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Volume 55 Issue
Online registration to make debut next spring
by JORDAN EIBLE
Staff Writer
For those students graduating,
the spring semester marks an end.
For the rest, it's merely a beginning
of choosing new classes and
scheduling for the fall, and so the
vicious cycle of registration and
add/ drop is upon Marist once
again.
However, there seems to be a
light at the end of the tunnel, as
the college furiously works toward
implementing online enrollment.
Although the current rollout plan
does not project the new system
to be fully operational until Spring
2003, this is still a long awaited rem-
edy to registration madness. No
longer will students have to rush
around in order to attend their add/
drop appointments, nor will they
have to wait in a line that wraps all
the w
a
y
around Donnelly. With the
latest technology in place, stu-
dents will have the luxury of regis-
tering for classes in their pajamas
from their dorm room Internet con-
nection.
Vice-president/ CIO of Informa-
tion Technology
Kamran
Khan said
the upgrade will create other im:.
portant advantages for students.
"Some other benefits for our stu-
dents include the window to regis-
ter, add, and drop classes is ex-
tended,"
Kahn
said, "and several
different groups can register at
the
same time."
Registration is not the only as-
pect of the registrar's office that
will see improvements due to the
conversion.
''The office is involved in all edu-
cational records of a student, not
just registration. (Online schedul-
ing) will allow the staff the neces-
sary time to service students even
better than it does today," Marist
Registrar Judy Ivankovic said.
Marist has been planning the
online option for approximately
three years. It has been a process
of preparing the college's current
SCT network for web readiness.
''We are customizing the system
to be Marist specific to meet the
need of our faculty and students,"
explained Khan.
In order
to
make
it Marist
SJJ'l-
cific, the
system will be programmed
to manage what classes are avail-
able, their prerequisites, number of
seats, and time conflicts. The same
special priorities the college
has
al-
ways used will remain in effect.
Sophomore Meghan Nilan said
she looks forward to registering for
her ·senior year because of the
online option.
"I am really glad that Marist is
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ROGER
S
The registrar office may not be so hectic next year if online registration is implemented for students.
finally doing something to get rid
schools of its caliber.
is in the midst of its first semester
of some of the stress that comes
"The conversion usually takes
using the SCT web software
.
As-
from add/ drop," said Nilan .
.
"I
just
most colleges and WJ.iversities two
sistant Registrar Brad Dorr said
wish it would be ready sooner."
to three years depending on their
their new system is running
Khan assures students that Marist
environment. You have to get this
smoothly so far.
is keeping up with its develop-
right the firsttime."
ments and is not behind other
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Registrar,
5
Not wanted: college grads for summer Jobs
by AUBREY ROFF
Staff Writer
In the
late 1990s,
when the
class of
2002 be-
gan their
college
educa-
tion, em-
ployers
wereprac-
tically begging recent graduates to
work for them.
Students anticipating bachelor's
degrees were in control of the job
market, boasting several job offers
and making large salary demands
of their future employers.
But things are much different for
this year's college seniors.
According to Lynnley Browning,
a writer for
The New York Times,
"students who complete their un-
dergraduate degrees this year face
the worst job market
.
in nearly a
decade."
Students are even searching for
jobs outside their major, just so that
they can have a source of income
when they leave school this
spring. In addition, former stu-
dents will also be plagued with
stu-
dent loan debts, which, on aver-
age, range
from
$15,000
to
$30,000.
Evidence of the plummeting job
market is showing up everywhere.
Employer attendance at college
ca-
reer fairs has dropped sharply.
Companies are hesitant to respond
to job inquiries from students, and
large companies are reducing the
amount of college graduates that
they typically
hire
after graduation.
In addition, students are also
struggling to gain internships that
might lead to full-time employment.
Colleges have even changed their
focus from encouraging students
to choose courses wisely and work
towards their "dream job" to em-
phasis on identifying potential em-
ployers, resumes, and networking.
According to the U.S. Depart-
ment ofLabor, it all comes down to
this: "There are more jobseekers
with college degrees than there are
openings for college-level jobs."
The department predicts that
about 18 percent of new college
graduates may not be able to find
college-level jobs. This trend will
force new college graduates to
choose jobs below their level of
education, or not to work at all.
Studies of the current job market
also reveal what areas of study pro-
For example, where a student
vide the most job opportunities.
used to be able to get a job within
BestJobsforthe2lstCenturyfor
1-3 months, it might take 3-6
College Graduates lists the "best
months with the economy the way
of the best jobs for college gradu-
it is now. Sepp said that students
ates as "engineering/mathematical/
at Marist majoring in psychology/
natural science man-
special education
agers, marketing/ad-
and medical tech-
vertising/public rela-
This trend will
nology are having
tions
managers,
force new college
the easiest time
computerengineers,
graduates
to
finding
jobs,
systems analysts,
whereas communi-
physicians, lawyers,
choose jobs below
cations majors are
physical therapists,
their level of edu-
struggling, since
service managers,
cation, or not to
that field is ex-
general managers/
tremely ''recession-
executives, and fi-
work at all.
sensitive."
nancial managers."
•
Some graduates
With growing enrollment and
may need to start with a job out-
many teachers retiring, there are
side of their major and then move
also lots of opportunities in fields
into a different job when the
of education. But liberal arts ma-
economy improves. "Even if you
jors are also struggling to find jobs.
have to get a job outside your field,
Where does Marist fitin?
What is the outlook for Marist
students? Deidre Sepp, Director of
the Marist Center for Career Ser-
vices, says that the percentage of
Marist graduates that are getting
jobs has not changed that much;
instead, it is just taking longer to
gain employment.
keep connected to your dream,"
said Sepp.
She recommends volunteering,
joining a professional association,
or taking another course related to
your interests until you can achieve
your "dreamjob."
Sepp also offers advice to help
future graduates in the job-search
process. "Know your industry,"
she advises. Be aware of what
skills, experience, and education
they are looking for. Most employ-
ers are demanding communication,
teamwork, and technology skills,
as well as lots of experience, and
knowledge of a second language
or culture.
Sepp suggests joining clubs or
volunteering within your interest
as well as traveling abroad to gain
cultural knowledge. She also urges
students to know when their
major's ''recruiting time" is, so that
they have a better chance of gain-
ing employment.
For 2002 graduates, there will be
a career expo on April 4th, which
will include at least 50 prospective
employers. IBM will be at Marist
assisting students with resumes
later this semester.
College graduates - check
these out!
www.collegegrad.com
www.campusgraduates.com
www.hotjobs.com
wwwjobdirect.com
wwwjobgusher.com
In addition, there is a New
York State Virtual Job fair
online at
www
.
nysvirtualjobfair.org.



































































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March 14,
200
2
COMMUNITY
Pa
ge
2
Question of the Week
Do
you
think we should have online registration?
''No, because we are becoming com- "Yeah, it seems it would
be easy to
puter dependent, and technology is implement Nothavingitmighttwn
the downfall of our generation."
away prospective students."
Brian Raffaldi
Freshman
Chris Camp
Freshman
"Yes, it's annoying to fit an add/
drop
into your schedule and
.
takes a lot of time to design a
1
schedule."
Karla Gareau
·
Sophomore
·
Yi
Security Brie
fs
$
compiled
by
ED WILLIAMS
ill
Managing Editor
3/6
Wednesday
Champagnat Hall, a security brief
favorite, leads things off this week
with a fire alarm on the sixth floor
at about 1 :57 a.m. The fire extin-
guisher had been sprayed, and the
contents formed a cloud blocking
the detector's beam causing the
mechanism to go off. An investi-
gation by the RD on duty, security
and the Fairview Fired Department
revealed the culprit, and he was
dealt with properly.
3/6
Wednesday
The vandalism traveled down to
the fourth floor of Champagnat
next as there was another attack
on a vending machine. House-
keeping reported the occurence at
6:20 a.m. and found a co,11t hanger,
which appeared to have been used
to obtain the machine's contents.
3/6
Wednesday
The vandalism epidemic spread
again, this tiine to Benoit Hall has
garbage decorated the first floor at
10:30 a.m. It appeared as though
the garbage can had been dropped
from the second floor down to the
first floor causing it to cover a wide
range, It wasn't all unsanitary as
shaving ~ream and talcum powder
was also spread about.
3/6
Wednesday
A female student's
·
good time at
McCoy's steak and alehouse was
rudely interrupted when she real-
ized her pocketbook had been sto-
len. She called security and told
them that she was missing credit
cards, cash and keys. The town
police were notified and took a re-
port.
317
Thursday
Due
to some maintenance work be-
ing down inside of special services
in Champagnat, a chair was left
outside the room at 1 :30 p.m. When
they went back to move the chair back
into the office, the chair was found
missing
at
3
:30 p.m. There
is
currently
an ongoing investigation for the
whereabouts of the rolling chair.
3/8
Friday
A male Sheahan student tried enter-
ing Leo Hall at about 2:53 a.m. He
told security that he had to use the
bathroom quite badly and then bolted
away. He was found in the stairwell
and escorted outside the building
.
3/8
Friday
Marion Hall was up to some un-
abashed hijinx as patrols responded
to an odorous smoke in the men's
bathroom on the first floor at 6: 17 a.m.
There was a roll of toilet paper found
ablaze in one of the sinks and then
promptly extinguished.
3/8
Friday
Perhaps the cancellation of Emeril
was not a good thing for the resi-
dents of Gartland G block. They
could have used his cooking tips
when cooking their pot roast. Ap-
parently they left the succulent meat
in the oven too loqg and BAM, a fire
alarm goes off. Fairview fire depart
-
ment responded and found the
flambeed meat.
3/8
Friday
Donnelly is not immune to the van-
dalism bug apparently. At 10:20 p.m.
it was reported that the card swipe
mechanism on one of the vending
machines on the lower level of the
building was damaged.
3/9
Saturday
The infamous eighth floor of
Champagnat was up to its old tricks
again at about 10:25 a.m. The
furni-
ture in the lounge was flipped up-
side down and piled in the middle of
the room.
3/10
Sunday
Vandalism took a bit of a backseat to
alcohol offenses on Sunday as 22
empty cans of Bud Light and 11
unopened bottles of Coors Light
were found and confiscated from
a Leo room at 1: 15 a.m. There
were three authorized guests in
the room with one of the occu-
pants. The guests were escorted
off campus.
3/10
Sund
a
y
Security didn't have to go far for
the next offense as 26 empty
cans of Bud Light and three full
cans ofBud Light were found and
confiscated from another Leo
room at 1:40a.m.
3/10
Sunday
Less than an hour later 30 empty
cans ofBud Light and 11
full
cans
of Coors Light were found in a
Champagnat room. There were
two guests with the two occu-
pants, but they weren't involved
with the
drinking,
so they weren't
escorted off of campus.
3/10
Su
nd
ay
Two unauthorized guests were
apprehended by security as they
were attempting to enter
Leo
Hall.
The guests were knocking on
windows with hopes that some-
one would let them
in,
and they
then tried to get in through the
west basement door.
3/11
Mon
d
ay
Midrise was bit by 'the vandal-
ism bug as well this week. A se-
curity officer noticed the lens
cover to a light was broken in
the west stairwell on the third
and fourth floors. Also missing
was the cover to an exit
-
sign on
the fourth floor stairwell
.
3/11
Monday
The three foot by six foot ban-
ner was stolen from the second
level stairwell in the Rotunda
.
The banner read, "Marist College
Alcohol Education Week March
13-20."
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The following is a list of dates and
times for future Galleria Mall trips:
Friday, 3/15 6:00-midnight
Saturday, 3/16 1 :00-8:00 p.m.
Friday, 4/5 6:00-midnight
Sunday, 4/14 noon-6:00 p.m.
Saturday, 4/20 1 :00-8:00 p.m.
Want your poetry, prose, photo-
graphs or artwork pub
l
ished? You
can send your work to The Mo-
saic, Marist's
l
iterary magazine by
the extended deadline of March
15. Drop off your pieces in the
Literary Arts Society mailbox in
the Council of Clubs room or e-
mail
them
to
Maristlas@yahoo.com.
Thlt se 2001-2002 Marist College
Council on Theatre
Arts
proudly
pr
s
•JUJ,
Tom Lehrer's Tomfoolery
on March 15-16 at 8 p.m. and on
March 17 at 2 p.m. The cost is $2
-or
students, $3 for a
l
umni, faculty
nd
seniors and $5 for general ad-
isd
,
m.
The
pr
od
u
ction will take
I
e
in the Nelly Goletti Theatre
.
1e
show will be pro
d
uced by
arh.
a
Levy and directe
d
by Ed-
an!
Kasche and Joseph Neuhoff.
r,
r
ticket information contact the
officeatx3133.
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Student Programming Coun-
il
presents comedienne Vanessa
lo
ll
ing head.
This funny-woman
ill
be performing Friday
,
March
15 at 9:00 p.m. in the Cabaret. Ad-
m ;irm
is free with a valid Marist
n
l'ht:
SPC also presents the comedy
The following is the schedule
fo
the Spring Faculty Lecture
·
·cs
April 2 - Shaheed Mohammed -
Poetry in Caribbean Music
April 16 - Greg Moses - Egypt
and theOrigins of Philosophy
April 23 - Maxwell Schnurer -
Criticism in Action
Come strike it up on the alleys
1
the Disco Bowling trip. Get
LhrL'b
games of bowling and shoe
re
11,t
for$3. Thetriptakesplaceon
1-
urday, March 16 from 9p.m. to
J
a.m. The pick up time is 8:30
p
.m
in the Midrise parking lot.
The Spri
n
g 2002 Concert
1
Music at Marist presents t
h
l
Marist Music Facu
l
ty
am
p
l ·r
Come and s
u
pport the Marist
m
u
sic faculty in their concert
11
Wednesday, March 20 at 8 p.m.
i
the Performing
Arts
Room on
L
h
third floor of the Student Center.
Tune into WMCR 88.1 FM and
th
Ed
and Malf Show on
ru sday
from 9:00-11 :00 a.m. and listen
II
.
all kinds of music ranging from
I
to rock, to punk, to alternative
an
everything in between. The
cam
pus radio station can also be
hi:.ar
on the Marist television
i,;hm
1
rid
and on the Internet at http
:/
www. m ari st
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wm er
stream2.html. Give the D
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with requests and comments
a
x2132. Check out
Kim
and
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on Fridays from 12:30-2
:
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THE CIRCLE
March 14, 2002
NEWS
Page 3
Left to Right: Zamir Gonzalez, Kim Ro
,
Hogan, Jon Hackett, Pete Colomer and Jeff Bodnar.
SGA
-
election results
by
JEN HAGGERTY
News Editor
The results are in for the Stu-
dent Governement Assoication's
most recent election.
Brian C. McAlpin, the newest
Student Body President, won by
215 votes, making this the largest
margin of victory in a contested
election in SGA ever.
JeffBodnar, Elections Commis-
sioner, had aspired to reach
I
000
votes, but was still content with
the total 759.
"Getting 759 was good for one
contested race," said Bodnar.
"If
we had one more[ contested race],
we would have had more votes."
The rest of the positions were
unchallenged, and the current
leaders continued their reign.
The election ended with the fol-
lowing results:
Resident Senators: Kim Rossi
and
Jon Hackett. Commuter Sena-
tors: Zamir Gonzalez and Pete
Colomer.
The Class of2003: President Erin
Gardner, Vice President Linda
Zito, and Treasurer Stacey
Miller.
The Class of 2004: President
Bobbi Sue Gibbons, and Vice
President Laura Dodson.
The Class of 2005: President
Katie Buckley, Vice President
Jamie Marotta, Secretary Shalli
Thomson, and Treasurer An-
thony Francavilla.
PHOTO CREDIT/JENNIFER HAGGERTY
L
to R: Bobbie Sue Gibbons, Linda Zito,
Erin
Gardner, Stacey Miller,
Katie Buckley, Jamie Marotta and Shalli Thomson. Not pictured:
Laura Dodson and Anthony Francavilla.
Marist Meals combats hunger
by
CHRIS KNUDTSEN
Opinions Editor
Sodexho Marriot has teamed up
with students from Marist College
this year to start Project Marist
Meals, a program that recycles
useable food portions from the
caf-
eteria and delivers them to the
Hillcrest House
in
Poughkeepsie.
Kristen Roy, sophomore at
Marist, founded Project Marist
Meals and recruited Alexis
Faq.one, also a sophomore, for help
with
the
delivery
in
December
200 l.
"After doing some research on
hunger, I realized that we have to
have resources to do something
about it," Roy said. "The ques-
tion is, do we have the will to do
it?''
The food is brought from Marist
College to the Hillcrest House
which serves as transitional facil-
ity that offers housing, job-train-
ing programs, and self-manage-
ment for those in need. The pro-
gram originally ran two days a
week but has already expanded in
its short existence to four days a
week.
Students can fulfill their praxis
requirements through participation
in Project Marist Meals now that it
has been officially incorporated
into the Praxis Project. Doug
Batsch, senior, is the first Marist
student to do so. Batsch said that
the project was a common sense
approach to a devastating problem.
"It seemed like a really good idea
since Sodexho would wind up
throwing it out. so taking their left-
overs and giving them to someone
that needs them works," he said.
More than 3 million people in the
United States live in hunger, ac-
cording to estimations made by the
USDA,andmorethan lOmillionin
the US cannot consistently access
the food they need to stay healthy.
Roy said that anyone could ad-
dress this national problem
through local measures.
"Hunger is on a global level so I
took it to our community where,
here at Marist, we have the re-
sources to help people in the com-
munity," she said. "President
Murray, Sodexho, and professors
like Prof. Mar Peter-Raoul have all
been really supportive so we're just
hoping we can get more student
volunteers."
Marist has celebrity
in
midst
it's like to have a
manuscript rejected."
Isenberg hopes to
use her skills and ex-
perience to help her
students be better re-
porters.
PHOTO CREDIT/SHEILAISENBERG.COM
Sheila Isenberg, professional writer and
journalist, Is part of the adjunct faculty here at
Marist College.
Prior to Marist,
Isenberg worked as a
reporter for the
Kingston Daily Free-
man, where
-
her inves-
tigative reporting led
to several state-wide
investigations.
While working at the
Freeman, Isenberg
met another current
Marist professor,
Modele Clarke, who
was working as an
editor. "Sheila is an
example of the quint-
by
J.R. HORAN
Staff Writer
This spring semester, Marist Col-
lege has a new professor teaching
Journalism. Sheila Isenberg, who
has been teaching college writing
at Marist for about three years, has
decided to take a shot at teaching
the craft that she has been practic-
ing for more than 20 years. "I have
an awareness of what it means to
be a writer," said Isenberg during
an interview before her Journalism
II
class. "I have real life experience
in the news room and I know what
essential intrusive,
in-your-face reporter" said Clarke
as he reflected on some old memo-
ries of working with Isenberg. "I
remember during interviews she
would tend to ask the hard ques-
tions early on." Isenberg has also
worked as a political writer for a
New York state Assemblywoman
where she wrote op-ed pieces for
Newsday, The New York Law Jour-
nal, and other publications.
To add to her successful career
as a journalist, Isenberg is also an
author. She has written and
co-·
written four books: Women Who
Love Men That Kill, My Life As A
Radical Lawyer, and a collaboration
with Tracey
L. Brown on The Life
and Times ofRon Brown. Her cur-
rent book is titled A Hero Of Our
Own, a story ofhow an American
named Varian Fry saved over a
thousand people from the Nazis in
southern France during World War
II. "I got the idea to write about
Varian from my daughter and I re-
alized that there was very little writ-
ten about him," said Isenberg. "I
wanted to tell a story that had
never been told."
In
her Journalism class, Isenberg
is looking forward to teaching her
students the many things she has
learned while working in journal-
ism. She knows what it is like to
have to "sell" her work to an editor
and she knows that even after
more than 20 years of writing she
still learns new things and im-
proves her work. "Just because it
comes out of your pen or your key-
board doesn't mean it's writing,"
said Isenberg, reflecting on her ex-
perience as a writer. ''Writing needs
to make sense; it's not what just
comes off in one's head, it must be
constantly polished so that it
-
can
communicate."
There are currently two exhibits
on campus that feature Isenberg's
work in the library and in the cam-
pus bookstore. Other information
about Sheila Isenberg, or any of
her books, can be located at
www.sheilaisenberg.com
Fontaine's
.
black box still needs work
byDANBUZI
Staff Writer
Professors and students alike
look hopefully toward the future
of the black box theatre as a space
that they can call their own. The
space has already been used for a
number of exciting new theatre
projects, but there are still several
things to be desired.
Many a year ago when the
Lowell Thomas building was first
being constructed, it was proposed
that there should be a theatre space
on the basement floor. The plans,
unfortunately, never went through.
So in 1998, when Marist proposed
building Fontaine, the idea of a new,
intimate theatre space was pro-
posed
again.
The result of the pro-
posal can be found in room l
O I
fontaine: a semi-functional black
box theatre.
The space fountl there has much
of what was hoped for.
It
is ''much
less formal than the Nelli Golleti"
according to Matt Andrews of the
English department. "There is no
fourth wall in the black box."
This means a much more intimate
space for the audience, one where
they can really feel a part of the
action.
For the latest production,
"Roundabout Now," this intimacy
was integral. The show featured
five short one-act plays in the
round.
There are, however, still a num-
ber technical difficulties to work
out. There are no risers for audi-
ence members or actors, creating a
very flat look to the stage and dif-
ficult viewing for the audience.
Also adding to the flat look is the
lack of overhead lighting.
-
In
the
most recent productions, the space
has been equipped with lighting
trees, but these are not tall enough
to get proper effects. The only al-
ternative is the cold florescent
classroom lighting installed in the
ceiling.
These are not the only difficul-
ties. While Donald Anderson, En-
glish professor, was excited that
"students can put on their own
stuff:"
there is still quite a difficulty
in scheduling rehearsal time for the
space. This is largely because it is
still being treated primarily as a
classroom and not entirely a the-
atre lab space.
Because "theatre is two thirds out
of the class preparation" accord-
ing to Andrews, this poses quite a
problem for students looking to
use the space not for class work.
Even when students can schedule
time to work in the space, it can
take up to fifteen minutes to disas-
semble the desks and chairs that
fill the room. That can take a big
chunk out of classroom lab time.
Still, the outlook is optimistic.
·
Both Anderson and Andrews ex-
pressed a concern to bring greater
diversity to the theatre on campus
using the black box space. They
have already done this to some
extent with "Lonely Planet," a play
concerned with gay issues. The
black box will also be hosting "The
Lesson," directed by Donald
Anderson, and "Dutchman," di-
rected by Tad Richards .
.
"Dutch-
man" is an African American play
by Leroy Jones. There is even talk
of a collaborative effort with the
language departments to bring for-
eign language theatre to the black
box.
Andrews stresses that what are
being faced
"are
challenges, not
problems." And while the black-
board and media table still don't
quite fit
in
a black box, a number of
hurdles have already been over-
come with the support of faculty
like Dean Wermuth and Artin
Arslanian, and there seems to be
more on the way. Keep an eye out
for little changes making a big dif-
ference with the black box theatre.
This space is still young and de-
veloping but with a few improve-
ments alon with a little love.
U
pdates
Vmcent Piccirillo's trial has been
adjourned until Apr. 2, 2002. The
District Attorney is settling on
charges and detennining if the
case will proceed to trial.
The new floodlights have been
added to the Midrise stairwell
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THE CIRCLE
March 14, 2002
FEATURES
Pag
4
Women's History Month educates
,
by
JEN HAGGE
R
TY
News Editor
Looking back in time, anyone can
name famous men who have influ-
enced our culture,
society
and
lives. However, throughout the
majority ofhistory, women's voices
have been mute.
Obviously, women were thrown
in the spotlight around the turn of
the century when they finally re-
ceived the right to vote. However,
with the depression in the 1930's,
along with World War II, women's
issues were cast aside. In the
l960's, the women's movement
began to revive with Betty Friedan
as a prime mover. She declared the
"problem
that has no name:" the
boredom and isolation of the
middle-class housewife who often
gave up intellectual and profes-
sional aspirations during the
1950's and 60's.
A 1968 paper by Jo Freeman,
signed
as Joreen, redefined the
word
"bitch."
Joreen felt that
"bitch" wasn't a negative term in
the least; rather,
it
should be a term
that women should be proud of,
because it shows the strength of
the individual woman.
"They have loud voices and of-
ten use them. Bitches seek their
identity
strictly
thru themselves
and what they do," said Joreen.
"She is living testimony that
woman's oppression does not
have to be, and as such raises
doubts about the validity of the
whole social system."
It
were stirring words such as
these, the cry for independence for
women to break the mold of the
acceptable female that the interest
in "women's liberation" blos-
somed. This was the beginning of
feminists.
By the 1970's, there was a grow-
ing sense amongst women that
"her" story was being left out.
It
was during this time that universi-
ties began to pay attention to this
tion Task Force of the Sonoma
County Commission on the Status
ofWomen began a "Women's His-
tory Week" celebration. The week
was chosen to coincide with Inter-
national Women's Day, March 8,
which was originally created in
1911 in Europe.
Soon, other colleges followed
suit with their own celebrations.
There was soon increasing sup-
port to have Con-
gress declare a
Women's History
Week,
which came
three years later in
1981.
Programs
flour-
ished with topics
honoring women in
history.
In
1987, Congress
officially expanded
this celebrated
week
toamonth. Women's
History Month offi-
cially began with the
purpose to increase
consdousness and
knowledge
of
women's history.
The month of
Mm-ch
is
dedicated
to remember the con-
tributions of note-
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merican spirit.
come when it's im-
feeling and introduced courses
such as women's history to make
up for the gap that had existed for
so long.
In
1978 in California, the Educa-
possible to teach or learn history
without remembering these con-
tributors.
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21
Society expands participation
by ERIC DEABI
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Staff Writer
Kegs in the Cabaret. That is cer-
tainly not how the average Marist
student spends their Friday night.
However, that was the case as the
Class of2002 held its second 21-
Society of the semester this past
Friday, March 8, in the Student
Center Cabaret. This is also the
fifth 21-Society sponsored by the
senior class.
Students 21 years old and above
were given the opportunity to pur-
chase tickets for this event at the
door. A total of sixty students at-
tended this event.
The purpose of a 21-Society is to
bring upperclassmen students to-
gether and teach them responsible
drinking habits.
By limiting the amount that stu-
dents can consume to only four
drinks, it gives them an opportu-
nity to socialize with classmates
and talk.
Liz Hammond, president of the
Class of 2002, said that this event
went very smoothly.
"I think it went well and was a
huge success," said Hammond.
"Everyone seemed to enjoy them-
selves, and I think that it really
brought the Senior Class together."
The event featured drinks, pizza,
wings and music.
Melissa Katomski, vice-president
of the Class of 2002, said that the
latest
"21
Society" was a great suc-
cess.
-
"We had a great turn out. Every-
one who came had a great time,"
Katomski said. "Most importantly,
we were able to promote drinking
in a safe and educational environ-
ment."
Jen Enright, a 21-year old junior,
said that this 21-Society was the
first she attended.
"It
was a good time-,'' said Enright.
"I wish there was more dancing
though."
The Class of2002 has
sponsored
four other 21-Societies since the
beginning of the academic year,
and they have grown in atten-
dance. The first event took place
in late Sept. 2001 and there was a
turnout of about 30 students.
The second 21
-
Society had a
turnout of about 40 students, and
the third 21 -Society, entitled
"Beers from Around the World,"
brought 55 people down to the
Cabaret in Nov.2001.
The
''99 Days till Graduation" 21-
Soci ety was the most popular,
bringing out almost 90 people. Due
to a shortage of beer, the senior
class officers decided to limit this
event to only the first 60 people.
The senior class officers are now
hard at work planning the 15th
Annual River Fest, which will be
held on Friday, April 19, 2002 in the
Hoop Lot.
More information on this event
and the entire plans for senior
week will be released to graduat-
ing seniors via the senior packet
which is planned on being re-
leased early next week.
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THE CIRCLE
March 14, 2002
FEATURES
Page 5
Don't go blindly into eye healthcare
by
STACEY CASWELL
Business Manager
Now that midterms have been
completed,
stress levels are finally
at an all-time low.
No longer will our backs hurt as
much from endless hours spent sit-
ting in front of the computer screen,
staring
at a paper hoping that it will
magically finish itself, and our head
won't be on the verge of exploding
trying to organize our time so that
everything will be
·
completed on
deadline.
However, the one part of our bod-
.
ies that we fail to recognize for their
achievements <;m a job well done
during midterms is our eyes. They
have painstakingly remained open
during both day and night hours to
ensure we each have a means to
see what we are doing, and to ac-
complish the task at hand.
It's time we took time to thank them
for always be there, and rewarded
them for their viewing efforts by fol-
lowing a few simple tips that will
celebrate your corneas and help to
preserve them until the next testing
season rolls around once again.
First, it is important to get enough
rest. Although that may have been
difficult when midterms were occur-
ring due to studying for so many
exams, it is imperative that_you al-
low your eyes a few good hours a
night afterwards to rest so that they
are more able to fimction during the
day. When you find yourself strain-
ing to see signs far away during the
middle of the day or see your vi-
sion starting to become increas-
ingly hazy, then it is probably time
to hit the hay. Studies have con-
firmed a direct link to severe eye-
strain resi,tlting in redness as a re-
sult of a lack of sleep.
Second, maintain eye health by
scheduling yearly check-ups with
an ophthalmologist. Although you
may not feel the need for glasses or
Third, when studying or star-
ing incessantly at a computer
screen, make sure to allow your
eyes time to take breaks, at least
one per hour.
"One thing to do if you do a lot
of
studying
or reading is to look
outside to relax your eyes. That
is probably the most help you c~
stress and the near point stress."
Fourth, wear glasses, even if you
don't necessarily need prescription
eyeglasses. Even though this may
sound absurd, Murray recommends
finding a cheap pair of glasses at a
place like Eckerd's to wear while
working at a computer or reading
for
extended
amounts of time. The
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person is in need of glasses if they
dents should take advantage of and active can ward off high blood
have headaches, if they experience
windows that they have in their
pressure, which, according to
constant rubbing of the eyes or
if.
rooms when doing schoolwork.
Murray, people who have this dis-
they engage in excessive blinking.
He continued, "The more you
ease are issued medicine that can
Sometimes if you see someone get-
look or stare at something, the
increase their chances of develop-
ting too close to the computer or
more prone you are to getting
ing a cataract in their eye.
reading a book held close up to their
nearsighted. The reason why
" A cataract is an opacity in the
face, it is an indication that they
people are becoming nearsighted
lens of the eye. The crust of the
need glasses as well."
is because of environmental
lenses is like an onion, made up of
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problems during our mock regis-
tration, but they were internal
glitches," Dorr said. "Siena
hasn't encountered many prob-
lems because so many schools
are already using online registra-
tion so most major issues have
been previously resolved."
Due to
this, Marist will likely ex-
perience few difficulties as well.
A trial
run will occur in October
2002 with
midterm grades.
All
mal-
functions will \,e amended then,
and Winter 2003 will be the first
fully onlin_e registration period.
Although initial Spring 2003 sign
ups will probably use the exist-
ing methods, the add/ drop pe-
riod will be available on the web,
which means that current juniors
may have the opportunity to use
it before they graduate.
SUNY Binghamton,
Binghamton,
NY,
has offered its
students online registration for
the past two semesters. Liam
Callahan, a junior at Binghamton,
said he has noticed just as many
flaws as advantaP-es.
"Classes seem to fill up much
quicker, and it's tough for students
with fewer credits to get their first
choices," said Callahan. "Students
can also get locked out of the sys-
tem during the busiest times."
Ithaca College Registrar Chris
Knauer said a significant problem
his school has dealt with during its
18-months of web processing has
also been slow performance.
"It isn't a problem concerning the
database. For us, it's all been an
internal matter," said Knauer. "It's
usually easily fixed by not allowing
administrators to run query re-
sponses during registration times."
Marist's systems and application
staff is testing the network to make
sure there is adequate bandwidth
and server response during peak
demand. Such tests will hopefully
keep Marist students from experi-
encing the server slow down and
lock outs that Binghamton and
Ithaca face.
Not all Marist students are anx-
iously awaiting the technology
though. Sophomore Dennis Fare
said he does not think online sched-
layers like that. You can imagine
that onion being clear. If you get a
dark spot or opacity, called a cata-
ract, no Jight can enter the eye,"
Murray said. He also said another
common way in which such a
symp-
tom can be developed is by not
wearing proper protective eye
wear.
Ophthalmologist Murray said,
"That's one reason
why
one must
wear good
sunglasses
with ultra-
violet protection because ultravio-
let rays will cause a cataract."
However, proper eye care is not the
only thing that can save your eyes.
There are certain foods that are
helpful to ensuring that your eyes
have a bright future. Even though
it is an age old saying that carrots
are helpful for night vision, Murray
said there is some truth to that state-
ment due to the fact that they are
jam-packed with vitamin
A.
He said, "Any vitamin like that
would be good for night driving.
But it also tends to Jet you see bet-
ter at night because
it
rebuilds cells
in back of the eye, and the retna."
According
to
www.allaboutvision.com other
foods that are helpful are liver and
beef, sweet potatoes, sweet and
red peppers, mangos and canta-
loupes. However, caution is
thrown to the wind about cooking
any of these foods, which drains
the vitamins from them.
Hopefully, by following these
few simple tips, you'll ensure that
you're eyes experience a brighter
outlook on life for years to come.
uling will necessarily be a better
method.
"Everyone talks about how the
registrar's office is such
·a
pain, but
I don't think scheduling online is
going to help," Fare commented.
"The whole process will just end
up with glitches and more hassles
than we need. I know we hate wait-
ing in the add/ drop lines every se-
mester, but sitting and beating at
your computer, not knowing if
you'll even get a tum is even more
frustrating."
Regardless of whether students
and faculty are ready for the modi-
fications, they are making their way
to Marist. The college has already
purchased the web license and
hardware.
However, Marist was able to do
so for less than other institutions,
who did not already have the SCT
module. According to Khan, most
universities and colleges spend
anywhere from $1 to $3 million on
such ventures. Marist's goal is to
accomplish the entire conversion
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THE CIRCLE
March14,2002
OPINION
Page6
Congress shall pass no law ... abridging the freedom of speech or of the press.
Human functionalism and
social construction for all
byCHRISKNUDTSEN
Opinion Editor
Congress recently began a hear-
ing on "ecoterrorism" in February
that was not composed of the
people of Anniston, Alabama that
were poisoned for decades by the
Monsanto Co., the people who
have been living under clouds of
smog for the last couple dozen
years did not get to testify because
representatives of big business
were called instead, along with
those who have "suffered" prop-
erty damage from ecoterrorists.
The term "ecoterrorism" is a new
construction and its definition
seems slightly skewed to include
those who take actions against
corporations that destroy the
planet, rather than the executives
of the corporations who
ruin
the
world we live
·
in for an additional
profit that we will never see be-
cause they're too busy encourag-
ing us to buy more of their prod-
ucts. This is what happens when
those with money and influence
decide to make up a new term; they
take the liberty of convincing us
who the social deviants are, rather
than letting us make a common
sense decision on our own.
Social construction is a process
of "othering" one individual, or
group of individuals, from another
by finding a superficial difference
between the two and then attribut-
ing a system of privilege and con-
sequence to those perceived dif-
ferences. It happens along racial,
ethnic, religious, gender, and sexual
orientation lines because these are
the most frivolous differences be-
tween people.
When these differences are
harped on though. by politicians
and the media, we assume that the
differences must really have some
sort of meaning in them, making the
individuals completely alien be-
cause of their socially constructed
characteristics instead of on their
individual thoughts, beliefs, and
perceptions.
This construction comes from a
mythical mainstream that has been
forced down our throats because
it benefits those that make millions
on our ignorant attempts to strive
for an unachievable realization of
consumerist happiness. There is
always something more that we
have to buy to be like the happy
middle-aged uppermiddle-classed
society
.
The trend of creating these at-
tributes to difference can be traced
to the concept of human function-
_
alism that degraded human indi-
viduals into merely parts of an all
encompassing machine known as
society. Slaves were not humans,
they were beasts of burden and
women were not humans, they were
concubines and property as well.
These types of practices were
common because they existed un-
der a hierarchal structure that domi-
nated every aspect oflife. Eventu-
ally, people tired of this structure
and wanted freedom, but they
dropped the ball and created a more
subvert system of convenience
enslavement that gave the illusion
ofliberty while simultaneously re-
quiring individuals to become
nothing more than natural re-
sources for those who were already
in power.
People became functional tools
when wage labor became promi-
nent because they had to sell them-
selves to employers that had far
more resources than them and thus
more leverage at negotiation of
compensation. This continues to-
day even though we don't like to
acknowledge it.
When was the last time we
thought about living our lives in a
positive way that genuinely irn-
.
proved the world through our ev-
eryday actions, instead of in a way
that required an endless continuum
of mindless office hours and meet-
ings and mortgage loans and cable
television bills and internet
crashes?
Tlie working "hands" of our so-
ciety do nothing more than pick up
the broken pieces of a crumbling
infrastructure or scavenging the
rubble for leftover scraps, while the
rest of the suburban classes mope
about wondering what's missing in
their percocet lives.
We're left with the most modem
state that holds the most wealth in
the world and yet people are still
left bitter and unfulfilled because
we're not people anymore, we're
commodities to be bought, sold,
and traded in the greatest market
swindle in history. To top it off,
we're too busy fighting each other
for the leftover scraps while the
richest 1
% of America have seen a
wage increase of more than 150%
since 1979. Whotoldyouwewere
facing a recession?
It's the same attitudes of social
construction that allow our lead-
ers to even consider the resurrec-
tion of a nuclear standoff because
if people across the globe from us
can be seen as
anything
different
from us, then we can act in ways
we'd never consider treating "our
own" people. Until we seriously
question where the labels we ap-
ply to people come from, we can
never reasonably be able to expect
any form of productive and pro-
gressive coexistence
,
If
we can go
even further to question the sys-
tem that produces these labels and
the environments that allow those
constructions to exist in the first
place, then we will come even
closer.
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It
seems these days that the Pen-
tagon is becoming less and less
effective at keeping their classified
information classified. This time,
the informatioQ made everybody 1.
hair stand straight up at the threat
of nuclear disaster now looms over
us all.
This situation began with a
leaked report to the
LA
nmes
where
the Pentagon listed seven nations
that the US had nuclear contin-
gency plans in the works for. Iraq,
Iran, and North Korea were no sur-
prise as we all know that they are
'evil.' Libya and Syria rounded out
the dastardly nations of the Middle
East. And then the list takes a turn
backwards
to the Cold War with
the names of Russia and China.
What is startling about most of
these countries is that, for the most
part, they lack real nuclear technol-
ogy. We assume that Iraq is devel-
oping some sort of weapon of mass
destruction even though we have
no
proof
yet, and Iran might have
nukes, or they might not. But who
cares if they have nuclear missiles
or not, right? We need to use
nukes against any country that
could prove hostile, whether they
have the same type of weaponry
as
.
us or not, right?
Wrong. And here's why. The
main purpose of only using nuclear
bombs against countries that have
nukes themselves is basic deter-
rence.
It
is a policy meant to pre-
vent hostile nations from develop-
ing a nuclear arsenal of their own.
The idea sterns from the belief
that a country will not begin de-
veloping a nuclear program if they
know that it will make them a likely
target. Think of it this way: the
big kid in the neighborhood has a
bat, but he promises only to use it
againsf those kids who also have
a bat. You, in an attempt to remain
safe because a bat to the head
could really hurt, decide not to buy
a bat. True, you might get punched
in the face at some time, but it's
much better than getting slugged
with a bat.
That, in a nutshell, is deterrence.
But Tony, you'll say, this is a dif-
ferent world where the biggest
threat is terrorists
.
We need to
have a nuclear option available to
defend ourselves from an enemy
too irrational to live by mutually
assured destruction.
True, this is a different world,
but does that make nuclear attack
a viable option? Obviously the
Taliban did not care for the welfare
of its people.
If
you threatened
them with nukes, I highly doubt
that Osama bin Laden would have
called offhis heinous acts. Saddam
Hussein
has been brutalizing his
people in Iraq for years. I find it
hard to believe that his motives
would become less aggressive if
he knew that he was on a nuclear
hit list.
The question then is: if target-
ing non nuclear countries with our
nukes does not make us any safer,
then why make such a list? The
answer could be that the adminis-
tration is trying to create an atmo-
sphere of tension and fear. Or it
could be that they are egging these
nations on, trying to start a .con-
flict. Or maybe there really is a
good reason to threaten smaller
nations with the most devastating
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THE CIRCLE
March14,2002
0 PINION
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The views presented are not necessarily those of
The Circle
Restoring
confidence in the
Catholic Church
by
BENJAMIN J.BRENKERT
Staff Writer
The current scandal has rocked
the Catholic Church, especially in
America, to its foundations con-
fronts the secretive culture of the
church. Defrocked Catholic priest
Rev. John J. Geoghan has been the
target of attitudes of resentment,
shock and contentment through-
out America and the world. As
media coverage and civil suits pile
up, the Boston diocese has been
compared to Enron, with particular
reference made to denying, delay-
ing and dissembling themselves
into thinking everything would be
okay.
Many Catholics and priests are
outraged with Cardinal Bernard
Law's handling of the case,
whereas Rev. Geoghan had been
assigned and reassigned to vari-
ous parishes amidst speculation
that
he
WBS""still molesting boys'.
Lisa Miller and David France write
in Newsweek that, "the soul-
searching goes well beyond Bos-
ton, to an American Catholic hier-
archy suddenly facing the same
kind of recriminations over long-
buried episodes of sexual abuse
that in recent years have shaken
other American institutions."
As a result of this case, the
church and Catholics alike are deal-
ing with two phenomena, namely
pedophilia and sexual advances
made by celibate priests. First,
pedophilia is defined as an intense
and recurrent sexual desire for pre-
pubescent children. Secondly,
sexual advances made by celibate
priests target sexually mature boys
and girls. As a result of clerical
celibacy, within the current model,
many psychologists believe that
the priesthood has dangerously
attracted pedophiles that use their
position in the hope of controlling
their desires.
The issue of justice and the
po-
litical ideology offairness resonate
throughout this controversy of
pedophilia within the Catholic
-Church.
~
-Victims of pedophile at-
tacks must be ensured that their
attackers are placed in prison or
rehabilitation centers until psy-
chologists determine their ability
to re-enter society. Moreover, the
Catholic Church must give the
state the names of clerics who have
histories of pedophilia, and must
settle court cases with victims
(payments for psychological dam-
ages and counseling should result
from the settlements).
Conversely, this article points
out that reactions must be fair,
whereas the Church is going
through a difficult time. While
some may argue that the Boston
Archdiocese brought this scandal
upon itself, the fact is that not ev-
ery priest is a pedophile.
In
the end,
a
new social value of
justice is being defined here as the
Church is held to its Constitutional
obligations and ordered to take
accountability for its failure to pro-
tect victims of sexual assault.
In
truth, priests do not have a mo-
nopoly on child abuse. Melinda-
Henneberger writes in the New
York Times that the American
Church might be a model; whereas
the "standards for reporting and
addressing accusations of sex
abuse in the United States are seen
as a model that the church would
like to export to where such prob-
lems have been ignored," includ-
ing Europe.
This article in Newsweek also
brings the issue of the court sys-
tem into the picture, whereas court
documents were sealed from me-
dia outlets, like the Boston Globe.
Though the Boston Globe ulti-
mately prevailed, and the church
has started apologizing to the real
victims were those innocents tar-
geted by pedophiles and neglected
by a church, that sough self-pres-
ervation and not reconciliation.
Perhaps justice will be served
once the church learns its lesson,
or when parish funds dwindle as
membership declines over discon-
tentment and unhappiness with the
church's initial response. Though
the Pope may have asked how can
this
happen,
the fact is that it did
happen, and as a result the church
and priests involved must be held
to their Constitutional responsibil-
ity to the American public.
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be bad, politically, ifhe went out to
cal weapons so that they can no
We have seen how Bush has
topple that evil Iraqi warlord once
longer be a target.
been able to succeed in leading a
and for all? A perpetual state of
That seems doubtful. I thit_tlc in-
nation filled with tension. Tom
war would not just give Bush the
stead this is going to anger a lot of
Ridge comes out daily to tell us to
edge in his bid to finally win the
countries that already do not like
be on a higher state of alertness
Presidency in 2004, it would give
us. I think this could bring us
than the day before until we get to
him
legend
status, right next to
closer to the brink of nuclear war
the point where we never blink.
Julius Caesar and Napoleon.
since the 1960's. I think we have a
He's been able to push through any
Or, maybe, aiming our nukes at
good reason to be scared. I know
type
of
legislation
he wants, with
smaller countries will keep us safer
I'm scared.
most Americans more concerned
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with safety than civil
liberties.
become scared and do what we tell
room, under my desk. Duck and
We have also seen how Bush's
them to do. Maybe China will gasp
cover.
approval has soare_d during war.
and do what we say in terms of
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by FCC
The following was taken from
Fairness and Accuracy in Re-
porting (FAIR) website,
wwwjair.org.
Last week, the District of Colum-
bia Court of Appeals overturned
one of the country's last-remain-
ing regulatory protections against
media monopoly, and ordered the
review of another.
The court overturned the rule
that had prevented one company
from owning both television sta-
tions and cable franchises in a
single market. The court also or-
dered that the FCC either justify or
rewrite the rule that bars a com-
pany from owning television sta-
tions which reach more than J5
percent of U.S. households, stat-
ing that as is, the rule is arbitrary
and iilegal. Both rulings were in
response to a suit filed by Fox, AOL
Time Warner, NBC and Viacom.
The court called the 35 percent
TV ownership cap arbitrary, say-
ing that the FCC
hadn't provided
proof that such a restriction was
necessary. As for the broadcast-
cable cross-ownership rule, the
court claimed that the increased
number of TV stations today and
the competition from
th'e prolifera-
tion of new services like satellite
TV make the rule outdated and
unnecessary to protect diversity
(Broadcasting & Cable, 2/19/02).
States could come to be
dominated
by a few powerful interests."
References to "decades'-old
ownership restrictions" were com-
mon in
mainstream
coverage, giv-
ing a misleading impression of an
industry constrained by "old"
laws. The station ownership cap
has been much revised since the
'40s, when networks could only
own three stations apiece. The
numerical limit was increased a
number of times over the years and
finally eliminated by the Telecom-
munications Act of 1996, which al-
lowed a network to own enough
stations to reach 35 percent of the
audience.
As one unusually frank article
on Forbes.c011J pointed out (2/20/
02), the idea that the government
has been trying to keep media gi-
ants down is a myth.
The
FCC has
been granting exemptions from
ownership rules for years: "Pun-
dits claimed that the court ruling
'opens the door' for anew wave of
mergers among cable television
conglomerates and broadcast com-
panies," wrote Forbes, "But when
was that door ever closed? Media
companies have
been merging with
abandon for the last decade, rules
or no rules."
times it can promote the 'Tonight'
show in the late local newscast"
(2/21/02). None of this suggests
the increased diversity of offerings
that media companies frequently
promise when seeking the elimina-
tion of ownership regulations.
Several public interest groups-
including Consumers Union, Con-
sumer Federation of America, Me-
dia Access Project, Center for Digi-
tal
Democracy, and the Civil Rights
F orwn- recently filed a joint com-
ment with the FCC in support of
maintaining ownership restrictio~
(press release, 2/19/02). They point
out that "among broadcast TV
markets, one-seventh are monopo-
lies, one-quarter are duopolies,
one-half are tight oligopolies, and
the rest are moderately concen-
trated." The groups also noted that
while the number of TV stations
has increased from 952 to 1,678
between 1975 and 2000, the num-
ber of station owners has actually
declined from 543 to 360 in the same
period (TV Technology.com, 2/6/
02).
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What kind of changes can view-
ers expect from this latest round of
deregulation? The New York Times
enumerated a few: the bigger, more
powerful
networks
created might
gain "leverage over smaller sta-
tions" and force them to eliminate
local programming to make room
for network shows; networks
could buy "syndicated programs,
like 'Judge Judy"' on better terms;
and networks would be free to in-
crease cross promotion. "For ex-
ample," explained the Times, "the
more stations NBC owns the more
If the FCC wanted to stand up
for the
public,
the agency could
appeal the decision to the Supreme
Court.
It could also, as the appeals
court suggested, muster new evi-
dence to justify the ownership cap.
But neither course seems likely,
given the
deregulatory
.zeal ofFCC
chair Michael Powell, who once
declared that ''the oppressor here
is regulation" and has said that he
has "no idea" what the public in-
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suggests that the agency has for-
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to allow corporations to redraw the
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THE CIRCLE
March
14,
2002
Pauly Shore is not just a comedian, but a director
by
TONY HEYL_
Staff Writer
By this point the greatest spec-
tacle on Fox television has fin-
ished and is now in the annals of
television history. Of course I
mean Celebrity Boxing. While
most of the media's attention was-
on the epic Tonya Harding vs.
Paula Jones tussle, an even more
interesting fight was Vanilla Ice
against Todd Bridges. This
brings me to the question I asked
when I
first
found out about the
event.
Who's Todd Bridges?
A quick search reminded me of
his
rise
to fame not
just
on
Diff'rent
Strokes,
but also be-
cause ofhis dealings in drugs and
other crazy B-rated celebrity she-
nanigans.
But wait, there's so much more.
Todd Bridges has moved past
the tumultuous 90's and is not
part of an ensemble mock-
umentary
about.
.. Pauly Shore.
Yes, Pauly Shore, the star of
such memorable comedies as
Jury
Duty,
In the
Army,
and
everybody's favorite,
Biodome,
is at it again. This time, he's mak-
ing
fun
of
his
life, and he's bring-
ing all of Hollywood with him.
It's called
You'll Never Wzez in
this Town Again
and Pauly
doesn't just star, he's the writer
and director. It's chock full of
Pauly.
What makes this movie so in-
credible is not the high involve-
merit of Pauly, but the list of ce-
lebrities whose names appear in
the credits. But first the plot,
and it's a winning one. Pauly
Shore plays himself and ends up
losing everything, including his
career, his house, and his dig~
nity. Then, the apparition of a
famous comedian tells him that
ifhe kills himself, he'll go down
as a
comedic
genius who died
before his time.
So he fakes his death, as any
rational star of
Encino Man
would do, and Hollywood goes
absolutely berserk. Celebrities
are all talking about his death,
Kmt
Loder
is worrying about
him
on
MTY,
and all the talk shows
are talking about him, including
girls fighting over him on Jerry
Springer. Then the cops find out
that he is alive and he gets sent
to the LA county jail's celebrity
block. That's probably where
Todd Bridges comes into play.
I'll give you a second to let
that all settle in.
Now, the plot
is
worth my eight
bucks, but some people might
demand more from a Pauly Shore
written and directed film. Well
just look at who's in it. Forget
about Shore and Bridges, there's
also Whoopi Goldberg, Ben Stiller, Sean
Penn, and Chris Rock. And that's just
the tip of the iceberg.
There's also Andy Dick, Ellen
Degeneres, Verne Troyer (Mini-me), Bill
Maher, Craig Kilborn, Tom Sizemore, Car-
rot Top, and Screech. The list of rock
superstars is also huge. It includes Limp
Biz.kit, Offspring, Mark McGrath, CJprus
Hill, Tommy Lee, Matt Pin field, Hanson,
and, get this, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.
Let's not forget Jason Mewes, Clint
Howard, Kato Kaelin, and Rico Suave.
And I haven't even listed
everybody.
So you're all pumped to see the movie,
right? And you're wondering when it
will finally be released as a multiplex near
you. Well, there's a hitch.
Pauly Shore paid for this movie on his
own. It's an independent
venture,
which
so far has no major studio backing it. This
is where you, the reader, come into play.
Pauly wants you to contact all the stu-
dios
·and
ask, no, demand that they dis-
tribute
You'll Never Wiez in this Town
Again.
It's not just your job as a filmgoer;
it's your duty as a patriotic American. I
implore you, bring the genius of Pauly
Shore back
to
the big screen.
If
not for
you own pleasure, for the good of all of
America and for g8Derations to come.
Tony is a senior Advertising
major who has been interning
for NBC News.
Tune Machine needs reinventing
by
PAUL LUKASON
Staff Writer
Too bad time machines haven't
been invented yet.
If
they were,
I would certainly use one to go
back in time an hour and forty
minutes to prevent myself from
witnessing this travesty. It hon-
estly is too bad since I sort of
have a personal connection to
this film.
About a year ago, in March of
2001, I went to see some of the
filming for this movie at Vassar
College. Filming occurred on a
weekend, including Saturday,
Sunday, and Monday. I went to
scope out the scene on Sunday,
because
·
we had a blizz.ard the
previous day. This blizzard was
present in the movie for a brief
moment. My movie connection
will
now forever be immortalized.
When I went to visit Vassar,
most of the filming was being
done inside on a closed set, so I
was unable to fully witness the
movie being made, but I got
some nice pictures of light
trucks, and cranes nonetheless.
I did, however, manage to steal a
sign that said, "No Parking.
Time Machine." It's just too bad,
that the act of stealing this pa-
per sign was more exciting than
the film.
The Time Machine
is a "re-
imagination" of the 1960 origi-
nal, which was adapted from the
original story by H.G. Wells. The
movie is directed by the great
grandson ofH.G. Wells, Simon
Wells. Simon suffered from se-
vere exhaustion, and Gore
Verbinski was pulled in to direct
the last eighteen days of shoot-
ing. Its too bad Verbinski wasn't
able to take over from the start.
I'm sure he could have pulled
together a more coherent story
than the combination of Simon
Wells and screenwriter David
Duncan. One of my favorite ac-
tors, Guy ~ierce, plays the lead
character, Alexander Hartdegen.
The first hour lead me to be-
lieve that this movie had poten-
tial.
The movie opens at
everyone's favorite school,
Vassar College. It is here that
Hartdegen is revealed to us, as
a very intelligent teacher. He is
constantly working, and at-
tempting to better educate him-
self. We are soon introduced to
Emma (Sienna Guillory) who is
Hartdegen's love, and soon to
be his fiance. We are then
shown Emma dying due to a
gunshot that was caused by the
most polite mugger I have ever
seen in my life. He was so po-
lite, he made sure to use his
pleases and thank you's.
Hartdegen is so torn apart that
he begins
.
to devote his life to
designing a machine that will
allow
him
to venture back in time
to change the past. After four
short years, he travels back in
time to change the past, but does
not realize that fate cannot be changed.
Hartdegen and Emma escape the clutches
of the mugger, but Emma dies another
tragic death. Hartdegen accepts the fact
that he cannot change what happened to
his love Emma, and decides for no reason
to hop into his time machine, and travel
into the future to an undisclosed time. This
is one of the highlights of the movie.
This is one of the few instances where
ILM has not done work, and the CGI is
actually well done. We are shown what it
is like to witness the evolution of the world
right before our eyes. We are shown the
changing seasons, along with the erosion
ofrock, and all sorts of wonderful sights.
Unfortunately, the
fun
stops here.
The movie falls apart with so many
cliches that there are just too many to list.
And, frankly, the movie just stops making
sense at this point. Things happen, and
nothing is explained to us. We are ex-
pected to have lived during the year
800,000 and know how the world lives and
exists. Guy Pierce is a wonderful actor
that has turned "Out superb gems as
L.A.
Confidential
and this year's movie that
was snubbed come Academy Award nomi-
nations,
Memento.
Guy's charisma was
overpowering in these two movies, but
his wonderful presence could not save this
movie. Even Samantha's Mumba's
couldn't help this movie recover from the
void it fell into. The Morlocks that Pierce
and Mumba have to battle against re-
semble larger versions of the pigmies from
The Mummy Returns.
The pigmies from
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THE CIRCLE
March 14, 2002
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Whoopi Goldberg to host the Academy Awards
bySHAUNA
McINERNEY
Staff Writer
Being two of Hollywood's
brightest stars, Nicole Kidman
and Denzel Washington may seem
to have everything they could
possibly want. There's one thing,
however, that neither of them have
and both of them desperately
want; its name is Oscar and on
Sunday, March 24th, they will
compete
with more ofHollywood's
finest for the coveted award at the
74th annual Academy Awards.
Oscar is an eight and a half
pound gold statue of a knight hold-
ing a crusaders sword, standing
on a reel of film. For an actor or
actress, winning an Oscar is the
equivalent of winning the gold in
the Olympics, it's the ultimate prize.
The red carpet will be rolled out for
the elite of the elite at 5pm and ac-
tress
Whoopi Goldberg will be host-
ing the star-studded event, which
will start at 8pm.
With all the Oscar-worthy movies
being recognized at this year's
Academy Awards, the competition
will be tight. Some of this years
nominees include Russell Crowe
and Sean Penn for the category of
Actor in a Leading Male Role; Halle
Berry and Sissy Spacek for Actress
in a Leading Female Role;
Harry
Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
and
Moulin Rouge
are in the Best Cos-
tume category and
A Beautiful Mind
and
Lord of the Rings
are in the
Best
Picture
category.
Lord of t}ie
Rings,
in fact,
has
the most nomi-
nations this year, 14 in all.
Sting and Faith Hill will provide
musical entertainment this year.
For both of them, it will be their
second time performing at the
Os-
cars. Sting will sing his song "Un-
til..." from
Kate and Leopold
and
Hill will sing "There You'll
be,"
from
Pearl Harbor.
Sting's and
Hill's songs are contenders in the
Best Original Song category.
The Academy Awards is not just
a night to honor actors, actresses
and directors for their hard work,
it is also a night for the start to
show off the latest fashion trends
as they parade down the red car-
Here comes St. Pattie's Day
by
MEGAN LIZOTTE
A&E Editor
St. Patrick's Day is not just for
the Irish. In fact, the holiday has a
lot of history, that people do not
even realize among all the festivi-
ties.
St. Patrick, a hero of Ireland, was
born about 390 AD in Roman Brit-
ain.
As
a
y.outh
he was.kidnapped
by Irish raiders and sold into sla-
very in Ireland. He
escaped
six
years later and fled to Gaul. After
several years of monastic life, he
returned to Ireland in 432 AD as a
missionary to the people there.
Legend has it that he drove all of
the snakes out of the country. It is
said that he used the three-leafed
shamrock to explain the concept
o f the Trinity; hence its strong as-
sociation with his day and name.
There are about 60 churches and
cathedrals named after St. Patrick
in Ireland alone. One of the most
famous cathedrals is St. Patrick's
Cathedral in Dublin. These
grounds bear the ~ark of the place
where St. Patrick baptized his con-
verts.
Green is associated with Saint
Patrick's Day because it is the color
of spring, Ireland, and the sham-
rock. Leprechauns are also associ-
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Lep-
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added to the St. Patrick Day holi-
day so greeting card companies
would have something "cute" to
put on their cards!
There are a few things you can
do to celebrate the holiday. First,
go look for a four- leaf clover! The
mystical idea behind this finding
is that you will have good luck for
the remainder of the year. Also,
wearing green is the most popu-
lar celebration of the holiday,
since it is Ireland's color. This was
primarily adopted by schoolchil-
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The Mummy Returns.
The
pigmies from
The Mummy Re-
turns
are
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a blatant rip off from the
video game
Diablo II.
So, need-
less to say,
The Time Machine
rips off a rip-off. The Morlocks
in the movie were not even pretty
to look at since the effects were
poorly done. This movie only
contributes
to.
my endorsement
and full support ofILM. IfILM
does not do the effects for a
movie, expect a very poor result.
ILM does wdrk that no other
company out there now can ri-
val.
This new version of
The Time
Machine
had everlasting poten-
tial.
It
was based upon the excel-
lent book by H.G. Wells, and a re-
imagination of the 1960 movie.
The movie also had Guy Pierce in
the lead, a very talented actor,
and someone who usually
·
pleases everyone. With all these
things going for it,
The Time Ma-
chine
still falls flat on its face.
They take a good opening hour
to set up the movie, and fill the
later half with stupid and idiotic
looking monsters, that live in sand
pet. You never know
what to expect when
they step out of the lim-
ousines. Some, such as
Julia Roberts show up in
classy elegant styles
while others are more
eccentric.
No one will forget
Bjork's swan-inspired
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showed up at the 72nd Academy
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Can you picture yourself
in
this out-of-the-universe
time machine?
and eat humans.
This half is also filled with so
many contradicting plot points
that the only reaction one can
have is to say to yourself, "This
makes absolutely no sense."
Also remember, that if you ever
have a time
machine
in your pos-
session and desire to destroy ev-
erything but the human race then
blow up your machine because
apparently time is emitted from the
machine and kills everything in its
path except human'S.
During the movie's attempt
to
ex-
plain what exactly is going on, it
still leaves lingering questions un-
answered, and opens
up
even more
questions. I'm sad to say, that one
of
my
most highly anticipated mov-
ies of the year is a disaster that will
live in ill repute for a long time.
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R
oad to Final Four is paved for Blue Devil
s
Upon examination of the regions
for the upcoming NCAA Basket-
ball Tournament, many things were
apparent.
Gonz.aga
was seeded to low, Geor-
gia was seeded to high and Bos-
tort College was lucky to be seeded
at all. The Big East got too many
bids, the smaller conferences did
not get enough bids and heavy
emphasis was placed on the con-
ference tournaments.
Most apparent, however, is that
for the Duke Blue Devils, the fix
was in.
Sports television is dominated
by one thing and one thing ortly -
ratings. Nothing
,
and I truly mean
nothing, matters other than the al-
mighty ratings. After all, ratings
mean money, and money runs the
show. No team in the world of col-
lege basketball
is
better for ratings,
better for money, than Duke.
More people will watch the Final
Four and the championship game
if Duke takes part in them. More
people watching means higher rat-
ings, more money ... you know the
deal.
All of this ·leaves little doubt that
some kind of CBS oriented
fix
was
in the works when those who make
out the tournament regions pre-
sented Duke with a yellow brick
road right into the Final Four and
the championship game. And
there appears to be no wicked
witch capable of getting in Duke's
way.
The evidence is hard to dispute.
Of the four# 1 seeds - Duke, Mary-
l and, Kansas and Cincinnati -
Duke's path to the final four is so
comparatively easy that it is almost
laughable.
Alabama, the #2 seed in Duke's
South region,
is
arguably the worst
of all the number two seeds, a group
that includes Connecticut, Oregon
and Oklahoma.
Quite conveniently it was Pitts-
burgh, with its best player now
down to one leg and its hopes vir-
tually dashed, that it found its way
into Duke's bracket as the #3 seed,
as opposed to the West and the
Midwest regions, where Arizona
and Mississippi State, two off the
hottest teams in the nation, respec-
tively found themselves as num-
ber three seeds.
The fix runs deeper, as the
#4
and
-#5 seeds in the South where Duke
is located, Indiana and USC, repre-
sent the weakest four-five combi-
nation in any region. Compare that
with the four-five combination of
Illinois and Florida in the Midwest
region, or the pairing of Kentucky
and Marquette in the East.
Ok, so those in charge of making
out the brackets did CBS a little
favor and paved the way for Duke
to waltz into the Final Four with-
out even breaking a sweat. (By not
breaking a sweat, I mean that the
Blue Devils might not win a game
by anything less
than
double-dig-
its. Heck, they might win each
game by twenty points a piece.)
But surely, the
fix
ends there, right?
I am afraid that's not the case.
Just having Duke in the Final
Four is not enough for the ratings-
hungry executives at CBS. They
want
~
they need - Duke in the fi-
nals. They want - they need -to
have Duke playing in the Champi-
onship Game as well. Ratings
baby, ratings.
So to try and ensure that sce-
nario as well, the bracket makers
not only gift-wrapped a clear path
to the Final Four for Duke, but they
also aligned the regions so that
Duke will not have to play either
Kansas or Maryland, both teams
that are more than capable of beat-
ing them, in the semi-finals.
In-
stead, should Kansas and Mary-
land ~ake it to the Final Four, they
will face each other.
True, Cincinnati, Oklahoma or
Arizona, the top 3 seeds in the
West, are all teams capable ofbeat-
ing Duke. Bu~ take Oklahoma for
example. Just to get to the Final
Four, they will likely have to beat
both the winner of the Gonzaga/
Arizona match-up, and Cincinnati.
Then, exhausted, they will meet a
Duke team that has breezed into
the Final Four. Who do you think
the set-up favors?
I must complement the tourna-
ment-configuring fixers on a job
well done. They could not possi-
bly have done anymore to ensure
that Duke, who, love them or hate
them, will draw the highest ratings,
will be in the Final Four and likely
even the finals.
The only way to do more would
-
have been to just give Duke a bye
all the way to the Final Four and
make all the other less ratings-
friendly teams battle it out for the
other three spots. I guess that
would have been a little too obvi-
ous.
It's a shame too, because Duke
has the kind of team lead by the
kind of coach that really does not
need any help. That being said,
they certainly got it.
I hope CBS is happy. They prob-
ably are. For the small price of the
integrity of the NCAA Tournament
_
and of the entire college basket-
ball season itself, they will get ex-
actly what they wanted. And all it
took was a little bit of fixing.
Figure skatingjudges everywhere
must be so impressed
.
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o
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me team
s .are upset and some team
s
will
u
ps
et
It
would not be the NCAA Tour-
nament without a little bit of con-
troversy and a little bit of complain-
ing.
Probably the two biggest stories
to come out of the tournament
seedings, before the tournament
has even started is, why was
Gonzaga, the sixth r~ed team in
the nation prior to the seedings,
given a sixth seed in one of the
most talented brackets in the en-
tire tournament. And, why were
teams such as Memphis, Butler, and
Bowling Green shutout from a bid
as opposed to the less than me-
diocre Boston College and the less
than impressive St. John's.
The bottom line is, clearly the
NCAA selection committee has
made the RPI the ortly thing that
matters for selected teams. That is
the ~rtly way to explain how a team
such as Gonzaga, who posted a 29-
3 record, won its conference, won
24 of
its-lost
25 games, and has ap-
peared in the Sweet 16 twice in the
last two tournaments. However,
their lack of schedule strength
probably played a role in their low
ranking and the bracket they were
placed in.
With their seed and match up
with Wyoming, the 'Zags will more
than likely play third ranked Ari-
zona in the second round. The
second round? This could have
been a match up that most people
would have expected to see in the
Sweet 16, at the earliest. For the
third year in a row, Gonzaga will
qualify for the role as Cinderella,
but don't let that fool you, this
team has the talent to go far in the
tournament, and isn't sneaking up
on anybody this year.
·
As
for those who didn't get
in,
Butler probably has the best case.
This team put together 25
wins;
but
failed to win the Horizon Leag_ue
Championship (Illinois-Chicago),
thus placing them on a bubble that
burst on selection Sunday. And
of course it brings up the age-old
question, if the little schools, like
Butler, don't have the opportunity
to play the bigger schools, thus
improving their RPI, then why
does the selection committee insist
on weighting RPI so highly? Wf ll
probably never know the real an-
swer to that question, which is why
teams with resume's like Butler will
continue to be the odd-man out
come tournament time.
Needless to say, there's nothing
that can be done now, the teams
are final and the tournament is
ready to get underway this after-
noon. So without further ado, let's
take a look at some of the better
first-round match ups and who's
going to advance.
There really is no point in analyz-
·
ing the South bracket. Duke has a
free pass to Atlanta and really
shouldn't hit any bumps in the
road. The ortly team that I see giv-
ing them a run would be Pittsburgh,
however an unhealthy Brandon
Knight spells trouble for the Pan-
thers. Doctors have cleared Knight
to play in the first round match up
against Central Connecticut, but if
this guy isn't 100%, Pittsburgh
doesn't go farther than the Sweet
16.
As for the West, which by far
contains the most talent, with Cin-
cinnati, Oklahoma, Arizona and
Ohio State, it's a wide-open race to
the Final Four. I like Arizona in this
bracket. Jason Gardner and Luke
Walton provide great leadership
for this team. If they can get by
Dan Dickau and Gonzaga in round
two, they should be able to take
care of Cincinnati or Ohio State,
who has lost four of its last seven
regular season games.
The UConn Huskies, earned the
second seed in the East bracket via
the Big East Championship.
It
seems to be a high seed, for the
Huskies, but the NCAA selection
committee usually rewards the Big
East winner with a high seed every
year. Look for a match up between
them and Maryland, with the win-
ner earning a trip to the Final Four.
The East also hosts the return of
Bobby Knight to the tournament
with Texas Tech. While Marquette,
ranked as high as 10th in the na-
tion, was given a fifth seeq in the
bracket and a first round battle with
Tulsa, last season's NIT Champion.
It will be difficult for any team to
stop Big East Player of the Year
Caron Butler and shot blocker
extraordinaire Emeka Okafor.
And finally, the Midwest, where
Kansas earned the number one
seed. Perhaps the least glamorous
bracket in the tournament, Kansas,
Oregon, Florida and probably Mis-
sissippi State will battle for a pl~ce
in the semifinals.
Let me be honest
,
I'm no profes-
- - ~ - - - - - - - Peter Palmieri
sional, I can only base my analysis
on what I hear on ESPN, and what
I see in my dreams. That's right, I
dream about the NCAA Tourna-
ment. With that, hear are some of
the bigger upsets that I wouldn't
be surprised if they happened in
round one.
Kent St.( I 0) over Oklahoma St (7)
and here's why. The Golden
Flashes are very familiar with this
position and very comfortable, as
they upset Indiana last season.
They rely on more of an outside
game, but Oklahoma St. has been
plagued by injury and, after win-
ning
its first 13 games, has become
one of the most inconsistent teams
.
to enter the tournament.
Missouri ( 12) over
Miami (
5) for a
few reasons. Missouri seems to
be peaking at j_ust the right time.
They struggled in Big 12 play, but
picked things up towards the end.
This is a team that was ranked as
high as second in the nation ear-
lier in the season.
Miami
lacks any
kind of depth, which will play a
major part in this game.
Tulsa (12) over Marquette (5) for
sentimental reasons. Not that I
care, but I live with one of the big-
gest Tulsa fans that I }<now; then
again, it's the only Tulsa fan that I
know. Nonetheless, the Golden
Hurricane really does have a shot
in this game. Tulsa is near the top
of the nation in shqoting percent-
age and seventh in three-point
shooting
.
They have not been
tested very much this season, but
stood toe to to.e with Kansas ear-
lier in the season. The same can
be said for Marquette, who beat
Cincinnati once, but also lost twice.
Neither team has much of an in-
sider game.
Creighton ( 12) over Florida ( 5), but
could easily be Pepperdine (IO)
over Wake Forest (7). Both games
could go either way. Creighton has
the experience of being an under-
dog, but Florida has been chal-
lenged much more throughout the
season, also reaching number one
status. Finished of the season in-
consistently, having not strung
together two wins since the begin-
ning ofFebruary .
The Demon Deacons have been
playing poor defense as oflate and
really doesn't stand out as a clutch
team. Pepperdine plays in the same
conference as Gonzaga and the two
teams played in three epic battles
this season. They have the talent
to make a first-round upset and
maybe take it even further
than
that.
Well there you have it. Chances
are by now you're laughing your
head of with my picks. But people
were laughing their heads off whim
somebody picked Hampton over
Iowa St. last year (incidentally, I
picked Iowa St.). The truth is, up-
sets happen, nobody can predict
this field, but we do our best. Plus
the fact, who really cares who
makes it to the Final Four, when
Duke is going to
win
it all anyway.











































THE CIRCLE
Athletes of the Week
Sean Kennedy was named Mid-Major
Player of the Year for his efforts this
season
Quote of the Week
"In all my years of coaching I have never
seen anyone do a better job of delivering
the basketball than Sean Kennedy.
"
Joey Salazar went 4-6 on Sunday and
drove in four runs for the Marist
baseball team
March 14, 2002
SPORTS
Bowling Green head coach Dan
Dakich to Collegelnsider.com about Sean
Kennedy's selection of Mid:..Major Player
of the Year by the website
Page 12
Baseball pounds George Mason to avoid weekend sweep
by
PETER PALMIERI
Sports Editor
Following a double-header
sweep on Saturday, the Marist
College baseball team rebounded
nicely, pounding George Mason
22-8.
With the win, the Red Foxes im-
proved to 4-4 on the season.
Marist batted around the order
three times in the game and
amassed 19 hits. Kevin Ool pitched
six innings, allowing five earned
runs and striking out four to earn
his first victory of the season.
Leftfielder Joey Salaz.ar led the
way for Marist with four hits and
four RBI. Brandon Brower and
Jimmy Willis each hit homeruns
to add to the onslaught. Willis
added one more RBI on the day
and right fielder Anthony
Bocchino also drove in three
runs.
.
Matt
Griffiths,
Keith Brachold,
Carolos Moscosco, and
Mike
Sidoti each added RBI for the
Red Foxes.
On March 9, Marist dropped
two contests to George Mason.
In the opener, Chuck Bechtel
lasted one inning, giving up nine
runs,
with only three of them be-
ing earned,
as
he took his sec-
ond loss of the season. Ryan
Kondratowicz pitched seven no-
hit innings of relief, while strik-
ing out two battel'S.
Softball opens season at
East Carolina
Tourney
by
SCOTT MONTESANO
Staff Writer
The 2002 softball season has not
started in memorable fashion for
the Red Foxes. Marist dropped five
straight games to open their sea-
son at the East Carolina tournament
March 8-10. The Red Foxes were
outscored 34-6, including being
shutout twice.
Marist does not return to action
until March 25 when the Foxes
travel to
Wmter
Garden, Florida for
the Rebel Games. The Foxes will
play eight games in five days while
in the Sunshine State.
Junior Bobbi Jo Gonnello -
Marist's only preseason All
MAAC selection - had an RBI
double in Marist's season open-
ing 4-1 loss toWestem Illinois on
March 8. The Westerwinds jumped
out to a 4-0 lead before Gonnello's
double brought home Kathleen
McEvily in the sixth inning.
Junior Nicole Fox took the loss
on the mound, allowing one earned
run.
Marist lost by an identical 4-1
score to Rhode Island later in the
day. The Rams received all their
scoring in the second inning.
Foxes' freshman Danielle Blake
scored the only run for Marist.
The second day of the tourna-
ment saw Marist get outscored 14-
0. First Marist lost to East Carolina
6-0, before dropping an 8-0 deci-
sion to Akron.
Kristen Johnson led the Pirate's
in
the opening game with three hits
and four RBI, including a three-run
homer in the sixth. Marist freshman
Nicole Rawson suffered the defeat
on the mound in her first action at
the college level.
The Foxes did have a chance to
do damage against East Carolina.
Trailing 6-0 in the top of the sev-
enth, Marist loaded the bases with
no outs but couldn't capitalize.
Gonnello's fourth inning double
was the only hit that Marist would
have against the Akron Zips in the
second game. On the mound Blake
took the loss after allowing seven
runs, four of which were earned, in
3 1/3 innings of work.
The Fordham Rams put the
fin-
ishing touches on Marist's winless
weekend, routing the Foxes 12-4 on
March 10.
With Fordham leading 5-4 in the
bottom of the fifth, the Rams plated
five
runs
to extend their lead to 10-
4. The Rams added two more runs
in the sixth.
McEvily went 3-4 with a run
scored and Rawson had a two-run
double and scored a run to lead
Marist. Fox
.
was charged with the
loss to fall to 0-2 on the season.
Led by first year head coach
Melissa Tucci, the Foxes were
picked to finish eighth in the pre-
season MAAC coaches' poll.
Marist went to the championship
game last season, but lost five start-
ing seniors from that squad.
One of those seniors was Tucci,
who was named the program's
head coach a few months after
playing in her final game. One of
this year's assistant coaches,
Melanie Kasack, was also on last
year's team as a pitcher, but she
too graduated.
Kasack's departure from the play-
ing field leaves Fox as the team's
only returning pitcher. Last season
Fox was 8-7 and was almost un-
hittable over the final couple of
weeks of the season.
Freshman .Nicole Rawson and
Danielle Blake are expected to see
significant time on the mound.
Both had starts during the open-
ing weekend.
Marist is not scheduled to play
its first home game until Thursday
April 4 when the team's hosts
Army in a doubleheader.
In the second game, George
Mason used a three-run sixth in-
ning to come from behind for a 5-
4 victory. Sophomore Chris Tracz
took a 4-2 lead into the sixth in-
ning, but suffered his first loss of
the young season.
Salaz.ar drove in two runs for
Marist, with John McGorty also
adding one.
Marist will travel to Richmond,
Va,
where
it
will
face
VnginiaCom-
monwealth for a three game se-
ries, followed by games at Pace
and Yale next week.
Virginia Commonwealth is al-
ready 10-10 on the season, with
wins against St. Joseph's,
Howard, Vrrginia, East Carolina,
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and Farleigh Dickinson.
Sophomore Chris Tracz Is 2-1 on the
season.
Baseball America
picked the
Rams to win the Colonial Athletic
Association championship and
ranked them as high as 44th in the
nation. The
team
also finished 24th
in the final 2001
Collegiate Base-
ball
Division I poll.
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Con-
ference (MAAC) schedule begins
on March 23 at Fairfield. Follow-
ing a non-conference game against
Villanova on March 26, the team
will not return to their home field
until April 6, against St. Peter's.
Baseball America tabbed the Red
Foxes to three-peat as MAAC
Champions while Bocchino was
named the Preseason Player of the
Year. Tracz, Ool, and Steve
O'Sullivan were all named poten-
tial All-Conference players.
Kennedy tabbed as Mid-Major
Player of the Year by website
Three
MAAC
teams prepare
for postseason play
Sean Kennedy was named the
Mid-Major Collegiate Player of the
Year by Collegeinsider.com on
Tuesday.
Kennedy finished third in the
nation in assists, averaging 7.9 as-
sists per game and led Marist with
a 14.7pointspergameaverage. He
was named to his second straight
All-MAAC First Team and also
earned NABC District 2 First Team
honors.
Kennedy is one of the nations'
best kept secrets and one of a
dy-
ing breed of true point guards, ac-
cording to Collegelnsider.com.
Kennedy was appreciative of the
award.
"I am honored to have received
this award," said Kennedy to
GoRedFoxes.com. "To even be
considered among all the players
around the nation is a great honor."
Siena
College outlasted
Alcorn
State University in the NCAA
Tournament's play-in game on
Tuesday in Dayton.
Prosper Karangwa led the Saints
with a career-high 31 points, who
became the first team to with a los-
ing record to win an NCAA Tour-
nament game since Bradley in 1955.
Dwayne Archbold only scored 12
points,
despite
averaging over 27
points in the MAAC Tournament,
but hit two late free throws to se-
cure the victory.
Alcorn State finished the season
witha21-10record, with Tuesday's
game possibly being the final one
on the bench for head coa.ch
Davey L. Whitney. The 72-year old
completed his 26th season as head
coach for the Braves, but has not
decided ifhe will return next sea-
son.
The victory improved the Saints
to 17-18 and
advanced
them to a
first-round match up with top
ranked Siena in the East bracket.
That game will be played on Fri-
day in Washington, D.C.
Manhattan
College
will
face
Villanova University, today at
7:30pm in the 2002 Owens Coming
National Invitational Tournament.
The tournament appearance is the
team's first since 1996 and fourth
in the last 10 years.
Manhattan's resume includes a
20-8 overall record and rated 129th
overall in the Ratings Percentage
Index
(RPD.
The team also posted
a victory over St. John's earlier in
the season, which played a role in
the NIT selection.
This will be the first meeting be-
tween the Jaspers and Wildcats
since the 1964-1965 season.
Manhattan's last NIT victory came
against Rutgers in the 1992 tour-
nament.
The St. Peter's women's basket-
ball team earned the 11th seed in
the East Region of the 2002
Women's NCAA Tournament.
The
Peahens won the MAAC tourna-
ment and posted a 25-5 record and
will face Cincinnati in the first
round of the tournament in South
Carolina on Saturday.
This will be the team's seventh
NCAA Tournament appearance
since 1982, while
·
the Bearcats will
be making their third tournament
appearance in school history. Cin-
cinnati is 26-4 overall and won the
Conference USA Championship.
Rugby to face USMA Cadets at West Point
The Marjst College Rugby team
will take on the USMA Cadets at
West Point on Saturday, March 16.
The
team is currently 1-0, winning
its first game against Hofstra Uni-
versity, 20-0. Justin Bard scored
the first
try
of the game and added
to conversions and two penalty
kicks. Joe Borelli scored the first
try
of his college career.
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The team enters the season as
defending champions of the con-
ference.
On
April 20, the
team
will be hold-
ing
an Alumni Game
at
North Field.
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