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Volume 35, Number 20
Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.·
April 27, 1989
Who gets how much -at Marist?
by Bill
Johnson
' available.
The salaries of Marist ad-.
President Dennis Murray ear~- ministrators are
far
above the na-
ed, $120,000. for the fiscal year tional average-for all four-year col-
1987-88, down from $143,500 the leges but come closer to the
previous year, according to the col- averages of salaries at colleges with
lege's Internal Revenue Service budgets comparable to Marist,
forms.
surveys show.
Murray, in an interview this
Murray's salary in 1987-88 was
week, would not explain why his 64 percent higher than·the national
salary dropped
16
percent in
.
average for presidents of four-year
1987-88
year after itjumped 34 per-
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colleges, $73,226. The national
cent between 1985-86 and 1986-87. average was obtained through a
Murray earned
$107,000 in
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survey by the College and Oniver-
1985-86.
sity Personnel Association.
Murray's salary is determined by
Howev(!r,"another
CUPA survey
the board of trustees in consulta- of private universities with budgets
tion with an executive compensa- of $34.1 million to $83 million lists
tion expert.
.
the average salary for college
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Because Marist is a non-profit presidents at $110,000. Murray's
institution, its tax documents are salary is 9 percent higher.
available to the public. The IRS
The college's total expenses for
Form 990 contains the salaries of 1987-88 were about $36.9 million,
the
·college's
highest-paid
acco,rding to the IRS Form 990.
employees and other information
Faculty salaries at Marist have
pertaining to college finances. The remained higher than
average
1987,88 form was the latest
faculty salaries
at
comparable
10 win·ners.
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take home
the cash
by Ed
McGar~
Ten people went home $20
richer last Wednesday night
aft~r winning "The $200 Guess
Joe Hello's Five Fa'l(orite Songs
Of The 1980s Contest."
Bello, a former Marist stu-
dent who now attends-Temple
University _Jn Philadelphia,
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awarded the money after the ten
people:were able to guess four
ofhis five favorite songs of _the
decade.
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Before the contest, which was.
held in the Theater,
,the
au-
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dience of about 100 people and
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a
dog was given
a
list of Bello's
30 favorite songs of the past
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nine years to choose from;
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Along with these choices was
a list of "important emotion-
triggering events in Joe Bello's
life," including memories. of
Marist
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College, a trip to
California and his _senior
year in
high school.
This
nostalgia was
intended to help the audience
guess. the five songs.
schools but have increased at a
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much slower rate than those for
senior Marist administrators.
Salary increases for top-ad-
ministrators have varied from 9
percent to 17 percent annually in
recent years, according to the IRS
documents, whHe faculty salaries
have iricreased 3 percent to 7 per-
cent on averag~.
Full professors at Marist earned
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an average of $43,500 in 1987-88,
2 percent higher than average at a
private four-year institution, accor-
ding to a survey by the American
Association of University Pro-
fessors. Marist professors earned 3
percent more than the previous
year.
Marist associate professors earn-
ed an a verge of $35,500 last year,
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percent higher than average and
6 percent more than the previous
year, according to the survey.
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The typical assistant professor at
Marist earned $28,200 last year, 6
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Bello also provided hints· by
speaking about each song
as
it
,
was played in the background.
The longer Bello spoke about
each song, the greater the
chance it was one of his five
favorites.
Former Marist student/personality Joe Bello, now a senior
at Temple University, gave bls audience of 100
people
more than
a show -
it
was also an opportunity to win $200 by guessing
BeJlo's five favorite songs. Ten people each took home $20,
.out
of Bello's own pocket, by naming four of the songs.
Bello twice jumped off the
stage and once pounded his fist
on the floor to stress how much
he liked
a
song.
The generally enthusiastic
crowd applauded and laughed
at Bello's antics as it tried to
decide which were his favorite
songs.
"It's· great to
see
all these
people come out and promote
college activities," said senior
Mark Rahikka.
Rahikka, one of the ten win-
ners, said the event proves that
college students can_ have fun
without alcohol.
Bello teased the
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anxious
crowd by first naming his sixth
through tenth favorite songs as
the audience chanted, "We
want the money."
The Theater was mixed with
shouts of excitement and disgust
as Bello finally listed his five
favorite songs.
They were:
"Turn Your
Love
Around" by George Benson,
"Captain of My Heart" by
(Photo
by
Rob Jeannette)
Double, "Everybody-Wants To
Rule The World" by Tears for·
Fears, "Til I Loved You," a
duet with Barbra Streisand and
Don Johnson, and "Sara" by
Starship.
Bello, who was visibly ex-
hausted after the contest, said
he was happy with the turnout
and how the show went.
"I'm just glad it's over,"
Bello said. "Now
I
can become
a normal
person
again
... at least
.
until my next idea."
Service
program
faces-
·fund
cuts
by
Denise DeCicco
organizers, he said.
Students eligible for financial aid
Faced with losing half its fun-
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can receive tuition credits of up to
ding n.ext year, the
-Marist
com-
$509
per s.emester for working up
inunity service program is trying to to IO hours a week in the communi-
find other sources to fund the pro-
ty, according to Koshin.
gram that grants tuition credit to
This year 45 students earned tui-
students who perfom community tion credit in 70 placements, accor-
_
service.
ding to Koshkin. Some students
For the past two years, the pro-
-worked
both semesters and three
gram has received U.S .. Depart-
students who dicl not qualify for
ment of Education grants of
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aid volunteered. Students who do
$36,500 to $38,000, according to not work the full~time schedule of
the program ~oordinator, Phil
.10
hours a· week earn credit
Koshkin. The Fund for the Im-
accordingly.
provement of Post-Secondary
But Koshkin said fewer students
Education
.was
designed to get the will be able to participate next year
program off the-ground and is not
beca:use of the smaller budget.
renewable after the second year.
Only 40 placements can be of-
In addition to the FIPSE grant,
fered with the funding that is now
the program received
$13:soo
from available for next year, Koshin
Marist and $10;000 from the Gan-
said. The college is pledged to con-
nett Foundation this year, creating tribute $13,500
a
year, he said, and
a budget of ab.out
$61,500.
he expects the Gannett Founda-
The program's annual
'budget
tion'.s $10,000 grant will be
allots $30,000 for tuition credit and available again.
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$3,000
_for
transportation to the
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The grants office is trying to
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site, Koshin said. The rest of the secure funding from other sources
money goes to administrative fees, to replace the government money,
mostly salaries for the program's
he said.
Water main break leaves
Champagnat high and dry
by
Chris Landry
A break in a water main outside
Champagnat Hall early Monday
morning prompted a five-hour
shutdown· of water on the South
End of campus, according to
Charles Hall, Sheahan Hall's
residence director.
Students
in Champagnat,
Sheahan, Leo and Marian halls
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went without water from about
9:30
a.m.
to 2:30 p.m. last Mon-
day. Hall said.
The problem began when a water
main south of Champagnac broke
at about 2:30 a.m., creating a small
geyser, Hall said.
Maintenance workers from the
Office of Physical Plant decided to
wait until later that morning to turn
off the water and fix the pipe, Ball
said.
Students were able to shower at
the Mccann Center.
Officials from Physical Plant
were unavailable for comment this
week.
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Children of Alcoholics are held Mondays portumt1es
are part of both erogram~,
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Entertainment
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residence hail open h~us; will be. held. York and in the third or fourth ye~r o~;col-. --.Junior-:an~Jenior
college mtet1~g ta~d
Contact the Housln Office for details. The lege or graduate school. For apph~t1.ons, 9°n:1'!1.U,IJ!CBtton
majors can wo
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"Junior Ring carerJ'ony" will be held in the call the Mental Health Association in Ulster
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l.onclon, l;ngland this s~m~er •~ a pr°,
Experimental Theater
The performances of seven plays writ-
ten directed and performed by stud~nts
wm'take place tonight and toi:n1:1rrow
night
in the Theater. "Festival '89" 1s
open to the
public and admission is free.
Mccann Center beginning at 7•30 pm
County at 336-4747. Deadline is Sept. 8,
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begins July 8 and ends Aug. 11. Total cost
following
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the cafeteria. The reception
Business students
for tuition, room and board is $2,400 plus
and dance ~r4;)
_sponsored
by the Office of
The National Black MBA Association an-
airfare. Interested students should contact
Simon 'Sez'
A contest format of the game "Simon
Sez" will take place tomorrow at 2:30 p.m.
on the Champagnat Mall. This event is be-
ing sponsored by the Office of College
College Act1v1t1es.
nounced the addition of three $3,000 Dr. Arthur Winters, chairman of F.I.T.'s
Lectures
and
Seminars
graduate school scholarships for minority Advertising and Marketing Communica-
graduate students in a business ad-
tions Department, at (212) 760-TT05.
Activities.
Catch a Rising Star
Chemical Dependency
ministration ol' management studies. For
applications, write the NBMBAA at 111
East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Ill., 60601.
Summer workshops
in Washington
Mental health groups in. Ulster County
are sponsoring "Breaking the Chemical
Connection: Exploring Treatment Issues in
Support Groups
Journalism, political science and
The College Union Board is sponsoring.
a performance by guitarist Mark Rust next
Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. in the River Room.
For information, contact the Office of Col-
lege Activities.
Chemical Dependency," a day-long
economics students can earn credit this
seminar at the Holiday Inn in Kingston May
Marist College holds confidential
sa,ary--
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percent higher than average and 7
• percent more than the previous
year, according to ·the survey.
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After Murray, the next three
highest-paid employees of Marist in
1987-88 were as follows, according
to the IRS document:
-Vice President for Academic
Affairs Marc vanderHeyden earn-
ed $75,000 last year, 17 percent
more than the previous year. Chief
academic officers at all four-year
colleges earned an average salary of
$52,513 last year, compare,d to
$80,000 at colleges with budgets
comparable to Marist, according to
CUP A surveys.
-Former Vice President for Ad-
ministration Edward Waters, who
retired from . that . position · last
semester, earned
$69,100
last year,
18
percent more than the previous
year. The
average
salary was
$50,000
for all four-year colleges
and $78,000 for comparable
colleges.
-The vice president for admis-
sions , and enrollment planning,
Harry Wood, earned $68,900 last
year. The average salary for admis-
sions directors at all four-year col-
leges was $34,800 last year. The
average salary for the same job at
colleges comparable to Marist was
unavailable.
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In addition to his annual salary,
Murray also lives in a home own-
ed
and maintained by the college
and ·drives a college-owned car.
These and other benefits are com-
mon among college presidents, ac-
cording to a CUPA survey.
"I'm not ashamed or embarrass-
ed
of
my salary;
I
think
I
earn
every
penny of it," Murray said. "If peo-
ple want to make what a college
president makes they
can
apply for
the job - or be a Big East basket-
ball coach."
Murray said Marist faculty and
administrators could make much
more in other professions and that
the college has to pay competitive
salaries !O keep good people.
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Exiting Proced~res For Spring 1989 Semester
.
Please be advised that the residence halls
will
close at 6 'pm on Thursday 5/11/89 for sumnier vacation. Lunch
will be the last meal served on May· 11.
ALL STUDENTS MUST VACATE THEIR ROOM ON THE DAY OF THEIR LAST FINAL EXAM. Begin
to plan your departure arrangements
now
in order to avoid.travel complications. Your immediate departure
directly affects students that still have final exams and the ability of student and professional "residence staff
to complete their work and begin their vacation plans~
You must make an appointment with your RA/UC to indicate your time of departure and to have your room
inspected prior to that time. Your residence area must be swept clean. All assigned furniture and appliances
must be cleaned and in there proper location. All garbage must be taken out to the dumpster in your area.
DO NOT leave trash in your room or the common areas. Windows and curtains should be closed· (windows
locked) and lights turned off.
Prior to inspection, a key envelope will be sent to you through your P .0. Box. The key envelope.will be labeled
with your name and residence area. When departing campus after your last final exam, the student should
place his/her College issued key(s) in the envelope, seal it and return it to his/her RA/UC or Residence Direc-
tor. If you are unable to find a staff member, please slip the key envelope (with the keys) under the door of
TKE
your Residence Director. Students that do not return their College issued key(s) within 72 hours after the close
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of the semester will be billed $15.()0 per key.
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agreed to consider two points of
TKE's appeal: CSL's voting pro-
cess and the authority of the col-
lege to regulate the display of
fraternity colors. The group has
especially taken issue with the order
not to wear its.
TICE
jerseys on
If you have rented a refrigerator from Coll_ege
Rent-A-Fridge, a representative will be here on Friday, April
28, 1989 to pick-up the refrigerator. You can return it from 9:30 am-11:00 am in front of Leo Hall and from
11 :30 am-1 :00 pm in front of Champagnat Hall.
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Cars
WILL NOT
be permitted to drive up to the buildings on the south end of campus due ·to fire/safety
concerns. The last van shuttle to campus will leave Canterbury Apartments at 6:00 pm on Thursday,
5/
l l /89.
campus.
As of Monday afternoon, the
REMINDER, ALL STUDENTS MUST VACATE ON THE DAY OF THEIR LAST EXAM. Please consult
Judicial Board chairman, Biltl
your RA/UC or RD and the April 27, 1989 issue of the Circle for further details regarding exiting procedures.
Saroka,
said the board would no
consider the display of fraternity
Students residing in the Townhouses, North Road, Gartland Commons, and Canterbury Apartments
will
receive
letters.
a more detailed check-out procedure booklet to assist them. The final exam schedule will be available in the
TKE was punished ·ror alleged
Registrar's Office, located in Donnelly Hall.
misconduct involving theft in con-
nection with pledging activity and
vandalism and the violation of the
You
will
be notified by mail of your Fall housing assignment by August 11, 1989. This year, all priority point
c:ollegealcoholpolicyduringaclub
totals (except Campus Involvement) will be re-calculated after the Spring 1989 Semester. The Residence Halls
meeting in Donnelly Hall. Thein-
re-open for returning students on Tuesday Sept.
5
with classes to begin on Wednesday morning.
cidents occurred in February and
March.
by Karen Wirmusky ,·
In an attempt to
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provide
more unity between faculty,
members
and
graduates,
selected faculty will be marching
.
for the first time with students
in their major at the May
20
Commencement, according to
;
.
Edward O'Keefe, commence-,
ment committee member.
The Commencement will be
held in the Lowell Thomas
parking lot, the first time out-
side since 1980, and will include
other changes along with the ad-
dition of the faculty to the
march.
This year, each graduate will
be allowed to invite six seated
guests. Last year only four
guests per graduate could be .
seated.
Also, because graduation will
be outside, additional guests
can
stand during the ceremony. Last
year, attendance was limited to
4,000 people.
If rain is certain, graduation
will be held in Mccann Center,
but it will be a shorter ceramony
with a limited number of guests.
If rain begins during the
ceramony, graduates will be •
acknowledged by major instead
of individually.
Before students pick up their
caps and gowns they will be re-
quired to sign a contract pledg-
ing there will be no alcohol
comsumption
during
the
ceramony and security
will
strictly enforce the policy.
"By not enforcing the policy,
we are really cheating students
that want to have a dignified
commencement," said Donna
Berger, executive assistant to the
.
academic vice president.
Graduates and parents will
receive letters explaining the
policy
prior
to
the
Commencement.
Last year, some graduates
made noise and sprayed cham-
pagne, trying to get the speaker
to finish early. This year college
officials are hoping it will be
different.
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"The last thing that anybody
wants is a confrontation with
students," said O'Keefe.
Another thing that will be dif-
ferent this year is that there will
not be a Baccalaureate recep-
tion, due to last_year's low at-
tendance. The Baccalaureate
ceramony will held in the Lowell
Thomas parking lot on Friday,
May 19, at 5:00 p.m.
About 700 students will be
graduating along with honorary
degree recipients. Paul Rinn, a
U.S. Naval hero and a 1968
graduate of Marist, will be the
Commencement speaker.
April 27, 1989'- THE CIRCLE.;. Page 3
. ,:Eashi,QIJ..,
majors to
sbowJheir
1::)est
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by
Deni~
I>eCicco
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The Grand Ballro~m of ' th~
Radisson
'Hotel
in Poughkeepsie
will be transformed today into a
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glitzy
showplace for the fashions of
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•, The third annual Silver Neeclle \
~-Fashion Show.-will display· more
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than 60 pieces of apparel froni 2~
Marist fashion students.
For. the first time, all of the
designs will be for sale, ranging in
;price from $250 to
-$1,500.
The
tablecloths at the·show, which were
also designed and made by Marist
·
fashion students, will be
·on
sale for
$150.
The show begins at 7 p.m. and
will feature appearances by some of
America's top designers,
.who
will
serve on the program's advisory
board or as judges for the awards.
The students' creations will be
worn by 12 professional models on
a traditional fashion stage, com-
plete with runway.
Carmine Porcelli, Marist's direc-
tor of fashion design, has section-
ed off a dressing area for models
to minimize last year's backstage
confusion.
More than 650 people packed the
ballroom last year, leaving standing
room only.
It
was the first time the
show was held at the downtown
Poughkeepsie hotel.
Designers include Marc Jacobs,
designer for Perry Ellis. Carolina
Herrera, Michael Kors and Bob
Mackie, all of whom head their
own design companies, will also
attend.
Awards will be given' to the
outstanding
design
in· each
category: summer, spring, fall and
resort.
Later, the students, parents,
designers and the fashion pro-
Marist student Leslie Leontzwich (left) gets advice from top designer Bob Mackie (right)
in preparation for tonight's Silver Needle Fashion Show. The annual event will be held at
Poughkeepsie's Radisson Hotel at
7
p.m.
(Photo by Robert Kirk)
gram's advisory board will attend
sional designers. The designers are
a black-tie dinner to be sponsored
the
"absolute
top here in
in part by the Galleria shopping America," he says.
mall and Hudson Valley magazine.
Each of the
14
seniors in the
Students in upper-level fashion. show will display four to six pieces.
design classes have been preparing
They are responsible for the entire
for the fashion show since last design process - from coming up
September. They'have worked on with an idea and doing sketches, to
their designs nine to 12 hours a day actually creating the piece.
and seven days a week. They also
During the creation process,
returned from wbter intersession students met with designers and
a week early and stayed through
models in New York City to get
Spring Break.
their work critiqued.
Porcelli says students have a
Other student-work on aisplay
"very unusual and very exiting"
will come from 12 underclassmen,
opportunity to work with prof es-
who have worked on a project that
designed
a
,
line of "price-
conscious" clothing.
Proceeds from the show will go
to creating a merit scholarship for
fashion design students.
Students can purchase tickets for
the show from the Public Relations
Office for
$5.
General admission
tickets are $25.
A
free dress rehearsal at the
Radisson on April 27 at 1 p.m. is
open to all students.
Anyone interested in purchasing
a design or tablecloth can contact
Porcel\i at 471-3240 ext. 124.
Kids leave their mark on students
Editor's note: The children's.
names
in this
story
have been
changed to protect their
identities.
by Karen Cicero
A short trip to a·table in back of
Marist's River Room last Friday
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marked the beginriing of a new
-friendship
for sophomore Liza
Colombo and 8-year-old Paul.
. :Paul.- who wasn't too happy to
be there at first - grudgingly dip-
ped the palm of his hand in green
paint and pressed it against a large,
white sheet.
He smiled when he saw his hand-
print join about 20 others on the
sheet -
a souvenir for the Marist
Psychology Club's eighth annual
One to One Day.
.
"He's so cute," Colombo, a
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psychology/special education ma-
jor from Mahopac,
N.Y.,
said.
"We're having a great time."
Columbo and Paul weren't
alone. More than 40 mentally and
educationally
handicapped
students from the Astor Home in
.
Rhinebeck, N.Y ., and Cardinal
Hayes in Millbrook,
N. Y.,
left
a
very special impression - both on
that sheet and in the hearts of 111
Marist students and faculty.
St11dents, who were on hand
Trom 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., made a dif-
ference in the children's lives and
learned a lot about themselves, said
Dr. William Van Ornum, the day's
faculty coordinator.
"They realized that handicapped
kids are not so different from
themselves," said Van Ornum,
whose son
.
has Down Syndrome.
"Everyone built a relationship that
he or she will take home and
remember."
Now, when sophomores Eileen
·
Jones and Christie Ingrassia hear
"Lean on Me" on the radio, they
say they'll always think of their
buddies Anna and Jackie.
For the first time, Anna played
Bill Winters' 1972 tune in three
chords on the River Room piano.
But Toni Hamilton's the one
who learned how to hula hoop -
sort of -
thanks to her friend
Steve.
Afte.r
Steve
discovered
Hamilton, a criminal justice major
from Baltimore, Md., didn't ac-
quire that skill in her childhood, he
decided to teach her.
But Hamilton's not that fast of
a study. "She's still not good at it,"
Steve said. "She only got it around
three times."
Other activities which con-
tributed to a carnival-like at-
mosphere on a sunny
65
degree day
included a petting zoo, a clown
with
balloons, pony rides and the
Fairview Fire Company's firetruck.
Denise Becker, the Psychology
Club president, said she knows all
the activities, held in the River
Room and in the back of Cham-
pagnat Hall, were a big hit with the
kids and the students.
"For once, they were away from
their problems and it let them be
what they're supposed to be -
kids," Becker said.
After a while, the countless
baseball pitches, soccer matches
and jumprope competitions with
these eight
to
15-year-old
kids left
the
students
a little weary.
"\ wonder
if
they're as tired as
I am right now," said junior Laurie
Barnett from Newburgh,
N.Y.
Some, however, dreaded the end
of the day, knowing it would signal
a close
to
new friendships.
Nicole DiLella's buddy-
or, as
she calls her, "my little sister" -
wanted DiLella to follow the
van
back to the Astor Home.
DiLella couldn't and during a
long, teary-eyed goodbye, 9-year-
old Debby hugged her friend and
promised to write soon.
Afterwards, DiLella, a freshman
from Montvale, N.J., reflected on
what spending time with Debby
meant to her.
"In my heart, there's an emp-
tiness," DiLella said. "I know th~t
I did good but I'll never be able to
see her again."
"Everybody
here complains
about things being so bad," she
said. "Being with her takes the self-
sympathy away."
For some, Marist isn't just an alma ma~er
Editor~s Note: This story is
part
of a continuing series highlighting
the lives of some recent Marist
graduates.
•
•
by Kathleen Oremus
Graduation usually marks the
last day at Marist
.
for most
students.
But for some recent graduates,
Marist is not only their alma mater,
it is also their employer.
Chris Delgiomo, Jim Norman
and Terrence Michos have all
returned to work at Marist after
graduation and all three agree that
the Marist community made the
transition easier for them.
Delgiorno, a 22-year-old com-
munication arts graduate, began
working as assistant director of ad-
missions two weeks after he
graduated last May and said he was
pleased with the results.
"I jumped right in and I really
love it," Delgiorno said.
young
alums
Norman, director of alumni af-
fairs, graduated from Marist in
1986 with a degree in communica-
tion arts and had held two other
positions in the area before retur-
ning to Marist four and a half
months ago.
Norman said he was always com-
fortable with his teachers outside of
the classroom so his position on
campus has not changed that
relationship.
"I've found most of them seem
to have no problem seeing me as a
fellow employee rather than a stu-
..
dent," Norman said.
Terence Michos, 35, graduated
from Marist with a communication
arts degree in 1986 -and began a student.
working as a freshmen mentor
For Delgiorno, the trans1uon
soon after.·
was a little more unusual.
Michos, who also teaches public
He worked as an admissions in-
speaking and oral interpretation at
tern during the first semester of his
Marist, is used to making transi-
senior year and this experience has
tions in his life. He said he left a
helped him to understand his cur-
successful acting career in Los
rent position.
Angeles after re-evaluating its value
"It was a very strange transition
in his life.
- mainly because as a student your
"I was so immersed in it and
role is just so different from that
now I'm so far away from it; it's
of a college administrator - but,
a strange thing," said Michos.
the internship was sort of a
Michos graduated from Out-
preliminary go at what it would be
chess Community College in 1975 like to work here," said Delgiomo.
and returned to Poughkeepsie to
..
·"It
was something I had to work
pursue his bachelors degree at
at before I was fully comfortable
Marist in 1984.
with my new position.
Michos said the student to
"It's a
very
supportive com-
employee transition was easy and
munity here, professionally and in
natural, not only because of the
terms of the student body, so the
support he received from Dean
support.has really helped me to get
Gerard Cox and Dr. Jeptha Lann-
through the transition and to make
ing, but also because of past ex-
it a successful one."
perience as a college church group
Norman said his previous jobs
counselor aPd recent experience as
with the March of Dimes and the
Heart Association were great lear-
ning experiences. But the oppor-
tunity to work at Marist and re-
establish his ties with the college
was something he could not pass
up, he said.
Even though he did not live on
campus, Norman involved himself
in campus life as the Marist Col-
lege Red Fox for four years. He
also worked as student ground-
skeeper during the school year and
summers at Marist.
Norman said coming back to
work
at Marist was exciting
experience.
"It
was kind of a kick my first
day back on campus and seeing
everybody again, saying 'hello' and
people asking, 'What are you do-
ing here,' and answering, 'I work
here,"' added Norman.
"This is definitely the best
job
I've ever had."
Page 4 - THE CIRCLE-April 27,
·1989
~canterbury Jam' to rock
P~rJ(
Jhis·week-en;d
_by
Mike Vukobratovitb
Free food and live music
every college student's dream.
Dreams· will come true Saturday at
the
Canterbury
•
Garden
Apartments.
The first Canterbury Jam will be
held at Overocker Park behind
Canterbury from 2:30 to 6 p.m.,
featuring three Marist bands, food
and refreshments - all for free.
The concert, billed as "an event
by the students, for the students,"
is the brain-child of Canterbury
resident Jason Frenchman, a senior
from Yonkers, N.Y., who worked
with Unit Coordinator Phii°Karpel ing and Residence -J~ife, said '60s folk music, Bad News, a rock
to make the idea an event, said
•
Karpel, and according to Frcn-
band that won the last Battle of the
Frenchman.
.
.chman,
it has been (airly suppor-
Bands and First Time Users, who
Frenchman and Karpel organiz-
tive of the concert. "Anything that play everything from Bob Dylan to
ed the jam to showcase Marist stu-
we've needed they've given us," he the Police.
dent's musical talent and to change said.
•
Besides the music and food,
stereotypes about student life at
"Housing is a little worried that basketball courts and a baseball
Canterbury·,
according
to
(the concert) will get out of hand. field are also available for those
Frenchman.
,
Because it's Parents Weekend they who don't want to just sit down
"Canterbury is almost a dirty don't want it to turn into another
··and
listen to .the music, said
word. We're having (the Canter-
River Day,".:said Karpel.
..
Frenchman.
bury Jam) to give Canterbury' a
I
The
>
Canterbury
- staff
According
tq
Karpel, the concert
better name and give students a discourages students from bringing is a way to give something back to
more positive outlook towards life alcohol to the concert, said the people who have to live at
at Canterbury," said Frenchman; Frenchman.
•
•
Canterbury.
The $600 cost of the project has
The three free amateur bands are
"I don't think living at Canter-
been funded by the Office of Hous-
Easy WiI1d, a cover band. that plays
,
bury is that bad in the first place.
The concert will make it a little bit
better.'' said Christine Tolle, a
sophomore ca!}terbury resident.
All students are welcome to at-
tend the Canterbury "Jam and are
encouraged to bring their parents.
Van service for on-campus students
will be available at 12:25, 1 :25 and
2:25 p.m. in the Donnelly Hall
parking lot.
"People seem to
be
very en-
thusiastic. I hope the positive·
response turns into a positive day.
We just want everybody to come
out and have
a
good time," said
Frenchman.
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This_ week
Debbie
gets hers
by Mary Stricker
I don't know why I dislike
Debbie Gibson so much. Is it
her hair? Her clothes? Her
music? Her youth? Yes.
But it has more to do with the
fact that she is Debbie Gibson.
This icky teeny-bopper has
become the symbol for youth -
or electric youth, if she will.
She writes her own songs,
directs her own videos and ob-
viously picks her own wardrobe.
I guess people find these ac-
complishments
worthy of
praise. But her songs, videos
and fashion statements are, at
the least, obscene.
Deb must be mocked or we
will live with a future generation
of giddy girlies who think the
meaning of life is; "Don't
worry, be happy."
Their
lipstick will get brighter, their
hair blonder and their hoop ear-
rings bigger.
These cutesy blondies will
turn our youth into empty-
headed boobs who think saving
the aerosol can is a worthy
cause. The next generation
won't be radical or rebellious -
they'll just be queer.
We don't need to physically
abuse Deb, but she needs to be
put in her place. Why can't she
be like all the other white female
flake heads, do her nails and
---·-
.,,,
·
•di:eam
of having,Jon.Bon .Jovi's
•
-
children? Then we could just ig-
nore her.
Sure, b,er records are selling
better
.
than ''The Satanic
Verses," but we-cari pufan end
to this.
.
All we need is a pair of lime
green bell-botto11,1ed
polyester
slacks, with the stiff seams in
front: We scribble her irutials
inside the elastic waist with the
message, "This is the real Deb-
bie Gibson. We found these in
the trash outside her house.
Deb's a nerd."
Record sales will cease
altogether.
Debbie Gibson
posters, buttons, hats· and
t-
shirts
·wm
be destroyed ..
True, our youth will then
have to live with the fact that
they laid down their hearts and
souls to a phony. But the next
time some blonde bimbo skips
into the music scene, they won't
be so gullable.
.
Unforunately, my plan does
not solve all
·of
our problems.
The likes of. Kylie Minogue,
Samantha Fox and the ever so
wishy-washy • Madonna still
.
must be reckoned with.
Nor does it solve a problem
of a more personal nature that
I can't seem to get rid of.
Please,
don't
let me be
misunderstood .. I
am
glad. some
people choose to read my col-
umn.
I
am
glad a few people
like my column. I am even glad
some people disagree with my
opinions.
But Geez Louise, is it really
necessary to hail me down at
2:36
a.m.
on a Saturday night
at Skinner's to discuss the ar-
tistic integrity of Guns
'n'
Roses, and ~ow I must give
them
a
break??
Where do you folks get off
telling me
I'm
too opinionated
or I'm "ridin'
on a high
horse"?
I'm
just
a
silly female
trying to get by. Why don't you
go pick
on somebody your own
size -
like that babbling buf-
foon Wes Zahnke?
Or
better
yet, how
about Mr.
1-know-
everything-about-everything
Paul O'Sullivan ... ?
April 21, 19B9- THE CIRCLE·- PIIIJII 5
.
.
.
College ma~es long-distance switch
by Stacey McDonnell
Callers must dial the
:
prefix
carry the long-distance calls from
1-0-288-before dialing the number
the 77 on-campus pay phones.
gress to curb and regulate rates for
the future.
Students who use on-campus pay and user code in order to switch
"We didn't think the switch
phones havt: had to dial an added back to the AT&T lines and use would affect the students too much
prefix to use· their AT&T calling their cards. If they do not know
because the quality and service are
cards since the college decided to this code, they may not be transfer-
as good, if not better, than that of
switch to MCI for its long-distance· red to the AT&T
liqes
because the
AT&T," said Mulvey. "Not telling
phone service in early April.
alternati~e companr operators do
.
the students about the switch was
In March, the National Associa-
tion of Regulatory Utility Commis-
sioners passed a resolution calling
for more strict guidelines and
regulation of rates for the alter-
native carriers.
The switch was prompted by the not have to give the prefix to the
•
an over-sight on our part, though."
higher commission rate offered by callers.
,
. ,
Consumer activists say they fear
MCI.
During the first week of April,
that calls over.the alternative com-
Marist will receive 15 percent of the federal
•
government began
panics' lines . will be suQject to
all revenue from long-distance calls allowing alternative long-distance outrageous rates because the fees
made through
MCI,
according to carriers to provide servfoes for 1. 7 are set independently by each long-
Christine M~lyey, manager of million pay phones in the Bell distance carrier.
telecommunications. The college network.
;:'
f
:
According to Mulvey, rates are
received 15 cents a call from AT&T
Marist officials investigated a
now about the same among the
regardless of length or distance, switch to MCI, an alternative-
long-distance carriers. However,
said Mulvey.
. carrier company, in mid-March to steps are being taken by the Con-
Some consumer activists have
voiced concerns about billing con-
fusion. They claim callers may
believe they are being billed by the
proper company if they have call-
ing cards from alternative carriers
such as MCI or U.S.Sorint.
Actor offers
vivid vieW
of lit great
by Robin Martini
Conrad Pomerleau stood on the
edge of the stage. The audience was
quiet, waiting. They listened for
Pomerleau -
dressed as author
Edgar Allan Poe -
to recite the
next line of "The Bells."
"The bells, the bells, the bells -
Mulvey said the college was
assured no problems would arise in
using calling cards from other
companies.
Student work
takes stage
The Marist College Council on
Theater Arts and Gerard Cox's
Theater Workshop class are spon-
soring "Festival '89" this week in
the Theater.
The performances began last
night and will continue through
tomorrow. Each show begins at
7
p.m.
To the rhyming and chiming of the
•
beHs!" His voice rang out,
im-
itating the sound of the bells.
"Without Humor," a comedic
representation of film noir, was
written by senior Chris Meyer and
is being directed by senior Rich
Sabol. Meyer also penned "A Bite
to Eat," the story of a hamburger
flipper who turns into a werewolf.
Junior Rosemary Bianculli will
direct this play.
It was all part of a two-hour per-
formance last Thursday evening in
the Fireside Lounge where 14
students and one faculty member
gathered to see Pomerleau act out
a biographical sketch of Poe's life
and recite many of Poe's works.
"Poe in Person" was a character
·;
presentation of a 39-year-old
•
Poe··
speaking to the audience as he
·would
to a guest in his own home.
,
The stage was sparsely furnish-
ed as a 19th century room, With an
oriental rug and a chair next to a
table that had a few books, a cigar
box and a framed photograph of
a woman.
Pomerleau silently strolled on
stage, never looking at the au-
dience. He kept his eyes lowered
and sat do.wn. Then he began
reciting "The Raven."
When finished; he preceded to
.
tell of Poe's life from his birth to
one year before his death.in 1849.
• Pomerleau recited other works
by Poe such
as
"Annabel Lee,"
"The Cask of Amontillado" and
a letter Poe wrote to his father ask-
Edgar Allen Poe was at Marist last week -
sort of -
to
perform in the Fireside Lounge. The Poe look-alike.
is
really
actor Conrad Pomerleau, who recreated the life and works of
the 19th-century poet a~d short-story writer.
Junior Jennifer Schiffer is direc-
ting Meyer's "The Game." The
play tells of a game between two
opposing teams.
Senior Elizabeth Callahan wrote
"A Dog's Life." The play follows
the escapades of a talking dog.
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ing him permission to resign from
West Point.
Pomerleau
bore
a
strong
resemblance to Poe. He wore a suit
traditional to the era, and his hair
was styled in nineteenth century
fashion.
Beth Goffe, a freshman from
Queens, said: "It was like a rein-
carnation. He was excellent."
After the show, Pomerleau said
he found an interest in Poe's works
at age 19 when he decided to read
.
Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" in the
basement of his parents' house .
Pomerleau said he started per-
forming "Poe in Person" in 1976.
Pomerleau, a professional actor,
lives in New York and has perform-
ed at the American Place Theater
(Photo by Rob Jeannette)
• ~
Senior Lisa. Meo is the director.
and the American Shakespeare
•
"Straight Up"
·is
the story of a
Festival
in
Stratford,
Conn.
.
•
person who
believes, he
may
be
an
alcoholic. The
play
was written
by
Pomerleau bas also appeared in Christina Lawless, the president of
films such as "Kramer
vs. MCCTA, and senior Jennifer
Kramer," "The Amityville Hor-· Peifer is the director.
ror," "The Marathon Man" and • A death caused by drunk driver
several Woody Allen films.
and the relationship between a high
His well-trained voice, which he school principal and one of his
used to quickly change characters, students
are
the focus
of
thrilled many in the Marist au-·
·,sophomore
Jamie O'Hara's "We
dience.
"I
felt like jumping on are Companions on a Journey."
sti:tge with him and reciting 'An-
Sophom9re Michelle Bessey is the
nabel Lee' along with him," said play's director.
Andy Moraitis, a freshman English
Senior Rich Sabol's "Ordinary
major from Hyde Park.
"I
thought
•
Travel through Time" will also be
it was the real Edgar Allan Poe up
performed, with junior Kathy
there on stage."
Schaeffer directing. The play
The show was sponsored by the· focuses on the perception of time
College Union Board.
as people grow older, Sabol said.
CSL honors clubs
at annual ceremony
by Dennis Yusko
·
The Council of Student Leaders
awarded some Marist organizations
for their work on and off campus
at its awards dinner on Sunday.
In the annual event, CSL granted
awards for the club of the year, the
service club of the year and the
•
class of the year. The ceremony
also saw the addition of
a
new
award -
the sports club of the
year. which was awarded to the•
volleyball squad.
The club of the year, awarded to
the Commuter Union, is given to
the club that has produced and held
the most successful events during
the year.
The service club of the year,
given to both the Psycology Club
and the Social Work Club, is given
to the group that has provided the
most services to the Marist and/or
the local community.
This year's class of the year was
given to the class of 1992. This
award is given out to the class that
has done the most work.
"The freshman class held a fun-
draiser, took part
in
the freshmen
olympics and was a very en-
thusiastic bunch. All of this
counts," said Jennifer Peifer, stu-
dent body treasurer. "The senior,
junior and sophmore classes just
did the normal amount of class
activities."
•
Peifer said the addition of the
sports club award was done
because the CSL wanted a special
•
category to recognize the growing
·amounts of some of the sports at
Marist that are recognized as clubs
rather than teams. Groups such as
hockey, wrestling, rugby and rac-
quetball each have club status.
To win an award, you must win
the majority of seven votes. The
presidents of the Resident Student
Council, the Student Academic
Committee, the Commuter Union
and the College Union get one
vote. The vice president of the stu-
dent body, the student body
~
••
treasurer and the student body
secretary also get one vote each. In
a tie, the student body president
would be the deciding vote.
The name of each of the honored
clubs will be placed on a plaque in
the Office of Student Affairs.
Spring
flung
A
new method of
caring
hangovers being
tested?
No, It's
the Gyro, feahlred
OD
campus
darina last weekend's Sprlag
FIJng.
'Photo
b Bob
Davis
•
editorial
Closed meeting
hinders justice
Tomorrow, the Judicial Board
will
meet to
review
the process
by which the Council of Student Leaders voted to punish Tau
Kappa Epsilon for alleged violations.
The board has decided to close the meeting to the public, ac-
cording to board Chairperson Bill Saroka. Saroka also says board
members will decide at the beginning of-the meeting whether to
allow a reporter "from The Circle to be present for the proceedings.
The first of these decisions is wrong; the second
·should
be
unnecessary.
.
First, the board should not expect to satisfy the members of
TKE by deliberating on the appeal
if
it does not allow the frater-
nity to hear the proceedings.
The members of TKE have the right to hear how the final deci-
sion on their appeal is reached.
Throughout the TKE case; CSL has closed its meetings. Now
TKE is charging CSL with bias because five members of the coun-
cil belong to Sigma Phi Epsilon, another fraternity on campus.
The question remains, if TKE was allowed to sit in on these
meetings, would the Judicial Board be hearing the appeal now?
By allowing TKE to sit in on its meetings, CSL may have shown
that the membership of some of the officers in another fraternity
had no bearing on the outcome of the deliberations.
The Judicial Board should learn from this mistake.
Secondly, any viable news media on campus should be allow-
ed to report on the meetings rather than on a brief synopsis of
the proceedings when they are complete.
•
The practice of briefing a repor:ter rather than allowing him
to gather information first-hand only makes his task of understan-
ding and reporting on a subject more difficult.
Also, by allowing a journalist - whether he be from campus
radio station
WMCR,
Marist College Television or The Circle -
access to the meeting, the board could assure the college com-
munity that its decision is impartial, fair and well thought ou_t.
Opening the meeting is the best decision f ~r all concerned;
m
this case, the entire college community is concerned.
letters
..
..
Condom story was wrong
To the editor:
This is in response to the story
that appeared in the April 13 issue
of The Circle concerning condoms
and the Students for Student's
Rights group ("Condom policy
tops agenda for meeting").
I
am
upset with the slander and· sensa~
tionalism of the article~ and I want
to
set the record straight about it.
Our group is an informal
organization which meets to discuss
problems facing students. These
problems include prices in the
Bookstore, permission for a stu-
dent mural on campus, the new
Poughkeepsie residency law and
the forum being scheduled for May
1.
·were used.
Having condoms on campus is
one issue on our agenda, but it cer-
tainly isn't the only one - it just
happens to be the most sensational.
The very headline of the article
is "totally misleading. The condom
policy isn't even on the agenda for
the forum. The main concerns
will
be housing and the Library. The ar-
ticle gives the impression that we
are putting condoms ahead of
housing and academics, and I feel
as if my intelligence has been
·insulted.
I realize the very word "con-
dom" draws attention, and has, in
a way, made our group pretty
famous lately, but that's not the
kind of fame I was hoping for. This
group was not formed to create
problems for the administration.
Our goal is. to work with the ad-
minstration to improve com-
munication and to end apathy
among students.
The article said our group "is
organizing an open forum for May
.
I to discuss the availablility of con-
doms on campus ... " Although I
discussed the idea with
•
Dean
Gerard Cox, we agreed that our
time would be fairly limited - on-
ly about two hours. There are more.
important issues that need to be' ad-
I'm sure some of you are saying
dressed first, such as housing and -
"Housing? Isn't that a dead
the Library.
•
issue?" The answer is "no." Not
until places like Canterbury fade
When the reporter ~e
to inter-
away. As for the Library; how
view me, I told him I was the one many of you have gone
to
the
organizing the forum, and I made Library to discover the books you
it perfectly clear what topics would need aren't there or are in storage?
be discussed. The impression that
I get from reading the anicle is that
Those of you suffering from
it was already written before the apathy may be asking: "What can
reporter talked to me and that on-
ly those quotes that fit the article
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If
you can ,t stand the heat ....
by
Paul O'Sullivan
Turn on a television these days,
a,nd you will see nothing but hew
•
•
,
shows.-Tbere,is "The New Dating'
•
Game," "The New Munsters" the
new ''Mission:.Impossible"and so
:
on and so on; ·
•
.
•
It's bad
·enough
-that television
h!lS
always been a' vast wasteland,
but at least it was an original
wasteland. Now all we get is "The
Wasteland: a New Beginning."
But, just like you can't censor
television because of its poor quali-
ty, you should not be able to cen-
sor it because of its poor taste
either.
Unfortunately,
some
mothers and religious
·leaders
seem
to have forgotten about that.
A new wave of censorship
started-a few months ago, when
Terry Rakolta,
a Michigan
homemaker, was offended by the
content of an episode of "Mar-
ried ... With Children." Rakolta
wrote to some of the show's spon-
sors, who subsequently pulled their
•
advertising.
•
It is good that Mrs. Rakolta felt
she could petition a show's spon-
sors and get some action. It is not
good that a Michigan housewife
can have so inuch power that she
can decide what the rest of the
country can watch.
I just happened to
see
that par-
ticular episode of "Married ... With
Children."
Ii
showed men wearing
garter belts and stockings, among
other things. Personally,.! thought
thinking
between
the
lines
'
by turning the channel.
.
If enough people agree
with
her
assessment, no one
will
watch the
show (except bums like me) and it
will be canceled.
The free
marketplace of ideas works, if you
give
it a chance. The Constitution
does not, and should not, judge
what is tasteful and what is not.
It is illegal to yell "fire" in a
crowded theater {unless,-Qf course,
there really is a fire in said theater).
It is not illegal to yell "penis" in
a crowded cathedral. It is in poor
taste, and whoever does it will pro-
.
bably be pelted with crucifixes and
whipped with rosary beads - but
it is not illegal.
But the real thrust of Rakolta's
argument was not so much that the
show offended her taste, but that
she was afraid her children would
see it.
"I'm
·not
a radical. I'm not a
prude," Rakolta said. "I just want
to be able to turn on my TV with
a degree of safety.about what my
children are going to see
.
.,
Is the Federal Communications
Commission a baby-sitting service?
Are we all supposed to watch "Mr.
Rogers" and "Sesame Street" our
.
entire lives?
If Rakolta is concerned with
what her children are seeing at"9;30
.
p.m. on. a Sunday night, I would
• suggest she check out an episode of.
• •
•
•-
·
'
"0.V
Joe" on a weekday after~
noon. She
will
see
all tho villains
have Russian an:d German accents,
•
and all the
heroes
are
Vi
AsPrnales
who talk "good American."
The truth is that there is very lit-
tle on television Uiat is truly
•
.
•suitable
for children. That i.s"unfor-
tunate, but parents who allow their
children to
.
watch anything they
•
want ori television and then com-
plain that it is in bad taste are be-·
ing naive and silly.
•
It
is impossible for a parent to
know what
a
child is. doing
24
hours
a
day, but
a
parent who
.
selects a baby sitter without at least
getting a'i:eference from a friend is
just asking for their children to be
cared for by a punk rock-crazed
juvenile delinquent.
It
is the
same
situation
•
with'
television
..
If
a parent does not have
the time to fook in "TV Guide"
and see what a program is
all
about, then perh.aps he or she
should never have become a parent
in the first place~
-
Television is not a baby-sitter
~d it is not a vehicle for a-par-''·
ticular moral viewpoint. It is an·
entertainment medium and should
be regulated as· such.
.
All we need now are some shows
that are actually entertaining. Then
we'll be all set.
it was pretty tasteless ... and pretty
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hilarious.
----------
This only proves that what some
In the story titled "Few show for seminar on job hunt" which ap-
peQple find offensive, others find
peeared in The Circle last week, Robert Norman, associate professor
amusing. It comes down to a ques-
of communications, was incorrectly identified as Augustine Nolan,
tion of rights - if Rakolta is sue-
assistarit professor of communication. In the story titled "Condom
cessful in getting a show taken off
policy tops agenda for meeting" which appeared in The Circle April
the air, it violates my right to see
13, the editors made an incorrect inference as to the subject matter
that show.
If
that show is not taken
of the forum. No discussion of condom distribution has been schedul-
off the air, I can still watch it, and
ed for the meeting.
Rakolta can voice her displeasure ________________________
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Marist's forgotten -values and 'moral fraud'
by Bro. Joseph L.R. Belanger
Allow me some final reflections
on recent articles in The Circle. •
- .J:irst.of all, congratulations on
parts of the April 13 editorial. You
had the honesty to . state une-
quivocally: there is. open promiscui-
•
ty on campus, and the administra-
tion does not care. It should care
- if not morally, at least financial-
ly! Only 56 percent of the students
who start at Marist graduate! One
of every two coeds who start never
finish.
The causes are complex, but the
moral fraud at Marist surely is a big
reason. Of course, if other paying
animals and humans take their
place, why care?
Surely the most tragic sentiment
in the condom debate is the sense
of defeatism expressed.by many -
"abstention is not
a
viable option.'?
The lack of options is the end of
human development. Would that
these defeatists could spend time
with the thousands of Taize and
Focolare teens
•
around the world
(some of them right here in Hyde
,
~
The tour
to end
all-tours
by
Mark
Miller
O.K.; so it was River Day last
Friday. I took part ... but in
quite a special way. I'm sure the
Admissions Office will love me
• for it too.
• You see, early in the morning .
I happened to be over by Don-
nelly where I bumped into a
ratherJost~,lqoking, ~ute yoµng
lady and her mother.
"Excuse me, do you know
where the Admissions Office is?
I'm supposed to
.~
~ing
a_
tour."
..
•
..
.
"A tour? Why, you must be
going
to
meet me," I said (I
lied). "I'm scheduled to give all
tours today." May I burn in
hell.
"Really'?"
"Really. Why don't we start
the tour with a little bus ride
over here."
On the way over to Canter-
bury we discussed with the
driver LL Cool J's new haircut
and the -Yankees' chances of
keeping their manager. for
longer than half a season.
Rather stimulating. .
.
When we got there we
discussed. the special, perks
Marist. offers for Canterbury
residents, the three Cs - _Cold
water, Cold rooms and your
very own Cat.
•
The girl was allergic so we
hung
out
and waited for
another van. It was late.
We arrived back at Marist
and headed down to the
cafeteria. She thought
I
was
.kidding.
However, she was impressed·
that the school had student
paintings on the walls. .One
point for Marist. I pictured one
of the Mccann scoreboards
lighting up ... or is Colleary tak-
ing those with him too?
While in the Campus Center
we stopped at the Bookstore.
The mother really surprised me.
"Do you sell condoms'?"
"Excuse me?"
"Condoms. You know, those
rubbery things."
.
"I KNOW ... but ... uh, well,
no.
The school
doesn't
approve."
"And what happens if my
daughter gets lucky?"
"Well, I guess she better not
get lucky. At least not on this
campus." Which,,of course, is
a rather stupid statement.
Maybsi,--
the Brothers have
take!;( a vow, but we sure as hell
"-
Cqntinued on page 10 ..
Park)! They would experience a
world of exhilirating love and joy
and mutual respect, the result of
deep faith and pre-marital sexual
abstention.
_·
•
Unfortunately,', like the poor
children of Lebanon and Northern
Ireland and El Salvador who have
never known peace, the defeatists
have never known anything but
mutual abuse and promiscuity. To
believe in the inevitability of pro-
miscuity is to recede into animality.
It is tliis defeatism, of both the
students and the administration,
which has cynically labeled us Mat-
tress College.
•
Such defeatism has its roots in a
lack of faith and a lack of educa-
tion. Aldous Huxley once defined
an intellectual as a person who
discovered something beyond sex.
Apparently, there are too few in-
tellectuals at Marist.
When I was in college we struggl-
ed with William James' four basic
rules for training the will. Today
students ignore both James and his
. voluntarism. A permissive society
has no truck with education, least
of all education of the will.
Not only education; • but also
religion, is out at Mattress College.
About 10 percent attend Mass
weekly, and some of these regularly
scoot out at Communion. Lent has
lost all meaning even just as a time
to strengthen the will; so have New
Year's• resolutions gone ~by the
board. Campus Ministry struggles
to get a handful • to help the
homeless in January and the
migrant workers in May.
Easter is all about empower-
ment. Christ has given us the power
to do good and resist evil. Try
praying -
morning and evening
and at dinner; try Holy Mass and
Communion, the Rosary and Visits
to the Blessed Sacrament. It could
change your life -
even save it
these days! April 21 - feast of St.
Anselm
of Bee, father
of
Scholasticism, the reconciliation of
Faith and Reason. Education and
religion are only for the mature.
This leads me to note a second
sentiment in this debate, and that
is infantilism - the need for adult
approval.
Students who whored in the
1960s also fought for peace in the
world, for civil rights and equal
rights. And they didn't look for
adult approval.
The animal
students of the 1980s (there are
human students, fortunately), sur-
rounded by massive illiteracy,
homelessness, and ·poverty, are
fighting only f.or their genital rights
and adult approval.
Let's be honest, Council of Stu-
dent Followers -
if you really
want to fight AIDS, you don't sell
condoms in the Bookstore which is
closed most of the week. You in-
stall vending machines or you work
through Health Services. Who's
kidding whom? You want con-
doms in the Bookstore merely as a
symbol of explicit adult approval
for promiscuity .
One Student Follower argued
with me that the Bookstore solu-
tion was primarily for the freshmen
who have rio cars. Is this the
message we give freshmen - calm-
ly pre-meditated date rape? Whor-
ing not through passion and
weakness, but through
cool
calculation'? No, No! Is this South
Africa? Is five percent dictating to
95
percent? No wonder these
animals drive out half the
freshmen! Should not Marist rather
change or drive out the animals?
A third and last sentiment must
be mentioned. That is stupidity.
Every administrator knows that
just plain stupidity is becoming
more of a problem daily. The
refusal and thus the inability to
think. It goes back to will power,
as Pascal said: "The most impor-
tant factor in intelligence is the
will." I believe the Bookstore op-
tion is the result of infantilism, but
it could also be the result of just
plain stupidity.
In any case, it must be clear to
all that in every Fall semester there
must be blunt AIDS and pro-
miscuity discussion mandatory for
all faculty, student services staff,
and students.
Have a good summer. Walk with
God.
Bro. Joseph L.R. Belanger is a
Marist Brother and a professor of
French.
Rock Responses
CUB needs student cooperation
by Thomas Nesbitt
A
group of
60
students worked for almost 20 hours in preparation
for this year•~ spring concert with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Just
over 500 people attended the show, marking the worst loss ever for a
Marist concert. Yes, the College Union Board had a concert and almost
no one came.
There are several reasons why this concert wasn't as successful as it
should have been. Students were obviously upset at having to pay
$8
for
tickets. The contract for the concert blocked our use of radio adver-
_
ttsemsnts. The ac_lv~rtising_that
we did.:.have was put.µp Jatc;t M~ist .
students are chronic complainers. Air of these reasons being valid, the
last. reason perhaps encompasses all of the rest.
,..- • , ..
. CUB had narrowed its choice down .to four possible
acts.
Contrary
to public!
i>pirifori,•Jaines Taylor
was not even considered as he was way
out
of our price range. Our other three choices: Kansas/Night Ranger,
Meatloaf and Zebra, had all played in the area recently and thus would
not have attracted many people. This led us to choose Joan Jett and the
Blackhearts.
_ .
Every. year students criticize CUB -on their choice for a concert.
However, we allow all students at Marist the right to participate in that
decision-making process. If the individuals who don't exercise that right
spent as much time helping CUB as .they do complaining about it, the
apathy problem at Marist could be considerably lessened.
Sixty students who gave of their time so. that you could have a con-
cert, made me proud to be a member of CUB. After the show was over,
they spent the next three hours cleaning the Mccann Center in prepara-
tion for the next ·morning's Hoop Shoot charity event. That commitment
deserves your respect.
•
With the help of the Concert Committee, this concert ran extremely
well. For the most part, those individuals who watched the show were
very happy with it. To me, then the concert was a success regardless of
Continued on page 8
Who wanted her here, anyway?
by Wes Zahnke
I'm sure that everybody is experiencing the same annoying ringing in
-tfie ears from the Joan Jett concert last Friday night. Right.
The attendance was pathetic and could mean a setback for future spring
concerts.
Obviously
no
one gave two turds for Miss Jett.
Why was there no interest? Are we, the Marist community, too
sophisticated for Jett and her leather get-up?
Are we too cheap to spend
$8
for a ticket'? Or is there a lack of com-
munication between the students and the College Union Board?
I'd like to know why CUB decided on Joan Jett and why there wasn't
more input allowed from· the student body.
.
,
~-
It's
pretty rldi~u\ous when
you can't get
a
good crowd
of
students
at
an on-campus concert.
. The proof is right
there - no one wanted to see Joan Jett. Therefore,
someone flubbed.
.
.
I'm not pointing an accusing finger at anyone, but merely suggesting
better ways to enhance the selection process.
Why not make out a list of a few possible acts that would be feasible
to get here, then poll the students and give the job to the winner?
It seems that CUB went for the name brand instead of the best possi-
ble product.
An article last week said Jett was picked because she had three Top
Ten hits and was the best show for the money, according to CUB Presi-
dent Tom Nesbitt. .
I ask, "The best show according
to
whom?" Certainly not the students.
Facts don't lie. The attendance was horrendous.
I'd like to know what our other options were. I think we all want to
know.
Let's bring the power back to the people.
•
Let the students decide who they want to see, not some board of pro-
grammers in their ivory tower.
Wes Zahnke is a'junior majoring in communication arts.
Student leaders in a time of questioning
by Gerard A. Cox
In New· York City_ this week,
celebrations will commemorate the
inauguration of our first President,
George Washington. It seems pro-
per that New York City, which
served as our first seat of govern-
ment, should be allowed to recreate
that very special moment in the na-
tion's history and to celebrate the
occasion.
Within this same week, we will
experience a governmental change·
of our own. The students elected to
positions of responsibility in Stu-
dent Government for
1988-1989
leave office and the newly-elected
student leaders assume the same
responsibilities. The process of·
transition is simple; the substance
of transition is great.
lmbedded within the ceremonial
of transition are those symbolic
gestures which spell the principles
and practices of student govern-
ment, which are to be passed on to
the new officers.
It seems especially appropriate to
reflect on what student government
and leadership mean on this cam-
pus. In the process \_Ve
may, I hope,
clear the air of fuzzy ideas about
the ~oilege, which h~ve been ex-
pressed in our campus press under
the rubric of discussing relevant in-
stitutional issues.
The forms of challenge provid-
ed by the establishment of a student
government are many: functions,
financial management, judicial
review, programming and com-
munications networks and systems.
In the broadest of strokes, these are
the primary areas of challenge
given to students elected to office.
Administrative staff and faculty
who work with student leaders
have the responsibility
to
challenge
and support these leaders, just as
the leaders in tum have the respon-
sibility to challenge and suppon
each other and their fellow
students.
It is important to understand the
meaning behind the concept of
"challenge and support." One way
to reach this understanding is to
think about what "challenge and
support" is not. It is not the prac-
tice of searching
for
the least com-
mon denominator, or the line of
least resistance, or the most
popular position.
It is grasping the opportunity to
demonstrate one's understanding
of the context that makes this cam-
pus, this college, different from
many others.
The college has a specific history:
a definite moment in time when it
began,
under
specific
cir-
cumstances, for special reasons. Its
beginning was the fuJfillment of a
dream.
As narrow as the defmition of its
original student body was, the
dreamers' dream was more univer-
sal. In time the student body
became more diverse, establishing
a pattern for diversity which con-
tinues to this day. Although the
college was originally designed for
the training of religious educators,
the later transition to an indepen-
dent, secular institution never in-
cluded a renunciation of either its
educational philosophy or view of
the religious nature of man.
This heritage is an essential ele-
ment of the historical sense that
every student leader must have to
serve well the college and its
students, which includes its alum-
ni as well as its present scholars.
No alteration of the description
of this institution of learning has
ever described the college as
anything but value-based, having a
very specific heritage given to us by
its founders. In short, we persist in
adhering to the finest principles of
this essentially Judea-Christian
heritage. And we admit to the ap-
pearance, now and then, of traces
of the riches bequeathed to us by
the Marist Brothers and the
Catholic Church. The tenets of
Catholicism are not only part of the
history of this college, but are in-
tegral elements in the religious
education of the vast majority of
our students.
It would be dishonest not to ad-
mit freely to this heritage. The
moral code of the college reflects
the college past which persists into
the present. The campus is not a
moral vacuum; the college com-
munity is not amoral.
We might do well to end this
portion of our discussion by reflec-
ting on a few words from the past.
We began by talking about
George Washington. Let's hear
from him. He wrote:
"Let us with caution indulge the
supposition that morality can be
maintained
without religion.
Reason and experience both forbid
us to expect that national morality
can prevail in exclusion of religiou~
principle.''
Therein lies the basis for the stu-
dent leaders' historical orienti\tion;
Continued on page 8
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Letters--------------Co-n&_u_N_r_ro_m_pq_e_6
I do that would - accomplish
anything?" The· first step
is
simple;
Express your concerns and come to
the forum. It's time our gc;neration
started ma~ing things happen
rather than letting things happen.
Melanie Winters
Students for Student's Rights
Not funny, Mary
To the editor:
This is a response to Mary
Stricker, who in last week's Circle
asked, "Who is responsible for
picking this repulsive entertain-
. ment? Are you dumb?" - referr-
ing to the concerts we have had at
Marist.
To your first question, Mary -
I, with the rest of the College
Union Board, choose acts from a
list of available groups.
To your second question - yes,_.
Mary, very dumb. Not for getting
Joan Jett, but for working·
countless hours for a campus that
does not get involved. Dumb for
thinking The Circle would back the
school's events instead of printing
pointless colu.mns just to "kill
time."
Maybe you thought it was fun-
ny, Mary - but I don't think it's
funny when something that has
taken so long to accomplish is turn-
ed into a joke just to get a laugh.
I guess Joan Jett is a real joke,
right? Really bad, right? Someone
whose album went platinum last
month, with two Top Ten singles
froi:n it. Someone who sold out five
shows on Broadway just before
coming to Marist. Boy, you are
right Mary -
she has no talent,
and is a true definition
of
"repulsive entertainment."
Poodles are ugly and the story of
you blowing smoke rings -- now
that sure is journalism at its best.
To compare the time put into the
show with the time it took you to
write that -
that really is sad!
It is not only to you.that this let-
ter is directed, but also to the The
Circle for running tliat column just
one day before the concert. You
are part of the teason why campus
events turn into expensive jokes!
As a wise person once said,
"If
you don't have anything nice to
say, don't say it." Why ruin
something good for a pointless col-
umn? I think the question should
be, "Are YOU dumb?"
Chris Walch
CUB Concert Chairperson
·One to One
1'0 the editor:
I would like to thank all those
who contributed to the great suc-
cess of last Friday's One-to-One
Day, sponsored by the.Psychology
Club. More than 100 students pro-
vided an exceptional day for 40
children from the community.
Everyone had fun and there was
a great deal of spontaneity - due
to the ~eful planning done by
Kristin
Siebrecht
and
the
Psychology Club. Kristin organiz-
L ead ef
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reason and experience forbid us to
to thin.k and want just like all your
expect that campus morality can
contemporaries."
prevail in exclusion of religious
The writer was T .S. Eliot. The
principle.
.
professor was Dr. George Summer.
But because you are leaders and
so, effective leadership means
have been in office or about to
knowing more than the melody to
assume a position in government,
that popular turie everyone seems
1
want
to
share a thought
ftom a
to
know. On\y a
few
seem
to know
man
I came to appreciate as
a
poet
the lyrics, the
words, the substance.
and playwright, some years ago,
that the melody is.all about.
when I was an undergraduate. One
of my professors, a true scholar
I
hope each of our newly-elected
and fine educator, helped me to members of the Council of Student·
develop an appreciation for this Leaders
will
make a difference. I
twentieth century man of letters.
hope that each new officer, each
''Whatever you think, be sure it new editor, each new general
is what you think; 'whatever you manager will make a difference. If
want, be sure that it is what you my wish comes true, 1989-1990
will
want; whatever you feel, be sure mark much more than the start of
that it is what you feel. It is bad a new decade, the last of the twen-
enough to think and want the ·-tieth century.
things that your elders want you to
Gerard A. Cox
is Marist's dean
think and want, but it is still worse of student affairs.
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how much money was lost. However, unless we get full cooperation from
the entire studeni body, the prospect of having a concert next year looks
very grim.
.
CUB is your representative. Together. we can· make a difference at'
Marist College. The next time we give you a needs assessment, take it
seriously. That way, we can understand where you are coming from and
-provide you with the entertainment you want. WORK WITH US ... NOT·
AGAINST
USf
Thomas NesbJtt, a senior communication arts major,
is president of
the College Union_ Board.
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provided leadership.
I especially
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Laurie Barnett, Denise Be~ker,
Lisa Cerniglia, Steve Hoffman,
Beth Mahoney, Marisa Manderioli,
Maureen McGuinness, Kelly Reil-
ly and Nick Ross. The musical
talent of Rick Zinnanti and Bill
Brinnier
was
also
greatly.
appreciated.
Essential behind-the-scenes sup-
port was provided by the Marist
community, including Tony Cam-
pilii, Anthony Tarantino, Joseph
Leary and the Security staff, Judy
Hessert, Seiler's Food Service, Bet-
ty Yeaglin, Bill Eidle and Linda
Parks.
Gratitude
is
in order for the Fair-
view Fire Department, Gretchen
Leak and the Bowdoin Park Pet-
• ting Zoo, the Hudson Valley
Stables and Tony Bown of Texaco
in Beacon, who graciously provid-
ed the helium tank and staff
support.
Jim McGuirk, program director
of Astor Home, gave a good
presentation on April 14. We also
thank to staff from Astor Home
and Cardinal Hayes Home, who
stayed with the children all day.
Dan Drogosch and Laura Wrege
from Cardinal Hayes were helpful
in their planning efforts.
Faculty from Behavioral and
Social Sciences publicized the event
by announcing it in their classes.
Linda Dunlap,
John
Scileppi, Marc
Halsted and Janet Stivers provid-
ed extra help and support.
I
am grateful to Joe Canale for
his guidance in planning the event.
Joe's presence help to ensure that
everything ran smoothly.
For those I have forgotten to
mention -
let the smiles and joy
of the kids be your thank-you. The
v~ dee~ed,,_filled with children
whose lives were enriched by their
day
of
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students who gave so selflessly of
themselves -
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Jei{energizes,·
small audience
'\.,.-,
Preparing for an add/ drop campout
by K_evin
St.Onge
Despite low crowd turnout,
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
rocked the Mccann Center last
Friday with its distinctive high
energy rock 'n' roll.
With only 100 tickets sold a
week before the concert, the
College
Union
Board ,_
organizers of the event - an-
ticipated increased sales at the
gate before the show.
Some 467 people were at the
concert, according to CUB
President Tom Nesbitt -
far
below predictions of 1,200 to
1,500.
The small crowd didn't seem
to bother Jett. She commanded
center stage slinking around in
her black leather pants, keeping
eye contact with the audience
then wiping sweat from her chin
and spraying it into the front
rows.
by Jo-Anne Prokopowicz
"It's bogus!" Barton Steinborn,
18, a freshman from New York Ci-
ty, said of his impression of
Marist's add/drop system.
Steinhorn and Jon Schodel, 19,
a freshman from Princeton,
N.J.,
camped out last Sunday night to
jockey for a position in the
freshman add/drop session the
next day.
Steinborn only got two of the.
five classes that he needed for the
this semester after registration
earlier
fo
the year:
Before the ritual - which is like
a huge slumber party - the two
anticipated about what it would be
• like spending the night in Donnel-·
ly Hall. -
"It's like waiting in line for real-
ly great concert tickets, like for The
Cure, only to find out that you're
in the wrong line," said Schodel.
With plenty of room to
dance, the crowd moved to the
sounds of recent hits like "Lit-
tle Liar," "Light of Day" and
"I
Hate Myself for Loving
You."
"She just kicked back and
relaxed," said Nesbitt. "It
showed she was enjoying
herself."
Schodel said the community col-
lege he attended last semester had
a
more organized registration
system than Marist's.
Lines, paperwork and all-night campouts are often synonymous with add/drop. This
semester's
add/drop period,
as this
hallway
scene in Donnelly Hall suggests, was no excep-
tion.
(Photo by Lynaire Brust)
She got everybody into the
act singing her 1982 number one
hit
"I
Love Rock and Roll" and
answered a three-minute ova-
Forms were sent out earlier at his
former school, and priority was
given to upperclassmen and then to
returning freshmen with the highest
grade point average, he said.
because everyone last semester real-
ly got hungry. The River Station
has 20 beers on tap so we will most
likely go there," Steinborn said.
packing their sleeping bags, their
favorite pillows, and most impor-
tantly - besides the beer and the
hors d'oeuvres - Schodel is going
to bring his box and some of his
The security guards just walked
around once in a blue'moon, and
everyone really had a great time,"
Steinborn said.
"After the dinner we are going
.
tion with her version of Tommy
James and the Shondells 1969
number one tune "Crimson and
Clover."
Marchello - an up and com-
ing band who have a video on
MTV - opened
for
Jett. MTV
representatives attended the
Steinborn and Schodel were
planning their great adventure last
Saturday morning. They were mak-
ing a list of necessities for the worst
camp experience they'll ever have
-
the add/drop nightmare.
'It's like waiting in line for really
great concert tickets~ like for The Cure,
only to find out you're in the wrong line.'
Steinborn
said
although he felt
the Registrar's Office tried their
best to plan a more efficient
add/ drop process this year,
freshman still get stuck with the
8: 15 classes and other unpopular
courses. So he decided to camp out
. show.
once aeain.
•
"We obviously lost a lot of
money but it
really was
the stu~
dent's money
spent
through the
student activities
fee,"
said
Nesbitt.
to go to Shop Rite to pick up some favorite tapes.
chips, dip and some beer. Barton
"Last year they tied one of.my
said that the line was a real party
friends to the Xerox machine out
last year," said Schodel.
in front of the Computer Center in
"I
think that it is going to be
fun. Maybe we will go out and get
a beer ball and carry over our mat-
tresses," Schodel said
.
"First, we are going to go out for
a really fantastic meal. Maybe we'll
go to the River Station or Coppolas
.
The two freshmen 5!lid they were;
.
Donnelly. The place was a mess.
Bean town vs~ Big Apple
• How Bostonians look
.
at life in New York ...
-
by Michael DeCosta
Apples - no matter which way you slice
them -
don't go well with beans.
For Bostonians, who affectionately refer
to their hometown as "Beantown," a crock
·
of brown,
·soggy
beans outshines any apple,
including "The Big Apple," in New York
City.,
:
Only about 250 miles separate the two
great cities, but
_ask
any Bostonian or New
Yorker an_d he'll tell you that they're worlds
ap~~re's a iot of local pride involved in the
attitudes that
·residents
have,
-
according to
Steven Murray;
_a
communications major
fr9m &toughton,
Mass.,
about 15 miles south
of Boston. "There is an attitude that both
have that there is nothing outside of Boston,
noth_ing outside
of
New York," he said.
.
''When I cam_e here, people would ask,
'Why did you come all the way here to go
to
school,"' he said. "They have this in-
fatuation with B.C. (Boston College) as the
college to go to."
When Jim Horn came to Boston more
than 25 years ago, he was greeted with that
same narrow-minded attitude. Horn, a
native of Wellesville, N. Y., a town about I 00
miles southeast of Buffalo, said he got tired
of explaining that he was from western New
York.
"When I told people (in Boston) that I was
from New York, they would naturally
assume New York City," he said.
Janice Casey, an assistant English pro-
fessor, came to Dutchess County in 1963
from Winthrop, Mass., a town about IO
miles northeast of Boston. She too knows of
the local pride that Bostonians can have.
"There's a golf course just outside of
•
Boston known as "The Country Club"
which suggests the arrogance we sometimes
have," she said.
Casey often jokes with her students from
-New
York about their dialects and accents.
"They love hearing us say things like "Park
Square,'" he said.
.
Murray said that sports, however, is where
New Yorkers and Bostonians draw the line
between the light-hearted joking about ac-
·
ce_nts and getting into some heated
arguments.
"If
a New Yorker and a Bostonian are
arguing about sports, no one will ever win,;,
•
he said. "I've had some pretty big arguments
with my friends but, they never go beyond
that point."
But Murray saw the argument go beyond
mere words.
•
"I was at a Yankees-Red Sox game at
Yankee Stadium wh~n four kids wearing Red
Sox hats started running through
•
the
bleachers yelling at the Yankee fans," he
said. "They were quickly swamped with fans
throwing stuff and yelling right back at them.
"They were really asking for it though,"
Murray said. "They were lucky when securi..:
ty escorted. them out."
Despite all the rivalry between the two
.cities,
many Bostonians admit that they ab-
solutely love New York City.
"l
think New York is an exciting, wonder-.
ful place," said Casey.
"I
try to make it
down there at least four times a year."
Horn said he loves New York because of
the high concentration of art there. "I
especially enjoy Manhattan,'' he said. "You·
can get anything that exists in the world right
there."
But a few Bostonians beg to differ about
the greatness of The Big Apple.
Sean Murphy, a native of South Boston,
said he has only been to New York City once
to see a basketball game.
"I
hked it,
I
guess," he said. "That was
10 years ago though, and I've never been
back."
.. . And how New Yorkers
feel about 'up north'
by Gifford Krivak
Many great rivalries are waged among
American cities, but none
can
compare to the
,battle between "Beantown" and "The Big
Apple."
.
.
.
For years, inhabitants of the Boston and
New York metropolitan areas have fought
over subjects ranging from which city per-
forms better ballet to which city plays bet-
ter basketball.
"In New York, we have the Statue of
Liberty." Jeff Katz, a junior from Brooklyn,
N.Y.,
said. "In Boston, they have a statue
of a man on a horse."
Sports seems to encourage people's
tempers to get a little out of hand.
"I hate the Boston sports teams," Keith
Mascia, a freshman from Garden City, N.Y.,
said. "Growing up in New York you learn
to despise all of them, but I hate the Celtics
so much that if the Celtics played the Rus-
sians I'd root for' the Russians."
Although hearing cheers from the fans in
Fenway Park or the Boston Garden may be
some New Yorkers' idea of torture, many
have learned to hate and respect Boston fans
at the same time.
"I
hate the Boston teams because they're
rivals with New York's teams," said Joe
Monteleone, a junior from Garrison N. Y.
"But l respect the fans because they are loyal
sports fans. Just as the Rangers pack in the
fans at the Garden even though they haven't
won the Stanley Cup in 50 years, the Red Sox
sell out Fenway and they haven't won the
World Series in more than 70 years."
But they're still a little envious of the win-
ning New York teams.
"When it comes to baseball Red Sox fans
are jealous," said Frank Coleman, a
sophomore from the Bronx, N. Y. "Since
1921, the Yankees have won 22 World Series,
and the Red Sox have won zero. Sure the
Celtics have dominated in basketball, but this
is the Knicks year in the East."
"The people in New England talk as if
•
their teams always beat New York's," said
Dave Paige, a senior from White Plains,
. N. Y. "They seem to forget that the Red Sox
pulled the biggest choke of all time in '86
when they were one out away from beating
the Mets, and they blew it."
Some Bostonians even go as far as rooting
for the New England team just to avoid sup-
porting New York.
"I think New Englanders sometimes root
against New York just for the sake of rooting
against New York," said Coleman. "The
Patriots' fans hate the Giants just as much
as they hate the Jets - and the Patriots rare-
ly play the Giants."
New Yorkers also have their gripes about
the arenas Boston's teams use. "Look at the
Boston Garden, it's falling apart,"
said
Mascia. "New York's stadiums may not be
•
the best, but at least they have air
conditioning."
Sports isn't the only place where New
Yorkers find the Big Apple superior to Bcan-
town. "Boston has the worst pizza
America," said Mascia. "They cut it into lit-
tle squares. How are you supposed to cat a
pizza if you can't hold it by the crust. You
just can't get good pizza outside New York."
Pizza's not the only non-sports area where
.
Boston is lacking - big time.
"You can't see a Broadway play in
Boston, and you can't get a goo pastrami on
rye," said Tom Hess, a senior from Teaneck,
N.J. "Let's face it: New York is the place
to be."
.. .
.:..a
•
.I,
.,
a day.
lo.,·
the life
,
Dreaming,
the dream
of dreams
by
Wes Zahnke
After experiencing post-River
Day shock and withdrawal from
the weekend tailspin, I sat
around with a plastic fork at-
tached to my uvula and began
to ponder.
Always the intrepid thinker
who knows no bounds, I was
searching for truths.
Here I am, practically a
senior, single and eligible, living
with five cohorts in a house on
Talmedge St., wondering what
direction my life is going to
take.
What
is my American
Dream? Being a self-actualized
infant, complete with Mickey
Mouse sheets and a short atten-
tion span, I don't think I'll ever
calculate the proper fuel ratio
for a space shuttle.
After eliminating rocket
science from my list of choices,
l
can
now set my sights on other
goals.
For the record I've also cross-
ed out professional athletics,
lioo-taming and brain surgery.
I'm not in a rush; life's been
good to me so far.
Meals are not being missed,
bills are paid on time, and rare-
ly is a keg tapped that eludes my
reach.
I'm not the best guy in the
world, but I ain't so bad.
'::.ti\\,
this Sunda')' \<notted
ten-
sion was rising in
my
gut,
-
like
ir
always does.
[ hate Sundays ..
!
get nervous
and feel as if my world is cav-
ing in.
I look through the windows
at the world around me and get
scared.
•
Poor families picking the gar-
bage to make ends meet,
violence in the housing project
on a frequent basis, and hatred
and resentment by the neighbors
being aimed at us, public enemy
number one
..
The college kids are evil,-ac-
cording to my neighbors.
Because we
are
fortunate to en-
joy life and have an occasional·
keg or 10 does not mean that we
•
are mutants from another
planet. Well, maybe ...
.
Parties all seem to blend
•
together
from Wednesday
through Saturday without much
•
rest.
How many times can you
swing from the chandliers and
pour beer over each other's
heads?
I tend to do my best thinking
while eating a can of Finast
Pork & Beans, a panacea for all
the problems in the· world.
They put things into perspec-
tive for me and also provide
entertainment
for
my
housemates.
As the days go on and the
kegs continue, we aU are grow-
ing up.
Sure, we don't want to admit
it, so we drown ourselves in 30
beers or so, but we're all
growing.
Seniors are shedding tears,
and juniors are watching their
reactions, knowing full well that
will be them in one year.
Oh, I'm
not
going soft, just
thinking a bit. HeU, I love
swinging on chandeliers.
.
But, you know what I mean.
After all, we're only here for
four years, so live it up.
Keep your eyes and ears open
and for goodness sake, don't
worry if NASA doesn't come
knocking on your door.
There's always McDonalds
.
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candidates. remain.for placem~nt post
.
_by Ghris
Walsb
,
left to become. director:. of career
. :· t ..
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•
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•
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at
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Culinarj:Jnst'ifute
of
The search for.a ilcw director of
·:Amctfoa
in Hyde.Park~:N;Y; •
The Office
of
~areer Deyelopment
•
•
The·
director chosen will try to
and Field·Experie11ce
has been oar-
•
aid·students in the job placement
rowed
down
to three possible:·can-
•
·
pr,ocess while: overseeing the ac-
didates; . according .t~.- Qai:ol_
.
t,vities of .t'1e office.
•
Coogan,
'director
of persoririet_.·,
:
:,:;The
new director will also super-
Coogan said that interviews will_. ,
.
.vise ,the· management and expan-
•
be completed-by the firstv.:e.ek in· ·sio:n of•·:on~¢ampus recruiting,
•
May and plans
·are-to
have someone develop:· relationships
with
start by July 1, if not sooner.
.
employers and alumni, serve
as
the
-
The search for a new director
lia'ison:.' b'etween
employers,
began after Ray Wells resigned
•
students and faculty, and offer
from the job in late January. Wells, . career counseling and
·initiate
and
who had been at Marist since 1979; conduct
workshops
to help
students take an active role in plan-
ning their futures.
The director will.be chosen by
a
search committee who will inter-
view each applicant seperately.
This committee is made up of col-
•
lege representatives who will work
closely with the new director on a
daily basis.
·
Coogan said the individual hired
will possess strong interpersonal
as
well
as
marketing skills in order to
develop the career services program
to its fullest potential.
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Continued from page 7
didn't move.
1
move forward,
risking life and limb for a lousy
Marist tour.
.
haven't. Or are new freshmen
now required to sign an
abstinence form, like the seniors
for graduation? Looks like the
RAs will have some fun busts
next year.
So, anyway .. .then :;he wanted
to see the Library. l kincl of ig-
nored her and pointed ·out the
beautiful rock gardens dotting
the campus.
Then, the fun began. OH
BOY, what fun.
Little Susie and her ma and
I went down to River Day. They
couldn't officially get in, of
course, so l had to sneak them
in through the woods.
"What is this~ Auschwitz?"
Susie's mom murmured. I
quickly shut her up as the new
Marist SWAT team brushed by
our foxhole.
We moved closer to the
festivities to notice a security
guard between us and our final
destination --
Jhe BEER
Truck.
"Charlie Company on alert.
Let's move ahead!" So we
snea~ behind the guard, our
bodies tense, quivering as we
tighten each blacked-up muscle.
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at
Maristi:
by Tim Besser
Rambling
thoughts
while
wondering if Marist will be a bet-
ter place. in two years when
.-a
baseball team-starts playing.
If you had risked· $20,000
•
on
•
Easy-Goer to place in Satl}rday's
Wood Memorial at Aqueduct you
would have walked home with a
whopping $1,000 in winnings.
.
Seems like an awfully high chance
to take for a meager profit.
How can 42-year-old Nolan
Ryan throw a one-hitter in the ma-
jor leagues. Most 42-year-old men
would be lucky to one-hit a
'team
of six year olds.
Does Rudy Bourgarel really
believe he will-be drafted into the
NBA? Ditto. for Miro· Pccarski.
There will be
54
players chosen in
the draft. It's doubtful
they'll
be
among the fortunate few taken.
Besides, the NBA already lias its
quota of Marist players.
Rik Smits had a solid rookie
season and should be a force in the
NBA in the coming years.
.·
Regardless of whether or not the
Lakers win a third straight title this
season, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has
nothing to be ashamed o(. They are
still a better team with him than
without him.
Mets' lefty Sid Fernandez says he
has lost about 20 pounds and he
seems to be pitching very well. Did
you ever notice that Sid's weight
and earned run average seem to
follo_w.
the same curve?
Every Mets fan's heart
must
miss·
a beat when Howard Johnson
April 27, 1989- THE CIRCLE- Pagett
•
.The!
first 'national pastime,
by
Rich Donnelly
:
You've seen the two small
goals. sitting on Lconidoff Field,
and~. you've probabaly seen.
pl_ay«:r,,
tun.rung . around with
sticks
m
.ha.id
tryl~g
to throw a
ball into the nets,·
:
Yo1fmay even know that the
game t(ley're
plaY,ing
is lacrosse.
~~t. you ~~Y--~ot know .t~e
or1gm of tl;te game or how 1t 1s
played.
•
/ '
:
;
,
•
•
Baseball is ·cclnsidered to be
America's national ·pastime, but
according
to a "Pictoral
History of American Sports,"
the original and most universal
game of the American Indian
was the stick and ball game they
Lacrosse has evolved from a war exercise for North American
•
called baggataway •
Indians into a popular sport in Canada and the northern United
The game, developed
•
as a
States.
(Photo by Bob Davis)
war-training exercise by North
hard with
•
hair and had no
American Indians, was played
defined size. The Indians often
from Canada to Florida and
west to the Great Plains. Today
hid it in their mouths which
led
it is a popular college, secon-
to hitting the mid-section and
dary school and club game
head to release it.
played in the eastern United
Today's sponge rubber ball is
States. Hotbeds of the game
are
roughly seven and three-quarter
the Finger Lakes region, Long
to eight inches in circumference
Island and Baltimore, Md.
and weighs five to five and one-
.
A furious, bone-smashing af-
quarter ounces.
fair, the idea of the game today
The playing field today also
- as it was then - is to put the.
has a defined size and shape -
ball into the opponent's goal by
60 to 70 yards wide by 110 yards
passing or shooting it.
long. The two six-by-six goals
The Indians played the game
face one another 80_
yards apart.
in a battering
manner -
The stick, or crosse, consists
without many fixed rules. It re-
of a handle and a pocketlike,
mains a rugged game, deman-
meshwork head in which the
ding skill, speed and endurance,
ball is caught, carried and pass-
but the game that has evolved
ed until shot at the goal.
into lacrosse has changed much
Like soccer,
only
the
since-the day of the Indians.
goalkeeper can touch the ball
The Indians often had several
with is hands, and no player
hundred men on a team com-
may enter the crease. Personal
pared to the 10 men per team
and technical fouls are given as
now.
in hockey with suspension or
Northern Indians used only
disqualification, leaving the
one webbed stick per man, as is
l)enalized
team
at
a
the custom today. Other Indian
disadvantage.
group~-~li:.!~ ~tj-~.!5-s_p~
!l!~!-.
_
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.Th~.g~e_i$_
Q.ivjci~
l_n_t9..f
9U.t:
The bainhe Indians used had
quarters of 15 minutes· each.
a deerskin. c~_ver, was packed
•
Two
·
overtime periodr-of Jive
•
minutes each are played in the
event of a tie.
According to The Illustrated
Columbia Encyclopedia, some
authorities
say the game
developed its name from the
curved stick which reminded
French settlers of a bishop's
crosier. They called the 'imple-
ment la crosse. Lacrosse
~
the
national sport of Canada, was
adopted
by the Canadian
Parliament in
l
867.
•
•
In l
856,
the Montreal
Lacrosse Club was form.ed and
by 1860 rules of the game were
standardized with the Canadian
Lacrosse Association as the
governing body. The U.S. Inter-
collegiate Lacrosse Association
supervises college play.
Although mainly played as an
amateur sport, lacrosse was
played professionally in Canada
by 12-man teams between 1920
and 1932.
The -next time you see two
teams
running
around
Leonidoff Field with sticks in
hand, you will know that
•
1acrcisse's roots are
·deep~r
than
•
America's national pastime.
·.
Rugger_s
•
cdp N.J,.-~
tc)ur·namen
t.
•
by Chris She~
.
•
The rugby club captured first
place in the UPS Drew College In-·
vitational in Madison, N.J. last
Saturday.
• Drew, New Jersey Medical, and
Seton Hall also competed in the
tournament.
Marist hammered Drew 36-3 in
the championship game. The Red
Foxes defeated New Jersey Medical
20-0 in the first round. New Jersey
Medical beat Seton Hall, which fell
to Drew in the first round, to take
third place.
In the championship
game
against Drew, Steve Batta scor-:-J a
team-high 12 points for the Red
Foxes. John D' Angelo added six
points and Tom Flavin, Andy
Israel, Bruce Harris and Brian
Cesca added four apiece.
Flavin scored eight points to lead
the team against- New Jersey
Medical. Batta added six points,
Justin Miese four and D' Angelo
two.
•
As a warmup for the tourna-
ment, Marist had travelled to
Storrs, Conn.; last Thursday to
take on the Univeristy of Connec-
ticut, which has been ranked as
high as fifth on the East Coast this
year. The Huskies trounced
the
Red Foxes 26-3.
The Red Foxes will wrap up their
season Saturday at the Big Apple
tournament at New York City's
Randalls
,Island.
Among the 16
teams expected to participate are
Army, Hunter, Iona,
Fordham and
Drew.
•
fields a grounder with runners in
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It's nice to dream, but the Knicks
aren't going to
·win
the title this
year. The Pistons are hitting strid_e
at the right time and seem
unbeatable - but don't count out
the Lakers in Kareem's last hurrah.
Perfect ending: Kareem hits sky
hook as time expires to beat the
Pistons in Game Seven of the NBA
Championship.
Golf may not be great exercise,
but it is one of the most humbling
experiences a person can have.
You notice there always seems to
be an outside force that keeps the
Marist crews from winning. It's
never because they didn't row fast
enough.
•
Stanley Cup winner? The Mon-
treal Canadiens, who are all but
unbeatable at home.
Montreal Expos third baseman
Tim Wallach was quoted as saying
his team loves it when the Mets
lose. He better enjoy it now
because
it
looks like the Mets are
starting
to turn things around.
Mike Schmidt's throwing arm
has not come back following
surgery. The Phillies are going to
be hurt by him if they don't move
him off third base. Bad arm or not
you don't want him up with a man
_
on and your team leading by a run
in the late innings.
The Yankees
are playing
mediocre ball, which is what they
are going to play all season (at least
until Billy Martin
·comes
back to
manage).
Best wishes and a word of advice
for Brian Colleary, who finishes his
last day as Marist director of
athletics tomorrow. When you get
to_ Duquesne, find a better pizza
joint.
Any truth to the rumor Marist is
considering hiring ex-Kentucky
basketball coach Eddie Sutton to
replace Colleary?
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Laxmen
win· pair•~,
. by Jay Reynolds
•
Bour
gar el
to enter
pro
dr8.ft
With one game remaining in the
season and two key wins last week.
the lacrosseteam still has a shot at
a .500 record.
The Red Foxes, 4-5, play host to
Knickerbocker Conference rival
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Saturday
after two straight
historical victories last week -
a
19-1 rout of Division II D,ow1ing
and a 15-9 victory over Siena. It
was the first time the Red Foxes
have beaten the Saints.
"We're playing our best lacrosse
right now." said Coach Mike
Malet. "(The Merchant Marine
Academy)
is
a strong opponent and
it is an important game for us. We
will have to play like we did
(against Siena) -
execute the of-
fense, keep our composure and
play str_ong defense."
Against Dowling on Saturday,
senior Peter Cleary set a Matist
record for most career points,
registering his 200th point on an
assist just under three minutes in-
to the second period. It was the
third of his team-high six points in
the game.
Kevin Eversen (one goal, two
assists), Alex Messuri (two goals,
one assist)' and Brian Hanifin (three
goals) each contributed in the win.
Robert Naylor scored in the third
period to give· Marist its first goal
by a defenseman this season.
Eveisen and Messuri each scored
a goal in the first two minutes of
the game and the Red Foxes never
Neither team has possession of the ball here, but the Marist Jaxmen were in control for
mosf of -Oteir game against Dowling last Saturday. The Red Foxes won easily, 19-1.
(Photo by Bob Davis)
looked back, rolling on to the
. 18-goal victory.
• Cleary broke the record of Lou
Corsetti who played football and
lacrosse
for
Marist
from
1978-1982.
"(Cleary)
has been a great player
for us for four years," said Malet:
"It's a fitting tribute to his ability."
-Marist outshot Dowling despite
stalling the offense so as not to run
up the score. The Red Foxes fired
49 shots on the net to Dowling's 10.
"I've been on the other side,"
said Malet. "There was nothing to
be gained by doing that (running
up the score)."
Del Ross led Dowling's offense,
taking six of his team's lO shots
and scoring its only goal just .1 :23
into the game.
Against Siena last Thursday, the
. Red Foxes came back from a one-
goal deficit and outscored the
Saints 4-2 in the third quarter and
5-0
in the fourth to earn the
victory.
"It
was a great step for the pro-
gram," Malet said. "We knew if
we played a great game we could
beat them.
"The most important thing was
that they (Marist) didn't get
frustrated when we were up by one
and (Siena) came back and went up
by two. We stayed in our offense
and ran it the way we planned."
Despite trailing 7-6 at the half,
Malet said the team kept up its
confidence.
~
"The kids played the game to
perfection," he said. "They ran the
offense patiently and played great
defense:"
The five-goal fourth quarter end-
ed a fourth quarter scoring drought
that had seen Marist score only two
goals in the last quarter this season.
Greg Kavovit and Christian King·
led the offense for the Saints with
four points each in th~ loss.
With a year of NCA:A
eligibility left, former Marist
basketball
player
Rudy
Bourgarel has decided to to
forego his senior year and enter
the NBA draft, according to
Associate
Coach
Bogdan
Jovicic.
.
Bourgarel,
a native , of
France, spent the past year ser-
ving in the French Army a~d
playing with a club team m
• France.
Because no teams have
scouted Bourgarel in France, his
only chance to be seen by the
NBA scouts
will be at a pre-
draft camp in Chicago the week
before the June
26
draft, accor-
~
ding to Jovicic.
"No scouts have seen him,"
Jovicic said. "But they have
received information about how
he has played."
Jovicic said it is hard to tell
how the scouts actually feel
because they tend to mask their
opinions.
"(The scouts) don't like
to
speculate," he said. "Some hide
their cards and play them on
June
26."
The
NBA
draft is only two
rounds long this year which
-means only 54 players will be
drafted. Those not drafted still
have an opportunity to be in-
vited
to
a team's training camp.
Crew nearly blanked at LaSalle· invitational
by David Blondin
in some unfair starts;"
don't.
The
men's
varsity
The hea~eight-eight
capped a
and ended up starting at 7:30 p.m.,
There were over 20 teams in the
heavyweight-eight race had lights day ·or frustration for the Marist
Madst again fell victim to confu-
invitational that had the qualifying 'on the finish line so the officials - coaching staff which saw
a
number
sion at the start, Davis said .•
Despite qualifying for every final
but one, the Marist crew team came
away with only one win, under less
- then ideal conditions, at the La
-Salle invitational last Saturday on
the Copper River in Camden,
N.J:
"Some races we did well, others '
we did bad and some we just sort
of got cheated in
a
way/' said
Marist Coach Larry Davis. "A _
windy day made it difficult to get
the boats lined up which pushed all -
the starting times back further so
that the last race was finished in the
dark. The last races were rushed in
order to get them in which resulted -
Netters rally
.past Pace
by Mike O'Farrell
The men's tennis team rallied
from a 3-1 deficit on Monday to
defeat Pace 6-3.
Marist fell behind early in the
match before No. 4 player Chri~
Trieste came back to defeat his op-
ponent 4-6. 6-4, 6-1 Coach Gerry
Breen called Trieste's match "a
great comeback victory.,.
After losing the first set, No.
5
Jamie Breen bounced back for a
three-set victory to tie the match at
3-3 going in!9 the doubles competi-
tion. Rich Spina also won at singles
for the Red Foxes.
_ •
Marist completely dominated the
doubles matches to
earn
the
team
victory. Each Marist tandem won
in straight sets.
Breen called the match
"a
great
team victory," and he praised the
efforts of Spina. Spina, along with
Trieste and Breen, was a double
winner for the Red Foxes.
However, this was .tlie last match
for the senior because he is having
surgery on his mouth, according to
Breen.
races in the morning and the finals
could see who one," said Davis.
of its boats run into trouble.
After getting
th
ere boa~ lined up
in the in the afternoon.
The heavyweight-eig.ht was the
The men's freshmen-eight ,-
_ at he starting line, the official told
Since the conditions worsened as
last race of the day and began after
Marist's only undefeated boat go-
them to back down and while they
the day went on. the officials rush-
8 p.m. with very little daylight left.
ing into the invitational - was hit
were, the official started the race,
ed to get in all the races when
The result was Marist finishing by the wake of
an official boat that
said Davis. Marist finished third
realistically they should have not
last after being hit by a University was heading back down to the
behind Rhode Island and Army.-
been held, Davis said.
of Bucknell boat at the start.
start, dropping Marist from first to
The women's varsity-eight gave
"It's sort of a lost cause," said Marist was pushed off-course and to fourth by the finish.
Marist its only victory, winning
Davi~. "Because of safety and
had to make up the distance.
One of the seats in the men's , easily over second place. LaSalle.
fairness the regatta should have
Though there is an official board lightweight eight boat came off the
The women's varsity-four finished
been stopped, but then a lot ofpeo-
ofprotest,there is really no course track, causing its rower.to use on-
second to the University of Rhode
pie get mad because they didn't get of action when the officials could ly his upper body for the final 1,000 Island.
a chance to race their final.
not see anything. Even if they did,
meters of the race.
Marist finished fourth and fifth
"It
is a situation were you are
there was no way the races could
In the men's varsity lightweight
in the women's freshman four and
damned if you, damned if you
be redone; Davis said.
eight, which was to start at
4
p.m.
women's
lightweight . four•
For
cycling,. head
to
hills
by Rieb Donnelly
More and more bicycles are
appearing on the roadways in
and around campus, especially
no~ th~ the spring weather has
arriyeti .•
-With the ever dangerous
Route 9fooming as a deathtrap
for cyclists, if you 're looking to
do some serious or not so
serious riding in
a safe way. you
might want to check out the
Mid-Hudson Bicycle Club.
The only cycling club in the
immediate area has more than
260 members and is always
looking for more, according to
Ema S. Wilcox who along with
her husband Bill have been in
charge of the club's membership
since 1979.
"We ride all over Dutchess
County," said Mrs. Wilcox,
"and we have weekends away in
Vermont and the Adirondacks.
"It's really
a great riding
group. We had 300 members
last year, but we live in
an
area
where a lot of people transfer.
We have IBMers, teachers, doc-
tors ... we have
a
variety of
peo-
pie who belong to the club."
Anyone over the age of 18
may join. The annual member-
ship fee is $10 (for a single, or
family) and_ covers the cost of
the club's newsletter which
_is
published every month except
January.
•
After that, all rides -
held
every weekend and some
Wednesday evenings during the
spring, summer and fall - are
free of charge except for the
club's annual Century Ride -
the club's big event.
The Century Ride -
which
up until five years ago used
Marist
as it's starting location
- is scheduled for Sept. 17. It
offers rides of
25-, 50-,
62-, l
00-
and 125-miles and starts at
SUNY New
Paltz.
The rides may be done on
multiple speed racing cycles or
mountain bikes which have
become increasingly popular
during the past five years.
· The ride leader determines
the difficulty and length of the
ride, and a sag leader brings up
the rear of the group. Helmets,
water bottles and biking gloves
are recommended for all rides.
Paniers, packs that hang over
the rear tire, or backpacks are
suggested if you plan to pack a
lunch.
Rides are held at • various
levels, from A to D, with A be-
ing the fastest and longest and
D the slowest and shortest.
An A ride would cover 100
miles or more. travel at a rate
of 17 to 20 miles per hour, and
have one rest stop at about the
50-mile mark. A B ride covers
anywhere from 30
to
80 miles,
moves along at 12 to 15 mph
and has rest stops every 20 miles
or so.
AC ride t1sually covers 15 to
30 miles, moves along at 10 mph
and has . rest stops every 10
miles. A D ride covers three
to
15 miles, moves slower than 10
mph and stops every so often.
To join, ml:ike the $10
membership check payable to
MHBC and send it with your
name (spouse. if any), address,
nine-digit zip code, and phone
number to Ema
S.
Wilcox, 12
Hudson Drive, Hyde Park, NY
~
12538-2015 or
call
229-5618.
President's Cup
this Saturday
by Maureen Kramer
The 27th annual President's Cup
Regatta will be held this Saturday
on the Hudson River with a much
smaller field than in the past.
Previously as many as -12 to 15
schools came to Poughkeepsie for
the raee, but this year only the
University
of
Connecticut,
Lafayette, Lehigh University and
Dowling are coming to town, ac-
cording to crew Coach Larry
Davis.
"In the past four years bad
weather forced two cancellations of
the regatta. This year the Cham-
pionships in Albany are taking a lot
of the competition away," said
Donald Seals, novice women's
head coach.
Although so few will be atten-
ding it will still be a challenging
race, said Rachel Farrar, a member
of the crew team.
"We don't normally race these
teams so it's hard to know what to
expect," said Farrar.
"I think we'll
do pretty well though/'
•
Volume 35, Number 20
Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.·
April 27, 1989
Who gets how much -at Marist?
by Bill
Johnson
' available.
The salaries of Marist ad-.
President Dennis Murray ear~- ministrators are
far
above the na-
ed, $120,000. for the fiscal year tional average-for all four-year col-
1987-88, down from $143,500 the leges but come closer to the
previous year, according to the col- averages of salaries at colleges with
lege's Internal Revenue Service budgets comparable to Marist,
forms.
surveys show.
Murray, in an interview this
Murray's salary in 1987-88 was
week, would not explain why his 64 percent higher than·the national
salary dropped
16
percent in
.
average for presidents of four-year
1987-88
year after itjumped 34 per-
•
colleges, $73,226. The national
cent between 1985-86 and 1986-87. average was obtained through a
Murray earned
$107,000 in
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survey by the College and Oniver-
1985-86.
sity Personnel Association.
Murray's salary is determined by
Howev(!r,"another
CUPA survey
the board of trustees in consulta- of private universities with budgets
tion with an executive compensa- of $34.1 million to $83 million lists
tion expert.
.
the average salary for college
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Because Marist is a non-profit presidents at $110,000. Murray's
institution, its tax documents are salary is 9 percent higher.
available to the public. The IRS
The college's total expenses for
Form 990 contains the salaries of 1987-88 were about $36.9 million,
the
·college's
highest-paid
acco,rding to the IRS Form 990.
employees and other information
Faculty salaries at Marist have
pertaining to college finances. The remained higher than
average
1987,88 form was the latest
faculty salaries
at
comparable
10 win·ners.
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take home
the cash
by Ed
McGar~
Ten people went home $20
richer last Wednesday night
aft~r winning "The $200 Guess
Joe Hello's Five Fa'l(orite Songs
Of The 1980s Contest."
Bello, a former Marist stu-
dent who now attends-Temple
University _Jn Philadelphia,
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awarded the money after the ten
people:were able to guess four
ofhis five favorite songs of _the
decade.
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Before the contest, which was.
held in the Theater,
,the
au-
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dience of about 100 people and
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a
dog was given
a
list of Bello's
30 favorite songs of the past
.
nine years to choose from;
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Along with these choices was
a list of "important emotion-
triggering events in Joe Bello's
life," including memories. of
Marist
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College, a trip to
California and his _senior
year in
high school.
This
nostalgia was
intended to help the audience
guess. the five songs.
schools but have increased at a
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much slower rate than those for
senior Marist administrators.
Salary increases for top-ad-
ministrators have varied from 9
percent to 17 percent annually in
recent years, according to the IRS
documents, whHe faculty salaries
have iricreased 3 percent to 7 per-
cent on averag~.
Full professors at Marist earned
•
an average of $43,500 in 1987-88,
2 percent higher than average at a
private four-year institution, accor-
ding to a survey by the American
Association of University Pro-
fessors. Marist professors earned 3
percent more than the previous
year.
Marist associate professors earn-
ed an a verge of $35,500 last year,
IO
percent higher than average and
6 percent more than the previous
year, according to the survey.
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The typical assistant professor at
Marist earned $28,200 last year, 6
Continue~ on p:.ge 2
Bello also provided hints· by
speaking about each song
as
it
,
was played in the background.
The longer Bello spoke about
each song, the greater the
chance it was one of his five
favorites.
Former Marist student/personality Joe Bello, now a senior
at Temple University, gave bls audience of 100
people
more than
a show -
it
was also an opportunity to win $200 by guessing
BeJlo's five favorite songs. Ten people each took home $20,
.out
of Bello's own pocket, by naming four of the songs.
Bello twice jumped off the
stage and once pounded his fist
on the floor to stress how much
he liked
a
song.
The generally enthusiastic
crowd applauded and laughed
at Bello's antics as it tried to
decide which were his favorite
songs.
"It's· great to
see
all these
people come out and promote
college activities," said senior
Mark Rahikka.
Rahikka, one of the ten win-
ners, said the event proves that
college students can_ have fun
without alcohol.
Bello teased the
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anxious
crowd by first naming his sixth
through tenth favorite songs as
the audience chanted, "We
want the money."
The Theater was mixed with
shouts of excitement and disgust
as Bello finally listed his five
favorite songs.
They were:
"Turn Your
Love
Around" by George Benson,
"Captain of My Heart" by
(Photo
by
Rob Jeannette)
Double, "Everybody-Wants To
Rule The World" by Tears for·
Fears, "Til I Loved You," a
duet with Barbra Streisand and
Don Johnson, and "Sara" by
Starship.
Bello, who was visibly ex-
hausted after the contest, said
he was happy with the turnout
and how the show went.
"I'm just glad it's over,"
Bello said. "Now
I
can become
a normal
person
again
... at least
.
until my next idea."
Service
program
faces-
·fund
cuts
by
Denise DeCicco
organizers, he said.
Students eligible for financial aid
Faced with losing half its fun-
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can receive tuition credits of up to
ding n.ext year, the
-Marist
com-
$509
per s.emester for working up
inunity service program is trying to to IO hours a week in the communi-
find other sources to fund the pro-
ty, according to Koshin.
gram that grants tuition credit to
This year 45 students earned tui-
students who perfom community tion credit in 70 placements, accor-
_
service.
ding to Koshkin. Some students
For the past two years, the pro-
-worked
both semesters and three
gram has received U.S .. Depart-
students who dicl not qualify for
ment of Education grants of
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aid volunteered. Students who do
$36,500 to $38,000, according to not work the full~time schedule of
the program ~oordinator, Phil
.10
hours a· week earn credit
Koshkin. The Fund for the Im-
accordingly.
provement of Post-Secondary
But Koshkin said fewer students
Education
.was
designed to get the will be able to participate next year
program off the-ground and is not
beca:use of the smaller budget.
renewable after the second year.
Only 40 placements can be of-
In addition to the FIPSE grant,
fered with the funding that is now
the program received
$13:soo
from available for next year, Koshin
Marist and $10;000 from the Gan-
said. The college is pledged to con-
nett Foundation this year, creating tribute $13,500
a
year, he said, and
a budget of ab.out
$61,500.
he expects the Gannett Founda-
The program's annual
'budget
tion'.s $10,000 grant will be
allots $30,000 for tuition credit and available again.
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$3,000
_for
transportation to the
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The grants office is trying to
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site, Koshin said. The rest of the secure funding from other sources
money goes to administrative fees, to replace the government money,
mostly salaries for the program's
he said.
Water main break leaves
Champagnat high and dry
by
Chris Landry
A break in a water main outside
Champagnat Hall early Monday
morning prompted a five-hour
shutdown· of water on the South
End of campus, according to
Charles Hall, Sheahan Hall's
residence director.
Students
in Champagnat,
Sheahan, Leo and Marian halls
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went without water from about
9:30
a.m.
to 2:30 p.m. last Mon-
day. Hall said.
The problem began when a water
main south of Champagnac broke
at about 2:30 a.m., creating a small
geyser, Hall said.
Maintenance workers from the
Office of Physical Plant decided to
wait until later that morning to turn
off the water and fix the pipe, Ball
said.
Students were able to shower at
the Mccann Center.
Officials from Physical Plant
were unavailable for comment this
week.
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'1ental Health Students •. /)/'·
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Children of Alcoholics are held Mondays portumt1es
are part of both erogram~,
to bft
beginning at 7 a.m. A b~unc
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in the New Dining Room. The cost is $6 for ehgtble to apply for the Edna ~•111es
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Summer Travel
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Entertainment
parents and non-board students and $2 for tat Health Scholarship,
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students on the meal plan. Reservations the Mental Health associat,ory
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residence hail open h~us; will be. held. York and in the third or fourth ye~r o~;col-. --.Junior-:an~Jenior
college mtet1~g ta~d
Contact the Housln Office for details. The lege or graduate school. For apph~t1.ons, 9°n:1'!1.U,IJ!CBtton
majors can wo
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"Junior Ring carerJ'ony" will be held in the call the Mental Health Association in Ulster
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l.onclon, l;ngland this s~m~er •~ a pr°,
Experimental Theater
The performances of seven plays writ-
ten directed and performed by stud~nts
wm'take place tonight and toi:n1:1rrow
night
in the Theater. "Festival '89" 1s
open to the
public and admission is free.
Mccann Center beginning at 7•30 pm
County at 336-4747. Deadline is Sept. 8,
gram through the ·yFaskh,onTh
nst1tute o
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Technology, New or .
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with
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begins July 8 and ends Aug. 11. Total cost
following
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the cafeteria. The reception
Business students
for tuition, room and board is $2,400 plus
and dance ~r4;)
_sponsored
by the Office of
The National Black MBA Association an-
airfare. Interested students should contact
Simon 'Sez'
A contest format of the game "Simon
Sez" will take place tomorrow at 2:30 p.m.
on the Champagnat Mall. This event is be-
ing sponsored by the Office of College
College Act1v1t1es.
nounced the addition of three $3,000 Dr. Arthur Winters, chairman of F.I.T.'s
Lectures
and
Seminars
graduate school scholarships for minority Advertising and Marketing Communica-
graduate students in a business ad-
tions Department, at (212) 760-TT05.
Activities.
Catch a Rising Star
Chemical Dependency
ministration ol' management studies. For
applications, write the NBMBAA at 111
East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Ill., 60601.
Summer workshops
in Washington
Mental health groups in. Ulster County
are sponsoring "Breaking the Chemical
Connection: Exploring Treatment Issues in
Support Groups
Journalism, political science and
The College Union Board is sponsoring.
a performance by guitarist Mark Rust next
Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. in the River Room.
For information, contact the Office of Col-
lege Activities.
Chemical Dependency," a day-long
economics students can earn credit this
seminar at the Holiday Inn in Kingston May
Marist College holds confidential
sa,ary--
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percent higher than average and 7
• percent more than the previous
year, according to ·the survey.
.
After Murray, the next three
highest-paid employees of Marist in
1987-88 were as follows, according
to the IRS document:
-Vice President for Academic
Affairs Marc vanderHeyden earn-
ed $75,000 last year, 17 percent
more than the previous year. Chief
academic officers at all four-year
colleges earned an average salary of
$52,513 last year, compare,d to
$80,000 at colleges with budgets
comparable to Marist, according to
CUP A surveys.
-Former Vice President for Ad-
ministration Edward Waters, who
retired from . that . position · last
semester, earned
$69,100
last year,
18
percent more than the previous
year. The
average
salary was
$50,000
for all four-year colleges
and $78,000 for comparable
colleges.
-The vice president for admis-
sions , and enrollment planning,
Harry Wood, earned $68,900 last
year. The average salary for admis-
sions directors at all four-year col-
leges was $34,800 last year. The
average salary for the same job at
colleges comparable to Marist was
unavailable.
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In addition to his annual salary,
Murray also lives in a home own-
ed
and maintained by the college
and ·drives a college-owned car.
These and other benefits are com-
mon among college presidents, ac-
cording to a CUPA survey.
"I'm not ashamed or embarrass-
ed
of
my salary;
I
think
I
earn
every
penny of it," Murray said. "If peo-
ple want to make what a college
president makes they
can
apply for
the job - or be a Big East basket-
ball coach."
Murray said Marist faculty and
administrators could make much
more in other professions and that
the college has to pay competitive
salaries !O keep good people.
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Exiting Proced~res For Spring 1989 Semester
.
Please be advised that the residence halls
will
close at 6 'pm on Thursday 5/11/89 for sumnier vacation. Lunch
will be the last meal served on May· 11.
ALL STUDENTS MUST VACATE THEIR ROOM ON THE DAY OF THEIR LAST FINAL EXAM. Begin
to plan your departure arrangements
now
in order to avoid.travel complications. Your immediate departure
directly affects students that still have final exams and the ability of student and professional "residence staff
to complete their work and begin their vacation plans~
You must make an appointment with your RA/UC to indicate your time of departure and to have your room
inspected prior to that time. Your residence area must be swept clean. All assigned furniture and appliances
must be cleaned and in there proper location. All garbage must be taken out to the dumpster in your area.
DO NOT leave trash in your room or the common areas. Windows and curtains should be closed· (windows
locked) and lights turned off.
Prior to inspection, a key envelope will be sent to you through your P .0. Box. The key envelope.will be labeled
with your name and residence area. When departing campus after your last final exam, the student should
place his/her College issued key(s) in the envelope, seal it and return it to his/her RA/UC or Residence Direc-
tor. If you are unable to find a staff member, please slip the key envelope (with the keys) under the door of
TKE
your Residence Director. Students that do not return their College issued key(s) within 72 hours after the close
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of the semester will be billed $15.()0 per key.
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agreed to consider two points of
TKE's appeal: CSL's voting pro-
cess and the authority of the col-
lege to regulate the display of
fraternity colors. The group has
especially taken issue with the order
not to wear its.
TICE
jerseys on
If you have rented a refrigerator from Coll_ege
Rent-A-Fridge, a representative will be here on Friday, April
28, 1989 to pick-up the refrigerator. You can return it from 9:30 am-11:00 am in front of Leo Hall and from
11 :30 am-1 :00 pm in front of Champagnat Hall.
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Cars
WILL NOT
be permitted to drive up to the buildings on the south end of campus due ·to fire/safety
concerns. The last van shuttle to campus will leave Canterbury Apartments at 6:00 pm on Thursday,
5/
l l /89.
campus.
As of Monday afternoon, the
REMINDER, ALL STUDENTS MUST VACATE ON THE DAY OF THEIR LAST EXAM. Please consult
Judicial Board chairman, Biltl
your RA/UC or RD and the April 27, 1989 issue of the Circle for further details regarding exiting procedures.
Saroka,
said the board would no
consider the display of fraternity
Students residing in the Townhouses, North Road, Gartland Commons, and Canterbury Apartments
will
receive
letters.
a more detailed check-out procedure booklet to assist them. The final exam schedule will be available in the
TKE was punished ·ror alleged
Registrar's Office, located in Donnelly Hall.
misconduct involving theft in con-
nection with pledging activity and
vandalism and the violation of the
You
will
be notified by mail of your Fall housing assignment by August 11, 1989. This year, all priority point
c:ollegealcoholpolicyduringaclub
totals (except Campus Involvement) will be re-calculated after the Spring 1989 Semester. The Residence Halls
meeting in Donnelly Hall. Thein-
re-open for returning students on Tuesday Sept.
5
with classes to begin on Wednesday morning.
cidents occurred in February and
March.
by Karen Wirmusky ,·
In an attempt to
.
provide
more unity between faculty,
members
and
graduates,
selected faculty will be marching
.
for the first time with students
in their major at the May
20
Commencement, according to
;
.
Edward O'Keefe, commence-,
ment committee member.
The Commencement will be
held in the Lowell Thomas
parking lot, the first time out-
side since 1980, and will include
other changes along with the ad-
dition of the faculty to the
march.
This year, each graduate will
be allowed to invite six seated
guests. Last year only four
guests per graduate could be .
seated.
Also, because graduation will
be outside, additional guests
can
stand during the ceremony. Last
year, attendance was limited to
4,000 people.
If rain is certain, graduation
will be held in Mccann Center,
but it will be a shorter ceramony
with a limited number of guests.
If rain begins during the
ceramony, graduates will be •
acknowledged by major instead
of individually.
Before students pick up their
caps and gowns they will be re-
quired to sign a contract pledg-
ing there will be no alcohol
comsumption
during
the
ceramony and security
will
strictly enforce the policy.
"By not enforcing the policy,
we are really cheating students
that want to have a dignified
commencement," said Donna
Berger, executive assistant to the
.
academic vice president.
Graduates and parents will
receive letters explaining the
policy
prior
to
the
Commencement.
Last year, some graduates
made noise and sprayed cham-
pagne, trying to get the speaker
to finish early. This year college
officials are hoping it will be
different.
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"The last thing that anybody
wants is a confrontation with
students," said O'Keefe.
Another thing that will be dif-
ferent this year is that there will
not be a Baccalaureate recep-
tion, due to last_year's low at-
tendance. The Baccalaureate
ceramony will held in the Lowell
Thomas parking lot on Friday,
May 19, at 5:00 p.m.
About 700 students will be
graduating along with honorary
degree recipients. Paul Rinn, a
U.S. Naval hero and a 1968
graduate of Marist, will be the
Commencement speaker.
April 27, 1989'- THE CIRCLE.;. Page 3
. ,:Eashi,QIJ..,
majors to
sbowJheir
1::)est
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by
Deni~
I>eCicco
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The Grand Ballro~m of ' th~
Radisson
'Hotel
in Poughkeepsie
will be transformed today into a
•
glitzy
showplace for the fashions of
,._tomorrow ....... ,
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•, The third annual Silver Neeclle \
~-Fashion Show.-will display· more
1
;
than 60 pieces of apparel froni 2~
Marist fashion students.
For. the first time, all of the
designs will be for sale, ranging in
;price from $250 to
-$1,500.
The
tablecloths at the·show, which were
also designed and made by Marist
·
fashion students, will be
·on
sale for
$150.
The show begins at 7 p.m. and
will feature appearances by some of
America's top designers,
.who
will
serve on the program's advisory
board or as judges for the awards.
The students' creations will be
worn by 12 professional models on
a traditional fashion stage, com-
plete with runway.
Carmine Porcelli, Marist's direc-
tor of fashion design, has section-
ed off a dressing area for models
to minimize last year's backstage
confusion.
More than 650 people packed the
ballroom last year, leaving standing
room only.
It
was the first time the
show was held at the downtown
Poughkeepsie hotel.
Designers include Marc Jacobs,
designer for Perry Ellis. Carolina
Herrera, Michael Kors and Bob
Mackie, all of whom head their
own design companies, will also
attend.
Awards will be given' to the
outstanding
design
in· each
category: summer, spring, fall and
resort.
Later, the students, parents,
designers and the fashion pro-
Marist student Leslie Leontzwich (left) gets advice from top designer Bob Mackie (right)
in preparation for tonight's Silver Needle Fashion Show. The annual event will be held at
Poughkeepsie's Radisson Hotel at
7
p.m.
(Photo by Robert Kirk)
gram's advisory board will attend
sional designers. The designers are
a black-tie dinner to be sponsored
the
"absolute
top here in
in part by the Galleria shopping America," he says.
mall and Hudson Valley magazine.
Each of the
14
seniors in the
Students in upper-level fashion. show will display four to six pieces.
design classes have been preparing
They are responsible for the entire
for the fashion show since last design process - from coming up
September. They'have worked on with an idea and doing sketches, to
their designs nine to 12 hours a day actually creating the piece.
and seven days a week. They also
During the creation process,
returned from wbter intersession students met with designers and
a week early and stayed through
models in New York City to get
Spring Break.
their work critiqued.
Porcelli says students have a
Other student-work on aisplay
"very unusual and very exiting"
will come from 12 underclassmen,
opportunity to work with prof es-
who have worked on a project that
designed
a
,
line of "price-
conscious" clothing.
Proceeds from the show will go
to creating a merit scholarship for
fashion design students.
Students can purchase tickets for
the show from the Public Relations
Office for
$5.
General admission
tickets are $25.
A
free dress rehearsal at the
Radisson on April 27 at 1 p.m. is
open to all students.
Anyone interested in purchasing
a design or tablecloth can contact
Porcel\i at 471-3240 ext. 124.
Kids leave their mark on students
Editor's note: The children's.
names
in this
story
have been
changed to protect their
identities.
by Karen Cicero
A short trip to a·table in back of
Marist's River Room last Friday
.
marked the beginriing of a new
-friendship
for sophomore Liza
Colombo and 8-year-old Paul.
. :Paul.- who wasn't too happy to
be there at first - grudgingly dip-
ped the palm of his hand in green
paint and pressed it against a large,
white sheet.
He smiled when he saw his hand-
print join about 20 others on the
sheet -
a souvenir for the Marist
Psychology Club's eighth annual
One to One Day.
.
"He's so cute," Colombo, a
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psychology/special education ma-
jor from Mahopac,
N.Y.,
said.
"We're having a great time."
Columbo and Paul weren't
alone. More than 40 mentally and
educationally
handicapped
students from the Astor Home in
.
Rhinebeck, N.Y ., and Cardinal
Hayes in Millbrook,
N. Y.,
left
a
very special impression - both on
that sheet and in the hearts of 111
Marist students and faculty.
St11dents, who were on hand
Trom 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., made a dif-
ference in the children's lives and
learned a lot about themselves, said
Dr. William Van Ornum, the day's
faculty coordinator.
"They realized that handicapped
kids are not so different from
themselves," said Van Ornum,
whose son
.
has Down Syndrome.
"Everyone built a relationship that
he or she will take home and
remember."
Now, when sophomores Eileen
·
Jones and Christie Ingrassia hear
"Lean on Me" on the radio, they
say they'll always think of their
buddies Anna and Jackie.
For the first time, Anna played
Bill Winters' 1972 tune in three
chords on the River Room piano.
But Toni Hamilton's the one
who learned how to hula hoop -
sort of -
thanks to her friend
Steve.
Afte.r
Steve
discovered
Hamilton, a criminal justice major
from Baltimore, Md., didn't ac-
quire that skill in her childhood, he
decided to teach her.
But Hamilton's not that fast of
a study. "She's still not good at it,"
Steve said. "She only got it around
three times."
Other activities which con-
tributed to a carnival-like at-
mosphere on a sunny
65
degree day
included a petting zoo, a clown
with
balloons, pony rides and the
Fairview Fire Company's firetruck.
Denise Becker, the Psychology
Club president, said she knows all
the activities, held in the River
Room and in the back of Cham-
pagnat Hall, were a big hit with the
kids and the students.
"For once, they were away from
their problems and it let them be
what they're supposed to be -
kids," Becker said.
After a while, the countless
baseball pitches, soccer matches
and jumprope competitions with
these eight
to
15-year-old
kids left
the
students
a little weary.
"\ wonder
if
they're as tired as
I am right now," said junior Laurie
Barnett from Newburgh,
N.Y.
Some, however, dreaded the end
of the day, knowing it would signal
a close
to
new friendships.
Nicole DiLella's buddy-
or, as
she calls her, "my little sister" -
wanted DiLella to follow the
van
back to the Astor Home.
DiLella couldn't and during a
long, teary-eyed goodbye, 9-year-
old Debby hugged her friend and
promised to write soon.
Afterwards, DiLella, a freshman
from Montvale, N.J., reflected on
what spending time with Debby
meant to her.
"In my heart, there's an emp-
tiness," DiLella said. "I know th~t
I did good but I'll never be able to
see her again."
"Everybody
here complains
about things being so bad," she
said. "Being with her takes the self-
sympathy away."
For some, Marist isn't just an alma ma~er
Editor~s Note: This story is
part
of a continuing series highlighting
the lives of some recent Marist
graduates.
•
•
by Kathleen Oremus
Graduation usually marks the
last day at Marist
.
for most
students.
But for some recent graduates,
Marist is not only their alma mater,
it is also their employer.
Chris Delgiomo, Jim Norman
and Terrence Michos have all
returned to work at Marist after
graduation and all three agree that
the Marist community made the
transition easier for them.
Delgiorno, a 22-year-old com-
munication arts graduate, began
working as assistant director of ad-
missions two weeks after he
graduated last May and said he was
pleased with the results.
"I jumped right in and I really
love it," Delgiorno said.
young
alums
Norman, director of alumni af-
fairs, graduated from Marist in
1986 with a degree in communica-
tion arts and had held two other
positions in the area before retur-
ning to Marist four and a half
months ago.
Norman said he was always com-
fortable with his teachers outside of
the classroom so his position on
campus has not changed that
relationship.
"I've found most of them seem
to have no problem seeing me as a
fellow employee rather than a stu-
..
dent," Norman said.
Terence Michos, 35, graduated
from Marist with a communication
arts degree in 1986 -and began a student.
working as a freshmen mentor
For Delgiorno, the trans1uon
soon after.·
was a little more unusual.
Michos, who also teaches public
He worked as an admissions in-
speaking and oral interpretation at
tern during the first semester of his
Marist, is used to making transi-
senior year and this experience has
tions in his life. He said he left a
helped him to understand his cur-
successful acting career in Los
rent position.
Angeles after re-evaluating its value
"It was a very strange transition
in his life.
- mainly because as a student your
"I was so immersed in it and
role is just so different from that
now I'm so far away from it; it's
of a college administrator - but,
a strange thing," said Michos.
the internship was sort of a
Michos graduated from Out-
preliminary go at what it would be
chess Community College in 1975 like to work here," said Delgiomo.
and returned to Poughkeepsie to
..
·"It
was something I had to work
pursue his bachelors degree at
at before I was fully comfortable
Marist in 1984.
with my new position.
Michos said the student to
"It's a
very
supportive com-
employee transition was easy and
munity here, professionally and in
natural, not only because of the
terms of the student body, so the
support he received from Dean
support.has really helped me to get
Gerard Cox and Dr. Jeptha Lann-
through the transition and to make
ing, but also because of past ex-
it a successful one."
perience as a college church group
Norman said his previous jobs
counselor aPd recent experience as
with the March of Dimes and the
Heart Association were great lear-
ning experiences. But the oppor-
tunity to work at Marist and re-
establish his ties with the college
was something he could not pass
up, he said.
Even though he did not live on
campus, Norman involved himself
in campus life as the Marist Col-
lege Red Fox for four years. He
also worked as student ground-
skeeper during the school year and
summers at Marist.
Norman said coming back to
work
at Marist was exciting
experience.
"It
was kind of a kick my first
day back on campus and seeing
everybody again, saying 'hello' and
people asking, 'What are you do-
ing here,' and answering, 'I work
here,"' added Norman.
"This is definitely the best
job
I've ever had."
Page 4 - THE CIRCLE-April 27,
·1989
~canterbury Jam' to rock
P~rJ(
Jhis·week-en;d
_by
Mike Vukobratovitb
Free food and live music
every college student's dream.
Dreams· will come true Saturday at
the
Canterbury
•
Garden
Apartments.
The first Canterbury Jam will be
held at Overocker Park behind
Canterbury from 2:30 to 6 p.m.,
featuring three Marist bands, food
and refreshments - all for free.
The concert, billed as "an event
by the students, for the students,"
is the brain-child of Canterbury
resident Jason Frenchman, a senior
from Yonkers, N.Y., who worked
with Unit Coordinator Phii°Karpel ing and Residence -J~ife, said '60s folk music, Bad News, a rock
to make the idea an event, said
•
Karpel, and according to Frcn-
band that won the last Battle of the
Frenchman.
.
.chman,
it has been (airly suppor-
Bands and First Time Users, who
Frenchman and Karpel organiz-
tive of the concert. "Anything that play everything from Bob Dylan to
ed the jam to showcase Marist stu-
we've needed they've given us," he the Police.
dent's musical talent and to change said.
•
Besides the music and food,
stereotypes about student life at
"Housing is a little worried that basketball courts and a baseball
Canterbury·,
according
to
(the concert) will get out of hand. field are also available for those
Frenchman.
,
Because it's Parents Weekend they who don't want to just sit down
"Canterbury is almost a dirty don't want it to turn into another
··and
listen to .the music, said
word. We're having (the Canter-
River Day,".:said Karpel.
..
Frenchman.
bury Jam) to give Canterbury' a
I
The
>
Canterbury
- staff
According
tq
Karpel, the concert
better name and give students a discourages students from bringing is a way to give something back to
more positive outlook towards life alcohol to the concert, said the people who have to live at
at Canterbury," said Frenchman; Frenchman.
•
•
Canterbury.
The $600 cost of the project has
The three free amateur bands are
"I don't think living at Canter-
been funded by the Office of Hous-
Easy WiI1d, a cover band. that plays
,
bury is that bad in the first place.
The concert will make it a little bit
better.'' said Christine Tolle, a
sophomore ca!}terbury resident.
All students are welcome to at-
tend the Canterbury "Jam and are
encouraged to bring their parents.
Van service for on-campus students
will be available at 12:25, 1 :25 and
2:25 p.m. in the Donnelly Hall
parking lot.
"People seem to
be
very en-
thusiastic. I hope the positive·
response turns into a positive day.
We just want everybody to come
out and have
a
good time," said
Frenchman.
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This_ week
Debbie
gets hers
by Mary Stricker
I don't know why I dislike
Debbie Gibson so much. Is it
her hair? Her clothes? Her
music? Her youth? Yes.
But it has more to do with the
fact that she is Debbie Gibson.
This icky teeny-bopper has
become the symbol for youth -
or electric youth, if she will.
She writes her own songs,
directs her own videos and ob-
viously picks her own wardrobe.
I guess people find these ac-
complishments
worthy of
praise. But her songs, videos
and fashion statements are, at
the least, obscene.
Deb must be mocked or we
will live with a future generation
of giddy girlies who think the
meaning of life is; "Don't
worry, be happy."
Their
lipstick will get brighter, their
hair blonder and their hoop ear-
rings bigger.
These cutesy blondies will
turn our youth into empty-
headed boobs who think saving
the aerosol can is a worthy
cause. The next generation
won't be radical or rebellious -
they'll just be queer.
We don't need to physically
abuse Deb, but she needs to be
put in her place. Why can't she
be like all the other white female
flake heads, do her nails and
---·-
.,,,
·
•di:eam
of having,Jon.Bon .Jovi's
•
-
children? Then we could just ig-
nore her.
Sure, b,er records are selling
better
.
than ''The Satanic
Verses," but we-cari pufan end
to this.
.
All we need is a pair of lime
green bell-botto11,1ed
polyester
slacks, with the stiff seams in
front: We scribble her irutials
inside the elastic waist with the
message, "This is the real Deb-
bie Gibson. We found these in
the trash outside her house.
Deb's a nerd."
Record sales will cease
altogether.
Debbie Gibson
posters, buttons, hats· and
t-
shirts
·wm
be destroyed ..
True, our youth will then
have to live with the fact that
they laid down their hearts and
souls to a phony. But the next
time some blonde bimbo skips
into the music scene, they won't
be so gullable.
.
Unforunately, my plan does
not solve all
·of
our problems.
The likes of. Kylie Minogue,
Samantha Fox and the ever so
wishy-washy • Madonna still
.
must be reckoned with.
Nor does it solve a problem
of a more personal nature that
I can't seem to get rid of.
Please,
don't
let me be
misunderstood .. I
am
glad. some
people choose to read my col-
umn.
I
am
glad a few people
like my column. I am even glad
some people disagree with my
opinions.
But Geez Louise, is it really
necessary to hail me down at
2:36
a.m.
on a Saturday night
at Skinner's to discuss the ar-
tistic integrity of Guns
'n'
Roses, and ~ow I must give
them
a
break??
Where do you folks get off
telling me
I'm
too opinionated
or I'm "ridin'
on a high
horse"?
I'm
just
a
silly female
trying to get by. Why don't you
go pick
on somebody your own
size -
like that babbling buf-
foon Wes Zahnke?
Or
better
yet, how
about Mr.
1-know-
everything-about-everything
Paul O'Sullivan ... ?
April 21, 19B9- THE CIRCLE·- PIIIJII 5
.
.
.
College ma~es long-distance switch
by Stacey McDonnell
Callers must dial the
:
prefix
carry the long-distance calls from
1-0-288-before dialing the number
the 77 on-campus pay phones.
gress to curb and regulate rates for
the future.
Students who use on-campus pay and user code in order to switch
"We didn't think the switch
phones havt: had to dial an added back to the AT&T lines and use would affect the students too much
prefix to use· their AT&T calling their cards. If they do not know
because the quality and service are
cards since the college decided to this code, they may not be transfer-
as good, if not better, than that of
switch to MCI for its long-distance· red to the AT&T
liqes
because the
AT&T," said Mulvey. "Not telling
phone service in early April.
alternati~e companr operators do
.
the students about the switch was
In March, the National Associa-
tion of Regulatory Utility Commis-
sioners passed a resolution calling
for more strict guidelines and
regulation of rates for the alter-
native carriers.
The switch was prompted by the not have to give the prefix to the
•
an over-sight on our part, though."
higher commission rate offered by callers.
,
. ,
Consumer activists say they fear
MCI.
During the first week of April,
that calls over.the alternative com-
Marist will receive 15 percent of the federal
•
government began
panics' lines . will be suQject to
all revenue from long-distance calls allowing alternative long-distance outrageous rates because the fees
made through
MCI,
according to carriers to provide servfoes for 1. 7 are set independently by each long-
Christine M~lyey, manager of million pay phones in the Bell distance carrier.
telecommunications. The college network.
;:'
f
:
According to Mulvey, rates are
received 15 cents a call from AT&T
Marist officials investigated a
now about the same among the
regardless of length or distance, switch to MCI, an alternative-
long-distance carriers. However,
said Mulvey.
. carrier company, in mid-March to steps are being taken by the Con-
Some consumer activists have
voiced concerns about billing con-
fusion. They claim callers may
believe they are being billed by the
proper company if they have call-
ing cards from alternative carriers
such as MCI or U.S.Sorint.
Actor offers
vivid vieW
of lit great
by Robin Martini
Conrad Pomerleau stood on the
edge of the stage. The audience was
quiet, waiting. They listened for
Pomerleau -
dressed as author
Edgar Allan Poe -
to recite the
next line of "The Bells."
"The bells, the bells, the bells -
Mulvey said the college was
assured no problems would arise in
using calling cards from other
companies.
Student work
takes stage
The Marist College Council on
Theater Arts and Gerard Cox's
Theater Workshop class are spon-
soring "Festival '89" this week in
the Theater.
The performances began last
night and will continue through
tomorrow. Each show begins at
7
p.m.
To the rhyming and chiming of the
•
beHs!" His voice rang out,
im-
itating the sound of the bells.
"Without Humor," a comedic
representation of film noir, was
written by senior Chris Meyer and
is being directed by senior Rich
Sabol. Meyer also penned "A Bite
to Eat," the story of a hamburger
flipper who turns into a werewolf.
Junior Rosemary Bianculli will
direct this play.
It was all part of a two-hour per-
formance last Thursday evening in
the Fireside Lounge where 14
students and one faculty member
gathered to see Pomerleau act out
a biographical sketch of Poe's life
and recite many of Poe's works.
"Poe in Person" was a character
·;
presentation of a 39-year-old
•
Poe··
speaking to the audience as he
·would
to a guest in his own home.
,
The stage was sparsely furnish-
ed as a 19th century room, With an
oriental rug and a chair next to a
table that had a few books, a cigar
box and a framed photograph of
a woman.
Pomerleau silently strolled on
stage, never looking at the au-
dience. He kept his eyes lowered
and sat do.wn. Then he began
reciting "The Raven."
When finished; he preceded to
.
tell of Poe's life from his birth to
one year before his death.in 1849.
• Pomerleau recited other works
by Poe such
as
"Annabel Lee,"
"The Cask of Amontillado" and
a letter Poe wrote to his father ask-
Edgar Allen Poe was at Marist last week -
sort of -
to
perform in the Fireside Lounge. The Poe look-alike.
is
really
actor Conrad Pomerleau, who recreated the life and works of
the 19th-century poet a~d short-story writer.
Junior Jennifer Schiffer is direc-
ting Meyer's "The Game." The
play tells of a game between two
opposing teams.
Senior Elizabeth Callahan wrote
"A Dog's Life." The play follows
the escapades of a talking dog.
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ing him permission to resign from
West Point.
Pomerleau
bore
a
strong
resemblance to Poe. He wore a suit
traditional to the era, and his hair
was styled in nineteenth century
fashion.
Beth Goffe, a freshman from
Queens, said: "It was like a rein-
carnation. He was excellent."
After the show, Pomerleau said
he found an interest in Poe's works
at age 19 when he decided to read
.
Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" in the
basement of his parents' house .
Pomerleau said he started per-
forming "Poe in Person" in 1976.
Pomerleau, a professional actor,
lives in New York and has perform-
ed at the American Place Theater
(Photo by Rob Jeannette)
• ~
Senior Lisa. Meo is the director.
and the American Shakespeare
•
"Straight Up"
·is
the story of a
Festival
in
Stratford,
Conn.
.
•
person who
believes, he
may
be
an
alcoholic. The
play
was written
by
Pomerleau bas also appeared in Christina Lawless, the president of
films such as "Kramer
vs. MCCTA, and senior Jennifer
Kramer," "The Amityville Hor-· Peifer is the director.
ror," "The Marathon Man" and • A death caused by drunk driver
several Woody Allen films.
and the relationship between a high
His well-trained voice, which he school principal and one of his
used to quickly change characters, students
are
the focus
of
thrilled many in the Marist au-·
·,sophomore
Jamie O'Hara's "We
dience.
"I
felt like jumping on are Companions on a Journey."
sti:tge with him and reciting 'An-
Sophom9re Michelle Bessey is the
nabel Lee' along with him," said play's director.
Andy Moraitis, a freshman English
Senior Rich Sabol's "Ordinary
major from Hyde Park.
"I
thought
•
Travel through Time" will also be
it was the real Edgar Allan Poe up
performed, with junior Kathy
there on stage."
Schaeffer directing. The play
The show was sponsored by the· focuses on the perception of time
College Union Board.
as people grow older, Sabol said.
CSL honors clubs
at annual ceremony
by Dennis Yusko
·
The Council of Student Leaders
awarded some Marist organizations
for their work on and off campus
at its awards dinner on Sunday.
In the annual event, CSL granted
awards for the club of the year, the
service club of the year and the
•
class of the year. The ceremony
also saw the addition of
a
new
award -
the sports club of the
year. which was awarded to the•
volleyball squad.
The club of the year, awarded to
the Commuter Union, is given to
the club that has produced and held
the most successful events during
the year.
The service club of the year,
given to both the Psycology Club
and the Social Work Club, is given
to the group that has provided the
most services to the Marist and/or
the local community.
This year's class of the year was
given to the class of 1992. This
award is given out to the class that
has done the most work.
"The freshman class held a fun-
draiser, took part
in
the freshmen
olympics and was a very en-
thusiastic bunch. All of this
counts," said Jennifer Peifer, stu-
dent body treasurer. "The senior,
junior and sophmore classes just
did the normal amount of class
activities."
•
Peifer said the addition of the
sports club award was done
because the CSL wanted a special
•
category to recognize the growing
·amounts of some of the sports at
Marist that are recognized as clubs
rather than teams. Groups such as
hockey, wrestling, rugby and rac-
quetball each have club status.
To win an award, you must win
the majority of seven votes. The
presidents of the Resident Student
Council, the Student Academic
Committee, the Commuter Union
and the College Union get one
vote. The vice president of the stu-
dent body, the student body
~
••
treasurer and the student body
secretary also get one vote each. In
a tie, the student body president
would be the deciding vote.
The name of each of the honored
clubs will be placed on a plaque in
the Office of Student Affairs.
Spring
flung
A
new method of
caring
hangovers being
tested?
No, It's
the Gyro, feahlred
OD
campus
darina last weekend's Sprlag
FIJng.
'Photo
b Bob
Davis
•
editorial
Closed meeting
hinders justice
Tomorrow, the Judicial Board
will
meet to
review
the process
by which the Council of Student Leaders voted to punish Tau
Kappa Epsilon for alleged violations.
The board has decided to close the meeting to the public, ac-
cording to board Chairperson Bill Saroka. Saroka also says board
members will decide at the beginning of-the meeting whether to
allow a reporter "from The Circle to be present for the proceedings.
The first of these decisions is wrong; the second
·should
be
unnecessary.
.
First, the board should not expect to satisfy the members of
TKE by deliberating on the appeal
if
it does not allow the frater-
nity to hear the proceedings.
The members of TKE have the right to hear how the final deci-
sion on their appeal is reached.
Throughout the TKE case; CSL has closed its meetings. Now
TKE is charging CSL with bias because five members of the coun-
cil belong to Sigma Phi Epsilon, another fraternity on campus.
The question remains, if TKE was allowed to sit in on these
meetings, would the Judicial Board be hearing the appeal now?
By allowing TKE to sit in on its meetings, CSL may have shown
that the membership of some of the officers in another fraternity
had no bearing on the outcome of the deliberations.
The Judicial Board should learn from this mistake.
Secondly, any viable news media on campus should be allow-
ed to report on the meetings rather than on a brief synopsis of
the proceedings when they are complete.
•
The practice of briefing a repor:ter rather than allowing him
to gather information first-hand only makes his task of understan-
ding and reporting on a subject more difficult.
Also, by allowing a journalist - whether he be from campus
radio station
WMCR,
Marist College Television or The Circle -
access to the meeting, the board could assure the college com-
munity that its decision is impartial, fair and well thought ou_t.
Opening the meeting is the best decision f ~r all concerned;
m
this case, the entire college community is concerned.
letters
..
..
Condom story was wrong
To the editor:
This is in response to the story
that appeared in the April 13 issue
of The Circle concerning condoms
and the Students for Student's
Rights group ("Condom policy
tops agenda for meeting").
I
am
upset with the slander and· sensa~
tionalism of the article~ and I want
to
set the record straight about it.
Our group is an informal
organization which meets to discuss
problems facing students. These
problems include prices in the
Bookstore, permission for a stu-
dent mural on campus, the new
Poughkeepsie residency law and
the forum being scheduled for May
1.
·were used.
Having condoms on campus is
one issue on our agenda, but it cer-
tainly isn't the only one - it just
happens to be the most sensational.
The very headline of the article
is "totally misleading. The condom
policy isn't even on the agenda for
the forum. The main concerns
will
be housing and the Library. The ar-
ticle gives the impression that we
are putting condoms ahead of
housing and academics, and I feel
as if my intelligence has been
·insulted.
I realize the very word "con-
dom" draws attention, and has, in
a way, made our group pretty
famous lately, but that's not the
kind of fame I was hoping for. This
group was not formed to create
problems for the administration.
Our goal is. to work with the ad-
minstration to improve com-
munication and to end apathy
among students.
The article said our group "is
organizing an open forum for May
.
I to discuss the availablility of con-
doms on campus ... " Although I
discussed the idea with
•
Dean
Gerard Cox, we agreed that our
time would be fairly limited - on-
ly about two hours. There are more.
important issues that need to be' ad-
I'm sure some of you are saying
dressed first, such as housing and -
"Housing? Isn't that a dead
the Library.
•
issue?" The answer is "no." Not
until places like Canterbury fade
When the reporter ~e
to inter-
away. As for the Library; how
view me, I told him I was the one many of you have gone
to
the
organizing the forum, and I made Library to discover the books you
it perfectly clear what topics would need aren't there or are in storage?
be discussed. The impression that
I get from reading the anicle is that
Those of you suffering from
it was already written before the apathy may be asking: "What can
reporter talked to me and that on-
ly those quotes that fit the article
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If
you can ,t stand the heat ....
by
Paul O'Sullivan
Turn on a television these days,
a,nd you will see nothing but hew
•
•
,
shows.-Tbere,is "The New Dating'
•
Game," "The New Munsters" the
new ''Mission:.Impossible"and so
:
on and so on; ·
•
.
•
It's bad
·enough
-that television
h!lS
always been a' vast wasteland,
but at least it was an original
wasteland. Now all we get is "The
Wasteland: a New Beginning."
But, just like you can't censor
television because of its poor quali-
ty, you should not be able to cen-
sor it because of its poor taste
either.
Unfortunately,
some
mothers and religious
·leaders
seem
to have forgotten about that.
A new wave of censorship
started-a few months ago, when
Terry Rakolta,
a Michigan
homemaker, was offended by the
content of an episode of "Mar-
ried ... With Children." Rakolta
wrote to some of the show's spon-
sors, who subsequently pulled their
•
advertising.
•
It is good that Mrs. Rakolta felt
she could petition a show's spon-
sors and get some action. It is not
good that a Michigan housewife
can have so inuch power that she
can decide what the rest of the
country can watch.
I just happened to
see
that par-
ticular episode of "Married ... With
Children."
Ii
showed men wearing
garter belts and stockings, among
other things. Personally,.! thought
thinking
between
the
lines
'
by turning the channel.
.
If enough people agree
with
her
assessment, no one
will
watch the
show (except bums like me) and it
will be canceled.
The free
marketplace of ideas works, if you
give
it a chance. The Constitution
does not, and should not, judge
what is tasteful and what is not.
It is illegal to yell "fire" in a
crowded theater {unless,-Qf course,
there really is a fire in said theater).
It is not illegal to yell "penis" in
a crowded cathedral. It is in poor
taste, and whoever does it will pro-
.
bably be pelted with crucifixes and
whipped with rosary beads - but
it is not illegal.
But the real thrust of Rakolta's
argument was not so much that the
show offended her taste, but that
she was afraid her children would
see it.
"I'm
·not
a radical. I'm not a
prude," Rakolta said. "I just want
to be able to turn on my TV with
a degree of safety.about what my
children are going to see
.
.,
Is the Federal Communications
Commission a baby-sitting service?
Are we all supposed to watch "Mr.
Rogers" and "Sesame Street" our
.
entire lives?
If Rakolta is concerned with
what her children are seeing at"9;30
.
p.m. on. a Sunday night, I would
• suggest she check out an episode of.
• •
•
•-
·
'
"0.V
Joe" on a weekday after~
noon. She
will
see
all tho villains
have Russian an:d German accents,
•
and all the
heroes
are
Vi
AsPrnales
who talk "good American."
The truth is that there is very lit-
tle on television Uiat is truly
•
.
•suitable
for children. That i.s"unfor-
tunate, but parents who allow their
children to
.
watch anything they
•
want ori television and then com-
plain that it is in bad taste are be-·
ing naive and silly.
•
It
is impossible for a parent to
know what
a
child is. doing
24
hours
a
day, but
a
parent who
.
selects a baby sitter without at least
getting a'i:eference from a friend is
just asking for their children to be
cared for by a punk rock-crazed
juvenile delinquent.
It
is the
same
situation
•
with'
television
..
If
a parent does not have
the time to fook in "TV Guide"
and see what a program is
all
about, then perh.aps he or she
should never have become a parent
in the first place~
-
Television is not a baby-sitter
~d it is not a vehicle for a-par-''·
ticular moral viewpoint. It is an·
entertainment medium and should
be regulated as· such.
.
All we need now are some shows
that are actually entertaining. Then
we'll be all set.
it was pretty tasteless ... and pretty
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hilarious.
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This only proves that what some
In the story titled "Few show for seminar on job hunt" which ap-
peQple find offensive, others find
peeared in The Circle last week, Robert Norman, associate professor
amusing. It comes down to a ques-
of communications, was incorrectly identified as Augustine Nolan,
tion of rights - if Rakolta is sue-
assistarit professor of communication. In the story titled "Condom
cessful in getting a show taken off
policy tops agenda for meeting" which appeared in The Circle April
the air, it violates my right to see
13, the editors made an incorrect inference as to the subject matter
that show.
If
that show is not taken
of the forum. No discussion of condom distribution has been schedul-
off the air, I can still watch it, and
ed for the meeting.
Rakolta can voice her displeasure ________________________
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Marist's forgotten -values and 'moral fraud'
by Bro. Joseph L.R. Belanger
Allow me some final reflections
on recent articles in The Circle. •
- .J:irst.of all, congratulations on
parts of the April 13 editorial. You
had the honesty to . state une-
quivocally: there is. open promiscui-
•
ty on campus, and the administra-
tion does not care. It should care
- if not morally, at least financial-
ly! Only 56 percent of the students
who start at Marist graduate! One
of every two coeds who start never
finish.
The causes are complex, but the
moral fraud at Marist surely is a big
reason. Of course, if other paying
animals and humans take their
place, why care?
Surely the most tragic sentiment
in the condom debate is the sense
of defeatism expressed.by many -
"abstention is not
a
viable option.'?
The lack of options is the end of
human development. Would that
these defeatists could spend time
with the thousands of Taize and
Focolare teens
•
around the world
(some of them right here in Hyde
,
~
The tour
to end
all-tours
by
Mark
Miller
O.K.; so it was River Day last
Friday. I took part ... but in
quite a special way. I'm sure the
Admissions Office will love me
• for it too.
• You see, early in the morning .
I happened to be over by Don-
nelly where I bumped into a
ratherJost~,lqoking, ~ute yoµng
lady and her mother.
"Excuse me, do you know
where the Admissions Office is?
I'm supposed to
.~
~ing
a_
tour."
..
•
..
.
"A tour? Why, you must be
going
to
meet me," I said (I
lied). "I'm scheduled to give all
tours today." May I burn in
hell.
"Really'?"
"Really. Why don't we start
the tour with a little bus ride
over here."
On the way over to Canter-
bury we discussed with the
driver LL Cool J's new haircut
and the -Yankees' chances of
keeping their manager. for
longer than half a season.
Rather stimulating. .
.
When we got there we
discussed. the special, perks
Marist. offers for Canterbury
residents, the three Cs - _Cold
water, Cold rooms and your
very own Cat.
•
The girl was allergic so we
hung
out
and waited for
another van. It was late.
We arrived back at Marist
and headed down to the
cafeteria. She thought
I
was
.kidding.
However, she was impressed·
that the school had student
paintings on the walls. .One
point for Marist. I pictured one
of the Mccann scoreboards
lighting up ... or is Colleary tak-
ing those with him too?
While in the Campus Center
we stopped at the Bookstore.
The mother really surprised me.
"Do you sell condoms'?"
"Excuse me?"
"Condoms. You know, those
rubbery things."
.
"I KNOW ... but ... uh, well,
no.
The school
doesn't
approve."
"And what happens if my
daughter gets lucky?"
"Well, I guess she better not
get lucky. At least not on this
campus." Which,,of course, is
a rather stupid statement.
Maybsi,--
the Brothers have
take!;( a vow, but we sure as hell
"-
Cqntinued on page 10 ..
Park)! They would experience a
world of exhilirating love and joy
and mutual respect, the result of
deep faith and pre-marital sexual
abstention.
_·
•
Unfortunately,', like the poor
children of Lebanon and Northern
Ireland and El Salvador who have
never known peace, the defeatists
have never known anything but
mutual abuse and promiscuity. To
believe in the inevitability of pro-
miscuity is to recede into animality.
It is tliis defeatism, of both the
students and the administration,
which has cynically labeled us Mat-
tress College.
•
Such defeatism has its roots in a
lack of faith and a lack of educa-
tion. Aldous Huxley once defined
an intellectual as a person who
discovered something beyond sex.
Apparently, there are too few in-
tellectuals at Marist.
When I was in college we struggl-
ed with William James' four basic
rules for training the will. Today
students ignore both James and his
. voluntarism. A permissive society
has no truck with education, least
of all education of the will.
Not only education; • but also
religion, is out at Mattress College.
About 10 percent attend Mass
weekly, and some of these regularly
scoot out at Communion. Lent has
lost all meaning even just as a time
to strengthen the will; so have New
Year's• resolutions gone ~by the
board. Campus Ministry struggles
to get a handful • to help the
homeless in January and the
migrant workers in May.
Easter is all about empower-
ment. Christ has given us the power
to do good and resist evil. Try
praying -
morning and evening
and at dinner; try Holy Mass and
Communion, the Rosary and Visits
to the Blessed Sacrament. It could
change your life -
even save it
these days! April 21 - feast of St.
Anselm
of Bee, father
of
Scholasticism, the reconciliation of
Faith and Reason. Education and
religion are only for the mature.
This leads me to note a second
sentiment in this debate, and that
is infantilism - the need for adult
approval.
Students who whored in the
1960s also fought for peace in the
world, for civil rights and equal
rights. And they didn't look for
adult approval.
The animal
students of the 1980s (there are
human students, fortunately), sur-
rounded by massive illiteracy,
homelessness, and ·poverty, are
fighting only f.or their genital rights
and adult approval.
Let's be honest, Council of Stu-
dent Followers -
if you really
want to fight AIDS, you don't sell
condoms in the Bookstore which is
closed most of the week. You in-
stall vending machines or you work
through Health Services. Who's
kidding whom? You want con-
doms in the Bookstore merely as a
symbol of explicit adult approval
for promiscuity .
One Student Follower argued
with me that the Bookstore solu-
tion was primarily for the freshmen
who have rio cars. Is this the
message we give freshmen - calm-
ly pre-meditated date rape? Whor-
ing not through passion and
weakness, but through
cool
calculation'? No, No! Is this South
Africa? Is five percent dictating to
95
percent? No wonder these
animals drive out half the
freshmen! Should not Marist rather
change or drive out the animals?
A third and last sentiment must
be mentioned. That is stupidity.
Every administrator knows that
just plain stupidity is becoming
more of a problem daily. The
refusal and thus the inability to
think. It goes back to will power,
as Pascal said: "The most impor-
tant factor in intelligence is the
will." I believe the Bookstore op-
tion is the result of infantilism, but
it could also be the result of just
plain stupidity.
In any case, it must be clear to
all that in every Fall semester there
must be blunt AIDS and pro-
miscuity discussion mandatory for
all faculty, student services staff,
and students.
Have a good summer. Walk with
God.
Bro. Joseph L.R. Belanger is a
Marist Brother and a professor of
French.
Rock Responses
CUB needs student cooperation
by Thomas Nesbitt
A
group of
60
students worked for almost 20 hours in preparation
for this year•~ spring concert with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Just
over 500 people attended the show, marking the worst loss ever for a
Marist concert. Yes, the College Union Board had a concert and almost
no one came.
There are several reasons why this concert wasn't as successful as it
should have been. Students were obviously upset at having to pay
$8
for
tickets. The contract for the concert blocked our use of radio adver-
_
ttsemsnts. The ac_lv~rtising_that
we did.:.have was put.µp Jatc;t M~ist .
students are chronic complainers. Air of these reasons being valid, the
last. reason perhaps encompasses all of the rest.
,..- • , ..
. CUB had narrowed its choice down .to four possible
acts.
Contrary
to public!
i>pirifori,•Jaines Taylor
was not even considered as he was way
out
of our price range. Our other three choices: Kansas/Night Ranger,
Meatloaf and Zebra, had all played in the area recently and thus would
not have attracted many people. This led us to choose Joan Jett and the
Blackhearts.
_ .
Every. year students criticize CUB -on their choice for a concert.
However, we allow all students at Marist the right to participate in that
decision-making process. If the individuals who don't exercise that right
spent as much time helping CUB as .they do complaining about it, the
apathy problem at Marist could be considerably lessened.
Sixty students who gave of their time so. that you could have a con-
cert, made me proud to be a member of CUB. After the show was over,
they spent the next three hours cleaning the Mccann Center in prepara-
tion for the next ·morning's Hoop Shoot charity event. That commitment
deserves your respect.
•
With the help of the Concert Committee, this concert ran extremely
well. For the most part, those individuals who watched the show were
very happy with it. To me, then the concert was a success regardless of
Continued on page 8
Who wanted her here, anyway?
by Wes Zahnke
I'm sure that everybody is experiencing the same annoying ringing in
-tfie ears from the Joan Jett concert last Friday night. Right.
The attendance was pathetic and could mean a setback for future spring
concerts.
Obviously
no
one gave two turds for Miss Jett.
Why was there no interest? Are we, the Marist community, too
sophisticated for Jett and her leather get-up?
Are we too cheap to spend
$8
for a ticket'? Or is there a lack of com-
munication between the students and the College Union Board?
I'd like to know why CUB decided on Joan Jett and why there wasn't
more input allowed from· the student body.
.
,
~-
It's
pretty rldi~u\ous when
you can't get
a
good crowd
of
students
at
an on-campus concert.
. The proof is right
there - no one wanted to see Joan Jett. Therefore,
someone flubbed.
.
.
I'm not pointing an accusing finger at anyone, but merely suggesting
better ways to enhance the selection process.
Why not make out a list of a few possible acts that would be feasible
to get here, then poll the students and give the job to the winner?
It seems that CUB went for the name brand instead of the best possi-
ble product.
An article last week said Jett was picked because she had three Top
Ten hits and was the best show for the money, according to CUB Presi-
dent Tom Nesbitt. .
I ask, "The best show according
to
whom?" Certainly not the students.
Facts don't lie. The attendance was horrendous.
I'd like to know what our other options were. I think we all want to
know.
Let's bring the power back to the people.
•
Let the students decide who they want to see, not some board of pro-
grammers in their ivory tower.
Wes Zahnke is a'junior majoring in communication arts.
Student leaders in a time of questioning
by Gerard A. Cox
In New· York City_ this week,
celebrations will commemorate the
inauguration of our first President,
George Washington. It seems pro-
per that New York City, which
served as our first seat of govern-
ment, should be allowed to recreate
that very special moment in the na-
tion's history and to celebrate the
occasion.
Within this same week, we will
experience a governmental change·
of our own. The students elected to
positions of responsibility in Stu-
dent Government for
1988-1989
leave office and the newly-elected
student leaders assume the same
responsibilities. The process of·
transition is simple; the substance
of transition is great.
lmbedded within the ceremonial
of transition are those symbolic
gestures which spell the principles
and practices of student govern-
ment, which are to be passed on to
the new officers.
It seems especially appropriate to
reflect on what student government
and leadership mean on this cam-
pus. In the process \_Ve
may, I hope,
clear the air of fuzzy ideas about
the ~oilege, which h~ve been ex-
pressed in our campus press under
the rubric of discussing relevant in-
stitutional issues.
The forms of challenge provid-
ed by the establishment of a student
government are many: functions,
financial management, judicial
review, programming and com-
munications networks and systems.
In the broadest of strokes, these are
the primary areas of challenge
given to students elected to office.
Administrative staff and faculty
who work with student leaders
have the responsibility
to
challenge
and support these leaders, just as
the leaders in tum have the respon-
sibility to challenge and suppon
each other and their fellow
students.
It is important to understand the
meaning behind the concept of
"challenge and support." One way
to reach this understanding is to
think about what "challenge and
support" is not. It is not the prac-
tice of searching
for
the least com-
mon denominator, or the line of
least resistance, or the most
popular position.
It is grasping the opportunity to
demonstrate one's understanding
of the context that makes this cam-
pus, this college, different from
many others.
The college has a specific history:
a definite moment in time when it
began,
under
specific
cir-
cumstances, for special reasons. Its
beginning was the fuJfillment of a
dream.
As narrow as the defmition of its
original student body was, the
dreamers' dream was more univer-
sal. In time the student body
became more diverse, establishing
a pattern for diversity which con-
tinues to this day. Although the
college was originally designed for
the training of religious educators,
the later transition to an indepen-
dent, secular institution never in-
cluded a renunciation of either its
educational philosophy or view of
the religious nature of man.
This heritage is an essential ele-
ment of the historical sense that
every student leader must have to
serve well the college and its
students, which includes its alum-
ni as well as its present scholars.
No alteration of the description
of this institution of learning has
ever described the college as
anything but value-based, having a
very specific heritage given to us by
its founders. In short, we persist in
adhering to the finest principles of
this essentially Judea-Christian
heritage. And we admit to the ap-
pearance, now and then, of traces
of the riches bequeathed to us by
the Marist Brothers and the
Catholic Church. The tenets of
Catholicism are not only part of the
history of this college, but are in-
tegral elements in the religious
education of the vast majority of
our students.
It would be dishonest not to ad-
mit freely to this heritage. The
moral code of the college reflects
the college past which persists into
the present. The campus is not a
moral vacuum; the college com-
munity is not amoral.
We might do well to end this
portion of our discussion by reflec-
ting on a few words from the past.
We began by talking about
George Washington. Let's hear
from him. He wrote:
"Let us with caution indulge the
supposition that morality can be
maintained
without religion.
Reason and experience both forbid
us to expect that national morality
can prevail in exclusion of religiou~
principle.''
Therein lies the basis for the stu-
dent leaders' historical orienti\tion;
Continued on page 8
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I do that would - accomplish
anything?" The· first step
is
simple;
Express your concerns and come to
the forum. It's time our gc;neration
started ma~ing things happen
rather than letting things happen.
Melanie Winters
Students for Student's Rights
Not funny, Mary
To the editor:
This is a response to Mary
Stricker, who in last week's Circle
asked, "Who is responsible for
picking this repulsive entertain-
. ment? Are you dumb?" - referr-
ing to the concerts we have had at
Marist.
To your first question, Mary -
I, with the rest of the College
Union Board, choose acts from a
list of available groups.
To your second question - yes,_.
Mary, very dumb. Not for getting
Joan Jett, but for working·
countless hours for a campus that
does not get involved. Dumb for
thinking The Circle would back the
school's events instead of printing
pointless colu.mns just to "kill
time."
Maybe you thought it was fun-
ny, Mary - but I don't think it's
funny when something that has
taken so long to accomplish is turn-
ed into a joke just to get a laugh.
I guess Joan Jett is a real joke,
right? Really bad, right? Someone
whose album went platinum last
month, with two Top Ten singles
froi:n it. Someone who sold out five
shows on Broadway just before
coming to Marist. Boy, you are
right Mary -
she has no talent,
and is a true definition
of
"repulsive entertainment."
Poodles are ugly and the story of
you blowing smoke rings -- now
that sure is journalism at its best.
To compare the time put into the
show with the time it took you to
write that -
that really is sad!
It is not only to you.that this let-
ter is directed, but also to the The
Circle for running tliat column just
one day before the concert. You
are part of the teason why campus
events turn into expensive jokes!
As a wise person once said,
"If
you don't have anything nice to
say, don't say it." Why ruin
something good for a pointless col-
umn? I think the question should
be, "Are YOU dumb?"
Chris Walch
CUB Concert Chairperson
·One to One
1'0 the editor:
I would like to thank all those
who contributed to the great suc-
cess of last Friday's One-to-One
Day, sponsored by the.Psychology
Club. More than 100 students pro-
vided an exceptional day for 40
children from the community.
Everyone had fun and there was
a great deal of spontaneity - due
to the ~eful planning done by
Kristin
Siebrecht
and
the
Psychology Club. Kristin organiz-
L ead ef
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reason and experience forbid us to
to thin.k and want just like all your
expect that campus morality can
contemporaries."
prevail in exclusion of religious
The writer was T .S. Eliot. The
principle.
.
professor was Dr. George Summer.
But because you are leaders and
so, effective leadership means
have been in office or about to
knowing more than the melody to
assume a position in government,
that popular turie everyone seems
1
want
to
share a thought
ftom a
to
know. On\y a
few
seem
to know
man
I came to appreciate as
a
poet
the lyrics, the
words, the substance.
and playwright, some years ago,
that the melody is.all about.
when I was an undergraduate. One
of my professors, a true scholar
I
hope each of our newly-elected
and fine educator, helped me to members of the Council of Student·
develop an appreciation for this Leaders
will
make a difference. I
twentieth century man of letters.
hope that each new officer, each
''Whatever you think, be sure it new editor, each new general
is what you think; 'whatever you manager will make a difference. If
want, be sure that it is what you my wish comes true, 1989-1990
will
want; whatever you feel, be sure mark much more than the start of
that it is what you feel. It is bad a new decade, the last of the twen-
enough to think and want the ·-tieth century.
things that your elders want you to
Gerard A. Cox
is Marist's dean
think and want, but it is still worse of student affairs.
CUB-----------•Co-n.tt.nu_~
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how much money was lost. However, unless we get full cooperation from
the entire studeni body, the prospect of having a concert next year looks
very grim.
.
CUB is your representative. Together. we can· make a difference at'
Marist College. The next time we give you a needs assessment, take it
seriously. That way, we can understand where you are coming from and
-provide you with the entertainment you want. WORK WITH US ... NOT·
AGAINST
USf
Thomas NesbJtt, a senior communication arts major,
is president of
the College Union_ Board.
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Beth Mahoney, Marisa Manderioli,
Maureen McGuinness, Kelly Reil-
ly and Nick Ross. The musical
talent of Rick Zinnanti and Bill
Brinnier
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greatly.
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Essential behind-the-scenes sup-
port was provided by the Marist
community, including Tony Cam-
pilii, Anthony Tarantino, Joseph
Leary and the Security staff, Judy
Hessert, Seiler's Food Service, Bet-
ty Yeaglin, Bill Eidle and Linda
Parks.
Gratitude
is
in order for the Fair-
view Fire Department, Gretchen
Leak and the Bowdoin Park Pet-
• ting Zoo, the Hudson Valley
Stables and Tony Bown of Texaco
in Beacon, who graciously provid-
ed the helium tank and staff
support.
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of Astor Home, gave a good
presentation on April 14. We also
thank to staff from Astor Home
and Cardinal Hayes Home, who
stayed with the children all day.
Dan Drogosch and Laura Wrege
from Cardinal Hayes were helpful
in their planning efforts.
Faculty from Behavioral and
Social Sciences publicized the event
by announcing it in their classes.
Linda Dunlap,
John
Scileppi, Marc
Halsted and Janet Stivers provid-
ed extra help and support.
I
am grateful to Joe Canale for
his guidance in planning the event.
Joe's presence help to ensure that
everything ran smoothly.
For those I have forgotten to
mention -
let the smiles and joy
of the kids be your thank-you. The
v~ dee~ed,,_filled with children
whose lives were enriched by their
day
of
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students who gave so selflessly of
themselves -
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Jei{energizes,·
small audience
'\.,.-,
Preparing for an add/ drop campout
by K_evin
St.Onge
Despite low crowd turnout,
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
rocked the Mccann Center last
Friday with its distinctive high
energy rock 'n' roll.
With only 100 tickets sold a
week before the concert, the
College
Union
Board ,_
organizers of the event - an-
ticipated increased sales at the
gate before the show.
Some 467 people were at the
concert, according to CUB
President Tom Nesbitt -
far
below predictions of 1,200 to
1,500.
The small crowd didn't seem
to bother Jett. She commanded
center stage slinking around in
her black leather pants, keeping
eye contact with the audience
then wiping sweat from her chin
and spraying it into the front
rows.
by Jo-Anne Prokopowicz
"It's bogus!" Barton Steinborn,
18, a freshman from New York Ci-
ty, said of his impression of
Marist's add/drop system.
Steinhorn and Jon Schodel, 19,
a freshman from Princeton,
N.J.,
camped out last Sunday night to
jockey for a position in the
freshman add/drop session the
next day.
Steinborn only got two of the.
five classes that he needed for the
this semester after registration
earlier
fo
the year:
Before the ritual - which is like
a huge slumber party - the two
anticipated about what it would be
• like spending the night in Donnel-·
ly Hall. -
"It's like waiting in line for real-
ly great concert tickets, like for The
Cure, only to find out that you're
in the wrong line," said Schodel.
With plenty of room to
dance, the crowd moved to the
sounds of recent hits like "Lit-
tle Liar," "Light of Day" and
"I
Hate Myself for Loving
You."
"She just kicked back and
relaxed," said Nesbitt. "It
showed she was enjoying
herself."
Schodel said the community col-
lege he attended last semester had
a
more organized registration
system than Marist's.
Lines, paperwork and all-night campouts are often synonymous with add/drop. This
semester's
add/drop period,
as this
hallway
scene in Donnelly Hall suggests, was no excep-
tion.
(Photo by Lynaire Brust)
She got everybody into the
act singing her 1982 number one
hit
"I
Love Rock and Roll" and
answered a three-minute ova-
Forms were sent out earlier at his
former school, and priority was
given to upperclassmen and then to
returning freshmen with the highest
grade point average, he said.
because everyone last semester real-
ly got hungry. The River Station
has 20 beers on tap so we will most
likely go there," Steinborn said.
packing their sleeping bags, their
favorite pillows, and most impor-
tantly - besides the beer and the
hors d'oeuvres - Schodel is going
to bring his box and some of his
The security guards just walked
around once in a blue'moon, and
everyone really had a great time,"
Steinborn said.
"After the dinner we are going
.
tion with her version of Tommy
James and the Shondells 1969
number one tune "Crimson and
Clover."
Marchello - an up and com-
ing band who have a video on
MTV - opened
for
Jett. MTV
representatives attended the
Steinborn and Schodel were
planning their great adventure last
Saturday morning. They were mak-
ing a list of necessities for the worst
camp experience they'll ever have
-
the add/drop nightmare.
'It's like waiting in line for really
great concert tickets~ like for The Cure,
only to find out you're in the wrong line.'
Steinborn
said
although he felt
the Registrar's Office tried their
best to plan a more efficient
add/ drop process this year,
freshman still get stuck with the
8: 15 classes and other unpopular
courses. So he decided to camp out
. show.
once aeain.
•
"We obviously lost a lot of
money but it
really was
the stu~
dent's money
spent
through the
student activities
fee,"
said
Nesbitt.
to go to Shop Rite to pick up some favorite tapes.
chips, dip and some beer. Barton
"Last year they tied one of.my
said that the line was a real party
friends to the Xerox machine out
last year," said Schodel.
in front of the Computer Center in
"I
think that it is going to be
fun. Maybe we will go out and get
a beer ball and carry over our mat-
tresses," Schodel said
.
"First, we are going to go out for
a really fantastic meal. Maybe we'll
go to the River Station or Coppolas
.
The two freshmen 5!lid they were;
.
Donnelly. The place was a mess.
Bean town vs~ Big Apple
• How Bostonians look
.
at life in New York ...
-
by Michael DeCosta
Apples - no matter which way you slice
them -
don't go well with beans.
For Bostonians, who affectionately refer
to their hometown as "Beantown," a crock
·
of brown,
·soggy
beans outshines any apple,
including "The Big Apple," in New York
City.,
:
Only about 250 miles separate the two
great cities, but
_ask
any Bostonian or New
Yorker an_d he'll tell you that they're worlds
ap~~re's a iot of local pride involved in the
attitudes that
·residents
have,
-
according to
Steven Murray;
_a
communications major
fr9m &toughton,
Mass.,
about 15 miles south
of Boston. "There is an attitude that both
have that there is nothing outside of Boston,
noth_ing outside
of
New York," he said.
.
''When I cam_e here, people would ask,
'Why did you come all the way here to go
to
school,"' he said. "They have this in-
fatuation with B.C. (Boston College) as the
college to go to."
When Jim Horn came to Boston more
than 25 years ago, he was greeted with that
same narrow-minded attitude. Horn, a
native of Wellesville, N. Y., a town about I 00
miles southeast of Buffalo, said he got tired
of explaining that he was from western New
York.
"When I told people (in Boston) that I was
from New York, they would naturally
assume New York City," he said.
Janice Casey, an assistant English pro-
fessor, came to Dutchess County in 1963
from Winthrop, Mass., a town about IO
miles northeast of Boston. She too knows of
the local pride that Bostonians can have.
"There's a golf course just outside of
•
Boston known as "The Country Club"
which suggests the arrogance we sometimes
have," she said.
Casey often jokes with her students from
-New
York about their dialects and accents.
"They love hearing us say things like "Park
Square,'" he said.
.
Murray said that sports, however, is where
New Yorkers and Bostonians draw the line
between the light-hearted joking about ac-
·
ce_nts and getting into some heated
arguments.
"If
a New Yorker and a Bostonian are
arguing about sports, no one will ever win,;,
•
he said. "I've had some pretty big arguments
with my friends but, they never go beyond
that point."
But Murray saw the argument go beyond
mere words.
•
"I was at a Yankees-Red Sox game at
Yankee Stadium wh~n four kids wearing Red
Sox hats started running through
•
the
bleachers yelling at the Yankee fans," he
said. "They were quickly swamped with fans
throwing stuff and yelling right back at them.
"They were really asking for it though,"
Murray said. "They were lucky when securi..:
ty escorted. them out."
Despite all the rivalry between the two
.cities,
many Bostonians admit that they ab-
solutely love New York City.
"l
think New York is an exciting, wonder-.
ful place," said Casey.
"I
try to make it
down there at least four times a year."
Horn said he loves New York because of
the high concentration of art there. "I
especially enjoy Manhattan,'' he said. "You·
can get anything that exists in the world right
there."
But a few Bostonians beg to differ about
the greatness of The Big Apple.
Sean Murphy, a native of South Boston,
said he has only been to New York City once
to see a basketball game.
"I
hked it,
I
guess," he said. "That was
10 years ago though, and I've never been
back."
.. . And how New Yorkers
feel about 'up north'
by Gifford Krivak
Many great rivalries are waged among
American cities, but none
can
compare to the
,battle between "Beantown" and "The Big
Apple."
.
.
.
For years, inhabitants of the Boston and
New York metropolitan areas have fought
over subjects ranging from which city per-
forms better ballet to which city plays bet-
ter basketball.
"In New York, we have the Statue of
Liberty." Jeff Katz, a junior from Brooklyn,
N.Y.,
said. "In Boston, they have a statue
of a man on a horse."
Sports seems to encourage people's
tempers to get a little out of hand.
"I hate the Boston sports teams," Keith
Mascia, a freshman from Garden City, N.Y.,
said. "Growing up in New York you learn
to despise all of them, but I hate the Celtics
so much that if the Celtics played the Rus-
sians I'd root for' the Russians."
Although hearing cheers from the fans in
Fenway Park or the Boston Garden may be
some New Yorkers' idea of torture, many
have learned to hate and respect Boston fans
at the same time.
"I
hate the Boston teams because they're
rivals with New York's teams," said Joe
Monteleone, a junior from Garrison N. Y.
"But l respect the fans because they are loyal
sports fans. Just as the Rangers pack in the
fans at the Garden even though they haven't
won the Stanley Cup in 50 years, the Red Sox
sell out Fenway and they haven't won the
World Series in more than 70 years."
But they're still a little envious of the win-
ning New York teams.
"When it comes to baseball Red Sox fans
are jealous," said Frank Coleman, a
sophomore from the Bronx, N. Y. "Since
1921, the Yankees have won 22 World Series,
and the Red Sox have won zero. Sure the
Celtics have dominated in basketball, but this
is the Knicks year in the East."
"The people in New England talk as if
•
their teams always beat New York's," said
Dave Paige, a senior from White Plains,
. N. Y. "They seem to forget that the Red Sox
pulled the biggest choke of all time in '86
when they were one out away from beating
the Mets, and they blew it."
Some Bostonians even go as far as rooting
for the New England team just to avoid sup-
porting New York.
"I think New Englanders sometimes root
against New York just for the sake of rooting
against New York," said Coleman. "The
Patriots' fans hate the Giants just as much
as they hate the Jets - and the Patriots rare-
ly play the Giants."
New Yorkers also have their gripes about
the arenas Boston's teams use. "Look at the
Boston Garden, it's falling apart,"
said
Mascia. "New York's stadiums may not be
•
the best, but at least they have air
conditioning."
Sports isn't the only place where New
Yorkers find the Big Apple superior to Bcan-
town. "Boston has the worst pizza
America," said Mascia. "They cut it into lit-
tle squares. How are you supposed to cat a
pizza if you can't hold it by the crust. You
just can't get good pizza outside New York."
Pizza's not the only non-sports area where
.
Boston is lacking - big time.
"You can't see a Broadway play in
Boston, and you can't get a goo pastrami on
rye," said Tom Hess, a senior from Teaneck,
N.J. "Let's face it: New York is the place
to be."
.. .
.:..a
•
.I,
.,
a day.
lo.,·
the life
,
Dreaming,
the dream
of dreams
by
Wes Zahnke
After experiencing post-River
Day shock and withdrawal from
the weekend tailspin, I sat
around with a plastic fork at-
tached to my uvula and began
to ponder.
Always the intrepid thinker
who knows no bounds, I was
searching for truths.
Here I am, practically a
senior, single and eligible, living
with five cohorts in a house on
Talmedge St., wondering what
direction my life is going to
take.
What
is my American
Dream? Being a self-actualized
infant, complete with Mickey
Mouse sheets and a short atten-
tion span, I don't think I'll ever
calculate the proper fuel ratio
for a space shuttle.
After eliminating rocket
science from my list of choices,
l
can
now set my sights on other
goals.
For the record I've also cross-
ed out professional athletics,
lioo-taming and brain surgery.
I'm not in a rush; life's been
good to me so far.
Meals are not being missed,
bills are paid on time, and rare-
ly is a keg tapped that eludes my
reach.
I'm not the best guy in the
world, but I ain't so bad.
'::.ti\\,
this Sunda')' \<notted
ten-
sion was rising in
my
gut,
-
like
ir
always does.
[ hate Sundays ..
!
get nervous
and feel as if my world is cav-
ing in.
I look through the windows
at the world around me and get
scared.
•
Poor families picking the gar-
bage to make ends meet,
violence in the housing project
on a frequent basis, and hatred
and resentment by the neighbors
being aimed at us, public enemy
number one
..
The college kids are evil,-ac-
cording to my neighbors.
Because we
are
fortunate to en-
joy life and have an occasional·
keg or 10 does not mean that we
•
are mutants from another
planet. Well, maybe ...
.
Parties all seem to blend
•
together
from Wednesday
through Saturday without much
•
rest.
How many times can you
swing from the chandliers and
pour beer over each other's
heads?
I tend to do my best thinking
while eating a can of Finast
Pork & Beans, a panacea for all
the problems in the· world.
They put things into perspec-
tive for me and also provide
entertainment
for
my
housemates.
As the days go on and the
kegs continue, we aU are grow-
ing up.
Sure, we don't want to admit
it, so we drown ourselves in 30
beers or so, but we're all
growing.
Seniors are shedding tears,
and juniors are watching their
reactions, knowing full well that
will be them in one year.
Oh, I'm
not
going soft, just
thinking a bit. HeU, I love
swinging on chandeliers.
.
But, you know what I mean.
After all, we're only here for
four years, so live it up.
Keep your eyes and ears open
and for goodness sake, don't
worry if NASA doesn't come
knocking on your door.
There's always McDonalds
.
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candidates. remain.for placem~nt post
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_by Ghris
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,
left to become. director:. of career
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at
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Culinarj:Jnst'ifute
of
The search for.a ilcw director of
·:Amctfoa
in Hyde.Park~:N;Y; •
The Office
of
~areer Deyelopment
•
•
The·
director chosen will try to
and Field·Experie11ce
has been oar-
•
aid·students in the job placement
rowed
down
to three possible:·can-
•
·
pr,ocess while: overseeing the ac-
didates; . according .t~.- Qai:ol_
.
t,vities of .t'1e office.
•
Coogan,
'director
of persoririet_.·,
:
:,:;The
new director will also super-
Coogan said that interviews will_. ,
.
.vise ,the· management and expan-
•
be completed-by the firstv.:e.ek in· ·sio:n of•·:on~¢ampus recruiting,
•
May and plans
·are-to
have someone develop:· relationships
with
start by July 1, if not sooner.
.
employers and alumni, serve
as
the
-
The search for a new director
lia'ison:.' b'etween
employers,
began after Ray Wells resigned
•
students and faculty, and offer
from the job in late January. Wells, . career counseling and
·initiate
and
who had been at Marist since 1979; conduct
workshops
to help
students take an active role in plan-
ning their futures.
The director will.be chosen by
a
search committee who will inter-
view each applicant seperately.
This committee is made up of col-
•
lege representatives who will work
closely with the new director on a
daily basis.
·
Coogan said the individual hired
will possess strong interpersonal
as
well
as
marketing skills in order to
develop the career services program
to its fullest potential.
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didn't move.
1
move forward,
risking life and limb for a lousy
Marist tour.
.
haven't. Or are new freshmen
now required to sign an
abstinence form, like the seniors
for graduation? Looks like the
RAs will have some fun busts
next year.
So, anyway .. .then :;he wanted
to see the Library. l kincl of ig-
nored her and pointed ·out the
beautiful rock gardens dotting
the campus.
Then, the fun began. OH
BOY, what fun.
Little Susie and her ma and
I went down to River Day. They
couldn't officially get in, of
course, so l had to sneak them
in through the woods.
"What is this~ Auschwitz?"
Susie's mom murmured. I
quickly shut her up as the new
Marist SWAT team brushed by
our foxhole.
We moved closer to the
festivities to notice a security
guard between us and our final
destination --
Jhe BEER
Truck.
"Charlie Company on alert.
Let's move ahead!" So we
snea~ behind the guard, our
bodies tense, quivering as we
tighten each blacked-up muscle.
Susie's ma happened to have
some of that stuff Arnold used
in· "Commando."
We sat and quivered for a.
good half hour. The guard
Tripping over a branch, I
scream obscenities as I knock
over the guard. I expect poison-
ed stun-daggers to come flying
at me, so I can be locked up in
the WPDH Boombox later. OH
NO! Not that!
Instead I discover. .. THE
TRUTH. The security guards
were all cardboard. We didn't
have anything to worry about.
And the tour had been going
so well too.
•
Mark Miller is a junior ma-
joring in English.
,,1 dont want
a lot of hype.
I jt1st
want
something I.
can count on.,,
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-_
at
Maristi:
by Tim Besser
Rambling
thoughts
while
wondering if Marist will be a bet-
ter place. in two years when
.-a
baseball team-starts playing.
If you had risked· $20,000
•
on
•
Easy-Goer to place in Satl}rday's
Wood Memorial at Aqueduct you
would have walked home with a
whopping $1,000 in winnings.
.
Seems like an awfully high chance
to take for a meager profit.
How can 42-year-old Nolan
Ryan throw a one-hitter in the ma-
jor leagues. Most 42-year-old men
would be lucky to one-hit a
'team
of six year olds.
Does Rudy Bourgarel really
believe he will-be drafted into the
NBA? Ditto. for Miro· Pccarski.
There will be
54
players chosen in
the draft. It's doubtful
they'll
be
among the fortunate few taken.
Besides, the NBA already lias its
quota of Marist players.
Rik Smits had a solid rookie
season and should be a force in the
NBA in the coming years.
.·
Regardless of whether or not the
Lakers win a third straight title this
season, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has
nothing to be ashamed o(. They are
still a better team with him than
without him.
Mets' lefty Sid Fernandez says he
has lost about 20 pounds and he
seems to be pitching very well. Did
you ever notice that Sid's weight
and earned run average seem to
follo_w.
the same curve?
Every Mets fan's heart
must
miss·
a beat when Howard Johnson
April 27, 1989- THE CIRCLE- Pagett
•
.The!
first 'national pastime,
by
Rich Donnelly
:
You've seen the two small
goals. sitting on Lconidoff Field,
and~. you've probabaly seen.
pl_ay«:r,,
tun.rung . around with
sticks
m
.ha.id
tryl~g
to throw a
ball into the nets,·
:
Yo1fmay even know that the
game t(ley're
plaY,ing
is lacrosse.
~~t. you ~~Y--~ot know .t~e
or1gm of tl;te game or how 1t 1s
played.
•
/ '
:
;
,
•
•
Baseball is ·cclnsidered to be
America's national ·pastime, but
according
to a "Pictoral
History of American Sports,"
the original and most universal
game of the American Indian
was the stick and ball game they
Lacrosse has evolved from a war exercise for North American
•
called baggataway •
Indians into a popular sport in Canada and the northern United
The game, developed
•
as a
States.
(Photo by Bob Davis)
war-training exercise by North
hard with
•
hair and had no
American Indians, was played
defined size. The Indians often
from Canada to Florida and
west to the Great Plains. Today
hid it in their mouths which
led
it is a popular college, secon-
to hitting the mid-section and
dary school and club game
head to release it.
played in the eastern United
Today's sponge rubber ball is
States. Hotbeds of the game
are
roughly seven and three-quarter
the Finger Lakes region, Long
to eight inches in circumference
Island and Baltimore, Md.
and weighs five to five and one-
.
A furious, bone-smashing af-
quarter ounces.
fair, the idea of the game today
The playing field today also
- as it was then - is to put the.
has a defined size and shape -
ball into the opponent's goal by
60 to 70 yards wide by 110 yards
passing or shooting it.
long. The two six-by-six goals
The Indians played the game
face one another 80_
yards apart.
in a battering
manner -
The stick, or crosse, consists
without many fixed rules. It re-
of a handle and a pocketlike,
mains a rugged game, deman-
meshwork head in which the
ding skill, speed and endurance,
ball is caught, carried and pass-
but the game that has evolved
ed until shot at the goal.
into lacrosse has changed much
Like soccer,
only
the
since-the day of the Indians.
goalkeeper can touch the ball
The Indians often had several
with is hands, and no player
hundred men on a team com-
may enter the crease. Personal
pared to the 10 men per team
and technical fouls are given as
now.
in hockey with suspension or
Northern Indians used only
disqualification, leaving the
one webbed stick per man, as is
l)enalized
team
at
a
the custom today. Other Indian
disadvantage.
group~-~li:.!~ ~tj-~.!5-s_p~
!l!~!-.
_
.
___
.Th~.g~e_i$_
Q.ivjci~
l_n_t9..f
9U.t:
The bainhe Indians used had
quarters of 15 minutes· each.
a deerskin. c~_ver, was packed
•
Two
·
overtime periodr-of Jive
•
minutes each are played in the
event of a tie.
According to The Illustrated
Columbia Encyclopedia, some
authorities
say the game
developed its name from the
curved stick which reminded
French settlers of a bishop's
crosier. They called the 'imple-
ment la crosse. Lacrosse
~
the
national sport of Canada, was
adopted
by the Canadian
Parliament in
l
867.
•
•
In l
856,
the Montreal
Lacrosse Club was form.ed and
by 1860 rules of the game were
standardized with the Canadian
Lacrosse Association as the
governing body. The U.S. Inter-
collegiate Lacrosse Association
supervises college play.
Although mainly played as an
amateur sport, lacrosse was
played professionally in Canada
by 12-man teams between 1920
and 1932.
The -next time you see two
teams
running
around
Leonidoff Field with sticks in
hand, you will know that
•
1acrcisse's roots are
·deep~r
than
•
America's national pastime.
·.
Rugger_s
•
cdp N.J,.-~
tc)ur·namen
t.
•
by Chris She~
.
•
The rugby club captured first
place in the UPS Drew College In-·
vitational in Madison, N.J. last
Saturday.
• Drew, New Jersey Medical, and
Seton Hall also competed in the
tournament.
Marist hammered Drew 36-3 in
the championship game. The Red
Foxes defeated New Jersey Medical
20-0 in the first round. New Jersey
Medical beat Seton Hall, which fell
to Drew in the first round, to take
third place.
In the championship
game
against Drew, Steve Batta scor-:-J a
team-high 12 points for the Red
Foxes. John D' Angelo added six
points and Tom Flavin, Andy
Israel, Bruce Harris and Brian
Cesca added four apiece.
Flavin scored eight points to lead
the team against- New Jersey
Medical. Batta added six points,
Justin Miese four and D' Angelo
two.
•
As a warmup for the tourna-
ment, Marist had travelled to
Storrs, Conn.; last Thursday to
take on the Univeristy of Connec-
ticut, which has been ranked as
high as fifth on the East Coast this
year. The Huskies trounced
the
Red Foxes 26-3.
The Red Foxes will wrap up their
season Saturday at the Big Apple
tournament at New York City's
Randalls
,Island.
Among the 16
teams expected to participate are
Army, Hunter, Iona,
Fordham and
Drew.
•
fields a grounder with runners in
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scoring position.
It's nice to dream, but the Knicks
aren't going to
·win
the title this
year. The Pistons are hitting strid_e
at the right time and seem
unbeatable - but don't count out
the Lakers in Kareem's last hurrah.
Perfect ending: Kareem hits sky
hook as time expires to beat the
Pistons in Game Seven of the NBA
Championship.
Golf may not be great exercise,
but it is one of the most humbling
experiences a person can have.
You notice there always seems to
be an outside force that keeps the
Marist crews from winning. It's
never because they didn't row fast
enough.
•
Stanley Cup winner? The Mon-
treal Canadiens, who are all but
unbeatable at home.
Montreal Expos third baseman
Tim Wallach was quoted as saying
his team loves it when the Mets
lose. He better enjoy it now
because
it
looks like the Mets are
starting
to turn things around.
Mike Schmidt's throwing arm
has not come back following
surgery. The Phillies are going to
be hurt by him if they don't move
him off third base. Bad arm or not
you don't want him up with a man
_
on and your team leading by a run
in the late innings.
The Yankees
are playing
mediocre ball, which is what they
are going to play all season (at least
until Billy Martin
·comes
back to
manage).
Best wishes and a word of advice
for Brian Colleary, who finishes his
last day as Marist director of
athletics tomorrow. When you get
to_ Duquesne, find a better pizza
joint.
Any truth to the rumor Marist is
considering hiring ex-Kentucky
basketball coach Eddie Sutton to
replace Colleary?
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Laxmen
win· pair•~,
. by Jay Reynolds
•
Bour
gar el
to enter
pro
dr8.ft
With one game remaining in the
season and two key wins last week.
the lacrosseteam still has a shot at
a .500 record.
The Red Foxes, 4-5, play host to
Knickerbocker Conference rival
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Saturday
after two straight
historical victories last week -
a
19-1 rout of Division II D,ow1ing
and a 15-9 victory over Siena. It
was the first time the Red Foxes
have beaten the Saints.
"We're playing our best lacrosse
right now." said Coach Mike
Malet. "(The Merchant Marine
Academy)
is
a strong opponent and
it is an important game for us. We
will have to play like we did
(against Siena) -
execute the of-
fense, keep our composure and
play str_ong defense."
Against Dowling on Saturday,
senior Peter Cleary set a Matist
record for most career points,
registering his 200th point on an
assist just under three minutes in-
to the second period. It was the
third of his team-high six points in
the game.
Kevin Eversen (one goal, two
assists), Alex Messuri (two goals,
one assist)' and Brian Hanifin (three
goals) each contributed in the win.
Robert Naylor scored in the third
period to give· Marist its first goal
by a defenseman this season.
Eveisen and Messuri each scored
a goal in the first two minutes of
the game and the Red Foxes never
Neither team has possession of the ball here, but the Marist Jaxmen were in control for
mosf of -Oteir game against Dowling last Saturday. The Red Foxes won easily, 19-1.
(Photo by Bob Davis)
looked back, rolling on to the
. 18-goal victory.
• Cleary broke the record of Lou
Corsetti who played football and
lacrosse
for
Marist
from
1978-1982.
"(Cleary)
has been a great player
for us for four years," said Malet:
"It's a fitting tribute to his ability."
-Marist outshot Dowling despite
stalling the offense so as not to run
up the score. The Red Foxes fired
49 shots on the net to Dowling's 10.
"I've been on the other side,"
said Malet. "There was nothing to
be gained by doing that (running
up the score)."
Del Ross led Dowling's offense,
taking six of his team's lO shots
and scoring its only goal just .1 :23
into the game.
Against Siena last Thursday, the
. Red Foxes came back from a one-
goal deficit and outscored the
Saints 4-2 in the third quarter and
5-0
in the fourth to earn the
victory.
"It
was a great step for the pro-
gram," Malet said. "We knew if
we played a great game we could
beat them.
"The most important thing was
that they (Marist) didn't get
frustrated when we were up by one
and (Siena) came back and went up
by two. We stayed in our offense
and ran it the way we planned."
Despite trailing 7-6 at the half,
Malet said the team kept up its
confidence.
~
"The kids played the game to
perfection," he said. "They ran the
offense patiently and played great
defense:"
The five-goal fourth quarter end-
ed a fourth quarter scoring drought
that had seen Marist score only two
goals in the last quarter this season.
Greg Kavovit and Christian King·
led the offense for the Saints with
four points each in th~ loss.
With a year of NCA:A
eligibility left, former Marist
basketball
player
Rudy
Bourgarel has decided to to
forego his senior year and enter
the NBA draft, according to
Associate
Coach
Bogdan
Jovicic.
.
Bourgarel,
a native , of
France, spent the past year ser-
ving in the French Army a~d
playing with a club team m
• France.
Because no teams have
scouted Bourgarel in France, his
only chance to be seen by the
NBA scouts
will be at a pre-
draft camp in Chicago the week
before the June
26
draft, accor-
~
ding to Jovicic.
"No scouts have seen him,"
Jovicic said. "But they have
received information about how
he has played."
Jovicic said it is hard to tell
how the scouts actually feel
because they tend to mask their
opinions.
"(The scouts) don't like
to
speculate," he said. "Some hide
their cards and play them on
June
26."
The
NBA
draft is only two
rounds long this year which
-means only 54 players will be
drafted. Those not drafted still
have an opportunity to be in-
vited
to
a team's training camp.
Crew nearly blanked at LaSalle· invitational
by David Blondin
in some unfair starts;"
don't.
The
men's
varsity
The hea~eight-eight
capped a
and ended up starting at 7:30 p.m.,
There were over 20 teams in the
heavyweight-eight race had lights day ·or frustration for the Marist
Madst again fell victim to confu-
invitational that had the qualifying 'on the finish line so the officials - coaching staff which saw
a
number
sion at the start, Davis said .•
Despite qualifying for every final
but one, the Marist crew team came
away with only one win, under less
- then ideal conditions, at the La
-Salle invitational last Saturday on
the Copper River in Camden,
N.J:
"Some races we did well, others '
we did bad and some we just sort
of got cheated in
a
way/' said
Marist Coach Larry Davis. "A _
windy day made it difficult to get
the boats lined up which pushed all -
the starting times back further so
that the last race was finished in the
dark. The last races were rushed in
order to get them in which resulted -
Netters rally
.past Pace
by Mike O'Farrell
The men's tennis team rallied
from a 3-1 deficit on Monday to
defeat Pace 6-3.
Marist fell behind early in the
match before No. 4 player Chri~
Trieste came back to defeat his op-
ponent 4-6. 6-4, 6-1 Coach Gerry
Breen called Trieste's match "a
great comeback victory.,.
After losing the first set, No.
5
Jamie Breen bounced back for a
three-set victory to tie the match at
3-3 going in!9 the doubles competi-
tion. Rich Spina also won at singles
for the Red Foxes.
_ •
Marist completely dominated the
doubles matches to
earn
the
team
victory. Each Marist tandem won
in straight sets.
Breen called the match
"a
great
team victory," and he praised the
efforts of Spina. Spina, along with
Trieste and Breen, was a double
winner for the Red Foxes.
However, this was .tlie last match
for the senior because he is having
surgery on his mouth, according to
Breen.
races in the morning and the finals
could see who one," said Davis.
of its boats run into trouble.
After getting
th
ere boa~ lined up
in the in the afternoon.
The heavyweight-eig.ht was the
The men's freshmen-eight ,-
_ at he starting line, the official told
Since the conditions worsened as
last race of the day and began after
Marist's only undefeated boat go-
them to back down and while they
the day went on. the officials rush-
8 p.m. with very little daylight left.
ing into the invitational - was hit
were, the official started the race,
ed to get in all the races when
The result was Marist finishing by the wake of
an official boat that
said Davis. Marist finished third
realistically they should have not
last after being hit by a University was heading back down to the
behind Rhode Island and Army.-
been held, Davis said.
of Bucknell boat at the start.
start, dropping Marist from first to
The women's varsity-eight gave
"It's sort of a lost cause," said Marist was pushed off-course and to fourth by the finish.
Marist its only victory, winning
Davi~. "Because of safety and
had to make up the distance.
One of the seats in the men's , easily over second place. LaSalle.
fairness the regatta should have
Though there is an official board lightweight eight boat came off the
The women's varsity-four finished
been stopped, but then a lot ofpeo-
ofprotest,there is really no course track, causing its rower.to use on-
second to the University of Rhode
pie get mad because they didn't get of action when the officials could ly his upper body for the final 1,000 Island.
a chance to race their final.
not see anything. Even if they did,
meters of the race.
Marist finished fourth and fifth
"It
is a situation were you are
there was no way the races could
In the men's varsity lightweight
in the women's freshman four and
damned if you, damned if you
be redone; Davis said.
eight, which was to start at
4
p.m.
women's
lightweight . four•
For
cycling,. head
to
hills
by Rieb Donnelly
More and more bicycles are
appearing on the roadways in
and around campus, especially
no~ th~ the spring weather has
arriyeti .•
-With the ever dangerous
Route 9fooming as a deathtrap
for cyclists, if you 're looking to
do some serious or not so
serious riding in
a safe way. you
might want to check out the
Mid-Hudson Bicycle Club.
The only cycling club in the
immediate area has more than
260 members and is always
looking for more, according to
Ema S. Wilcox who along with
her husband Bill have been in
charge of the club's membership
since 1979.
"We ride all over Dutchess
County," said Mrs. Wilcox,
"and we have weekends away in
Vermont and the Adirondacks.
"It's really
a great riding
group. We had 300 members
last year, but we live in
an
area
where a lot of people transfer.
We have IBMers, teachers, doc-
tors ... we have
a
variety of
peo-
pie who belong to the club."
Anyone over the age of 18
may join. The annual member-
ship fee is $10 (for a single, or
family) and_ covers the cost of
the club's newsletter which
_is
published every month except
January.
•
After that, all rides -
held
every weekend and some
Wednesday evenings during the
spring, summer and fall - are
free of charge except for the
club's annual Century Ride -
the club's big event.
The Century Ride -
which
up until five years ago used
Marist
as it's starting location
- is scheduled for Sept. 17. It
offers rides of
25-, 50-,
62-, l
00-
and 125-miles and starts at
SUNY New
Paltz.
The rides may be done on
multiple speed racing cycles or
mountain bikes which have
become increasingly popular
during the past five years.
· The ride leader determines
the difficulty and length of the
ride, and a sag leader brings up
the rear of the group. Helmets,
water bottles and biking gloves
are recommended for all rides.
Paniers, packs that hang over
the rear tire, or backpacks are
suggested if you plan to pack a
lunch.
Rides are held at • various
levels, from A to D, with A be-
ing the fastest and longest and
D the slowest and shortest.
An A ride would cover 100
miles or more. travel at a rate
of 17 to 20 miles per hour, and
have one rest stop at about the
50-mile mark. A B ride covers
anywhere from 30
to
80 miles,
moves along at 12 to 15 mph
and has rest stops every 20 miles
or so.
AC ride t1sually covers 15 to
30 miles, moves along at 10 mph
and has . rest stops every 10
miles. A D ride covers three
to
15 miles, moves slower than 10
mph and stops every so often.
To join, ml:ike the $10
membership check payable to
MHBC and send it with your
name (spouse. if any), address,
nine-digit zip code, and phone
number to Ema
S.
Wilcox, 12
Hudson Drive, Hyde Park, NY
~
12538-2015 or
call
229-5618.
President's Cup
this Saturday
by Maureen Kramer
The 27th annual President's Cup
Regatta will be held this Saturday
on the Hudson River with a much
smaller field than in the past.
Previously as many as -12 to 15
schools came to Poughkeepsie for
the raee, but this year only the
University
of
Connecticut,
Lafayette, Lehigh University and
Dowling are coming to town, ac-
cording to crew Coach Larry
Davis.
"In the past four years bad
weather forced two cancellations of
the regatta. This year the Cham-
pionships in Albany are taking a lot
of the competition away," said
Donald Seals, novice women's
head coach.
Although so few will be atten-
ding it will still be a challenging
race, said Rachel Farrar, a member
of the crew team.
"We don't normally race these
teams so it's hard to know what to
expect," said Farrar.
"I think we'll
do pretty well though/'
•