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Volume 55 Issue
rcb 7, 2002
American
teenagers under
scrutiny
Flawed study indicates wide underage drinking
by AUBREY ROFF
Staff Writer
Most Americans are aware of the
problem of teenage drinking in the
United States. But the country
was shocked_ last week when a
finding stated that under-age
drinkers consumed a quarter of the
nation's alcohol.
drinking in the past month.
In
ad-
dition, The Century Council states
that 21 percent of 16-20 year old
car rides involved in fatal crashes
had a blood alcohol level of .10 or
higher.
The Youth Risk Behavior Study,
conducted by the Center for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, also
yields shocking results. Almost
This report, is-
sued by Colum-
bia University's
National Center
on Addiction
and Substance
Abuse,
was
proved to be in-
accurate. The
organiz.ation ac-
k now ledge d
that they did not
The organization
acknowledged that
they did not used
proper survey tech-
niques and that
there was a problem
with over sampling.
half of 14-18 year olds
have tried the so-
called "alcopops" (ie.
Mike's Hard Lemon-
ade, Smirnoff Ice,
Hooper'sHooch)and
are three times more
likely to know about
these drinks than
adults. And even
though
·
teenagers
use proper survey techniques and
that there was a problem with over
sampling. The study consisted 40
percent of people ages 12-20, even
though they make up only 20 per-
cent of the population.
.
The real figure of underage
drinkers is actually l l .4 percent.
Even so, underage drinking re-
mains a large problem in out na-
tion. According to the National
Institute on Drug Abuse, first use
of alcohol begins around age 13.
In
fact, nearly one in seven sixth
graders say that they drank beer
within the last y~ar. These num-
bers continue to rise with increase
in age, resulting in 50 percent of
high school seniors reporting
drink less frequently
than adults, they drink larger
amounts at once.
Binge drinking in college has
also escalated to a large national
problem. Binge drinking is defined
as "drinking 5 or more drinks in a
row for men, and four
for
women."
According to the most recent
Harvard School of Public Health
Alcohol Study, about two out of
every five college students are
binge drinkers, and 23 percent of
students binge three or more times
in a two-week period.
Even more frightening is the ef-
fect ofbinge drinking on students.
As
stated by the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, al-
PHOTO CREDIT/JENNIFER HAGGERTY
Alcohol is involved in a variety of crimes and poor behavior by college students and other age groups.
cohol is involved in two-thirds of
college suicides, and 95 percent of
violent campus crime, including 90
percent of campus rapes.
A study conducted by the Jour-
nal of American College Health
shows that students who binge
drink
are 21 times more likely to be
hurt or injured, drive a car after
See ...
Alcohol, 3
Alcohol Education Week
on the horimn for MC
by ERIC DEABILL
Staff Writer
alternatives.
Asian Alliance discuss issues
on
campus
Between Wed., Mar. 13, 2002 and
Wed., Mar. 20, 2002, Marist College
will hold its annual "Alcohol Edu-
cation Week," which hopes to raise
awareness among students to the
problems associated with drinking
on college campuses.
Beginning Wed., Mar. 13, 2002,
free Alcohol Screening Appoint-
ments will be made available in the
Counseling Center.
On Thurs., Mar. 14, 2002, Bill
Kernan, the Health Educator at
Vassar College, will discuss the
"Dangers of Mixing Club Drugs
and Alcohol."
by STACEY CASWELL
Business Manager
Students and faculty joined to-
gether to discuss the identities and
frustrations of the Asian American
Community at a forum hosted by
the Asian-American Alliance on
Feb. 26
th
in the PAR.
The panel speakers and question
and answer session helped to be-
gin the process of opening up pas-
sageways of communication be-
tween the Asian community and
others at Marist.
"The purpose was to give other
students a sense of where Asian
Americans are coming from, and
the kind of challenges that they
have in terms of trying to fit into
mainstream culture here," said Dr.
Dan Okada, professor of criminal
justice at Marist, one of the nine
people that sat on the panel.
Both the students and faculty
alike expressed dissatisfaction in
the lack of a diversified student
body that Marist attracts.
Okada, of Japanese descent and
a Vietnam War Veteran said,
"When I first got to Marist, I was
the only Asian here ... when they
talked about diversity, they were
talking about me."
He was disappointed in the lack
of other minority groups that were
present at the session, which he
had hoped would engage in dia-
logue about their own experiences
as well.
Okada said, " The observations
that we made were not repres~ta-
tive of all minorities, but there
would probably be some similari
_
-
ties."
Andy Chung and Ricky Ng, both
seniors, uttered their irritation of
what it is like to be enrolled in a
college where they are part of a
minority group. They recounted
how when they first started Marist
that people had asked them if they
were twins, even though they were
both from different regions of the
east coast. <;hung later said,
"People here are very close-
minded."
Freshman member of the Asian
Alliance, Michael Nguyen, said, "I
feel it's not a diverse school. I don't
think this school places enough
emphasis on making minorities feel
accepted here."
However, he is hopeful about
what the discussion accomplished.
He said, " I think it was successful
in what it tried to do. It brought
out the main aspects ... and how it
feels to be Asian in Marist Col-
lege."
See ...
Alliance, 3
This year's campaign is occur-
ring directly before spring break,
and is hoping to help students re-
alize potentially dangerous behav-
iors associated with alcohol usage.
Part of this years theme is "Have a
Safe Spring Break 2002: It's not
only
about
having a good time ... it's
also about remembering it!"
Starting on Fri., Mar. 8, 2002, and
continuing into the following week,
students will be invited to take the
Alcohol Education Week Pledge,
which encourages students who
are 21-years old and older to drink
responsibly and those under 21 to
abstain from drinking.
During Alcohol Education Week,
plenty of activities will be held
around campus to encourage safe
Other activities during Alcohol
Education Week include Disco
Bowling, a presentation of an
award-winning paper on Ecstasy,
and Video Bingo.
Patricia Petacchi, one of the
members of the committee organiz-
ing the event, is hopeful that the
week will be a success.
"Our
group is a collaboration of
students and staff working hard to
plan activities for this week. Last
year we had 379 students take the
pledge and we are trying to beat it
this year."
Sarah Dowling, a student repre-
sentative on the committee, says
the committee has a good focus this
See ...
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THE CIRCLE
March 7, 2002
COMMUNITY
Page 2
Question of the Week
How would you define plagiarisin?
"When you copy
down some-
one else's thoughts and don't
give them credit for it."
Gerald Quigley
Junior
"When
you use somebody's
ideas as your own."
David Epter
Junior
"Stealing
someone's work that
isn't yours."
Karla Gareau
Sophomore
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Security
Briefs
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Managing Editor
2/27
Wednesday
The
relentless
attacks on
Champagnat have no end in sight.
The sixth floor was Wednesday's
target as a microwave was reported
missing at about 8:15 a.m. by the
housekeeper on duty. The stolen
appliance was returned later that
afternoon, however. The reason
the microwave was stolen and
where it was taken was unkown
.
2/28
Thursday
There was another fender bender
last week, and the location for this
traveling violation was the Beck
Lot and was called in at 4:55 p.m.
A
'99
Honda was parked inno-
cently in its own spot. Its owner
came back to find a dented and
scratch right front fender. Unlike
some incidents of security briefs
past, there was no note accompa-
nying the damaged vehicle. The
town of Poughkeepsie Police was
called in to take an accident report.
2/28
Thursday
The library was evacuated at about
6:50 p.m. last Thursday.
It
was
learned that the alarm sounded due
to low pressure in the sprinkler sys-
tem. The
library
was closed until
·
8: 15
p.m. when repairs had concluded and
the system was as good as new.
3/1
Friday
Perhaps feeling some pressure from
the Champagnat
vandals,
some un-
known students wreaked havoc on
Midrise
.
There was a harassing note
written on the wall of the
second
floor
lounge 4irected towards another
resi-
dent. Another Midrise resident re-
ported the incident at 11 :45.
3/1
Friday
Instead of engaging in a battle of wits,
two ales reached down and sum-
moned their primordial instincts and
decided to solve their problems in a
bout of fisticuffs. The reason for the
fight is unkown, but the incident was
reported
at
2:51 a.m. in
Leo
Hall. One
student received a cut over his left
eye, but not wanting his pride to get
bruised as well,
he refused medical
attention. The two were sepa-
rated and sent on their way.
3/1
Friday
Just when you thought there was
nothing left in Champagnat to
ruin, another brutal attack was
unleashed on the freshman
dorm. The security officer on
patrol reported that the toilet
paper dispense in the west
wing's
men's bathroom on the
fifth floor had been torn off the
wall. It was also reported that
the black divider between the
urinal and sinks was torn off the
wall and on the floor of the east
wing on the fourth floor. The
incidents were reported at 9: 15
a.m.
3/2
Saturday
Three unauthorized guests at-
tempted to infiltrate Champagnat
but we were quickly removed.
One of the female, non-students
attempted using another female
ID prompting
security
to escort
them off campus.
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9:00-11 :00 a.m. and listen to
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rock, to punk, to alternative and
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following is a list of dates and
for
future
Galleria Mall trips:
Friday, 3/15 6:00-midnight
Saturday, 3/16 1 :00-8:00 p.m.
Friday, 4/5 6:00-midnight
Sunday, 4/14 noon-6:00 p.m.
Saturday, 4/20 1
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p.m.
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your poetry, prose, photo-
phs
or artwork published? You
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send your work to The Mo-
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Marist's literary magazine by
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extended deadline of March
15.
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hi:rnry
Arts
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Council of Clubs room or e-
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to
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tmnc1I
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Arts
proudly
sents
Tom Lehrer's
Tomfoolery
,n
March 15-16 at 8 p.m. and on
1-arcl1
17 at
2
p.m. The cost is $2
for students, $3 for alumni,
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and seniors and $5 for
general
.id
mission. The production will
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TI1entre
The show will be produced
b)
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For ticket information contact
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box office atx3133.
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cil presents comedienne
an
Hollingshead. This
funny..-wo ·
will be performing Friday,
Marc
15 at9:00p.m. in.the Cabaret.
Ad
mission
is
free with a valid
tans
ID.
The SPC also presents the
c med_
stylings of Dave Russo on
tur
day, March 9 at 9 p.m. in the
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March 12 - Debra Reeves-
Duncan
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Issues in Domestic
Violence
April
2
- Shaheed Mohammed
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Poetry in Caribbean Music
April 16 - Greg Moses
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Egypt
and theOrigins of Philosophy
April 23 - Maxwell Schnurer
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Criticism in Action
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conccrl
Fokus with Marc
Capaldo.
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THE CIRCLE
March 7, 2002
New clubs invade
campus
by
storm
by DAN
BUZI
Staff Writer
Two new groups, the Anime So-
ciety and the Marist Animal Rights
Ninjas, have seen their first days
as official clubs this semester.
The officers of the Anime Soci-
ety sit in the back of the dark PAR
every Sunday night at eight:
watching anime and having a great
time. Anime is a Japanese style of
cartooning seemingly developed
solely for their delight.
While there are shows targeted
at younger audiences, member Tom
Gleeson says, "It's definitely not
all for kids."
The group watches one episode
from eight
different
shows each
week. All 25
across the globe. Moira Dwyer and
Helaine Liwicz began the group in
hopes of getting people more in-
volved on campus. "We started
with the idea of getting involved
with the environment," said Liwicz.
After a good deal of discussion
with Prof. Maxwell Schnurer, the
two decided to focus their energies
on saving animals.
"Our
main concern is spreading
animal compassion," said Dwyer.
To get this accomplished, the
group is involving itselfin several
projects.
They have visited an animal
sanctuary, Pets Alive, several times
this year and hope to continue their
good deeds there. To further their
cause•,
the
members are
also
looking
to get several
guest speak-
ers to appear
on campus.
The group
seems espe-
cially excited
about
one
speaker, Carol
Adams.
members seem
enthused
about
the
choices, but
are not afraid
to voice their
opinions when
they think it's
not worth their
time. Shouts of
"boo!"
and
"yea!"
are
equally com-
mon in this
playful envi-
ronment.
The club also
Adams
would speak
about
the
'sexual poli_-
The
Anime Soiety
is
one of the two
tics of meat,,
new
clubs Introduced
to campus.
supports
a
gaming tournament and an "Anime
Weekend" once per semester. The
gaming tournament allows mem-
bers and outsiders to challenge
each other in games like Dance
Dance Revolution, Dead or Alive
2, and many others.
The Anime Weekend is a veri-
table marathon of Anime. Starting
at l
O
p.m. Friday, the group does
not finish watching various shows
until midnight on Sunday. This is
not for the faint ofheart. Members
end the weekend with little sleep
and perhaps even less sanity.
Meanwhile, two girls from Marist
are on a very different mission with
a newly formed group, the Marist
Animal Rights Ninjas. While they
have no cute animated personali-
ties, they do have plenty of living
ones.
MARN
is trying to save
fuzzy creatures, not only here, but
linking vio-
lence against women with violence
against animals.
The group will also be support-
ing the showing of a movie once
per month and a "meat-out day"
on March 20
th
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The movies are de-
signed to show the brutality of
animal cruelty and the atrocities
that people commit against their
fellow living creatures.
The "meat-out day" will be one
where people can pledge to stop
eating meat for at least one day.
The cafeteria will be supporting
the event by serving a strictly veg-
etarian dinner.
The leaders of both groups
seemed excited about their new
"club" status. As clubs, the
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This banner, displayed
in
the Rotunda,
Is
one of the first advertisements designed to inform students.
Education
seeks
to inf or01
...
From
1
year.
"We aren't taking the angle of
stopping students from drinking,
we are trying to teach them safe
and responsible drinking ... we're
not naive to the fact that students
don't
drink."
This awareness week occurs at a
convenient time, coinciding with
an incorrect study that gained wide
news attention last week.
Michelle Slesinski, a 20-year old
junior, said that she was
·
not sur-
prised by the statistics.
"I
think
that all drinking is a
prob-
lem ifit is done in excess; it's abuse
to your body. At one time the law
was
18,
but even if you are 45 years
old and drinking excessively, it's
dangerous."
Katie Buckley, a 19-year old fresh-
man, agreed that
there
are problems
associated with teenage drinking.
"I think drinking as a whole is a
problem.
Despite
your age and
gender, it can be a problem," said
Buckley. "For example, you could
still do stupid things like get in a
car and drive away."
To combat the issue of drinking,
last year, more than 700 campuses
took part in a Safe Spring Break
promotion campaign.
Advertisements and events for
Alcohol Education Week will be
posted soon.
Alliance discusses campus
·
...
From
1
Dr.
Okada attributes this fact that
the Asian community is not as
widely recognized to the area in
which Marist is situated.
" It really is the case that on the
west coast the Asian population
is so mainstream that a panel like
last Tuesday night's would not
have even happened," said Okada.
"It
wouldn't
have
been
necessary ... but we are so few in
number here."
Carly Stivers, a student member
of the panel, also verbalized the
confusion that she felt between
holding fast to her Asian identity
as well as being raised by two Cau-
casian parents.
Stivers felt her experience as an
Asian American differed from
those that sat on the panel because
she never experienced the types of
reactions to her heritage that the
other students had.
"I have never felt any prejudice
at all from Caucasians. I do have
Asian friends, but because I'm
adopted they don't consider me
Asian," said Stivers. S~e said that
she joined the Asian Alliance to
"understand more of the Asian
culture, not who I am, but my
history ... and that's really helped a
lot."
The Asian Alliance, which has
sponsored several events, includ-
ing a performance on the Chinese
New Year, a toys-for-tots program
and a trip to NYC to learn more
about Chinese heritage and the
Americas, are designed to educate
the school about the Asian pres-
ence.
Melissa Oliveras, the secretary of
the Asian Alliance said, "Basically,
we are a smaller organization, and
we want to open our experiences
to those who don't really talk to
Asian Americans on campus and
don't really have time sit down and
hear from their point of view. Es-
pecially when they were talking
about experiences on campus, I
think we put a different twist on
adjusting to college life, and stuff
that a lot of people do not really
know about and have not been ex-
posed to."
Alcohol study faulty
...
From 1
drinking, get in trouble with the
po-
lice, engage in unprotected/un-
planned sexual activity, damage
property, fall behind in schoolwork,
and miss class.
Many organizations ha_ve
stepped forward to stop underage
drinking. A Matter of Degree, a
program sponsored by the Ameri-
can Medical Association, creates
campus-community partnerships
to counter factors that contribute
to binge drinking in colleges.
(www.stopcollegebingeing.com)
Alcoholics Anynomous has also
created a program for young prob-
lem drinkers and The Century
Council, an organization funded by
America's leading distillers, is a
leader in the fight against under-
age drinking. (www.century
council.org)
In response to the discussion,
Oliveras said, "I
think
it went pretty
well and it was more successful
than I thought...! think we
touched upon a lot of the topics
that we wanted to touch upon and
received good feedback from the
audience as well."
Oliveras encourages anyone
who would like to learn about the
Asian culture and the Asian Ameri-
can experience to join the alliance.
"Even within the group we don't
get a lot of chance to
talk
about
our own experiences. We thought
it would be a good way to share
our experiences."
However, the forum mainly fo-
cused on trying to get
dialogue
to
begin to open up with the Asian
American community.
Dr.
Shawn Shieh, a professor of
political science and co-advisor to
the Asian American Alliance said,
"Asian-American is just how I
identify myself ..
.I
have my story,
you have your story, just as I'm a
teacher
to those around
me, I'm a
student learning about life."
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,
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Hooking up. Seeing each other.
Dating. Going out.
These terms and a myriad of oth-
ers are used to label the ever-
changing and ever-confusm
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sta-
tus
ofrelationships that
most young people ex-
lege students as long as they are
careful. No young ad9lescent
should have to commit themse
l
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fully to someone during their four
years of college. For others a seri-
ous relationship may be the best
lhin
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tahlli
and
intlnm
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feel that it frees them from the com-
mitted and loyal part of a relation-
ship but still offers the
fun
and ex-
citement ofit.
What are the dangers of hook-
ing
up over a committed relation-
ship? There are several things to
take into consideration when a per-
son decides to just hook
up with someone. When
r
perience.
the. Marist student goes
Here at Marist, like
out at night and finds a
many other colleges and
hook up, he or she is not
universities, the fine line
likely to know too much
between "hooking up"
about this person. In a
and real love has be-
committed relationship
come more distinct in
there is usually, but not
recent years.
always, a stronger sense
Years ago when the
of honesty and open-
boy
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ness. Meeting a person
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"courted" a young lady,
one night and hooking
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would have on her nic-
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night at the local burger
lege students, Marist not
joint and a drive-in
being an exception.
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movie.
though the term may be
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2002,
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chance to get to know someone
dating, a usual hook up is more
in the world, including dating. Here
they are interested in and kind of
common here on campus. A vast
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this
point
to the real deal of a serious rela-
"hook-up".
in their life, but that's okay because
tionship.
Many students feel that hooking
we still have the rest of our lives
Years ago this may have seemed
up is weekly quest that satisfies
ahead of us.
like a crime, but right now it might
some inner desire, both physical
be the best option for some col-
and emotional. Other students may
Undecided majors, no need for worry
Career Services provides tools to guide the undecided towards a major
by
ALEXIS LUKES
Staff Writer
You have all made one of the big-
gest decisions in your lives in
choosing to come to Marist. For
some of you,. though, another huge
decision is hanging in the balance.
What am
:t
going to major in?
For everyone who is still unde-
cided, this choice can be made less
stressful with the help of resources
on campus.
Andrea Bertolozzi, the mentor for
the upper floors in Leo hall, con-
stantly encounters students who
are unsure of what they want to do
is to help both students and alumni
in setting career goals and, ulti-
mately, helping them to be placed
in jobs they love. They want to
help students and graduates real-
ize
their potentials when choosing
careers.
row down their choices.
Dawn Brummer, a career and
graduate school advisor, says
there are benefits of declaring a
major by the spring of sophomore
year.
"You get more priority for your
major courses," she said. "You
also get an advisor in your major."
Brummer said that no major is
ever set in stone, so students
should not feel as though they are
stuck with their decision.
ta_
in
control
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your
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with the rest of their lives,
As
part
ofher job, she advises them of the
proper steps to take in making this
big decision.
Bertolozzi spoke of a blue book-
let, which contains information
about each of the individual ma-
jors that students can choose from.
This book, entitled
A Major Deci-
sion, also includes the many dif-
ferent career opportunities that can
come with each major.
It
can be
picked up in the Career Center, or
in the office of any of the mentors
on campus. The Career Center also
has many other publications that
can be helpful in the process of
choosing the major that is right for
you.
"Career planning and finding a
major is a process, not an event,"
she said.
"Students
should be
aware that they will not get an
'an-
swer' the day they come in to talk
to us. They are just beginning the
process."
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"I tell them to explore their basic
interests," she said. "They should
also go to the Career Center."
The mission of the Career Center
Students can go to the Career
Center and take the Strong Inter-
est Inventory and the Myers-
Briggs Type Indicator to help nar-
Brummer said that there are four
stages of career development. Stu-
dents looking for a major go
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THE CIRCLE
March
7,
2002
FEATURES
Page 5
New head of security feels at home on
Marist
campus
John Gildard happy to return to his student roots
by
ED WILLIAMS
ID
Managing Editor
Marist has a new Director of
Safety and Security, but he is cer-
tainly no stranger to the Red Fox
community.
John Gildard was named Director
of Safety and Security last month,
·
but the path he traveled was one
that went in a circle, one may say.
Gildard came to Marist as a fresh-
man in 1970 and majored in psy-
chology. There was no criminal
justice program at the time, other-
wise he may .have chosen that path
of study instead, he said.
Right after he graduated from
Marist, Gildard began working with
the City of Poughkeepsie Police
Department. He held just about ev-
ery position
imaginable
in his 22
years with the department. Some
of his titles included patrolman, de-
tective, sergeant, lieutenant and
captain.
Gildard also spent two years with
the Dutchess County Drug Task
Force. Gildard said working with
this
group was one ofhis best memo-
ries with the police department.
"Working with the drug task force
was
fun," he said. "I got to work
with different officers from all over
the county and work on investiga-
tions all over. We even worked with
the Connecticut State Police on one
case."
Gildard couldn't stay away from
Marist, though, as his career path
came full circle. Instead of sitting
at a desk and listening to lectures
and lessons, this time around
Gildard was at the front of
the class
spreading his knowledge of police
ndecided ...
From
4
make the decision for the student.
through both the self-assessment
If
they like the job, they may want
stage and the career research stage. to major in that field. If they abso-
After they have found a major,
'they
lutely despise it, they will know
go through the gaining experience that it is not the major for them.
·
and marketing stages.
There will be a Majors Fair, _spon-
Bertolozzi said that it is important sored by the Career Center, on
to test the waters in certain areas, if Wednesday, March 13, from 11 :30
youareunsureofexactlywhatyour to 12:30 in the Cabaret. Mentors
interests are.
and advisors both highly recom-
"Don't limit your options," she mend this session for those who
said. "Take introductory courses are having trouble choosing a ma-
as your core classes. Tailortowards jor. Students can make appoint-
your interests and things you are ments to meet with Brummer at the
thinking about."
Fair.
If
you have any questions
She also suggests that her stu- call the Career Services at exten-
dents find a professor in a major that sion
354 7.
they might be thinking of declaring.
The Career Center walk-in hours
She said that students should ask are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and
this professor what some career Thursdays, from 9:30 to 11 :30 and
options with this major could be.
from 1 :30 to 3:30.
The Career Center also has a pro-
For those of you who are still
gram in which students can volun- searching for the career of your
teer for a few hours at a time, doing dreams, take advantage of all the
work that they are considering do- help that the Marist community is
ing for the rest of their lives. This willingtoofferyou. Don't
give up,
experience can single-handedly you are not alone.
work
the Human Resources Department
Gildard said that he thinks secu-
rity is more than adequate as of
now, but it's not perfect.
He came back to Marist as an
for the last six years.
adjunct profes
•
sor in 1991 and
Earlier this month he accepted his
taught criminal investigation. He
new position as Director of Safety
continues to teach that class dur-
and Security.
"There's a high ratio of security
to students, and they do an over-
all good job in attempting to make
the campus a save environment for
the students and staff," he said.
ing fall semesters today, as well
Gildardsaidthatthechangeinjobs
as drug and alcohol abuse in the
has been a fairly easy one.
spring semesters.
"It's been a smooth transition,"
Gildard said that job experience
he said. "Everyone has been sup-
Gildard has some plans for the
future to further enhance the state
of security on campus such as the
possibility of security cameras in
some parking lots such as Beck and
a ~tudent-supported escort ser-
vice.
enhances his
porti ve and
ability
to
"There's a high ratio of
helpful."
teach.
security to students
He also said
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that his famil-
work helps
an
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bring to the
good job in attempting
campus is a
classroom the
great advan-
He also hopes that his new job
title will not scare away the stu-
dents.
realism of the
to make the campus a
tage.
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save environment for
"I've been
said.
"It
here for six
"I've enjoyed teaching and work-
ing with the students, and hope-
fully that positive interaction can
continue," he said.
brings some
the students and staff."
years,
and
real life to the text book."
I've been a
In addition to teaching here,
student, so I know the campus and
Gildard had also been working in
the people already," he said.
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THE CIRCLE
March
7,
2002
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Congress shall pass no law ... abridging the freedom of speech or of the press.
Argentina
in
Crisis: The Nation's
Economic/Political Aftermath
classes.
been a "schism between urban
by
JESSICA TARA SMITH
Many of the protestors are
working classes and rural cattle
Staff Writer
middle-class people who spend
.
barons and farmers." This schism
Argentina has been experiencing
their days and nights protesting
is translated in political parties,
a four year recession that has only
out in front of the presidential pal-
where there are periodic swings of
declined in progress rather then im-
ace, the Congress, and the Supreme
power between the right wing, pro-
proving. The jobless rate has
Court. "It's been months since I've
business parties, and the populist
soared to more than 20%, and now
held money in my hands," says one
Peronist Party.
more than 45% of the nation's 36
protestor, 29 year-old Maria del
Another conflict exists between
.
million people live below the pov-
Carmen Medina. She, like many,
the provincial governments, who
erty line.
has been out of a job for more than
are oriented towards high-cost so-
This past December, the govern-
a year.
cial programs, and the national
ment imposed a generally hated
Thousands of state workers have
government,
that
is
pro-
freeze on bank accounts after there
marched on Congress to express
privatization and pro-market. Un-
had been a
run
on the banks in
their opposing views on proposed
der President Menem's regime,
which more than 20% of deposits
spending cuts in education and
provincial governors received
were withdrawn.
other areas. Last Thursday, in La
large sums of money from Menem,
The government has imposed
Plata, about 35 miles southeast of who got it from revenues gathered
budgetry restrictions to meet the
Buenos Aires, riot police were
from privatization and foreign in-
repayment schedules of its mas-
forced to fire rubber bullets at rock
vestment, to win their support to
sive USD debt to financial institu-
throwing teachers angry with bud-
his privatization policies.
tions and has forced the reduction
get cuts. Thankfully, no serious
In the 1980's, under a reform
of pensions and salaries, unem-
injuries were reported.
policy in Menem's term, the Argen-
ployment to soar, and living con-
Unfortunately, there may not be
tine dollar was pegged to the U.S.
ditions to plummet.
any improvements soon since the
dollar and the nation also under-
Patience and support for the gov-
governmentisstillrecoveringfrom
went "the world's most rapid
ernment has bee~ wearing thin,
internal political conflict, class col)-
privatization program" by selling
with protests, looting, and riots so
flict, and a poor economic policy
off state-owned industries, as
far resulting with the deaths of27
that was wrongly encouraged by
noted by Bauer.
people, and protestors going so far
the International Monetary Fund
The policy was encouraged by
as to pelting a bank and Congress
(IMF). As of now, all of the
the IMF, but there was a flaw to it,
with feces as recently as last Thurs-
Argentinean cabinet has resigned
it had pushed for a contractionary
day.
as a result of the disorder and lack
fiscal policy. As Columbia Univer-
Buildings with images of the state
of public confidence in the gov-
sity professor and Nobel
Prize
win-
are being attacked, windows
ernment,onlyfurtherindicatingthe
ner Joseph Stigliz states, "any
smashed and the interiors looted.
weakness of the government to
economist would have predicted
The population has ignored gov-
deal with this recession, the worst
that contractionary policies would
ernmental orders to stay indoors,
in their history.
incite slowdown and that budget
with crowds of discontented
The problem begins with the po-
targets would not be made."
people attacking shops and super-
litical conflict of the nation. As
The numbers projected by the
markets whose owners have re-
Werner Bauer, a professor of eco-
IMF at the time were pure fiction.
sorted to shooting assailants, most
nomics in the University of Illinois,
The policy had left large parts of
ofwhomcomefrompoorormiddle
states, there has for a long time
the population unemployed, or
Rape reports need campus response
by
JACLYN JACOBSEN
Editor-in-Chief
.
Now the truth is revealed. Sexual
assault does happen, and has hap-
pened repeatedly, at Marist Col-
lege, where too many ofus like to
think we are safe from the evils of
the other world, commonly re-
ferred to as "real life." This aca-
demic year, like no other, has
proven to be an exercise demon-
strating this sad fact.
Now that the truth is out in the
open, however, we must do some-
thing
to
rectify
this problem. Sexual
assault, and violence towards
women, has become a cancer on
the college campus, infecting
nearly every institute of higher
education, and causing increasing
alarm in female students every-
where.
This problem needs to be ad-
dressed on the largest scale pos-
sible, so that every Marist student
can be made aware of the measures
being taken to fix this situation.
Such decisions by the administra-
tion must not be made behind
closed doors - it is imperative that
any effort to aid female students in
this respect be made as public as
possible. The administration must
also take a hard line with students
who have violated the sacred rule
of "Thou shalt not rape," by de-
manding their
immediate
expulsion.
However, solving this problem
does not lie entirely with the trustee
board. Student groups have just
as much responsibility in seeirig
this issue eradicated as any full-
time employee paid to oversee the
students' interests. More specifi-
cally, it is the duty of the Student
Government Association to lead
the way for better security on cam-
pus, as this body acts as a repre-
sentative of the campus as a
whole. As the student group most
closely affiliated with the college
administration, SGA must press for
greater security measures and a
more publicized approach to end-
ing sexual assaults on campus.
It is time for the Gender Equality
Club to step forward and accept
this challenge as well. Lack of stu-
dent awareness of these issues
should be the rallying cry of this
organization, as many similar clubs
at other colleges have taken it upon
themselves to see that the student
body will never forget
that
violence
against women is an ongoing cri-
sis. Participation in this debate can
only be beneficial for this club, as
the members can succeed in their
goals to establish gender equality,
as well as substantiate their club
as a major social activist group on
campus.
Most importantly, it is imperative
that the females of this campus are
united in their demands for better
safety and security measures.
Never forget that we, the female
population, are the majority on this
campus, and what the majority
wants, the majority will get. Silence
on this issue is sending a message
of accepting the status quo, and
this status quo is a dangerous one
for all of us, regardless of gender.
I firmly believe that Marist can
only benefit from taking a more di-
rect course of action to combat this
assault on women and women's
freedom. The only way to win is to
tackle the problem head on.
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under-employed, a sign that it had
failed its primary mission. In this
way, the IMF had failed in aiding a
third world nation in permanently
improving its economic situation
for the long term.
One of the catalysts that dragged
Argentina into plunging revenues
and political turmoil was the shock
of Brazil's currency devaluation in
1999 that slashed Argentina's ex-
port trade.
Now, the nation is trying to mend
its budget and economy any way
it can, asking of help and drasti-
cally cutting budgets in various
sectors. President Duhalde, the
country's fifth president since De-
cember, is pressured by the IMF
and others to end the recession,
but the IMF itself has cut off the
country from access to a $22 bil-
lion loan
program.
Official believe that.they will need
at least $23 billion to help the
economy and the fragile banking
system of the country though. At
present, there is a plan to levy a
one-time tax on corporations to
fund social programs, hopefully
earning them $ l .14 to $1.3 7 billion
to be used in unemployment insur-
ance and social programs.
One such program will supply the
poorest households with $68
monthly.
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position, like all other policies that
have been enacted throughout the
nation. Argentine farm groups
have benefited in that their exports
have
benefited
from the steep de-
valuation of Argentine currency.
They fear that the government will
impose a new tax on their agricul-
tural exports and in response are
looking into a way to create a so-
cial welfare fund.
Preferring to give money to the
destitute of their country, rather
than have it taken
by
a government
they
think
of as irresponsible and
untrustworthy, they believe that
their social fund will reach at least
$685.
Another way that the
Argentinean government is look-
ing to repair the nation is to secure
fresh financial aid. It has reached
an agreement with the provinces
to renegotiate the federal revenue-
sharing pact, which is seen as a
big step towards acquiring aid.
Only three of the provincial gover-
nors have abstained from signing
the pact.
But for today, and for many days
that will follow, the nation's people
will continue their popular upris-
ing against an inept and corrupt
political class that has led their
country, and their lives, into finan-
cial
turmoil.































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CIVIC
by
CHRISKNUDTSEN
Opinion Editor
Public demonstrations and direct
action campaigns are an effective
way to gain attention to a political
or social movement and they are a
crucial element to keeping a soci-
ety aware of the problems facingit
as a whole. With that being said. I
encourage people, especially col-
lege students, because of our
unique situation, to become more
actively involved and voice their
opinions when they
think
it is ap-
propriate.
I'm bothered though, when I re-
alize that the largest such demon-
stration in recent history was the
Route 9 demonstration last month.
It's a sad comment on our school
as an institution and our society in
general when the only noticeable
demonstration is done of out self-
interests because it reinforces the
stereotype of selfish college stu-
dents and shortsighted activists.
The demonstration on Route 9
was held to voice the concerns of
the students who sincerely
felt
vulnerable to the crosswalk and
wanted a change. It seems how-
ever that the action was taken with-
out really considering the implica-
tions on how Marist students are
perceived in our larger community
.
Over the course of the last four
responsibility?
years I've heard nearly every
type
of derogatory statement made to-
wards Poughkeepsie, yet there
have been few efforts made to bet-
ter the community on our campus.
Poverty,
urban
blight, and crime are
running at significant rates in our
community, yet the only time our
students get involved with a large
showing is to protest the cross-
walk.
Imagine now, the Poughkeepsie
resident's view ofMarist students.
Prior to the demonstration, Marist
students were generally seen as
obnoxious college kids that hang
around for four years, cause a
ruckus in front of the local bars,
and then leave; after the demon-
stration that same resident is even
more angry because s/he was a half
hour late for work since traffic was
stopped by that same gaggle of
college kids. It's pretty unlikely
that many outside of the Marist
community, or even
within
it, would
view this action as a positive at-
tempt to raise a collective voice on
an issue.
There are horrendous conditions
throughout the world and injustices
within our own communities and
nation as a whole that far exceed
the inconvenience of showing up
to class a few minutes late. To say
that someone is "outraged" at the
Route 9 situation is more than ex-
aggeration, it is insulting.
Campus workers had to organize
last year to renegotiate their con-
tracts to contest unfair treatment
and fight for more benefits but
there was little to no support from
the student body; these are the
people who feed students, clean
up after students, and make sure
the campus runs effectively yet
nobody came to their side. There
have been incidents of rape, re-
ported or not, throughout this year
and there has been a muted re-
sponse on behalf of the students.
More importantly, using this
demonstration as an example of
civil disobedience does a grave in-
justice to social movements of the
past and present. Civil rights ac-
tivists, environmentalists, AIDS
activists, and so on fight for a more
equitable and fair society. To
-
equate civil rights activism fight-
ing against segregation to a move-
ment based on fighting for a more
convenient crosswalk hardly
seems reasonable.
Activism and political organiza-
tion is important and should be
highly commended but the nature
of it should also be recognized.
That history of action is firmly
rooted in fighting for a larger soci-
etal difference, not for the self-in-
terests of the few.
Colombian Civil War May Soon Become Our War
by
DAMIAN BEDNARZ
·
StaffWriter
Is history repeating itself as we
speak? With the war on terrorism
getting more and more blurry, the
Pentagon is trying to make the pub-
lic aware of possible future opera-
tions across the globe. We already
see US forces in the Philippines,
Yemen, Somalia, Iraq (oh we're in
there alright, shhh!) and Afghani-
stan/Pakistan. This isn't even tak-
ing into account all the special op-
erations missions we will hear
about a year from now!
Where does this Operation En-
during Freedom take our TV cam-
eras next? It may seem like a long
shot now, but .there are plenty of
signs that the US is looking to
fur-
ther help the Colombian govern-
ment and its relentless struggle
with Marxist rebels.
What fat cats in Washington and
executive policy makers don't
want is a second Vietnam occur-
ring in our own backyard. The
wheels of history always come
around.
A brief update for all of you out
there in Marist Land: Colombia is
in a 38 year old civil war with a
Marxist group called Revolution-
ary
Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC). The rebels hope to one
day overthrow the government and
secure a new Colombian society.
And you people though commu-
nism was dead, shame on you!
Throughout the decades FARC
has kidnapped over 3,000 political
and social individuals and held
them for ransom, conducted raids
on villages (30,000 homicides), car
bombings, assassinations, guerilla
fighting with the standing army,
and all the other
fun
stuff of rebel
life. So how do us "gringos" get
into this mess? The great and suc-
cessful drug war, that's how. It
turnsoutthatFARC's 17,000-mem-
ber club is funded partially by the
drug cartels in Colombia, an army
onto itself. To fight the cartels, we
in
turn
must fight the rebels. But
we have been reluctant to send too
much aid to Colombia's military in
the past due to its employment of
human-rights-abusing paramilitary
groups. The cloud thickens!
Now with this call to arms against
all "evil-doers," the US is left with
a thin line to stand on how it wants
to further support the Colombian
conflict and run it parallel to the
war on terrorism. The increased
amount of aid in the past months
by Washington to ;Bogota seems a
bit alarming. Whether the US will
label the Marxist rebels as a terror-
ist organization is the big ques-
tion.
Granted FARC is no Al-Qaeda,
but it has had a record of kidnap-
ping Americans and at times ex-
ecuting US informants. After the
Daniel Pearl incident, this may raise
questions to the whole interven-
tion idea in Colombia. We cannot
protect all US citizens abroad; it
would present a huge hole in our
foreign policy and regional goal at-
tainment.
Recently, Colombia has been
faced with a massive attack on its
water and power sources by the
rebels. Turning one city, Florencia,
into a siege. This comes after Co-
lombian President Andres Pastrana
ended a three-year peace effort in
which FARC received land, double
the size of New Jersey in
Colombia's southern provinces.
Negotiations flopped and troops
have retaken the de-militarized
zone and made new offenses.
Rebels have also in the past week
kidnapped and killed a senator and
her aids by hijacking a plane. The
120,00 standing army will be
strained, as it will
try to advance
on FARC positions and at the same
time provide security for public in-
·
terests.
The US 's Plan Colombia has
given the Pastrana administration
thousands of millions of dollars to
fight the drug cartels. Most US
hardware is used on cocoa fiel~
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March 7, 2002
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SPC entertains campus all weekend long
by
CHRISTINA DIAS
Staff Writer
Friday night in the Nelly Goletti
Theater, "Arche Dream" per-
formed their dance production,
The Poet's Dream. To say it was
unusual is a gross understate-
ment. Basically, the show was a
spiritual drama
performed to New
Age style music by elaborately
costumed dancers. The surprise
was that it was all done under
black lights illuminating the oth-
erwise dark stage.
With only minimal narration,
the plot was relayed through
pantomime and interpretive
dance. The show opens with a
frightening monologue from
Death, clad
in:
a cape and skeletal
mask, all of which glowed fluo-
rescent and bright white under
the black lights. Death has come
for the Poet, who is overcome by
the horrors of the world and so
enters into a dream. He meets up
with a Guide who accompanies
him
through a series of obstacles.
Each of these hurdles-Limitations
of Reason, Warfare, Grief, pol-
1 uted Earth and the lusty
Sphynxx-appears in the form of a
masked dancer. Once the hero
has faced all these challenges, he
awakens and is granted a voice,
as Love and Peace dance gaily.
The costumes were all hand-
made and ornate. They were a
cross between Native American
attire and '70s disco-wear, com-
plete with plenty of fringe, psy-
chedelic patterns, graffiti and
even a pair of5" platforms for
good measure. Strange as the
costumes were, they were also
very beautiful and the masks
resembled those worn in tradi-
tional Greek theater. The music
jived well with the apparel, be-
ing a blend of tribal percussion
rhythms, classical woodwind
arrangements and of course a
few pop beats. South African
Alex Mitnick, whose national
influence is apparent, wrote the
show.
The ingenuity of using a black
light allowed for illusions. As
you may know, under a black
light anything black cannot be
seen, so stagehands could make
objects appear to magically fly
through the air and sliding
screens made dancers suddenly
appear. The term "dancer" is
used somewhat loosely
.
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performers did not appear to be
classically trained, and some
choreography seemed sloppy
and out of synch. Most move-
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steps, executed, however with obvious
passion and enthusiasm. After the per-
formance the gracious and friendly danc-
ers invited the audience to examine the
costumes up close and responded to
questions and comments. The show had
a strong message. I'm not sure what it
was ... but it's hard to convey a clear plot
when a show is-entirely symbolic.
Saturday night, I found myself at a
much easier to understand event, SPC's
student coffeehouse, which always turns
out a bevy of talented artists. Among
the performers was Marist favorite Steve
Black. Always very comfortable on
stage, he sang a gritty original, "Jason
Who," an ode to a band he left and also
did some vocal acrobatics on Pearl Jam's
"Black". Jeff Berner played original mu-
sic from his recently recorded CD. I have
to give him a nod, because anyone who
can use the word "clandestine" appro-
priately in his or her songwriting de-
serves some credit. Jaclyn Jaco.bsen
gave a break to the guitar playing and
sang 2 selections a capella, with a better
ear for pitch then I've ever
had
when sing-
ing without instrumentals. She took
home third prize. Travis Winkley,
bandmate with Steve Black in the group
Flight School, earned second place. Play-
ing last was
John
Powers. It was hard to
tell whether he was doing a stand-up
comedy routine or a musical performance
but either way he was hilarious. Mainly
Steve Black on the front of his most recent CD cover. He
performed here for the Marist community last Saturday.
his witty spoof of "Kryptonite"
by Three Doors Down was what
won him firstplace.
Throughout the show there
were innumerable shameless
plugs for the Battle of the Bands
on Thursday night March 7 in the
Cabaret, so there's another one.
Go check it out and support Flight
School and other talented local
bands before they make it big and
you regret not having gone.
We
Were Soldiers
takes
to
the screen
by
PAUL LUKASON
Staff Writer
We Were Soldiers covers the events of
LZ X-Ray in the Vietnam "conflict." The
entire issue ofVietnam is a totally differ-
ent topic to be fully discussed at a later
time and date, in a different setting and
context.
Since it is the basis for the plot of the
movie, I will briefly mention that people
died for absolutely no reason. The
United States was afraid of communism,
and felt that the only way to deal with it
was to wipe out anyone who believed in
it, or followed it. We sent American sol-
diers over to Vietnam to destroy this fear
that we had. .Many innocent lives of
young men were lost, with nothing posi-
tive to come out of it.
.
Mel Gibson plays Hal Moore, and is
essentially the backbone of this movie.
Randall Wallace adapts this screenplay
from the book entitled "We Were Sol-
diers Once ...
And Young," written by
the real life Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore.
Wallace directs Soldiers as his sopho-
more effort. The Man
In The Iron Mask
being his previous effort. We are treated
to several great supporting performances
from various well-known actors. Barry
Pepper (as Joe Galloway), Keri Russell
(as Barbara Geoghegan), Greg Kinnear
(as Maj. Bruce 'Snakes"'*t' Crandall),
Chris Klien ( as Lt. Jack Geoghegan), and
Madeline Stowe (as Julie Moore) all lend
to a wonderful supporting cast that helps
boost the superior performance of Mel
Gibson.
I look at We Were Soldiers as the Sav-
ing Private Ryan ofVietnam. Ryan cov-
ered some of the events of World War II
with a rather intriguing story, and excel-
lent action sequences that have yet to
be beaten by anything to date. Soldiers
is the closest thing to date. I also
v.iew The Thin Red Line as the
"artsy-fartsy" film covering the
Second World War. Most of the
movie contains inner mono-
logues, which are quite boring,
and the action sequences are fair
at best. In the Vietnam area, Pla-
toon and Apocalypse Now are the
artsy films in my mind. Not so
much Platoon but Apocalypse
Now. The action sequences in
both are stunning, but do not oc-
cur that often. The movies rely
on the characters rather than spe-
cial effects to carry the movie.
The movie devotes the first hour
to setting up the characters that
will be going into battle. Their
training along with some of their
struggles with each other are
shown to give us an inside look
into how they
think
and behave.
I appreciate this attempt since a
certain bond is formed with the
audience and some of the charac-
ters. I also enjoyed the fact that
the movie focused on the family
man going into battle rather than
the single male.
In Platoon, Charlie Sheen is a
single man going into battle.
It
focuses on his struggles to make
due with what he has, or lacks for
that matter. Soldiers gives us in-
sight into the reverse side of the
spectrum, and tells us how hard it
was for a father to go into battle
leaving their families behind.
It
was very difficult for Hal Moore,
and Jack Geoghegan to leave their
families and venture into the un-
known land of Vietnam with the
terrible expectation that they prob-
ably would not make it back alive.
These struggles .are addressed
and explained but, as is shown,
there really is no way to appro-
priately deal with this hardship.
The battle scenes cover the
three-day conflict of LZ X-R3y.
These scenes are something that
-can finally be compared to those
of Ryan. Everything is well cho-
reographed; and slow motion is
not over used, like in every rap
video to.day, and all
John
Woo
movies. Things seem to happen
as realistically as possible, or at
least as I can observe. It is nice
to see something that attempts
to lean more toward the realistic
side, rather than the fantasy side.
With We Were Soldiers an at-
tempt was made to make some-
thing as positive as possible on
such a negative subject. Vietnam
is a very touchy topic with many
people, and they feel that we
never should have been there in
the· first place. Soldiers succeeds
in giving us a very entertaining
story, with superb, top-notch
battle sequences, and actors and
actresses that actually believe in
the project they are doing. The
ability to combine all of this _into
one neat package is a feat not
accomplished too often. This is
a movie that will satisfy all, and
will be one of the best movies of
2002.
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he never even leaves his map store
it's supposed to be, a map store.
.
away at the door at Thursday
and the world around them.
Staff Writer
except once to go get his routine
Maps cover the walls and are rolled
night's performance and the Black
In addition, Andrews states,
test. Their friends are dying all
up in baskets Throughout most of Box was a full house the other two
"Lonely Planet is what intimate
around them and Jody is trying to
the play, the
lighting
is dim, giving
nights. Jake Hannenberg and Jay
theatre is all about, a true en-
pretend that nothing is happening
the play sort of a dark feeling and
Mazloom did an excellent job in
semble effort. There were no big
while Carl is trying to force
him
to
making Jody's character seem life-
each of their roles. The dialog be-
budgets, hired directors, or unat-
realize the reality of it all. During
less and hidden away. The light-
tween them flowed naturally and
tainable
technical
designs. Just
the course of the play, each of the
ing gets brighter at some of the
clearly. Their interior monologues
two actors, a student- director, a
characters gets tested and the au-
more comical parts of the play and
were also very good. The audience
quality script and a volunteer to
dience can almost feel the anxiety
darker again when the characters
could almost see everything they
run lights. And that made all the
"Lonely Planet", directed by se-
nior Chris Clemens and
produced
by Professor Matt Andrews, was
performed in the Black Box The-
ater in Fontaine Hall last Thurs-
day, Friday and Saturday eve-
nings. This well put together, two-
person play featured Jake
Hannenberg as Jody, and Jay
Mazloom as Carl.
"Lonely Planet" is about two
friends and how they are dealing
with the ever- present possibility
of contracting the AIDS
virus.
Carl
deals with it easily and goes about
his everyday routine of made up
jobs and adventures, whereas
and suspense their characters feel
discuss serious matters.
were feeling inside, like Jody's
difference."
while waiting for the results.
Another big part of the set are
deep fear of the truth that lies out-
I would recommend this play to
"Chris, Jake and Jay worked re-
chairs. The play begins with just
side the door of his map shop.
.
people to anyone. It's very clean
ally hard to capture the essence of one chair on the set. From scene to
"Lonely Planet" is a wonderful
in nature, but some of the sym-
the play, which is the value of scene, the number of chairs multi-
play with not a single dull moment.
bolism might be lost on someone
friendship amongst the horrors of plies until there is almost no room
While there are some comical
younger and the subject matter
the world, in the case, the AIQS
for the characters to walk around.
points throughout it, it's mostly a
might bea little mature.
epidemic," states Matt Andrews,
The chairs are a symbol of their
serious play about the frightening
English/Theatre professor.
friends who have died of AIDS.
world of AIDS and how two men
The set for this play is simple, yet
"Lonely Planet" was altogether
deal with their fears of it and the
"Station 2" takes the Poughkee sie area b storm
byMATTHEW
ROVERY
Staff Writer
In
an industry infested wtth pop
music, rap, and hard rock, it is un-
common to come across an un-
paralleled alternative, early 90's
sound.
Many college students have
begun to reminisce over the mind-
infes ting tunes produced by
bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam,
and Soul Asylum. Station 2, an
up-and-coming group from Long
Island, might very well
be
the
cata-
lyst necessary for the reemer-
gence of this music genre.
Station 2, consisting of Boston
University's Paul Thifault, (guitar
and
lead
vocals)
SUNY
Binghamton's Tom Knabbe,
(bass, guitar, and background
vocals) and Marist's own Jim
Abdale (percussion), have been
playing together for over two
years now.
In
this short period of
time, Station 2 has managed to
write a great deal of original songs,
·
record its debut album, "All Your
Equestrian ...
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Halley placed third, and Amanda
St. Pierre placed fourth. St. Pierre
also placed first in
Open
Flat while
Halley placed fourth.
In
Intermediate Fences Amanda
Von Haugg and Jessica Duggan
pl~eq fifth. Kathryn Kopp won
th~ Intermediate Flat class and
Courtney Sutphen placed fourth.
In Novice Fences Kathryn Kopp
placed second. Lauren Klingler
placed first in the Novice Flat
class.
In
Advanced Walk-Trot-Canter
Kerri D' Amie~ placed sixth.
In
the
Walk Trot classes Jessica Baldwin
placed first, Maria lanne placed
second, and Nikki Hemon placed
third.
The team will send l O members
to the regional show on April
sixth, including Duggan, Kopp,
Klinger, Rogers, Von Haugg, St.
Pierre, Halley, Lauren McGann,
LauraKalnicky, and Baldwin.
Senses," and take the Long Island
college bar scene by storm.
On March 2nd, the storm began
to brew over Poughkeepsie,
NY.
Station 2 managed to transform a
dreary basement of a private resi-
dence into a pulsating, energetic
concert venue. They opened up
by debuting two brand new songs,
"Coverin Up Nathaniel" and "Soul
Electric." The band then broke into
a few of their older songs, which
appear on their album, as well as
some Tom Petty, Radiohead, and U2
covers.
Thifault, the front man and
songwriter, said that playing
Poughkeepsie is something he al-
ways looks forward to.
"The audience gets into it more
than anywhere else I've played,"
explained Thifault. "The guy in the
front row is trying to sing into my
mike, the DJ lights are pumping
down from the ceiling, and the
whole thing just seems so llllder-
ground. Its like Fight Club, only
music."
Thifault's excitement was not only
audible, but visible as well. He
A
bounced around the stage like a
6
year-old with sugar in his system.
Adding to his soaring voice and
persistent energy was Knabbe's
superb bass playing and Abdale's
virtuoso-like drumming.
Marist student Matt Pennachio,
who was in attendance Saturday
night, said the band has a rare
tal-
ent. "Station 2 is honestly one of
the best live bands I've. seen. piey
really know how to connect with
the audience through their music,"
he said.
The second half of the set in-
cluded additional originals from the
album, including the most well re-
ceived tune of the night, "Vinegar."
The melodic song ended in an in-
describable jam session between
Thifault
and Knabbe and an im-
pressive drum solo by Abdale,
which got the crowd
pumped
to
the brim with energy. The show
closed with a rendition of Neil
Yollllg's "Keep on Rockin' in the
Free World," which was a perfect
reminder
of the band's roots and
influences.
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student and Station 2 fan, said he
highly
recommends
seeing this
band live.
''They create a mind-blowing set
and deliver great entertainment
through their excellent music,"
said Anderson.
Look for Station 2 to be
playing
venues on Long Island and in
Greenwich
Village this
summer. For
more information about the band,
access its website at http://sta-
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MAAC tournament
needs to
reward
regular
.
season champions
Marist and Rider finished with
identical 13-5 records in the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference and
took the title of Co-Champiofl.s for
the 2001-2002 regular season, but
what do they have to show for it?
The past weekend, both teams
were rewarded for their efforts by
having to travel to Albany, NY to
play away games in the MAAC
tournament. And, Marist was re-
warded even more by having to
play hometown favorite Siena in
the second round.
Picture this, you're the second
seeded team in the tournament and
you find yourself in the midst of
an arena surround by green and
white clad Siena fails, while three
bus loads of your fans get
squeezed into three comer sec-
tions of the arena.
To make matters worse, there are
7,000 screaming fans against you,
while the speakers are blaring "We
Will Rock You" as the ''visitor"
makes a big run only to have the
speakers lowered and ~op 40 mu-
sic playing when you cut into the
lead.
Well if you were Marist or a
Marist fan, you didn't have topic-
ture it, you witnessed it. The joy
of winning a regular season cham-
pionship was quickly turned into
an early exit from the tournament
as the seventh ranked team was
turned into a home team and won
the automatic bid into the NCAA
Tournament.
The reality is, Marist and Rider
were actually punished for being
so successful in the regular sea-
son, while a less than mediocre
Siena team had the
luxury
of play-
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Sports Editor
ing in front of the home crowd,
which managed to snatch what
looked like more than 75% of the
seats in the "neutral-site" arena.
Not to take anything from Siena,
because they did
.
win four games
in a row and had nothing to do with
where the games were played, but
would the result have been the
same if their second round match
up against Marist was played in
the Mccann Center?
We'll never know.
However, it brings up the point
that many have been asking lately;
what is the point of the regular sea-
son in the MAAC?
In a league where every team
makes the tournament, including
those making a living in the base-
ment for the entire season, the regu-
lar season doesn't really mean any-
thing. It is basically
,
a warm-up for
the tournament.
The Ivy League does not have a
conference tournament; the regu-
lar season champion gets the au-
tomatic bid to the NCAA. In other
words, a regular season that actu-
ally means something.
Men's swimming places second in ECAC Championship
The Northeast Conference
(NEC)
rewards the higher seed by having
them host the championship game.
by
MIKE BENISCHEK
Staff Writer
and 200-yard freestyle categories.
place finish in the one-meter dive
Gelsornino also managed to place
And as for the Big East, their bot-
He also played a key role for Marist
event. And Missy Gifford was run-
thirteenth in the 400-yard individual
torn dwellers do not get a chance
in several relay events.
ner-up with a tenth place finish in
medley. Finnerty and Heslin were
to see the postseason. Again, a
After capturing the MAAC Con-
Dobbins combined
with
Nick
the one and three-meter category.
fourteenth and fifteenth respec-
regular season that means sorne-
ference titles, the Marist swimming
Lakin, Jeffery Paul, and Ricky
The team of Jennifer Gelsornino,
tively in the 1650-yard freestyle.
thing.
and diving teams set their sights
Kapusta for second in the 200-yard
Sarah
McKinney,
Kristen
Heslin would also take twelfth in
Nothing is going to change in the
on the ECAC crowns this past
freestyle rclay. He also joined
Schnitzer, and Jennifer Meyer irn-
·
the 200-yard backstroke. Jennifer MAAC for a while, if ever. But, at
weekend in Pittsburgh.
Lakin, Kapusta,
and
Trevor Charles
proved on last year's ECAC time
Meyer placed thirteenth in the 50-
least in the next few seasons, two
After three days of competition
for a school record-breaking per-
in the 200-yard freestyle relay, and
yard freestyle.
new sites will be added for the tour-
the Red Foxes fell short of the titles.
forrnance that garnered second
in the process finished eleventh.
Pittsburgh took first place in the
nament, including Trenton, NJ and
The Marist men finished second
place. That same quartet also took
The 800-yard freestyle relay team
tournament, beating out defending
Fairfield, Ct.
in the competition, while the
third in the 400-yard freestyle re-
of Gelsornino, ~C~fl!1e~ Karen
champion University ofMaryland-
This probably will not solve the
women could only manage fif-
lay.
Finnerty, and Arny Hesrrn set anew
Baltimore
County.
problem, but it's a start. The goal
teenth.
The 200-yard individual medley
school record with a time of7:53:43,
The Foxes' diving teams will re-
of the tournament is to get the
With a
final
score of 42050 points
was a strong event for the foxes
breaking the old mark by over two
turn to action on March 15 in the
league's beSt into the tournament
the Marist men were runners up to
also with Mathew Castillo, Trevor
seconds, putting them in twelfth
NCAA Zone Diving Qualifiers in
and the goal of the league shoul~
defending champion University of Charles, and Robert
Dunn
finish-
place.
Annapolis Maryland.
be to reward the best team for therr
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Indoor track completes season .. .
From
12
ence rival Rider finished at a close
backstroke Trevor Charles took
'
·
In the ECAC races, senior Liza
third. Marist placed second on the
fourth.
On
the diving side, Michael
Grudzinski and freshman Alison
opening day of competition and
Guman took third from the three-
Keller both established new school
held their position until the end,
meter height as well as fifth from
'
records in their respective events.
despite failing to place first in an
the one meter.
Grudzinski finished 10th in her sec-
event all weekend.
There were a few bright spots for
tion of the 5000-meter run with a
Leading the Foxes' scoring was,
the Red Fox Women in this tourna-
record breaking time of 17:28.70.
once again, David Dobbins, who
rnent, which managed to score
Keller finished 23rd out of36 corn-
after winning three individual
eighty-four points fior the three-
.
petitors in the 60-rneter hurdles,
events in the MAAC Tournament,
day tournament Amber Van De
·
breaking
her own school record
had another strohg showing with
Carr had Man· st's best ..,,..f:orrnance
l""u'
with a performance of9 .14 seconds.
a second place finishes in the 100
of the weekend, with an eighth
RECORD SETTING SEASON:
Baseball Sweeps
Ll.berty
Both teams established numerous
.
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12school records over the course of
ing contributions at the plate, as
both junior third baseman Tim
Allen and senior outfielder An-
thony Bocchino had big days with
the bat.
Allen had two hits, including his
second horner of the season, and
two funs batted in while Bocchino
drove
in a run ofhis own while rap-
ping out two hits.
Junior left-hander Kevin Ool
picked up the save by tossing
three innings in relief of Bechtel.
In the second game of the twin
bill Marist jumped out to an early
5-0 lead by scoring five times in
the top of the third inning. Senior
shortstop Steve O'Sullivan put
Marist on the board as his single
drove home Allen with the team's
.first run of the game. Bocchino
and junior outfielders Joey Salazar
and Matt Griffiths also drove in
runs for the Red Foxes in that third
inning.
Starter Chris Tracz picked up the
win and moved to 2-0 on the
young season by giving up four
runs on just five hits in five innings
of work. Tracz, a sophomore, now
has a record of 12-1 for his career.
Liberty managed to cut the
Marist lead to 5-4 after scoring two
runs in their half of the fifth, but
the Red Foxes came right back with
three of their own in the top of the
sixth to extend the lead back to four
runs at8-4.
The teams were slated to play a
·
three game series, but Saturday's
double-header was postponed to
Sunday
.
Marist's record now stands at 3-
2 as the team prepares for a three
game set this weekend in Virginia
·
against George Mason, with a
double-header scheduled for Sat-
urday and the rubber match slated
for Sunday.
The- Red Foxes will make a brief
stop in South Orange, NJ to take
on the Seton Hall Pirates next
Thursday before returning to Vir-
ginia for another three game set,
this time against Vrrginia Common-
wealth.
the 2001-2002 indoor track cam-
pa1gn. The men's team established
new records in 11 events, and the
women's team established new
school marks in 9 events, all of
which are listed here:
55M HURDLES: Sophomore Eli
Bisnett-Cobb and freshman Alison
Keller both established new
records over the course of the sea-
son. During the first meet of the
year at West Point (Nov. 20),
Bisnett-Cobb tied his record of7
.99
seconds, while Keller, in her colle-
giate debut, broke Melanie Torres'
record with a time of8.68. Ten days
later, Bisnett-Cobb broke the
record at the FDU Season Opener,
with a time of7.84.
At the Yale Invitational on Jan.
13, Keller established a new 55H
record with a performance of8.62.
Two weeks later, she would break
the record twice during the same
meet at the Terrier Classic in Bos-
ton, with a preliminary time of8.61
and a finals time of 8.46. Keller
would improve the record to 8.36
at the St. Valentine's Invitational
MAACchampionshipsonFeb.16,
Feb.11.
withatimeof5:06.61.
60MHURDLES:Kellerbrokethe
3000M: Nebr broke his own
school record three times,.at Seton
Hall (9 .31 seconds) and at the Met-
ropolitan Track Championships
(9.22 seconds), as well as at the
ECAC championship (9.14 sec-
onds) on Mar. 3.
400M: Freshman Adam Pakiela
broke Mike McCarthy's record of
51. 7 4 with a 51.50 second perfor-
mance at Seton Hall in Dec. The
record fell again in February, as
Pakiela finished in 50.97 at the St.
Valentine's Invitational.
500M: Chris McCloskey estab-
lished a new school mark in the
rarely contested 500M at the Ter-
rier Classic with a time of 1 :07 .82.
600M: Nicole Thompson beat
Kate Pieper's record of
1
:44.92 with
her Nov. 30 performance of 1 :44.53.
800M: At the St. Valentine's In-
vitational, McCloskey finished in
1:55.28, 1.16 seconds faster than
the record previously held by Ben
Hefferon.
1 000M: McCloskey broke his
own school record at the MET
Championship meet (2:30.02), only
to have his record broken by
Mike
Nebr (2:29.53) six days later. Sue
Golden also broke the women's
1000m record at F ordharn (2:57 .98),
METs (2:57 .97) and St. Valentine's
(2:53.81).
MILE:Nehr, withatimeof4:15.23,
set a new school mark at the METs,
obliterating the record previously
held by Hefferon ( 4: 18.21 ). Golden
established a new record at the
school record in Jan., with a time
of8:24.42.
5000M:
Liza
Grudzinski set a new
school mark at the ECAC champi-
onship with a time of 17:28.70.
4x800 RELAY: The record of
7:56.44, set in 1984, fell at the MET
championships, as the team of
Nebr, McCloskey, Pat Driscoll and
Brian Perrella finished in 7:55.43.
JUMPS: Bisnett-Cobb tied the
high jump record early in the sea-
son, only to claim it for his own at
the MET championships. The
record now stands at 6'7". Jen
Stewart tied her record in the triple
jump (34' 4 3/4"), and Keller tied
the high jump record of 5' 1/2".
THROWS: Adam Waterbury
broke the shot put record twice,
with his best performance coming
at the MAAC championships:
14.52m. Waterbury, in only his sec-
ond time competing in the 35-LB
Weight, set a new school record of
12.66m (41'
6
1/2") at the Terrier
Classic.
"The program made great gains
·
this winter season and the men
should be proud of their accom-
plishments," Colaizzo said. "Set-
ting and re-setting so many school
records shows how much these
guys have improved and has set
the standard for themselves and
future men's track teams to chase."
Both teams return to action, for
the outdoor track season, on
March 23 at the Monmouth Sea-
son Opener.































THE CIRCLE
Athletes
of the Week
Jimmy Willis collected seven hits and
4RBI
in
a weekend sweep of Liberty
Quote of the Week
"The program made great gains this win-
ter season
and the men should be proud of
their accomplishments. Setting and re-set
-
ting so many school records show how much
these guys have improved. "
Brandi Peterson scored four goals and
had an assist
in
her collegiate debut for
the women's lacrosse team
March 7, 2002
SPORTS
Men's track coach Pete Colaizzo
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Siena and crowd too much for Foxes to overcome
National Invitational Tournament hopes take a hit with first round loss
by
SCOTT MONTESANO
Staff Writer
It just might be that the Marist
men's basketball team has not yet
exorcised its demons
from
the Capi-
tal District.
Or
it could be that the team sim-
ply prefers another brand of soft
drink.
Either way, the Pepsi Arena re-
mains a dreaded place for Marist.
The #2 ranked Foxes saw their
dream season take a major hit with
an 82-76 loss to Rte. 9 rival Siena,
ranked seventh, in the quarterfinals
of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Con-
ference Tournament, March 2.
The loss ended hopes of an
NCAA tournament berth and se-
verely hampers the Foxes' chances
of an NIT spot. Marist will learn its
postseason fate March I 0.
The Foxes last appeared in the
postseason in 1996 when they
qualified for the NIT.
For at least the first 20 minutes, it
seemed as though the Foxes were
in good shape. Marist jumped out
to an 18-point lead early in the first
half.
Siena scored the game's
first
four
points, but that was followed by
an 18-0 Foxes' run which brought
a large assembly ofMarist fans to
their feet. Marist was able to build
a 29-11 lead.
The Saints went almost ten min-
utes without registering a field goal.
Meanwhile, the Foxes could not
miss, especially from three-point
range.
However, the lead proved to not
be safe. Behind an astonishing 78%
second half team shooting and a
career high 36 points from senior
Dwayne Archbold, the Saints came
back.
Siena made 12 straight field goals
midway through the second half
to
take a 65.;(,() lead with 6:41
to
play.
Marist never fully recovered.
''Down 18 points, the kids
showed a great ~eal of character,"
Siena coach Rob Lanier said.
"It
was a good night."
Senior Sean Kennedy finished
the game with 20 points, quietly
surpassing the
1,000-point
mark.
Still, reaching a career milestone
was of little consolation to
Kennedy after the game.
''It
has been our goal to make the
NCAA
tournament
and I tho~t
this year was going to be our best
shot."
Nick Eppehimer tossed in another
17 points and was 5-9 for three-
pointers.
Foul trouble was an issue for
many Foxes, though none fouled
out.
Siena's
win
completed a wild day
that saw the one, two and three
seeds in the tournament fall.
One thing that helped Siena was
the fans in the seats.
As the #2 seed, Marist was
forced to play what amounted to
being a road game as a partisan
Albany crowd of close to 8,000
fu-
eled the Saint's comeback. During
the Saint's second half run, the
arena was deafening at times.
"Fve been to a lot of places and
a lot of college basketball games,"
Lanier said.
"Our
crowd was the
difference in the game. They really
energized our team when we made
a little run."
Marist head coach Dave
Magarity was not happy with hav-
ing to play in Albany.
"The league got what it wanted,"
Magarity said afterwards, hinting
that the MAAC wants Siena
to
win
Marist women fall
to Jaspers
in
Tourney
by
PETER PALMIERI
Sports Editor
With a 70-54 loss to the Manhat-
tan Jaspers in the
quarterfinals
round of the 2002 HSBC Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
(MAAC)
Tournament, the Marist
women's
basketball
team failed to
win
its first ever MAAC Touma-
ment contest.
Marist appeared in the
quarterfinals round for the
first
time
since joining the MAAC, but has
failed to
win
a tournament game in
Marist shot 15% from the floor in
the first half, but a second half
surge cut the
Manhattan lead
to
nine.
However,
a 6-0 running by
the Jaspers opened
up
a 15-point
lead.
Stephanie Del Preore was the
only
Red
Fox to reach double dig-
its, scoring 10 points while pulling
down three rebounds.
Maureen
Magarity tallied eight points, as did
Marie Fusci. Nina
Vecchio
led the
team with 10 rebounds.
Rosalee Mason, a target by the
Marist
defense,
was held to 13
points,
but also grabbed 15 re-
bounds. Manhattan
received
im-
portant contributions from Tiffany
Schettig and Eve Walters, who
scored 18 and 17 points respec-
tively.
St. Peter's went on to
defeat
Man-
hattan in the semifinals round and
outlasted first ranked Siena in the
finals, 83-71, to earn the MAAC
Championship and a trip to the
women's NCAA Championships.
Marist finished the season with
an 11-17 overall record.
Marist closes out indoor track season
with IC4A/ECAC Championships
by
ROB McGUINNESS
Staff Writer
Closing out a successful indoor
track season, the men's and
women's track teams competed at
the IC4A/ECAC championships at
the Reggie Lewis Center in Bos-
ton, Mass. last weekend.
After running a frustrating race
which men's coach Pete Colaizzo
classified as 'sit and surge,' senior
Mike Nehr finished sixth in a pre-
liminary heat of the 3000-meter run
on Saturday with a time of8:32.41.
Nehr, the only Marist runner ever
to qualify for the indoor-IC4A 3K
in consecutive seasons, did not
qualify for Sunday's finals.
Also on Saturday, the distance
medley relay team of Chris Camp,
Adam
Pakiela,
Pat Driscoll and
Chris McCloskey placed ninth in a
preliminary section with a time of
10:23.50. While the Foxes' DMR
performanceincludeda4:191600-
meter split froth Mccloskey, the
distance medley team did not ad-
vance to the finals. The Marist men
have qualified to compete in the
indoor-IC4A DMR in five of the
last six seasons.
See ...
Indoor
Track, 11
for larg~r crowds. Published re-
ports out of Albany last week said
that Magarity had tried to get the
game moved to a neutral site.
Close to 300 Marist students, as
well as the Pep Band and cheer-
leaders, made the trip to the game.
The group was vocal throughout
much of the contest, but was qui-
eted during the Saint's comeback.
The Marist student contingent
was the largest of any school at
the tournament.
With the loss, Marist's season is
now on hold. The Foxes could still
receive an invitation to the NIT -
the stepsister of the NCAA tour-
nament - or could be shut out.
All of this leaves the Foxes with
the uncertainty of an ill-prepared
student heading into an exam.
The NIT announced in February
that
it
was expanding to 40 teams
this season in an attempt to get
more
mid-majors. The NIT
has
regu-
larly taken teams from the MAAC,
but did not last season.
Marist, along with Rider and
Manhattan, appear to be the three
teams that the selection committee
will consider. Manhattan - with 20
wins, including an upset of St.
John's and a tough non-conference
schedule - seems to be the favor-
ite.
"Certain things have to happen
here for us
to
get to the NIT. We
probably needed another win or
two to make it happen," com-
mented Magarity.
Women's lax splits pair
in
DC
While the majority of the Marist
assists in the winning effort.
College community's attention was
While it was the Foxes dishing
fixated on Albany last weekend, the
out the beating against Howard, it
Red Foxes women's
lacrosse
team
would be Marist taking a thump-
was kicking off its 2002 season.
ing 24 hours later.
The Red Foxes opened their sea-
In
the first ever women's lacrosse
son by splitting two games in the
game for George Washington Uni-
nation's capital. Marist defeated
versity, the Colonials jumped out
Howard 11-3 onMarch2 but fell to
early and cruised to a 10-3 win.
George Washington 10-3 one day
George Washington took a 4-1 lead
later.
into halftime, and never let Marist
Freshman Brandi Peterson
get back into the contest.
started her collegiate career off in
Similar to Marist's performance
memorable fashion. It was her four
against Howard, it would be the
goals and one assist that led
freshmen that would open eyes for
Marist to its route over Howard.
George Washington.
Peterson
wasn't the only fresh-
Freshman
Jamie
Lee scored four
man that started her career impres-
goals on four shots while freshman
sively for head coach Megan Heidi Mayer had two gbals and
McGonagle's
squad. Lauren
two assists. Goalkeeper Casey
Sherman also netted four goals in
Aiken, also a freshman, made
the victory, while freshman goal-
seven saves on ten shots.
keeper
Heather
Ripp made nine
Marist returns to action March 8
saves.
when the team takes on Northwest-
Preseason
all-MAAC selection
em University at Drew University
junior Molly
Hanley
added three
in Madison, N.J.
Baseball takes pair from Liberty
by
SCOTT DESIERE
Staff Writer
Dwayne Archbold was not the
only Metro Atlantic Athletic Con-
ference (MAAC) athlete on fire
this
weekend. Jimmy Willis was too.
As Archbold was carrying the
Siena Saints to basketball's NCAA
Tournament, Willis was busy col-
lecting seven hits and driving in
four runs as the Marist College
Red Fox baseball team swept a
·
Sunday double-header from host
Liberty, l 0-6 in the first game and
8-5 in the second.
Willis, a senior, pounded out three
hits, drove in three runs and scored
three as well to lead Marist to vic-
tory in the
first
game of the double-
header.
Junior Chuck Bechtel picked up
the
win
for Marist, his first of the
year, giving up four runs on five
hits and six strikeouts in six
innings
ofwork.
Trailing 4-0 after four innings of
play, thanks to a pair of second in-
ning homers by Liberty, the Red
Foxes took over
by
plating ten un-
answered runs, three in each of the
fifth, seventh and eighth innings.
Willis was not the only one mak
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Baseball, 11