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Happy
Valentine's
Day
from
The Circle!
Olympic spirit puts Utah on world map
by JEN HAGGERTY
News Editor
Salt Lake 2002: The home of the
2002 Olympics began Feb. 8, and
will last 17 days, ending with the
closing ceremony of Feb. 24 at the
Rice-Eccles Stadiwn.
The University of Utah campus
will serve as the Olympic village
during the 2002 games.
The 30-degree temperature did
not hold back 52,000 spectators,
the largest Opening Ceremony
crowd in the _his!
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of the Winter
Olympics, w ~ k e d the Uni-
versity of
Ut~;
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s1:adiwn Friday
night.
The identity of the final torch-
bearer was a
that will take place. These areas are
alpine skiing, biathlon/ cross coun-
try,
bobsleigh
/
luge / skeleton,
curling, figure skating, freestyle
skiing, ice hockey, Nordic com-
bined
I
ski jumping, short track /
speed skating, and snowboarding.
Utah's climate is supposed to be
ideal for record-setting perfor-
mances.
Threat of terrorism ups security
The ongoing threat of terrorism,
which peaked Mon. night with an
FBI warning, continues to be re-
flected in the Games' tight secu-
rity measures.
The federal government has ap-
prop
ri
ate d
closely
guarded se-
cret, but the
honor went
to the entire
1980 U.S.
Olympic ice
hockey team,
led by cap-
tain
Mike
Eruzione.
There are more than 5,600
military
personnel, both
active duty and Army
National Guard, to protect
the Games. By contrast,
there are 2,000 athletes and
about 3,000 U.S. military
personnel
in Afghanistan.
close to $200
million for
the Games'
security., The
Pentagon
alone will
spend more
than $62 mil-
lion on
Olym-
pic security,
$45 million
more than
Addition-
ally, the famous U.S. flag recovered
from the World Trade Center disas-
ter was brought into the stadium
before the parade of athletes by
eight American athletes and sev-
eral New York City area police and
firefighters.
The International Olympic Com-
mittee estimated that 3.5 billion
people worldwide would watch the
festivities, broadcast to 160 na-
tions and in 50 languages, on tele-
vision this year.
There will be 163 competitions
planned and
reflectingpost-September 11 fund-
ing requests.
According to cnn.com, there are
more than 5,600 military personnel,
both active duty and Army Na-
tional Guard, to protect the Games.
By contrast, there are 2,000 athletes
and about 3,000 U.S. military per-
sonnel in Afghanistan.
This year's Olympics.will be the
most heavily fortified in history.
Beginning last Fri., airspace was
restricted to a 45-mile radius around
Historical perspectives
pres.ented on China
by .JEN HAGGERTY
News Editor
Dr. Thomas Buoye, a guest lec-
turer from the University ofTulsa,
came to speak to the Marist com-
munity this past Mon. night about
Chinese capital punishment.
Buoye has looked over 15,000
murder trials in his career and has
done research on Mainland China
and Thailand.
Compassionate Confucianism
vs. the "Strike Hard" Campaign
was discussed.
He spoke of the three different
forms of capital punishment: stran-
gulation, decapitation and linger-
ing death. Buoye also spoke of rare
laws that would exclude a person
from capital punishment, such as
if one's mother was a widow or if
his or her parents were over 70.
Buoye spoke of the "Balance of
Awe," in which the state aims to
frighten people to the extent that
they fear the government more
than the criminals. Buoye explained
that this would show that ''we can
crack down on criminals."
For comparison, China uses only
l/10 the police officers that the
United States does.
This guest lecture was spon-
sored by the Department of His-
tory, Political Science and Criminal
Justice, along with the School of
Liberal Arts and the Asian Alli-
ance.
PHOTO
CREDIT/SALTLAKE2002.COM
Kelly Clark, US, went with huge standard airs and a McTwist Sunday night for the woman's halfpipe.
She walked away as the first American to take gold at the Salt Lake City Olympics.
Salt Lake City. All small
aircraft
needs special clearance to land
there, and will first have to travel
to one of four nearby gateway
air-
ports and undergo security
sweeps.
The Army has placed Black Hawk
helicopters in key sites at the north-
ern, eastern and western edges of
the Olympic staging area.
Sport venues, celebration sites,
athlete housing and other sites will
have a very high level of security,
which will include fencing systems,
electronic swveillance, x-ray equip-
ment, contraband detection sys-
tems, sophisticated search and
detection equipment, and, obvi-
ously, law enforcement agents.
Are the Games even a target?
However, many doubt that the
Olympics will even be a object for
terrorism. One case in being is that
people are more aware and have
PHOTO CREDITfTAYLOR
ROGERS
Dr. Thomas Buoye enlightened Marist students with his knowledge
of Chinese capital punishment.
increased security measures for
such a publicized event.
The second reason being that the
Games do not fit the character of
prior acts of international
tenorisrn,
which were directed solely toward
symbols of America. The Games
and
Olympic membership are inter-
national, with 199 member nations
of the Olympic Movement, which
include both Islamic and non-Is-
lamic nations.
See ...
Olympics,
3
Warcrimes
trial
for former
President
by
CHRIS KNUDTSEN
Opinions Editor
The trial of former Yugoslav Presi-
dent Slobodan Milosevic began
this Tuesday, Feb. 12, where he is
facing charges of crimes against
humanity and violations of the
laws and customs of war.
Milosevic, the speculated mas-
termind behind a decade of war in
the Balkans that left over 150,000'
killed and more than 3 million
See ...
Trial,
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2002
COMMUNITY
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Question of the Week
What
did
you
think of the Olympics' opening ceremonies?
"It
was ok. They did a good
job of representing the history
of Utah and the area."
Kirk Dorton
Sophomore
"I thought they did a good job.
It
was very respectful to
thenative people."
Pat Taylor
Freshman
"I happened to miss it."
Stephanie Phillips
Freshman
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Managing Editor
2/4/02
Monday
The Notorious Gartland Commons
continued to live up to their repu-
tation last Monday at about 5:00
p.m. with another culinary blunder
in the kitchen. Some Gartland resi-
dents set off the alann when their
stir-fiy dish fried too much and
smoke filled the room. After the
block was evacuated, the chefs-in-
training were
reminded
to keep their
fire extinguishers in a visible spet
on the wall.
2/5/02
Tuesday
·
Those crazy kids were up their old
tricks
.
again in Champagnat as
Housekeeping rel)Orted an incident
of vandalism at about 8:50 a.m. A
hole, about one inch in diameter,
was found near the eighth floor
men's room door. The latch assem-
bly for the stair well was also no-
ticed on the floor, and the vending
machine was ravaged with only 6
items left behind. Security reports
indicate that the machine was prob-
ably shaken in order to gain access
to the goodies.
2/6/02
Wednesday
On
the way home from a night out
on the town, a vehicle stopped by
West Cedar receiving to speak to a
security guard. The driver of the
vehicle was dropping off a Marist
@ldent, but did not know where
she lived. Apparently, the passen-
ger was too intoxicated to remem-
ber where she calls home this se-
mester. Security called for the RA
of Upper West Cedar who was on
duty. The RA recognized the in-
toxicated student and said that she
lived in T block. For unknown rea-
sons, the female became very an-
gry with the RA and was v~rbally
abusive, spewing a wide array of
profanities. The on-duty RD was
also called onto the scene and tried
to restrain her. Unable to do so,
Fairview Ambulance was called,
and town police followed. The girl
continued to be verbally abusive so
the police had to hand cuffher. When
attempting to restrain the female, she
kicked the security officer in the knee-
cap. She was finally transported to
St. Francis Hospital, but was ob-
served attempting to bite the police
officers on her way to the emergency
room.
2/8/02
Friday
The crime of the night seemed to be
forgery as an epidemic of forged
park-
ing passes spread through the North
End·Parking Lot by Gartland on Fri-
day night. Three cases of forged
passes led to the booting of the three
wrongly parked vehicles. The first
vehicle found had the correct color
for the North End lot, but the number
on the parking sticker matched up
with the Hoop Lot. A second ve-
hicle was in a similar situation, but
this time belonged in the River View
Lot. The third case probably dealt
with the sharing of passes accord-
ing to security. The pass was for the
right lot, but the car was not regis-
tered to the sticker on the car and
should have been parked in Beck.
2/9102
Saturday
Two Champagnat students left the
Mccann parking lot with empty back-
packs at about 1 :45 p.m. Saturday on
what security assumed to be a rou-
tine trip. The same students arrived
back at the same parking lot 15 min-
utes later, but this time their back-
packs were full. Security questioned
the students and searched their
bags. Each student was found with
a l .5 liter bottle of Vodka, and a l .5
bottle ofBarocco Rosso Del Salento.
Between them, they had a total of 6
liters worth of alcohol. The alcohol
was confiscated and the students
were properly reprimanded.
2/10/02
Sunday
There were two reports in two ~ays
of stolen Sony Playstation 2's. The
first theft was reported at about l l : 18
p.m. on Sunday in Midrise. The
owner of the popular gaming
console reported that along with
his main system, three games,
two controllers and a memory
card were also stolen. The esti-
mated cost of the stolen goods
is $504. The second case was
reported the following day, also
in Midrise. This time, the main
system was again stolen along
with a memory
card and NBA 2K2
and Grand Theft Auto 3. The
estimated losses in this case are
$439. In both cases, it should be
noted that the doors to the com-
mon area of the suites were un-
locked. So if not for yourselves,
at least for the sake of your gam-
ing consoles, please lock your
doors at night.
2/11/02
Early Monday morning at about
2 a.m., a female student notified
security that a car that appeared
to have been in an accident was
located in the Fontaine parking
lot. Accompanying the damaged
vehicle was a male who was de-
scribed as looking like he was
lost. Security was immediately
dispatched, but the search pro-
vided no results. The town po-
lice were then called in for assis-
tance. At about the same time
as the town police became in-
volved, the male, who was
learned lo be an unauthorized
guest, was found emerging from
in between Gartland F and E
blocks walking towards the Bank
of New York with a female
Gartland resident. The female
resident was the owner of the
damaged vehicle, but this was
the first time she had seen her
200 I Silver Acura since it had
been in the accident. At this
point she started hitting the un-
authorized male guest. It was
later learned that she had trav-
eled to New Jersey to pick him
up at about 7:00 p.m. and re-
turned to campus at about 9:00
p.m. They had stopped off some-
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elebrating 25 years! The Marist
ollege Council on Theatre Arts'
xperimental Theatre Guild, along
ith the Gender Equality Club and
he Psychology Club presents Eve
nsler's The Vagina Monologues
V Day, Until the Violence Stops.
e performance will be held on
eb. 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the Nelly
oletti Theatre. Price of admission
s $2 for students, $3 for faculty,
taff and alumni and $5 for general
dmission. For tickets or more in-
ormation you can call the box of-
ice at 575-3133.
une into WMCR 88.1 FM and the
d and Malf Show on Tuesdays
om 9:00-11 :00 a.m. and listen to
l kinds of music ranging from 80s,
.
o rock, to punk, to alternative and
verything in between. Support
CR Marist College Radio and
e into 88.1 FM The Fox. The
ampus radio station can also be
eard on the Marist television
hannels and on the Internet at
ttp ://www.marist.edu/wmcr/
trearn2.html. Give the D.J. 's a call
where and the male purchased and
consumed a 40 oz. Bottle of Old
Eng
l
ish beer. The female went to
sleep at about midnight with the
male still in the apartment. He de-
cided to take her keys, ce
ll
ular
phone and $20 without permission
and left in her vehicle. The male
later returned and tried to go to
sleep in the top bunk. Then the
male fell out of the top bunk wak-
ing up the female leading to them
being found heading towards the
Bank of New York. The male
claimed that the purpose for the trip
with requests and comments a
x2132. AlsotuneintoTheRe-Pla
featuring DJ Robust and the Gos
sip Queen: Electronika for the bes
salsa, reggae and hip-hop on Sat
urdays from 9:00-11 :00 p.m. and th
Eric and Greg Show on Wednes
day mornings from 9:00-11 :00 a.m
Do you have a band? Your ban
could play in the third annual Batt!
of the Marist Bands sponsored b
the Class of 2003. Contact Erin a
x4220byFeb.15tosignup.
There will be a talk by Robert W
McChesney, a Research Professo
from the Institute of Comm uni ca
tions Research and Graduat
School of Library and Informatio
Science at the University ofillinoi
at Urbana-Champaign. The topi
of the talk will be Corporate Medi
and the Corruption ofU.S. Democ
racy. The event takes place on Fri
day,Feb.22from 12:30-1:45p.m. ·
the Student Center room 346.
was to go to a gas station. When
reminded that there was a gas sta-
tion in walking distance, he failed
to remember which station he had
gone to. Security had also recalled
seeing the vehicle traveling at a
hjgh rate of speed on Rt. 9, but at
the time they were unaware that the
vehicle belonged to a student. The
cellular phone and keys were re-
turned to the female, and the male
was brought to the police s~tion
where he was charged with DWI
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Fehr
ary
14, 2002
NEWS
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3
Bush asks for $396 billion for defense
Criticism ripples internationally despite
·
u.s.
support
by
CHRIS KNUDTSEN
Opiniofl! Editor
President Bush asked Congress
to approve $396 billion for military
spending in the Fiscal Year 2003,
an $87 billion hike from when he
took office in 2001. While receiv-
ing little criticism within the US,
Bush's call for a massive increase
in military spending has shaken
international confidence.
The Guardian quoted Carl Bildt,
former Swedish Prime Minister, as
asking ''will the Americans ever
fight a war through NATO again?"
"It's doubtful," Bildt said. "The
United States reserves the right to
itself to wage war, and
dumps
on
others the messy, expensive busi-
ness of nation-building and peace
keeping."
Bildt went further, saying that the
US used the campaign in Afghani-
stan to "fundamentally reshape the
architecture of international alli-
ances."
If the spending increase is ap-
proved by Congress it would be
the largest military increase since
the Reagan administration.
Professor Paul Kennedy at Yale
University, according to a Feb. IO
article in
The Guardian, says that
the US spends more per year than
the next nine largest national de-
fense
budgets
combined, account-
ing for roughly 40 percent of the
world's military spending.
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CREDITINVCAN.ORG
John Walsh will be the Student Programming Council's guest
speaker
in
April.
America's most wanted
man comes this April
by
JORDAN EIBLE
Staff Writer
Devoted advocate of victim's
rights and missing children, as well
as, host of the hit FOX series
"America's Most Wanted: America
Fights Back," John Walsh is sched-
uled to speak at Marist on Tues-
day, April 9.
Named "one of the best of the
new generation" by
Esquire maga-
zine, Walsh has been the recipient
of more
than
a dozen nationally rec-
ognized awards for his involve-
ment in non-profit organizations
devoted to legislative reform.
His involvement as an activist
s,prung from
"
personal tragedy
when his six-year-old son, Adam,
was abducted and murdered in
1981. In response, Walsh and his
wife, Reve, have dedicated their
lives battling for legislature that
protects missing
and
exploited chil-
dren.
The fruits of their efforts were
first seen with the passage of the
Missing Children's Act of 1982.
Although the 57-year-old has
spurred on great adjustments in
law enforcement, he is most recog-
nized for his role on the FOX TV
series. "America's Most Wanted,"
which debuted in 1987, celebrated
its 695th capture earlier this month.
In addition to hosting his own
television series and lobbying in
Congress, Walsh executive pro-
duces made-for-TV movies and
writes novels that depict experi-
ences from his personal life.
All proceeds. from his presenta-
tion, entitled "Living
Life
With a
Mission," will benefit a community
charity.
Piccirillo court date postponed
by
STACEY CASWELL
Business Manager
Marist student Vmcent Piccirillo,
20, charged with driving while in-
toxicated and criminally negligent
homicide in the death of a sopho-
more Nicole Avery, 19, has been
rescheduled to appear in LaGrange
Town Court early next month.
Piccirillo was driving with Avery,
when the vehicle struck a tele-
phone pole on Noxon Road in the
town of LaGrange last November.
Avery was pronounced dead at
Saint Francis Hospital the next day.
Piccirillo has been awaiting trial
after he was released on bail in Nov.
Due to legal complications, the
court date, originally scheduled for
February
Slh, has been
postponed
until the first week of
March.
One US nuclear-powered carrier
group, according to
The Guard-
ian, "concentrates more
military
power in one naval group than
most states can manage with all
their armed forces ... America
has
seven of these battle groups."
The request comes as a plea for
increased militaristic protection by
strengthening "homeland secu-
rity" but William D. Hartung of the
World Policy Institute stated in a
press release that the spending will
be spent on other military projects.
"More than one-third of the $68
billion in weapons procurement
funding in the Pentagon's latest
budget proposal is set aside to pay
for big ticket Cold War systems
ranging from three new fighter
plane programs, to costly destroy-
ers and attack sub-
marines, to the 70-
ton Crusader
artil-
lery system," he
said.
"None of
these systems are
necessary to carry
out the President's
war on terrorism."
Chris Alpen, the
European Commis-
sioner for interna-
tional relations, said
in
The Guardian,
"There is more to be
said for trying to
engage and to draw
these societies into
the international
communities than
to cut them off."
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Bush proposes an $87 billion hike from when
he took office in 2001.
President put on trial
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Kosovo in 1999. He lost the 2000
election however, and was taken
under custody to face charges at
the Hague.
placed, will be tried under the
United Nation's
International
Criminal
Tribunal
and the case is
expected to last as long as two
years.
Bosnia and Croatia also stand in
line to
prosecute
Milosevic for war
crimes.
Also facing charges are members
of Milosevic's war cabinet, but
they remain free.
Milosevic 's career arguably be-
gan when he was sent to settle
a
Serb
nationalist
rebellion in 1987.
He
joined the nationalists instead
and became President of Serbia
within a year
Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia
called for independence from Yu-
goslavia as well and Milosevic re-
sponded with tanks and
a
massive
military campaign that rebooted in
While supporters claim that the
trial will send a message across the
world that national leaders can be
held responsible, prosecutors say
that it will be difficult to prove guilt
in individual crimes and many
Serbs see the court as biased since
more than half of the 80 Hague
indictees are Serbian.
Winter Olympics
....
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Skeleton
made it's
debute
this year in the Olympics.
Attacking the Games and the
young athletes of more
than
80 na-
tions who participate in them
would be a public relations disas-
ter, which would stretch across vir-
tually all populations.
In addition, Salt Lake City is not
an ideal
location
to mount an inter-
national terrorist attack, being that
................
it is located in the interior of the
United States. This permits identi-
fication and surveillance of poten-
tial suspects. Salt Lake City
has
a
relatively small population spread
over a large geography. Urban re-
gions in which international terror-
ists would easily be able to mix in
and disappear do not exist.
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February 14, 2002
FEATURES
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Cupid's arrow hits Marist; survivors found
by
ALEXIS
SCARPINATO
Features Editor
While some may be expecting
flowers, chocolates, and love po-
ems on this February 14, others will
be trying to get through a day that
means nothing more to
them than the hair in the
drain.
On Valentine's Day, the
romantically uninvolved
may consider catching the
annual Vagina Mono-
logues in the Nelly Goletti
Theater. Others may con-
sider going out to dinner
with friends, watching ro-
mance movies with other
single friends, and talking
about love horror stories
while binging on choco-
lates.
People who are not out
cing on Valentines
certainly not alone.
love know how you feel without
being embarrassed.
"My most memorable
Valentine's Day was when my
boyfriend bought me 2 dozen
roses, both red and white, to let
me know that he loves me, but
Sexual Responsibility week.
Colleges and universities across
the country are participating in the
nation-wide awareness day by cre-
ating programs,
lectures,
and fes-
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everyone's away-messages," said
Tanya. "I am going to live vicari-
ously through other people for the
romantic night."
Mike
Caponegro, a senior at
Marist College, has other plans as
well
"On Valentine's Day, I will be go-
ing out," said
Mike.
Other students reminisce about
past Valentine's Days. Nicole
Weaver, junior at Marist College,
said that Valentine's Day is the only
day that you can let the person you
also that we are best friends."
Steve Vittoria, a junior at Marist
College, remembers his most
memorable Valentine's Day when
all his single female friends
dragged him along to a singles
night for dinner.
"My ideal Valentine's Day in-
cludes good food, a cute outfit,
and privacy," said Steve.
"I basically want to be swept off
my feet," said Tanya.
Nonetheless, Valentine's Day
means more than romance or lack
thereof, but a day of sexual aware-
ness. The day commemorates true
love, National Condom Day, and
transmitted diseases and romance-
spawned irresponsibility
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Several colleges have used a
novel approach to raising sexual
awareness among their students.
In Albion College in Michigan,
condom "candygrams" were
handed out in the student center,
along with informational handouts
on sexually transmitted diseases.
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by STACEY
CASWELL
Business Manager
Now that we have successfully
maneuvered past the fall semester,
it seems as though everyone is ex-
periencing a severe case of the
blahs.
It could be a sense of winter blues
due to the dreary weather the sea-
son brings or the simple fact that
students know that spring break is
just a mere six weeks away, and
they long to bask themselves in the
burning glow of the tropical sun ...
Or,
if you aren't so lucky, at least
you will finally be able to cease
studying for a few days!
Although that thought is intrigu-
ing, you still have to psyche up
your energy enough to last you
through the next month and a half.
Most ofus have been living in the
spinning dream world that college
provides, wandering through
classes like sleep-deprived an-
droids, complaining about the
rough night we had and the over-
dose of
fun
we took.
Its enough to make even the
When you slouch, you are less
brain, which helps to keep you alert.
hard drinking college student con-
likely to fill your entire lung capac-
Hydrate yourselfl Instead of cof-
vinced that coffee isn't the
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fee
or
another
wake-up call it used to be.
caffeinated drinks that
However, before your pro-
will increase your irrita-
fessor catches you falling
bility level and deplete
into levels of slumber, try
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you of needed vitamins
these few simple tips to keep
and minerals, grab a
you alert and awake in your
bottled water or some
classes.
fruit juice. When a per-
First off, if you're tired and
son is dehydrated, they
have the time, take a quick
are less likely to be at-
15-20 minute
nap.
However,
tentive and able to con-
allowing yourself any more
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,
centrate in class.
time than that to rest will only
Having something to
decrease the amount of en-
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sip on constantly keeps
ergy that you have and leave
small parts of your
body
you feeling groggy.
in motion, which will
Take deep breaths while
also help to get your
you are in class. Instead
o
f
blood flowing and keep
focusing on how tired you
you awake.
are, and how uninteresting
Try brain foods. Al-
the subject is, try to aid your-
though this may sound
self
by
relaxing
your body
silly, food products such
and focusing on the subject
as broccoli, cabbage,
matter.
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carrots, barley, rice and
Maintain
good posture. l
f
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fish have components
you feel yourself starting to
Fruit can bolster your
system fr
m
,
virsuses
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to them that help to pro-
wane in your chair, sit
up
straight
ity up with
air,
which does not al-
vide a
steady
flow of energy to parts
and pay attention!
low for enough oxygen to enter the
of the brain.
However, it is best to avoid those
that have a lot of saturated fat in
them, for they can impair mental
sharpness.
And last, but not least, get clut-
ter out of your brain! By making
to-do lists of things that need to
be
accomplished, you will not feel
as bogged down by the weight of
your life, which will make you feel
less drained in your classes. Make
sure to cross them out when they
have been completed for added
satisfaction.
By following these few simple
tips: you might just add a little
bounce to your walk and be pro-
vided with the force you need to
propel you through an exhausting
day with the end reward of a good
night's rest.
If
your are interest~d in a health
topic that you would like The
Circle to research, e-mail Stacey
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THE CIRCLE
February 14, 2002
FEATURES
Page
5
'Books as art' latest exibit in art gallery
by
JACLYN JACOBSE~
.
to honor the exhibition on Thurs-
Editor-In-Chief
day, February 21, from 4 to 6 pm.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Attention, students! There is a
The exhibit includes the works of
veritable small treasure for art en-
Ann Lovett, Philip Zimmerman,
thusiasts and museum fans right
and Judith Mohns, whose works
on campus, in the Marist College
range from wall murals to artistic
Art Gallery, located in the Steel
books to accordion-structured de-
Plant.
signs. Another artist, Ken Gray,
The most recent exhibit being dis-
uses old department store cata-
played is entitled
"Books/
Art,"
logues in each of his works.
which asks visitors to suspend
Another, Nancy Callahan, uses
their preconceived perceptions of sliced bread to tell the story of her
the physical appearance of books,
life, using each piece to convey a
and to perceive them anew as
curious or humorous anecdote
works of art in their own right.
from her childhood.
The exhibit opened on January
Each new work will ask its viewer
31,
and is slated to
run
until March
to re-examine the way in which he
2.
There will be a special reception
or she perceives the world, pre-
senting objects whjch one
may have taken for
granted, while showing
them in a completely new
lights. Objects as varying
as the human body to
book covers are subjected
to this
treatment,
and
leave the visitor anxious
to see more works from
these eclectic and innova-
tive artists.
There is
no
admission
fee to the Art Gallery,
which is open from Mon-
day-Friday from 12-5 pm,
and on Saturday from 12-
4
pm.
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Marist Art Gallery displays new exibit in the steel plant.
Another Marist convenience opens across the street
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by
JEN
WEINTZ
Staff Writer
Marist
students
may have no-
ticed the new addition to the grow-
ing
strip mall across the street af-
ter returning from winter break this
year. The new Mobil on the Run
opened its doors in late January to
the Marist community and their gas
guzzling cars.
The new gas station offers aver-
age prices for gasoline as well as a
convenient shopping center for
snacks,
drinks, and other last
minute paraphernalia that one
might have forgot to pick up at the
grocery store. This new addition
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Council.
is one of many that have over past
two years opened its doors for
business across the street
-
from
Marist College.
The once empty lot contained
only a Home Depot and a building
that was suppose to be a grocery
store. The business has since
picked up over the years, as com-
panies realize it is a prime spot to
make money.
After all, for those students who
lack the convenience of automo-
biles, this strip mall offers every-
thing from food to loose leaf pa-
per. The addition of McDonalds,
Applebees, a bank, and Staples are
among the few that have made a
home across the street from Marist.
However, students will be pleased
to notice the "Coming Soon" sign
that adorns the newest brick build-
ing across the street: Starbucks.
This coffee franchise is a popular
one among college students and
soon will be
crowded
with the
Marist
students,
Carmel
Machiatos and other exotic, not to
mention pricey beverages.
As the community continues to
add more shops, other long-stand-
ing businesses might become
weary of their future income.
The Citgo across the street from
Donnelly has long been of service
to Marist students during all hours
of the day and night. This gas sta-
tion now has some severe compe-
titian as the new Mobil offers a big-
ger
variety
to select from as well as
a fresh and clean environment.
Kona, the newest coffee shop in
the area also has to deal with a loss
·
of clientele when the well-known
Starbucks opens its doors to the
pµblic.
Although Kona has the
variety
that its competitors offer it doesn't
have the coffee house ambiance
that Starbucks offers.
.
This small coffee place will soon
have to struggle to keep Marist
students from swaying to the deli-
cious coffee blends and plush
couches of Starbucks in order to
stay in business.
As. the community continues to
the Week
grow and offer more conveniences
to the Marist population students
are not only offered a
shopping
op-
portunity but job opportunities as
well.
What better way to afford that
expensive coffee habit during mid-
terms week than by getting a job at
the place itself1
What do you think of the recent
influx of new businesses to the
campus area? Send your opinions
to
circleletters@hotmail.com
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THE CIRCLE
February 14,
2002
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PINION
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Congress shall pass
no
law ...
abridging the freedom of speech or of the press.
Bush's new legacy: Armed
and ready to start the end
by
CHRIS KNUDTSEN
Opinion Editor
The Bush administration, still
wiping the drool off their slackjaws
from the prospects of drilling in the
Alaskan refuge, have asked for a
ridiculous increase in the military
budget that will eventually reach
$2.1 trillio11.,~ years. George W.
is desper~king to surpass
his old man's legacy of being a
shortsighted dimwit and is more
than willing to drag the rest of the
world with him to do it.
Bush senior escalated military
involvement in the Middle East to
"protect the liberty and freedom"
of Kuwait so they could continue
their policies of slant-drilling into
Iraq. Sadaam Hussein is still in
power and his people are starving
to miserable death at record num-
bers due to the continuous bomb-
ing campaign and economic em-
bargo.
Bush junior has continued the
military strikes in Afghanistan re-
sulting in the death of somewhere
·
around 3,000 innocent casualties,
depending on what sources are
asked, plus the untold amounts
that will probably die from the lack
of aid support that was blocked by
the military operations.
Junior also managed to incite a
massive rally of millions in Iran
where ''the American flag burned
for the first time in recent memory,"
according to Neil MacFarquhar in
the Feb. 12 issue of the
New York
'limes.
This came as a response to
their nation being classified as a
member of the "axis of evil" by
Bush.
Iran was included in this new
"axis of evil" because they provide
weapons to organizations such as
the Hezbollah as well as to Pales-
tine. This, according to Bush, is
evil although amassing the largest
military EVER as well as supplying
arms to Israel is completely differ-
ent.
Reformists in Iran had recently
been working to strengthen ties
with the US whenever possible but
Bush's condemnation of Iran has
rejuvenated hardliners in the na-
tion that are itching for a chance to
face off with the US.
Confidence among the European
community with the US has also
been shaken. Chris Patten, the
European Union commissioner for
international relations, has criti-
cized Bush for his "absolutist and
simplistic" approach.
Military tribunals are back with
a bang in the US even though an
international war criminal,
Slobodan Milose.vic, is currently
on trial at the Hague. The Interna-
tional Criminal Court will oversee
charges against him for numerous
counts of crimes against humanity
but the US, especially under Bush,
has repeatedly denied support for
the ICC.
Even before Sept. l l Bush had
made clear that he was not inter-
ested in working with the rest of
the world and the
talk
of the multi-
lateral approach has since been
dashed. The Anti-Ballistic Missile
(ABM) Treaty has been tossed
aside by the administration, fore-
shadowing a
potential
return to the
Cold War. If W. 's pet missile de-
fense system doesn't live up to
expectations we can always fall
back on the historic defense sce-
nario- duck and cover.
As for those pesky protestors
crowding the streets of NYC last
weekend, Bush has already
proved
where his loyalties are between the
good of the world versus the good
oftheALMIGHfY AND ALL-EN-
COMPASSING dollar bill by deny-
ing the Kyoto Protocols earlier in
his tenure. The Kyoto Protocols
attempt to curb environmental
threats by setting a <!eiling stan-
dard for greenhouse emissions;
Bush said that these caps would
hurt US business, especially those
that line the pockets of political
candidates.
US citizens need not feel left out
from Bush's blundering either.
Within his short term in office Bush
has already taught the American
people that aging concepts such
as constitutional rights are unnec-
essary.
The PATRIOT Act has helped
extend federal police power to un-
believable levels recently, also al-
lowing the NYPD to trample legal
rights of demonstrators during the
Jan. 28-Feb. 4 protests against the
World Economic Forum in New
York. Dozens of accounts of po-
lice brutality, random arrests, and
confiscation of recording materials
have already been documented by
the legal teams that agreed to work
with organizers of the demonstra-
tions.
The "old gang" of Bush's bud-
dies in Enron have definitely
whooped it up at the expense of
the average American, laughing all
the way to the bank with the multi-
million dollar
bonuses
they gave
themselves shortly before the
company's collapse. The equiva-
lents of Enron in other industries,
particularly the airline
industry,
have received enormous govern-
ment subsidies and payments to
counter the negative effects of
Sept. 11 on the economy while si-
multaneously firing thousands of
employees. They'll make sure to
tip well when the next election
comes around.
Maybe Gore wasn't that bad of
a
guy after all...
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Route 9 demonstration next week
byERINTAYWRand
NICHOLE
WALLACE
Staff Writers
Since 1929, Marist College has
provided it's students with a
healthy environment. That envi-
ronment has recently" changed to
one that forces students to endan-
ger themselves everyday by sim-
ply crossing the street to go to
class. The college's expansion has
been lead across Route 9 where two
resident areas as well as a building
for art students now stand across
the heavily traveled road.
Not only are the students not
provided with an overpass, but
also the lights that were once acti-
vated are now deactivated and the
speed limit has only been reduced
to 30 mph during the day and
40mph at night. With low visibility
and careless drivers Marist is look-
ing for an accident to happen.
We as students are not going to
.
let this happen.
On
Thursday Feb-
ruary
21, 200 I at 4:40 P.M. Marist
students will be holding a demon-
stration where we will walk across
Route 9 TOGETHER voicing our
dissatisfaction in the deactivation
of the crosswalk lights, and the ri-
diculous speed limit. We will no
longer accept the risk that•cross-
ing Route 9 now poses.
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Cloning: The
Pandora's Box
by
JESSICA T. SMITH
Staff Writer
It has been brought to my atten-
tion that a human embryo has been
cloned by some irresponsible, im-
moral group of scientists at the
Advanced Cell Technology, a pri-
vately funded biotech company in
Worcester, Massachusetts. A hu-
man embryo, which can also con-
sidered a human baby, orto be more
truthful,
a human person has been
cloned. Now legislation around the
globe is
debating
whether or not
this scientist should be penalized
for breaking the law that prohibits
the cloning of humans.
These scientists claim that clon-
ing is
commendable because
it
might be the cure to a number of
diseases
and illnesses, the new
solution to all
medical
or biologi-
cal
problems.
They proclaim that
the cloning of men will
provide
the
world with medical
miracles.
I find such claims to be exagger-
ated. I say that cloning people will
oaly lead to more problems than
solutions. It will only result in more
disturbing family situations and a
new form of discrimination be-
tween those born of two parents,
and those born of nuclear cell fu-
sion. When I heard the news of
this cloned child I was sick to my
stomach.
Some people believe in a god,
some don't. I say,_that if there is a
god, s/he should smite humanity
for daring to
presume
that we are
the material of gods. We aren't,
we are mortal, mammalian, crea-
tures that evolved from apes. We
are not gods, nor should we dare
to pretend that we are. Who are
we to play around with genetics to
transform sexually reproductive
beings into a-sexual organisms?
What really disturbs me is how
the sanctity of human life is being
walked over by scientists and now
even the majority of humanity is
doing so. What is wrong with
people?!? All life is sacred, and if
no one ever believed that, there are
people who can remember at least
50 years ago a time when people
felt that all human life was sacred.
It's a shame that now only a few
think that. After
all, why else
would people support the cloning
of human embryos for medicinal
purposes?
Michael West, the chief execu-
tive of ACT states, "scientifically,
biologically, the entities we are cre-
ating are not individuals. They are
only cellular life. They're not hu-
man life."
That cell cluster is still a human
baby. What you call an embryo
will grow into an infant within a few
months; that baby eventually be-
coming a human person as unique
and special with a right to life as
you and I do. For those who bring
in the argument embryos not be-
ing of sentient beings, much less
as being human, human embryos
have the potential of
maturing
into
sentient human
beings.
I wonder now, what this scien-
tist intends to do with this cloned
embryo. Will he allow the clone to
grow up into a child who will have
to face strange and unorthodox
family situations, or a child who
one day may be told that their cell
donor
needs to replace his liver and
heart and that the clone's life must
be sacrificed for the "original"?
Will he take the embryo and kill it
before it had the chance to live life,
and take the
developing
cells of
organs and nerve cells to culture
them in some Petri dish?
Either way, a human life will be
destroyed, and a child's life will be
destroyed and harvested for re-
placement organs and nerves and
cells and tissues
...
Some people say cloning can be
used as a more successful and
cheaper alternative to fertility treat-
ments in the case of couples inca
See ...
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14, 2002
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The
views presented
are
not necessarily those of
The Circle
WEF off my chest
AcTmsTcoRNER
by
RYAN FINGER
Staff Writer
On Saturday, Feb. 2nd I visited
incredible New York City for a bit
of sightseeing. I went down to see
the glorious Waldorf-Astoria Ho-
tel that was hosting the World Eco-
nomic Forum. I brought my cam-
era, not to take pictures of the
statue ofliberty or FAO Schwartz
or anything else you would see
Wisconsin tourists doing there,
but to take pictures of the cops.
fiscal year. Is this democracy? It's
the WORLD Economic Forum
though, right?
Representatives from all over mak-
ing sure all interests are involved.
Member breakdowns are 69% North
American and European compared
to 2.2% Australasia and ...
"Oh Ryan, stop it. I can't believe
you went all the way down to New
York and wasted your day trying to
fight the unstoppable forces of cor-
porate America. This doesn't con-
cern me. Go back to Woodstock."
in the future.
Sorry for bothering you,
you're too busy. Also, somehow
the fact that Roger Ailes, founder
and president of Fox News was
George Bush's media strategist
was somehow left out of that in-
terview. I felt lonely when they
never wrote back to me after my
letter about that.
It is quite interesting to review
the history of the American
presidency where secrecy is in-
creasingly
being hidden and ac-
PHOTO CREDIT/RYAN
FINGER
An
estimated
20,000 demonstrators took to the streets of New York City to oppose the World
Economic Forum last weekend, between Jan. 28-Feb. 4.
I don't know about you, but
have you ever seen, oh say, 25,000
police officers in riot gear hitting
their clubs against their hands as
you walk down 43rd street as they
put down their face masks? No?
You sure wasted your Saturday
then. So why the h.ell were we there
then?
The purpose of the forum was
made clear by the vice
president
of
the WEF, Percy Barnevick, as cited
in the Indypendent, "I define glo-
balization as the freedom of our
corporations to invest where and
when we want, to produce what we
want, to buy and sell where we
want, and to keep all the restric-
tions through labor law or other
· __
political regulations as slight as
possible."
Worry.
At $25,000 a ticket, CEO's get to
be behind closed doors with policy
makers across the world to discuss
interests of these corporations and
how child labor laws, safety con-
cerns, environmental concerns,
and laws of human rights can be
negotiated or hopefully abolished
to make a slight increase in the next
E
ma
·a
An
argument that control of our
country and the corporations that
lead
them is nothing that can be
stopped or changed, is an argument
of a subject and not one of a mem-
ber of democracy. It's true, control
of our country is not within our
grasp. We cannot directly
talk
to our
"elected" leader of the free world,
but wait, Enron can!
In a Fox News interview on Jan.
27th, Cheney
defended
the White
House
position
of not commenting
on the White House's meetings with
Enron. He claimed that they were
too busy with the war in Afghani-
stan, a war that began many years
ago and is simply in a new phase.
"Can you imagine an FDR or
Teddy Roosevelt, in the midst of a
grave national crisis, dealing with the
problems we're having to deal with
now, ... trading away a very impor-
tant fundamental principle of the
presidency?" Secret energy meet-
ing between the heads of the most
powerful governments on our planet
and the largest corporations of the
world seeking to exploit it, affecting
billions ofus now and billions ofus
l hsh
t
e k.
cepted to the public for whom
they represent and serve. Am I
the only
one
who is a little tired
ofhearing
"protec
tion
of democ-
racy"
while
letting our own
go
off the tracks?
So as we got there that cold
Saturday morning, afternoon,
and evening we
discussed
Enron
in even more detail. We stood,
we hollered, we held our pee and
realized that we weren't the only
ones who felt that way. Arriving
early that morning with my friend,
Chris Knudtsen, we rallied
among
thousands
of
people
to
protest this meeting of corporate
elite with political leaders, bla-
tantly bribing them with dirty
money.
50% of the world's wealth is
owned by 514
'
billionaires; these
are the people who are deciding
how the Earth will be looking in
our future. Ifit still doesn't con-
cern you and you'd rather stay
home watching the average 3 l
/2
hours oftv today that's fine, it's
the American way. This is the
great democracy we're defend-
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pable of having their own children
but
think
of the unusual and un-
precedented family situations.
Let's say they clone the male of
the couple and the clone is
brought
to term by a surrogate mother. Ge-
netically,
the resulting child will
have no mother, only a father, who
is more like an older genetic twin
to the clone. The child's genetic
parents will actually
be
the parents
of his "daddy".
This child will be quite confused
in a situation where it appears he
has a married parents, grandpar-
ents, and a surrogate mother who
gave birth to him, all contrasting
with the genetic view reality ofhim
having an older genetic
twin,
grandparents who are his genetic
parents, a mother who had noth-
ing to do with his being brought
into the world, and a second mother
who is not involved with his fam-
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had
carried
him
inherwomb.
If
you find this confusing, imag-
ine a little boy growing up in this
situation. Now, lets say that his
.
"mommy" and "daddy" divorce;
will mommy still love that little
clone of"daddy"? One can't re-
ally answer that question at this
point in time.
All I'm left to say
is
that I am so
disappointed in humanity and I
hope that my viewpoint has per-
haps influenced your attitude to-
wards human cloning so that you
won't blindly agree with what de-
tached, dispassionate, immoral sci-
entists claim is good or moral.
Human cloning is grossly unethi-
cal and will only destroy and de-
humanize people more so than we
already have in centuries past.
Cloning is more a Pandora's Box
of problems than it is a magical
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Streetcar Named Desire
delivers top-notch acting
by
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HRISTINA GUZZO
Staff Writer
This past weekend, The Marist
College Council on Theatre Arts
presented four
performances of Tennessee Will-
iams' A Streetcar Named Desfre.
This play, while not exactly the
"feel good production of the year,"
was graced by some of Marist's
best thespians. Their superb act-
ing in this complex psychological
play won audiences over night
after night.
The scene was simple: a humble
two-room apartment in New
Or-
leans. Things
were running smoothly that spring
with its inhabitants, Stella and
Stanley Kowalski until their visi-
tor arrived. Stella
'
s older sister
Blanche, a teacher, arrived at the
apartment, and things were never
the same again. As the play
slowly progresses (it was about
three hours long) the audience
sees t h e s = characters at their
worst. S
.a
violent and vin-
dictive ~'terrorizes the house
while pregnant Stella puts up with
him. Blanche rides on a mental
downward spiral as her past is
slowly revealed.
Sporting southern twangs, Dan
Buzi (Stanley) and Kerri Lang
(Stella) make a
belieyable on screen pair, as they
freely demonstrate the word "de-
sire" in the play's name.
Lang,
who
also starred in Anything Goes as
"Hope," is now comp
l
eting her
senior year, and her talent will be
greatly missed in future MCCTA
performances. The character of'
Stanley" was brought to nasty
new levels by sophomore Dan
Buzi.
Maria Meaney played the multi-
faceted and comp
l
ex "Blanche".
Maria, a junior
art major, portrayed William's char-
acter exactly as he would have
wanted it; delusional
,
desperate,
and false. At the plays conclusion,
the troubled Blanche proclaims "I
don't want realism, I want magic!"
This line clearly shows the extent
of the characters well shown mad-
ness by the end of the play.
Even if you can't apprecia
t
e a
three hour psychological drama by
Tennesee
Williams, like some of the a
u
dience
(there were some snorers), one could
still enjoy the first rate acting and char-
acter development. Directed by
Kristen Coury and Missy Payne,
Streetcar showed Marist ~udi-
ences that theater isn't always
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with a happy ending.
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what depressing play and per-
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saying the plants in the Cabaret
He continued on college life,
from the audience
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They all did
"need some sunlight, water-some-
adding, "You guys have a lot of
their best, but in the end, the
thing to keep them from turning
peop
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young minds ofMarist students
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Feb. 8, comedian Jamie
white",
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see those guys with the really
provedtooferventfortheircomi-
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stage curtains, saying, "Watch
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think
it makes them look big. Well
The finale of the show utilized
edy Club.
Jamie had a lot to say about col-
I think they should wear the re-
both Jamie's satirical wit as well
The 25 year-old called aptly
lege life, as he was a Law School
ally small shirts - ones that kids
as some his notab
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dubbed "The best writer since
dropout
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before
wear, like
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comedy. In finishing the show-
Seinfeld" and a version of transitioning to stand-up comedy.
and things like that."
case, Jamie took off his sweater,
"Adam Sandler without the
gui-
He even told jokes on his own
The most interesting of the
showed a small t-shirt he had
tar" performed for a full house in
background, saying that his Psy-
whole routine was Jamie's attempt
joked about before and flexed
his
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to add in a "Whose Line is it Any-
muscles. All in all, it was a very
Jamie, a newcomer to the com-
matters a lot now."
way"-type of improvisational
enjoyable show and Jamie Lissow
edy scene, has already opened
Mostly though, Jamie chose
comedy at the end of the show.
showed why he is the comedic
up for headliners Neil McDonald,
Marist and Poughkeepsie as the
He introduced three of his friends
talent he really is.
Chris Rock, and has performed
crux for most of his jokes, Men-
from home who
were
to
"help"
him
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on The Tonight Show with Jay
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February 14, 2002
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content was inappropriate at the
nowouttoseekCollateralDamage.
aid ofa ~nake. The s t o r y ~
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time, and feels to be more of an en-
The Wolf retreats to the safe
evolves mto a somewhat pred1ct-
When I wentto see Jet Li's
The
joyment now than it would have
quartersofColumbia. Arnold plots
able adven~e, but the support
One I saw a preview for Col/at-
been back in October.
out his trip, and travels down to
of a plot _twtst h~lps change the
era/ Damage. As soon as the
Andrew Davis, the guy who
Columbia to seek revenge. We are
stereotyPtcal ending.
.
reel started for the preview,
brought you
Under Siege, directs
treated to an explosion extrava-
~tie not _the ~ateSt ~ction
people started laughing and did
the movie. Under Siege happens
ganza, and super-hero abilities that
movt: of all ~e, It ~s ce~mly a
not stop laughing until it fin-
to be one of Steven Segal's better
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would rival that of Rambo. Gor-
step m the n_ght dtrectt~n for
ished. Arnold just isn't the box
movies. While the story is simple,
Arnold's back
in
new action
flick!
don is an unstoppable force merely
Arn?ld, and his ~areer. It ts one
office hero or draw that he used
it still remains entertaining. The
from his
L.A.
firefighting training.
ofhis better mo".1:s to date. Even
to be in such movies like
Termi-
script, on the other hand, suffers
people's lives. He is happily mar-
With the L.A. firefighter program
though t?e cnt_ics ,may h~ve
nator 2, Total Recall, and Preda-
from cliche phrases, and over sim-
·
ried with a cute son. Gordon is on
being of such high caliber, they
bashed t~s movie, I m hopmg,
tor.
plified dialogue. Although, what
his way to pick up his wife and son
should be training U.S. Marines.
once again, that word of mouth
With that in mind also consider
Arnold movie is know for its great
at the hospital when terror strikes.
During one of Gordon's struggles,
helps spr:ad th: news of
_
how
the fact that Collateral Damage
script.
A Columbian terrorist, The Wolf Andrew Davis pays homage to
descent this movt~ actual_ly ts.
was pushed back from its origi-
Collateral Damage, an A-bud-
(Cliff Curtis of Three Kings), has
Mike Tyson. Gordon is handcuffed
~opefully 2003 s
Terminator 3
nal October release date because
get movie, delivers as the
perfect
planted a bomb outside of the hos-
and his only utensil he has at the
will _Pr~ve to be a more worthy
of its content similarities to that
B-film. Our hero Gordon Brewer
pital that explodes killing nine and time is his teeth. He uses his teeth
movte title for Arnold.
of the attacks on September 11th.
(Arnold Schwarzenegger) is intro-
injutjng dozens. Among the nine
to bite the ear off of one of the
I have to agree with Warner
ducedtousasafirst-ratefirefighter
deceased are Gordon's wife and
Columbiangorillas.
Grade:B
Brother's decision to push the
who has saved a great deal of son. Arnold's life is destroyed by
We are also able to enjoy a
Mothman Prophecies
provides a first hand scare
by . .
ESCALZO
"'staff Writer
Even typing the name,
"Mothman", after seeing the
movie, freaks me out. If anyone
does not know the movie I am
talking about, it is the commer-
cial where Richard
Gere
is
talking
on the phone, he whispers into
the phone, "What am I holding?"
and the deep, mysterious voice
answers back, "Chap Stick".
When I first saw the commer-
cials for the movie, "Mothman
Prophecies", it caught my atten-
tion. A few days later, however,
the creepy commercials for just a
movie, turned into "Based on Ac-
tual
Events". This definitely got
my attention. I read a few reviews
hearing the same old stuff, "good
story, weak script. .. " no explana-
tion of what were the "actual
events" the movie was based on?
It is not everyday we get phone
calls from creepy sounding men
who know what is in our hands!
I went to see the movie at night. I
was not happy with this choice af-
ter I saw the movie.
The movie takes place in Wash-
ington D.C., where reporter John
Klein (Richard Gere) and his wife
(Debra Messing) are house hunt-
ing for their first home together. On
their way home, Mary (Debra
Messing) sees a black image with
red eyes in the road, upon slam-
ming on her breaks she smacks her
head against the windshield. At the
hospital she finds out she has a
rare form of cancer in her brain.
John Klein (Richard Gere) deals
with the aftermath ofhis wife's ill-
ness by looking at her journal and
seeing pictures drawn over and
over, of what we come to know as
the Mothman.
He goes on a drive one night to
Richmond, which is not a long
drive from Washington D.C. He
winds up in Point Pleasant, West
Virginia and has no clue how he
got there. He meets local charac-
ters and encounters many strange
occurrences in the town of Point
Pleasant. All of the strange occur-
rences center on this Mothman. He
even is contacted by the Mothman,
sees the unthinkable and hears
these "warnings" of disasters that
will occur in the future.
I
think
this was one of the most
frightening movies I have ever seen
in my whole life. How much of that
is attributed to the fact that it was
based on "actual events", I will
never know. All I do know is on
the way home, driving, I screamed
about every thirty seconds driv-
'COUnt' on Monte Cristo as memorable movie
by
CHRISTINA DIAS
Staff Writer
Despite the fact that the film
The
Count of Monte Crisio is but a wa-
tered-down version of the original
intricate plotline found in
Alexandre Dumas' book, it's a fan-
tastically mesmerizing movie and
will undoubtedly be among the fin-
est of the year. One can't truly
~blame the producers for not trying
to cram over 450 pages of text into
a,roughly 2-hour long movie. The
full depth of the characters, how-
ever, is conveyed skillfully.
The Count of Monte Cristo is the
story of an innocent man, Edmond
Dantes, deliberately framed by his
"friends" out of jealousy and
greed, right at what seems to be
the greatest point in his life. He is
sent to the torturous Chateau D'If
prison for thirteen years. There he
befriends the Abbe Faria who
teaches him all he knows. The im-
mense misery Dantes faces is
heartrending. Once he has left the
prison he begins to avenge his suf-
fering
.
Director Kevin
Reynolds,
produc-
ers Gary
Barber,
Roger
Birnbaum
and Jonathan Glickman do put on
a spectacular show of extrava-
gance once the Count finds
him-
selfliving among Paris' aristocracy.
This portion of the plot is where
the film strays though, tying up
loose ends and cutting to the
chase much faster than necessary.
One better love sword fighting too,
as the sword was the weapon of
choice in the 19th century.
There's plenty of slicing, yet far
fewer people actually dying. It's a
shame the movie ends at the point
that it does for
Monte Cristo
s
com-
passionate side is barely touched
upon. In the original novel, he re-
wards those who were loyal to
him
before he partakes in any venge-
ful actions, yet in the movie the
reverse occurs.
A
thousand
casting directors
could doubtfully come up with a
better actor than Jim Caviezel (An-
gel Eyes, A
Thin
Red Line) to play
the role of the Count. His youth-
ful innocence changes to menac-
ing vengeance flawlessly over the
course of the film. His dark fea-
tures fit perfectly his countenance.
One has to wonder what the ward-
robe crew was thinking,
though,
when they donned the Count in
flamboyant red and gold robes
when his character is well-known
for wearing only brooding black
garments and having definite re-
straint.
Mercedes, played by Dagmara
Domincyzk , somehow doesn't
seem beautiful and elegant enough
to invoke all the chaos that she
does as Dantes fiance. For all the
acting awards she has received she
somehow disappoints in this role.
Perhaps it is the. fact that over the
course of 16 years she appears to
not have aged a day. While the
Count and other characters have
acquired wrinkles and streaks of
gray hair, Mercedes still looks like
a teen. Guy Pearce (Rules of En-
gagement) superbly plays
Monte
Cristo
s
main foe, Fernand
Mondego, whose vicious selfish-
ness makes one cringe.
The motives behind much of the
action are not always made clear
to the viewer The ending makes the
Count's quest for revenge seem
incomplete but maybe only for the
most sadistic,
obstinate
audience
members who believe that nothing
is sweeter
than
revenge.
ing home when another red light
crossed my driving view.
The movie m wes quickly, not a
lot of time is SJX\nt developing the
character's personality; therefore
each character lacks depth. Every-
one in the movie theater screamed
at least once, both women and
men. There were harmonious
screams, followed by nervous
laughter
in the theater. Certain parts
of the movie were drawn out, but
others had me hiding my eyes and
covering my ears.
It is not a blood and gore thriller,
but rather a psychological thriller
that is sure to really scare most that
go see it. I enjoyed the parts of the
movie that revealed something
unusual had happened without us
even knowing. I did not enjoy the
long drawn out solo scenes Rich-
ard Gere had, especially his over-
acted crying scene. It might not be
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is
on the big
screen once again
Oscar worthy, but it is worth
watching for entertainment, espe-
cially
because
there is the creepy
possibility that the Mothman is
real. The movie leaves you to
question the things you think
you know about life. If you feel
like a good scare, go see
"Mothman Prophecies".
The movie is rated PG-13 for ter-
ror, some sexuality and language.
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So far the 2002 Salt Lake City
Olympic Winter Games have deliv-
ered plenty to its viewers.
They have delivered great theme
music, a star-studded opening cer-
emony filled with power anchors
and national celebrities, and the
always inspirational lighting of the
Olympic Cauldron, this time by the
1980 men's hockey team, which
authored the "Miracle on Ice" by
defeating the powerful Russians
and capturing the gold medal that
winter in Lake Placid.
They have featured a controver-
sial ruling from a panel of pairs fig-
ure skating judges that either reek
.
of collusion or were just not pay-
ing attention, although collusion
seems evident, with the French
judge allegedly making a Louisiana-
Purchase type blunder, only this
time c~jpg to deal with Russia,
the un-,~hant yet nonetheless
emotional final run of Picabo
Street's great career, and a whole
slew of Russians that can figure
skate, Americans that can
snowboard, and Austrians that can
ski.
What they have not delivered,
however, is intense athletic com-
petition. And while an obligatory
smile from the face ofKatie Courie
and a stream of tears running down
the face ofrobbed Canadian skater
Jamie Sale combined with Scott
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might be enough to keep some
Olympic viewers satisfied, most
have been left unfulfilled due to the
lack of. any real intense competi-
tion or rivalry.
Alas, here come the NHLers -
Canadians, Americans, Russians
and Czech Republicans (I suppose
that is what you call them) - and
with them comes some good old
fashion competition, a whole lot of
intensity, and a little bit of animos-
ity, just for kicks.
The men's hockey tournament
promises to have the intensity and
tension of a staged pre-fight box-
ing press conference stare down
that inevitably ends in a brawl. For
all intents and purposes, the battle
for gold comes down to the four
powerhouse hockey nations pre-
viously listed. Each nation has a
legitimate shot, with loads of tal-
ent compromising maybe the best
teams ever assembled. But in the
end, I believe it will be the Russian
team that comes away with Olym-
pic gold.
Let us begin with the team from
the Czech R~ublic. In Nag_~o,
they surprised everyone and came
away with the gold medal. This
year.they return with a far more tal-
ented team, as youngsters Patrick
Elias, Martin Havlat and Tomas
Kaberle join Roman Hamrlik,
xcitem
t
to the
aille
Jaromir Jagr and Dominic Hasek,
theherofrom 1998. ButinNagano,
they had two factors working for
them. They had the element of
surprise and they had a goaltender,
Hasek, in the midst of one of the
most torrid streaks a goaltender has
ever had, a streak that not only pro-
pelled his team to a gold medal but
also propelled a mediocre Buffalo
Sabres team to the Stanley Cup Fi-
nals.
This year, they will not surprise
anyone, and while Hasek is still one
of the best, asking him to dupli-
cate his performance from Nagano
is like asking Da Vinci to paint the
Mona Lisa again. Other teams,
especially Canada, will not be tak-
ing them lightly this time around
and will most likely come
after
them
with a bitter taste in their mouths
and revenge on their minds.
Speaking of the Canadians,
stacked with all the talent anyone
could ever want, Lemieux, Lindros,
Sakic, Y zerman and friends will be
gunning to make up for the disap-
pointment of Nagano. But the
team made an enormous mistake
leaving Joe Thornton off of
the
team and an even bigger mistake
alienating Patrick Roy. Nobody is
better in the pressure and the spot-
light than Roy. Martin Brodeur
comes from the Devils, where each
night he sees so few quality at-
tempts. In Salt Lake City, on an ice
surface the size of open prairie, fac-
ing the very best offensive talent
the world has to offer, Brodeur will
struggle.
The United States might struggle
as well. Their team is loaded with
premier power forwards like
Tkachuk, Leclair, Guerin and
Deadmarsh. In the NHL, power
forwards win Stanley Cups, but
they do not win gold medals at the
Olympics. The size of the rink is
not to be understated, so having a
team loaded with power forwards
is not nearly as advantageous as
one would think. The U.S. defense
is also a little on the older side and
may not be able to keep up with
the speed of teams like Russia.
And if anything happens to
Mike
Richter, the U.S. is in real trouble.
There is another factor for the
U.S. team - pressure. The whole
country will be pulling for them -
myself included. Given the scope
of things in this country, the pres-
sure that Team USA will put on it-
self to win will be astronomical.
It
is never easy to perform under that
kind of self inflicted pressure.
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There is another factor at work
for Team Canada and Team USA.
They are so intent on beating the
other that they lose track of the
other teams and get surprised, like
they were by the Czech Republic
in Nagano. And while they will say
all the right things, like that they
are looking p_ast nobody, if one
could get inside the collective
brains of the two teams, it would
likely reveal that they look at each
other as the team to beat, leaving
the door open for someone to sur-
prise.
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Staff Writer
"Mike
has had one of the more
amazing string of races in our
program's history," Colaizzo said.
"But he's not done yet. He's eager
to chase more records and help the
team in any way he can."
team during his first collegiate sea-
son, according to Colaizzo.
"Adam has really burst onto the
scene nicely for us and he brings a
.
lot of energy and enthusiasm to the
program," Colaizzo said. "We're
setting high goals for him to strive
for in the remainder of
indoors and in outdoor track."
And here come those pesky Rus-
sians, who are no doubt less than
thrilled to have to see the high-
lights from 1980 replayed more of-
ten than a mediocre movie is re-
played on the Marist television
stations.
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Led by the hottest ( currently
playing the best, that is) goaltender
in the NHL, Nikolai Khabibulin, and
talented names like Bure, Fedorov,
Yashin and Kovalev, the Russians
will shine. The only real downside
to these players is that they have
trouble playing in traffic. Once
again the whole gigantic
rink
thing
comes into play. A bigger rink
means less traffic, more room and
lots of goals by Russia.
They also have electric rookie Ilya
Kovalchuk, and anyone who saw
the young stars game over the All-
S tar weekend got a little preview
of what this guy can do on the
open ice, which will be plentiful
next week in Utah.
Sergei
Samsonov can move as well, and
should be equally potent. Un-
matched speed and skill, an under-
rated defense and the big man in
goal should have the Russians
standing on the middle podium
when it is all said and done.
But let us not forget this one im-
portant factor - I could be wrong.
It
could be Canada making their
hockey-crazed country proud, or
the Czech Republic coming up with
a repeat gold, or Team USA com-
ing through with a victory that
would be as emotionally charged
and inspirational as the "Miracle
on Ice."
I happen to believe, however, that
there will be no American miracle,
no Czech repeat and no Canadian
triumph - just a lightning-fast,
slick-passing, sharp-shooting
bunch of Russians backboned by
a stonewall in goal coming away
with gold.
Whatever happens though, there
will be no collusion amongst
judges, no big-air jumps or triple-
axles and no need for power an-
chors and celebrity appearances.
Hockey will offer none of that.
Viewers will simply have to settle
for intense battles and heated com-
petition.
For the second time this season,
Boston University proved to be a
record-setting site for members of
the Marist men's and women's
track teams, as five school records
were eclipsed on the team's most
recent trip to Massachusetts.
In January, senior Mike Nehr
shattered his own 3,000-meter
school record and qualified for the
IC4A championships against stiff
eompetition at the Terrier Classic.
That same weekend, the distance
medley relay team ofNehr, Chris
McCloskey, Pat Driscoll and Brian
Perrella also met the IC4A qualify.:
ing standard.
This weekend, Nehr will
tie
called
upon to complete the grueling
5000-meter, 3000-meter double at
the Metro Atlantic Athletic Con-
ference (MAAC) Championships
in
Manhattan.
Colaizzo expects that
Nehr will rise to the occasion, de-
spite the daunting task of compet-
ing in both long distance events.
Members of the women's team
also had strong performances at
the St. Valentine's Invitational, as
junior Sue Golden and freshman
Alison Keller established new
school records and qualified for the
ECAC championships in their re-
spective events.
Equ
es
trian team competes
at Centenary College
Nehr continued on his record
setting pace last weekend at the
St. Valentine's Invitational, break-
ing McCloskey's recently estab-
lished 1,000-meter record with a
time of 2:29.53. Nehr's time also
qualified for the 1,000-meter run at
the IC4A championships, becom-
ing the first Marist athlete ever to
do so.
Nehr has had a part in breaking
five school records over the course
of the last three meets, and men's
coach Pete Colaizzo said that Nehr
has no intention of slowing down.
"There is much more that needs
to be accomplished, and he knows
it," Colaizzo said.
Mccloskey also managed to rise
to the occasion in Boston, break-
ing Ben Hefferon's four-year-old
record in the 800-meter run with a
time ofl :55.28. The previous mark.
set in 1998, was 1:56.44.
"Chris is one of the hardest work-
ers in practice and toughest com-
petitors in meets, and he has
been racing very well of late,"
Colaizzo said.
Also among the record-setting
Red Foxes was freshman Adam
Pakiela, who broke his own school
record in the 400-meter run with a
time ofS0.97 seconds. Pakiela, who
first broke the 400-meter record at
the Seton Hall Invitational in De-
cember, has been an asset to the
In the 1,000-meter run, Golden
easily met the ECAC qualifying
standard (2:57.54) with her second-
place, 2:53.81 performance. Keller
was victorious in the 55-meter
hurdles with a time of8.36 seconds.
The two will accompany 5,000-
meter qualifier Liza Grudzinski to
the ECAC meet in March.
According to women's coach
Phil Kelly, this season marks the
first time that three Marist women
have met the ECAC qualifying
stan-
dards.
Fortunate
l
y for the Red Foxes, the
IC4A/ECAC Championships are
also held in Boston.
On Saturday, both teams will
compete in the MAAC Champion-
ships at Manhattan College.
by JESSICA
B
AL
D
W
IN
Staff Writer
The Marist College Equestrian
team attended its first Zone II, Re-
gion I IHSA horse show of the se-
mester on February 9 at Centenary
Co
ll
ege. Among the fourteen
schoo
l
s, such as Drew University
and the United States Mi
li
tary
Academy, Marist placed third with
a collective 22 points.
Mara Halley placed 1st in class
Bask
et
ball
...
From
12
compete in play-in games.
Marist finishes off the regular
season with two home games,
af-
ter traveling to Lawrenceville,
NJ,
to face Rider on Saturday.
8A Open Fences. Amanda St.
Pierre placed 6th in class 8B Open
Fences and being the point rider,
scored one point for Marist.
Later in the competition, St. Pierre
won l st place in class 7D Open
Flat, winning seven points for the
team.
Lauren Klinger placed 5th in class
4A Novice Fences. Amanda Von
Haugg placed 3rd in class 4B Nov-
ice Fenced and scored four points.
Jessica Duggan placed l st in class
7 A Open Flat.
Laura Kalnicky placed 3rd in class
2A Beginner Walk Trot Canter. In
class IA Walk Trot Nikki Heron
placed l st and Amy Snell placed
5th. In class 1B Walk Trot Maria
Ianne placed 1st and Jessica
Baldwin placed 2nd. Baldwin was
the point rider, scoring five points
for the team.
























































































THE CIRCLE
Athlete
of
the
Week
Mike Nebr broke the
school
record for the
1,000 meter (2:29 .53).
His
time
qualified for
the IC4A Championships, the first ever
Marist athlete to do so
Quote of the Week
February
14, 2002
SPORTS
"I
don
t
know what we were doing down the
stretch
defensively. What were we doing? What
the heck were we doing?
Why
weren
t
we com-
municating more?
Why
weren
t
we doing a better
',job on things that we've done time and time again
this
year?"
Men's~coachDaveMagarity
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his
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oo Monday
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Men's basketball falls to Canisius, hosts top-ranked Rider
by
SCOTT MONTESANO
Staff Writer
The box score shows that Sean
Kennedy played a strong game,
but the statistics fail to tell the
complete story.
Despite recording a triple-double,
it was Kennedy's inability to hit
free throws late that helped to send
the Foxes to a 69-63 loss to the
Canisius Golden Griffins February
11 at the Mccann Center.
With a minute remaining and
Marist down 64-63, Kennedy failed
to deliver, missing two free throws.
Kennedy finished the game 6-11
from the charity stripe.
The Foxes' hopes were stifled
even more with 48.0 left when Matt
Tullis was whistled on a
question-
able ciwJi?
_
call.
"I
jl!S\.lh"iflt
it's the worst loss of
the year," Kennedy said at the
post-game press conference.
"Down the stretch, I'm a senior. I
have to make my free throws and
get to the
rim.
I didn't finish."
Kennedy finished the game with
14 points, l 0 rebounds and l 0 as-
sists, to record his second triple-
double to the season. His first
came January 5 against Niagara, a
game that Marist lost in an eerily
similar fashion.
That game too saw the Foxes fal-
ter late, unable to pull out a close
win. Marist is only 5-7 in games
decided by single-digit margins.
With 8:36 remaining Marist had
built a game-
high nine point
lead and ap-
peared to be
cruising. How-
ever, the game
seemed to take
a turn when
Canisius'
Andy Bush
scored
and
was fouled
af-
ter apparently
traveling.
Canisius
gained the mo-
mentum and
Marist never
recovered.
After being cold from beyond the
arc
in the first half, the Griffs found
their range late in the second half.
Toby Foster nailed
back-to-back
three
pointers
to
rnakeit59-57with
three minutes
left.
Then, after a
Nick Eppehimer
basket, Brian
Dux
hit a three
with2:22
remain-
ing to make it 61-
60 in favor of
Marist.
·
Dux gave
Canisius the
lead for good at
64-63
by
hitting
two
free
throws with
l: 16 left.
Marist
missed 15 of
16 shots down
tlie stretch and
was only 4 of7
from the foul
line. The Foxes
PUOIOCI
.un,
lon'1 ·,,,•~
Sean Kennedy recorded his
second triple-double of the
season, but it was
not,
as the
Red Foxes fell to Canisius for
the second time
this
season.
The Griffs
shot .387 in the sec-
ond half on their
way to the come-
back win.
shot only .298 in the second half
and .302 for the game.
The Foxes poor shooting was
coupled with a three-point shoot-
ing exhibition put on by Canisius.
Similar to when the teams meet in
Buffalo in January, the solid three--
point shooting by the Griffs was a
factor.
"I'm real proud of
our team," Canisius head coach
Mike MacDonald said. "We hung
in there. I thought we did great
things down the stretch."
MacDonald
added that this was
the type of game the Griffs would
have
lost
by 15 points in January.
Hodari Mallory led the
Griffs with
13 points and 11 rebounds. Mean-
Men's tennis team takes two out
off our at Cornell Winter Classic
by
PAUL SEACH
Staff Writer
Last weekend the Marist Men's
team competed at the Cornell
Wm-
ter Classic at the Reiss Tennis Cen-
ter in Ithaca, New York.
The team played four matches
losing to Cornell and St.
Bonaventure, but played strong
and defeated Binghamton and the
University ofBuffalo.
The top six players on the team
competed
for Marist, in a tune-up
for the MAAC
championships
that
-are only a few months away.
David Slater and Alex Ilchenko
outlasted their singles opponents
to contribute to a 4-3 victory over
Buffalo. Prior to that match, the
team fell to Cornell, 7-0.
pleased
with his team's perfor-
mance.
"This early in the season I am ex-
tremely happy with they way our
team competed even though we
only won two of the four matches,"
Smith said.
One of the most exciting matches
lasted three hours as freshman Nick
Bass defeated Binghamton's senior
Evan Gotlob in three sets. With
Bass down in the tiebreaker in the
first set, Bass stormed back to win
l 0-8, capturing the set. He was not
as successful in the second set,
dropping it 6-4.
However, Bass was able to over-
come the loss, taking the third set
64.
"(I
was) extremely pleased with
the poise ( of Bass) as a freshman,"
said Smith.
Sapezhnikov.
"Sapezhnikov and Bass continue
to grow and become our premier
third doubles team as they get to
understand each other's strengths
and weaknesses, and tactics."
Bass agreed.
"We are not completely 100 per-
cent as a team, but we are on our
way to becoming a good team and
I am happy with our progress so
far."
The tournament, with its unique
style of having five singles
matches and one doubles match
allowed the players to spend 60
hours of indoQr tennis which will
help a great deal in preparation for
the MAAC (Metro Atlantic Ath-
letic Conference) tournament," ac-
cording to Smith.
The team will begin conference
while, Matt Tullis came off the
bench to give Marist 16 points and
11 rebounds.
While offense was a
problem
for
Marist, head coach Dave Magarity
was infuriated more by his team's
defensive play.
"I don't know what we were do-
ing down the stretch defensively,"
Magarity said. "What were we do-
ing? What the heck were we do-
ing? Why weren't we communicat-
ing more? Why weren't we doing
a better job on things that we've
done time and time again this
year?"
Marist junior guard David
Bennett played the game while his
wife Shannon was in labor at
Vassar
Brother's
Hospital awaiting
the birth of the couple's first child.
The loss dropped the Foxes to
10-4 in the MAAC, a half game
behind Rider for first place.
Canisius' comeback snapped a
four game winning streak for
Marist, which was coming off a 79-
71 win at Iona on February 6.
Marist shot .463 from the field in
that game and Sean Kennedy
poured in a team-high 21 points en
route to the win and season sweep
of the Gaels.
Marist plays Rider at the Mccann
Center on February 17 at4:00. The
Red Foxes won the first meeting
between the two teams this sea-
son, 80-69. Kennedy had a team-
high 20 points while Bennett added
16.
Marist returns to action Febru-
ary 14 when the team battles
Fairfield(7-15, 8-8) in Bridgeport,
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event was the superior play of
doubles team Nick Bass and Victor
Sapezhnikov. The team won two
doubles matches and won impor-
tant singles matches against
Binghamton.
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With those victories, the team
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record to 7-3.
Head coach Tim Smith was very
"(This weekend) was a really
good experience as a freshman,
playing some of the top schools in
the East," he ~id.
As for the team, Bass is excited
to play with a "good coach and a
group of guys that get along well."
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doubles
team of Bass and
the MAAC Championships begin-
ning on April 19.
Next week, the team will play at
the University of Vermont, going
up against Providence, the Univer-
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