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Volume 35, Number 14
Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
February 23, 1989
Feds to link student aid, · service?
by
Kathleen Oremus
while serving.
ment funds.
Students who rely on financial aid to attend
college could be required to perform community
service or join the military if a new plan becomes
law.
Nunn's plan is one of several national service • Supporters of the federal aid overhaul say it
proposals recently drafted by legislators, would alleviate current problems with the stu-
although the others would modify - not replace dent loan program, which suffers from insuffi-
-
the current system.
cient funds and high default rates, and would
One such plan, backed by Sen. Barbara at.tract students to community or military
Mikulski, D-Md., would make additional tui-
service.
Under the plan, backed by Sen. Sam Nunn,
D-Ga., students would earn money for school
by completing a service program. Current
federal grants and scholarships would be
eliminated.
tion benefits available to students already eligi-
Opponents of Nunn's plan and similar pro-
ble for existing federal programs in exchange posals say the service requirement would hinder
for weekend community service work.
efforts to enroll poor and minority students,
Loans would still be available, but only to
students who met their service obligation.
Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.l., who heads the while middle-class and wealthy students could
Senate education subcommittee, reportedly afford to pay for college without doing military
plans to re-introduce legislation this year that or community service.
Students would have three options for earn-
ing financial aid:
would provide grants to state and local com-
munity service programs.
But lawmakers and college officials agree
there will be some type of national service pro-
gram approved.
- Individuals completing two years of active
military duty and committing to six years in the
reserves would receive $24,000, to be used for
college, job training or a down payment on a
home.
-
Individuals committing to eight years of
military reserve service would receive $12,000.
- Individuals who perform at least one year
of community service would receive $10,000 for
each year of service and a wage of $100 a week
Approximately 2,000 of Marist's 3,000
students receive some type of financial aid, ac-
cording to Ken Powers, associate director of
financial aid.
Thirty-six of those students are participating
in a community service project this semester that
helps reduce their tuition debt up to $1,000 an-
nually. The project was started in the Fall 1987
semester and is funded by a U.S. Department
of Education grant and Marist campus employ-
"Ideas about national service have been
around for at least two decades," Charles B.
Saunders Jr., senior vice president of the
American Council on Education, recently told
the Chronicle of Higher Education. "But there
are so many bills being introduced now by such
powerful members of Congress that something
is going to happen."
Ring
side
Members of the class of '90 got their first chance to order
their elass rings earlier this week in Donnelly Hall.
(Photo by Lynaire Brust)
Schedule plan draws
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It's 6 p.m. on a Friday -
and
of the class space, but having Fri-
you're not making plans for the
day classes that run until 6:15 is a
weekend because you're still in bit extreme."
class.
Part of the current proposal also
This is a scene many Marist · calls for most classes to meet three
• students find hard to picture, but
days a week for 50 minutes instead
it's one they may have to face if the of twice a week for 80 minutes.
proposed class schedule change Sesselman said that change would
goes into effect.
be difficult because it might mean
Inefficient use of classroom
having four classes a day.
space, a higher enrollment and the
Debbie Kaiser, a sophomore
expiration of the Marist East lease from Springfield, Mass., said the
in two years have prompted college proposed changes could cause
administrators to consider alter-
other problems as well. "It's hard
natives to the current time slot enough trying to put together a
schedule.
schedule as it is", she said, "Hav-
. While student reaction to various ing classes three days a week could
aspects of the proposal is mixed,
make it extremely difficult."
the idea of late Friday classes is not
Some students, however, said
generating much support.
they would welcome a change in
"Not many people will take the
the schedule. John Jones, a
late Friday classes, or they won't
freshman from Coventry, R.I.,
show up," said
Mike
Sesselman, a
said, "Having shorter classes more
sophomore from
Byrn
Hills,
N. Y.
often would be better because you
Tom Hossler, a junior from
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A look inside the tiniest major at Marist
by..,Ed
McGarry
It has never had more than five
majors of any one class. Currently
only three members of the entire
student body are enrqlled in it. It
is Marist's smallest major, Russian.
Compare that to Marist's largest
major, business, which has 814 ma-
jors, and the numbers become even
more significant. There are over 12
times as many business majors at
Marist today than there have been
Russian majors in the history of the
college.
What is it like to be part of
Marist's smallest major?
Students say the answer is sim-
ple. The only word to descibe the
Russian major is "special."
But Dr. Casimir Norkeliunas,
Marist's only professor of Russian
studies, is careful not to overstate
or understate the importance of the
Russian major.
"There is no great process of
recruitment
for this area,"
Norkeliunas said. "The main pur-
pose of the Russian major is to
benefit the college by enriching
other areas, providing another
option."
Most of the 60 or so Russian ma-
jors Norkeliunas has had in the
past 19 years have also majored in
something else (usually political
science), and two out of three of his
current majors are double-majors.
Although he never has many ma-
jors, Norkeliunas remains busy by
consistently teaching over
100
students a semester in language,
history, culture and literature
courses.
Being a part of Marist's smallest
major does take some adjustment,
and to find proof of this, just go
to Room 244 in Donnelly Hall at
9:50 on Mondays and Wednesdays.
During that time Norkeliunas
teaches two classes, "Elementary
Russian I" and "Elementary Rus-
sian
11."
On an average day one can see
Norkeliunas moving back and
forth between the two groups
(totalling 12 students) to ensure.
everyone equal time to learn ..
"He has a vested interest in all
students in the class," said Hugh
Palcic, a senior political science
major studying "Elementary Rus-
sian
I."
"He moves back and forth
constantly so everyone learns."
Norkeliunas is not alone in help-
ing the students in this class,
however.
Colin Janick, a communication
arts major from New Hartford,
N.Y.,
works with the Elementary
I group as a voluntary teacher's
aide.
Janick, who has studied Russian
for five years and is considering
declaring a Russian major, said
that he also benefits from helping
the students.
"It helps me to review my Rus-
sian, and it is a good experience to
teach people, which is a lot harder
than you think," Janick said.
Asked to desribe Norkeliunas,
students inevitably come back to a
single word, dedication.
"Few teachers at this college
have the dedication to their
students or their work that he
does," said Dan Murphy, a Rus-
sian/political science double-major
from New York City.
Actually, the very existance of
the Russian program at Marist is a
direct result of Norkeliunas'
dedication.
When Norkeliunas arrived at
Marist in 1963 there was no Rus-
sian major.
In the late 1960s Norkeliunas
began work to start the Russian
maior. Eventually he was able to
arrange with Vassar College and
SUNY New Paltz and Albany to
offer Russian at Marist.
The program was born in the
1969-1970 academic year, and to-
day Marist students must take
courses for transferable credits at
any of these schools. Norkeliunas
himself teaches a class at New
Paltz.
Norkeliunas said the program is
based on cooperation, using all
three schools'
facilities and
personnel.
The program also consists of a
study abroad experience in the
Soviet Union, which is required for
majors, and an internship pro-
gram, both of which Norkeliunas
says are vital to a good education.
"The major is tailored to the in-
dividual,"
said
Tammy
Christmann, a Russian/political
science
double-major
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·Page 2 - THE CIRCLE - February 23, 1989
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March 9, 10, 11 and 3 p.m. March 12. All
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Workshops·
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call 471-9339.
Sam Kinison
With material from his latest album,
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Sam Kinison brings his "Out of Control
Tour" and the Outlaws of Comedy to the
stage at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center,
Poughkeepsie, at 8 p.m., Feb. 25. Tickets
are $18.50. For information, call 454-5800.
Towne Crier Cafe
• and field experience at Marist College will
hold a freshman workshop, "Beginning My
Higher Education," March 3, in Lowell
Thomas Communications Center 122.
Topics included in the program include ad-
justing to college life, expectations, and in-
ternships. For information, call ext. 543.
• Technology, New York. The program
begins July 8, and ends Aug. 11. Total cost
for tuition, room and board is $2,400 plus
airfare. Interested students should contact
Dr. Arthur Winters, chairman of F.1.T.'s
Advertising and Marketing Commi.mica-
tions Department, at (212) 760-7705.
Musician Jack Hardy will appear with
Trilogy at the Towne Crier Cafe in Pawling
at 9:30 p.m. tomorrow. Cover charge is
$10. Ronnie Gilbert plays at the Cafe at
9:30 p.m. Saturday. Cover charge is
$12.50. F9r more information,
call
855-1300.
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Summer workshops In Washington
Journalism,
political science, and
economics students can earn credit this·
summer through The Institute on Political
Journalism and the Institute on Com-
parative Political and Economic Systems
at Georgetown University, Washington,
D.C. Courses, lectures and internship op-
portunities are part of both programs, to
be
held June 9 to July 22. For information call
Donna Cassani at (202) 293-5092.
Foreign Films
This weekend the Marist College Foreign
Film Festival presents two films: "Maria
Chapdelaine" at 7:30 tonight and Friday,
and "The Marriage of Maria Braun" at 7:30
p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Both films will
be shown in Donnelly 245; admission is
free.
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On
Broadway
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Marist College holds confidential
Alcholics Anonymous meetings on campus
in the Lowell Thomas Communications
Center: Fridays, 11 :45 to 12:45 . p.m. in
room 201, and Saturdays and Sundays, 1
to 2 p:m., in room 208. Meetings for Adult
Children of Alcoholics are held Mondays
Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" is at the
Lincoln Center Theater; all seats are $30
and $35. Andrew Lloyd Webber's new
musical "Phantom of the Opera" is at the
Majestic Theatre; tickets are $50, $45and
$37.50. Neil Simon's
new comedy
"Rumors" is at the Broadhurst Theatre.
··in the Campus Center, room 269, from
5:15
to
6:15
p.m.
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But Admissions is also taking a
more direct approach. On Feb. 3,
Donald
Hester,
director
of
graduate admissions, embarked on
an overseas mission to recruit
students from India, Pakistan,
Cyprus and Greece. During his visit
he is attending college fairs and
visiting schools to distribute infor-
mation about Marist.
International students at Marist
are attracted to the college because
of its academic programs and its
location, according to Brown.
Brown said he believes the
Marist student body generally is
homogenous and that this lack of
diversity has an impact on certain
attitudes students have about
ethnic· groups.
While Marist is. promoted as
having
a
strong
liberal arts
background, Brown said, "One
can never have a truly liberal arts
education without diversity among
the student body." .
Brown said students here need to
be more dedicated to pursuing dif-
ferent kinds of knowledge in order
to grow and learn.
"I
think Marist should start to
prepare its students with a much
more global view of the wold,"
Brown said, pointing out that
foreign students seem more in-
terested in discussing religion and
politics than their American
counterparts.
Marist has fewer international
students than many other colleges
and universities in the United
States. Brown estimated 30 foreign
students are currently enrolled
here.
"Marist is in the beginning stages
in recruiting right now, but I am
very hopeful that it will continue to
grow," Brown said.
Brown projected that
15
to 20 in-
ternational
students- will enroll at
Marist in the fall of
1989.
"Open Doors,"
an annual
report published by the Institute of
International Ed).lcation, took a
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a big problem for students with in-
plan might make it worse," she ternships. "Many upperclassmen
said.
get stuck taking classes that fit in-
Many students said ,they don't
didn't see ,a big ·problem here,
feel having classes th~t .start at. 8 either. '.'Students will just have to
a.m. rather than 8:15 .is a major _ avoid taking late afternoon classes
concern.
Janet
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and night classes on the same day,"
freshman from Bayonne, N.J.,.
Graner said..
.
said, "Most students who have
Jim Dreselly, a sophomore from
8:lS's now are morning people,
Bolton, Conn., said changing the
and they'll just get up earlier."-
current sche4ule could be a shift in
In· addition to earlier and later
the wrong direction. .
classes, the new schedule would
"It's·impracticle to have Friday
eliminate the 45-minute break bet- . classes that last until 6: 15 because
ween afternoon • and ·evening
people avoid Friday classes
classes. But most students said they anyway," Dreselly said, "and hav-
can learn more."
ing classes three days a week could
Melissa Graner, a junior from
be a big pain for those who have
Uniondale,
N. Y.,
said having
been here for
a
couple of years and
three-day-a~week classes could be are in a routine.
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Highland. "The requirements are
different for everyone, depending
on what you plan to use your ma-
jor for."
Although the major has always
been small, there has never been a
period when there were no Russian
majors, and college administrators
have never pressured the program
to either expand or disband, accor-
ding to Norkeliunas.
Why would someone come to
Marist to study in a program that
is so small? The answer is that most
students don't ..
Pat Reilly, a sophomore from
Mass~pequa,
N.Y.,
said he never
considered studying Russian until
after he came to Marist.
"I started out as an economic;s
major and wasn't doing too well,"
Reilly said, "and then I went on the
trip with Dr. Norkeliunas to
Russia, and the experience caused
me to change my major."
Now Reilly, who is also involv-
ed
in ROTC, says he hopes Russian
will help him get a job in military
intelligence.
Many students, including Mur-
phy and Chris Russell, a business
major and Russian minor from
New Milford, N.J., said they had
no interest in Russian until they
met Norkeliunas and suddenly
changed their minds.
"The reason there is any interest
in Russian at all is because of Dr.
Norkeliunas," Russell said.
"There is so much ignornance in
the United States about the Soviet
Union, and he has experienced life
there so he understands the need to
educate people," Murphy said.
Among Russian graduates from
Marist are two who work for the
FBI, one of whom is a Russian in-
terpreter; one who works for the
CIA; another who works for the
Japanese Embassy; and one who
worked in the United Nations for
four years before leaving to con-
tinue hls studies.
census of foreign students in the
United States and showed the
number of foreign graduate
students continued to rise in
1987-88, due to a large influx of
Asian students. Meanwhile, the
foreign undergraduate population
decreased by 3 percent.
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foreign students studied in the
United States last year, about 1.9
percent more than the previous
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February 23, 1989 - THE CIRCLE • Page 3
Student renters lash out at city
by
Dennis Yusko
and college
In the wake of the passage of a
new occupan~y law for the city of
Poughkeepsie,
some
Marist
students may have to face the
crowded housing situation on cam-
pus once again.
The· law prohibits more than
three unrelated people from living
together. Specifics of the law and
how it will be enforced are unclear
!>ut it h~ still left s?me students up
m the arr, about their housing plans
for this and next year.
Students living on Talmadge
Street may feel the law's effects the
most. ~almadge, which is only one-
half mile from campus, is a prime
off-campus housing spot for
students without cars.
"I moved off campus because I
didn'twant to live at ~anterbury
(Garden Apartments)," says junior
Robert Burnell, of 133 Talmadge
Security
a co·ncern
for
students
by Ilse Martin
In the wake of two assaults and
a number of robberies on campus,
students are expressing concern
about their safety in residential
areas and on campus grounds.
Students interviewed recently
said because of these incidents they
are taking precautions - walking
in pairs at night, keeping doors
locked more often, and parking
their cars in well-lit areas - to en-
sure similar problems do not occur.
"From the first of the year,
crime has increased somewhat -
not to a point of panic, but it re-
quires more attention,"
said
Joseph Leary, director of safety
and security.
Paul J. Burke, assistant director
of safety and security, began a
once-a-month training session Sun-
day for all security staff members,
to renew the basics of safety in the
college community.
Part of the problem is that
students have not been locking
their doors enough, Leary said.
• • Residents in the Townhouses and
the Gartland Commons Apart-
ments say locking their outside
doors -
as opposed to bedroom
doors -
is difficult because a
steady flow of people are in and
out most of the day.
Jill McKinnon, a junior accoun-
ting major from Southington,
Conn., said locking her townhouse
door isn't easy.
A townhouse door can only be
locked from the outside, unlike
some bedroom doors in the dor-
mitories that remain locked even
after
being
accessed.
The
townhouse doors must be relock-
ed once accessed.
Leary said most of the crimes on
campus have occured during the
day, and he would like to have
24-hour coverage in the dormitories
with entry officers.
The school is looking into
fwances for more coverage, he
said.
"Our campus is so open," said
Susan
Weis,
a sophomore
psychology/special education ma-
jor from Allentown, Pa.
"It
seems
like anyone can just walk onto it."
Two weeks ago, a student was
attacked on the North End of cam-
pus while walking between· the
Gartland Commons Apartments
and the Townhouses. The student
said he was able to escape
unharmed.
On Dec. 7, a female student was
assaulted as she was walking near
the vacant gas station next to the
parking lot of the Gartland Com-
mons Apartments.
Residents of Gartland Commons
Apartment E-15 reporte~ ~500 in
money and valuables missing on
Jan. 28.
The next day, a man was ar-
rested and charged with the
Continued on next page
St.
"If
I'm
going
to live off cam-
pus I might as well live under my
own roof. I live a half mile from
campus, and I pay less money."
The arrangement Burnell has
with his five roommates is illegal
according to the law. "We are ner:
vous about our situation, and we
are taking it very seriously," says
Burnell.
.
The law, passed
by the
Poughkeepsie Common Council on
Feb. 6 in a 5-2 vote, has begun to
raise some old questions about the
inadequacies of campus housing.
The Housing Office is partly to
blame, said Rob Moore, one of
Burnell's housemates.
"It's pathetic," said Moore of
the on-campus housing situation.
"They have now begun giving
Townhouses to· sophomores."
With a steady increase in the stu-
dent in the number of students
enrolling at Marist each year. the
they are forced to apply for
housing.
"It's going to take a lot to throw
us out," says Moore. "We pay
$1,100-a-month, on time, and we
live in good sanitary conditions.
You simply can't tell people how
to live."
Roommate Wes Zahnke said he
is equally disgusted. "I didn't want
or get college housing," said
Zahnke. "But I had no idea we
would have problems such as these
with the city. The new law is
against my constitutional rights."
Moore also said he thinks the
new law will hurt Marist students
the most since many seek housing
in the city and not the town of
Poughkeepsie.
Burnell said he dislikes the bill
because "it leaves our fate in our
neighbor's hands. It's like having
an RA (resident assistant) -
the
very thing I tried to avoid."
Dr'op in females is
concern for college
by Stacey McDonnell
A 12-woman committee is look-
ing into the reasons and possible
solutions to a decline in the number
of females who have enrolled in
Marist:- --
A recent study by the Institu-
tional Research Office found the
number of applications from
women is apparently lower than
those from men and the number of
women transfers is apparently
higher than the number of male
transfers, said Dr. Linda Dunlap,
assistant professor of psychology
and committee member.
The number of freshmen women
applicants dropped from 422 in
1987 to 392 in 1988, said Carol
Vari,
coordinator ,
for
transfer
admissions.
"The problem does not lie in the
numbers alone," said Vari. "A
number of top-notch women that
come for an interview do not app-
ly. We need to find out if there is
something at Marist that doesn't
attract them or if it is something we
are lacking."
The committee, named by Presi-
dent Dennis Murray in the fall, met
in November and broke into three
subgroups to study the main topics
The committee is headed by
Cool, Dunlap, Executive Assistant
to the President Susan Roeller
Brown and Administrative Aide to
the President Harriet St. Germaine.
Statistical analysis of enrollment
patterns, attrition rates, retention
rates and male/female comparisons
will be done.
The second subgroup will study
the image Marist projects to
women and the image women
perceive, said Dunlap.
According to Dunlap, the em-
phasis placed on the IBM joint
study and the traditional male
fields - business and computers -
do not attract the type of woman
that applies to Marist.
In a survey done by Roberta
Amato, coordinator of counseling
services, the
average
freshman
woman is conservative and
wants
to get married and have children.
They have very close family ties
and do not necessarily want to be
part of "big business," said
Dunlap.
The third group will study the
wants
and
needs
of
the
undergraduate woman, said Cool:
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of research-
statistical analysis,
the image the college projects and
Dunlap said she will recommend
an interest inventory be done on all
incoming students, in which hob-
bies and interests will . be made
known to representatives from
clubs, activities, students govern-
ment and sports.
River
bound?
Crew members.Jeff Hunter
(right), Scott Bosworth~ Mike
Longo and Kevin Priestner
practice in the rowing tank
in
Mccann Center in anticipation
of crew's upcoming season.
(Photo by Lynaire Brust)
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the
wants
and
needs
of
undergraduate women.
Present undergraduate women
will be invited to the committee
meetings to offer their opinions on
how to improve the present condi-
tions of the college, said Linda
Cool, assistant academic vice
president.
Other recommendations that
may be presented are courses in
women's studies, a women's
center, stronger music and theater
programs and more women's var-
sity and intramural sports.
Social worker reaches out to kids
Editor's note: This
is
the third in
a series of stories about the careers
and lives of recent graduates.
by Karen Cicero
Four small children and their
mother can thank Una Geoghegan
for their new lease on life.
The family's father sexually
abused his children, all between the
ages of 2 and 4, and raped his wife
on numerous occasions until
Geoghegan, then 24, intervened.
Geoghegan, a social worker,
received threatening phone calls
before the case went to family
court. The father has never tried to
make contact with her or the
children again and the mother is
rebuilding her life.
"The whole family was being
held ransom," she said. "But now
they have been able to free
themselves."
A 1986 Marist graduate and
former captain of the women's
basketball team, Geoghegan has
hung up her sneakers in pursuit of
a different kind of reward - helo-
young
alums
ing the children of New York City.
Her first job as a child abuse in-
vestigator in the Staten Island
bureau of Special Services for
Children shed light on the horrors
of the city for the Dublin, Ireland
native.
She juggled about 20 on-going
cases whose circumstances involv-
ed physical abuse, emotional
neglect and long custody battles. At
the same time, she was pursuing
her master's degree in social work
at Fordham University.
In September, 1988 the Irish
citizen's visa had to be renewed and
to remain in the United States she
needed an agency to sponsor her.
The Archdiocese of New York
was a welcome change. Working
for the diocese's drug prevention
program, she switched her focus to
educating and counseling children
-
many of whom live in
neighborhoods infested with crack
dealers.
•
She sees about 60 to 75 kids a
week at three New York City
schools and says they each effect
her in a special way.
"Everyday I meet at least one
kid who fascinates me," she said.
"They
live in drug-infested
neighborhoods, they see shootouts
but they are really good-natured."
In a recent phone interview from
her Hoboken,
N.J.,
home,
Geoghegan, 26, told the story of an
18-year-old student who needs a
some help to get by.
The boy, only a sophomore in
high school and the oldest of seven
children, is expected to take care of
his younger siblings. She said he
misses school frequently because of
his demands at home and had to
take an after-school job to help
support the family.
Although the boy tries to act
tough, Geoghegan said, he's
depressed since he has no privacy
and can't enjoy being a teenager.
She's helping him deal with his
feelings instead of turning to drugs
as an escape.
"But,
if
he wanted to buy crack
tomorrow, he could," she said.
After leaving her mother and
seven brothers and sisters in 1982
for Leo 'Hall, she said academics
took a back seat to basketball.
Geoghegan's dream was. not to
make the Dean's List, but rather to
improve her basketball skills and
return to Ireland. However, when
basketball and her studies were pit-
ted against each other, academics
won. Geoghegan credits Anthony
Cernera for the decision.
Cernera's philosophy and ethics
classes, according to Geoghegan,
gave her a sense of what was im-
portant and inspired her to major
in social work.
"I'm grateful to Marist for
giv-
ing me the opportunity to play
basketball and get an education,"
she said. "They gave me a start and
it's been an invaluable experience."
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·THE
CIRCLE·- febr11ary 23, -1989
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by Julie Cullinane
Students feeling
.
the pinch of
federal financial aid cuts can find-
off-campus employment through
the Job Location and Development
Center,
according
to Nancy
Moody, the Center's coordinator.
Since last summer, Moody has
placed 87 students in off-campus
jobs. These students are expected
to earn a combined sum of
$151,371.50 for the academic year.
Moody begins placing students
by calling companies such as IBM,
'
On-Line Communications and
United Parcel Service during the
summer. Some examples of the
jobs located include data entry,
telemarketing/research,
baby-
sitting, teacher's aides and tutors
for both children and adults in the
area.
Moody also recalls finding
students jobs as Santa Claus and
the Easter Bunny during holidays.
Lisa Lettieri, an employee of On-
Line Communications, said she has
hired many Marist students
through the Job Location and
Development Center.
"I rarely don't hire someone that
Mrs. Moody sends us," said
Lettierri.
Wages vary from minimum wage
to $12 per hour but the average pay
is about $5 per hour.
Undergraduates make up the
majority of Moody's clients. She
also helps students find summer
jobs in their ma.ior fields.
CUrrently, there are swnmer jobs
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Briefs
Humorous play
debuts tonight
''Don't Drink the Water " a
Woody Allen comedy, opens
tonight at 8 p.m. in the Theater and
wiH run until Sunday.
The leads include . Maureen
Smith, Kevin Desmond and Jen-
nifer Cooley, who hav.e preformed
in .oiher Marist productions, and
Wes Zahnke, who is acting for.the
first (!~e on the Maris! stage.
Sel1ior A. Christian Meyer is
directing the play. Meyer also
directed Willy Wonka and the
Chocolate Factory last spring for
the Children's Theater and a work
in the 1987 Play Festival.
Admission for the play is
$2
for
students, $3 for faculty and staff,
$3 for senior citizens and $4 general
admission.
Keanu Hourigan
Campus TV show
to hit air again
"What's Up?", the weekly talk
show shown on Marist College
Television, is currently scheduling
programs to be aired throughout
the spring semester.
The show, which debuted last
December, follows a questioil-and-
answer format on issues pertinent
to the Marist community, said Dr.
Mary Louise Bopp, an assistant
professor of communications, who
hosts the show.
Topics being scheduled for this
semester include "Black History
Month", which was to air on Tues-
day; "Radio History", featuring
Marist professors Bob Norman and
Doug Cole; a disucssion with Bill
Davis, a Marist graduate and writer
of the play "Mass Appeal"; and
"The Russian Adventure", featur-
ing Marist students who went to the
Soviet Union during Winter
Intercession.
Bopp said she isn't sure when
these shows will air and that each
show airs "sporadically".
According to Bopp, the best
show was last year when she inter-
viewed Viet Nam veterans on their
feelings about the war over twenty
years after it occured. She was
amazed about how much it still af-
fected them, recalling them as say-
ing that they "still have eyes in the
backs of their heads".
Kevin Dwyer
Third party head
to speak at Marist
Dr. Lenora Fulani, riatiortal
chairwoman of the black-led,
multi-racial and pro-gay indepen-
dent New Alliance Party, will speak
on Black Empowerment on Tues-
day in the Theater at 1 p.m.
. Fulani appeared on the Presiden-
tial ballot in November, making
her the first woman and the first
African-American woman to be on
the ballot in all 50 states and
Washington D.C. She was also the
only black woman to run for gover-
nor of New York state in 1986.
She holds a doctorate
in
developmental psychology from
the City University of New York
and has spoken on a variety of
topics across the country.
The College Union Board is
sponsoring the lecture in honor of
National Black History Month.
CUB President Mike Dunn expects
a large turnout from both the
school and outside community.
"She has an excellent reputa-
tion," Dunn said.
"I'm
looking
forward to hearing her speak
myself."
A short reception will be held in
the Campus Center fo]lowing the
lecture. The reception is being
sponsored by the Marist Minorities
Affairs Professional Organization.
Both the lecture and the reception
are free.
Jennifer
Dressel
February 23, 1989- THE CIRCLE - Page 5
It's a double life
for worker-students
by
Denise DeCicco
It's the end of another
work day
as Theresa Constantino, executive
secretary in the Finance Office,
gathers her things and heads out of
the office.
The hallway is busy with' other
Marist employees making their way
to their cars. Constantino doesn't
have time to go home - she has a
night class.
As she sits in "Introduction to
Political Science," Constantino
takes notes from her instructor
much like she takes dictation from
her boss.
Constantino is just one of
Marist's employees who take part
in the college's tuition benefit
program.
Under this program
staff
members working-full t.ime for at
least four months and their spouses
are eligible to ta}<e classes. After
two years of employment their
dependents are also eligible for tui-
tion benefits up to 15 credits per
semester.
• •
. .
.
"When I first heard'about it I
figured that there was a catch; it
couldn't be this easy," said Con-
stantino. •"But it
is!'
To receive· tuition benefits the
staff member, ·spouse, or depen-
dent must firstfile a Financial Aid
Form.
"If
he or she is eligible for
any aid like TAP or Federal
Grants, Marist makes up the dif-
ference," said Anthony Campilii,
chief finance officer. "Otherwise,
Marist takes care of all the
tuition."
• Some employees said the pro-
gram was a major factor in their
seeking
employment
at the college.
"It's the first reason I came
here," says Katie Aguirre, a
secretary in the Adult Education
Office who takes two night classes.
"It's a big part of why I came
here,"
says Penny Oakley,
residence director in Marian Hall.
Peggy Roush, who originally
worked as a secretary in the Office
of Student Academic' Affairs, was
promoted to programmer analyst
in the Computer Center as she con-
tinued her work towards a bachelor
of science degree in computer
science.
"It's easy." said Roush.
"I
work
here so there's no additional com-
ni ute and you know your
teachers."
.
Many staf( members said tf!tY
enjoy having classes with the
students they deal with during the
day. "It reduces the intimidation
surrounding this, or any office,"
says Constantino.
According to Campilii's most re-
cent records, in the fall of 1987 on-
ly 60 employees, 35 dependents,
and 16 spouses participated in the
program. "These figures don't
vary very much and I don't unders-
tand why more people don't take
advantage of this program," said
Campilii.
While most students plan what
night spot they'll hit after class,
Constantino heads for home. All
Constantino is thinking about is the
work waiting for her in the office
for tomorrow.
Curtain
call
Ed Budd (left) and Chip
Maynard work on their lines
one more time before the open-
ing of the Marist College Coun-
cil
on Theater Arts' perfor-
mance of "Don't Drink the
Water."
(Photo by Lynaire Brust)
Collection of records stays silent
by Chris Walsh
The 45 rpm records and some of
Nedin, a production specialist who supplementation
from outside
the lp's are still stored in The
works in the media center, has been source material that the college has.
When Rick Whitesell, a
1975
Marist graduate, died in 1980,. he
left the college a collection of some
5,000 recordings. These recordings,
however, have yet to be made
available to students.
Library's media center while the
working with students on the tap-
Among this material is a co\lec-
• biJikJof the·coJleclion is housed
fo!•
ing of the lp's.
tion of music periodicals donated
the Beirne center. in the Thomas
"At this point we're doing it bet-
by
Peter Kanze,
an area resident.
"In the 6 1/2 years I've been
here the collection has never been
used,'' said Vincent Fairbrother, a
technical supervisor in the Beirne
Media Center.
"All of the stumbling blocks
we've run into with the collection
comes down to a lack of funds,"
said Fairbrother.
The Whitesell collection, which
was given to the college in 19$1 by •
Whitesell's mother, was originally
kept in the media center when the
center was located in The Library.
In the spring of I 987 the Lowell
Thomas Communications Center
came
into operation and much of
the collection was moved there.
Center.
ween jobs, trying to do a little each These periodicals
include
editions
Because many of the records are
brittle and fragile they must be
recorded onto cassettes to preserve
them. According to John McGin-
ty director of the library, in the last
y~r work has begun on duplicating
some of the 45's but the job isn't
finished.
"In the near future it will begin
to be inade accessible when it is all
taped,'' said McGinty of the music
collection.
Janet
Lawler,
operations
• manager ofthe Beirne Center, said
approximately one-fourth. of the
collection has been transferred
from albums to cassettes in the past
two months.
According to L~wler, Richard
day. So far we have fifty audio
of Billboard, Rolling Stone, Fu-
cassettes done," said Lawler.
"If
sion,
Cream,
Circus,
and
we could get someone interested in Goldmine magazines ranging from
helping it would be great."
the 'S0's to the 80's.
In 1984 a major fund drive to
Whitesell was the editor of
cover the costs of preserving the
Goldmine magazine for the three
collection, which runs the gamut of
years prior to his death and many
popular musicsfrom the late 1920's of the editions of that magazine
through the 60's, was planned by that Kanze donated are from those
the media center.
years.
According to Dianne Strauss,
former operation manager of the
media center, the fund drive never
came off because of a general lack
of interest.
• McGinty said he feels the collec-
tion is important and that one day
he would like to see it integrated in-
to the curriculum in some way with
Also supplementing the collec-
tion is a group of audio cassettes
of recorded interview-type conver-
sations between Whitesell and
many music artists.
The Whitesell record collection
contains diverse artists ranging
from Billie Holiday to the Mama's
and
Papa's
to
Parliament
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editorial
·Tighter
security
must be priority
Walk through the Townhouse parking lot after dark and you
will notice students re-routing their paths away from an oncom-
ing pedestrian -
even if it is a fell ow student.
What brought this on?
In October, four cars were broken into in the Gartland Com-
mons parking lot. Director of Safety and Security Joseph Leary
said that Security patrols would be beefed up in that area in an
attempt to avoid further incidents.
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Where was that added security on Dec.
7
when a female stu-
dent was accosted as she walked near the abandoned gas station
that sits on the North End?
• Page·6-·THE CIRCLE• February 23, 19B9
The Security personnel on duty that night should be commended
for their quick reaction following the incident and the effectiveness
.
with which they handled the situation.
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But, wouldn't a little extra effort to secure the area before the
incident occurred have been better?
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when he was attacked by an unknown assailant.
CAMP'S
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How many times must students be attacked before a solution
is sought? Hopefully, no more.
Maybe a little less attention could be paid to the breezeway in
Campus Center and some personnel could be placed in the park-
ing lots of the Townhouses and the apartments.•
-
This
is
a problem that needs to be addressed before it gets worse
- if not only for the students' safety, then for the future enroll-
ment of the college.
.
.
.
The Security Information Act proposed by state assemblyman
Steve Saland would require that crime statistics and
·security
in-
formation be made available to all prospective students upon
request.
No student would want to attend
a
school where they would
have to fear the walk home from their night class.
Mr.
Leary,
please make some changes to facilitate a more secure
environment for North End residents.
•
•
If the Office of Safety and Security does not have eno:ugh
money in its budget to do its job adequately, then it must be given
more. Dr. Murray and Mr. Campilii, please see that Security has
the funds it needs to do its job properly.
The old
man
Will'never··'learn
by
Paul. O'Sullivan
An added investment in Security would only be an added in-
vestment in everyone's future.,
1 get the feeling no one ever
,mistook
the Ayatollah. Khomeini .
for Mr. Giggles ..
·,, •
•
letters
That lu,rde of people you now
see running past you is not a riot.
It's the Marisfstudcnt body,facul-
ty and administration running
down to the Poughkeepsie Allstate
office to take out insurance policies
in my name.
-
North Road blues
The publication of the novel
"The Satanic Verses" by former
Moslem Salman Rushdie has
aroused
an
inferno of opposition
To the editor:
I am a resident
Qf.
65
.
North
Road. On Feb. 15 my car was
ticketed and almost towed because
I had parked on the front lawn the
evening before in the absence of
any other parking places at either
63 or 65 North Road. On Feb. 16
a group of residents and I had a
conversation with Mr. Tarantino,
who was inspecting damage done
to the
•
front lawn.
He
was
thoroughly disgusted.
I agree
·~th
him and the entire
administration that our front lawn, ·
littered with,our cars,·is an eyesore
and a disgrace for Marist. Mr.
Tarantino told us that his children
all went.to college and never did
anything of this sort.
.
I would ask,· however, if his
children were required to live in
•
college housing as atrocious and
appalling as the North Road
residences.
,My
apartment at 65
.
North Road is in wretched condi•
tion. The walls and ceilings were
not freshly painted prior to our
moving in. The kitchen was filthy
when we arrived in September. The
bathroom was unfit for human use.
THE:
CIRCLE:
among the world's Moslem popula-
There were no shades or curtains tion. Khomeini went so far as to of-
(:many Qf the three window~ in my
.
fer a miUion-dollar bounty to
bedroom. There is no ventilation anyone who killed Rushdie for his
system for the kitchen range. The heresy.
.
basement floor gets wet any time
Khomeini has succeeded in scar-
it rains. The windows throughout ing the daylights out of Rushdie,
the house are filthy, drafty and who
'is
reportedly holed up in a
many are cracked, broken, missing London apartment and
afraid to
or without screens.
leave. He has
also
succeeded in get-
The hot water heater heats barely ting most major
American
enough water for three people to booksellers, such as Waldenbooks
shower in the morning, let alone and B. Dalton, to remove the book
the
.five
residents. The electrical from their shelves for fear ofter-
system along should be enough to rorist attacks.
have the house condemned, with
·
But he has been successful in do-
exposed wires throughout the ing some other things as well. He
house;
•
•
has made people with absolutely no
Perhaps if Marist
.
provided interest in religion want
to
read
this
residents of North
.
Road a more book simply to see what all the
hospitable living environm_ent on hubbub is about.
the inside, we students w~u~d, be
Most importa~tly, by his in-
more respectful and appreciative of . tolerance and narrow-mindedness
the condition of the outside. If the Khomeini has succeeded in making
Marist administrati~~ cared as his country and his religion look
much about the opinions of the more ridiculous than even Don
students as they do the opinions of Rickles could.
the public, problems of this nature
That's a shame, because this
would not occur.
.
book and the way it offends
Christopher AJgomne
Moslem.-.
is a serious subject. There
Senior
is.some dispute as to what exactly
in the book is so offensive, but
Continued on
page
7 Moslems generally contend that the
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Miehael Kinane
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thinking
··between
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the lines
novel is blasphemous because it
satirizes the prophet Mohammed
and make him seem less than holy.
That may not seem like a big
deal to most of us. But recall the
furor that developed over the sum-
mer about Martin Scorsese's film
"The Last Temptation of Christ,"
which portrayed Jesus as a fallible
human, and you start to get an idea
of why so many I)C9ple
are so upset
over this book.
The key is understanding; non-
Moslems have to understand that
there are certain things
.that
are
meaningless to them that are sacred
to others. While a swastika may
have little or no meaning to many
of us, to a survivor of Auschwitz
it is an· object of intense hatred and
horror.
•
•
•
destroyed the Iranian economy,
Iran must learn to act with a cer-
• tain moderation or no country is
· going to have anything to do with
them.
•
.
.
The Iranian economy is so bad
that I would advise anyone in-
.
terested in actually going after
Rushdie to get at· least half the
mo11ey
in advance before they do
the job.
One can understand that Kho-
meini had to react to the book
in
some way or risk losirig his position
as a leader in the Islamic communi-
ty. But in putting a price on
Rushdie's bead, Khomeini has once
again demonstrated. that the cur-
rent regime in Iran is nothing more
than a government of religious
fanatics with no regard for Western
opinion.
·•
So, while Rushdie sits in his Loil-
don
•
sanctuary
and counts the
receipts from his bo.ok, nations
such as Japan and West Germany
start looking to other countries to
But by that same token, t.hose get their oil from and Iran is left
who are offended by certain
sym-.
• •
with ports filled with oil and no one
bols or writings must understand
willing to deal with their fanaticism
that there are certain
limits
to what
to buy it.
•
•
they can do to control their
expression.
And Western news columnists
and cartoonists momentarily
·lift
There is a big difference between their heads from their Dan Quayle
a
fundamentalist
Christian
joke books to poke more fun ~.th~
preacher
•
s·aying
-that
Martin
old Iranian guy -
who, when he
Scorsese should be tarred
•
and
.was in grammar school, reacted ~o
feathered and having him actually the local bully's putting a tack o·n
offer money to someone to do it ... his chair by immediately denounc-
·
Perhaps there was a time when
Iran could
.afford
to send. out con-
tracts on people and not worry
.
about worJd opinion. But with the
•
Iran-Iraq· War having effectively
ing the bully and cutting off s·even
of
his fingers.
By the way, that's O'Sullivan
with two L's, Just
•
in case the
Allstate agent asks.
Tim Besser
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February 23, 1989- THE CIRCLE - Page 7
The environment: Old problems, new twists
by Dr. Brian H. Hill
conservation movement as the em-
bryo of such an affirmation."
" ... An
ethic, eccologically; is a from. A Sand County Almanac
limitation on freedom of action in ' Aldo Leopold, 1949.
the struggle for existence.An ethic,
philosophically, is a differentiation
of social from anti-social conduct.
These are two definitions of one
thing. The thing has its origin in the
tendency of interdependent in-
dividuals or groups to evolve
modes of co-operation...
•
"There is as yet no ethic dealing
with man's relation to land and to
the animals and plants which grow
upon it. Land, like Odysseus',salve-
girls, is still property. The Jand-
relation 'is still strictly economic,
entailing privialiges but not
obligations.
"The extension of ethics to this
third element in the human en-
vironment is, if I read the evidence
correctly, an evolutionary possibili-
ty and an ecological necessity.
.. .Individual thinkers since the days
of Ezekiel and Isaiah have asserted
that the despoilation of land is not
only inexpedient but wrong. Socie-.
ty,
however, has not yet affirmed
their belief. I regard the present
• • The words of Dr. Leopold are as
true today as they were 40 years
ago. If anything, there is now a
greater urgency to his message. If
we are to sustain life on our planet
w_e
must preserve our planet's life-
sustaining functions.
Resource exploitation, pollution,
.world population growth are all in-
tricately tied to every individual on
this planet, and the help of every
_individual will be needed to over-
come these problems.
While th~ problems are shared
by all mankind, they are specifical-
ly the "stufr' that environmental
science is made.of.
Environmental science is the
study of the foteractions of people
and their environment. The focus
of environmental sciences is on the
reladonships of people to the liv-
ing and non-living components of
their environments and the effects
of people on their environment.
What separates environmental
science from the more traditional
and possible "greenhouse" warm-
biological offering, ecology, is its
ing of the Earth.
emphasis on "the effects of people
The production of materials and
on their environment." As such,
goods which make our lives "bet-
envirorunental science requires not
ter" often result in the production
only the skills of the ecologist, but
of unwanted by-products. These
also those of the chemist, engineer by-products tend to be long lived
economist,
statistician,
arid have staggering effects on our
philosopher, public policy analyst,
environment, i.e., toxic waste pits
and more. It is not a new science, such as Love Canal or Times
but rather a new synthesis of ex-
Beach; ozone depletion in our
isting fields.
atmosphere.
We are
in the midst of an in-
Understanding these human-
vironmental
crisis.
environment interactions is essen-
U nprecedented
population
tial to developing a sustainable
growth has placed an ever greater society, a society which is in
demand on resources and created balance with its life support system.
an equally unprecedented amount Building a sustainable society re-
of "garbage." In our quest to feed quires the achievement of two
the ever increasing masses we have goals: control of population
turned to the chemical industry for growth and prudent use of
fertilizers and pesticides, the effects resources. This latte~ goal is de~n-
of which we barely understand.
dent on a greater reliance recycling
To meet the energy demands of • and use of renewable resouces.
growing nations, we have turned to
Achievement of these two goals •
overexploitation of fossils fuels, will lead. to the remedy of most
resulting in the despoiling of vast other enVIronmental
problems. The
tracts of land and the release of environmental scientist can help
large amounts of carbon dioxi?e, ach!eve the go":ls_
of
:1
s~stainable
sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide society by prov1dmg ms1ght to en-
into our atmosphere. These releas- vironmental problems and infor-
ed gases produce acid rain, smog, mation for solving these problems.
Environmental Science at Marist
College is based on a solid work-
ing relationship between students
and faculty. Small classes and
readily accessible faculty nurture
this relationship. Add to that a
solid core curriculum and upper
level courses in areas related to en-
vironmental sciences, and the pro-
duct is a student trained to pursue
graduate study or enter the proges-
sional workplace.
Because of the breadth of sub-
jects studied by students undertak-
ing the Environmental Sciences
degree, the student is prepared to
enter several professions following
graduation, including those tradi-
tionally filled by the Liberal Arts
student. As such, the Environmen-
tal Science degree may be viewed
as a technical version of the liberal
arts degree.
If you'd like to learn more about
the Environmental Science Pro-
gram at Marist, contact Dr. An-
drew Molloy or myself in the Divi-
sion of Science in Donnelly Hall,
Room 120.
Dr. Brian H. Hill is director at
the Environmental
Sciences
program.
• fl.e/ping the homeless: A lesson
•
ln
love
by Jennifer Chandler
In America today, there are over
two million homeless who live off
the country's streets by day, and
sleep on park benches or in door-
ways by night.
On Jan.
7,
eight Marist students
and one advisor traveled to
Holyoke, Mass. to help the
homeless who live in the flats of
Holyoke. For one week we work-:
ed in Kate's Kitchen, where we
served and prepared meals for the
homeles, helped the poor purchase
clothing at no cost in the thrift
shop, painted, polished woodwork,
and prepared the third floor of the
women's shelter so that the women
could move into their new, larger
rooms.
Dinner at Kate's Kitchen would
be served at 12:00 noon with grace
beforhand. The soup kitchen ac-
comodates up to 200 people and
generally serves 70 to 100 people
per day. The peo'ple start filing in
around 11 :30 a.m. to get warm and
to take the free canned goods,
clothing, and other extras provid-
• ed by the community.
Though these people eat only
one meal ·a day and usually go
hungry the rest of the .day, they
aren't greedy. They take only what
they need and· leave 'the rest
for
their friends. Because they have so
little,
the homeless appreciate what
they do have and what they receive
so much more than someone' who
has everything.
One little Hispanic girl was given
one Hershey's Kiss by a volunteer,
and she was so happy that she kept
staring at it, trying to decide when
she should eat it. Today, if you
gave a child one Hershey's Kiss, he
would laugh at you and ask where
the bag was.
with a family. The mother and
Another day, a volunteer gave a
father were in their early to mid-
man a plain, old, plastic bag to
die thirties, and a daughter who
carry his clothes in because he was was nine, a son who was three, a
having trouble carrying all of them. daughter who was only a month
The next day, he was still thanking
old, and a daughter who was 19
her for the bag and saying how and had two children .
much it had helped him. A plain,
Her father told us that when she
old, plastic bag! I would never have was 16 she decided she wanted
thought to thank someone for giv-
something to love, so she got preg-
ing a plastic bag;• much less pay
nant. Both her parents told us how
them ;back'"forit:•
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much • they worry about their
I wish everyone could
learn
from
daughter because she takes very
lit-
these homeless
and appreciate the
tie of the responsibility for her kids.
little things in life, instead of only
She is not married and leaves the
the material things that always have children with her parents every
a price tag on them.
weekend and, sometimes, for two
After serving the people their
weeks at a time.
lunch, of which there is enough for
Her father told
us
that he doesn't
200 people, we would sit down and
worry about her kids because, even
eat our lunch with them. Young
though they don't have much, their
and old alike ate at this kitchen, all
family has a lot of love that helps
homeless for different reasons.
them survive. He also pointed out
One day, a few of us got to eat
that, to him, it was harder to reach
his children to respect his elders
than it was to support them
financially.
Unfortunately,
most of the
women I saw in the flats of
Holyoke had gotten pregnant at a
very young age-14 or
15,
to be ex-
act. They wanted something they
could call their own and cling onto.
We found that most of the
families of homeless persons are
large, -even though these people
have great difficulty supporting
a
family of this size financially. Love
appears to take precedence over
money.
I think we all went to Holyoke
hoping to influence, at least, one
individual's life. But none of us
were quite prepared for the way in
which they would touch our lives.
Jennifer Chandler is
a
freshman
majoring in communications.
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Shape ·up, caf e
To the editor:
.
I have just returned from yet
another . unsavory and grotesque
dinner at the cafeteria.
Firsi, before I begin, I um,ters-
tand that I should not expect a
goodl1ome cooked meal at college,
but I at least hope for the basics of
cleanliness and some profes-
sionalism
from the Seilers'
personneL
·
"Let me list· some of the disasters
that I observe time and
time
again:
1. I have yet to see the enforce-
ment of hairnets and the use of
plastic gloves . by all., of the
employees who distribute food'. I
just hope that they wash their
hands before they begin work.
2. It takes at least five minutes
to find utensils that are not dren-
ched in greasy residue or have food
particles stuck to them.
•
3. Just the other day I wiped out •
the inside of one of those browQ .
plastic cups and the inside turned
my white napkin brown.
4. The deli of dry meats, cheese,
and various pasta salads is located
right next to the trash area. This
seems to me to be a very unhealthy
location.
5.
The main salad bar is a
disaster. I have worked in the food
service business before and the first
lesson I learned was to never use
. metal utensils to distribute lettuce
- which of course is what· Seilers
does - and why we always have
brown lettuce ..
6. I.
constantly find s\ale and
molding bread around the cluttered
toaster station that I wouldn't let
the poor starving children in
Ethiopia eat.
7. The baskets filled with mushy
pears, apples, and oranges is a
breeding ground for disease and
fruit flies. •
8. The ice cream tastes bad
because the freezer is set too low,
causing freerer-buin. The ice cream
is so frozen that Superman would
.. have trouble scooping ice cream for
.. himself.
9. The coffee cups, salad bowls,
and soup cups are always either dir-
• ty or grease-ridden.
I'm sure that other students have
other horror stories that they can
tell their grandchildren years from
now .about the Marist cafeteria.
l_know the managers of the
Seilers organization are· griping
about the students not bussing their
own trays and acting piggish in the
cafeteria. But maybe if they hold
up your end of the deal by enforc-
ing quality control, students would
give the dining hall some respect.
I am now going to take a few
Atka-Seizers right now to ease my
heartburn, and try to reassure
myself that maybe these problems
will be solved .
Jo-Anne Prokopowicz
Sophomore
Armenia aid
To the editor:
I am an American-Armenian
student currently attending Rutgers
University in New Jersey. As I
begin the new semester, I can't help
but wonder how the students in
Armenia feel. Most, if not all, of
the students have lost loved ones
and friends and many have been in-
jured, some permanently.
In addition, most of the univer-
sities in the area have been com-
pletely destoryed. It is estimated
that 88 schools were leveled within
3 minutes on the day the earth;;
quake hit .
None of us could have predicted
tivities can be held for the specific
purpose of aiding the victims of the
earthquake. Students can even
organiz.e a neighborhood campaign
to raise money.
The
American
General
Benevolent Union (AGBU) will at-
tempt to provide speakers to you
and your student groups if re-
quested. ·In addition, the AGBU
would be happy to discuss ways in
which your student groups can help
and provide you information about
the. fundraising activities of other
schools in your area.
Posters advertising the plight of
the Armenians have been printed
and are available upon request.
Please feel free to call Alex
Markarian,
Chairman of the
AGBU Armenia Aid Fundraising
Committee at his office at (212)
221-5730, for further information
about the organization or any other
questions you may have about the
Armenia Aid program.
The cost to rebuild the shattered
region in Armenia and the lives of
those affected is too large for any
one nation or people to bear alone.
The
Armenians
need
our
assistance. As the new semester
begins with all the hope surroun-
ding it, let us think about our
fellow students in Armenia who
now have no schools to attend and
who have questions rather than
hope surrounding their future.
Please help. Thank you.
Donations should be sent to
AGBU Armenia Aid, 585 Saddle
River Road, Saddle Brook, New
Jersey 07662 (201) 797-7600 or
1-800-282-9877.
David Kevorkian
Armenian General Benevolent
Union
or prevented the earthquake.
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However, we can help to rebuild
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shattered lives. In particular, I am
appealing to the students of
The Circle welcomes letters to the editors. All letters must be
American universities to help ease
typed double-spaced and have full left and right margins. Hand-
the pain of the students in
written letters cannot be accepted.
Armenia. I am asking that
we
as
All letters must be signed and must include the writer's phone
students organize fundraising
number and address. The editors may withhold names from
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publication upon request.
events ,or the speci ic purpose
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The deadline for letters is noon Monday. Letters should be sent
rebuilding
the schools
and
universities.
to Michael Kinane, c/o The Circle, through campus mail or drop-
Funds can be raised in many dif-
ped off at Campus Center
168.
ferent ways. Booths can be set up
The Circle attempts to publish all the letters it receives, but the
in the student center and dances,
editors reserve the right to edit letters for matters of style, length,
concerts, and other student ac- "'--li•be-1 •an•d-tas-te_._s_h_o_rt_le•t-te_r_s
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killing
time
'Fun' isn't
what it
used to be
by Mary Stricker
My dear, sweet, overprotective
mother - how well I remember her
words of wisdom 10 years ago.
"No, you can't. You know
you're not old enough. You'll just
have to wait a few years. Enjoy
your youth while you can."
"Not old enough? Geez Mom,
I'm
11
years old. How much older
can I get? How can I enjoy my
youth if you won't let me do
anything?"
•
How frustrating it was as a pre-
teen to be told "NO," or the ever-
so-annoying response, "We'll see,"
to all the things in life you knew
were truly fun. The anxiety of pre-
teenhood was excrutiating.
Well, the anxiety is gone. We are
adults. Mom can't stop us from
seeing sexually explicit movies or
guzzling beer until we vomit. We
are adults. This is what we've all
been waiting for.
The irony of it all is how quick-
ly we forget -
once we become
guzzling, sex crazed adults - how
much good, clean fun we had when
we were "not old enough."
Sure, we adults can spend the
evening drinking ourselves silly
having meaningless conversations
with fellow lushes who can't
remember our names, but is this
nearly as entertaining as a late night
game of Kick the Can'? Not by a
long shot.
Sure, we adults can
go
to a
JO-keg
party usually given by so-
meone we've never met
or
care
to
meet, who is more interested in
your cash than your presence. But
when was the last time you went to
a party, played a serious game of
musical chairs and left with party
favors'?
Luckily it hasn't been long for
me, thanks to
Liz,
but
I
fear the
majority
of us adults have been
overcome
by
so-called
sophisticated entertainment, such
as
looking chic in singles' bars, and
have allowed our lust for pure,
unadulterated fun to be suffocated.
This is
not good.
To you, my fellow adults,
I
of-
fer a
proposition. In looking ahead
to a predictable weekend at Marist,
let us look for entertainment
outlets that do not involve ourlocal
dilapidated
drinking
establishments.
I
do not deny that this
will
re-
quire some creative thinking
on
your part, but hey,
our minds
could use some exercise.
For those of you who can't
seem
to locate the creative fun
button,
here
are a few brainstorms of my
own to get you started:
scavenger
hunts, ·charades;'· Ghost··
in the
Graveyard
(consult
your
unadulterated
fun handbook for
game rules) and, of
course, the
multitude of party games,
in-
cluding egg-on-the-spoon and cup-
of-water-on-the-head races,
bobb-
ing for
apples and my all-time
favorite,
orange-in-the-neck
passing.
It gives me chills just thinking
about all this fun. Just think how
fabulous it will be to
actually par-
ticipate
in all of this good old-
fashioned,
knee-stompin'
entertainment.
So why not treat yourself to a
weekend of pre-teenhood, without
the anxiety. Not only will it be a
much needed change of pace, but
also a treat for your dwindling
bank
accounts.
PJease,
stop acting like·adults.
IBM--~.tudy
moves into
second: 'phase·
by Mauree~ Kramer
Ph·ase ·two of the IBM-Marist
networking system will begin this
spring with the installment of main-
frame computer terminals in the
Lowell Thomas Communications
Center.
The computers will be put on
every faculty member's desk in the
Thomas center, according to Carl
Gerberich, vice president of infor-
mation services.
Divisional chairpersons met last
week to decide how many com-
puters will be needed for the set up
in May, according to Gerberich.
Although these computers are
being given to faculty members; the
installation of the terminals is in·
response to student needs.
Also included in the original pro-
posals for the second phase is a
long-range plan to put computers
into Champagnat Hall, according
to Gerberich.
The initial phase of the Cham-
pagnat plan involves the installa-
tion of mainframe terminals in the
lounge areas of the dormitory,
Gerberich said.
After that is completed, long-
range plans call for the installation
of jacks in the dorm rooms of
Champagnat so that students can
hook up to the mainframe with
their own personal computers, ac-
cording to Gerberich.
Transfers
learn ropes
of college
by Robin Martini
For the second time in five
months, Christine D'Anna is
fac~
ing the difficulties of being a new
face on the block.
Last semester, D'Anna studied
at a community college near her
home in Suffern, N.Y. Now she is
a transfer student at Marist.
D' Annais just one of 61 students
who transferred to Marist this
semester. Like D' Anna, many of
them say they find the Marist com-
munity
friendly
but
that
establishing relationships can be
difficult.
"Most everyone has been nice
and friendly to me since I
am
a
freshman living on a sophomore
floor," said
D'
Anna, who lives on
the first floor of Champagna:t.
But she said her placement is a
mixed blessing. '·
•
"It is kind of hard living on
a
sophomore floor because everyone
has kno~n each other for a year
and a half," she said, "but, then
again,
that's • good because
sophomores know everyone ~d
you· can meet people that way;"
Transfer Audra Esposito, a
freshman psychology major from
Hauppauge, N. Y., said she does
not feel alienated from her class
even though she is living with
sophomores in Champagnat. •
Maureen Taylor, a communica- ·
tion arts major from Wyckoff,
N.J.,
said she finds it difficult to
meet people
because • other
freshman have been here a semester
and have already established
friendships.
Two junior transfer students
have been placed in Champagnat
Hall, which houses predominantly
sophomores.
Meg Adamo, an English major
from Chappaqua, N.Y., and Tracy
O'Shea, an English major from
Fairfield, Conn., were originally
housed in the Canterbury Apart-
ments but moved to Champagnat.
"We thought there would be a
problem with age, but it really turn-
ed out to be no problem at all. The
people are friendly and accepting,
and the transition was not hard,"
. Adamo said.
Adamo and O'Shea both said
Jiving on campus gives them more
of
a chance
to
meet
people.
Senior Missy Rueter works on her outfits for this spring's Silver Needle fashio~ show to
be held at the Radisson Hotel in Poughkeepsie.
(Photo by Lyna1re Brust)
Fashion majors ready
f
or:;show
by· Christine
Marotta
Fashion students are working
long hours - up to 14 hours a day
-
in preparation for the 1989
Silver Needle Fashion Show this
spring.
The show, sponsored by Marist
College, will be held at the
Radisson Hotel in Poughkeepsie,
Apr. 27 at 7 p.m.
Designers Bob Mackie, Michael
Kors, Marc Jacobs and Caralina
Herarra are scheduled to attend
and will assist in the judging for the
Silver Needle Award competition.
Judges will select a design from
each of four categories: the resort
collection, the spring collection, the
summer
collection
and
the
winter/fall collection, according
to
Carmine Porcelli, director of
fashion design and merchandising.
Representatives from top design-
ing companies
such as Liz
Claiborne,
Bill Blass, Ralph
Lauren, and other work profes-
sionals are expected to attend the
show. "Students will display their
work to the best and some will
receive instant results,"
said
Porcelli.
Each year, the results follow
months of dedication and anticipa-
tion for this major event, Porcelli
said.
During the year, students work
with top designers on their in-
dividual projects, who advise them
from their ·earliest sketches
to
the
actual cutting and shaping of their
materials, whicQ are purchased in
the city.
Porcelli said the students gain
valuable insight into the fashion in-
dustry through working with such
professionals.
With the experience gained from
working with respected designers,
Marist fashion students continue to
work toward their goals. Some,
such as alumnae Stephanie Rose,
are offered positions with top
designing companies. Rose, the
1988 recipient of the Silver Needle
Award,
was offered a position
with Liz Claiborne, Inc.
The fashion show is one of the
many ways in which Marist fashion
students prepare for future careers
in the fashion industry, Porcelli
said.
He said the fashion industry is a
"constant stimulation" and that
"fashion is not fashion unless it
sells."
The Campus Crossword
Carolyn
J. Kirkpatrick
ACROSS
I.
Remorse
4.
Syndrome: overexcited mood
9.
Arabic tea shrub
12. Insulin Tolerance test
13. ___
._off
14.
Master (Spanish)
IS.
Persccutional disorder
17. Preposition: aware about
18. Sharp instrument
19. Hungarian pianist/composer
21. Elf
23. Philippines volcanic Mount
24. Nova Scotia (abbrev.)
26. Plant for growth
29. Ever
3
I. Auendant spirit
33. Ex: Egypt, Libya & Syria
3S.
"Big" star
37. Irish Republic
38. Eskimo canoe
40. Shred
42. Divine Being
43. Spanish for him
44. Sinbad's home
46. Writers' tool
48. Austrian composer
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S8. Office or Vocational Rehabilitation
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61. Throughout
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Founded U.S. Doctrine in opposition
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Spanish for
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Gandhi's land
8. Corps diplomatique
9. Nativist philosopher
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16. Joyful exclamation
17. Upper atmosphere
20. Health club
22.Wager
24. Roman Emperor
25. Snow coaster
26. Japanese rice beverage
27. Freudian fixation stage
28. Modus operandi
30. Not a cone
32. One-horse carriage
34. Fundamental
36. Gene's arrangement on chromosome
39. "The Star- Spangled Banner" author
41. Both Washington and Bush
45. Psychologist: Life struggle to
overcome inferiority
47. Woman of the cloth
48. German for Mister
49. Rare Hawaiian goose
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52. Nibble
53. An amourous glance
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a day·
·_
in the life
It's the time
of the year
to complain
by Wes Zahnke
The Circle headline read,
"Dorm plan moves ahead;
delays likely!'
Oh, really! You don't say!
1 was taken aback at the
audacity of the phrase. How
totally uncharacteristic of this
wonderful institution to actually
delay the undertaking and con-
struction of a major project;
Y cs, it has been a while since
I have moaned and groaned.
over various issues confronting
this college -
but my pencil is
sharpened and ready to go.
Well, it is encouraging to
know that the administration
realizes that there is, in fact, a
housing problem.
Canterbury is like a time
bomb waiting to go off, with
the problems far beyond the ob-
vious -
it's only a matter of
time before a real serious alter-
cation breaks out between
students and locals.
Already there have been
numerous
confrontations,
thankfully none too serious.
Ok, it's nice that Cham-
pagnat has phones in the rooms.
Big deal.
I mean, you'd think that elec-
tricity had just been invented.
Wake up and smell the cof-
fee, kids. The dorm is only over
20 years old. I hope we didn't
rush you into installing them.
I think that Frank Romano is
just
the epitome
of in-
dependence and responsibility.
We should all feel honored at
his presence.
You know Frank, the real go-
getter in Champagnat who ~as
to have mommy call him every
morning to tell him to go to
class.
Way to go, Frankie! Tom-
morrow we'll have our milk and
cookies at noon followed by
nap time.
Let's hear it for Friday classes
until 6:15 p.m.!
Another
move of sheer
brilliance on the part of the
administration.
This move is just a proposal,
but it should be nipped at the
.
bud.
•
·aere
is a real test for this
"Students for Students Rights"
group.
It's issues such as this that we
should all rally behind and flex
·"1.lr
muscles, so to speak. We
are the ones who-should be sit-
.
ting
·down
-.calmly
and talking
•
•
these things out.
_
We are the ones who are go-
ing· to be sitting there, twiddling
our intellectual thumbs. So get
off your duffs and'gct involved.
I'm sure that we've all heard
the bad news.
Now. they're talking about
eliminating the chip and putt
from the scene and actually
building an academic building.
This is not to say that we need
one. After all, we have that
lovely, contemporary, Spanish
stucco, nuevo. art deco El
Dorado landmark otherwise
known as~ the· "Mid-Hudson
Business Park".
The lease
•
on that rare
treasure is up in July of 1991.
I was thinking how neat it
would be to just go natural, or
"Aire Libre," and se.t up a few
desks and chalkboards on the
rockpile, and just hang out for
some low-key classes.
Ok, enough. I'm not even
mentioning
the bookstore.
We'll save that for another
rainy day.
February 23, 1989- THE CIRCLE - Page 9
Speaker urges new look at racism
by Karen Free
Racism in America isn't always
as obvious as in the
1960s
but is just
as real and alive, said Michael
Dyson, a Baptist minister, who ad-
dressed about 350 people in the the
Theater Feb. 14.
.
"Racism, it seems, refuses to
die," said Dyson, the associate
director of the religious action plan
on poverty at the Hartford
Seminary. "Racism is alive and
well in American culture."
During the two-hour lecture and
discussion period, Dyson discuss-
ed the history of racism; the new
kind of racism, suggestions to deal
with .racism, rap music, affirmative
action and Al Sharpton.
In some ways, America has come
a long way from the 1960s when
racism was visible in the structure
of society, Dyson, said, but now it
is more ambiguous.
The new kind of "doset" racism
that Dyson mentioned is present at
Marist College, according to some
students:
•
•
"They acknowledge your· ex-
istence, but they don't want to have
anything to do with it," said
Charles Lightner, Jr., president of
the Black Student Union. Blacks
are in one place and whites are in
another, he said.
"Contemporary American socie-
ty has lost its moral imperative
ideology," Dyson said. America
has forsaken the idea of a "fair and
decent education for all," said
Dyson,.adding that the doors of
hope opened by Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. have been shut.
"The Reagan era symbolizes the
new breed of racism," Dyson said.
Racism has gone underground and
"while
society
permits
the
semblance of racism, it far denies
its existence," he said. The Howard
Beach incident, for instance, was
explained_away
by its statistical in-
Baptist minister Michael Dyson, who addressed the issue of
racism in a lecture at the Theater last Tuesday.
frequency, he said.
Dyson proposed that America
deal with the reassertion of racism
by celebrating Martin Luther
King's birthday as a holiday.
A communal remembrance of
King would allow both young and
old people to remember the Civil
Rights Movement and others like
King who continue to resist racism,
Dyson said.
By remembering the past, a con-
nection is made to the present and
lines of continuity are established
to all people, not just blacks,
Dyson said. By creating a safe
psychic space for discussion, peo-
ple can acknowledge
their
similarities and differences, but not
let it get in the way of unified liv-
ing, he said.
Cultural resistance to racism is
shown through the development of
rap music, Dyson said.
Rap music has evolved into a
form of social criticism about racial
(photo by Becky Hall)
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oppression and creates a sense of
identity for its users, Dyson said.
Rap music's message is that "I am
somebody" and says "take me
seriously on my own terms,"
Dyson said.
Racism continues to affect those
who are rising in the world, Dyson
said.
Dyson recounted an incident in
which he tried to get an advance on
his credit card knowing his bill was
paid, but ran into some problems.
Dyson wasn't given the money and
wasn't allowed to speak to the
manager about it. The bank
manager then proceeded to destroy
the credit card and threatened to
have him arrested if he didn't leave.
Dyson left and the bank later
apologized for the mistake.
Dyson said that a black person
may still be discriminated against,
despite his or her amount of
money, status or education.
Dyson read a soeech for the first
hour and when he said he would
answer questions next, many peo-
ple left.
Many people, most of whom
were white, left early, which was
upsetting to others who felt that
Dyson had a lot to say and teach.
People who left early let his
words go by, but the people who
stayed got something out of it, said
Lightner.
Audience members said that
Dyson showed eloquence and in-
telligence as he addressed the
Marist audience.
"He has illustrated the race pro-
blems and made a greater
awareness of race," said Gilbert
Thomas, a junior computer science
major
from
the
City
of
Poughkeepsie.
Other students say they had a
difficult time getting through all the
rhetoric to what the actual message
was.
•
Dyson's elevated language made
his speech difficult to follow in
spite of his intelligence, according
to some in the audience.
Some said that they were disap-
pointed that he didn't lecture from
notes in a more casual style instead
of
reading
from
such
a
sophisticated paper.
Other students
said
they felt that
Dyson's lecture was very infor-
mative and educational for those
who stayed and listened.
"He's said that we've come a
long way, but we still have a long
way to go," said Lightner.
Lightner says that he plans to
solidify the Black Student Union
and that he wants to bring black
and white students closer, adding
that
there
is a need
for
understanding.
Lightner said he knows this will
take time but, as Dyson said, all the
problems cannot be solved in one
broad stroke.
Housing
damage
total
is· 1owest
•
1n
years
by Michael Hayes
Marist students were charged an
average of $7.45 in damage fees
and fines for the fall semester, ac-
cording to Steve Sansola, director
of campus housing.
Sansola said the damages were
the lowest in his three-year tenure.
Students were assessed $15,264
in damage fees and fined $10,650
this fall. A damage fe~ is assessed
to restore or replace aii item which
•
was intentionally destroyed by a
student.:The student is then fined
50 percent"of the damage fee.
At the· end of each semester,
students' rooms and apartments
are checked and students are fined
for their violations which are listed
in the resident director handbook.
Fines arelevied fpr damages and
inappropriate check".-Out
procedure,
the latter_
which is given to students
who leave. their room or, apartment
unreasonably dirty, said
-
Sansola.
•
Sansola said these fines are
necessary· because the Physical·_.
Plant Office, which is responsible
for the clean-up,
can
refuse to clean
ed
items
while the fine money goes
towards the student activity fund.
It is used to purchase items such as
pool and foosball tables as well as
supplement student activities, said
Sansola. All fines and fees are
taken from the $75 advance room
security deposit students pay before
each semester, he said.'.
Jim Raimo, assistant director of
housing, said the assessed penalties
serve a dual purpose. "It's done so
the student won't make the same
mistake and so those who take
something from the community are
giving something back," he said.
Although the fine money isn't
planned into the budget it is
counted on.
"Eventually my goal is to have
very little damage which means we
will
have less
_program·
money,"
said Sansola.
"If
we can have that
happen I know I can somehow get
some money from other areas."
'Sansola,
who has worked at four
schools, is satisfied with the
.
students' effort and feels Marist is
doing a good job controlling un-
·necessary
damage.
Experts offer job advice to future interns
by Mike Vokobratovich
i•Toree coffees lig~t and·sweet,
one black, four bagels with cream
cheese and a ham and swiss on rye,
no mayo - got it. And when you
get back start on those obituaries."
.
Getting coffee and wr:iting
obituaries may not seem like the
average intem's idea of respon-
sibility but experts in the com-
munications field who spoke at a
forum last week agree enthusiasm
for the less glamorous tasks is what
separates the average intern from
a prospective employee.
About eight students attended
the discussion in the Fireside
Loung~. There are 77 students who
are on internships
this
semester.
The panelists told the potential
interns that ~etting yourself apart
or, according to Robert Norman,
"We're an all-news station and
from the rest is important for
director of the Marist internship the first:question one intern asked
program, coming to an interview was what kind of music we
future employment.
with more than one copy of your
played," said Birdas-Liselle who
"The key to success is showing resume and researching the com-
interned at the station while she
that you are earnest, that you real-
pany you are interviewing with is was at Marist.
ly want to work and do a good job,
what will get you the. job.
Students pay money to'be at an
whether it's going for coffee or do-
From the point of the employer, internship so they should take ad-
ing
a
project on your own," said
hiring is difficult because there are vantage of every situation, said
Mrs. Judith Brush, who, along
microscopic differences in the ap-
Clarkin, who started the Peekskill
with her.husband, teach a courses
plicant's resumes, said David
Herald from scratch.
in corporate video at Marist..
•
McCraw, professor of journalism
."When
someone is taking a cof-
Intems do jobs that are
:not
at Marist.
fee break talk to them. You may
glamorous but just because they're
"Your resume is your advertise-· find out something the· other in-
glamorous does not mean people
ment
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be honest but sell
terns will never know,"
•
said
don't want to know about them,
yourself," said Mrs. Brush.
Birdas-Liselle.
said Regina Clarkin, owner and
•
'The importance is not whether
publisher of the Peekskill Herold
The worst thing an intern can do an intern's work gets on the air but
and a 1978 Marist intern.
•
is to make a professional feel that
that the work got done and. was
Little things like sending a thank-
they are not interested, said Gigi critiqued by a professional. That is
you note after an interview im-
Birdas-Liselle, editorial director at where the learning comes
'from,
presses em_J?loyers,
said Mrs. Brush
WCBS-AM All-News Radio.
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February
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Senators and
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Senator
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Jay P. Rolison,
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Lawrence E. Bennett
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Maurice D.
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Stephen
M.
Saland
Glenn E. Warren
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affordable. Thank you.
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thursday
morning
quarterback
Switzer and
cheap paint
February 23,- 1989- ·THE·CIRCLE --Page 1-1
Lady cagers still third in conference
by
David Blondin
After the two straight losses, the
The women's basketball team women wentto FDU needit!J!
a win
lost two non-con~erence
games last to stay in the hunt for second place.
week, but, more importantly, won
"They played a lot better then
its only Northeast Conference the previous two games,"· .said
game to remain in third place, just Bowden. "They h"ad good 'com-
a half-game behind second-place posure throughout the whole game.
Monmouth College.
They didn't have any in~~tal
The women defeated conference lapses."
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Joe Fairleigh Dickinson Universi-
It was a close game throughout,
O'Halloran's 19 points and Nancy
Though Marist lost by eight to
Holbrook's 18 points, as those two Colgate, the Lady Red Foxes worst
performance of the year came
continue to provi~e the major
punch for the Manst offense.
against
Manhattan
College.
The,
key
part of Marist's offense
Manhattan led 33-7 at the end of
is the.balance that Holbrook and
the first half.
O'Halloran provide and when one
Marist made just 3 of 27 from
doesn't play well it is a key factor,
the field in the first half before
said Bo\vden.
• -regrouping at intermission. They
by
Tim Besser
., _ ty 65-6~ Saturday ·after losing to with the biggest lead for either team
Colgate·. ·University, 80-72 last being nine points. The biggest lead
Thursday, and Manhattan College, :>ver the final 10 minutes was four
Rambling thoughts while dream~ -.
ing of ways to spend Dwight
Gooden's new salary:
That is just what happened when. ·were outscored 37-32 in the second
Marist inet Colgate last Thursday, , half. . -
with Holbrook scoring a game high ;, "We lost our composure," said
23·,points while O'Halloran was
Bowden. "Everyone turned into an
held to five points and fouled out
individual. They came down the
after playing only 23 minutes.
floor and put up a shot -
we
O'Halloran is averaging 31.minutes didn't work the ball or run our
It's too bad Rick Pardy was
named the new Marist football
coach Monday. It looks like
Oklahoma Coach Barry Switzer
will be looking for
a
job soon and
is there a better place for
him
to
begin to rebuild his image than
right here at "Harvard on the Hud-
son?" Switzer would fix this pro-
gram up fast, but it's not known
yet if the boosters could,afford to
pay his players.
•
It's great to have top-rate box-
ing at the Mid-Hudson Civic
Center again. But wait one day and
watch it for free on Madison
Square Garden Network and spend
the $20 or
$35
on beer and pizza.
New York Newsday has the best
Sunday sports section I've seen.
If Heisman Trophy winner Barry
Sanders is smart he'll turn pro now
and get out of sanction-riddled
Oklahoma State. He can always go
back and get his degree.
There's been a lot of complain-
ing about the astronomical salaries
pitchers Gooden, Roger Clemens
and Orel Hershiser will receive this
season. If they can get someone to
pay them that much to play a kids'
game, good for them.
Officiating in the Northeast
Conference is so bad Coach Dave
"Magarity must be counting the
days until Marist joins the East
_
Coast Conference.
70-39 last Monday.
!)Oints.
The women fell back under the
Marist put the game away when
.500 DJark overall with an 11-12 Maureen Dowe made a pull up-
mark, • but improved. to 9-4 con- jumper from the foul line to put
ference to:-keep their hopes of a Marist up by four with 11 seconds
second-placefinish, and first-round remaining.
bye in.the conference tournament,
"I
think the turning point in the
alive.
•
game was when Mary O'Brien
"I
think the win put us back on :ame in and hit a 16-foot jumper
track," said assistant coach Pam from the baseline and then (made)
Bowden about the women's chance
a
good steal off the_ press," said
on ,.gaining that first round bye. Bowden.
"We must win the all our con-
O'Brien's shot came with 4:34
ference games. We should be able remaining in the game and put
to beat Loyola: and St. Francis ~arist up by two, a lead the Lady
(Pa.) and Robert Morris will be Red Foxes would never give up.
tough to beat on their home Marist was led by Monica
courts."
a game.
_
offense."
<'They (Colgate) had four kids in
The seven-point first half total is
double figures and we missed a lot
the lowest ever by a NEC team.
of shots that we shouldn't have,"
O'Halloran led Marist against
said Bowden. "The key to the
Manhattan with 21 points. She was
game though was foul shooting,
the only Marist player to reach
where we were 9-19 (33.3
double figures.
percent)."
The women's final home game is
Marist is s_hooting 66.5 percent • tomorrow against Loyola College
for the year from the foul line.
at 7 p.m. The Lady Red Foxes close
Holbrook, who has a free-throw
out the season with games at For-
percentage of 69 and O'Halloran
dham on Monday, St. Francis (Pa.)
(70.9) were 1-for-6 and l-for-4,
next Thursday and Robert Morris
respectively, against Colgate.
a week from Saturday.
Skaters lose in
gaffle
for first in division
by Kevin St.Onge
The Marist College hockey club
was in first place for two periods
but it couldn't hang on for a win
over William Paterson that would
have put the Red Foxes on top of
the Hudson Division of the
Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey
Cnference.
Two third-period goals brought
the Pioneers back from a 2-1 deficit
to defeat the Red Foxes 3-2 -
avenging a 3-2 victory by the Red
Foxes earlier in the season -
before the largest crowd of the year
at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center
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,
"We just wanted to keep if close
for two periods and then see what
Marist put 63 shots on the defenseman Chris Buss and left
happens in the third," said Pioneer Pioneer goalies in its best offensive wing Bob Goyda.
effort of the season, but could
"We should have won that
coach Andrew Daly whose team muster only the two goals as the game," said Marist. coach John
had only two lines and two sub-
Pioneers battled effectively in front
Lentz, "If our guys knew anything
situtes as sickness had depleted its of the net.
. about golf and the kind of patience
roster.
The Red Foxes controled most
needed in that game and transfer-
F~lli~g t? 10-5-1 in_
the division, of the game, dominating play in the
red it to the ice, we would have
~ar1st ,s still contending for a spot Paterson zone but came up short
won."
m
the conf~rence playoffs_, but as they were whistled for nine
The Red Foxes had the oppor-
hopes of a first-round bye m the • penalties.
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tournament went by the boards
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tu!11t1es
to score, but numerous
with the Paterson victory Saturday
Right wing ·Jeff Weaver opened. -• ?hnd passes and not enough men
night.
the scoring with a goal 2:37 into the m front of the ~et accounted for
first period on assists from' center the loss, according to Lentz.
Of the nearly 300 fans that show-
ed up for ,_the g_ame, many were
Marist freshmeri".\vho
said theysaw
signs advertising the game posted·
in the dorms.
Andy Giberti and defenseman
The Red Foxes take on Pace
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Saturday at the Civic Center. Face-
Mike Lutolf.
Center Keith'. Young
off time is 10 p.m. The Red Foxes
scored at 4:38 of the second period will travel to West Point Monday
on a breakaway set up by to face Manhatten CoJiege.
If you want to see good hockey
for $4, take in an Army game at --------------------------------------------------------•
West Point's state-of-the-art Tate
Rink. You're right on the ice.
Marist officials say they want to .
operate a Division I program but .
continue to cut corners. The paint
in the lanes at Mccann had worn;
off in some spots so it was re-
painted a couple weeks ago. Two
problems: One, the paint does not
even come close to matching the
old stuff; two, the new paint has
worn off under the baskets leaving
the floor red (the old paint), pink
(the new paint) and beige (no paint
at all). Hope they got a good deal
on the stuff.
The lacrosse team plays its first
game in three weeks. Why would
someone volunteer to play goalie?
If the Yankees get more than 10
wins from free-agent pitcher Andy
Hawkins it will be surprising._ • • .
Why is it the Jets gave. Joe •
..W-alton
a mid-season contract ex-
tension and the Mets let Davey
Johnson fry until the playoffs were
over?
Hats off to the crowd at the
Drexel game Monday night. When
the Dragons' John Rankin scored
the 2,000th point of his career he
was treated
to thunderous
applause.
Special note to Brian Colleary:
I've seen thicker tortillas then the
crust on that pizza.
Is Reggie Gaut still on the
basketball team?
With his salary, you would think
. on his last visit Rik Smits would
have treated the McCann Center
faithful to hot dogs on him wlieri
the price dropped to 2-for-a-dollar.
As quick as he is, Reggie
Chambers would make a great
tailback.
Frank Bruno won't last four
rounds against
Mike Tyson
Saturday. .
If Mets catcher Mackey Sasser
can end up in rehab, who is next?
Horses in California have shown
traces of cocaine in post-race
urinalysis. Why. not. give them
crack and save money?
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Women
dominate swim champions
1ps
by Mike O'Farrell
The women's swimming and diving_
team,
which began this season without .a coach,
made a seemingly impossible dream come
true this past weekend by winning the
Metropolitan Conference Eastern Division
championships at SUNY $tony Brook.
After getting off to a slow start and going
just 8-4 in <;lual-meet
competition· the Lady
Red Foxes domini,tted the championships,
winning 18 events and garnering four special
awards. Diver Lisa Burgbacher also set two
"I was excited, I was thrilled to death by
being named Coach of the Year," said
Patierno.
.
Sophomore sensation Kindra Predmore
dominated by winning three individual events
and swimming on four first-place relay
teams.
conference records.
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"It
all paid off," said coach Rena Patier-
no of her team's hard work. For her efforts,
Patierno was named coach of the year in this
her rookie season.
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Predmore, who was voted the meet's most
valuable swimmer, captured .the 200-meter
individual medley, 400 individual me~:lley,
and 200 butterfly. Predmore swam the 200
butterfly in two minutes,
8.85
seconds to
qu~fy for the Eastern College Athletic Con-
ference championships this weekend.
Burgbacher, a .senior, also had a great
weekend. Burgbacher set conference records
in winning the 1- and 3- meter diving com-
Cagers dunk Drexel,
finish season tonight
by Jay Reynolds
With just one game remaining,
the men's basketball team (12-15
overall, 8-7 league) is looking to
finish its mediocre season on a
positive note.
Tonight's game (7:30) against
Northeast Conference rival Loyola
marks the end of the collegiate
careers of center Miro Pecarski,
forward John Kijonek and guard
Matt Schoenfeld.
Although Loyola defeated the
Red Foxes in Baltimore in January,
Marist leads the series with the
Greyhounds 11-9.
Once Paterno began hitting the
3-pointers, the Dragons' defense
began to concentrate more on him,
leaving Pecarski or Curtis Celestine
open undern.eath.
"They matched up easy an_d we .
got a few easy buckets," Paterno
said.
"Their big men couldn't match
Pecarski and we took advantage of
that," Chambers said. "One-on-
one, there is no one in the con-
ference or in the nation that can
cover Miro."
Marist Coach Dave Magarity
said he was pleased with the teams'
performance but that he has seen
them play this way before.
petitions. She was named the meet's most
valuable diver. In addition, Burgbacher was
awarded the Krempecki Award, .which is
given to a competitor who excels athletical-
ly as well as academically. The winner_
of the
award is .:hosen by the coaches m the
conference.
Alicia Suling won the.500 freestyle and
200
freestyle and was second to Predmore in the
200 butterfly.
Jeanne Cleary swept the _freestyle
sprints
for the Lady Red Foxes, winning the 50 and
100 events. short freestyle events by winn-
ing the 50 meter and 100 meter events.
Mary Dolan was also a double winner
Co-captain Karen Oitzinger took first
place in the 100 backstroke and second in the
200 backstroke and the_ 100 freestyle.
Marist took first place in five relay events.
•• Oitzinger, Dolan, ·Predmore and Cleary com-
bined to take first place in the 200 and 400
medley relays.
The team of Jackie Hackett, Jackie
O'Brien, Karen Wood and Eileen Moran
won the 200 freestyle relay. Cleary, Oitz-
inger, Suling and Predmore took the 400
freestyle relay. The 800 freestyle relay was
won by the team -of Dolan, Cleary, Suling
and Predmore.
,a• .
Patierno was happy
'with
all the perfor-
mances and said, "Everyone swam really
well, there were quite a Jew personal bests.
On a whole, I was psyched. We did what we
had to do."
Pardy to take over
as head grid coach
by Jay Reynolds
and the 1980 squad that finished se-
cond in the nation.
The Marist Athletic Department
_ .
.
.
announced the hiring of Rick Par-
_Athletic J?1rector Bm~n Collea~y
dy as head football coach at a press -·said he ~as unpressed with Pardy s
conference Monday.
cr~?en!1als.
.
.
.
Pardy, a Fishkill native, had
!
_hked. the idea o\,h1s bemg
been an assistant
coach at
fa!111h~[
with t_he area, C?lleary
Hamilton College in Clinton,
N. Y.,
said.
I. was impressed wit~ his
since 1985. He was the defensive progress1_on
_thr?ugh t~e busmess
coordinator the past two seasons and the mst1tuuons he s been a_t.
and the defensive secondary coach There wer: a lot _of people wh?
sai.~
his first two years.
a lot of mce thmgs about Rick.
With the announcement, Pardy
Pardy said he has big plans for
becomes only the second head the Red Foxes' program.
The Red Foxes are coming off
Monday's 80.70 vicorty over Drex-
el before 2,338 fans at the McCann
"We got a few breaks in the se-
Marist's Curtis Q!lestine goes
cond half - it boils down to that,"
~P strong against Jimmy Guy of
co.ach since the Red Foxes went
"I would like to see the team
Division III in 1978. The position progress," he said. "I'd like to pro-
was left vacant when Mike Malet gress to winning seasons - back to
resigned in December to become back winning seasons. There is a lot
assistant to the athletic director.
of talent in the area and we need
Center.
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Guard Steve Paterno led the. all
scor.ers in the game with a career-
high 26 points despite a hand injury
suffered· before tbe gaine.
he sai_d; "It was a very good team
St. Francis (N. Y.) last Monday.
effort but we've played this well in
Celestine scorecJ 10 points, but
During Pardy's four years at to keep some of those players at
Hamilton, the Continentals pro-
home.
losses. Maybe we were just not
the Red Foxes lost 82-77.
lucky enough to pull them out."
•
duced a 22-1~ rec~rd and_ three
"I'm a positive person," he said ..
league champ10nsh1ps. Pnor to
"I
keep working hard. I'm not here
1?85, Hamilt_on
had only one win-
for mediocre or losing seasons. I
mng season m nearly 20 years.
think of the team like family and
Pecarski and Celestine added 14
(photo-_py Sean Glynn)
and 13 points, respectively. Pecar-
with 2:3:Z left in the first half.
Paterno hit 6 of 9 3.point at-
tempts -
five in the first half.
"l
felt good tonight," Paterno
said,. "People said we had given up
but
l
just wanted to get a win.
There was pressure on everyone
because we want to go out with a
win -
it sets the tone for next
ski and Paterno led the game with
Marist lost an 81-68 decision to
nine rebounds each -
another
Fairleigh 'oickjnson University last
career high fQr Paterno,
.
Sl!,turday in Teaneck, N.J., despite
The Continentals were ranked I don't want to see the family let
14th· in the nation in passing down."
Drexel Coach Eddie Burke said
four Red Foxes' scoring in double
he thought his team was ready for
figures.
defense last season and ninth in the
nation in scoring defense in 1987.
Pardy was an offensive guard at
Ithaca College and twice led the
Bombers to the Amos Alonzo
Stagg Bowl -
the Division III
championship game. Pardy earned
three letters at Ithaca and was an
All-American his senior year.
Pardy said he believes this is
where he wants to be at this stage
of his career.
year:."
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Monday's game.
Pecarski led the Red Foxes with
"We got some good shots-we
18 points and 10 rebounds. Pater-
just turned the ball over too many • no and Kijonek_ added 12 points
times," he said. "We did not have and IO points, respectively. For-
good concentration."
ward Ted_ Sharpenter scored 11
"We went out and played hard
so we could finish the seas.on
well,"
said·guard Reggie Chambers. "We
wanted to show that we still have
it.,,
Forward John -Rankin led the points in the losing effort, in-
Dragons' offense with
ZO
p<;>ints, cluging three of four from 3-point
including his 2,000th c~eer point range.
He was a member of Ithaca's
1979 National Championship team
"It's a great position - being in
the Poughkeepsie area and a head
coach," he said. "But it's also a
heck of a responsibility. It's impor-
tant that we're successful. It's just
a matter of sitting down and get-
ting going."
Mermen_ set
lofty
goals
by Chris Shea
\Yhileit woulg.be vecy easy for t_h~
mens
swim team to.be.satisfied. with t~~ir regular-
season. and du~-meet championships, they're
not.
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The Red Ft>x. squad heads. into the
Metropolitan Conference Champion- ships
with one thing in-mind, improving on last
year's third,place·flllish. Just'beca~ Marist
had·an undefeated season does not ·mean the
team is a-shoe~in for. success. • • •
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"This is not.like·a dual-meet," said coach
Larry VanWa~er. •~10.
the champi~nships
you~re competing against_
16 other schools_-'-
that' s, a lot of sw.imi:oers."
L.eading the waY, for the swimmers are
defending conference champions Scott Tum-
mins in the SO-meter freestyle,-Joe Bubel in
the 100 butterfly and Paµl Bclrrese in the l-
and 3-meter diving.competitions. These com-
petitors are the top seeds in their-·events.
Other Marist No. I seeds include Bubel in
the 100 and
200
breastsrokes and the the two
Marist relays, the 400 medley and 400
freestyle.
The team is expected to face stiff competi-
tion from Iona College.
"I think Iona should probably be the
favorite, they have the best depth," said
VanWagner. Iona is the defending champion
defeating Marist last year by over 350 points.
VanWagner is shooting for the stars,
though. The team wants to win the cham-
pionship and break every school record, ac-
cording to Vanwagner.
Menapace· ---good coach who wants more
by Rieb Donnelly
Three years ago, the tean:i went 9-2Q....,..
losing by an average of 34 poin~ a game.
That's the season when Dr. Larry
Menap~ce, - an associate professor of
chemistry a~ Marist and former assistant
coach of the men's basketball team,
staried th~ boys basketball pi:ogram at
Rhinecliff High. That's when the 51-year-
old ·coach learned what his players were
made of anci-their reactio~ to working as
a team.
"h
~ffected me personally," said
Menapace. "Th~ players c;ould have easily
quit. The games were not even close.
"Y~t th~ showed '1P at practice ev.ery
day and worke~ hi,trd,' That inspired me.
I knew we'd improve."
.
Indeed they have. The Rimgers, 12-10
a year ago, are 15-6 and have won 10 of
their last 11 including last Friday's vic-
tory over Alexander Hamilton in the
semifinal of the Section l Class D (enroll-
ment less than 215) state tournament.
They met Haldane for the championship
Tuesday. Results were -unavailable at
press time.
Located 20 miles north of Marist,
Rhinecliff is the smallest school in the
state and serves students living at Holy
Cross Home, a home set up for youths
with personal problems that is funded by
Catholic charities.
Of the student population of 103,47
of the boys are involved in jayvee and var-
sity basketball - the only interscholastic
sport offered at the school.
Menapace has had to mix the right
combination of teaching and motivation
to coach the players who know full well
what it's like to deal with adversity.
"We started from scratch," said
Menapace. "We built up the program,
starting at 0-and-20, to the point where
we are one of the best Class D schools in
this part of the state. I enjoy the challenge
of working at Rhinecliff, but I'm more
comfortable at the college level."
_ Menapace, who learned the game while
growing up in Brooklyn, has played and
coached in the churchleagues, at basket-
ball camps and on the Division I level.
At the age of 15, as a high school·
freshman, he coached an eighth- grade
team to the city Catholic Youth Organiza-
tion championship. At 5-foot-5 and
145-pounds, it's no surprise why he chose
coaching over playing guard.
After -receiving
his bachelor's degree in
chemistry from St. Peter's College in
Jersey City, N.J., and his master's degree
in organic chemistry from the University
of New Hampshire, Menapace worked
for five years as a research chemist for
Texaco. He joined Marist in the fall of
1966 and began his collegiate coaching
career in '71 as assistant varsity coach.
Other stints included jayvee coach
('72-'74), assistant varsity ('79-'83 and
'85-'86) and academic advisor to the
men's team ('79-'86). Menapace was also
the women's head basketball coach
('84-'85) at Mount St. Mary College in
Newburgh.
Menapace has repeatedly applied for
the head coaching position of the men's
program at Marist. But he has been turn-
ed down each time, including when three
coaches were hired during a four-year
period - Mike Perry ('84), Matt Furjanic
('84-'86) and Dave Magarity ('86-
present).
In the spring of '86, Menapace said he
won a Poughkeepsie Journal public opi-
nion poll for the job as a write-in can-
didate and had a lot of support from
some alumni and the booster club.
"It's my goal to ultimately be the head
coach at Marist College - at some point
in time," said Menapace.
"If
the job
opens again, I'll apply for it.
"If
any college post opened up, I would
have to think about it. But it would be
difficult to leave Rhinecliff."
Especially after watching the transfor-
mation of his team to a winner from a
loser.
After that 0-20 season three years ago,
Mt·napace and the coach of 20-0 Haldane
were named co-coaches of the year by
their colleagues in the Bi-Valley League.
Despite his record, it was felt Menapace
had done a remarkable job getting the
pro~ram started.
"The ability to teach well and the abili-
ty to motivate are, I feel, the two most
important qualities for a coach."
And for a chemistry professor, too.