additional entrance to Midrise?
PHOTO CREDIT/JENNIFER
HAGGERTY
Would you think twice before entering this stairway in the dark?
possible sexual assault on campus
behalf of our suite to tell security
that took place in the Midrise stair-
that we felt that our concerns were
well that leads from the parking lot
being belittled and that it was nee-
to the rotwlda.
essary for them to meet with us in
According to an eyewitness, two
order to file a security report, which
males were observed, one acting
they later did," said Caswell. "How-
as a lookout and the other pinning
ever, it took one actual report to a
a young woman to the wall. How-
security guard and two phone calls
ever, when security arrived on the
to the security office for them to
scene, no one matching the de-
seriously pay attention -to our con-
scription was found. A second call
cerns."
was placed soon after and secu-
After the incident, the Resident
rity was dispatched once again. but
Director ofMidrise, Jason Dunlap,
did not encounter anyone suspi-
requested foot patrol in the adja-
cious.
cent Midrise stairwell.
The
students
who were involved
"As
far as I know
security is
well
in reporting this incident felt that
aware of the situation and are work-
security did not take the matter as
ing on cfoing extra rounds and in-
seriously as it should have been.
stalling lights," said Dunlap.
"I
wish
Stacey Caswell; who made the
this wasn't an issue, but we're ad-
second call, was surprised to hear
dressing it to increase safety."
that her roommate had been startled
John Gildard, the new Director of
by the same man on Tues. evening.
Security, stated that security fol-
She immediately called down to
lowed procedure; the stairwell was
security to report what her room-
checked twice before obtaining an
mate had relayed to her.
incident report.
"During the course ofthe call, my
"We have patrols that have been
roommate became upset that they
assigned to walk that stairway pe-
did not seem to be paying atten-
riodically.
[There
are]' increased
tion to her observation of the same
patrols in that area," said Gildard.
man, as they dismissed the serious-
As of right now, the foot patrol
ness of the incident by saying that
ofMidrise stairwell will be contin-
it was just some kids playing on
ued until May, when security will
the green, who were probably goof-
reevaluate the
problem.
ing off," said Caswell.
In response to the incident last
"I had seen those same kids who
Wed. night, additional floodlights
While Marist is very strict with
their card swiping policies to get
into freshman and select sopho-
more dormitories, these measures
do not prevent an attack from tak-
ing place on the stairwell of
Midrise or anywhere else on cam-
pus.
Perhaps
a preventative measure
would be swipe access through a
security guard station
.
at the bot-
tom entrance ofMidrise. Only as-
sessable from 7a.m. to 3 p.m. with
the swiping of a valid ID card, the
doors remain locked at all other
hours, except for fire emergencies,
to resident students.
Midrise resident, Lauren Russell,
feels that access to these doors
would provide a safer Marist com-
munity.
"I would definitely feel safer
coming in at night ifwe could just
swipe in at those doors instead of
going up the dark stairwell," says
Russell.
Gildard explains that Marist does
not have enough manpower to
place guards at all doors.
"All students channel through
one guard.
It
is easier to control
access [ to
dormitories]
with limited
amounts of entry points," said
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traffic along Route 9 to slow to a
ministrators t~ act in a positive way
activated. ~arist claims that the
ment of Transportation and con-
crawl as motorists waved their fists
on behalf of Its students.
crosswalk 1s actually safer now
eluded that the crosswalk was safer
Last Thurs., rush hour traffic
and honked their horns.
Wallace and other students de-
with the lights off than they were
without the use of the lights. The
started a little earlier than usual.
"I think it was a success," said
cided to demonstrate after voicing
last semester when they were acti-
speed limit has also been lowered
Groups of students were demon-
junior Nicole Wallace, the organizer
their concerns to Marist adminis-
vated.
along the portion of Route 9 that
strating along the Route 9 cross-
of the demonstration. "The pur-
trators about the dangers of keep-
"When the lights were in use it
borders Marist. The speed limit is
walk in order to save the pedes-
pose of this was to
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created a great
30 mph during the day and 40 mph
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trian-crossing sign. The students
get the sign re-acti-
amount of con-
in the evening. Last semester the
handed out fliers that encouraged
vated and the speed
fusion and this
speed limit was 40 mph during all
Marist students, and stopped driv-
limit
lowered."
created more of a
hours.
ers and other pedestrians to voice
Wallace and her
risk,"said Scott
This study, however, does not
their safety concerns to Marist ad-
group believe that
Brown,
the
convince many West Cedar resi-
ministrators and local transporta•
the crosswalk is
former Director
dents that the crosswalk is safe; in
tion officials.
much more danger-
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of Marist secu-
fact, many of them feel that it has
"This is a lot calmer than the pro-
ous to use now that
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rity. "The lights
become more of a hazard for stu-
tests in the 60's," said one of the
the lights are not
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were put there
dents to use. "I think the light
police officers directing traffic.
"At
working.
with good inten-
should be reactivated," said Brian
you least you guys aren't being
"It's so dangerous
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tions, but it is to
McAlpin, the Vice-Presidentofthe
violent."
now, especially at
my understand-
student body.
The town of Poughkeepsie police
night when you 're
ing that they ere-
Other students had deeper feel-
arrived to direct traffic after hoards
trying to walk
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ated more confu-
ings about the lights. "I thinlc its
of demonstrating students walked
across,"
said
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sion for the
road kill waiting to
happen,"
said
back and forth along the crosswalk
Wallace.
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people driving."
junior Effie Tomasio.
to show their concern for student
It
is her hope that
Students let their voices be heard last Thurs. with a
Brown also
safety. The
demonstration
made
increasing aware-
demonstration to save the pedestrian-crossing sign.
said
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THE CIRCLE
February 28, 2002
COMMUNITY
Page 2
Question of the Week
How common do you think eating
disorders are on camp
us
?
"I
don't really see a problem
with them at all. I haven't
witnessed it."
Jon Hackett
Sophomore
"I don't think there is a severe
problem, but the disorders are
present on campus."
Jake Morrison
Sophomore
"I think it's pretty widespread.
You see people who don't eat
and exercise uncontrollably."!
Bridget Tracey
Sophomore
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Security Briefs
.
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compiled by
ED WILLIAMS
ID
Managing Editor
2/19
Tuesday
At about 11 :25 a.m. there was a
complaint of a
larceny
reported at
the Old Townhouses, B block. One
person reported $25 missing, and
another reported $40 missing. The
investigation is ongoing, and no
one has been caught.
2/19
Tuesday
A Champagnat female resident got
more than she bargained for after
ordering a delectable meal from the
Golden Arches across the street.
At about 6:45 p.m., the female resi-
dent complained to the entry desk
officer that she had sprained her
ankle at McDonald's. She was
transported to St. Francis Hospital
to have the ankle more thoroughly
checked.
2/19
Tuesday
Maturity seems to be running low
on campus lately as evidenced by
a complaint at around 7:30 p.m. in
regards to threatening phone calls.
A Champagnat fifth floor resident
said that they were the recipient of
several harassing phone calls over
the past few days. The calls mainly
consisted of some heavy breath-
ing followed by a dial tone, and
were received during early morn-
ing hours. This is another ongo-
ing investigation.
2120
Wednesday
Perhaps trying to explore his femi-
nine side, a male tried entering
Marion Hall at about 11:50 p.m.
using a female's ID card. After re-
fusing to allow the male entry into
the
building
he sped off on foot
and was pursued by security until
he left campus. The ID card was
also confiscated.
2120
Wednesday
A larceny was reported for the sec-
ond consecutive day, this time in
Sheahan Hall. The theft was re-
ported to have taken place sometime
between 11 :00 a.m.
and
2:35 p.m. The
student that registered the complaint
told security that he had went to
sleep, and when he woke up he was
missing $50. He was advised to call
the town police to further look into
the case.
2/21
Thursday
The continued abuse of Champagnat
started up again this week on Thurs-
day. The wheel on the standpipe of
a water valve was
broken,
leaving the
chain hanging free. In addition, the
·
Pepsi machine
had
also been cut into.
The damage was reported at about
9:12am.
2121
Thursday
A security van was almost a victim
of some sophomoric tomfoolery at
about 3 :20 p.m. A sharp nail about 3
inches long was
placed
under two
wheels of a security van in the
Donnelly parking lot. The security
guard who was about to go on patroi
in the van noticed the sharp objects
in front ofhis wheels before any dam-
age was done. The attempted crimi-
nal mischief case is an unsolved one
as of now, though.
2/21
Thursday
There was a miscommunication in the
Lower West Cedar parking lot as a
fender bender occurred at about 4:25
p.m. One of the vehicles was exiting
a parking spot, but it was unclear in
the security report which driver was
responsible for the motor vehicle
snafu.
2/21
Thursday
Gartland E-block must not be feeling
itselflately as it's not on of the build-
ings with reports of fire alarms this
week. The blaring noise of the fire
alarms sounded in Benoit at about
6:40 p.m. on Thursday. There was
some trash burning in the men's room
trash can. A student reported that
the can was outside his room, but
the detector had gone off inside of
his room. The Fairview fire depart-
ment was kept on its toes as they
had to travel back to campus at
about4:50 a.m. early Friday morn-
ing. This time the alarm sounded
in Champagnat and
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believed
to be originated from vandalism
to a smoke detector head on the
eighth floor.
2122
Friday
There was a report of criminal
mischief in the upper Hoop lot at
about 2: 10 p.m. The back win-
dow of a 1990 Chrysler was bro-
ken. The town of Poughkeepsie
police were called onto the scene
for further investigation as well.
2122
Friday
In
one of the more unusual alco-
hol confiscation cases, 10
bottles of Bass Ale were confis-
cated from Upper West Cedar.
At about 10:20 p.m. the on-duty
RA found the unopened bottles
of alcohol on the lawn and had
security confiscate the bever-
ages in the bizarre event.
2123
Saturday
The odd events ofFriday
ran
into
Saturday as housekeeping ob-
served something they'd prob-
ably rather soon forget at about
7:10 a.m. An authorized guest
was observed to be
urinating
in
the hallway. He was
immediately
escorted off of campus and told
never to return. It's a well-known
fact that it is bad for the bladder
to "hold it in," but this was a bit
extreme.
2124
Sunday
The eighth floor ofChampagnat
continued to be
ravaged
as there
was another report of property
damage at about 3: 18 a.m. An
RA called in a rep9rt that a table
had been damaged. The RA had
seen a student sliding down the
stairs on a piece of the broken
table. The snack machine was
also unplugged and pulled away
from the wall. Further inspection
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2125
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mitory. This report covers three
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THE CIRCLE
February 28, 2002
NEWS
Page 3
Eating
disorders subject of
talk
PHOTO CREDIT/JEN HAGGERTY
Yvonne Poley spoke to the Marist community about the grave
consequences of eating disorders for both males and females.
by
JENNIFER HAGGERTY
News Editor
More than five million people suf-
fer from eating disorders.
Monday night,
students
and fac-
ulty alike gathered in the student
center to kick off National Eating
Disorders Week.
Yvonne Poley, M.A., from the
Marist College
Counseling Center,
spoke to a large audience about the
high-risk college
students
face for
developing an eating disorder. She
also spoke briefly about her own
personal
experience
of battling an
eating
disorder.
Poley referred to
college
as a
"cli-
mate that breeds this [ eating dis-
order] problem." This is because
college students
commonly have
to deal with social and financial
stress, along with
competition
amongst themselves to get a boy-
friend or girlfriend.
Individuals turn to eating disor-
ders to cope with life situations that
feel unmanageable. This primary
focus of losing weight brings out
positive attention and praise from
others.
"Our
society exemplifies lookism
[which is making] a judgment on
people based on how they look on
the outside," said Poley.
There are three different types of
eating
disorders: anorexia, bulimia,
and binge eating. There can also
be crossing over between these
three disorders.
Anorexia is mainly the restriction
of eating foods and compulsive ex-
ercising. Bulimia can involve star-
vation,
dieting, and purging to
achieve a desired look, while binge
eating
is
the consumption of foods
until extreme discomfort. This be-
havior turns into the main focus of
one's life, also known as the
"cage" of an eating disorder.
90% of anorexia and bulimia oc-
curs in females; college women 18-
22 have higher rats of bulimia than
those younger, not in college, or
over 21.
Poley explained how there is not
one single cause that begins a dis-
order. Instead, it can be triggered
by dieting or traumatic events,
such as death. It is even estimated
that 50% have suffered some sort
of sexual abuse.
Contributing factors to the devel-
opment of a disorder are perfection-
ism, poor body image, extreme
need for approval, "all or nothing"
thinking, low self esteem, and anxi-
ety or depression.
It should be noted that males also
suffer with eating disorders, sta-
tistically
five
to ten out
of
every
I 00 cases. Those with disorders
were more likely to have been over-
weight previously, but are
_
less
likely to pursue treatment. How-
ever, disorders are just as danger-
ous for men as they are forwomen.
Students question safety; remedies proposed
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Gildard. "A lot of dormitories don't
have dorm officers. Access is
pretty open. We go to extra lengths
to make sure major dormitories are
controlled."
By entering through one main en-
trance, security believes that this
is a preventive measure that keeps
people not invited on campus out
of dorms. It also provides security
with the ability to keep an eye on
students and control the guest
policy.
"Students
have the right to be
free from rowdy and unwanted
guests," said Gildard. "This main-
tains a quality oflife in the dormi-
tories that everyone can accept.''
An additional entrance to
Midrise would not only require
more manpower, but possibly
higher tuition.
"We
·have
to balance the cost of
security with the ability of students
to fund that," said Gildard.
Look
over your shoulder
Given the recent incident, stu-
dents feel shaky about safety on
campus.
Gartland resident Darren Murphy
feels that the pathways getting to
and from Gartland are not as se-
cure as they should be.
""Security fails to realize that there
are a lot more places other than
parking lots that need to be moni-
tored and checked to ensure stu-
dents' safety on campus," said
Murphy.
This is not to say that security
does not try to
provide
a safe cam-
pus. In fact, Marist has a greater
number of security employees
compared to other colleges of our
size.
"For our size, ratio of security to
students is high," said Gildard.
Security does
provide
escorts
upon request to make students feel
safer walking on campus after
dark. They also patrol the campus
with security vehicles. There is,
however, difficulty in requesting an
escort during daylight hours.
However, security cannot be in
all places at all times, and given that
Marist is located in Poughkeepsie,
more preventive measures should
be taken to make students not orily
safer, but more aware, of their sur-
roundings.
Parking lots cause suspicion
Students feel that there is a lack
of security present in both the Beck
and Hoop parking lots. In the wake
of the rape that took place last se-
mester in the Beck parking lot, there
is a cry from the student body to
up the level of
Security has been told to make
themselves visible when classes
get out, especially at night.
Many feel the college should se-
riously consider a security booth
located in both parking lots to se-
cure the safety of students who
park their cars there after sunset.
However, Director of Security
John Gildard explains that if secu-
rity is placed in a booth in a park-
ing lot, that they are obligated to
remain in the booth. The security
guard would not be able to leave
the booth for random patrols.
"The area is limited and wouldn't
be effective," said Gildard.
Gildard explained that by allow-
ing security to use vehicles to pa-
trol campus instead of
security on cam-
pus.
Sophomore
M
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r
y
Mestrandrea,
who last semes-
ter parked in
Beck and cur-
rently parks in
Hoop, is dissat-
"Safety-
what safety?
being placed in desig-
nated booths, people will
not know when a vehicle
or foot patrol will be
around. "People aren't
sure of your timing," said
Gildard.
I don't feel
safe in Hoop
Lot or Beck."
During the hours of 3
p.m. and 7 a.m., the cov-
isfied with the issue of safety in
the lots.
"Safety-what safety? I don't feel
safe in Hoop Lot or Beck," said
Mestrandrea. "But security is
greatly needed in Beck parking lot."
Beck in particular poses a direct
threat to students because of its
relative remoteness, where stu-
dents still have to cross Route 9 to
get back on campus.
"There is a patrol assigned to
West Cedar and Beck," said
Gildard. "There is no one directly
assigned to Hoop Lot but there are
emergency phones and new lights
in the stairway there."
Matt De Rubeis, sophomore, is
also
dissatisfied
with the safety in
the parking lots.
"I always walk my girlfriend back
to her car
because
I just don't trust
this campus," said De Rubeis.
erage consists of four pa-
trol vehicles, two foot
patrols
and
:five entry officers. Office and class-
room
buildings
have security cov-
erage from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Mon.
thru Fri., and restricted hours on
weekends and holidays. When not
staffed, the buildings are closed.
Suggestive
preventive measures
Gildard suggests crime prevention
techniques that students can use,
such as walking in groups, having
keys ready to unlock vehicles and
looking
quickly into the backseat
of the car before entering.
"If you see a problem, don't con-
front it. The best thing is to back
away and make a report," said
Gildard. "We'd rather have you re-
port it and check it out."
There is also a suggestion of
more mandatory awareness semi-
nars on campus concerning safety
and self defense on campus. The
aim of this would be to heighten
awareness and inform the student
.
body to how to react if ever in the
situation of an attempted rape.
Kathryn Muller, sophomore, is in
favor of workshops and seminars
that would heighten awareness on
campus.
"As a freshman last year, I never
thought twice about walking on
this campus alone," said Muller.
"Due to the rapes that took place
earlier this school year, this cam-
pus doesn't .seem as safe as it
should be. Marist should really re-
quire workshops that would edu-
cate students, especially incoming
freshman, of the risks that face
them."
The idea of seminars does not
only apply to females. Males also
should be educated because while
they are not necessarily at high risk
for rapes as females are, they are
affected by the ripple effect; one's
sister, girlfriend or even friend can
be
a victim.
As of 2000, there has only been
one reported forcible sexual of-
fense. The statistics for the 200 I
semester will
be
available next fall.
What's in store for
security?
Gildard is proposing the possible
installation of security cameras in
Beck and other parking lots. This
would be subject to approval by
Marist.
"That way there would be cam-
eras, a call box and patrols that
patrol these lots," said Gildard.
Gildard is also considering the
possibility of using students as
part of the escort service. Students
would work through student em-
ployment. They would be
screened and used only for walk-
ing escorts. They would also be
identifiable to other' students.
Also, in the works right now is
the
_
publication of the actual loca-
tions of blue lights on campus in
the student
handbook
for this com-
ing fall. Security is also planning
on publishing it in the
"Safety
Awareness at Marist" brochure.
What students should know
Roberta Staples, Counseling
Center, encourages anyone who
has been a victim or has seen a pos-
sible attack to speak in private
about the situation.
"If
a student wants to come to
the Counseling Center, calf and
make an appointment because we
will maintain confidentiality," said
Staples. "It's a safe place to start
and we want to be available to stu-
dents."
To contact the Rape Crisis
Hotline, a 24-hour service,
call
452-
7272.
If
students wish to request an
escort, call ext. 2282.
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THE CIRCLE
February 28, 2002
FEATURES
Page 4
Champions made of sweat, practice and
ope
•
by ALEXIS LUKES
Sta.ff Writer
If you want to
remain on top
of
your sport, rule number one is to
stay off the cover of"Sports Illus-
trated."
Since August of 1954, athletes
throughout the world have be-
·
lieved that making the cover of the
most famous sports' magazine in
the world is a bad sign for a single
player or team. According to
"Sports
Illustrated's" own re-
searchers, 37 percent of the bad
luck happens to the person or team
within one week of the cover ap-
pearance. Almost 12 percent of
these suffered injuries or death.
Writers for
"Sports
Illustrated"
have tried
to
explain the
Jinx
to
read-
ers. They say that all hot athletes
eventually get cold.
It
just so hap-
pens that this usually occurs right
after they appear on an SI cover.
Michael Jordan, a graduate of
North Carolina, wears his blue
North Carolina shorts under his
uniform in the NBA.
Red Sox
shortstop Nomar
Garciaparra has one
of
the most
noticeable routines in all of sports.
He steps on each dugout step with
both feet when he enters and
leaves. His batting routine is wh~t
makes many laugh, however.
Dur-
ing each at bat, he tugs his batting
gloves and taps his toes.
Many athletes wear the same
clothes to every game or race.
Some have a pair of lucky under-
wear or socks. However strange it
may be, these athletes swear that
they play better when they do
them.
·
Athletes at Marist do not stray
from the norm. Superstitions and
pre-game or race routines are a
common occurrence on campus.
Matt Clark, a sophomore on the
Crew team, says he has a few ritu-
als. Last year, the mother of an-
other rower in his boat bought all
of the members of the boat an an-
gel pin.
"We all had them pinned to our
uniforms for alJ of our big races at
the end of the season," he said.
"Personally,
I have a gold chain
·
that I always wear."
Other Crew team members have
their own rituals.
Brad Maxwell, a freshman, says
that before each race, he says a Hail
Mary to get himself focused.
Becky Faucher, a freshman on the
track team, said that good sports-
manship is the most important
thing to her.
"Before I run, I always keep to
myself for a few minutes," she said.
"I pray to run a good race, and I
pray that others will run well also."
No matter the outcome, she said,
she always shakes hands with her
opponents, to keep a good attitude
towards other runners:
Katie Nielsen, also a freshman on
the track team, had a different pre-
race ritual that she felt made her do
better.
"I taped a cross to my skin, over
my heart, before each race," she
said, "And I did well."
No matter what the superstition
or ritual, as long as these athletes
do their best, nothing else matters.
Good luck to all the athletes here
at Marist!
"Y
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Athletes sheepishly admit to beliving in superstitions for luck.
"Dead
meat:" a matter of
taste
for
vegetarians
by
ALEXISSCARPINA10
Features Editor
The absence of meat in your diet
may be unhealthy.
According to Marilyn
Stephenson of the Food and Drug
Administration, meat contains nu-
trients that are hard to find in other
food groups.
"The
more you restrict your diet,
the more difficult it is to get all the
nutrients
.
you need," said
Stephenson.
·
Vitamin B 12 and iron are two im-
portant factors of a healthy diet
that are often lost within a vegetar-
ian lifestyle. A diet of increased
soy protein, bran, and fiber inhibit
the absorption of iron into the
body.
.
According to the Institution of
Food Technology, there are vari-
ous types of vegetarians. Semi-
vegetarians eat dairy food, eggs,
chicken, and fish, but no other ani-
mal flesh. Pesco-vegetarians eat
dairy foods, eggs, and fish, but no
other animal flesh. Lacto-ovo
veg-
etarians eat dairy products, eggs,
•
but no animal flesh. Lacto-vegetar-
ians eat diary foods, but no eggs
or animal flesh. Ovo-vegetarians
eat eggs, but no dairy foods or
animal flesh.
Experts from the American Di-
etetic Association advise vegetar-
ians to find nutrient supplements.
Fortified soymilk and cereals con-
tain vitamin B 12. Fortified marga-
rine and the stmlight contain the
essential vitamin D. Tofu, broccoli,
seeds, and legumes contain cal-
cium. Breads and green, leafy veg-
etables contain iron. Whole-wheat
bread and nuts contain the needed
zinc.
The ADA recommends
a
care-
fully planned diet. Minimize intake
of less nutritious foods, such as
sweets and fatty foods. Choose
low-fat varieties of milk products
and limit intake of egg yolks to
only two to three a week. In addi-
tion, anyone can benefit from in-
creasing their vegetable and fruit
intake.
Reasons for eating a vegetarian
diet vary from person to person.
Often, meat is an unacceptable meal
for religious purposes, such as the
Seventh-Day Adventists. Others
believe it is a better use of the
earth's resources to eat low on the
food chain. Yet others simply dis-
like the taste of meat products.
Nonetheless, the FDA spokes-
person relates vegetarianism with
positive health aspects.
"Data are strong that vegetarians
are at lesser risk for obesity, re-
duced muscle tone, lung cancer,
and alcoholism," she said.
According to
·
the Resource
Group Zogby poll, which surveyed
986 adults, said 2.5 percent of the
population could be considered
vegetarian. Six percent of people
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JASON SHAW
Sta.ff Writer
College is well known for its tra-
dition pastimes of drinking and
sleeping, but advancing technol-
ogy has added yet another tool for
procrastination and stress relief to
campus life.
That's right-video games. Video
game technology has evolved in
leaps and bounds in the past de-
cade as new console after new con-
sole have entered and left the mar-
ket. One of the newest additions is
Microsoft's first venture into con-
sole gaming, the Xbox.
Since Microsoft is such a power-
house of a company, one would
assume that they would construct
a powerhouse of a video game
machine. But. the results of the
Xbox aren't as favorable as I'm sure
they'd like.
The
package
sure sounds nice:
with an Intel-powered processor,
an 8 gigabyte hard drive, and 64
megabytes of RAM, the Xbox
boasts that playing it feels more
like you're gaming on a computer
than on a console. In addition, the
Xbox contains a state-of-the-art
DVD player so that when you're
not wasting time gaming, you're
wasting time watching movies.
It
also has Internet capabilities, giv-
ing people yet another excuse not
to get up from the TV.
But before you put some more
money into Bill Gates'
pocket, keep
in mind that competition for the
Xbox is fierce and Microsoft's baby
system has some pretty big shoes
to fill-namely the Playstation 2,
Sega Dreamcast, and Nintendo
Gamecube.
"It's over-priced and it'll
never be able to compete with the
Playstation 2 in the open
market,"
·
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The
Playstation
2 offers the same
features as the Xbox and has a
much larger library of games to
choose from, since it can also run
Playstation l games. Most college
students are already loyal to the
Sony system, and the Xbox's three-
hundred-dollar
price
tag isn't help-
ing them to change their minds.
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out of
business,
can be found at
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off campus for housing
what every college student dreams
by
JENN WEINTZ
of: answering to no one but the
Staff Writer
landlord. Many apartments/houses
Living off campus may
become
offer different rent and utilities
a more appealing option.
agreements depending on where
With the Marist population grow-
the student
chooses
to live. The
ing each year and more and more
houses are usually two-level com-
students forced to live in triples or
plexes that offer students a better
in housing that wasn't their first
size living arrangement and the
choice,off campus housing has be-
guarantee of specific roommates.
come a more and
Marist College informs students
more
increasingly
where they will
be
better choice for
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year, Marist
livin¥ in the u~
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campus rather
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ceive the housing of their choice to
the
plunge and acquiring an off find other options. However, the
campus address due to several cir-
Housing Department does have a
cwnstances. Each year Marist ac-
bulletin board outside of their of-
cepts more students than housing
fice that frequently advertises off-
can afford to cover. A few years
campus apartments and houses.
ago housing was guaranteed till
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helpful in advising students where
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coverage has diminished to
they can fi~d the best rent and saf-
cover only freshman year.
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neighborhoods
in
Off-campus housing has
become
Poughkeepsie and
surrounding
a more favorable option for those
towns.
students
who are not up to prior-
Students that find themselves
ity
level standards are who can no
without housing or in a roommate
longer deal with the strict Marist
predicament may feel that moving
security
rules. Off-campus hous-
off-campus is the best solution.
ing allows
students
to park close
There are several streets and neigh-
to
their homes without receiving
borhoods that are crowded with
parkn1g
tickets every ten minutes,
college
kids,
making it more friendly
as well as not having to
register
and safe. Most times landlords will
guests as if they were in high
rent their apartments solely to col-
school.
lege
kids
each year, making it easier
This type of living arrangement
for kids to find homes.
offers many
different
types of op--
Although living on-campus gives
tin
including the freedom to do
students easy access to classes
and the library as well as a quick
internet connection, it might not be
the best solution for everyone.
Sometimes students feel that they
are too confined under Marist
rules and need the freedom that
off-campus housing provides.
Each living arrangement provides
a certain set of pros and cons that
students need to consid.er seri-
ously. Depending on a particular
group of people, one option may
be better than the other.
As the Marist population contin-
ues to grow, more and more rooms
and apartments are overcrowded
with students.
After
freshman year,
it is important that each
student
consider whether
living
on-cam-
pus is the best choice for them. If
not, there are a myriad of other op-
tions out there waiting
for
them.
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games, making it a campus favor-
ite for those with thin wallets. And
although the Gamecube has yet to
catch on with the older crowd, it
still has its fair share of games that
will make you think twice before
going Microsoft.
With games like WWF Raw, NFL
2K2, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
2x, the Xbox can be the source of a
very welcome study break. But the
bottom line
is,
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games and a hefty price tag, cash-
deficient
college
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THE CIRCLE
February28,2002
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Congress
shall pass no law
... abridging
the freedom of speech or of the press.
Pentagon prepared to
spread lies across world
by
CHRISKNUDTSEN
Opinion Editor
The Pentagon's newly formed
Office of Strategic Influence is "de-
veloping plans to provide news
items, possibly even false ones, to
foreign media organizations .
.
. to
influence public sentiment and
policy makers in both friendly and
unfriendly countries," according to
· the Feb. 19
New York Times. The
OSI was created to
drum
up sup-
port for America's "war on terror-
ism" shortly after Sept. 11 by ma-
nipulating propaganda to portray
the US in a positive light.
Besides the basic ethical argu-
ment of intentionally lying to the
rest of the world, critics of the new
OSI, including Pentagon officials;
have expressed concern that the
OSI may have a range of negative
consequences. Pentagon credibil-
ity will be questionable, both in-
ternally and externally, especially
since "even many senior Pentagon
officials and Congressional mili-
tary aides say they know almost
nothing about its purpose and
plans," according to the
New York
Times.
Similarly, it is a realistic and un-
nerving concern that misleading
information will come back to the
US public through international
media agencies. Stories placed
abroad by the OSI can easily trans-
fer to US mainstream media, espe-
cially considering the downsizing
trend of.many media corporations
such as CNN that leave them in-
creasingly dependent on any
source of wide news syndication.
It
is interesting to note that
spreading misleading information
to the entire world is not illegal but
it IS illegal for the federal govern-
ment to mislead the American pub-
lic. Thank god they've never tried
doing that before ...
The OSI is employing the
Rendon Group, a public relations
firm that has formerly worked for
the Kuwaiti royal family. The
Rendon Group is currently on the
Pentagon's
bankroll
for nearly
$100,000 a month, a steep price to
pay but Rendon has already dem-
onstrated their style when they
played a leading role in the CIA's
$23 million a year propaganda war
against Saddam Hussein shortly
after the Gulf War. The OSI as a
whole has been
allocated
a multi-
million dollar budget out of the $10
billion military budget increase
given to the Pentagon after Sept.
11.
Reports from the Dutch news-
paper
Trouw and France's Intelli-
gence Newsletter in Feb. 2000 ex-
posed a collaborative project from
l 999 between the US Army's 4th
Psychological
Operations
(PSYOPS) Group at Fort Bragg and
the news division ofCNN's Atlanta
headquarters. Several officers from
the PSYOPS worked in the news-
room, including one officer in
CNN's satellite division.
Rear admiral Thomas Steffens, a
psychological warfare expert in the
Special Operations Command told
aPSYOPSconferencethatthemili-
tary needed to influence commer-
cial news satellites to bring an "in-
formational cone of silence" in ar-
eas where special operations were
being held, according to the
Intel-
ligence Newsletter.
The 4th Army PSYOPS group
had a number of officers during the
1980s staffing a government pro-
paganda agency, the National Se-
curity Council's Office of Public
Diplomacy, that gained a reputa-
tion for planting stories in the US
media supporting Reagan's poli-
cies in Central America.
Long before this however, Presi-
dent Roosevelt created the office
of the Coordinator oflnformation
(COi) in J.uly 1941; the office,
headed by William J. Donovan was
"a novel attempt in American his-
tory to organize research, intelli-
gence, propaganda, subversion,
and commando operations as a
unified and essential feature of
modern warfare," according to his-
torian Thomas F. Troy.
Roosevelt
had classified Holly-
wood as "an essential war indus-
try" to promote a war fervor at
home. Has anyone else heard
about the supposed upcoming
"Rambo in
'
Afghanistan" ?
Stallone may not even be neces-
sary with the wave of war movies
in theatres, from the openly racist
"Black Hawk Down" to Mel
Gibson's "We Were Soldiers".
If
one is willing to justify mis-
leading information and propa-
ganda to foreign sources, how
much a stretch is it to justify mis-
leading our own citizens? Blatant
attempts to brainwash our people
into a war mentality is question-
able at best and outrageous at
most. It wasn't very long ago that
our government was showing car-
toon turtles avoiding death from
nuclear catastrophe with a simple
"duck and cover''.
No
·
US in Israel, Palestine
by
MATT GILLESPIE
Staff Writer
Here we go again. America is
once again sticking its nose in busi-
ness where it does not belong, in
the Arab-Israeli conflict. It has
been a particularly explosive issue
that has caused many deaths in
various countries around the world.
I am concerned that America's po-
sition in this conflict may cause
many more deaths both abroad and
athome.
If
you question the fact that
America has lost lives due to the
Arab-Israeli conflict please recall
that
Mr.
Bin Laden cited Americas
intervention in the affair as one of
the many reasons for his terrorist
attacks against the United States.
I firmly believe that
this
conflict can
be resolved without America inter-
fering any further.
America has long been a sup-
porter of freedom and
democracy.
It
has demonstrated this many
times as the United States wielded
it's military might to challenge com-
munism wherever it arose. The dif-
ference this time is that the Arab-
Israeli conflict truly does not ad-
versely affect American interest.
The idea of justice and freedom is
being put aside in favor of one par-
ticular nation.
The politicians in charge of our
country feel it is necessary to sup-
port the Israelis at all costs. This
is because they are the only de-
mocracy in the Middle East. This
policy has slighted the Arabs that
live inside Israel. The policy has
also led to more deaths for Pales-
tinians,
Israelis,
and Americans. It
is time for our government to un-
derstand that both sides should be
treated equally
regardless
of what
political system they support.
The United States should be fo-
cusing
·
on getting the two sides to
the peace table, not
throwing
their
weight behind one nation.
If
the
government chooses to continue
supporting the Israelis over the
Arabs they must take themselves
out of the conflict. By keeping out
of the affair it is more likely that
future terrorist attacks will be
avoided within Israel and America.
This is not an American problem
and the entire world should be
aim-
ing to help bring peace to the two
warring sides.
The main reason why a peaceful
solution has yet to be reached is
because of the city of Jerusalem.
Both the Palestinian and the Jew-
ish people want to have the ancient
holy city as the capital of their re-
spective states. Neither side can
live without it because of its reli-
gious context for the members of
the Islamic and Jewish religions.
For
Muslims
the city is the third
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We knew Starbucks was open-
ing a store in the Home Depot
plaza
well before the lease was signed
for the Poughkeepsie location of
our Kona Coffee House experi-
ment. This point has relevance to
Jen Weintz, the staff writer whose
lack of coffee culture is apparent
in her article "Another Marist con-
venience opens across the street"
and also to the those expressing
their
concern
about
the
McDonalds of coffee houses
opening next door.
In the coffee industry, Starbucks
has a nickname, Charbucks. The
reasoning behind this is that
Starbucks coffee is very dark
roasted. Dark roasting, although
having its place in a broad spec-
trum of coffee roasts, masks inad-
equacies in the quality of coffee
beans. This roasting process en-
ables Starbucks to pass any old
brew into the cups of the Ameri-
can people and through very im-
pressive marketing, convince them
that this is how coffee is supposed
to taste. Just as the best burger in
town is not to be found at
McDonalds, the best cup of Joe is
not to be found at Starbucks.
To Miss Weintz, in direct rebut-
tal: just because Starbucks is con-
spicuous does not make them su-
perior. In reference to ambiance:
as we all know, ambiance is a mat-
ter of opinion.
If
you are inclined
to enjoy the cookie-cutter, all-the-
same, commercial qualities offered
by all mainstream monster chains,
you will probably enjoy the new
car smell at Starbucks.
Miss Weintz also refers to Kona
Coffee House as a '
.
'small" coffee
house. In fact, Kona encompasses
900 square feet in contrast to
Starbucks l l 00 square feet. I
would dare to say that both estab-
lishments are "small". The bottom
line is we knew Starlmcks was com-
ing and we opened anyway.
We look forward to the compari-
sons and the "struggle" Miss
Weintz refers to. This rebuttal might
shed some light on Miss Weintz's
lack of coffee culture and more im-
portantly offer this piece of infor-
mation. You don't have to work at
Starbucks to afford quality coffee.
ChristieLyn Diller
Jude Ihlenfeldt
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City, Michael Bloomberg. For a
full list of co-authors visit
www.nyc.indymedia.org
.
Through
the course of your ca-
reer you
seem
always to have had
a strong interest in philanthropy.
Your charitable works, at Johns
Hopkins University and elsewhere,
have
been
impressive, and you
even endowed a chair in
philan-
thropy at
Harvard University.
Now you have become mayor of
New York, which is a world capital
of
philanthropic
giving and en-
deavor. From the legacies ofHenry
Ford and John D. Rockefeller to the
outpouring of generosity that fol-
lowed the tragedy of September l l,
this city has embodied in excep-
tional degree the
tradition
of giv-
ing to meet individual and social
needs.
Given this record, we were sur
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holiest site in their religion. The
Jewish people believe it is the holi-
est site within their religion. The
best way for this issue to be solved
would be for one side to realize the
other sides need for Jerusalem as
their capital. Perhaps one day it
will be
recognized
as the capital city
of both Israel and Palestine. The
only thing that would be needed is
cooperation among the two sides
and an international
peacekeeping
force.
It has come across loud and
clear to almost everyone in the
world that America means business
when it comes to terrorism.
In this
case, however, it appears that the
United States has become the
source of more terrorism both
within Israel and at home.
·
The
government must decide on a plan
for the conflict and follow through.
They must either treat both sides
fairly (and help bring them to the
peace table) or leave the situation
alone entirely
.
If
they are able to
do
this
well then
perhaps
many
lives will be saved in the future.
by10NYHEYL
Staff Writer
The President of the United
States is arguably the most impor-
tant person in the world so when
he speaks, his words carry a heavy
weight to them. Everybody listens
to what this one person out of six
billion has to say and they take
nothing for granted.
Hopefully he doesn't mess up.
Our current President is well
known for his gaffes, or snafus if
you will. During the 2000 election,
people paid more attention to how
he was messing up his words than
to what he was actually talking
about, which was probably a good
thing for him. Bush supporters
laughed it _off as saying this
showed he was human and just like
all the rest ofus. Apparently this
means that most Americans can't
string together a sentence.
Opponents yelled at the top of
his lungs that having a president
that could not speak correct En-
glish would be an outright embar-
rassment for the c~untry. Recently,
they have been proven correct.
In an otherwise routine trip to
Japan to
drum up hatred of evildo-
ers, our commander in chief's pro-
pensity for dyslexic behavior ac-
tually caused damage to their al-
ready dwindling economy. During
a press conference with Japanese
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi,
Bush said that they had discussed
"the devaluation issue". What he
should have said and what his
handlers eventually corrected him
on was "the deflation issue". Be-
fore that correction could be made,
the dollar had risen by a quarter of
a yen against the Japanese cur-
rency. Who's laughing now?
What once was just a safe tar-
get for late night talk show hosts
has now finally come to a head as
a serious issue. Bush's predilec-
tion for slips of the tongue is caus-
ing him more grief than people
originally suspected. This could
just be the impetus of things to
co~e. It was funny back in 2000
when he said things like "the
woman who knew that I had dys-
lexia-I never interviewed her" and
when he said that he wanted to
make America a "more literate coun-
try and a hopefuller country." I'd
write more, but my spell check can
only handle so much.
But now that he's actually in of-
fice, misusing
language
is turning
out to be a significant problem.
During the same trip to the East,
he said "My trip to Asia begins
here in Japan for an important rea-
son. It begins here because for a
century and a half now, America
and Japan have formed one of the
great and enduring alliances of
modem times. From that alliance
has come an era of peace in the
Pacific."
Sure we are on good terms with
Japan now and there is nothing bad
to say about the Japanese at the
present, but he conveniently for-
got about a few years in the 1940 's
where Japan wasn't exactly an ally.
Very rarely are
"enduring
alliances"
marked by atom bombs. Maybe
he meant to say for a half a cen-
tury, but that's not what he actu-
ally said, and that is the problem.
Much has been said about
Bush's State of the Union address
where he called Iraq, Iran, and
North Korea an "Axis of Evil".
However, unlike previous gaffes,
this one was intentional. When I
see three countries labeled an axis,
I get the impression that they are
all united, possibly in pursuit of
evil. Now everybody knows that
Iraq and Iran don't quite get along
and neither of them have anything
to do with North Korea. So where's
the axis come from?
If
you ask the
president, he'll probably say some-
thing about putting food on your
family or something similarly
unin-
telligible.
One year ago, it was funny to
hear the leader of the free world
mess up on his words day in and
day out. There was something
nice to be able to look at him on
television and have some logical
reason to say "hmm, I'm smarter
than the president". Now, however,
it's no laughing matter. When the
president talks, no matter what he
says, he's using some powerful
words. Maybe with experience,
he'll learn to choose those power-
ful words a little more carefully.
Letter to Mayor Blooillberg
...
From 6
prised and disappointed by the
crass and cynical note in your pro-
posal for corporate donations to
help this city's parks. You did not
speak to civic pride and the spirit
of philanthropy, but rather to cor-
porate tendencies to self-promo-
tion and the craving for attention
and reward.
According to The New York Times,
your administration plans to help
close a $5 billion budget deficit by
selling the naming rights to por-
tions of the city's parks. City Parks
Commissioner Adrian Benepe says
that you even are considering
whether to sell the naming rights
of entire parks. There is nothing
inherently wrong with corporate
support; nor with
recognition
of a
suitable kind. But to rename the
parks for corporations would be lit-
erally to sell the city -
its heart
and soul -
for money.
It also would violate the spirit
and purpose of the parks, which is
to
provide
a refuge from the com-
motion, stress and
incessant
huck-
stering that plague our lives. In
their preliminary plan for Prospect
Park, Frederick Law Olmsted and
his colleague Calvert Vaux wrote
that the aiin of urban parks was to
provide ''the feeling of relief expe-
rienced by those entering [the
park], on escaping the cramped,
confined and controlling circum-
stances of the streets of the town."
The parks provide an escape
from the aggressive commercial
culture in its many manifestations.
To sell the names of the parks to
corporations would subsume them
to that very culture. It would erode
the city's civic spirit, that special
feeling of being a New Yorker that
is hard to define and would be even
harder to replace. That spirit is tied
to places, to the magic of place
names. Riverside Park. Flushing
Meadows, Washington Square -
is there a New Yorker for whom
such names do not rub the lamp of
memory and intimate association?
Now try substituting Enron Cen-
tral Park, or the Arthur Andersen
Riverside, or the General Electric
Greenbelt. Is that really the legacy
you want to leave to this city?
What will be next? Wtll Gracie
Man-
sion become Disney Mansion and
City Hall Citicorp Hall? Will you,
as mayor, wear a corporate logo on
the back of your suit jacket, like a
Little League baseball player, if the
price is right?
The parks belong to all New York-
ers, past and present. They are our
sanctuaries, the landmarks and lo-
cations of our memories. We have
walked and jogged in them, pushed
strollers with our kids. We have
picnicked, attended concerts,
dozed, fallen in and out oflove, all
in the parks. We have supported
the parks with our
tax
dollars and
in some cases our volunteer efforts,
through good years and bad. We
deserve better than to have the
names of these special places taken
from us.
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You have an opportunity to start
to lead this city back to a genuine
spirit of
philanthropy.
You can start
to shift the focus to generosity and
community, and away from corpo-
rate self-promotion and the craven
seeking of reward for good deeds.
Raise this banner. Hold it high.
If
you ask the best of New Yorkers,
rich and poor alike, you just might
find that they give it to you - many
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For Lent, can you hold out for
40 Days
and
40 Nights
by
PAUL LUKASON
Staff Writer
"One
man is about to do the Wl-
thinkable. No sex. Whatsoever.
For 40 days and 40 nights." Now,
I know everyone out there, espe-
cially at this school, is thinking
the same thing. He must be crazy,
or pretty stupid, for that matter.
First,just take a look at the whole
40 days and 40 nights thing.
This time period is taken from
the Catholic faith, and is the time
period that Catholics are sup-
posed to give up their one vice.
They give this up for Lent "in
honor" of Jesus wandering the
desert. However, Catholics do not
believe in premarital sex. Basically,
the entire plot of the movie is
hypocritical. I am sad to say that
the film does not even acknowl-
edge this fact either.
If
you can
go into this film with the ability to
put this minor flaw aside like I did,
then you will no doubt have a
good time.
40
Days
stars Josh Hartnett
(
of
The
Faculiy
fame) as, Matt
Sullivan, our
boy
who does the
Wlthinkable. The Wlthinkable in
this situation means total absti-
nence; no sex, no touching, no
kissing and no
self-gratification.
Michael Lehmann
directs
the film. He
is the current director of the televi-
sion series,
The West Wing, and has
also directed the comedies
Airheads
and
My
Giant. First time writer Rob
Perez writes the story and screenplay.
Even though this is a freshman effort
for Perez, he actually writes a hip,
clever and smart script.
Our story opens with Matt and his
girlfriend Nicole (Vinessa Shaw) be-
ing completely happy together. We
are shown through various attempts
a sense of what their happiness is and
how we should feel about it. After
the opening credits finish, we are told
that Matt and Nicole are no longer
together. They have been broken up
for six months.
In
a way to "cope"
with Matt's loss, he brings home a
different girl every night and sleeps
with her. After the deeds are per-
formed, Matt still feels empty inside
and endures a recurring illusion. He
always sees the ceiling start to crack
in the fashion of a black hole.
Matt does not know what this
means or how to deal with his life ex-
cept to ask for assistance from his
brother who just happens to be train-
ing in a
seminary
to become a priest.
Matt finally comes up with the bright
idea that he will give up sex for Lent.
No one thinks that he will be able to
put this plan into action
because ofhis track record
with women. Matt has no
idea what he is getting him-
self into. He soon finds his
dream girl (Shannon Marie
Kahoolani Sossamon of
A
Knights Tale), while doing
laundry on a Saturday night
and cannot do anything
about it. What is a celibate
guy to do? As we are
shown, a high five seems
to be the most appropriate
thing in this situation. Our
adventure into celibacy
continues with magnificent
jokes in abundance.
Even though almost all of
the jokes in this movie
have been used before, Perez puts
such a great spin on them that they
appear Wlique, original and out-
standingly funny. Our heartthrob
Josh Hartnett proves that he is not
only a man of action films, but he
can also do comedies with great
success.
His journ
.
ey into celibacy appears
to be easy, but he shows us how
jaded one can become. Overall,
Hartnett proves that he is no
longer a cardboard cutout as he
may have appeared in parts of
The
Faculty. He definitely put his game
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on Friday.
face on for this movie and shows
us how he certainly has a talent
to act. The supporting role from
the very beautiful Shannon
Sossamon was certainly a surprise
treat in my eyes because of her
.
limited acting background.
40 Days
is a movie that will en-
tertain most. The movie attempts
to constantly throw jokes at the
audience left and right to try and
keep them entertained. Their at-
tempt certainly worked. A great
deal of comedies nowadays fall
flat on their faces from the repeti-
tive nature of their jokes. Hartnett
certainly fuels and carries this film
on his shoulders, and I hope to
see many other great works from
this up and coming talented ac-
tor in the near future.
Grade:B+
What trends will you be wearing this spring?
by
CHRISTINA DIAS
Staff Writer
Just when you thought it was
impossible for celebrities to
show any more skin, fashion
turned the tables on them. The
designs for spring 2002 are de-
cidedly more conservative than
the trends from 2001.
That's not to say last season's
low-rider jeans and stiletto boots
are now pleated khakis and a
strand of pearls, though. As the
almighty fashion dictators are
known for creating, a great di-
vide has formed between the two
factions of spring trends. Spring
design inspiration has clearly
ranged from the war on terror-
ism, to Madonna, to a late summer va-
cation on Martha's Vmeyard. On one
hand, there are the bold colors and
sharp silhouettes of the 80's revival,
and conversely there is the ultra-femi-
nine romanticized vintage wave, each
with its own subgroups. Maybe it all
sounds too complicated so this com-
plex issue should be broken down into
its specific parts.
Unsurprisingly, the most ubiquitous
were the militaristic looks. For men
this means shades of
khaki
and brown,
black and olive green. Women will
find belted jackets with epaulets, avia-
tor shades, nautical stripes and over-
sized dress pants. Similar to this is
safari inspired apparel, particularly
strappy gladiator sandals, turquoise
or ethnic jewelry and suede (but do
be a friend to the animals and let
them keep their skins; opt for
faux).
Also, Spanish influenced apparel
for women provides a subtle use
ofbold colors while still command-
ing attention. Look for floral em-
broidery embellishing shirts,
ruffles aboWld on dresses and
crim-
son, yellow and black colors.
If
louder clothes are more your
forte, retro '80s styles will be abWl-
dant in the coming months. This
is including, but not limited to, tom
t-shirts, wrist cuffs, fringe, shock-
ing pink and abstract prints. Take
care not to wear all these trends at
once, lest Cyndi Lauper rises from
obscurity and slaps you for being
overly non-conformist. Retro style
generally reads better on men.
Slash the sleeves off a t-shirt,
throw on some black shades, whip
out a bottle of Stiff Stuff aerosol
hairspray and voila, you're Vanilla
Ice! Then again, some trends
aren't worth resurrecting.
What looks to be the dominant
trend for 2002 is the romantic
vin-
tage clothing. After tragedy, as
America turns away from glam-
our and materialism and casts a
renewed gaze toward the home
and family, so does art imitate life.
Patchwork, long skirts, cotton and
flower prints reminiscent of
Little
House on the Prairie are being
integrated into mainstream ap-
parel. White is the color of choice
for spring, with cream coming in a
close second. Everyone's friend,
denim, hasn't gone anywhere. It
appears now in deconstructed,
faded and vintage washed ver-
sions, especially for men. A spin-
off of romanticism is hippie styles
such as lace, off-the-shoulder
peasant blouses and sheer fab-
_rics.
Overall, fashion is getting a lot
more relaxed as painted-on tight
jeans play second fiddle to roomy
pants. Chunky, awkward plat-
forms and ultra-high heels are
tossed in favor of comfy flats and
sandals. However, no mat'ter
what the fashion bureaucracy
says, you'll always look good if
you have personal style and feel
comfortable in your own skin.
The band "Swim" dives to Marist to perform
by
CHRISTINA GUZZO
Staff Writer
When I got the assignment to
cover the SPC coffeehouse fea-
turing the band Swim, I must ad-
mit that I was a bit reluctant. I
didn't want to spend my precious
weekend at a college-sponsored
event that would most likely be
boring and/ or lame. However,
after a few minutes of music, I was
in the hallway on my cell phone
calling my friends to come see this
band I claimed was, "so awe-
some."
I hesitantly stumbled into the
cabaret a
·bit
early, grabbed an
over-priced cup of coffee and sat
down at a table near the back. No-
ticing the face that had graced
flyers on some of Marist's hottest
"Sting, Peter Gabriel, Jeff
bulletin boards, I decided to try my
Buckley and Mongolian and In-
luck and approach lead-singer Joshua
dian music."
Kobak.
While the setup of amps,
Besides heading up Swim, Joshua
drums and stage lights was
also works on the Broadway musical
drawing to a close, I surveyed
Rent.
the things happening around me .
.
As an understudy, Josh told me he
Nervous girls introduced them-
enjoys working on the popular musi-
selves to the humble but gra-
cal, however, performing with his band
cious Joshua, and a cautious
Swim is "where his heart is." They
student lit small candles on each
are used to entertaining audiences at
of the tables as the house lights
NewYorkCityclubslikeCBGB'sand
began to dim.
The Bitter End. When asked to de-
A drummer, who bore
2
strik-
scribe the type of music Swim plays,
ing resemblance to Phish's Jon
Josh replied, after a moment
of
Fishman, was seated amongst
thought, "eclectic acoustic folk world
many foreign-looking hand
rock." I scribbled the five words in
drums and a few cymbals.
my notebook quickly, hoping I could
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Joshua, showing off a
wiry
boy-
somehow gather a relationship be-
ish physique with a tight,
tan
shirt,
tween them all later.
the band's music, told me his fa-
stood center armed with an elec-
Lastly, Joshua, who writes most of
vorite things to listen to included
tric (and at times, acoustic)
gui-
tar.
A tall, black woman with a
ponytail full of dreadlocks stood
to his left, violin nonchalantly
tucked under her chin. These
three musicians made up Swim
that night (there were 3 other
members missing.) The lead vo-
cals were provided by Josh, who
has a sweet, almost theatrical
voice. His style somewhat re-
minded me of a yoW1ger, more
innocent Rob Thomas. Tara
Reynolds, on violin, chimed in on
some occasional back up vocals,
but the soW1ds from her strings
were haW1ting, and at some times,
even tear-jerking. Dan Johnson,
the snow-hat clad drummer, pro-
vided the heart beat for the trio
with percussion ranging from a
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Ed Said ... It's another dazzling Denzel drama!
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With many actors, this scene
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story as soon af-
Eddie Griffin,
could have come off as a cheesy
ter the car is re-
who plays a
and trite diatribe, but
instead,
With his latest film,
John
Q,
Denzel Washington has done it
again. He has proven to the world
one more time why he is one of
the most talented actors of our
time. Along with a strong sup-
porting cast, Washington under-
takes the daunting task of mak-
ing a movie about a politically
contro¥ersial topic (healthcare),
but at the same time not tunting
it into a sermon. I'm not sure any
other actor could have pulled this
off. If this role was handled by
anyone else it might have come
off as preaching, but instead this
is just one more example of excel-
lent acting from the Academy
Award nominee.
Nick Cassavetes directs this
film that tells the heartwarming
story of a dedicated father who
will stop at nothing to save his
dying child. Washington plays
the role of John Q. Archibald, a
loving father and husband who
has come upon hard times as he
has been reduced to only
20
hours a week at the factory at
which he works. The first scene
involving the Archibalds sees his
car being towed away because
he hasn't paid his bills. But after
a while, losing his car is the least
ofJohn's worries.
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otherwise their son is going to die
guish he feels knowing that his
right on the money. I don't think
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because the hospital is going to
son is dying. We learn ofhis deep
anyone else could have pulled off
(both of whom start off as charac-
release him. Not knowing what
and undying love for his wife as
this role like Washington did. In
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policing while Liota is just out to
tears, you could just sense that
Swim.·
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8
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look good for the press, and their
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differences make for
an
interest-
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omeregular
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by
MEGAN LIZOTTE
A&E Editor
sored the program this year.
introduction to the situation in
There are films to complement
Chiapas. I wanted to see it (the
modem language courses, history,
movie) because of my interest of
I'm snre everyone has seen the
philosophy and political science.
international politics, and third
colorful signs around campus ad-
According to Ivette Romero, "We
world countries.
It
was interesting
vertising the Foreign Film Pro-
have great resources and a won-
to see the total injustice against
gram.
derful collection of videos. There
indigenous groups."
Co-Directors of the program,
is something for everyone to see."
Marist is second to Columbia
lvetteRomeroandKevinGaugler,
In addition to complementing
University for having the largest
both of the I?lodem language de-
courseworlc, there are comedies,
his-
library of foreign filins. Prior to
partment, have put the program
torical videos, documentaries and
Romero and Gaugler taking on the
together to expose the entire love stories. Just last week,A
Place
program, Joseph Belanger previ-
Marist community to foreign films,
Called Chiapas was shown. This
ously ran it for 30 years. Romero
languages, historical situations was a documentary, which exposed
states, "The Marist brothers have
and diverse cultural aspects.
the tough political situation taking
a commitment to participate in a
In
the past, the program was only
place in Mexico. There were inter-
global activity. Belanger, in par-
campus wide because the modem views shown with Zapatista com-
ticular, had a large interest in
language department used to re-
mandants.
travel."
quire students to view the films.
Seriior, Olidia Valencia, a Political
The films are a great experience
Due to a lack of funds, the pro-
Science and Spanish major, went to
for people who may not be able to
gram was drastically reduced.
see the film for her own personal
travel. They are also good for
College Activities has co-spon-
interest. She states,
"It
was a good
people p
l
anning to travel abroad.
There is good cultural conversion.
This will continue to be a yearly,
ongoing program. "We plan to
continue the Marist tradition and
strengthen it. Eventually, Kevin
and I would like to host a confer-
ence on Literature and Film," ac-
cording to Romero.
Tonight and tomorrow evening,
The Emperor and The Assassin
will be shown. This film depicts
Ying Zheung and how he was out
to seek the domination of six Chi-
nese kingdoms. It inclu
d
es an in-
tertwined love story. The film will
be shown in Chinese with Englis
h
subtitles.
The films are shown in Student
Center 346 on Thursday and Fri-
day evenings at
7
p.m. Admission
is free and anyone can attend.
Come one, come all, to the Black Box
by
LISA
B
URKE
"Lonely Planet," directed by senior
Slated next for the BBS will be an
space, "but it was well supported
Staff Writer
theatre minor Chris Clemens.
It
will
evening of one-acts in mid-April,
by others." "Dennis Murray was
The Marist College Black Box
Studio (BBS) will be host to its
first annual theatre festival in
Spring
2002.
Opened in 1999 in
Fontaine Hall, the black box has
been host to theatre workshop
classes, auditions and student
showcases, but this event marks
the first official "season" of pro-
ductions taking place in this
unique space.
The spring season begins this
weekend with Steven Dietz's
be followed next weekend by our
dramatizing "terrorism" in forms
a more-than-a-litt
l
e-interested sup-
first festival of perhaps the most in-
one usually doesn't associate it
porter of the project," he said.
timate form of dramatic perfor-
with: LeRoy Jones' "The Dutch-
The BBS exists partly to serve
mance-Theatre in the Round: pro-
man," directed by Tad Richards,
the performance classes of the
duced, acted, directed by and fea-
and Eugene Ionesco's "The Les-
English and Communication pro-
turing original one act plays by stu-
son," directed by Don Anderson.
grams and also to provide a per-
dents in the class of the same name.
The season will end with a second
formance space for experimental
This event, held Thursday, March
festival of Theatre in the Round
student work. While it still func-
7 and Friday, March 8 at 7 p.m. in
during the last week of classes.
tions somewhat as a classroom, it
the black box, will also premiere
"The Black Box Studio was basi-
will be gaining more and more over
"Roman Fever," a play directed by
cally my baby when the new
the next year the look of a studio
and adapted from the short story
Fonta
i
ne was being designed,"
or lab with the addition ofmove-
by Edith Wharton by theater pro-
said Anderson ofthe desire to have
able p
l
atforms and theatre lighting.
fessor Donald Anderson.
this a
d
ditional and experimental
king about when he tried to cat-
gorize
the
rt1
us,
'.
Jt
mo~
cer-
ainly, with
th
help
,
t
th ·
drums
nd
6ccasional chanting, re-
embled world
music
while still
eing
appropriate
for
today's
tes.
Most
of these tlacks
can
fotmd
on Swim 's unsigned al-
um "Above and Beneath,"
hich
was
produced by
Koba.k's
abet
After the
show, which about
nly
40
people attended, there
as time for
mingling, album-
uying
and autographs.
All
of the
ople I talked to said they
en-
oyed
Swim's
music, and some
ven
spnmg
the ten bucks
for
the
In the
en
d,
Swim's first college
onnance
turned out soocess-
lly. The band played with
so
uch
energy
and passion you
ould have thought the Cabaret
as over capacitated.
Maybe Marist students should
tart
paying more attention to the
me of the bands the SPC brings
week after week. Even though
he crowd wasn't large, their
resence
was
still felt, and an ap-
reciative audience welcomed
em. I
think
Josh
may
have said
t best that night on stage,
'There's something here that's
spoken ... its
loud
and c
l
ear. but
ts softer than the wind."



















































































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February 28, 2002
SPORTS
Page 11
The guy who talks about sports gives his thoughts
PARCEIJ..S
Bill Parcells is without question
a Hall of Fame coach, despite re-
cently being kept out of Canton by
a group of sports writers that are
either bitter or clueless. Ile turned
a donnant New York Giants
fran-
chise into an NFC powerhouse for
the better part of a decade, a run of
excellence that included two Super
Bowl Championships.
Perhaps the only team that was
as donnant as the Giants before the
arrival of Parcells was the New En-
gland Patriots before the "Tuna"
arrived in Massachusetts prior to
the start of the 1994 season. Two
short years later, the Patriots were
AFC Champions a played a highly
competitive Super Bowl against the
Green Bay Packers who had Brett
Farve playing at his prime,
Parcells also did good things for
the New York Jets, bringing them
from 1-15 to the verge of Super
Bowl were it not for a slew of mis-
takes one late afternoon in Den-
ver.
But the way in which Parcells
handled the Jets in his last season
can only be described as selfish.
He knew that 1999 would be his
last season and with that in mind
he turned the selfishness into over-
drive, back-loading every contract
he could so as to maneuver the Jets
into the best position to win in his
last year without any regard for the
years to follow. Then Vinny
Testaverde tore his achilles tendon
in the season's first game and the
season was as good as done.
Parcells bolted after that season
and left somebody to clean up a
salary cap mess the likes of which
have forced the Jets to lose four
starters already this off-season,
Track members await IC4A/
ECAC Championships
by
ROB McGUINNESS
Staff Writer
As the 2001-2002 indoor track
season draws to a close, both the
men's and women's teams are look-
ing to finish strong at the IC4N
ECAC Championship meet this
weekend in Boston.
·
Senior Mike Nehr, the first indi-
vidual in Marist history to qualify
for
three
IC4A events, will compete
in the 3000-meter run on Saturday.
Nebr also met the standard for the
1000-meter run and was a member
of the qualifying distance medley
relay team. En-route to achieving
the IC4A standards in the lK and
3K, Nebr shattered the school
records at both distances. The
records stand as a testament to the
quality effort put forth by Nehr
during the indoor campaign, ac-
cording to men's coach Pete
Colaizw.
"Mike has really distinguished
himself this
winter
as one of the bet-
ter
middle distance/distance
runners
not only in the MAAC but also in
the Northeast region," Colaizzo said.
Nebr's main challenge this week-
·en4,
however, will be qualifying for
the finals in the 3K. Competitors in
the 3000 must compete in a prelimi-
nary heat on Saturday for the op-
portunity to advance to Sunday's
finals. Previous experience in highly
competitive meets should benefit
Nebr, Colaizzo said.
"His experience at last year's IC4A
championship should serve him
well," Colaizzo said. "Qualifying for
finals is a very difficult
task,
but he'll
give it his best, as he always does·."
The distance medley relay team of
Chris Camp, Pat Driscoll, Adam
Pakiela and Chris McCloskey will
also compete on Saturday. 'Die team
is comprised of an interesting mix,
according to Colaizzo.
"The relay is an interesting blend
of youth and experience," Colaizzo
said. "Camp and Pakiela have a lot
of experience running big races in
high school, and Mccloskey and
Driscoll are guys I have grown to
rely upon in their years here. They
are battle tested
...
and they do what
they have to do to succeed."
Both N ehr and the relay team will
aim for the school records in their
respective events. Nebr already
holds the 3K record, having set it
earlier this season (8:24.42), and the
DMR.record ofl0: 16.12 was set in
1997.
"Our
goal as a team is to make a
run at both of those marks this
weekend," Colaizzo said. "It's been
a great winter season, and the men
are hoping to cap it off with a strong
final run in Boston."
Three members of the Marist
women's track team will also be in
competition at the ECAC champi-
onships, the highest nwnber of in-
dividual qualifiers in school his-
tory. The previous best, in tenns
of qualifiers, was two individuals
and one relay.
In
the 5000-meterrun, senior Liza
Grudzinski could find herself in
scoring position with a strong per-
fonnance. Grudzinski qualified for
the SK with a
time
of 17 :36.12.
"Liza should run in the 17:10-
17 :20 range this weekend and could
be a scorer," Kelly said.
Junior Sue Golden is also looking
to qualify for the finals in the 1000-
meter
run.
Earlier t h i s ~
Golden
broke the school record and met the
ECAC
standard
with
a time of2:53.87.
Another potential finalist is fresh-
man
Alison
Keller, who
will
compete
in the 55-meter hurdles. Keller al-
ready holds the school records in
the 55 and 60-meter hurdle events
and met the ECAC standard with a
time of8.36 seconds.
including both of their starting
cornerbacks, one of their leading
tacklers and a young steady offen-
sive lineman. And there
is
still likely
more damage to come. And while
Parcells did do some good for the
Jets, their current cap crisis is all,
emphasis on all, all his fault.
Maybe the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
got lucky after all.
MAYBE1HEYDIDN'T
On second thought, maybe the
Bucs did not get so lucky after all.
Sure, Jon Gruden is one the game's
top young offensive minds, and
should be able to work wonders
with Keyshawn Johnson, perhaps
the game's best all-around wide
receiver. Giving
up
four
draft
picks,
including two first-rounders and
two second-rounders, however, is
ridiculous. That might someday
tum
out to be four quality players.
Heck, maybe even a few All-Pros.
This too, is Bill Parcells fault. He
gave every indication that he was
going to take the.job, so much so
that Bucs brass fired Tony Dungy,
and then changed his mind. Not
enough money, not enough power
~
who knows. But the Bucs were
left with a public relations disaster
that in the end cost them four high-
round draft picks.
WINNER SHOULD HOST
The Marist College men's basket-
COTfDESIERE
ball team won 19 games during the
regular season and tied for first
with Rider. What do they get for
it? A road game in the first round
of the MAAC tournament. Why
play the regular season at all?
In the strange world that is
MAAC basketball, non-neutral
host sites are chosen for the end
of the season championship tour-
nament. So Marist (great season),
ends up having to play in Albany
at the Pepsi Arena, home of Siena
(not great season), where thou-
sands of screaming falls will be
rooting for the upset. Play the tour-
nament at a neutral site or let the
regular season champion host the
tournament.
Anything else is ridiculous.
BC too strong for Marist tennis t~am
byPAULSEACH
Staff Writer
Boston College routed the Marist
men's tennis team 7-0 last week-
end, but the score is not represen-
tative of the effort put forth by
Marist.
Three matches went to three set-s,
with Marist narrowly missing out
on the chance to take a few victo-
ries. Martin Aldorsson, Mike
Sowter and Victor Sapezhnikov all
lost in the close matches. David
Slater lost 7-6 and Alex Ilchenko
iet his set slip away, losing 7-5.
Both close games came out of the
first sets.
Head coach Tim Smith said that
the outcomes of the matches could
have been different and in favor of
Marist, with more preparation.
"With more practice, these losses
could have been easy
wins,"
Smith
said. "We have three weeks until
practice in Scotsdale Arizona."
In
Arizona the team will train and
drill extensively in the morning and
MAAC Tournament .. .
From 12
Chrissy Loeliger led Siena with
team much needed confidence
15 points, followed by Gunta
heading into the tournament, ac-
Basko, who added 11.
,
cording to Lamb.
Despite struggling late in the sea-
"It's positive for us," she said.
son, the team has won two out of "We can go into the tournament
its last three games, and played
and be confident with ourselves
Siena to a close game, giving the
and know that we can play tough
play inter- squad games during the
afternoon.
Marist next match is against
MAAC rival St. Peters on March
20. The team now holds a record of'
9-6 overall. St. Peters is considered
to be one of the top teams in the
MAAC, losing only one player
over the past two seasons.
St. Peters is still a "strong team"
and that the team is going to need
extra practice to stay focused on
the MAAC tournament that's not
too far away, according to Smith.
against every team."
"We're hungry and focused,"
she said. "We played well in the
last three games and we hope
that can carry over into the tour-
nament. We know we can play
well and now is the best time to
be playing our best."
Sophomore Stephanie Del
Preore appeared to have injured
her foot in the Siena game, but
.
will be ready to play in the tour-
nament, according to Lamb.
With the loss, Marist fell to 11-
16 overall
and
7-11 intheMAAC.
The women's games will be
broadcast throughout the tour-
nament on goredfoxes.com
Men's basketball seniors Rick
Smith, Mark Prosser, Matt Tullis,
and Sean Kennedy are honored
prior to their final home game.
Their families, as well as head
coach Dave Magarity and school
president Dennis Murray took
part in the pre-game ceremony
Sports briefs and upcoming events
Playing in its first
games of
the
eason, the Marist
ull
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in the second game
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a
ouble-header on February
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THE CIRCLE
Athletes of
the
Week
Quote
of the Week
Sean Kennedy was named MAAC
Player of the Week for the third time
this season. Kennedy averaged 13
points and 12.5 rebounds in two games
last week. He also set a school record
with 17 assists against St. Peter's
February 28, 2002
SPORTS
"We 're hungry and focused We played we//
in the last three games and we hope that
can carry over into the tournament. We
know we can play well and now
is
the best
time to be playing our best. "
Women's bas-
ketball head coach
Kristin
Lamb, as her
team
heads into MAAC Tournament play
Page
12
Swimming and
diving teams sweep MAAC Championships
by
MIKE BENIS<:;HEK
Staff Writer
For the seventh straight year the
Marist men's swimming and div-
ing team stands on top of the
Metro Atlantic Athletic Confer-
ence (MAAC) as Champions. For
the
fifth
year the women's team can
claim the same. After three days
of competition both teams won
titles as the 2002 MAAC Swim-
ming and Diving championships
concluded last Saturday.
The Men finished with a final
score of967, over 250 points more
than second place finisher Rider
(703). Rounding out the top five
was Loyola, Fairfield, and Niagara.
David Dobbins led the Red
Foxes' attack with wins in the 100,
200, and 500-yard freestyle. He set
new MAAC records in the 100 and
200, en route to winning the Most
Outstanding Male Swimmer
Award. For Dobbins, it was the
fourth time he won the award in
his four years in Poughkeepsie.'
Marist also took first in the 400-
yard freestyle relay in school record
time, 3:03.90, with a team ofDob-
bins, Nick Lakin, Ricky Kapusta,
and Mathew Castillo. Castillo also
set a school record in the 200-yard
butterfly, breaking a twelve-year
old record held by Joesph Bubel,
as well as a new school record in
the 200-yard individual medley.
The Marist men dominated the
freestyle events throughout the
tournament as they had all season
long.
Marist holds the top perfor-
mances in every freestyle event at
the end of the 2001-02 the season.
Capping the awards for the Red
Foxes was their coach, Larry Van
Wagner, who won the MAAC
Coach of the Year Award.
The Women registered a final
score of 838 for the weekend, de-
feating second place Loyola by
over 150 points and defending
Men's basketball to face Siena/St.
Peter's winner in MAAC Tourney
by
SCOTT MONTESANO
Staff Writer
The Red Foxes are regular sea-
son co-champions of the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Marist (19-8, 13-5) earned a share
of the league's regular season title
after a 60-57 victory against Rte. 9
rival Siena February 23.
However, a share of the MAAC
regular season title, and a $1.50, will
only buy Marist a soda in a vend-
ing machine. Even though the
Foxes finished tied with Rider for
first place, Marist enters this
weekend's MAAC tournament in
Albany as the #2 seed because the
Broncs hold the tiebreaker.
Marist takes on the winner of the
#7 Siena/ #10 St. Peter's prelimi-
nary game at 7 :0Opm March 2 in a
quarterfinal matchup. The semi-fi-
nal is 2:30pm. Sunday while the
championship is 9:00pm Monday
onESPN.
Still, in a conference where up-
sets happen as frequently as pro-
tests at the recent Olympics, seeds
mean almost nothing. A strong
case can be made for why one of
seven teams can take the champi-
onship and the automatic berth into
the NCAA tournament. Along with
Marist; arguments can be made for
Rider, Manhattan, Niagara, Iona,
Fairfield and Siena.
Rider boasts MAAC player of the
year candidate Mario Porter in its'
front court, plus a strong shooting
back court. Porter leads the league
in points, averaging 20.3 ppg, and
8.4 rpg. Meanwhile, newcomer
Jeny Johnson has provided Rider
with depth.
Then there is Manhattan College,
which has struggled in MAAC
play after f~g well during a tough
non-conference schedule. The Jas-
pers upset Big East foe St. John's
on their way to taking the ECAC
Holiday Fest in December. How-
ever, since then Manhattan has
had trouble.
The Jaspers were swept by Rider,
and also took losses at the hands
ofNiagara and Canisius. Still, The
Jaspers lead the league in offense,
averaging 75.3 ppg, led by Luis
Flores' 18.9ppg.
Fairfield is a
team
that could sneak
up on many. After not living up to
early season expectations, the
Stags have gone on a roll entering
the post-season, winning four of
five.
Iona, the preseason favorite was
never able to get hot during the
regular season. Nevertheless, it is
hard to write off the two-time de-
fending champions.
The same goes for the Siena
Saints, who will be playing host to
the tournament for the ninth time.
After a disappointing regular-sea-
son with a new head coach, the
Saints will look to become the first
team to win after having to play in
the preliminary round.
Still, with the tournament being
held
on
the Saint's home court, it
is conceivable that they may be
able to feed off of the crowd.
Not to be left out is Marist. Led
by MAAC player of the week Sean
Kennedy, the Foxes enter the
postseason as a favorite for the first
time since the 1996 NEC tourna-
ment.
Going in Marist's favor is that the
Foxes' have proven to be a strong
road club. Marist is 9-4 away from
Poughkeepsie and have won four
straight away matchups. Rider, at
10-3, is the only other MAAC team
above .500 on the road.
Senior
leadership
is also a
strength for Marist, with Rick
Smith, Matt Tullis and Kennedy.
Without a doubt, much of the pres-
sure will fall on the shoulders of
the veterans, who have had to an•
swer
talk
of a possible NCAA tour-
nament trip since November.
Marist enters the MAAC Tour-
nament, after an emotional win at
archrival Stena last weekend. The
Foxes overcame an 11-point early
second half deficit to earn their
first
victory at the Pepsi Arena since
19')5.
Kennedy sent on ally-oop pass
to Tullis who scored to give Marist
a 54-53 lead with
5
:09 left. The lead
was the first for the Foxes' since
the first 30 seconds of the game.
Siena recaptured the lead at 57-
56 on a Justin Miller lay-up with
2:47 to play. However, Marist
would take the lead for good after
David Bennett scored to make it
58-57 with 1 :21 left.
Tullis converted two free throws
to give Marist a 60-57 lead with 4.2
to play. The Saint's Dwayne
Archbold missed a three-point at-
tempt as the buzzer sounded.
"We were in a great position for
most of the game and it came down
to making shots and making plays"
Siena head coach Rob Lanier told
the Albany Times-Union.
Kennedy scored 14 points while
Bennett
added
13 in the effort.
Overall, the Foxes were an impres-
sive 16-17 in free throw attempts.
The Saints played the game with-
out second leading scorer Prosper
Karangwa. Saint's head coach Rob
Lanier initially said it was simply a
case of resting Karangwa. How-
ever, he later told WTEN-TV in
Albany that the decision was done
for punishment.
For Marist, the victory proved
that the team can
win
in the Capital
District as well as come through in
a close game. The Foxes have had
trouble winning tight games at
times.
The
win
gave Marist 13 league
victories, the most since posting
14 league wins in the NEC during
the 1995-1996 season. Meanwhile,
the loss dropped Siena into the
preliminary round of the MAAC
tournament.
Note: AU of
the men's
basket-
ball games at the
MAAC tourna-
ment
will
be broadcast live on 88.1
WMCR.
champion Rider by over 300. Jen-
nifer Meyer won four titles in the
competition. She won two indi-
vidual titles, the 50-yard and the
l 00-yard freestyle, as well as two
relay titles as part of the 200-yard
freestyle relay and 200-yard med-
ley relay teams.
The team of Kristen Schnitzer,
Sarah McKinnely, and Jennifer
Gelsomino took first in the 400-
yard freestyle relay. Gelsomino and
Schnitzer also took individual titles
home, in the 400-yard individual
medley and the 200-yard freestyle
respectively. In
diving
Missy
Gifford took first at the one-meter
height. Siena's Kelly
Pangburn
won the Women's Most
Outstand-
ing
Swimmer Award, while Loyola's
Brian Loeffler was awarded with
the MAAC Women's Coach of the
Year Award.
The men's title is their seventh
straight since joining the MAAC
conference in 1995, and it's the
women's fifth. They had won four
straight entering the competition
last year when they were upset by
Rider by a mere twenty-one points.
Other winners for the Marist men
include: Michael Gunaman who
plaec second in one meter diving.
Justin Burkhardt and Jeremy Vrrgil
placed second and third in 1650-
yard freestyle. Trevor Charles and
Joseph Murin placed second and
third respictively in the 200-yard
backstroke. Will Reagan placed
third in the 200-yard breaststroke.
And Matthew Castillo
placed
third
in the 200-yard breaststroke.
Other winners for the Marist
women included: Karen Finnerty,
who placed seoncd in 1650-yard
freestyle. Kristen Schnitzer placed
second in the 200-yard backstroke.
Jennifer Meyer and Sarah
MCKinney placed first and second
respectively in the 100-yard
freestyle.
The next challenge for the Marist
Swimmers is the ECAC Champion-
ships in Pittsburgh on February 28
through March 2.
Marist
women face
_
Jaspers
in
MAAC
quarters on friday
by
PETER PALMIERI
Sports Editor
Seeded sixth in the 2002 HSBC
Metro Atlantic Athletic Confer-
ence (MAAC) Tournament, the
Marist women's
basketball
team
will face Manhattan in the
quarterfinal round on Friday at
2:30pm.
The two teams split the season
series, with Marist winning the first
contest 61-57, and Manhattan
win-
ning the latest meeting, 81-71.
Marist head coach Kristin Lamb
is confident that the team can de-
feat Manhattan in the
tournament.
"We definitely see this as a
win-
nable game," Lamb said. "We
played
them close both times and
we 're confident with where we are
seeded in the tournament."
One main focus of the Marist
game plan is slowing down the
play ofManhattan forward Rosalee
Mason, who was named MAAC
Player of the Week. Mason, who
is second in the league for scoring
with a 19 .1 ppg average, will be one
of the targets for the Marist de-
fense.
"We're going to go in with a
game plan to
try to throw them off
with our defense," Lamb said.
"They have a very good player in
Rosalee Mason, so we're going to
try and focus on slowing her
down."
Marist will also have to pay close
attention to freshman Donette
Reed, who was named MAAC
Rookie of the
Week,
after averag-
ing 12.5 points in the team's final
two games, including 1 7 points in
a double-overtime defeat ofSiena.
Two years ago, the Red Foxes fell
to Manhattan, 54-4~, in the first
round of the 2000 HSBC MAAC
Tournament. Since joining the
MAAC, Marist
is
0-:4
in tournament
play, never making it out of the first
round. This is the first time that
the
team
will play in the quarterfinal
round of the tournament.
Siena holds the number one seed
in the tournament and will await the
winner of the game between Rider
and Iona. Number two seed St.
Peter's will face the winner of
Niagara and Loyola.
In
the other
quarterfinal match
up, Canisius will
take on Fairfield.
If
Marist advances to the semi-
final
round, the game will be played
on Saturday at 9:45am and will be
televised on MSG. The finals are
set for Sunday at 7:00pm, also on
MSG.
In
the team's final game of the
season, Marist fell to first-place
Siena, 55-52 at the Mccann Cen-
ter. Senior Diesa Seidel scored a
game-high 25 points, playing in her
final
home game. Marie Fusci, also
playing in her Mccann Center fi-
nale, scored seven points and
added six assists, while also log-
ging the entire 40 minutes of play-
ing time.
Marist held a lead late into the
second half, including going up
by
as many as 14 points before a 19-6
run by the Saints to cut the lead to
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