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Volume 35, Number 11
Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
February 2, 1989
Burglary wave strikes campus; man- charged
by Chris Landry
A· Mount Vernon,
N.Y.,
man
who last month was paroled from
prison was arrested Sunday and
charged with the burglary of
$340
from a Marist student's Leo Hall
room, according to Marist's Office
of Safety and Security.
~aymond Barton, paroled Dec.
16 from Otisville prison near Mid-
dletown, N.Y., is also viewed as a
possible suspect in four ot~er in-
New dorm is·
on agenda
for trustees
b~·
Bill Johnson
The Marist board of trustees is
scheduled to vote Saturday on a
proposal for the new dormitory.
The buildings and grounds com-
mittee will recommend to the full
board a
$9
million to
$12
million
project fora-450-bed dorm behind
the Campus Center, according to.
J:>r.esident Derinis ·.Murray.•.···
The
committee heard proposals last
week from four firms interested in
building the dorm, he said.
Murray would not give the name
of the contractor and said he could
not give a specific cost for the pro-
·
ject. "There are a lot of variables
in this," he said. "The committee
will recommend a highly respected
architect and building firm that has
experience
building in this area."
Administrators have said the
dorm should be open for the Fall
1990 semester, eliminating the need
to house students at the off-campus
Canterbury Garden Apartments.
While the updated price tag is
significantly higher than earlier
estimates of $6 million
to
$8
million, Murray said the new figure
approximates the cost of the entire
project, including renovations to
the kitchen and dining hall.
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According to tentative plans,
sophomores will live in the three-
or four-story dorm, which will be
connected to the Campus Center by
way of a bridge over the road
behind Champagnat Hall. Officials
from Seiler's; the college's food
service company, suggested expan-
ding the kitchen and dining hall in-
stead of building new facilities in
the dorm, Murray said.
Marist will probably finance the
project through New York State
Dormitory Authority bonds, Mur-
ray said. The dormitory authority,
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after inspecting the college's fiscal
standing, gave preliminary ap-
proval for the loan, he said.
Before construction can begin,
the college must obtain approval
from
the Town of Poughkeepsie.
Murray said he doesn't expect
any major problems getting _ap-
proval, although the proposed site
near the Hudson River poses a
number of environmental issues to
be resolved.
The new classroom and office
building is also on the agenda for
Saturday's meeting. The trustees
will discuss possible sites for the
building, but no decision will be
made, Murray said.
cidents in which more than $1,600
in cash and merchandise was
reported missing by students since
the beginning
of the spring
semester, according to Marist
Security and Town of Poughkeep-
sie police.
Barton and an accomplice were
arrested at Saint Francis hospital in
Poughkeepsie late Sunday after-
noon after police responded to
reports of suspicious persons. A
combined investigation by Securi-
Rik's.
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ty and town police led to his arrest
was also charged in the Leo
burglary.
The burglary victim, who re-
quested anonymity, was on the hall
phone, only few feet away, when
a man entered his room on the
third floor last Saturday at
9:30
p.m.
The victim saw the man leaving
his room and, after discovering a
$140
check and $200 watch miss-
ing, asked the man if he took his
Marist graduate Rik Smits was
onhand for Monday night's
men's basketball game between
the Red Foxes and Fairfield
University.
Smits, now a
member of the National Basket-
ball Association's
India'na
Pacers, was interviewed by Col-
ony Sports Network's Dean
Darling (right) at halftime.
(Photo by Sean Glynn)
belongings. The man, who was
later identified as Barton, denied
the theft and told the victim he had
seen another man escape with the
merchandise.
Investigators were led to Barton
after a Marist Security guard, Al
Abdelrahman, reported the license
plate of a "suspicious looking" car
at the McCann center on Saturday,
according to Security.
The two passengers, a Hispanic
male and a black woman, were
escorted off campus after telling
Abdelrahman they were waiting for
a friend who was visiting a student
named Linda Davis, said Security
officials. Security has since deter-
mined that there is no such Marist
student.
A few hours later the Leo
burglary
was reported.
In-
vestigators determined that the
suspect was most likely the same
campus solicitor who had been
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Job prospects bright
.for
1989
graduates
by
Ed McGarry
Despite the possibility of a reces-
sion, 1989 college graduates can ex-
pect more job opportunities at
higher salaries, according
to
job
placement experts.
The corporate community is op-
timistic of a healthy job market in
spite ofa volatile stock market, the
national deficit, trade imbalance
and mega-mergers,
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according to
Victor R. Lindquist, director of
placement at Northwestern Univer-
sity and author of the school's an-
nual employmem survey.
The survey of 242 businesses
predicted job opportunities for col-
lege graduates would increase 8
percent in
1989.
The average star-
ting salary outlook is up 4.6 per-
cent over last year, at $26,460.
Maris! graduates could fare
especially well in this year's job
market. A similar survey conducted
by Michigan State University
predicts jobs in the Northeast will
yield the highest starting salaries in
the nation.
"Because of the high cost of liv-
ing in the Northeast, particularly
New York and Boston, companies
realize the need to have a flexible
starting salary," said Ray Wells,
director of career development and
field experience at Marist College.
For those who plan to leave the
Northeast, the Michigan report
projects companies in California
and the Southwest will offer the
most job opportunities. Employers
in the Northwest will hire the
fewest graduates, according to the
survey, and jobs in the Southwest
will pay the least.
Both reports
predicted
an
especially good job outlook in 1989
for women and minority groups,
particularly those with degrees in
business and the sciences.
Wells agreed with the reports,
adding that accounting and com-
puter science majors consistantly
enjoy a favorable status in ih·e job
market as
well.
Experts said engineers and com-
puter scientists would draw the
highest starting salaries, with elec-
tronics and educational industries
hiring the most new graduates.
Wells said he has heard from
three major banking firms and
other companies seeking computer
science graduates.
And while many experts predict
a bleak outlook for opportunities
in communications, Wells said
students in the college's most
popular program should persevere.
"There are many jobs available
in the communications area."
Wells said. "Graduates just have to
be willing to pay their dues."
Both surveys also predicted drug
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testing will be common in
1989.
Nearly one-half of the com-
panies in the Northwestern survey
and nearly one-third of those in the
Michigan survey said they will test
new employees for drug use.
Fewer then 3 percent of the com-
panies surveyed plan to test new
employees for
AIDS;
however, the
number has increased significanc-
ly since last year, according to both
reports.
NY law would shed light on· campus crime
by Karen Cicero
Crime statistics and security in-
formation about New York State
colleges and universities will be
made available to the public if a bill
proposed by a local assemblyman
passes through the state legislature.
The Security Information Act
would require both private and
public schools to publish the
number
of
violent
crimes,
burglaries and criminal trespasses
on campus for the most recent
three year period.
The drafter
of the bill,
Assemblyman Steven Saland of
Poughkeepsie, said it would en-
courage schools to become more
concerned about security. "There
has to be some means to make
schools look at their standards," he
said. "This bill is it."
.
Saland said he's hopeful the state
legislature will ratify the bill. The
greatest obstacle will come in the
committee stage, he said.
In order to reach the floor of the
full Assembly, legislation must pass
through a committee.
This bill will be reviewed by the.
Higher Education Committee or
the Codes Committee or both,
Saland said.
The major security information
the bill would require schools to
publish includes:
- The number of security per-
sonnel employed by the school and
the student/security officer ratio
- The type of training for part-
time and full-time
security
personnel
- The number and nature of the
security devices used, compiled by
building
- The schools' policy for hand!-"
ing alleged sexual offenses by
students against other students
Joseph Leary, director of safety
and security· at Marist, said the
work will be tedious but that he will
have no problem compiling the in-
formation. Last month, Leary said,
Security began a monthly tabula-
tion of many of the figures required
by the bill.
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Editor's Note: After Class will list the details of on- and off-..:a,npus
A
ter
Class
event~, such as lcclu_res,
meetings and concerts. Send information to Ilse
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• ~artm, c/o The C1rclc.
Entertainment
Foreign Films
The Marist College Foreign Film Festival
kicks off the spring semester tonight and Fri-
day with "Los De Abajo," a 1976 film that
chronicles the Mexican Revolution of 1910
to 1915. Both showings begin at 7:30 p.m.
in Donnelly 245. "My Life as a Dog," a
comedy about a mischievous 12-year-old boy
who is sent to live with relatives in a rural
village of Sweden in the 1950's, will be shown
Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
"Anne of Green Gables"
The
Adriance
Memorial
Library,
Sdmmer in London
Junior and senior college marketing and
communication majors can work and study
in London,. England this summer in a pro-
gram through the Fashion Institute of
Technology, New York. The program begins
July 8, and ends Aug. 11. Total cost for tui-
tion, room and board is $2,400 plus airfare.
Interested students should contact Dr. Ar-
thur Winters, chairman of F.I.T.'s Adver-
tising and Marketing Communications
Department, at (212) 760-7705.
Poughkeepsie, presents the classic film,
The Mikado
"Anne of Green Gables" in four parts: every
The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players
Saturday from Feb. 25 through March.18 at
will bring the comical operetta, the Mikado,
I :30 p.m. and every Tuesday from February . to the Bardavon Opera House in Poughkeep- ,
28 through March 21 at 3:45 p.m. Admis-
• sie for a single performance on Saturday at •
sion is free.
8 p.m. For ticket information, call 473-2072
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Pennsylvania adopted a similar
law last year.
Sherry Moidel, who lobbied for
the Pennsylvania law, said 19.or 20
other states, including New Jersey
and Connecticut, are considering
similar legislation.
"By and large," she said, "no
college would print this informa-
tion on its own.''
Moidel is a public relations con-
sultant for Security on Campus,
which is campaigning for federal
legislation to improve security on
college and university campuses
throughout the country.
The group was founded by
Howard and Constance Clery,
whose 19-year-old daughter was
raped and murdered
in. her
freshman dormitory. at' Lehigh
University _in April 1986. The
Clerys want the federal law to in-' .
• elude •
the
·direct. distribution of '
... criine,and'.security information in ·
the school's admissions literature,
Moidel said.
Many politicians became aware
of the need to boost campus securi-
ty during the well-publicized Clery
case and the growing reports of
date rape, Moidel said.
Some 28 percent of college
women have experienced rape or
attempted rape since the age of 14,
according to an April 1987 study
reported in the Journal of Con-
sulting and Clinical Psychology.
Burglary--
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questioned by Security the previous
day and had used the same alibi -
he was visiting Linda Davis.
With identification from the
license plate, Security's description
and the linking evidence from the
two alibi stories, police were able
to track Barton and his associate.
Police are also trying to link a
burglary in the Gartland Commons
Apanments and the three other •
thefts in Marian Hall to Barton.
But even if police find evidence that
ties Barton to the incidents,
it
is
unlikely that students will get their
valuables back,
according Joseph
Leary,
Marist's director of safety
and security.
Lip Sync
The Class of '90 presents "A Night of Lip
Sync" in the Dining Hall, Saturday at 9 p.m.
Tickets arc $2 for general admission,
90
cents
for members of the Class of '90.
Faculty Show
Members of the Marist faculty present a
Musical Soiree in the Fireside Lounge, Mon-
day at 8: 15 p.m. For more information, call
Dorothy Ann Davis at ext. 142.
Hacky Sack and Frisbee Festival
A "Day of Summer in Winter" comes to
Kingston High School's Kate Walton
Fieldhouse with performances by World
Champion skateboarders, hackey sack, and
frisbee players, Saturday from I to 4 p.m.
The festival features BMX bicyclists frisbee
champions,
hacky sack wizards and
skateboard professionals. For information
call 336-4024.
"D.O.A."
The College Union Board presents
"D.O.A.," starring Dennis Quaid and Meg
Ryan, Sunday in the Theatre at 7 and 9:30
p.m. Admission is $2.
Summer workshops
in
Washington
Journalism, political science, and economics
students can earn credit this summer through
The Institute on Political Journalism and the
Institute on Comparative Political and
Economic Systems at Georgetown Universi-
ty, Washington, D.C. Courses, _lectures
and
internship opportunities are part of both pro-
grams, to be held Juµe 9 to July 22. For in-
formation call Donna Cassani at (202)
293-5092.
. Airbrush·Workshop
The Clove Creek Artists of Hopewell Junc-
tion are offering. an "Advanced Airbrush
Workshop" Saturday from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
for $40. For more information call 223-3043.
- THE
TOW
TRUCKS
ARE COMING
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The Office
of Safety
and Security
has refrained
from
wholesale
towing
of vehicles
with the hope
that volun-
tary compliance
would be forthcoming.
The majority
of the community
has cooperated
with
the parking
policy
but a significant
minority
continues
to ignore
it.
With the publication
of this notice, towing and
"booting" will be initiated. "Booting" is the im-
mobilizing
of a vehicle
by attaching
a metal
block
to
a wheel.
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Residents
of Ganland Commons
E-15 reported $500 in money and •
valuables
missing
Saturday
afternoon.
According to residents Megan
Mcdonald and Suzanne Brogan, a
man walked into the apartment
shortly after I p.m. and left
undetected while they watched
television in the front bedroom.
The residents discovered the miss-
ing artic.!_es
a few hours later.
-Auditions
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Everyone
Welcome
CC165
Mon., Feb.-6
9:15
pm
''Booting''
will result
in an additional
$20.00
fine as
well as the cost of the ticket. Towing
results
in a
minimum
payment
to the tow company
of $45.00
and $20.00
a day storage
fee.
It is unfortunate
that these actions
must be taken,
but the safety
of the community
is at stake.
J.F. Leary
Director-
Office
of Safety
&
Security
In the Marian incidents, Tom
Watson reported a $750 stereo
missing after he and his roommates
returned from a Marist hockey
game Saturday night. Terri Lane
reported $200 missing the next day.
In all incidents
students' doors
were
unlocked.
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February 2, 1989 - THE CIRCLE - Page 3
Local groups await decision on abortion
by Kathleen_
Oremus
Local pro-life and pro-choice ac-
tivists are calling for more public
awareness and support as the abor-
tion battle heats up.
The renewed interest in the abor-
tion issue follows 16th anniversary
of the Supreme Court Roe vs.
Wade decision last month and the
Court's agreement to consider the·
abortion issue again in April.
The Roe vs. Wade decision gave
all women in the United States the
right to an abortion during the first
trimester of pregnancy.
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Pro-choice advocates have been
a silent majority; however, now
that the abortion issue will be
reviewed, pro-choice support has to
be voiced, said Steve White, ex-
ecutive director of Planned Paren-
thood in Dutchess-and Ulster coun-
ties. The right of the woman to
decide cannot be taken away, he
added.
Stop Planned Parenthood, a
pro-life
and parents'
rights
organization in New York State, is
working to focus the public's atten-
tion not on the right of a woman
to have an abortion but on the right
of the unborn child to life, said
Helen Westover, president of the
local
STOPP.
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decision by placing more time
restrictions on when abortions can
be performed, said Westover.
"Abortion is a woman killing
her child and a doctor killing his
patient," added Westover.
STOPP members picket the
Planned
Parenthood
ad-
ministrative offices in Poughkeep-
sie on Wednesdays to draw local at-
tention to their cause.
A consequence of Roe vs. Wade
being overturned would bring the
decision back to each state and cer-
tain states would outlaw abortion,
said Karen Lunstead, coordinator
of the Mid-Hudson Coalition for
Free Choice. Women who cannot
afford to travel to states allowing
abortion will be discriminated
against, she added
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The Mid-Hudson Coalition for
Free Choice has
1,800
people in
Dutchess, Ulster and Orange coun-
ties who work toward keeping
abortion legal.
Pro-choice supporters have been
reluctant to picket in support of
abortion because they have not
wanted to elicit a response from
anti-abortion
groups,
said
Lunstead.
However, the review of the abor-
tion issue by the Supreme Court
makes it necessary for pro-choice
supporters to get vocal, Lunstead
said.
"-The polls show the majority of
Americans are in support of abor-
tion," said Lunstead. "People do
come out in support when
we
ask
them."
The Supreme Court last review-
ed the abortion issue in· 1986, when
the Reagan Administration re-
quested that the 1973 ruling be
overturned. The Court rejected the
request,by a 5-4 vote.,
The possibility of Roe vs. Wade
being completely overturned is
slim, but
a
review C(?uld alter the
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Donnelly
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labs~.
·_otfices
by Bill Johnson
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interior:;·
renovations
"tl)isJ,ummei'
.~bi.it the".-
building•~ill ~c#fgeneral' classroom
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space,:i.a:ceordjrig
to plaps.
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While construction
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worke'rs"
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prepare to
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install _a· glass wall.
around'theoutside of the building'
- thetfst phase of thf$2 million.
project
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the int~rior WOfk is
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atcoi&ngJo A~!Mr.tY
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Tarantino, director offacilities."c
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Plaiknave.bel:n drawn redesign~·:
ing the inside' and geteffnfiung the.
square footage'allocatfons, Taran-
tino said.
:Engineers
are currently
desigt!ing the heating,: cooling, ve_n•
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tilation and electrical systems, he
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about 15
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percent c,f its area, according to the
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Cons~mction workers begin the first phase
of
the Donneily- reno;atioii;'the installation of
a glass wall around the building. Interior renovations are sclteduled for this summer.
plans.
The fashion design area will ex-
panding by approximately 15 per~
cent,
Tarantino
said.
The
Registrar's Office, Financial Aid
Office, Higher Education Oppor-
tunity Program Office and the
copy room will also expand, he
said. The offices in the Donnelly
trailer
are scheduled to move into·
the building.
Although labs and designated
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classrooms
will expand,
the
building will lose three general pur-
pose classrooms, according
to
the
plans. Time slots will change so the
remaining classrooms will accom-
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modate more class sessions. Of-
ficials in the Registrar's Office were
designing the new
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schedule this
week. Registrar Ju.dith Ivankovic
was unavailable to comment.
"We have adequate
.room;
it's
just. a case of programming the
schedule," Tarantino said.
Ad-
justments in the schedule will make
it difficult for students to take long
weekends off, he said.
President Dennis Murray said
the loss of three classrooms won't
matter much.
"I
don't think the
majority of students will see any
significant
change," Murray said.
It is inefficient to operate rooms
that are frequently vacant, Taran-
tino said; the purpose of the pro-
ject is to make the 30-year-old
building cost-efficient.
The building will be more attrac-
tive and comfortable as well, he
said.
A
glass wall of 19-foot ther-
mopane panels will surround the
entire building, and a remodeled
coffee shop will overlook a new
greenhouse.
The interior work will begin May
15
and is scheduled for completion
by August
15,
Tarantino said,_ad-
ding it will probably take two
sum-
mers to thoroughly complete the
renovation.
Thermoglaze
of Stamford,
Conn., the contractor who handl-
ed the Champagnat Hall renova-
tion last summer, is working on the
exterior of Donnelly. Fishkill
Engineering from Hopewell Junc-
tion,
N. Y
.,
will install the heating,
cooljng, ventilation and electrical
systems.
The college has not awarded a
contract yet for the interior renova-
tion, Tarantino
said.
F it n es s program promotes health awareness
by Karen Free
that employees are healthy because
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healthy employees will be more
Marist College is offering a new
productive and ultimately benefit
free. prpgr,a~ ,to_ i_~p[._ove the
the college," Coogan said.
physical and emouonal utness of
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The program, designed co keep
pl
college employees healthy, is also
its em oyees.
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The· Marist" College·. Wellness
a preventative measure that w1 I
Program: .was instituteq to make
hopefully. keep health i!]surance
peopie aware·
·or
their health
costs
from
iricreasirig; Coogan
through diagnostic testin~ and
said.
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training seminars, accordmg to
This voluntary program is of-
Carol
Coogan,
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director
_of
fered during work hours to all of
personel.
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Marist's,
appro_ximately
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The program focuses on the four
leading causes of poor health: poor
diet and nutrition, smoking, lack of
exercise and failure to detect cancer
early.
The Wellness Program has cwo
phases.
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The first phase of the program
began last October· with a
.stress
management workshop attended
by 120 people, Coogan said. A
hypertension screening was held
yesterday.
The first phase also includes a
smoke cessation program on Feb.
15 and a serum cholestoral screen-.
ing on March 6. To sign up for
these programs contact the Person-
nel Office in Marist East.
Phase Two will include breast
self-examination classes,
glaucoma
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screening
·and
a cardio-pulmonary
resuscitati_on course.
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St. Fran.cis Hospital's occupa-
tional health division will be con-
ducting the testing and several of
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Four places
burglarized
over break
by Chris Landry
Burglars broke into four campus
residences over Winter Intersession
and made off with more than
$6,000 worth of cash and property.
Town of Poughkeepsie police are
investigating the incidents at two
North Road houses and two
townhouses but do not have
suspects yet, according to Joseph
Leary, Marist's director of safety
and security.
The incidents are part of a wave
of burglaries that have struck the
Town of Poughkeepsie over the
last few months.
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Assistant
Basketball Coach
Jovicic Bogdan's house, at
.73
North Road, was hit the hardest.
Security discovered the break in
at 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 29. The front
door had been kicked in and about
$5,000 worth of merchandise - in-
cluding
a
year-old television, a
complete stereo system and clothes
- was reported missing, according
to Leary.
Bogdan was on the west coast
with the basketball team at the time
of the incident. He was unaware of
the burglary until he returned to a
"cleaned-out" house on Jan:
8,
ac-
·cording
to Leary.
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On his return Bogdan identified
the missing goods to police who are
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investigating the incident.
Just two days later and only four
,houses
down, Security reported a
second burglary at 63 North Road,
where
six
female seniors live.
Students reported about $800
worth of jewelry missing from their
ransacked bedrooms.
The intruders seemed to be in a
hurry since a stereo and c\othes
were
not taken. Di.na Desc\\i.no.
• one of the residents, said.
"They must have been looking
for stuff they could carry out easi-
ly," Deschino said.
Security is unsure of when the
property was stolen. They firs!
discovered signs of a break-in on
Dec. 31 when a patrol found the
front door kicked in -
but after
searching the house Security found
no signs of disturbance. They then
secured the door with a desk.
Security found the door ajar
again at
2:45
a.m. on Jan.
1.
This
time chey found that closets had
been
searched
and bureaus emptied
on the floor.
Residents
have questioned
Securitv's actions over the inci-
dent's two-day period. Deschino
pointed to Security's failure to
lock
the door properly and watch the
area more ciosely after the initial
break-in.
Deschino also said the college
never
contacted
her about the in-
cident. She discovered the burglary
on Jan. 2 after
coming
back to the
house
to
pick up some clothes.
Two
townhouse
burglaries
were:
also reported
after students
return-
ed
for
the
spring semester.
A
video
cassette recorder was reported
missing from one
.house
and
a
telephone answering machine from
the other, Leary said.
"lt's;imp9rt~nt
to
the. school fIDBloyee~, said Coogan.
c-ol1ege trip giVes students Soviet viewpoint
by Tom Gallagher
The most common vacations
that a college student would seek
•
might include skiing in Vermont or
swimming in the Carribean. But 21
Marist
students sought an unusual
and
•
unique spot to spend their
winter break - the Soviet Union.
Students ta"ok a firsthand look at
Soviet lifestyle as part of the Marist
Educational Friendship Tour.
The tour itinerary, selected by
Dr. Casimir Norkeliunas, Marist's
associate professor of Russian and
leader of the tour, included visits
to five major sites -
Moscow,
Kiev, Minsk,
Lithuania
and
Leningrad.
Some of the 29 travelers, which
included undergraduate students
and faculty members, took the trip
to gain college credits while others
went for the mere experience of a
foreign culture.
Norkeliunas believes the trip of-
fered his students a plethora of ex-
periences that he cannot teach them
in a classroom environment.
James Kullander, assistant direc-
tor of the tour, agrees with
Norkeliunas.
"I think the students learned
more from being there and seeit)g
the things for themselves than they
would have learned from reading
a book or watching a movie," said
Kullander, who is Marist's editor
of advancement publications and
assistant
director
of public
relations.
Kullander became a student
himself in a foreign land. He had
repeatedly read a·bour the shortage
of goods in the Soviet Union - in-
cluding the long lines for food and
clothing.
But the reality never hit till he
witnessed the poverty.
"When you go there and see it
for yourself it is just really kind of
startling," said Kullander.
One of Kullander's experiences
really illuminated the problems
some
Russian
people
face
everyday.
"I remember a couple of days
before we left, 1 read in The New
York Times that there was a shor-
tage of cheap soap," Kullander
said.
"I saw it in action. We were in
a large department
store in
Moscow and we actually saw this
women not only ringing up the
sales,
·but
she was opening up the
crates and dumping the soap on the
shelves," he said.
"Women and men were sweep-
ing the soap into their bags as soon
as the soap hit the
shelves,"
said
Kullander.
Students said they realize the
•
significance
of their trip and all
agreed that the experience abroad
oucweighed anything they had been
taught in the classroom.
"The
books we studied really
came alive," said Hugh Palcic, a
senior political science major from
New Paltz,
N. Y. "Leningrad was
mv favorite citv."
·"The
most
;urprising
thing to
me was the way that the people
thought," said Patrick Reilly, a
Russian area studies:major from
Massapequa Park,
N.Y.
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4 - THE CIRCLE- February 2,
1989
Recycling program seeks campus involvement
by
Stacey McDonnell
Efforts are being made by the
Marist College Recycling Program
to expand the existing campus-wide
program that recycles computer
paper and to lay the groundwork
for a project that would focus
onrecycling unwanted office paper.
The efforts of the group are to
prepare the school for the possible
mandatory recycling laws that
would begin in Dutchess County in
1992 and to promote student
awareness of environmental issues,
said Stacy Brown: coordinator of
the group.
The computer center in Donnel-
ly Hall has provided the group with
one ton of unwanted paper since
November, said Brown, an en-
vironmental science major from
Chicago.
The group is concerned with in-
creasing the collection rate of the
paper by enlisting the man-power
needed to do this, said Brown.
According to Brown, the college
can recycle one-half to three-
quarters of a ton of paper each
month if involvement in the group
is increased.
Currently, the group is made up
of the 10 environmental science
majors and is advised by Professors
Andrew A. Molloy and Brian H.
Hill.
Tentative approval was given for
a program allowing some students
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.·unee
or
on disciplinary probation to per-
form their hours of community ser-
vice by helping the group, said
Brown, who recognized the sup-
port of the Housing Office.
However, more cooperation
from students and offices in the
college community is necessary to
elevate the program into a major
force on campus, said Brown.
A pilot program is being devis-
ed by Brown and Assistant Ac-
tivities Director Bob Lynch to
solicit the help of the school's
offices.
If approved, the program will be
run through the campus center and
will recycle unwante~ office paper
and waste paper from the post of-
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"Eventually the program may
become part of an internship for
environmental science students or
may stir enough interest for a
club," Lynch said.
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'Informal' artwork
debuts on campus
by Holly Gallo
"The artwork seems reminiscent of the sixties, and I found it to be
a nice change of pace," said junior Catherine Werner of Saugerties, N. Y .,
upon seeing the latest additions to the Lowell Thomas Communications
Center.
A collection of works by artist RicJ?ard Deon, of Dover, N.Y., is the
first of its kind to be exhibited at Marist, according to Susan DeKrey,
director of public relations on campus.
Deon's exhibit features everything from photography and oil paintings,
to a quilt that he designed and his mother constructed.
The showing off}cially opened last Thursday, Jan. 26, at
5 p.m.
Although all students, faculty, administration and public were welcome,
the turnout did not reach expected numbers, DeKrey said.
The turnout was not a major concern, however, she said.
"While I would have loved to have had more people, I was pleased
to just have (the exhibit) here," DeKrey said.
"It
was a chance to test
the waters, and explore how well the space (would) work."
The idea for the exhibit came about when DeKrey and Jim Kullander,
assistant director of public relations, saw work by Deon at his home while
they worked on the first issue of the Marist Magazine, said DeKrey.
Future exhibitions are a possibility, she said.
February 2, 1989- THE CIRCLE - Page 5
"We do hope the space will continue to be used. It lends itself from
inside and outto artwork," DeKrey said.
Deon's first affiliation with Marist occurred when he was named art
director for the inaugural issue of Marist Magazine and designed the cover
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Deon said his style is of no particular movement, and described it as
"informal composition," with the idea being most important.
According to Deon, the themes of some of his work come from per-
sonal experiences. One in particular, entitled "Dave," is a painting of
his brother-in-law on a fishing trip, relaxing and reaching for a beer in
the cooler.
"We didn't catch any fish," he said.
Deon said he enjoys the works of pop artists Roy Lichtenstein and
the late Andy Warhol, and that Lichtenstein has an occasional influence
on his work.
This influence was clear to some.
"He obviously likes Lichtenstein," said Dr. Mary Louise Bopp, assis-
tant professor of communications.
The exhibit, which includes 18 themes, will be on display through March
10, 1989. All works are for sale.
Photos by Helen Zarouhliotis
Richard Deon's art collection,
on display in the Lowell Thomas
Center, include "Dave" (top right),
"Mom?" (top left), "Alcatraz in
the Pacific" (above), and an untitl-
ed acrylic which Deon painted on
a garage door panel (left).
Poli sci senior awarded graduate fellowship
by Denise DeCicco
In 1%4, Jacob M. Kaplan decid-
ed to do his part to help full-time
students further their educations
when he founded a fellowship in
his name.
Now, a Marist student is reaping
benefits from Kaplan's foresight.
Senior Mercinth Brown has been
named the Jacob M. Kaplan
Fellowship winner by the New
School for Social Research in
Manhattan.
Brown, who will graduate in
May, had been look in~ for a
graduate school to ~ontmue ~er
studies in Urban Affairs and Policy
Analysis when Dr. Joanne My~rs,
an-assistant professor of pohucal
science, told her to look into the
New School.
After applying to the New
School, Brown inquired about any
available
scholarships
or
fellowships. It was then that she
was introduced to the Kaplan
Fellowship, which is open to peo-
demonstration of an ability and
concern in urban affairs and
development and a 1,000 word
essay on personal concerns in ur-
ban affairs.
"There are so many scholarships
'There are so many
scholarships and fellowships
out there, people should really
look and apply.'
pie studying Urban Affairs and
Policy Analysis.
The requirements
for the
fellowship include a 3.5 cumulative
grade
point
average,
the
and fellowships out there. People
should really look and apply,."
said Brown, who will receive
$12,000
for tuition and fees as well
as a $400 monthly stipend.
"It's not impossible. If Mercinth
can do it, anyone can do it," she
said.
After graduate school she said
she plans to attend law school and,
evetually, head a government agen-
cy, such as the Department of
Health and Welfare.
During the summer of 1987,
Brown interned at City Hall in New
York City as a research analyst.
She worked closely with the
mayor's special advisor.
The New School was founded in
1919. In 1933 it led an effort to
rescue scholars threatened by
totalitarianism in Germany and Ita-
ly. With these scholars at the New
School it became known as the
University of Exile.
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editorial
Campus security
a joint effort
How safe are we?
For anyone who flips through the pages of The Circle this week,
this would seem a logical question to ask.
In a period of five days, burglaries occurred in three on-campus
student residences. Over the course of Winter Intersession, two
North Road houses and two Townhouses were broken into and
more than $6,000 worth of goods were stolen.
Responsibility for these thefts must be placed somewhere. The
obvious choice would be the Office of Safety and Security, but
they are not totally at fault.
Ultimately, everyone involved on a college campus is responsi-
ble for its security in some way.
For insrance, how is it that, on a campus with nearly 3,000
residents, someone off the street was able to enter a dormitory
and walk off with a camera, a stereo and money without even
being noticed.
That is exactly what happened in the Gartland Commons Apart-
ments, Marian and Leo Halls, respectively, last week.
Charity is
not the only thing that begins at home.
By merely locking our doors and keeping an eye on the rooms
and belongings of our neighbors, the risk of robbery or something
worse would be reduced immensely.
Perhaps security conscious students would have been able to
prevent the thefts that occurred last week, but what about the
burglaries during Intersession.
Because no students were there to watch over their own or so-
meone else's belongings, the burden falls upon the Security staff
to ensure the well-being of student residences.
Considering there were few students on campus during the
break, it would seem that Security would be able to concentrate
on the security of the campus without having to worry about many
student-related incidents.
Unfortunately, that did not occur and more than $6,000 worth
of property was stolen.
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Of course, being located along what is called the busiest road
,
in Dutchess County does present problems with the security of
those residences that are separate from the campus, but, with on-
campus dormitories empty, more attention should be paid to those
that are located in the area of immediate concern.
The court and the real world
Perhaps Marist needs more than the 22 full-time security guards
tbat are current\y emp\oy.ed by Security to adequately secur<; the
120-acre campus.
If this is true, and the events of the past two months are evidence
that it is, then Security would need to improve itself.
In order to do this, however, the college would have to allot
the Office of Safety and Security the money it needs to upgrade
its staff and, if necessary, its procedures.
Think about it. If Security were to be granted more funding,
then it could keep a closer watch on each section of the campus
rather than having to spread guards thinly.
By granting additional funds to Security, the administration
would be making a giant step towards providing the students,
faculty and staff a_safe campus.
The burglaries of the past two months should concern everyone
on campus, and we must all realize that safety and security can
only be achieved by working together.
Luckily, the only things lost in the events of this winter were
money and property.
If
there is a next time, it could be even worse.
letters
by Paul O'Sullivan
lust when you thought
it
was safe
to go back into Washington ...
- Just when you thought you had
seen the last of him ...
If the Reagan presidency made
you cry ... and the Reagan Revolu-
tion made you shudder ... you'll
scream in terror when you see ...
THE
REAGAN
SUPREME
COURT!!!
It may read like a bad horror
movie, but the truth is all too real.
A recent Court ruling on a Rich-
mond, Va., anti-discrimination law
shows that where the Reagan
legacy is concerned, the Supreme
Court is about to do its own ver-
sion of "You Ain't Seen Nothin'
Yet."
Last Tuesday's 6-3 decision
struck down a Richmond law that
required
blacks
and
other
minorities to receive at least 30 per-
I
Letter policy
cent of the city's construction con-
tracts. Justice Sandra Day O'Con-
nor, writing for the majority, said
~
the law discriminated against white
contractors and reiterated the old
Reaganite view that discrimination
is not discrimination unless it is a
proven specific act against a
specific individual or group.
The Circle welcomes letters to the editors.
All
letters must be
typed double-spaced and have full left and right margins. Hand-
written letters cannot be accepted.
All letters must be signed and must include the writer's phone
number and address. The editors may withhold names from
publication upon request.
The deadline for letters is noon Monday. Letters should be sent
to
Michael Kinane, c/o The Circle, through campus mail or drop-
ped off at Campus Center 168.
The Circle attempts to publish all the letters it receives, but the
editors reserve the right to edit letters for matters of style, length,
libel and taste. Short letters are preferred.
Forgetting for a moment that
only two-thirds of one percent of
Richmond's construction contracts
were given to minorities in the five
years before this law was establish-
ed, and that it is usually difficult
for a black to get a bigot to sign a
legal document stating that he is in-
deed a bigot; isn't it possible that
300
years of violated civil rights
constitutes a proven, specific act of
discrimination?
Justice Thurgood Marshall,
t..'--------------------------"
writing for the three dissenting
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Faculty Advisor:
It
looks ·like Amedca will have to deal
with Reagan clones on the Supreme Court.
justices; stated, "Today's decision
marks a deliberate and giant step
backward in this court's affir-
mative action jurisprudence."
The Richmond decision could
spell the doom of decades worth of
civil rights and affirmative action
legislation. Perhaps we should send
O'Connor and the other five
justices down to the Overtown and
thinking
between
the lines
Liberty City neighborhoods of
Miami (where the residents are
resting up after a week of looting
and racial violence) and have them
explain that the Supreme Court
can't set aside jobs for impoverish-
ed minorities because it would
violate white civil rights.
Since this is unlikely, it looks like
America will have to deal with
Reagan clones on the Supreme
Court ... and affirmative action is
not the only issue they have their
sights on. The Court has agreed to
hear a case that will allow them to
review the controversial Roe v.
Wade decision that legalized abor-
tion in 1973:
With four Reagan appointees
currently on the court -
O'Con-
nor. along with Justices Kennedy,
Scalia, and Rehnquist -
the
chances are good that the Court
will at least adjust Roe v. Wade.
And considering that three-fifths of
the majority in that case - Justices
Marshall, Blackmun and Brennan
-
are all in their eighties, there is
a fair chance that Roe v. Wade
could be overturned altogether.
Normally, previous Supreme
Court rulings are protected by the
legal doctrine of "stare decisis" -
"to
stand by things decided." This
means that if the Court previously
decided one way, that decision
should be respected and followed.
This doctrine is supposed to pro-
tect past Court decisions from fall-
ing prey to partisan politics.
Unfortunately, the current Court
seems to have forgotten about stare
decisis. If this is true, it is not just
a loss for liberals or opponents of
Ronald Reagan; it is a loss for the
entire American judicial system.
The framers of the Constitution
made Supreme Court Justice a
lifetime job so that the justices
could make decisions based on the
law, not party or ideological con-
cerns.
The pendulum swings both
ways, and someday we will have a
president who will be as liberal
as
Reagan is conservative. We do not
need Supreme Court justices who
will
overturn past decisions because
they do not agree with them; we
need decisions based upon constitu-
tionality and fairness.
Remember, today they may be
after affirmative action and abor-
tion, but tomorrow they will be
coming after you.
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Will the real George Bush
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by Tina LaValla
George Bush was sworn in as the
41st president of the United States
on Jan. 20, and to say the least he
made an impressive inaugural
speech. Among other things, he
emphasized his plans for "bipar-
tisanship," "generosity," and con-
quering the drug problem. He
spoke with
confidence,
pride, and
an inspiring tone. And, although it
was nothing fancy or especially
memorable, it was easy to tell that
Bush was making his best effort to
be seen as the "new breeze" com-
ing into office.
In the past, as vice president,
Bush did not come across as the
outspoken, aggressive type. Now,
however, as clearly seen through
his first speech as president, Bush
is making an about-face - taking
a 180-degree turn by suddenly
changing his once-determined set
of views with the public's, and by
pointing out the "ills" of the
Reagan era. So instead of asking
"where was George?" during his
inaugural speech, I found myself
asking instead "who is George?"
Responding to the next four
years with Bush as president,
·the
cartoonist of The Washington Post
said, "I'm
wondering
which
George Bush we will get." I agree!
It's anybody's guess. Will we get
the "kinder," "gentler" George
Bush when he is tackling the pro-
blem of the homeless? Or will we
get another side of Bush emerging
out of the shadows? How will we
know if we are dealing with the
same George Bush who staunchly
supported
former
president
Richard Nixon, the same George
Bush who opposed the 1964 Civil
Rights Act and called Martin
Luther King Jr. a "militant?" I'm
getting the distinct feeling that
there is no single, consistent Bush
we can count on.
After accepting the presidential
nomination last August, Bush was
quoted as saying,
"I
do not hate
government." Well, I should hope
not!!! From this insidious com-
ment what are we to conclude?
That there is a side of Bush that
feels the need to tell us this? By far,
this comment has to be the most
hypocritical thing I have ever heard
any politician utter.
Remember the old, prov~rbial
saying, "actions speak louder than
words?" With me this holds true.
Amidst all the smiles, speeches and
promises, l am waiting for a
positive action from Bush -
something that will fill the void of
his typical, empty political rhetoric.
However, in its first issue since
Bush became president, Time
magazine stated, "Behind Bush's
appeal to altruism, something else
is going on: the beginning of a
careful retreat from promises that
cannot be met." This quote refers
to a part of George Bush that
everyone was hoping not to see -
a day
in
the life
And you thought
he had
it
tough ...
by Wes Zahnke
M;my people ask me what perks
01ie gets for being a columnist.
Not wanting to appear pom-
pous, I sigh and say, "Oh, just the
great inner feeling of tranquility
and peace I have with the
knowledge that people, I hope, are
reading my stuff."
Well, the rumors have been fly-
ing and it is now time
w
put all
myths to rest and reveal the truth.
For starters, I am allotted my
own office on the third floor of
Greystone,
complete
with a
secretary named Bubbles.
This makes it nice, as Bubbles
has very little to say. Her actions
speak much louder than words.
Each college has its own legends
and far-out tales of weird happen-
ings and places on campus.
One of the most popular fallacies
at Marist is that, on the tenth floor
of Champagnat, there resides one
Brother Nil us Donnelly.
Wrong. This has been my home
away from home for the past year
and a half.
It's not so bad, but the first step
off the deck is a real doozy.
It's also a little-known fact that
Marist went in on the joint com-
puter venture with IBM merely
because I happened to be bored.
I always need new toys to play
with.
I also am privvy to new top-
secret plans for the future of the
college.
For instance, I happen to sleep
better at night secure in the
knowledge that there will soon be
a chip and putt golf course install-
ed on the now infamous rock pile.
The reason for the delay is that
they didn't know whether to make
it a par 30 or 27 with minimal
handicapping.
Another definite plus for me is
that when I go through the book
line, I get to pick up two free trial
packs instead of the standard one.
This comes in handy, as I now
can put Brut on both my cheeks in-
stead of just one.
I also get to rub elbows with the
powerful and well-connected peo-
ple of the Marist community.
Why, just the other day I pass-
ed by some professors en route to
class and I said hello.
Obviously they were heavily
engrossed in intellectual conversa-
tion as I heard the phrase "if a
woodchuck could chuck wood" be-
ing thrown around.
Some people might think lightly
of it, but in fact I happen to think
it a noble gesture that accentuates
the true communication between
administration and students when
my mentor requests a private con-
ference with me.
Obviously, this is only given to
a select group of students.
Perhaps the nicest part is that I
now can park in the Donnelly lot
with no fear of being towed or of
having a funny-looking piece of
metal stuck to one of the front
wheels.
Now, if I only had a car
•.•
raising taxes. Even though he said
adamantly, "Read my lips: no new
taxes," Bush is now talking of a
"fee" (he insists it is not a tax) that
would take 30c out of every $100
deposited into your everyday sav-
ings account. My question is that,
if the George Bush we voted for
said "no new taxes," which George
Bush is this? Richard Darman, the
Budget Director appointee, said:
"No
matter what a revenue raiser
is called, if it looks like a tax and
sounds like a tax, it is a tax - and
thus violates the President's
pledge.'' Bush is already going
back on his word, and even though
this "fee" is not official yet, he is
going to have a hard time convinc-
ing the public that he did not have
this planned all alqng.
But yes - we should celebrate.
The inauguration of the 41st presi-
dent is indeed a noble event. It not
only signifies another term of suc-
cessful democracy, but expresses
America's continued,
unquen-
chable thirst for liberty, equality
and justice. At the same time, I also
think that it is important we do not
lose sight of what is actually going
on before us, versus what they tell
us is going on. And as one viewer
cleverly commented: "Now that
• the Bushs are planted in the White
House,
let's only hope that
everything will come up roses."
Tina LaValla
is
a sophomore
majoring in history.
by Ken Foye
As human beings, we all have
opinions.
As people living in America, we
all have the right to express our
opinions.
And as members of the Marist
College community, we all have at
our disposal different channels
through which we can express our
opinions - about issues affecting
our campus, our nation or our
world.
One channel is the campus
newspaper, The Circle -
more
specifically, The Circle's Viewpoint
page.
Unfortunately, more often than
not, we arc reluctant to utilize this
valuable resource to express our
opinions.
I know that the students, facul-
ty and staff at Marist have opi-
nions. I hear them being expressed
every day, on issues ranging from
the Marist Cafeteria to Mikhail
Gorbachev. But more often than
not, these opinions -
worthy as
they are - do not get the attention
and exposure that they deserve.
Personal essays about such opi-
nions and issues are what the View-
point page is all about.
If one feels strongly about
something, one's logical course of
action is to let others know what
one thinks. Besides getting one's
Sketchy Tales of Marist College
feelings off one's chest, the ex-
pressing of one's feelings often gets
people to notice a situation. To ad-
dress it. And, if need be, to change·
it.
And when one expresses their
feelings in print, their feelings arc
more noticeable -
and thus have
an even better chance of making
some kind of impact.
However, the expression of our
opinions in the form of a View-
point
is
something that
we
seem
to
be very reluctant to do.
There are certain things that
we
all feel strongly about, things that
we don't like, situations that we'd
like to see kept or changed -
whether they be in our dorm, on
our campus, in our country or in
our world.
Here's your chance, folks.
The Circle's Viewpoint page is a
weekly forum -
an open forum
for YOUR ideas and opinions. If
you have any opinion on any issue
from President Murray to Presi-
dent Bush, from Security to South
Africa, from IBM to ICBMs -
this page is where your opinion
hr.longs.
Send your essay to me at P .0.
Box 7-45 or drop it off at Lowell
Thomas 219. The deadline is Mon-
days at 10:30 a.m.
Ken Foye, a senior communica-
tions major, is The Circle's ,.,anag-
ing editor.
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James Ferguson
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Lectures set
for singles
by Mike Vukobratovich
A series of lectures for singles
given by members of Marist's
faculty and adjunct instructors are
being offered by the School of
Adult
Education
starting
tomorrow.
The 7-9 p.m. lectures held in the
Lowell Thomas Communication
Center are being offered as a way
to give the community access to the
faculty as well as an alternative to
the local bar scene, said Kathy
DeFilippo, director of corporate
and professional education at
Marist.
"One of the reasons Marist ex-
ists is to provide a function of ser-
vice for the community," said
Diane Platt, adjunct professor of
communication at Marist and guest
speaker .. t the singles lectures.
Each session consists of a lecture
and discussion period followed by
a wine-and-cheese reception. for
those who want to mingle, said
Defilippo.
"We got the idea from a
brochure from another college and
decided to try it at Marist. We
made up a list of suggested
speakers, got on the phone and the
reaction from the faculty was
wonderful," said Defilippo, who
has been at Marist since January
1988.
John Scileppi, a professor of
psychology at Marist for 16 years,
spoke at last semester's singles lec-
tures and said the atmosphere was
perfect for starting conversations.
"The topics are related to being
single. Even if you don't meet
somebody you get some mean-
ingful information from the talks,"
said Scileppi, whose last lecture was
entitled "Solo Power: Asser-
tiveness Training for Singles."
The lectures cost $15 each or $75
for the series and, according to
Platt, attracted single men and
women ranging in age from
20
to
60
years
old.
Platt, who spoke about com-
munication in relationships during
last semester's series, said the lec-
tures
provide
singles
with
something interesting and different
to
do. Participants can gather in-
Jormation and make new contacts,
she
said.
"One reason I am happy to do
the \ectures is because I really
believe the topics have real mean-
ing. They're for human beings,
al:,out human beings,'' said Platt.
At the initial lectures the women
outnumbered the men easily but ef-
forts to attract more men have been
taken by offering male related
topics. Dave Magarity, head coach
of Marist's basketball team is
scheduled to speak on "College
Basketball: The Inside Story," ac-
cording to Defilippo.
"Magarity's the bait to attract
more men for the women," she
said.
Prison program
gets new dean
~Y
Michael Hayes
President Dennis J~ Murray pro-
moted Eileen Bull to assistant dean
of special academic programs.
Bull, who has held her new posi-
tion since Jan. 2, replaced Frank
Cassetta, who retired. Her new
responsibilities include overseeing
the St. Peter's staff and the opera-
tion of the prison program.
After graduating from SUNY
New Paltz, Bull received a master's
degree in psychology at Marist. She
joined the college staff in 1981 as
a counselor at Ottisville prison. In
1983 she was promoted to coor-
dinator and in 1985 she was
transfered to Green Haven prison
where she assumed the respon-
sibilities of coordinator and Higher
Education Opportunity Program
director. In 1986 she was also ap-
pointed assistant director of special
academic programs at the prison.
Page 8 - THE CIRCLE - February 2, 1989
Marist profs view the Reagan presidency
his popularity," Miri~goff said.
unemployment rose to the highest levels since
by Dennis Yusko
While the Reagan presidency may be of-
ficially over, some Marist professors agree
the final verdict on the Reagan administra-
tion will have to wait the test of time.
The first person in almost three decades
to serve two full terms in the White House
left Washington two Friday's ago with one
big question to be answered. How good a
president was Ronald Reagan?
Louis Zuccarello, a political science pro-
fessor specializing in American Policy,
believes Reagan was fundamental in supply-
ing the country with an identity.
"Ronald Reagan will be seen as responsi-
ble for a significant transformation in the
mainstream ideologies, abandoning the
legacy of the '60s and '70s," Zuccarello said.
"He restored our sense of national pride and
chartered a new direction. That is what was
offered, and that is what sold."
•
How successful was Reagan politically?
Although 65-73 percent o.f Americans
believe Reagan was a successful president,
according to recent polls, Lee Miringoff,
director of the Marist Institute for Public
Opinion, said these numbers will diminish
over time. "The current polls are tied close-
ly with nostalgia - as it dies down, so will
Did
·Reagan
keep his promises?
the late 1930s, and scores of· American
Starting in 1981, he put the brakes on, and
businesses were driven to the wall by foreign
in some cases, reversed the
50
year trend of
competition.
.
.
increasing intervention in the marketplace,
Both poverty and homelessness increased,
the workplace and the schoolroom.
and the balance of international trade tip-
Inflation and interest rates plummeted and
ped so sharply against the U.S. that it
unemployment dropped to the lowest level
became a creditor nation for the first time
in 15 years during his administration.
since World War I.
He cut tax rates, more than in half for
Like his predecessor, Jimmy Carter, he
some people, and he put in place the biggest
was not able to free Americans kidnapped
peacetime military buildup in history.
in the Middle East, and his associates were
He also achieved the first US-Soviet
caught trying
to
trade arms to Iran for
weapons reduction of the nuclear age. He
hostages.
opened the friendliest dialogue with the
But who else is in a better spot to critique
Soviets since World War II, even though he
Reagan than his former vice president, and
came into office calling the USSR an "evil
current President, George Bush?
empire."
Both Miringoff and Zuccarello believe
Richard Atkins, history professor at
Bush is already starting to improve the
Marist, looks at the Soviet success in a dif-
Reagan record.
.
.
ferent light. "I believe he had moderate.sue-
Bush has made numerous references to
cess in foreign policy," Atkins said. "I think
ethics., trying to erase "the slecze factor"
the economic collapses in the USSR, among
Reagan has left in Washington. He is
other factors, have played just as big a part
rumored to have a better working relation-
in our new relationship with the Russians as
ship with blacks, and is not as callous
Reagan and Shultz have. If he was sue-
towards the less fortunate. His priorities in-
cessful, it was in other areas."
elude education and drugs, two major
But Reagan also ran up the biggest deficits
domestic issues. And Bush seems more pro-
in the nation's history and left office with
mising with environmental issues, another
a national debt in 10 figures. At one point,
area where Reagan has received criticism.
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The beat goes on with spectacular
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calypso
bands. Daily
lunches.
A
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And
an outrageous
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to magnificent
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All compliments
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Add to that all the things that make Bermuda,
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Fake I.D.'s
serve up
real penalty
by
Chris Walsh
Although college students
may
·carry
false identificati,0n,
•
most of them are not aware of
the penalties, according to
Detective Jim Hamburger of the
Town of Poughkeepsie Police
Department.··
•
•
•
"For·
ttie·
most part it's ac2
•
cepted as part of being a college
student .. They don't understand
it's a feloriy,"said Hamburger.·
With the New York State
drinking age at 21, the majoria
ty
•
of
_Mari.st
College
undergraduate
students are
•
underage, and false. identifica~
•
tfon enables them to purchase
and consume alcohol.
Criminal possession of a
forged instrument is a class D
felony, with a maximum penal-
ty of 2 1/3 to 7 years imprison-
ment. "It's on the same level as
a burglary, or bank robbery,
although the penalties are not
the same," said Hamburger.
On the night of Nov. 6, 1988,
Marist junior David M. Farr
was arrested on North Road on
charge
of driving
while
intoxicated.
Farr was also found in
possession of a replica of an
Ohio state driver's license that
had a fictitious address
and
a
phony date of binii; according
to police.
•
.
On Dec. 7 I-arr \V3.S,~e-
arrested on charges of criminal
possession
of.
-a·
forged
document.
"I was shocked. I knew it was
against the law, but I didn't
know it was a felony," said
Farr. "The penalty for the fake
I.D. is bigger ·than for the
DWI."
Farr said he blames the bars
for accepting fake identifica-
tion, and said: "This will keep
going on. If they really wanted
to stop it they could, but the
bars want money."
Farr's case is pending his next
court date in early February.
Poughkeepsie-police
said they
are interested in deterinining
where fake identification is
coming from. "Using a fake
l.D. is something that a lot of
.
people may do,
:but
profiting
from it is a whole different
story," said Hamburger.
"If we made a.
·i:eaf
effort
we'd find out who was making
and selling I.D. 's, but we have
other problems.that.' are-more
pressing rigbt~ now,~! said
·.
Hamburger.
Hamburger said efforts
-to
check identification of p·ossible
underage c~nSUl!)~JJ
go~s hand
in hand with th_e-wfiole.s:oncept
of the Dutchess County Stop
DWI organization.
The organization donates
funding to the PoughkeeRsi,c;
...
police so some police offiq:rs·
can be assigned to check conve-
nience stores and bars for possi-
ble I.D. offenders,
:while
.off
duty.
•
..
"There is a serious effort
right now towards stopping
DWI -
this is just one part of
it," said Hamburger.
Stores and bars have an
obligation to the DWI
.move-
ment to be strict on identifica-
tion. "If a person is obviously
using false I.D. places should
know better
than to
serve
them," said Hamburger.
If the problem of false iden-
tification becomes pressing,
Hamburger said: "We will find
out who is selling them, and un-
fortunately, the person who is
doing it will
_never
know until
the time comes."
Lloyd Cole: A blend
of humor, emotion
t,y. Mary
Stricker
It's been said, life is a tragedy for
those who feel and a comedy for
those who·think.
it's also been said, by me, at this
very moment, life is a
·happy
medium or tragicomedy, if you
will, for Lloyd Cole and the Com-
motions. And if you listen to this
Scottish quintet, l'rri:' sure you'll
find their.music expresses much of
the same.
•
•
•
. Their
latest
.
album, "Mainstream,"
a bit-
tersweet tale of hopeless addictions
and broken promises, leaves the
listener in tears of laughter and
pain. Well, perhaps not all of you
•
will allow your.selves to experience
emotional upheaval, but no listener
can escape
a
giggle or damp eye.
Listening
to
Cole
on
"Mainstream" - it's as if we have
been invited to a self-help group
and it's Cole's turn for true
confessions.
Shrink: "Do you have any dif-
ficulty restraining from drugs or
alcohol?"-
'
•
•
•
Cole:
"More
give me More give
me More More More"
Shrink:
·"Mr.
Cole do you think
there.is any hope for you?"
Cole: " ... should I laugh or
should I cry as I become ~II that l
despise"
Though this vision of the
.
hopeless, downtrodden
-victim
of
society
•
is ·a·. theme·
•
that travels
through all three of their albums,
the Commotions also have a knack
for
.humor
that leaves liitle to be
·desired.
•
.
-
.
·\·
• In ''Sean Penn Blues,•~
'the
Com-
motions turn Mr. Macho "don't
mess with me" Penn into a wither-
ing "please please hurt me" Mr.
Madonna with lyrics like,"Put on
your high heels baby and walk all
over me."
Poor Penn, howe;er, seems to
have a lot in common with this
killing
time
band and their more than subtle
"women are cruel and unkind"
message.
.
Dating back to the Commoti.ons
first album, "Rattlesnakes" • in
1985, women are portrayed as the
evil manipulators of men.
"She beat me up and threw me
out in the rain ... empty hearted,"
cries Cole.
Regardless of this false percep-
tion of women, Lloyd Cole and the
Commotions are some of the best
lyricists of the day, and Cole's
heartfelt vocals often create a
poetic masterpiece.
Their second album, "Easy
Pieces" released in 1986, received
little praise from critics. Why, I
don't know. The single "Cut Me
Down" from "Easy Pieces" is the
Commotions brightest tune. How
can't it be with Cole begging, "I've
been bought and sold/ I've been
hung upside down/ Can ypu hear
me breathing/ Cut me dd'wn."
These lyrics do a little more for
me than, "Come on baby -:- do the '
locomotion."
.
.
-~
While I strongly·µrge anyone to
take a listen to the Commotions, I
also must warn you of my fear for
their future downfall.
For some unfortunate reason,
most likely money, Cole has allows
ed his oh-so-serious, teen-idol face
to
be
smacked
on
the
"Mainstream" album cover.
Soon googly-eyed girlies will be
fawning over Cole as if he was just
anCltJ!e,r.,i~r;ttY.
fa~~ to 2e drooled
upon.·
'·
•
What a tragedy.
February 2, 1989- THE CIRCLE - Page 9
Calling all
crooners
John Galante, president of the
Marist College Singers (left),
listens in as Shannon Devitt
(right) auditions for the Lo,·e
Concert, which is to be held on
Valentine's Day. Devitt was ac-
companied by Dorothy Ann
Davis (middle).
(Photo
by
Lynaire Brust)
PILOTS WANTED
Currently openings exist for aviation applicants graduating in 1991
and- 1992. No Specific major is requ_ired.
_
Ground officers are also
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Marines
Herelooiingbra
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and
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Students earn
3 sunny credits
by Ann Timmons
IBM story: Marist meets Michiga11
•
by Nancy Bloom
Faculty and administrators may
have been surprised to find a
newsletter in their mailboxes that
ranked Marist College closely with
the \Jniversity of Michigan.
ln
.the
artic\e,
.which
President
Murray sent to al\ faculty and.ad-
ministration, Marist was mention-
ed as one of the only colleges of its
size to be
a
r~cip;'!nt of an IBM
computer gran,.
The
article,
which appears in
IBM Enterprise Systems Horizons,
a newsietter published monthly by
IBM, explains how Marist now has
•
~~e of
.the
most advanced coni~·--
·puter
facilities
of
any small liberal
••
arfr·college.
•
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vided by IBM )u~s far more
=.powef
than
the comp~ters
Marist.
previously used.
.
....
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:
Marist'.s
goa\,c,says
.President
..
,,./
Dennis Murray;
,!'is
to make sure· • ;'
the computer and the work en-
vironment_ match human abilities,
not overwhelm them."
•
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autoinat,e the library, increase stu-
dent access to terminals and expand
the roles of computers in student
services and teaching
.
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th~rsday
morning
quarterback
Put Pfoposal 42 on hold
by
Tim Besser
Pro'po~al 42 may be a good idi:a, but its time
has not come yet.
Implementation of Prop. 42 needs to be
delayed until a study of its_
predecessor, Proposi-
tion 48,.can be c~1.11pleted
and evaluated.·
There is no doubtthat college athletics needs
an overhaul. The stories· of student-athletes
receiving lavish gifts or being exploited by the
universities they attend are too numerous to be
ignored. But, Prop. 48 has to be given a chance
to see if it will help solye the problem.
.
, Three -years' ago
..
the N~AA implemented a
policy that said if a 'freshman does not score at
least 700 on the Sch<>lastic
Aptitude test (or 15
on the American College Test) and·have a 2~0
•
.
in an 11-course core curriculum, he will be in-
•.
_-
eligible;:
for· college athleJics. However, !f he
.
.
•
meets one of the standards he can receive a
·
. ·:
scholarship, but must sit out his freshman year
•
;
and.loses'-a:year of eligibility.
.
•
: •
A.
study:·of Prop. 48 is due in 1991. At that
• •
.
titne; it sh·ould be evaluated to see if it is hav-
•
ing the
·desired
.impact. .
•
Prop. 42 slipped in at the NCAA convention
•
:
1ast',month after being defeated the first time.
•
',Marist··
voted in favor of the controversial
·-
legislal;iori;~~-ch.'Yill
force students to meet both
,. standards: in· Prop: 48 in order to. receive a
7
scholarship.':'
•
¥
.
•
•
·-:·
.
·
:
Proponents of Prop. 42, including Marist
.
Athletic
.Director
Brian Colleary, say it is not
>
aimed
.at'.
keeping
p·eoplc·
from
low
socioeconomic backgrounds out of coUege. ~ut
:
it will: Studies have shown
that.people
from low
.•
socioecono~c._lU'eas
clo score lower
on.
the SAT
anci ACT. This has been attributed to the fact
that the test is racially biased. The testing com-
panies say the bias has been removed, but blacks
are still scoring lower on the exams.
Students from low socioeconomic areas are
at a disadvantage to begin with since they go
•
to schools with poorer teachers and low· fun-
.
~ing. They should be given every opportunity
•
to succeed in college, not hampered by needless
le2islation.
-The SAT and ACT scores should be used to
supplement high school grades when colleges are
examining the academic records of prospective
students,
.athletes
or not
..
Prop. 42 would not
allow that. It would create iron-clad standar.ds
.
•
•
for admission and that.is not fair, to either the
student or the institution .
There should be minimum academic stan-
dards, if only
·10
protect the schools from
themselves. But, the students should be
·given
every opportunity to prove themselves in the
classroom.
Perhaps the solution is to m·ake all freshmen
ineligib,e for varsity play, the way it used to be ..
Maybe
the study of Prop. 48 will show it is
too lenient and needs to be tightened. Maybe.
it will show that other measures should be tried
to make student-athletes
students again. Maybe
it
will_
.show
what a vast
majority
of the
coun-
try
already believes - student-athletes
are
on-
ly students of their games.
It could show what big
colleges fear
most:
College athletics as they now exist do not work
and. the
schools should go
back
to
educating,
.
not
acting
as.the minor leagues for the NBA and
NFL.
Wanted.~
grid coach.
13
by
Gifford. Krivak
•
Westchester Community College
where he coached the offensive line
Ttie Marist College - Athletic. for two' years before coming
to
Departmends ~x~ed ~o offer the
'
Marist. •
•
. ,
,.
position of head-football coach to
iBob•Curiis,
fotmer:head cbach
•
one of 12 candidates this week, said
a Djvison I-AA Bucknell Universi-
Athletic Director Brian Colleary.
ty. He compiled a 48-56-3 .record
The 12 finalists for the job,
in 11·years before leaving in 1985.
which opened up when coach Mike
Curtis also guided Divison III
Malet stepped down to become the
Franklin and· Marshall College
to
•
school's assistant athletic director,
a 32-3 record from 1972-75, in-
were interviewed last week by Col-
eluding t,vo undefeated seasons.
leary, Malet, and some of the
Larry Story, the offensive coor-
players.
dinator at Davidson the last two
Colleary also said although they
seasons. Story was also an assistant
have lost some recruiting time it
with the now-defunct USFL's New
isn't as bad as some might think
Jersey Generals in 1985.
because there is no signing date for
Jim Sypult, who was an assistant
Division III football. He did
at Davidson for 10 years before a
acknowledge, however, that the
two-year stint as the head coach of
new coach will have to do some
the
Bologna Towers of the Italian
scrambling to get recruits and he is
Football League. After returning
hoping to get him started as soon
from Europe, Sypult went back to
as possible.
Davidson where he has been the
Among the candidates in the
defensive coordinator for the past
running for the job are:
three seasons.
Doug Damiani, the Marist of-
17
45
49
52
51
February 2, 1989- THE CIRCLE - Page 11
Marist said
.
yes
to Proposal 42
by
Kevin St.Onge
requirements
-
discriminate
against lower sociological classes.
Marist College voted for new,
Secondary school records are the
tougher academic requirements for
most important gauge of a prospec-
scholarship-athletes at the NCAA
tive student's chances for success in
convention three weeks ago despite college, according
10
Wood.
conflicting opinions among college However, the SAT is not a good
officials.
•
predictor of academic success and
Proposal 42 is the legislation
Proposal 42's reliance is educa-
mandating that incoming freshmen tionally irresponsible, he said.
athletes score a combined 700 on
"The rule was poorly thought
their Scholastic Aptitude Tests
out, is academically unsound and
(SAT) or 15 on the American Col-
insensitive," said Wood.
lege Test (ACT) and maintain a C
Colleary says the intent of the
average in college preparatory
college is
to
educate and graduate
courses while in high school.
students but there is a conflict in
Athletic Director Brian Colleary
.
the way student-athletes should be
represented Matist at the conven-
evaluated.
tion and voted for the proposal
The current rules governing
both times it was considered.
scholarship eligibility (Proposition
Colleary said he consulted Presi-
48) are working, according to Col-
dent Dennis Murray and Dean of
leary, and when a system is sue-
Student Affairs Gerard Cox infor-
cessful, it should be continually
mally as well as other athletic direc-
upgraded and improved.
tors and officials before.casting his
Men's basketball coach Dave
ballot.
· .
'·
.
,
• ••
• • Magarity, who has had only one
"If
I had been consulted by
player not graduate in his career,,
Brian Colleary,
l
strongly feefthat·
-
partially agreed with Colleary's
'.
I could have altered the final deci-
•
evaluation of Proposition 48 but •
.
sion to vote for the proposal,!' ~aid
..
•
maintains that Proposal 42 makes
t
H~
Wood,
vice president_
fo,;-ad-•· no sense to him at all.
l
-missions and enrollment pl_anning,
-
"I a·gree. with (Colleary's)
:-:
There
_has
been muc_h
.public.··
philosophy about things; I think
~t
debate since the p~ssage of,'Pro-
•
he's entitled to his opinion. I, as a¼
posal 42 as to th·e intent of the new
coach, though, think 42 singles out
lt
rule and its impact ·on college _ the underprivileged," Magarity#
sports.
.
.
.
.
.
said.
;P
John Thompson,
.
coa,ch of
If
the
rule
is
found
f
•
Georgetown's basketbaU team,· discriminatory, it should be review-i•.·
stage~ a two~game bocoit,: claim-
•
ed and substitute action taken,::.
ing the rule - particularly:th~ SAT
•
Murray said.
1
10
11
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16
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Campus
Crossword
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55
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Drift
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Last
in a
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6.
New York Canal
7.
Huntington's chorea sympton
fensive line and special teams
Bill Murphy, who retired from
coach. Damiani was the head coach the head coaching position at Ari-
at Spackenkill High School from
ington High School in 1986 after 13
1981- 1985 and then moved on to
years at the helm.
by
Carolyn
J.
Kirkpatrick
8.
South Dakota (abbrev.)
9. "--
Miner's
Daughter"
10. Utilize
Marist to join new league
by Tim Besser
A new conference and four new
spons are coming Marist's way in
the next three years.
Marist, which has participated in
the Northeast Conference (former-
ly the ECAC Metro Conference)
since it went Division I in 1981, will
begin competing in the East Coast
Conference
in the
1990-91
academic year.
The Red Foxes will add baseball,
softball, field hockey and golf pro-
grams, in accord with an agreement
with the ECC, according to Marist
Athletic Director Brian Colleary.
Two sports will be added in
1990-91
two more in 1991-92. It has
not yet been decided which sports
will
be added in which years.
The ECC will have eight teams
-
Hofstra, Delaware, Towson
State, Rider, Central Connecticut
State, the University of Maryland-
Baltimore County, Drexel and
Marist - competing for champion-
ships in 21 men's an4 women's
sports.
.
..
•
.
.
•
The Red Foxes will compete in
the ECC in men's and women's
basketball, men's and women's
swimming, men's and women's
tennis, men's soccer, women's
volleyball, men's and women's
cross.country, lacrosse and the four
new sports,
said Colleary.
.Marist will have to pay a $28,000
inmbership fee spread out over
four years as well as $7,000 per year
in dues, said Colleary. The school
pays $10,000 in dues to the Nor-
theast Conference, he said.
The biggest reason Marist decid-
ed to change conference was that
it appears the NEC is going to lose
its automatic bid to the
NCAA
men's basketball tournament.
There are 30 automatic bids to
the tournament and in 1990-91
there will be 31 conferences com-
peting for those bids. In 1991-92 32
conferences will battle for the bids.
Which conferences get the bids
will be determined by power rank-
ings, which are determined by won-
loss record, schedule strength and
other factors. Last season, the
NEC had
the lowest rating in the
country.
ACROSS
I.
Chewing __
4. Worries
9.
Green reporters
13.
American
Nurses
Association
(abbrev.)
14.
Ghastly
15.
Japanese
port
17.
Cynical
19.
Goidelis speech
20. Enraged
.
21.
Spanish
for
sun.
22.
Family
23. Delicacies
25. Guided
26.
Horse's hair
27.
Widen an opening
28.
Cen1r:1l Intelligence Agency
29. Ping-__
_
30. ~a!Mly
stopoff
31.
Muck
33. Circle
34. Ceramics
36. Inhibit
39. Cereal
40. Measurer
41. __
Thought (mental healing)
42. Mouth
43.
Holiday drink
44. ___
Splflda
45. Rational
46. Somatic joint
47.
Cognac
49.
Ballad
50. Friend
51. Consecrate
52.
Adjusts
54. Cherish
57. Prefix
58. ___
Opera
59.
To dawdle
61.
"Mork and __
_
62. Army Post Office
Answers next week
II.
European Gulf between Adriatic .
and Ionian Selis
•
12.
Winter activity
16. Blemish
18. A drop
19.
Creator
21. Hemingway's "The Old Man
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23. Trigger
24.
Nevadan
dry
25. Faricallon
26.
Wasteland
28. Weep
29.
Pontiff
JI.
U.S. baseball team
32. Internal Revenue Service
33. Either side of a triangle
JS.
To monitor
36. An old doth
37.
Dlspalch
38.
Swing
40. Republican
42. Spooned out
43. Nothing
44. Low pitch
4S.
Ascend
46. Possesses
47. Mix
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48. In working order
SO. Pry
51.
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53.
The
McCarth)' __
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54. Three-fold
5S.
Pat
56. Freud's personalil)' concept
58. <rtneral
Motors
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Page 12 - THE CIRCLE - February 2, 1989
Cagers fall below . 500
by Jay Reynolds
• The men's basketball team looks
to-rebound from losses to Robert
Morris and Fairfield as it plays
eight of its nine remaining games
against Northeast Conferepce op-
ponents, including games
at
.Wagner.Sa~urday and St. Francis
(NY) Wednesday.
"There used to be an aura of us
being the best in the league," said
guard Joey O'Conner. "We must
get it back. We want to finish the
season strong to prove we're going
to be a force next year."
The Red Foxes
(8-11)
dropped a
76-66 decision to Fairfield (6-14)
Monday before 3,012 fans -
in-
cluding lnidiana Pacer Rik Smits
-.at the McCann Center Results
oflast night's game at Monmouth
were not availiable at press time.
Against Fairfield, the Red Foxes
shot just
44
percent from the floor,
including 16.7 percent from 3-point
range.
"We never really got into the of-
fensive flow," said Coach Dave
Magarity. "Fairfield did a great
job of mixing their defense."
· Despite the lack of offense for
Marist, center Miro Pecarski led all
scorers with 25 points and forward
John Kijonek added 13 points.
__ ..,,.,......, Guard Troy Bradford and for-
Marist's
Curtis
Celestine lets loose with a lay-up in last
Thurs-
day's conference
victory over Saint Francis in the Mccann
Recreational
Center.
(Photo by Sean Glynn)
ward Harold Brantley led Fair-
field's offense with 22 points each
-,- the only two Stags in double
figures.
The loss drops Marist to 3-8 in
non-conference games - the wins
coming against St. Peter's, Divi-
sion II East Stroudsburg and Divi-
sion
III
Mount St. Vincent College.
Against Robert Morris, the Red
Foxes were outscored 11-7 in over-
Smits returns to McCann
by Tim Besser
Rik Smits returned.to campus
Monday night, much to the
delight of the 3,012 fans wat-
ching the Marist-Fairfield game
at the Mccann Center.
Smits, who· graduated last
May_.
and was drafted second
overall by the Indiana Pacers,
entered the McCann Center
with his girlfriend Gail Olsen
and fellow Pacer Greg Dreiling
to thunderous appaulse with
9:34 left in the first half.
Smits, the second-leading
scorer and rebounder in-Marist
history, was in the area for
Tuesday night's game against
the Knicks at Madison Square
Garden. After arriving in New
York, Smits immeadiately head-
ed for Poughkeepsie and an im-
promptu welcome home from
the Marist fans.
"I
was wondering what
would happen," said Smits.
"It
was real nice."
time in a bizarre 75-71 loss before
a season-high home crowd of
3,253. Colonial
guard Scott
Shepherd hit a 35-foot shot with
two seconds left to send the game
into overtime.
Ted Sharpenter was fouled with
four seconds left in regulation.
Marist called time out and, when
the offficials felt the Red Foxes
were slow returning to the court,
they put the ball on the foul line -
the equivalent of putting it in play.
Sharpenter
stepped
into the
semicircle above the foul line and
After a bumpy start, Smit~
has settled into a groove with
the Pacers and credits much of
that to · new Coach Dick
Versace .
"The new coach has really
given me confidence," said the
7-4 center. "He told the players
to get me the ball and I'm do-
ing fairly well."
Smits had a high of 27 points
this season against the Boston
Celtics, and led the Pacers to a
win in ·Boston ·Garden with a
21-point performance.
Senior center Miro Pecarski
will find
a
home in the NBA, ac-
cording to Smits.
"He'll
be drafted,"
said
Smits. "I've seen a lot of
players and he can play there.''
But what was the Dunking
Dutchman thinking?
"I'm starving, I got to get
some hot dogs," said Smits.
"I'm
waiting for two-for-a
dollar and then I'm going."
was called for a lane violation and
Robert Morris was awarded the
ball. The only thing Sharpenter
could have done to avoid the lane
violation was call time before step-
ping into the semicircle.
The controversy was that the
players from Robert Morris were
not lined up either, so there was in
reality a double lane violation.
That would have resulted in a jump
ball, which Marist would have
received because the possession ar-
row was pointed its way.
Lady Red Foxes tied for first place
•
Ill
NEC
by
David Blondin
Foxes are right where he tought
they would be.
At this point last year the Red
Sophomore
guard
Nancy
Foxes were 2-6 in conference play,
Holbrook set a Northeast Con-
and Babineau said that the main
ferencc record with 13 assists and
reason for the turn around is the
Danielle Galarneau and Monica
the maturity of his team and the
O'Halloran scored 17 points each
belief they now have in themselves.
as the Marist women's basketball
The maturity and confidence
team beat NEC foe Robert Morris
were evident Saturday when Robert
73-70 Saturday.
Morris was making a late charge at
The win pushed the Lady Foxes the Red. Foxes.
to the .500 mark for the first time
"They were confident," said
this season at 8-8, and raised their
Babineau. "I looked out on the
conference record to 6-2.
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floor in the Wagner game and I saw
With half the conference
five ladies that didn't want the ball.
schedule behind them, head coach
I looked out there in the Robert
Ken Babinuea said the Lady Red
Morris and they all wanted it."
Unlike the Robert Morris game,
where Kim Smith-Bey hit the front
end of a one-and-one that put
Marist up by three in the final
seconds, Marist fell victims to late
come backs by Wagner College and
Fairleigh Dickinson University.
In both games the the Lady
Foxes brought leads into the final
minutes of play before losing to
Wagner 53-51 on Jan. 24, and
FDU 53-50 on January 14.
"We just didn't shoot the ball
well down the stretch,"
said
Babinuea.
"We
missed key
baskets."
Though Babineau said his team
didn't shoot well against FDU and
r
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Foxes skate into
tie for 1st place
Swim.mers in fight for
by Kevin St.Onge
The Marist College hockey
club downed William Paterson
College 3-2 last Sunday in New
Jersey to move into a fir~t-place
tie with Paterson in the division.
Paterson scored early but
.Marist's Andy Giberti tied the
game at 4:18 of the first period,
assisted by Chris Buss and Scott
Doyle.
Second-period goals by Doyle
and Scott Kendall put the Foxes
ahead as they unloaded 37 shots
on the Paterson net. Marist
goalie Mike Roaia turned away
30 shots ..
The win raised Marist's
record to 7-6-1 after a 10-2 loss
last Saturday at the Mid-
Hudson
Civic Center
to
Southern Connecticut, which
scored four first period goals.
Giberti
scored
on
a
breakaway at 11 :02 of the se-
cond period but four more Owl
goals iced the win as they
unloaded 47 shots on goal.
_
The Red Foxes will host New
Paltz Saturday at the Civic
"-Center
at
10
p.m.
Men still pefect
with 6-0 record
by
Chris She~
With six of its eight dual meets
behind it, the Marist men's swim-
ming team is sporting a spotless 6-0
record.
Among those victories is a
136-105 win over SUNY-Stony
Brook, the first time the Red Foxes
have ever beated Stony Brook.
The Red Foxes other victories
are over Fairfield, William Pater-
son, Iona, RPI and Montclair
State.
The result of Tuesday night's
matchup at St. Peter's
was
unavailable at press time.
Divers Todd Prentice, currently
ranked third in the Metropolitan
Conference, and Michael Carr,
who just cracked the top 10 in con-
ference rankings, led the team to a
141-84 victory over Fairfield Jan.
25. Prentice and Carr, along with
freshman Matt Gianquinto have
combined to pick up the slack since
Paul Barrese, the top diver last
season. went out with a sore back.
Prentice recorded personal best
in both the 1- and 3-meter diving
competitions to sweep the events
and pace the Red Foxes to a
136-105 victory over Stony Brook.
Joe Bubel won the 200-yard in-
dividual medley against Stony
Brook, setting a school record in
the process. Bubel now holds eight
Marist records. In between racking
up victories, the Red Foxes found
time to squeeze in a little practic-
ing. The team
went
through a
grueling 14-day training program
durin which the swimmers and
divers practiced six days a week, 4
1/2 hours per day. In all, the swim-
mers covered a combined 110,000
yards. That's 330,000 feet, or a lit-
tle over 62 miles.
Swimming coach, and or-
chestrater of the training program,
Larry Vanwagner described the
team
as
"very fatigued" after com-
pleting the program. "Every swim-
mer had difficulty keeping up with
his usual pace."
The swim team will condlude its
home schedule with meets tonight
and Tuesday. After an away meet
next Thursday, the team will
be
off
until the conference championships
Feb. 23-25.
that was the difference, he also said
another big factor in the loss to
Wagner was bad officiating.
Babineau said that the officials
made three bad calls that helped
Wagner to victory and Marist
outplayed the Seahawks the whole
game.
Despite the disappointing loss to
Wagner, the Lady Red Foxes r·e-
bounded with two straight wins,
beating St Francis (Pa.) 75-71 last
Thursday and edging Robert
Morris.
"It was a critical game for us,"
said Babineau, referring to the win
over Robert Morris." It kept us in
a tie for first place in the con-
ference, brought us to the .500
mark and it was the first time we
have ever beat Robert Morris."
Marist also beat Robert Morris
without co-captain Maureen Dowe,
who missed the game after sprain-
ing her ankly at St. Francis a few
days earlier.
Babineau put Nancy Holbrook
in the starting lineup to replace her,
and not onlv did she set a con-
ference record for assists but also
had 16 points including two 3-point
field goals.
All
around Babineau said he has
happy with the performances of his
players, noting that he really only
used six olayers the whole game.
conference titles
Women still alive
with 3-1 record
by Mike O'Farrell
The women's swimming and div-
ing team had an up and down
week. The Lady Red Foxes were
defeated by Fairfield 142-116, but
bounced back to down RPI
158-107. The Lady Foxes are now
6-5 overall and 3-1 in the
Metropolitan Conference.
In the F~irfield meet, diver Lisa
Burgbacher captured both the l-
and 3-meter events. Burgbacher
won the I-meter event with a score
of 256.15 and scored a 248.75 to
win the 3-meter competition. For
the fourth time in her career,
Burgbacher qualified for the
NCAA
Division
I championships.
Also performing
well for Marist
were Mary Dolan, Karen
Oitzinger
and Kindra Predmore, who each
had two victories. Oitzinger who
specializes in
backstroke,
captured
both
the 100-and
200-meters
races.
Dolan won the 100 and 200
breastrokes and Predmore swept
the 100 and 200 butterfly con-
tests.ems. In the victory over
RPI,two Marist records were set.
Mary Dolan broke a four-year
record in the 200 breaststroke with
a time of 2:41.94. The old mark
was 2:42.74. Predmore shattered
the 400 individual medley record.
The sophomore swan the race in
4:53.46, more than IO seconds
aheaci of the old mark.
Predmore and Burgbacher have
qualified for the Eastern Regional
at Penn. State later in February.
They will be competing against Ivy
Despite the 6-5 record, Coach
Rena Paterno is very pleased with
the way things are going so far.
"We are competing against more
competition this year and that is
giving the girls more of a challenge,
which they like," she said. "With
our conference record, we still have
a good chance at winning the con-
ference champion- ship." The
swimmers competed against Mont-
clair State on Tuesday. Results
were not a\•ailable at press time.
The team finishes its dual-meet
schedule Saturday against Seton
Hall University.