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Student employees gather for recognition
by STACEY CASWELL
Business Manager
Decorated festively to attune to a carnival-like atmosphere,
and melodiously filled with the scent of sugary cotton candy
and blooming popcorn, the Cabaret became home to the first
ever Student Employment Appreciation Day on April 10. Over
650 students and employers alike joined together to celebrate
their diligence at their jobs throughout the school year.
"There are over 1000 student workers on campus and we do
depend on them. With this day we try to get their input on
what else we can do for them," said Joe Weglarz, of the Finan-
cial Aid Department.
Weglarz, along with Mary Lou Kutchma, also of the Finan-
cial Aid Department, helped to organi~e the day that was de-
PHOTO CREDIT / TOP: FINANCIAL AID / BOTTOM: SEAN MORRISON
Student employees gather with their employers for an afternoon of food, raffles and cotton candy.
voted to honoring student employ-
ees.
Kutchma
first
came upon the idea
by attending the NESEA, or the
National Student Employment Ad-
ministrative Conference that dedi-
cates the week of April 7-13 as
National Student Employment
week.
The day, which was supported
by a proclamation by President
Clinton in March of 1999, was
implemented to commend stu-
dents on participating in a force
which was "empowering young
Americans with the tools they will
need to succeed in the careers of
the 21
st
century."
The Financial Aid Office began
their quest in January of imple-
menting the day by first submit-
ting a proposal which formed a
committee of various intercolle-
giate departments and then by be-
ginning to advertise and solicit
sponsors for their event.
"We just starting developing dif-
ferent things once we put together
a committee," Kutchma said.
The Financial Aid Department
also sent home letters to parents
and donated chocolate candy bars
to each student workers in-school
mailbox to remind them of the ap-
preciation that employers felt for
them and the hard work that they
were doing.
"We sent a letter to parents to let
them know that their kids are do-
ing more than just academics,"
Kutchma said.
The day included such activities
as volleyball, raffles for students,
making one's own music videos
with STARFLJX, volleyball, and a
mouth-watering barbeque and ar-
ray of finger food.
"I [was] really impressed. I
thought it was gonna be a sit-down
lunch and it turned out. to be a car-
nival," said Jay Mazloom, a junior
who works in the Criminal Justice
Departments.
Other students took time to en-
joy making their own music videos
with STARFLJX, but were con-
cerned about their status after the
event.
"It's a rush to be in front of the
crowd, to see their reaction to my
performance. It's gratifying to
know that something I work so
hard on people actually enjoy,"
said freshman Jonathan Rozinsky,
who participated in making the first
music video at the event. He con-
tinued, "Free food makes me feel
appreciated, but tomorrow is back
to the status of underappreciated."
However, Brandi Antonelli, a stu-
dent employment intern on the Stu-
dent Employment Advisory Com-
mittee, was thrilled with the suc-
cess of the event.
"I think it was wonderful. We
had a great turnout. The students
seemed to have really like the
raffles.
It
was kinda like a big
party," she said.
Mary Lou Kutchma and Joe
Weglarz would like to thank all the
departments and offices who gen-
erously gave of their time and re-
sources to help in this event.
"I think the [students] are an
intrical part of school and do a tre-
mendous amount of work that
makes the departments run. They
should be appreciated for balanc-
ing their academic work with work-
ing. [It] is quite an accomplish-
ment," said Antonelli.
F AIR's Cohen addresses Marist's future journalists
by STACEY CASWELL
Business Manager
Urging students to stray from the
dominatrix ways of media conglom-
eratien and lash out against bias in
the news, Jeff Cohen, acclaimed
critic and founder ofF AIR articu-
lated the importance of question-
ing
the
origins
of the media on April
10 in the PAR.
"If
you want to see what is miss-
ing from objective reporting, you
need to look at the sources,"
Copen said.
Cohen regularly appears on the
FOX News channel show,
Newswatch, a media criticism pro-
gram geared to evaluating it's own
network's performance, and in 1986
became founder of Fairness and
Accuracy
In
Reporting (FAIR), an
organization that aids in critiquing
the media. Journalists often come
to FAIR when they feel they have
been served an injustice in their
field and want to know what they
can do about it.
"Journalists are so in-
for the ACLU. He encouraged stu-
dents to evaluate where they re-
ceive their media influence.
"If
you want to study any insti-
tution, you have to look at who
owns it," said
timidated by who their
owners are, they don't
release certain views,"
Cohen said.
"If
you
want
to
study any institu-
tion, you have to
look at who owns
<:;ohen. He later
stated, "When
too much media
is concentrated
in
too
few
hands
,
it is a
Author of several
books including,
Wiz-
ards of Media Oz: Be-
hind the Curtain of
Mainstream News,
it," said Cohen.
threat to lib-
erty." He main-
Through the Media Looking
Glass: Decoding Bias and Blather
in the News, The Way Things
Aren
i:
Rush Limbaugh
s
Reign of
Error and Adventures in
Media/and: Behind the News, Be-
yond the Pundits, Cohen also has
worked as a journalist and lawyer
tained that there
are about eight corporations that
control most of the media today.
During the course of his talk,
Cohen addressed three major ques-
tions regarding the owners of the
media corporations, who they are
sponsored by and what the
sources are that those media com-
panies are turning to-
wards, and tried to
stimulate their in-
volvement in under-
standing media con-
glomeration and the
affects of it.
Cohen has ap-
peared on a number
of national television
and radio shows in-
cluding
,
The Today
Show, Larry King
Live, Donahue, NPR
and
C-SPAN.
"I'm happy to be
someone who is un-
ashamed to represent
leftist America," he
said.
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THE CIRCLE
April 18, 2002
COMMUNITY
Page 2
Question of the Week
Do you think on-campus housing should
be expanded and guaranteed for 4
y
ears?
"Yes, on campus housing is
much nicer than off campus
housing
.
Everyone should have
the same experience."
Adam Pakiela
Freshman
"Yes, if people are willing to pay
"Yes,
it would make it easier on
tuition for four years, then they
the lives of students
.
"
should be able to live here for
four years,."
Kim Kochem
Senior
Michael Arnone
Sophomore
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Security Briefs
-
compiled by
ED WILLIAMS ill
Managing Editor
4/11
Thursday
Midrise wins the award for most
vandaliz.ed building on campus this
past week, and public enemy nwn-
ber was light covers. At about 7 :30
a
.
m. on Thursday morning, the se-
curity guard on duty noticed a light
lens in the second floor, west stair-
well was smashed. Further inves-
tigation uncovered that another
lens was broken on the first floor
and in the west elevator
.
The light
assembly on the second floor, west
s
tairwell was pulled out of the wall,
and there was a 4x4 hole on the
wall of the third floor. A broken
light cover was again found on the
second floor ofMidrise on Friday
at about3:44 a.m. The destruction
continued into Saturday as the
fourth floor light fixture was dis-
covered to be pulled from the wall
and the globe of another light fix-
ture to be broken
.
Three more light
fixtures on the third floor were
found to be damaged on Sunday
as weil.
4/12
Friday
The Major League Baseball sea-
son is well underway, and it ap-
eears as though the early struggles
.
of such superstar pitchers like
Roger Clemens and Andy Pettite
has some Marist students hopeful
that they can make a leap into the
big leagues. Perhaps someone
was trying to fine-tune their pitch-
n
,
skills at about 1 :03 a.m.
b
·
the
Old Townhouses when they threw a
rock through a second floor A block
apartment. The velocity was there,
but the student has to work on his
control if he wants to wear the pin
stripes.
4/12
Friday
Sheahan Hall was the location
.
Wa-
ter balloons were the weapon of
choice. But before
a
winner could be
crowned in this battle of aquatic ar-
tillery, security stopped two residents
before anyone was hurt. The bal-
loons were disposed of
,
and no ca-
sualties were counted.
4112
Friday
West Cedar St. was the location of a
car accident in
v
olying two Marist
students driving separate cars at
about 12:51 p.m. The accident was
described by security as a rear-end-
ing. The town of Poughkeepsie Po-
lice was called onto the scene, and
both students were taken to St.
Francis Hospital via Fairview
Ambulence
.
Neither student was
seriously injured
,
though.
4/13
Saturday
While Midrise was being tom apart,
a couple of Leo Hall residents were
caught for a different offense at about
1 :30 a.m. Security confiscated 8 cans
of Michelob Light, 2 open cans of
Michelob Light and one shot glass.
4/13
Saturday
The offense of panhandling makes
its first appearance in the briefs this
year, but it wasn't by a Marist stu-
A 1ne sage
fro1n he Office of
dent. A female was found in the
area of the Rotunda walking
around asking students for
money at about 10:00 p.m. Po-
lice were called onto the scene
and the panhandler was es-
corted off campus
.
It
is unknown
whether he experience was a prof-
itable one.
4/14
Sunday
Some late night partiers were
apparently partying too hard in
Leo Hall when an
RA
called se-
curity at about 2: 10 a.m. for sus-
pected drinking. Once again the
RA
was on the money. and 5 cans
of Budweiser and 3 cans of
Molson Ice were confiscated.
4/14
Sunday
Although Midrise takes the cake
for most damage this week,
Champagnat Hall had to get in
on the action. The insides of the
elevator controls were tom off
the wall of one of the elevators
causing it to be out of service
for the time being.
4/14
Sunday
Midrise continued to be the hot-
bed of mischievous activity just
about all week long. This time
there was an alcohol confisca-
tion at about 9:00 p.m. Six empty
beer cans and two empty bottles
of Captain Morgan's Rwn were
confiscated. Also taken from the
scene was 1 glass water bong.
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Bowling Club is hosting Ca-
inu
Bowling on May
1!
For $5
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u get to bowl 3 games and free
to Great Adventure! There will
b
a trip to the amusement park
,
Sat.,April20. Ticketsare$15.
Th
bus will leave the Midrise
p;1r~ m
lot at 9 a.m. and arrive back on
,
pus between 11 p.m.
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midnithgt. For more
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fottrw
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contact College Activities
.
There will be a pre
-
law panel
tll
Thursday
,
April 18at 6:30 p.m.
,
the Henry Hudson Room
1
Fontaine
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s tird floor. The panel
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feature attorneys working in
rl
ous areas of practice and
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school admissions
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dr.
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to win many prizes, and
about beautiful weather, food
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who comes gets a special
prizes? Then come play in the
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for participating. Member-
leyball tournament. The event
MI
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is open to the first 100 sign
take place Sat., April 20 at 2
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and first preference is given
ontheChampagnatGreen. You
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existing members.
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Noises Off, the hilarious
med
that everyone should
takes place on Sun., April 21,
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the bus leaves the Midrise
ark.tug
lot at 10 a.m.
you dig 60's rock? If so, check
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the multi-media presentation
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Barry Drake
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Thurs., April 18 at 9 p.m. in the
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gym.
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toume
day. Call Jenny Atx5566withlill_
questions.
Tickets are still available
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CIRCLE
April 18, 2002
NEWS
Page
3
Pressman to speak at commencement
Press Release
area. Hisoutstandingrecordofin-
bia School of Journalism in 1947,
Governor's
·
Gabe Pressman, pioneer in broad-
vestigative
reporting in politics and
Pressman was awarded a Pulitzer
Award, and
cast journalism for more than five
on social issues has been lauded
Traveling Scholarship from Colum-
n u m e r o u s
decades, will be the 2002 Com-
repeatedly by TV viewers and po-
bia University, which enabled him
awards from
mencement
speaker
and receive an
litical and community leaders as
for 1 S months to do free-lance fea-
nearly every
honorary doctorate.
wellashiscolleaguesatNBC. One
ture stories throughout Europe for
New
York
Pressman has an M.A. from the
ofthe first local
broadcast
journal-
the Overseas News Agency, the
State and New
ColumbiaSchoolofJournalism. He
ists to be assigned to national and
New York Times and Edward R.
-
York
City
began his career in print journal-
international stories, he reported to
Murrow's radio news program.
news associa-
ism at the New York World Tele-
New Yorkers about the sinking of
In
July
1972, Pressman
moved to
tion.
gram and Sun in 1949. He soon
the Andrea Doria in 1956 and the
WNEW-TV(nowWNYW-TV)as
Pressman has
moved to radio and then joined
riots at the Democratic Convention
a general assignment reporter, re-
given numer-
WRCA - later WNBC - in 1956.
in Chicago in 1%8. He also filed
joiningNBC4in
1980. Hehasbeen
ous
Marist
Pressman
is credited with almost
numerous reports from the Middle
responsible for several award-win-
students rare
inventing
the craft of street report-
East.
ning programs and multi-part se-
and career-
ing,
leaving
the studio to take his
Pressman expanded his reportage
ries, including three specials deal-
shaping expe-
camera and microphone to New
into award-winning documentaries
ing with the plight of New York's
rience as in-
York City streets to cover breaking
and was
one
of the first local re-
hungry, homeless, and
mentally
ill.
terns. He is
news live. He conducted man-in-
porters in the nation to host a pub-
Pressman
has earned the respect
also a recipient
the-street
dialogues and con-
lie affairs program. He has covered
ofhis peers who elected him presi-
of the Mari st
fronted the rich and the powerful
every major New York City and
dent of the New York City Press
C o l l e g e
with unscheduled live interviews.
state political race during the past
Club. He has won nearly every
President's
Pressman continues to be the
SO
years as well as 11 presidents,
award in his
profession
including
Award.
mostwell-knownNewYorkCityre-
nine governors and eight mayors.
eight Emmys, a Peabody, the Ed-
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Pressman was one of
the
first street reporters
and is well known in the tri-state area.
porter throughout the tri-state
AftergraduatingfromtheColum-
ward R. Murrow Award, the
Students take
advanta e
of heat wave
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If
HAGGERTY
Students took
advantage
of the warm weather
Mon. and Tues-.
afternoon by enjoying
such
activities as
sunbathing
and ultimate frisbee on the
lawn outside of the rotunda. Temperatures peaked
to 82 degrees Tues. afternoon. The warm weather
was greatly welcomed by all students.
AST sponsors dinner for XP Society
by STACEY CASWELL
Business Manager
Soft lighting shimmied through
the "Cabaret in preparation for the
dinner sponsored by the AST so-
rority last Thurs. night to benefit
the XP-Society and guest of honor,
Katie Mahar, a child who has lived
with the gene deficiency since birth
which prevents her from encoun-
tering ultraviolet rays.
"There are less than 150 known
patients in the US
...
less than 1100
in the world," said Carl Garofolo,
an XP representative who hosts a
sports
radio
show
on 950 WHVW
in
Poughkeepsie.
He
has
worked
closely with the XP Society since
its inception in 1995.
The AST sorority hosted two
dinner sessions, at 6 p.m. and 7 :30
p.m., to promote awareness of the
disease and raise money for the
organization, the second of which
Katie was the guest of honor.
Since it was the birthday of the
child, the second session also in-
cluded a celebration of life, com-
plete with presents, a cake and a
serenade by the boys' a cappella
group, TimeCheck. Earlier in the
first session, the women's a
cappella group, the
Sirens,
per-
formed.
The little girl was delighted by
the
intense stream
of
cards, letters,
gifts
and
toys exclaiming
to
her
mother,
"Mommy
I
got flowers!"
·
For the past six years, the girls of
AST have sponsored the event,
however, Philanthropy chair Joelle
Evanousky is convinced that this
is one of the most successful years
yet, with each session bringing in
a total of 174 peo~le.
"I
think
it's important to help the
community and raise money for
various charities whenever pos-
sible," said Evanousky. She
contininued, " I think it was a great
success.
I
was really nervous
about it and my expectations were
better than expected. She was
pleased at the amount of interest
that the girls of the
sorority
showed
towards the little girl.
"There
was such an interest
in
Katie. Everyone
wanted
to
meet
her,"
said
Evanousky.
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for
their generous contributions for this event:
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Athletics Department
Office of Admissions
Office ofFinancial Aid
Office of Alumni
Affairs
Digital Publications Center
Academic Learning Center
Office of College Activities
Marist Institute of Public Opinion
Sodexho Marriott
Dining
Services
Department
oflnformation Technology
Marist College Bookstore -· Barnes and Noble
Marist College Post Office
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THE CIRCLE
April 18, 2002
F
·
EATURES
Page 4
Sell yourself: another useful medium for job-hunting students
by
ALEXIS
SCARPINATO
Features Editor
While many graduating students
are tediously flipping through the
classifieds to find a job, others
have discovered a newer system.
Monstertrak is an online service
that aids in the career search pro-
cess.
It
provides tools to prepare
for the drastic change that many
students are suddenly facing.
Deidre Sepp, Director of the Cen-
ter for Career Services, said that
Monstertrak also serves as a re-
sume storage system.
"We can send students' resumes
to prospective employers," she
said,
''I have spoken to alwnni who
have gotten jobs off the site."
Monstertrak includes features
such as a national job search en-
gine, letter and resume hints, and
e-mail newsletters. An often-over-
looked area of the site is the net-
working section that allows stu-
dents to contact professionals in
specific fields to fulfill any unan-
swered questions.
Sepp offers hints for using the
site more effectively, including up-
loading the resume and material
early.
"Spend a lot of time on the site.
It
has a lot of goods stuff on it,"
she said.
·
Monstertrak is a site based on
the merger of the sites called Mon-
ster and Jobtrak, but its focus is
strictly for students on registered
campuses. Companies and busi-
nesses have to pay a fee in order
to register on the site for viewing
student resumes. Since the merger,
Monstertrak
has
been helping stu-
dents for over a year.
Sepp admits that the one prob-
lem students have on the site is
keeping their materials updated.
"They go off and start a new life
and forget that its there," she said.
Jackie P. Catarina,junior at Marist
College said that other career sites
are equally effective.
"I prefer the online site called
Campus Career Center because it
is more fitting for my needs," she
said.
The Monstertrak's two monster trucks make an appearance at the Spring Expo at McCann on April 4.
Social security number safety
still
an
mue
by JASON SHAW
Staff Writer
Every now and then, the issue of
social security numbers comes up
and sparks debate among students
and faculty.
ls it safe for Marist to use our
social security numbers as freely
as they do? This is the question
that has been asked for years, and
a satisfactory answer has yet to be
given. And now as we live in a con-
tinuously less trusting and in-
creasingly alert America, this ques-
tion is addressed again.
The issue was hoped to be
settled last year when social secu-
rity numbers were removed from
student IDs, an action that abated
the call for the complete removal
of social security numbers and the
adoption of individual student ID
numbers. And even though the
removal of the numbers from IDs
was a big step, Marist still uses and
displays our numbers in a variety
of ways. Our social security num-
bers are on the housing forms we
recently handed in, as well as our
course registration forms.
They are jotted down and given
to clubs for priority point pur-
poses, and they are in the comput-
ers as passwords for numerous
Marist programs
.
When the com-
puter registers are down, cafeteria
and Cabaret workers write them
down
on
legal pads. Stop and
think
Attending college is
an
important
about it. If you wanted to obtain a
decision
in life, with effects
that
will
Marist student's social security
stretch far into
our
futures. Should
number, how hard would it be?
we have to consider our privacy
Many students say that would
when
making
such a decision?
be all too easy. "Too many people
Should something as simple as the
see our social security numbers
refusal to adopt ID numbers sepa-
here at Marist," states sophomore
rate from our social security num-
Laurie Benner. "Due to the amount
hers weigh in on our decision of
of people who view students' so-
whether or not to attend Marist
cial security numbers each day, it
College? The majority of people,
would be much safer for students
even though they dislike the inva-
to be given an ID number by the
sion oftheirnumbers' privacy, will
school to use for grades, registra-
grin and bear it to attend the col-
tion, and activities."
lege they want. Should they have
Some believe _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to? And is our
thatMariSfs fla-
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grant use of so-
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use our social security
tage of this fact?
numbers bor-
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it's unfair for us
due to federal
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information that can invoke such
conce,Ption; laws simply state that
consequences as credit card ftaud,
no one can be forced to give their
identity theft, etc. Some say no,
social security number or that the
that ifwe want to be a part of this
number can only be used by con-
institution, we've got to play by
sent. There's the catch. We don't
its rules.
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or join clubs.
probably will not be settled any-
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time soon. Rowever, it will be in-
for our number, we can simply
turn
teresting to see what will happen
around and find food elsewhere.
now that America has become
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more security-minded than ever
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April 18, 2002
FEATURES
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New resident director finds a home in Midrise
by
SHAUNAMcINERNEY
Staff Writer
When Jason Lee Dunlap com-
peted for the University of Rhode
Island against Marist College in
downhill skiing, he "kicked their
butts." Now, however, as the new
Resident Director of MidRise,
Marist has become his home.
With his spiky, disheveled blond
hair
and light tan skin, Dunlap looks
like he was plucked from a beach.in
California, when, in reality, he grew
up not to far from here, in nearby
Highland.
In
a pair of yellow wind-
breaker pants and gray t-shirt, his
5'9"
volleyball player-type frame
sits hunched over with his elbows
resting on his knees and the toes
of his bare feet curled under as he
explains the responsibilities ofhis
new job which he started in mid-
January.
"I supervise the RAs, deal with
'the bad kids,' handle the dorm
budget and I report everything back
to the office of Housing. I also
serve as the adult presence in the
resident hall," Dunlap says. Being
on the answering end of an inter-
view is a change for this 22-year-
old journalism major, who con-
ducted many interviews during his .
college days. He shifts his posi-
tion to Indian-style as he talks
about the perks and the drawbacks
of being the new resident director.
"Well, the apartment is free that's
great. I don't have to start work until
eleven in the afternoon, and I'm
working with college kids," says
Dunlap, who just graduated this
past semester from the University
of Rhode Island. He considers the
drawbacks to be the really long
hours he faces on the nights he's
on duty, the lack of appreciation
from students for the work that he
does, and the fact that the job
doesn't allow for much creativity.
"I'm a very creative, artistic per-
son," Dunlap says. His framed art-
work adorns his walls, which he
painted in "Tropical Mango." His
intricate drawings break away from
the western theme that the rest of
his decor follows.
All in all, Dunlap enjoys the job
of resident director, but he doesn~t
plan to do it for the rest of his life;
he plans to pursue a Masters in
Public Administration. He also
wants to be what he describes as a
modern mythological fiction nov-
elist.
"(The Action) takes place in the
present day, but it includes things
like Shakespearian fairies and talk-
ing animals," Dunlap explains. He
derives some of his creative inspi-
ration from two of his favorite
books: "Fool
On
the Hill" by Matt
Ruff and ''The Stand," a bio-science
fiction novel written by Stephen
King before he began to write
horror novels.
When he's not keeping the
peace among the residents of
MidRise, Dunlap can be found in
his kitchen cooking Indian food
,which is his specialty, outdoors
on his mountain bike, horseback
riding, reading or writing in his
cozy living room, or listening to
music. Dunlap's CD collection
includes music from almost ev-
ery genre from country to rap.
Currently he is "on a big Sting
kick." He also loves to take long
drives by himself with no particu-
lar destination in his blue Chevy.
"I do a lot of driving around. A
lot of people need to always be
around their friends; I can really
be happy just off doing my
thing," Dunlap says as he fiddles
with a puzzle piece from the un-
finished puzzle in front of him
while he speaks.
Indeed, the half-finished puzzle
on the coffee table, the two empty
bottles of Smirnoff Ice and the
lava lamp with the green bubbles
floating in a clear liquid suggest
that in some ways, Dunlap is still
leading the life of a college stu-
dent. He remembers his years at
Rhode Island University fondly.
His slightli.earing impjl.U1llent for
which he has to wear hearing
aides didn't stop him from play-
ing percussion
in
a band with his
buddies called Biscuit City Road.
"We wrote all our own songs.
We played around the college
mostly," Dunlap says.
He was also the editor of the stu-
dent newspaper, a member of the
ski team, and also the surfing club
since the ocean was just minutes
from his school.
"I like hugs, hugs are great," he
says. Other loves include going
home to his family's farm and
ani-
mals, especially cats. Since cats
are not allowed in Marist dorms,
however, he's thinking about get-
ting fish. Dunlap also enjoys trav-
eling. He's been to Baja, Mexico,
the backwoods/desert part, Den-
ver and San Diego.
"West coast people are different,
they have a different pace oflife,"
he says.
Just as there is little that annoys
Dunlap, it doesn't take much to
make him happy. He exudes a laid
back attitude but at the same time
has a z.est for life which helps
him
find joy in the small things.
Dunlap, who
has
only been here
for four months, seems to have
settled into the Marist way of life
quite easily. The residents of
MidRise certainly are lucky to have •
such a creative and open person
working on their :;ide.
Photo
Credit/Jason Dunlapp
Jason
D
unl
app
is
a
n
e
w resident
director at Marist College.
Ski team member graces the slopes towards the future
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Kevin Brown of Marist College is
an expert skiier on the ski team.
by
LAUREN KLINGER
Staff Writer
You may not recognize Marist Ski
Team member and 1998 Junior Olym-
pic competitor Kevin Brown walk-
ing on campus with his spiked
brown hair, preppy attire and books
in hand.
On
the other hand, he
would be easy to spot swiftly and
smoothly racing down the slopes.
Skiing since the age of two; the
mountains feel more like home
than
Long Island, N.
Y.,
from which Kevin
hails.
While on the Marist team, Kevin
has proven to be an asset. His
freshman year, he placed consis-
tently in the top
IO
and won first
place at a Ki
ll
ington, V.T. competi-
tion. Brown's quick success in the
McBrine division that is a member
of the United States Collegiate Ski
and Snowboard Association is
made up of schools such as Vassar,
Yale and University of Rhode Is-
land. These early wins failed to give
Kevin a swelled head, however; he
also had quite a few race disqualifi-
cations resulting from falls and
other errors.
This year, Kevin has had even
more successes for the Marist team.
He consistently placed in the top
five in Slalom and Giant Slalom
races
in competitions with other schools.
He placed first at Mad River Glen in
Vermont and placed 45
th
at regional
competition out of about
I 00
other
skiers from schools all over the east
coast. He was ranked second over-
all for the season, however, Kevin's
greatest racing accomplishment has
not come while on the Marist team
despite his successes.
In
1998, he
competed in the Junior Olympics
and placed sixth in the giant slalom
in which most other competitors go
on to be members of the U.S. Ski
Team.
Kevin's expertise is in slalom and_
giant slalom. The differences be-
tween the two types of downhill ski
racing are that slalom races feature
the shortest course and quickest
turns, so precision is more impor-
tant
than
speed. Giant slalom has
a longer course with wider turns
so speed is what counts.
Out of those two types, slalom
is his favorite because he likes
the technicality of it and refers to
himself as a "very technical skier."
What he means by that is that he
excels at making close and more
precise turns through the gates
as opposed to speed through the
farther apart gates that you find
in the giant slalom.
Kevin would not be where he is
today without an introduction
the to the sport at an early age by
his parents on the slopes of
Okemo Mountain in Vermont. For
a while, recreational skiing suf-
ficed but Kevin longed for some-
thing more adventurous. At 7,
he entered his first NAS'{'AR race.
NASTAR is an acronym for Na-
tional Standard Race and it is a
public recreational ski race pro-
gram. After that, Kevin was
hooked on the thrill of competi-
tion.
"It
was a very excitip.g experi-
ence and afterwards I though I
was a big shot."
While skiing in Canada during
the winter of 1996, a serious acci-
dent almost ended Kevin's rac-
ing career. He went off a jump
too fast and out of control, which
resulted in a severe fall. That in-
cident resulted in a torn Anterior
Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in his
knee, which is the ligament in the
center of the knee that becomes
damaged when twisted too far.
"I could not ski for the rest of
the season. For a while, I thought
I would never ski again. It was an
extremely frightening experience,"
he recalls.
Eight months later however,
Kevin was back on the slopes,
ready to take on the racing world
again.
As with any athlete, the key to
Kevin's success is a pre-competi-
tion ritual. His mental preparation
lies within music while memoriz-
ing his course. Before every race,
he listens to the band "System of
A.
Down" or any other type of
music that "makes you want to kill
someone," Kevin says. The
heavy metal genre of music gets
him prepared to give the upcom-
ing race his bravest effort.
Before he decided to come to
Marist-and ski, Kevin had many
informal offers from other schools.
He was offered a place at Boston
College, University ofMassachu-
setts at Amherst, and Colorado
State University. He ultimately
chose Marist because he says,
"I
was burned out and I needed an
atmosphere where I could just
have
fun
and take it as seriously
as I wanted to."
With the freedom to dedicate as
much time to racing as Kevin
would like, he also has time for
other activities at Marist. When
he is not hanging out with his
friends, he plays intramural soccer.
This also helps Kevin stay in shape
during the off-season as well as his
labor-intensive summer job working
on the ferries in Long Island and his
attempts to get to the
gym
with his
best friend. He is also able to find
the time to fit in the occasional home-
work assignment as a Communica-
tions major and History minor.
Looking toward the future, Kevin
has yet to decide what he wants to
do with racing once he graduates.
"Who knows, there are a lot of
unanswered questions.
I
want to
concentrate on getting a job after
graduation but I still want to race
and maybe even become a ski
coach."
When it comes to his aspirations
for his life in general Kevin said,
"I
just want to be happy, have
fun
and
try not to get lost in the corporate
world."
For the time being, Kevin is hav-
ing a great time racing for Marist and
balancing a social life as well. As
his girlfriend Chrissie Anthony
says, "He knows he's got a talent
for racing and does not let it go to
waste. He is so dedicated to the
sport but does not let it consume
him."
Laura Klinger is a journal-
ism student of currently
enrolled in Hillary Johnson
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Saddam's new role
by10NYHEYL
Staff Writer
Saddam Hussein has declared
that, because
of
our support of Is-
rael in the fighting there, he is go-
ing to cut off oil distribution for at
least 30 days. Oddly
enough,
the
Bush administration, always one to
point out reasons to hate the Mad-
man of the Middle East, seems
rather blase about the threat. In
case you haven't watched the
news, Bush has done everything
but send troop~ onto the Iraqi bor-
der.
He's told Saddam to watch out at
least three times a
week
and vari-
ous military personnel have admit-
ted that the countdown to attack
is already underway. So why don't
we care that Saddam is actually try-
ing to do something to hurt us?
I'm reminded oflast spring when
gas prices were rapidly rising ev-
ery week and nobody wanted to
drive.
On
one news program, they
were asking people how they felt
about the steep fares. There were
the typical outraged business trav-
elers who complained about pay-
ing almost ten dollars, but one
woman stood out in my memory as
having a positive attitude toward
it all. See, she owned oil stocks,
lots of oil stocks. With every rise
in crude oil prices, she made money.
Sure, she had to pay more at the
pump, but her portfolio had never
been richer.
Get the picture? It's no secret
that everyone in the administration
makes most of their money from oil
stocks. Karl Rove still has a rather
lucrative portfolio and almost all of
the campaign backers are oil deal-
ers. Suddenly Saddam Hussein is
George's biggest campaign con-
tributor.
·
On
one hand, you could say that
Saddam wants to foment a war be-
cause he's crazy and wants to kill
Americans. Maybe ifhe gets into
a war, he can take over Kuwait or
some other nation. But if you look
at it differently, maybe Saddam is
playing to Bush's weakness.
Could it be that the leader of Iraq's
oil cut off is really a
present
to our
president? Is it the beginning of a
more aggressive action by Saddam,
or is he merely buying us off, keep-
ing us at bay, and keeping himself
safe from the army that devastated
him not too long ago?
Saddam may or may not be brib-
ing Bush, but it seems like nobody
in America really cares about such
issues. It doesn't look very impor-
tant on TV, so it must not be.
Instead, while Saddam an-
nounces that he is paying the fami-
lies of Palestinian suicide bombers,
Americans are preoccupied with
such mundane stories as Britney
Spears breakup with that NSYNC
guy.
It is this lackadaisical attitude
that eventually led to the events
of September 11th. Throughout the
swnmer, we were worried about an
intern of a Congressman that no-
body could recognize. We cared
about shark attacks and argued
about how bad
Scary Movie 2
was.
If
somebody asked what we
thought of the Taliban, the typical
American would say "Tali-who?"
And yet here we are, only seven
months later, and once again we've
lapsed into the American tradition
of forgetting that the outside world
actually exists. In the weeks after
the attacks, news anchors and
pundits on every network said
something along the lines of"This
really puts things into perspective.
We should really be paying more
attention to what is going on in the
world." Did we get the lesson?
Apparently we
did
not.
There is a new
Palestinian
sui-
cide bombing every day. Israel
continues to occupy land that
doesn't belong to it. The Palestin-
ians still have no state to call home.
Ask most of your neighbors and
they'll reply that "those crazy
people can't get along, you know"
or '"that violence will never end"
or the ever famous '"they're all just
battling over which religion is the
true one."
Obviously all these statements
are wrong. It's not just about reli-
gion. These are serious issues and
we ought to be treating them as
such. Instead we're having de-
bates over whether it's ok for Rosie
to admit that she's a lesbian.
I've got news for you; it doesn't
matter ifRosie is a
lesbian,
ifTiger
Woods wins another Masters, or
if only five people show up at the
Queen Mum's funeral. Time after
time, we insist on focusing on the
most trivial of stories when the
problems of the world continue to
worsen each and every day. We
need to make a concerted effort to
really pay attention to the actual
problems of the world and not just
that, we need to try to do some-
thing to fix them.
In
other words,
we need to care.
lfwe don't stop worrying about
how our commencement speaker
isn't a high priced national celeb-
rity and start reading the newspa-
pers from cover to cover, we're
going to be blindsided by yet an-
other group that we all forgot ex-
isted. Next time the newsman says
that some terrible situation
puts
everything in perspective, don't
just nod your head in agreement
and forget about it. Go out and
put that new "perspective" to use.
Remember, being involved is what
keeps us safe, not missile shields.
Global pressure not enough
to end
Israeli
aggression
by MIKE BURKE
Indymedia.
org
Ariel Sharon's war plan was
simple: ignore international pres-
sure, silence the press through
censorship and physical threats,
and delay humanitarian and diplo-
matic efforts long enough to wage
Israeli's most devastating attack
on the Palestinians since 1967.
The plan largely worked. The
European Union, United Nations
and President Bush talked and
talked but took no action. Journal-
ists were shot, censored, beaten
and robbed of footage. Ambu-
lances were bombed. Politicians
were kept at bay. And in the end,
Sharon oversaw the deaths ofhun-
dreds, thedetainmentofover4,000,
·
the humiliation of a society and the
destruction of Palestinian roads,
hospitals and entire
neighbor-
hoods.
But the horror could have been
far worse if not for the hundreds of
international peace activists, in-
cluding 10 New Yorkers, who at-
tempted to accomplish what the
world's leaders failed
to
do.
These volunteers became "a sort
of grassroots United Nations, try-
ing with their puny resources to
keep the promises their govern-
ments have broken," wrote George
Monbiot in the UK Guardian.
When the Israelis threatened to
attack densely populated refugee
camps, the so-called internationals
acted as voluntary human shields.
When Palestinian ambulances be-
came military targets, the
internationals escorted the ve-
hicles. When the streets of
Bethlehem were too dangerous for
Palestinians, the internationals
helped distribute food and medi-
cal care. When Yasir Arafat's com-
pound was attacked by Israeli
forces, a group of 40 internationals
marched inside bringing with them
foreign journalists and food and
medicine. When Israel barred re-
porters and rescue workers from
Jenin, internationals walked to the
city's outskirts to meet refugees,
offer aid and record the survivors'
hellish stories.
Jordan Flaherty, a 29-year-old la-
bor organizer from New York, ex-
plains: "The idea is to use our privi-
leged status as international civil-
ians to act as human shields
against these outright violations of
international law and human de-
cency."
Flaherty and the other New York-
ers arrived in Bethlehem on March
29 as members of the International
Solidarity Movement. Hours later
Israeli forces began its invasion by
demolishing Arafat's Ramallah
compound. The need for an inter-
national presence may never have
been greater.
"The situation is desperate,
Internationals are urgently needed
for witne·ssing, reporting and
providing humanitarian aid," read
a call for volunteers from the Inter-
national Solidarity Movement,
which organizes non-violent direct
action campaigns. "With no inter-
national intervention in sight, and
reporters denied access, the role
of the International community is
of the utmost urgency."
From June to August, thousands
of foreign nationals are expected
to join Freedom Summer, echoing
the Civil Rights era when white
college students took to the Jim-
Crow South to provide protection
for blacks agitating for their rights.
"The best thing we can do is get
year-round international presence,"
said Kristen Schurr, a 33-year-old
New York activist and journalist
from a refugee camp near
Bethlehem.
Since March 29, Schurr has pro-
vided daily dispatches filled with
horrifying details to independent
news outlets such as Democracy
Now, Free Speech Radio News and
Indymedia.
From the outskirts of Jenin, she
reported on April 10:
"A Palestinian UNRWA (United
Nations Relief and Works Agency)
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PALESTINE,
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Something rotten
_
in
the state of Venezuela
by
DAMIANM. BEDNARZ
·
Staff Writer
If.we didn't already have enough
problems to deal with in Asia and
the chaotic Middle East, now the
U.S. is being labeled as a conspira-
tor of the recent Venezuelan coup.
Why can't we go back to the
simple news days, like worrying if
the Soviets blinked or not?
The allegations that the U.S. was
discussing a coup with members
of the Venezuelan military are be-
ginning to grow in past days. Sup-
ports for the "short-lived" interim
president,
Pedro Carmona Estanga,
were put to rest when ousted presi-
dent Hugo Chavez returned to
power.
The country is still in
chaos, as the true constitutional
power
remains
a question. Mili-
tary personnel loyal to Chavez
opened fire on a
peaceful
demon-
stration wounding 100
individuals.
What's the U.S. to do when the 4th
largest
world oil exporter has a se-
rious democratic situation? An-
swer: Secure our national interests!
Countless officials and journal-
ists are magnifying the connection
of Bush administration officials
with members from the Venezuelan
military. Even the Caracas daily
newspaper, TalCual, has reported
that military attaches involved in
the coup movement had met with
Washington, Bogota, and Brasilia
officials. The U.S. government has
not had a positive view of Presi-
dent Chavez through the years, of
which he has kept close and per-
sonal ties with Cuba, Libya, and
Iraq. Those are definitely not any
of America's best buddies.
Chavez also threatens the inde-
pendence of the state-run oil com-
pany by imposing his own men
within the structure, which may in
the long-term effect continue the
rise of an already high price on oil.
No one
reading
this article right
now wants that to happen.
The White House Spokesman,
Ari Fleischer, has repeatedly
downplayed U.S. involvement of
any sort, but the overall feeling in
the Bush administration is that
they are
unhappy
to see Chavez
back. Though with all this, there
·
are still many reports coming in
saying that the U.S. had discussed
the coup with the Venezuelan mili-
tary and had even
provided
some
logistic
support. We must ask our-
selves, if we did support a coup
(we did!) what are the repercus-
sions of such an act?
The "all-powerful" Organization
of American States Goke) has al-
ready condemned the Venezuelan
shift of constitutional power, say-
ing it was undemocratic. The
O.A.S. is now setting its sights on
Washington, whom they feel is
somewhat responsible for the
coup. For more than a decade of
treaties and agreements in the
O.A.s. all members have agreed to
the collective defense of democ-
racy. America had invoked those
treaties when it set democracy
straight in Haiti, Guatemala, and
Peru. Now with this recent debacle,
many are questioning th~ reliabil-
ity of the U$. in
thematters
of sup-
porting democracy in Latin
America, this maybe a 6.0's-70's
flashback.
History lesson:
Throughout the latter half of the
past century, the U.S. practiced its
interventionism on a multitude of
levels. From taking down unstable
Marxist governments in Dominican
Republic ( 1965), funding coups in
Chile (1973), and freeing up U.S.
business and national interests in
Panama
(1989), and so the trend
must continue. We've been due
for a good performance in Latin
America. The O.A.S. argues that
the recent coup was undermining
democracy; you know, that "thing"
we usually support. But before
anything, our country i;nust act in
its own interest, even if it does
mean bending some rules in the
international poker game.
The only problem to this recent
coup attempt is that it comes at a
See
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Environmental dilemma:
Controversy over Alaskan oil
by JESSICA
TARA SMITH
Staff Writer
This past
week,
oil giant BP has
been pressured by environmental-
ists to prove its claims of being a
progressive energy company by
pulling out of a plan to drill in
Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge.
The controversy surrounding the
drilling of one of the largest and
most pristine sanctuaries and wil-
derness in the arctic and the world
for oil to supply Americans in their
insatiable thirst for energy has been
around for a long time now.
It
has
only been brought to public atten-
tion by President Bush's vow to
open the refuge to oil drilling.
I fear that people may not be see-
ing the full story of the issue, or
that with the new focus on
America's war on terrorism, they
fail to see the negative issues and
consequences to drilling there.
Oil companies have long sought
access to the coastal plain of the
refuge for drilling, and its destruc-
tion is coming closer to realization.
This past August, the House of
Representatives passed a rather
short-sighted bill that indicated a
pro-oil energy plan, opening the
refuge to oil and gasoline explora-
tion. As of now, the battle between
the drilling proponents and envi-
ronmentalists continues in the Sen-
ate.
.
Supporters of drilling in the ref-
uge claim that 16 billion barrels of
oil resides in the coastal plains of
the refuge. They have also been
using the September I I terrorist
at-
tacks to argue
that
America's war
against terrorism demands that a
pro-drilling bill be passed so that
we can gain independence from
imported oil.
·
Another avid supporter of added
oil drilling are the Alaskan citizens,
who may want to see the Senate
open the refuge to oil more than
the president and the oil compa-
nies. This is because Alaska de-
pends on revenues from oil pro-
duced in the state for more than
80% ofits budget instead of income
or sales taxes.
Because of the royalties .from the
barrels of oil produced in Alaska,
the state and its citizens have given
major tax breaks to oil companies
and tolerated the effects of major
oil spills on its north slope.
But the boom years of oil pro-
duction are ending. Prudhoe Bay,
the biggest oil field in America, is
producing only half the amount of
oil it was during the 1980s. Rather
than implement taxes on the popu-
lace, the people and state prefer to
advocate the drilling in the refuge.
Now, the painful facts that these
drilling proponents must face re-
gards to the oil lying beneath the
coastal plains of the great Alaskan
refuge.
The United States Geological Ser-
vices reports that only 3.2 billion
barrels of oil can be profitably ex-
tracted and sold. Even when pro-
duction in at its peak, at a projected
year of2027, it wouldn't be able to
.
produce even 2% of the oil that is
expected to be used by Americans
in that year.
In addition, it will take ten years
for the oil in the refuge to even
reach the pump. With an extended
period of time having to go by be-
fore we can even reap the oil from
a new domestic source, and the
minute impact it will have on in-
creasing America's independence
from foreign oil and its constant,
wild swings in the market, there is
no real, good or definitive reason
for oil to be drilled in the Alaskan
refuge.
If
the refuge were to be drilled, it
would be at a great and irrevers-
ible cost. The refuge is among the
world's last truly pristine and wild
areas of the globe, as well as one
of the largest sanctuaries for artic
animals. A vast expanse of travers-
ing rivers,jagged mountain ranges,
and flat coastal plains is the home
and birthplace of various species
of animals including polar bears,
arctic wolves, caribou, and the en-
dangered musk ox.
To get a sense ofhow drilling will
affect
the beautiful and unique land-
scape, one can only look to
Prudhoe Bay. The Bay is a com-
plex ofl
,000
square
miles with thou-
sands of mile of roads and pipe-
lines, over a thousand producing
wells and mountains of sewage
sludge, scrap metal, garbage, and
over 60 contaminated waste sites
leaking acids, pesticides, solvents,
lead, and diesel fuel.
Even though proponents of drill-
ing ask only to drill in 2,000 square
miles of the 1.5 million
square
miles
of the refuge, the U. S. Geological
Services found that oil in the ref-
uge is not concentrated in a single
large reservoir. Instead, it is spread
out across the plain with more than
30 small deposits. Removing oil
from the refuge will require vast
networks of roads and pipelines
that would only fragment the habi-
tat, disturbing and displacing wild-
life.
Instead of seeking for ways to
produce more oil for consumption
by Americans at the expense of one
of the last true wildernesses and
rare arctic wildlife, the Senate and
citizens of our country need to be
searching for ways to invest jn
cleaner, renewable forms of power.
We can also learn to consume less
energy.
Already we have the technology
to accomplish this. We can in-
crease fuel economy standards to
40 miles per hour and, if this was
made standard in the next ten
years, we could save 15 times more
oil than the arctic refuge is pro-
jected to produce in 50 years.
When you see all the negative
effects of drilling in the Alaskan
arctic refuge and the cleaner, more
economical alternatives to the drill-
ing, it makes more· sense to simply
learn to conserve more and rely less
on oil for energy than to exploit a
true, rare, and precious wilderness
treasure.
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face paralyzed due to severe
beating ... His home in Jenin caught
fire, which
was
saved
by
firefighters, only to be bombed by
an Apache helicopter. He does not
know what has become of his fam-
ily.
"A young Palestinian man was
forced from his home in Jenin, and
used as a human shield by Israeli
soldiers. His back and neck are
burned by cigarettes.
"A Red Crescent ambulance
driver, was arrested for feeding 200
women and children for three days.
When the food ran out, the 200 left
the medical center, heading for the
Eastern side of Jenin. All were
stopped, while some women. and
all of the men were forced to strip
naked."
With the Associated Press and
Reuters admitting censorship had
affected coverage - an AP story on
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censor prevented reporting on the
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Six internationals, including Zaid
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ized from shrapnel wounds; an
Australian woman required ab-
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But, beyond this incident, few
incidences were reported where
international activists were
specifically targeted.
."We believe the camp would
have been hit much harder if we
were not here," said Schurr from
the Al-Azza refugee camp near
Bethlehem. Despite the omnipres-
ent snipers, tanks and U.S.-made
Apache helicopters, the area suf-
fered far less damage than J enin or
Nablus, two cities, Schurr notes,
where foreigners were not. "Pales-
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delegation has been mixed. New
York Post columnist Andrea Peyser
demonized Adam Shapiro, the 30-
year-old Brooklyn-born co-
founder of the International Soli-
darity Movement, as a "traitor"
and "the Jewish Taliban."
Shapiro's sins? He led an ambu-
lance into Arafat's compound to
assist the wounded. When the
ambulance was denied exit,
ShaP.iro stayed in the besieged
compound for 24 hours and had
breakfast with Arafat. Repeated
death threats soon
forced his parents to flee their
Sheepshead home.
But in Newsday, columnist
Sheryl McCarthy hailed the
Gandhi-inspired Shapiro, who has
lived in Ramallah for two years, as
a
"Mideast
hero" for attempting to
use peaceful means to solve what
war and suicide bombings never
will.





























THE CIRCLE
April 18, 2
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ARTS
&
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8
Ben Affleck plays flawless role
in
Changi,ng Lanes
by
P
AU
L
LUKAS
O
N
Staff Writer
Changing Lanes
is a perfect
example ofhow promotional ma-
terial can ruin a movie experi-
ence.
The trailers along with the teJe.:
vision spots and theatrical post-
ers, sort of tainted my experi-
e,ice going into the movie. They
all gave me the impression that
this was a star driven vehicle
with only big names going for it
and nothing else.. The story
seemed weak, and
Ben
Aflleck's
past projects haven't been that
rewarding for audiences.
Aflleck's previous performance
in last year's
Pearl Harbor
was
rather thin and artificial, and
gave me the impression that he
could not perform as a leading
man, or in a supporting role ei-
ther for that matter.
Changing
Lanes
is exactly that, a change
for Affleck into a dramatic role,
that he does almost flawlessly.
Changing Lanes
is certainly
has a star studded cast. Acad-
emy Award winner Ben Affleck
(Good Will Hunting), Academy
Award nominee Samuel
L.
Jack-
son
(Pulp Fiction),
Academy
Award nominee Toni Collette
(The Sixth Sense),
and Amanda
Peet, all turn in very impressive
dramatic performances, in a
vir-
tually flawless film.
Affleck plays Gavin Banek,
who accidentally has a collision
with Doyle Gibson (Samuel
L.
Jackson) while ru~hing to a
court case that he is already late
for. Banek is a prestigious law-
yer has who recently made part-
ner in his firm. As we all
stereotypically expect his career
has been made solely on lies
and cheating the system.
Gibson is also late for a court
case but of a different nature.
(hm
case
actu-
a
11 y
i
n -
volves
h
i s
life.
He
isare-
c o v -
ering
alco-
holic
who
i
s
fight-
i
n
g
with
his re-
cently
d
i -
willing to listen to Gibson's story whatso-
ever. Just goes to show you what status
will give you.
Just when things cou
l
dn't get any worse,
Banek reveals that his most important file
sured me that he is a serious ac-
tor. How much in the upper ech-
elon a lawyer may be, Affleck
shows us that he is only human,
and a-rather simple one at that.
The audi-
Pttlll
O r.ou111
Of'
IMEICI.C
ence
is
able to re-
late to the
hardships
that Banek
is going
through,
as
his
problems
s e e m
simple in
t
h
e
scheme of
life. Banek
has a gut
check to-
wards the
end of the
film that
any
de-
scent hu-
man being
Jackson's wonderful charisma
sheds light on a semi-dull, and
unenerg,etic character. Jackson's
presence brings the character of
Doyle Gibson to life, and allows
us to relate to his prolonging
struggles. To my surprise, I
found that Amanda Peet can be
serious and is a half way descent
actor as well. Her stupid come-
dic roles in the past have led one
to believe that she will forever be
typecast as the hot girl everyone
wants. I'm glad someone took a
chance and cast her out of type
in a small but excellent role.
Ben Affleck plays Gavin Banek in the new hit drama, Changing Lanes.
Changing Lanes
has re-ignited
my faith in Hollywood,
ai1d
in Ben
Affleck for that matter. The com-
bination of Affleck and Jackson
is almost flawless, and came as
quite a surprise. The two seem
to feed off of one another, and
that makes each character that
much more entertaining. The abil-
ity of the writer (Chip Taylor) to
give us characters that are real,
and characters that we can relate
to is a great gift, and a job well
done. The direction that Roger
Michell gave his actors also
helped lend to the superb out-
vorced wife over the custody of
his two young sons. We are
shown that he understands the
fact that he is not a perfect per-
son and has made some mis-
takes in life, but is willing to go
through any means necessary
to be able to have his children
in his life. Both Gibson, and
Banek arrive late to their cases,
but each judge has a different
way of dealing with the situa-
tion. The judge in Banek's case
is willing to let mistakes be mis-
takes, and move on with the
case. However, the judge in
Gibson's case has already com-
pleted the hearing and is not
for the case at hand was left on the FDR
Bridge where he had his encounter with
Gibson. Luckily Gibson picked it up, and
here is where all the
fun
begins. The file is
essentially the whole reason for the future
events to occur. Banek needs and wants
his file back, while Gibson is reluctant to
give it back, because he wants the twenty
minutes of his life back that Banek wasted
that rooming. Various actions are ex-
changed as a way to force the other to
stop and give him what he wants. ·
This movie has a serious tone, and in
the past I know Affleck has not dealt well
with drama.
Changing Lanes
seems as
though Gavin Banek was written specifi-
cally for Affleck. He seems so fitting and
so perfect in his role, that he has reas-
would have. This gives us area-
son to feel anguish, sorrow, and
anger that Banek has gone
through, that day, and the rest
of his experience as a lawyer for
that matter.
come;
Changing Lanes
is one of
Aflleck's best performances to
date, and is a movie that will go
unappreciated for the spectacu-
lar film is it. It ranks right up there
with We Were Soldiers as one the
best films of the year. My faith
has finally been restored in Hol-
lywood, and I hope that more
movies like
Changing Lanes
will
be churned out in the future.
Samuel
L.
Jackson is excellent
as usual. He is an actor to watch
very closely. He very rarely dis-
appoints audiepces with his
work. He seemed to fit in per-
fectly in the role of the single
dad struggling for custody of
his children.
Gibson is a
people's man. He is a very real-
istic portrayal of those strug-
Grade:
A~
gling to get out of the lower
class and into the middle class. •
P op culture and
Genre
magazine come together
''All people in a community must embrace diversity''
by
B
ENJAMIN J.
BRE
N
KE
R
T
Staff Writer
lbroughout America book-
stores and newspaper stands
have started to sell Gay/Les-
bian/Bisexual/Transvestite is-
sued magazines like The Advo-
cate, Out, The Gay and Lesbian
Review and XY. These maga-
zines and others like them tran-
scend gender and cultural ste-
reotypes that stigmatize and
objectify sexual minorities.
Moreover, G/L/B/T people
have been empowered by these
magazines, which seek to nor-
malize relationships between
heterosexuals and homosexuals.
In a sense, these magazines,
some of which are national and
international, educate the glo-
bal community about the
sameness of man.
Popular culture attracts young
men and women, who represent
the future leaders of America.
As such, popular culture must
be
sensitive
and aware of its
representation of certain stereo-
types that attracts ignorance,
fear and hate. Though Genre
magazine is only one
-
hundred-
and-two issues-old, one might
feel that it is unprofessional or
lacking the maturity and growth
that comes with decades
-
old
magazines, like Time. However,
the articles, pictures and layout
generate a sense of optimism
and a sense of synergism. Over
the past few decades, G/L/B/T
communities have received
support from major labels, poli-
ticians and other advertising
groups. Thus, as one will see,
the March 2002 issue of Genre
magazine demonstrates how we
live, and therefore educates the
public on the lifestyle, culture
and enthusiasm of the modern
G/LJB/T community.
As a purely male-centered
magazine Genre magazine may
be considered the gay man's
Maxim or Stuff. However, one
believes that any woman, les-
bian or straight would still be
able to consider the magazine
evidence of the greater G/L/B/T commu-
nity. Thus, while lesbians have their voice
heard in magazines, like
Ms.,
gay men also
have their voice heard here in Genre maga-
zine.
In order to educate the global commu-
nity and the G/LJB/T community, America
and the world needs magazines like Genre
that depict gay men and women as aver-
age citizens who are simply orientated to
same-sex relationships. Of course, any
quick glance of Genre might instigate vari-
ous stereotypes about the gay commu-
nity. Most of the advertisements are for
underwear, travel,· clothing, alcohol and
television. These advertisements suggest
the erotic, exotic and experimental nature
of gays, however once readers delve into
articles and consider the content of Genre
they are exposed to a culture of men that
are concerned with coming-out and stay-
ing out.
Genre does not consider current theory,
nor does it speak relatively or relevantly
about terrorism within the G/L/B/T com-
munity. Genre's articles in the March 2002
issue fantastically address summer travel,
technology, tips for successful beach
travel, and the Bahamas. Moreover, Genre
writes succes·sfully about a new UK band,
sonic Kosheen, and details the
coming-out story of Harvard's
gay male athlete, Mike Crosby
who is co-captain of the varsity
water polo team.
Since Genre is not a politically
charged magazine it also in-
cludes horoscopes, summer
fashion exposes, and a source
gallery that advertises accom-
modations, gift items, all male
reviews, films and health prod-
ucts/services.
At a cost of $19 .95 for twelve
issues one might consider the
"real" benefits of owning such
a youth-targeted magazine.
In
a
sense, this magazine is for those
people who want to simply learn
or be exposed to their culture.
For heavier reading, including
political pieces or theory- based
articles one might consider The
Advocate or The Gay and Les-
bian,Review.
The cover story about Mike
Crosby discusses his pain as the
only openly gay male athlete at
Harvard. Yet, even with the dif-
ficulty and emotion of such a
story, this article about the cover
boy, is soft, lucid and cogent.
And while some in the Letters-
The Readers section consider
Genre overly simplistic or child-
ish, the writers understand that
their target audience is young
queer men (and women) between
15 and 25. Thus, while the lan-
guage might not be sophisticated
and intellectual, the message is
succinct and cleverly developed.
In
the article on Mike Crosby, Cyd
Zeigler, Jr. writes that,
"Mike
at-
tributes the ability of men to come
out to their confidence level. Part
of what feeds into that confi-
dence is the presence of other
gay men in the same fields." In
the article, Mike goes on to es-
pouse his belief that few athletes
are out because of homophobia.
Moreover, athletes who want to
come out don't have many role
models because the majority of
gay or lesbian athletes remain
closeted. "Setting an example for
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THE CIRCLE
April 18, 2002
ARTS
&
EN'f'~:R
Page 9
Can you say free? How about something different?
by
MEGAN LIZOTTE
A&E Editor
Anyone interested in a helicop-
ter ride around the Marist College
campus?
If you answered yes to this,
you're in luck. The United States
Marine Corp is hopingto visit the
campus of offer free helicopter rides.
This program is an effort by the
Marine Corps to inform and educate
students about all the opportunities
available, as an accredited officer or
in the guaranteed aviation program.
The interest in coming to Marist
College is in
part
because of the num-
ber ofMarist students who continu-
characterizes Landeche's concern
eted athletes
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Landeche comments that,
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ness. Say you go to the personals
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Students have been enjoying the warm weather all over
campus. Some gather on the green to listen to some
entertainment.
ally join the Marine Corps. Marist
is the top producer of Marine of-
ficers in the Upstate New York re-
gion.
The helicopter rides not only
hope to inform students and
ad-
ministrators
about
the great pro-
gram, but to attract those who
have interest in learning about all
spec
oolly
original and something many gay
men can
identify with. Carr writes
that gay men,
like
Boy Scouts,
must be prepared
when
visiting
the beach. He also writes, "Es-
tablishing your boundaries shows
you are dominant and know what
you want.''
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Marine Aviators will pilot the
he-
licopter for the short ride around
the campus area to see the spring
scenery,
including the Hudson
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taken as the stereotypical gay
men, however one believes that
the any
type
of derogatory or
suggestive attitude that
rises from
reading this magazine is probably
the result of fear, ignorance and
apathy.
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defiant, it's courageous, it's edu-
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ill
ihfl
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young gay kids in the
stands that they don't need to
be afraid to come out.
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SPC Concert Arena
Guster:
April 26, 2002 $10 with Marist ID, $15 with
other college ID, $20 general public
American Hi-Fi:
April 27, 2001 $10 with Marist ID, $15
with other college ID, $20 general public
Carrot Top:
April 28, 2002 $5 with Marist ID, $10 with
other college ID, $15 general public
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THE CIRCLE
April
18, 2002
SPORTS
Page 11
NHL
begins second season, the only season that counts
Now it counts.
The long, drawn out charade that
often
is
the Nation Hockey
League's regular season has
drawn to a close and the electric
atmosphere and edge of your seat
drama that is the Stanley Cup Play-
,offs has arrived.
Say what you want about the
game, but there is no greater the-
ater in sports than playoff hockey,
where no-names have become he-
roes, good players have become
great players and great players
have become legends.
It's where Bobby Orr, Brett Hull
and Jason Arno4 brought home
the Cup for their teams with dra-
matic overtime tallies.
It's where the Montreal Canadi-
ans, New York Islanders and
Edmonton Oilers forged dynasties
that ruled hockey for well over a
decade.
It's where Mark Messier guaran-
teed that his team would win, then
went out in heroic fashion and re-
corded a season saving hat trick.
Save for the Detroit Red Wings
and their season long dominance;
the 2001-2002 season was marked
by parity
throughout
the league,
which should make for some great
first round match-ups bound to
produce moments that will surely
become a part of Stanley Cup lure.
Eastern
Conference
#1 Boston Bruins vs. #8
Montreal Canadians
Many of the experts have started
to suggest that the stellar
goaltending of Jose Theodore can
lead Montreal to the stunning up-
set. No chance. Theodore is a ter-
rific young goaltender and might
steal a game or two. The Bruins,
howev~r, are big, deep and hun-
gry.
Joe Thornton, Billy Guerin
and
company will not be denied, and
will advance by winning the series
in five games.
#2 Philadelphia Flyers vs. #7
Ot-
tawa Senators
The Flyers have only one issue:
goaltending. Their defense is deep
and they have enough punch up
front with Jeremy Roenick, John
LeClair and Mark Recchi. The
question is whether Roman
Cechmanek can give them Stanley
Cup caliber goaltending or not?
The answer is no. But they will
not need it
to
get by the Senators.
Daniel Alfredsson and Marian
Hossa will have to deal the atten-
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goaltender. Nahama totaled one goal and three assists
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#3 Carolina Hurricanes vs. #6
New Jersey Devils
If
not for the weak division that
they played in, the Hurricanes
might not even be in the playoffs.
The Devils have all the tools and
all the experience; Joe Nieuwendyk
and Scott Niedermayer thrive in
the postseason setting, as does
Marty Brodeur. This one has no
competition written all over it. The
Devils sweep the Canes right out
of the playoffs.
#4 Toronto Maple Leafs vs. #5
New York Islanders
The true toss-up series of the
bunch is a tough one to call.
Evenly matched overall; the Maple
Leafs hold the edge in experience
while the Isles make up for it with
youthful exuberance. Michael
Peca will
try
to shut down Mats
Sundin, and Shayne Corson will
try
to shut down Yashin. Toronto's
Curtis Joseph is a great goaltender
but is coming of a major injury
and
has never won
a
Stanley Cup.
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Stanley Cup rings; but those came
with
dominant
Red Wing teams.
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Corson will effectively handle
Yashin, but will not score while
doing
it.
Peca will not only hold
Sundin in check, but he will score
·
as well. He will be the difference in
the series, which the Isles will take
in six.
Western
Conference
# 1 Detroit Red Wipgs vs. #8
·
Vancouver Canucks
Detroit has really been struggling,
currently riding a 7-game losing
skid. So what. Dominic Hasek and
the Red Wings sweep up the
Canucks in four st;raight:
#2 Colorado Avalanche vs. #7
LA.Kings
With Peter Forsberg set to return
to play in tandem with Joe Sakic,
no team is in better shape heading
into the playoffs than last year's
champs. Patrick Roy is the best in
the business in pressure spots, and
the Red Wings will rue the day they
let Darius Kasparaitius land in
Colorado. L.A.
is
tough, but Ja-
sori Allison, Zigmund Palffy and
company
will
fall
in
six tough
games.
#3 s·an Jose Sharks vs. #6 Phoe-
nix C_oyotes
The only way the Coyotes can
win this series is if San Jose does
not show up. Chances are they
will. Mike Ricci is a great post-sea-
son performer, and with
his
hair fly-
ing all over his face and his body
flying all over the ice, Ricci will do
more dirty work than needs
to
be
done. Vinny Damphousse and
Teemu Selanne will take care of the
scoring and ·the Sharks will take
care of Phoenix in five glUileS.
#4 St. Louis Blues vs. #S Chicago
Blackhawks
In
the who-cares series of the
first round, the red hot Blues will
take care of the overachieving
Hawks in seven ~_ugh games. I
could say more,' out who cares?
Stanley
Cup
Finals
Colorado Avalanche
vs.
New Jer-
sey Devils
New Jersey will get hot and run
through the Eastern Conference
with
little trouble,
while Colorado
will show the Red Wings that in
the post-season, toughness on
defense is what wins. The two
teams will meet again in the finals,
where the Devils will gain a mea-
sure of revenge from last season
and win the Cup
on
home ice in six
games.
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Men's lacrosse falls in
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...
From 12
The score
remained
unchanged
for six and a half minutes, and it
seemed as if the Red Foxes would
fall at the end of regulation. That
was until senior Paul Donahue
in-
tervened. With just eight ticks of
the clock left Donahue scored his
second goal of the match, a goal
that not only brought his team to
within one of the Mountaineers,
but also made
him
Marist's all-time
leading point scorer, passing the
mark set by Peter Cleary.
Then, with only a second until
their demise Marist was once again
saved when a shot from Sean
Sweeny found the net just before
the buzzer for the end of regula-
tion.
In overtime the Foxes magic
would run out on Hogg's game
winning goal, but the valiant fourth
quarter effort by Marist would not
be soon forgotten by the fans or
by their coach Edgar Glascott.
"This was one of the best come-
backs I've been a part of or
watched, I was truly proud of these
players."
play of goalie Brian Schumeyer.
Despite allowing the overtime
goal, Schumeyer stopped 17 shots
and held the Mountaineers to just
one goal during the pivotal fourth
period. His coach was pleased with
his ability to perform in the clutch.
"He just stepped up the way I
know he was capable of playing."
Schumeyer was named defensive
player of the week in the MAAC
for his play against the Mountain-
eers as well as Wednesday's win
over Siena in which he made 12
saves on 20 shots.
The loss dropped Marist to 4-6
overall, and 2-4 in the MAAC.
Their next game is Sunday in
Fairfield Connecticut against Sa-
cred Heart at 2:00.
The team's next conference game
will be on April 27 against Wagner
in Staten Island: Wagner is winless
in the MAAC so far this season.
Marist is in sixth place in the con-
ference.
·
.
Petersen leads women's lax
Brandi Petersen became the third
Marist athlete to earn Metro At-
lantic Athletic Conference
(MAAC) Player of the Week hon-
ors when she was dubbed with the
honor for women's lacrosse.
Petersen scored four goals and
added an assist in the team's 11-2
victory over Canisius on Sunday.
Kelly Sullivan and Suzanne Gmoser
each scored two goals in the win.
The win
improved
Marist to 2-2 in
the conference and 4-7 overall.
It
was also the team's second win in
arow.
On Saturday Marist defeated
Niagara 9-6 behind the strength of
four Sullivan goals and two more
from
Petersen.
Heather Ripp made
ten saves in goal.
The win inoved Marist into
fourth place in the MAAC, one
game behind
LeMoyne
for third
place. The
Red
Foxes will host first-
p lace Fairfield on Saturday.
Fairfield is 4-0 in MAAC play.
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THE CIRCLE
Athletes of the Week
Quote of the Week
Chris Tracz was
named
MAAC
Pitcher
of
the Week.
He pitched
eight shutout
innings
and
struck
out five in a win against Canisius
"This
was one of the best
comebacks
I've
been a
part
of or watched. I was troly proud
of these players
.
"
Brian Schwneyer was named MAAC
Defensive Player of the Week. He made 29
saves
in two games last week.
SPORTS
Men's lacrosse head coach Edgar Glascott
ofhis team's ability to come back from a 9-
goal deficit, despite losing in overtime
April 18, 2002
Page 12
Red Foxes dominant in weekend sweep over Canisius
Tracz named MAAC Player of the Week as second-place Foxes win 11th game in a row
by
PETER PALMIERI
Sports Editor
With
a three-game
sweep
over
the Canisius Golden Griffs, the
Marist College baseball team ex-
tended its winning streak to eleven
games and pulled within one game
of first-place LeMoyne College in
the Metro Atlantic Athletic Con-
ference (MAAC),
Steve O'Sullivan, Joey Salazar,
and
Mike
Sidoti each scored runs
in the first inning to give the Red
Foxes a 3-0 lead that would never
be relinquished on Sunday. Chuck
Bechtel recorded his fourth win of
the
season
behind
seven
strikeouts in five innings.
Anthony Bocchino continued
the scoring for Marist in the third
inning when he doubled, stole a
base and scored on a groundout
by Sidoti. Bocchino scored an-
other run and added an RBI, while
Tim Allen drove in three more runs
to complete the 9-3 victory.
On Saturday, the offense com-
bined for 25
runs
while the pitch-
ing staff combined for 17
strikeouts in two games to com-
plete a double-header sweep of the
Griffs.
In
the first game of the day,
five different Red Foxes drove in
runs in a 9-1 victory. John
McGorty led the time with two RBI
to give pitcher Chris Tracz ample
run support. Tracz pitched eight
scoreless innings and struck out
five batters to earn his fifth
win
of
the season, as well as MAAC
Pitcher of the Week status.
Tracz lowered his ERA to 3.12,
while also earning his
fifteenth
ca-
reer victory, putting him third all-
time for Marist pitchers.
In
the second game of the day,
McGorty continued his success by
driving in five runs to lead the Red
Foxes to a 16-3 victory. McGorty
totaled five hits and seven RBI in
the double-header. O'Sullivan had
a two-run homerun and Jimmy
Willis added a double and a triple
along with three RBI.
Kevin Ool struck out nine bat-
ters in six innings and did not al-
low an earned run as he rolled to
his fifth victory of the season.
The win improved Marist to 10-2
intheMAACand 19-9overall. The
team stands in second place in the
conference behind LeMoyne, who
swept Rider over the weekend and
improved to 11-1.
After a game against the Univer-
sity ofHartford today, the team will
travel to Niagara for a three game
series this weekend. The Purple
Eagles are 4-8 in the MAAC and 6-
21 overall. LeMoyne will face Sf
Peter's this weekend. The Pea-
cocks also own a 4-8-conference
record. Marist and LeMoyne will
play a three game series beginning
on May 4.
Last season, Marist dropped two
out of three to Niagara in
Poughkeepsie. Tracz earned the
lone victory
for Marist
in
the
series.
Softball struggle
·
s at home against MAAC opponents
by
SCOTT MONTESANO
Staff Writer
Sometimes a team just has to
plead for mercy. For Marist, that
time came April 15 on the North
Field.
Kelly Houghton hit a two-run
homerun and Meghan Allman al-
lowed just one hit as the St. John's
Red Storm defeated Marist 8-0, in
a game that was stopped after five
innin~ due to the mercy rule.
"(The
team) came out a little flat,"
commented Marist head coach
Melissa Tucci following the game.
The victory completed a double-
header sweep for St. John's, who
also took game one 3-0.
·
In
game two, St. John's took a 2-
0 lead in the fourth inning when
Houghton sent a line drive that just
cleared the right field fence for a
two run homerun.
St. John's then put the game
away in the fifth, when the Red
Storm sent 10 batters to the plate
and scored six
runs.
Of the Red Storm's eight runs,
four of them were unearned, con-
tinuing a trend of sloppy defense
that has plagued Marist all season.
Tucci attributes the defensive
problems to a lack of communica-
tion.
"Softball
is a big mental game.
Their physical game is there it is
the mental game that they must
work on" Tucci added.
The only Red Foxes hit came in
the fourth when Kathleen McEvily
was able to single. Marist's only
other basenmner came in the third
after Jessica Shorey was walked.
The Foxes overall record now
stands at 8-19-1.
Marist was set to play at Lehigh
April 17 before returning to MAAC
play against Rte. 9rival SienaApril
19. The Foxes are home for non-
league
action versus. Stony Brook
April 20 at
1
:OOpm.
All
are
scheduled as
doublehead-
ers.
Marist vs. Man-
ba tta n
Home was
not all that
sweet
for
Marist
last
weekend.
The Red
Foxe& split a
M
A
A C
doubleheader
with Manhat-
the Jasper's the 3-2 victory in game
two.
Marist had an opportunity to win
the game in the 11th after loading
the bases with two outs. However,
Rawson flied out to centerfield to
header sweep of the Red Foxes
April 13 on the North Field.
Tucci had to watch the Foxes
commit a mind-boggling nine errors
in the doubleheader on their way
to dropping two home MAAC con-
tests. St. Peter's
took the opener 3-1
before winning the
nightcap 9-6 in eight
innings.
Freshman short-
stop
Barbara
Leasure had four of
the Foxes' errors,
committing two in
each contest, as
Marist's season-
long
defensive
prob-
lems continued.
"(The errors) are a
result of a lack of
communication and
second guessing,"
said Tucci. "This
tan, winning
the first game
4-2, but losing the
nightcap3-2in 12
PHOfOCREDIT/Toylor
Rogm
Nichole Rawson
is
5-5 on the year for the Marist softball team.
team can physically
She struck out seven in the team's last win over Manhattan on
play with the best."
Sunday
innings, on April 14 at the North
end the inning.
In
the opener St. Peter's jumped
Field. The split means that the
"(The team) has to realize that
out to a 2-0 first inning lead, aided
Foxes lost three of four MAAC
they must capitalize on plays when
in part by an error from Bryanne
home games over the weekend. St.
they are called," Tucci said
Thitchener:
Peter'ssweptMaristonApril 13.
FreshmanDanielleBlakepitched
The Foxes' cut into the lead in
Marist is now 2-4 in MAAC play
11 innings for Marist in the losing
the bottom of the second when
and part of a logjam in the middle
effort.
freshman Allison Bartley drove in
of the MAAC standings. The top
Blake was the main reason the
Thichener with an RBI single.
four teams make the playoffs.
game had gone to extra innings.
However, Aimee Barsalona gave
In game one, Nicole Rawson hit
Her two out, two run single in the
the Peahen's an insurance run in
a solo homerun and allowed four
sixth inning tied the game at 2-2.
the top of the third with a solo
hits in seven innings of pitching
homerun to make it 3-1.
duties to earn the win.
St. Peters Sweeps
Doubleheader
Freshman Nicole Rawson suf-
Nonetheless, the Foxes couldn't
No one can blame Marist head
fered the loss on the mound for
pull off the sweep.
coach Melissa Tucci if she dug a
Marist, allowing two earned runs
Stephanie Hailer's sacrifice fly to
hole in the muddy soil and climbed
on eight hits in seven innings of
centerfield in the 12th inning gave
in, following St. Peter's. double-
work.
Junior Bobbi Jo Gonnello went
2-3 at the plate.
Game two would be especially gut
wrenching for the Foxes, as Marist
would commit six errors. Three of
the errors came in the eighth in-
ning as St. Peter's was able break
open a tie game and pull off the
extra inning victory
:
With the game tied at 6-6 enter-
ing the eighth inning, the Foxes
proceeded to collapse.
After a leadoff single, first base-
ment Amy Angus muffled a ball to
put runners on first and second
with no one out. Then with run-
ners on first and second and two
out, Barsalona hit a RBI single to
make
it
7-6. Right
fielder
Kara
Lacey
could not handle the ball cleanly
allowing another run to score mak-
ing it 8-6. An error by second
basemen Jessica Shorey led to the
Peahen's ninth run.
All three runs were unearned.
The painful eighth inning soured
what had been an exciting Marist
comeback. Trailing 6-2 after three
innings the Foxes clawed their way
back Sophomore Meaghan Gosh
had a pinch-hit two run single in
the fourth cutting the deficit to 6-
4.
Leasure added an RBI single in
the fifth making it 6-5. Then in the
bottom of the seventh Rawson
would tie the game with a solo
homerun.
Rawson, Lacey and Leasure all
finished with two hits to lead the
Foxes' offensively.
Danielle Blake took the loss on
the mound.
Fourth
qu~rter rally falls
short
for men's lax against Mt
St Mary's
by
MIKE BENISCHEK
Staff Writer
At the 2:28
mark in overtime of
Marist's match against Mt. Saint
Mary's
on Sunday
a 13-13 tie was
finally
broken.
Unfortunately for
the
Red Foxes,
they were on the
losing end.
Charles Hogg scored the game-
.
winning goal for the Mountaineers
in overtime to defeat Marist 14-13,
but the game itself was a moral
vic-
tory for the Foxes. Entering the
fourth period of play Marist faced
a seemingly insurmountable lead,
down 12-6. After jumping outto a
quick 3- l lead in the first period the
Mountaineers had mounted an 11-
3 run and were in total control of
the· game. The fourth quarter, how-
ever, belonged to the Foxes.
With 13:51 to play junior Pat
Scully turned the tide for Marist
with a goal off of a Jay Nahama
assist. Nahama followed suit soon
after with a goal of his own at the
10:45 mark. The Red Foxes would
score the first three goals of the
period, the third off of the stick of
Mike Steeger, and the lead was cut
to 12-9.
Following the Mountaineers'
lone goal of the period with 9:32
remaining, Marist exploded on an-
other goal scoring streak. Josh
Ben-Eliyahu scored his second
goal of the day with 8:45 remaining
off of a Paul Donohue assist, fol-
lowed soon after by Brian Diele's
second goal of the contest with
6:44 to play, cutting the lead down
to two, 13-11.
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