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INSIDE:
Vote '89: The candidates speak -
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Great moments in Circle history?. -
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11
Volume 35, It/umber 15
Marist College, PQuglJkf!ep~if!,
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March 2, 1989
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Fire·
COde
raises
questioriS
aDOUf-M;iiiSt
East
by BilJ Johnso~
. Fire co~e violat~qns that persist
m Marist East could mean the loss
of classroorii space in the
f
rop.t of
the building, according to Ex-
ecutive Vice President Mark
Sullivan.
The building's main north-south
corridor is not wide enough, and
the walls around it are not flame
retardant as required, accordingto
Sullivan and fire officials. Widen-
ing the corridor toward the front
wall would make the remaining
space too narrow for classroom
use, Sullivan saic.L
Anticipating the loss of five
classrooms arid two

art studios,
college· "officials have added
another time slot to the fall
schedule, according to Registrar
Jµgy JvanJcovic. ~ome classes will
meet Tuesday at
l
p.m. and Friday
at 11:25 a.m., which are now
designated activity periods. The
new activity periods will be Friday
at 2:35 p.m. and 4:lQ p.m., she
said.
While administrators have not
yet decided what action to take, op-
tions for replacing the classrooms
include splitting some of the large
rooms in Marist East or leasing ad-
New honors
-course
to get a trial
run
by Stacey McDonnell
necessary until after the course has
been taught for one year.
The Division of Humanities will
Atkins said he expects about 15
offer a one-credit honors course to
to 20 students to register for the
a group of incoming freshmen this
class, which will be taught jointly
fall as a pilot project for possible by instructors from various divi-
hp~g_rs
programs in other divisions. , sions. Some.500 freshmen will be
Pasffif.orts
tosfaft.a
oollegewide·'"""'offered
the chanceto enroll-Atkins
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honors prograiri have bee_ri'uiisuci·
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cessful, and the college's unofficial
"We have limited resources, but

honors program, the Science of
all students deserve the best instruc-
Man curriculum, will come to an
tors," said Atkins.
"I
have a pro-
end next year. .
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.
blem with pulling the best instruc-
:
_The humanities honors course tor o_ut
to teach one special group."
will
_
.supplement
tlle normal
The course will meet one hour a
freshman cmriculum and will focus week on a pass/no credit basis and
on current events, said Richard will require students to write short
Atkins, c~~rson
of the Division papers, present oral reports· and
of Human1t1es.
participate in· field trips said
Members of the division will Atkins.

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evaluate the course after the fall
Many colleges and universities
semester and decide whether to of-
offer honors programs to provide
fer it again in the spring. Perma-
additional clcademic challenges to
nent approval by the faculty's
Academic Affairs Committee is not
Continued on page 2
BSU, CSL squabble
over funding

denial
by Lori Bo!l~ti
After the Student Activities Of-
fice r~niJy
'i~~
gpwn
p~
o.f

a funging proposal by.
t~~
JJl_ack
Stu~~ Urii~~,
Cµ,iµ-~~
qghtner,
BSU Pf~ident
~y~
their pudgei is
not o.eJng fajrJy ev~~clted.
l,,igµtner
~i!
o~er clubs
are
µot
askeq for
~
detaj.led a b~!fgei
itimization as the BSU.
-
Jennifer Peifer' treasurer of Stu~
dent .. Government and Financial
Boarif chairJ>Mson;·sa1d
·µi~
BSU
aske4 for top m~ch, so an itemiz-
ed bµdget was need~.
BSU asked for funding for a lec-
ture by Bill Duke, dir~p,! 5=!f
~
television version of "A Raisin in
the
siµi," ~()
speak during Black
History Month.
Lightner said llil approximation
of the cost was present~ ~o Stu-
dent Activities and turned down.
Stu(Jent Activities approved the
$1500 appearance fee that BSU re-
quest~, but refused the ad_ditioniµ
fees: $700 for airfare, $60 for
meals, and $185 for.board.
The $1500 is included in the
amount allocated for the BSU
budget, but, a~ording to Pir~or
of Student Activities
~
Y e;iglin,
BSU need~ to j~Jify the other
amounts.
Yeaglin sai_d $700 was high for
any ~ype
<>f
transportation and
BSµ shou}~ have collSUlted
a travel
agen~ for a more precise amount.

• ~he~
said !}le $185 request for

puke to stay at the Radisson Hotel
in Po1Jghk~psie and the $60 re-
quest for meals were extreme. Most
guest
s~kers
are
housed at the
Super 8 Motel in Hyde Park.
"I
think it would be an insult to
;iSk a prominent figure like Duke
to stay at the Super 8 Motel,"
Lightner said. He said Student Ac-
pvi_ti~ ~~gg~ted
to
BSU that Duke
stay with family in the area to cut
cost.
'

Lightner said he has reviewed
other club's budgets, which are not
as itemized as the BSU's was ask-
ed
to
be.-
"(BSU)
doesn't know how many
clubs don't get exactly what they
ask for," Piefer said.
Piefer said clubs usually organize
fundr;users to subsidize the money
Student Activities provides, but
BSU did not hold any last semester.
"What somebody else spends or
somebody gets is rumor," said
)'eaglin. A~rding
to Yeaglin,
BSU is r~ving the second-highest
b~dget alottment this semester.
ditional space ther~, ~~y_elqpipg
~e
basement of the Lowell Thomas
Communications P.~P.!Sf
~d
mpv-
ing ahead plans for a new
classroom building, Sullivan said.
Administrator~ might make
'the
classroom building their top priori-
ty because they expect delays in
building the new pormitory,
Sullivan said. Environmental ~p-
proval for the dorm could take 6
to 12 months, reducing the chances
the building will be ready for the
fall 1990 semester, Sullivan said.
The college's lease on the 60,000
square feet of space it uses in
Marist East expires in July 1992,
but an escape clause would allo~
~ansi to withdr~W iµ)uly 1990
without penalty. Administrators
have~ said they wish to be out of
Marist
East
b'y "i992.''·

A short-term solution is the
Thomas center basement. A
$300,000 renovation of the base-
ment ~ould provide space for eight
classrooms, Sullivan said.
The construction in the basement
currently occurring has nothing to
do with relocating the Marist East
classrooms, Sullivan said. A
storage room for computer equip-
ment is being built there, he said.
The Marist East fire code viola-
tio~ pate back to a September
1987 inspection by Don Murphy,
fire inspector for the town of
Poµghkeepsie, who notified the
owner of the building, the Mid-
HU:d~oµ ~ii~iness Corp., and
Marist officials of the violations.
Sullivan said Marist officials
.y;ere to!d they were in compliance
with the fire code when they renew-
ed the lease in July 1987 and were
given a valid certificate of occupan-
cy. Asked about the discrepancy,
Murphy said, "Somebody pro-
bably didn't do their homework."
Bringing the building into com-
Continued on page 2
A shootout in Townb~use B-6? No, it's re~Uy just Sean Boben (left) and Randy ·Lehman
trying to "kill"
f.:?.Cb.
other in The Ass~io Game~
(Photo by Lynoire Brust)
Kill
'em!
Students
pecome
~ssa~sins
ip.
late~t co,llege craze
by Karen Cicero
Terrence Wjng shot Randy
Lehman in the basement of
Townhouse B-6. • • •
Wing,
~fter
f<>~low.h1g
Lehman home, drew his black
and red pistol
and
fired; strik-
ing Lehman in. the
.heart.
He
died instantly
as
Wing fled the
scene.




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Now, Wi~g•s
µqt
in jajl for
murder; in fact, the
'Maiist
sophomore
~9~
th~
s~n~

tion of the in~easjngly pop1Jl¥
Assassin Game.

Based loosely on the movies
"Tag: The
Assassin
Grune~"
"The Tenth Victim" and "Got-
cha," the game debuted in
Texas in 1966 and has travelled
to college campuses throughout
the country.


Sometimes called Circle of
Death or Kh~os, it r~ched
Marist in mid-Npy~mber,
changing the lives of its now 37
participants who constantly
carry toy gu11s
and peek around
comers.
According to Mark Tully,
founder of the game at Marist,
potential assassins are given the
name of their victim, and then
it's
a
race to
see
who
can
kill
first. After tll.e murder by
bullet, bom.b or poison t!lkes
pla~, assas~i9s
~r~
given their
victim's target. The last one
~y~
~ins
~t~e
'g!',µie: ••

Tully said the rules are
endless, but it's Jots of fun.
••it
~Y~
·Y9l!
!!
~h@'
ih~~
·y9µ'r~
~?Sf
playif!g
~
James Bond-
~~h¥.il~~!
,!'
qte ~opho.!iiore
e>m?l!!m~Hqn
~
m!ijor said.
'!Yo_u get a satisfaction oufof
slaughtering your friends.
rn·
a
civilized
fashion·.,, ,
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·n!?w~v~r. many participants
said the gaµie
takes
its
'tQll
on
their ~faily lives, si~ce they
live
in constant fear of being killed.
"You get so paranoid,"
µpm.an, a ~~phomor~ com-
puter science major, said. "You
carry your
gun
to
the bathrQom
and to the shower, and you
don't stop until you're dead or
you've won.,,
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~hman

aµd many· other
player.. said they push.furniture
in front of their door: and are
suspicious of everyone until the
game ends.

Tully said the game lasts from
24 hours to four days, and
th~rf
~
~t
least
~
we~Jc
off bet~
w~n ~ch on~ to allow par~
tici~ts
iq
recpver. ije has
organized six games this school
year, and another one, which
will benefit the Admissions Of-
fif:(!, will begin ne~t week. It
cpsts $2.


Tully's roommate,
Sean
~~~~ii,
~ys-.Ii~•s a little ap-
pre~~~ive about playing again,
~ince the game ~lls' his social
life: ''Yoµ
~•t
~
to people,"
th~
~mmµnications arts major
~d.
"!
can't hang out, it gets
r!,=ally lon"ely ~ild I need
companionship."
~yt
Barbara Joyce and her
friepds in Champagnat Hall
said they sometimes get a bit too
much· of this
·affection.
The
players from the Townhouses
stalk !~e hallway~ ;md lounges
jp.
Ch~pagnat

in hopes of
making a kill.
Joyce, a sophomore business
major, said people she's never
S!=Cn
before come to visit, and
everyone greets her with the
three magic words, "Are you
dead?"
--
She said she and her friends
have gotten to the point where
they don't trust each other.
"I'm
watching Star Trek with
my boyfriend," she said, "and
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Entertainment
Frederick's
Towne Crier Cafe
Summer Travel
Fridays and Saturdays, enjoy dancing
and live entertainment by the Checkmates
at Frederick's of Hyde Park. For informa-
tion, call 471-5910.
Christine Lavin will appear at the Towne
Crier Cafe in Pawling at 9:30 p.m. tomor-
row. Cover charge is $11. Dave Van Ronk
brin!;JS
his country blues, dixieland, scat-
singing and jugband music to the stage at
9:30 p.m. Saturday. Cover charge is
$12.50. For more information
call
855-1300.
and
field
experience at Marist College will
hold a freshman workshop, "Beginning My
Higher Education," tomorrow in Lowell
Thomas Communications Center 122.
Topics included in the program include ad-
justing to college life, expectations, and in-
ternships. For information, call ext. 543.
Summer
In
London
Junior arid senior college marketing and
communication majors can work and study
in London this summer in a program
through the Fashion Institute of Technology
in New York. The program begins July
8,
and ends Aug. 11. Total cost for tuition,
room and board is $2,400 plus airfare. In-
terested students should contact Dr. Arthur
Winters, chairman of F.I.T.'s Advertising
and Marketing Communications Depart-
ment, at (212) 760-nos.
Foreign FIims
The Marist College Foreign Film Festival
presents Federico Fellini's "Vitelloni" at
7:30 p.m. tonight and tomorrow, and In-
gmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" at
7:30
p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Both films
will be shown in Donnelly 245.
"Sugar Babies"
The award-winning show "Sugar
Babies," starring Phil Ford and Mimi
Hines, is playing at the Ulster Performing
Arts Center in Kingston at 8 p.m. Saturday.
Tickets are $15, $18 and $20. For informa-
tion call 339-6088.
Exhibits
Floral '89
The Mid-Hudson Civic Center in
Poughkeepsie presents Floral '89, with
25,000 square feet of landscapes, from Fri-
day March
3
to Sunday March
5.
Tickets
are $2 in advance and $4 at the door. For
information call 454-5800.
Pops Concert
The Marist College Singers present the
"Spring Pops Concert" at 7:30 p.m. Satur-
day in the Theatre. Admission is free for
students, $2 for guests.
On
Broadway
Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" is at the
Lincoln Center Theater; all seats are
$30
and
$35.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's new
musical "Phantom of the Opera" is at the
Majestic Theatre; tickets are $50, $45 and
$37.50. Neil Simon's new comedy
"Rumors" is at the Broadhurst Theatre.
Tickets for all performances are available
through Telecharge, (212) 239-6200.
Support Groups
summer workshops
In
Washington
Journalism, political science, and
economics students can earn credit this
summer through The Institute on Political
Journalism and the Institute on Com-
parative Political and Economic Systems
at Georgetown University in Washington,
D.C. Courses, lectures and internship op-
portunities are part of both programs, to be
held June 9 to July 22. For information call
Donna Cassani at (202) 293-5092.
At The Bardavon
Tickets are on sale for the Queen City
Stage Company's production of "The Tam-
ing of the Shrew' at the Bardavon 1869
Opera House at
8
p.m., March
9,
10, 11
and at
3
p.m., March 12. Seats are $8 with
student I.D. for the March
9
performance;
all other performances are $10. For infor-
mation, call 471-9339.
Workshops
~~~~rt
Collier of ca~~er_
d~velopment
Marist College holds confidential
Alcholics AnonyrT1ous
meetings on campus
in the Lowell Thomas Communications
Center: Fridays, 11:45 to 12:45 p.m. in
room 201, and Saturdays and Sundays, 1
to 2 p.m., in room 208. Meetings for Adult
Children of Alcoholics are held Mondays
in the Campus Center 269, from 5:15 to
6:15 p.m.
Classrooms----------C-on-tin_ued_r_,o_m
_pa-ge_l ,
Special!
Special/
pliance with fire regulations would
require work on the fire wall
behind the Marist section, the main
corridor in the front of the building
and the walls along it, Sullivan
said.
According to the state fire code
board of review, the Marist East
fire wall must be raised through the
second floor. The current fire wall
stands on the first floor between
the area Marist leases and the
warehouse used by Roe Movers.
The landlord built the $250,000
block wall last summer.
Honors--
Continued from page
1
their best students.
The Academic Affairs Commit-
tee is accepting proposals from
faculty members for honors pro-
grams • in other divisions, said
Margaret
Calista, chairperson of
the committee.
While
proposals vary, some
faculty members have suggested a
program that would require
students to maintain a certain grade
point average and complete a thesis
or special project.
The committee considered a
standard honors program for all •
• disciplines last year but decided
supplemental programs to each
area of study would better serve the
students' needs, said Calista, who
is also director of the social work
program.
In rejecting the idea of a col-
legewide honors program last
February, the committee also
decided there was a lack of faculty
and administration to oversee the
program.
Since 1974, the college has of-
fered the Science of Man program,
also known as Science of Humani-
ty, which required students to take
special courses and complete a •
.thesis. While never designated an
honors program, Science of Man
was catered to students seeking a
greater academic challenge.
Game---
continued from page
1
I don't know if he's going to
whip out a knife and kill me."
But many of the players said
they don't take it too seriously,
since the object of the game is
to have fun. They said they
laugh whether they win or lose.
Jennifer
Forbes,
a
sophomore communication
arts
major, said she certainly had
fun the night she followed
freshman Bill Liston to the
cafeteria,
to
Sheahan Hall and
finally, with a tip from his
roommate, to The Library.
Forbes fired her gun, and a
little orange pellet hit its target.
Liston surrendered the name of
his victim to Forbes.
It was the last izame Liston
played, Forbes said.
The review board, which hears
appeals on fire code violations, also
told Marist to fix violations in its
part of the building. According to
Richard Dormeyer, deputy chief of
the Fairview Fire Department, the
corridor must be widened from
four feet to eight feet and the walls
along it must be reinforced to hold
back flames for one hour. That job
would cost about $200,000,
Sullivan said.
Marist is under no obligation to
complete the work in a specific time
frame, Sullivan said. The college's
Iawers are reviewing the case to
determine whether Marist or the
Mid-Hudson Business Corp. is
responsible for those renovations,
he said.
Reluctant to invest more money
in the building, Marist officials and
the landlord have met with the
review board at least three times
since the fall of 1987, most recent-
ly Jan. 24, Dormeyer said, to ob-
tain variances on the regulations.
They will meet the board again
-~arch 14, he said.
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March 2, 1989 - THE CIRCLE- Page 3
Long-delayed patio to debut this spring
Funding loss
threatens
by Meg Brandon
grass, Tarantino said.
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Despite delays of over a year,
Anthony Tarantino, director of of
physical plant, says the patio
behind Champagnat Hall
will
be
completed this spring.
Patio construction began in the
fall of
1987
when the land was
leveled and trees cleared to give a
view of the river. Because of
renovations in Champagnat last
summer and Donnelly Hall this fall
the project has been put off.
The area, which will measure
about 100 feet by 75 feet, will give
students a needed recreation area
and will include picnic tables and
a barbecue, according to Taran-
tino. It will resemble the patio next
to Fontaine Hall.
The project will cost $25,000 to
$30,000, Tarantino said in a Circle
article las( fall. In addition to
renovations, the cold weather has
forced delays.
Warmer weather will soften the
ground and allow workers to plant
"I want to start planting the
(grass) seed by the end of March or
the beginning of April," said
Tarantino. "I hope by May the
patio can be used by all the
students."
. Tarantino said the patio will pro-
vide space for activites such as
barbecues, which were previously
held in front of Campus Center.
Tarantino wants the land to be
used for many activities, but "it is
up to the Student Activities Office
to decide what activities are to take
place," he said.
Bob Lynch, assistant director of
Student Activities, said the sight
has great potential.
"I would like to see the patio us-
ed for different functions," Lynch
said. "There could be an art class

held out there in the spring, poetry
readings, theater receptions, lee-
,.
tures and dances on the patio that
would work in conjunction with
the River Room. "
This area behind the Campus Center is the site for the patio,
which is scheduled to be completed in the spring.
(Photo by Lynaire Brust)
aid program
by
Colleen Corcoran
The Marist College Community
Service Program may have to close
to students unless private funds
become available, Phil Koshkin,
coordinator of the program, said.
The program, which provides
financial aid in exchange for service
in the community, is funded by a
U.S. Department of Education
grant and Marist campus employ-
ment funds.

The program started in the fall
of 1987 with twelve students, but
there are approximately 36 students
working this semester.
The federal grant which takes
care of operational costs runs out
after this semester, and although
the Marist money is still available
to support the cost of tuition credit,
Koshkin admits the program "is up
in the air for next year."
Koshkin is currently writing
grant proposals to corporations
and private foundations.
Classmates now fashion careers in design
Koshkin has received a $10,000
.grant
from the Gannett founda-
.
tion, but the program still needs
support, he said.
Editor's note: This is the fourth
is a series of stories about the
careers
.
and lives of some recent
Marist graduates.
by Karen Wirmusky
Some say that good things come
to those who wait. But Karen Som-
ma and J.R. Morrissey didn't have
to wait very long.
.
In less than a year since their
graduation from Marist the two
fonner fashion majors are one step
closer to making their dreams come
true.
The secret to their success -
determination.
.
Somma will begin training at the,
popular department store Lord and
Taylor. She is two positions away
from her goal of becoming a
clothing buyer for the store.
Morrissey wants to be a fashion
designer and hopes to have his own
business in about four years. He is
now an assistant to designer Ran-
dolf Duke.
In recent phone interviews both
agreed that they owe their success
to the dedication they developed
under Carmine Porcelli, Marist's
director of fashion design and
merchandising.
young
alums
"I
didn't think that it could get
any tougher," said Somma about
Marist's fashion program.
"I
became a tougher person and it
prepared me for hard work."
gave her determination and his high
expectation of his students forced
her to try harder and to seek
perfection.
While preparing for Marist's
fashion show, Somma said she
remembers working through many
sleepless nights. She became
frustrated with the many demands
that Porcelli placed on her.
One time Somma had to remake
a vest five times. After hours of
work Porcelli would hand
the
vest
on the way to work, come home
and do a few sketches and read a
few more magazines before I go to
bed."
Morrissey is faced with a dif-
ferent challenge every day. At Ran-
dolf Duke's, Morrissey worked all
day on one sketch while other
workers completed 10 and 12 sket-
ches in the same time.
But he was determined to do bet-
ter. Since then he has improved to
seven designs a day.
And for Somma, who graduated
last fall, the hard work paid off.
On Dec. 26 she started working
for Haynes department store in
New Jersey as a trainee in the
children's department. Because
'Long spurts at school prepared me for long
spurts on
__
the job'
Haynes plans to close later this
right back to her and
tell
her to do
year, Somma will move to Lord
it over -
and better.
and Taylor in New York City do-
"Now that I'm out of the situa-
ing the same work:
tion I can see why he was so
After hearing of the store's shut-
tough," said Somma. "He ex-
down Somma became nervous and
pected so much out of us, but it
unsure of her-future. But now
.she -
..
made me want it even more."
sees it as a challenge and said she
Morrissey, who graduated last
is prepared to meet it. It is a chance
spring, also recalls the long hours
she had to take to reach her goal,
working for Porcelli. But it
she said.
prepared him for the longer hours
"Long spurts at school prepared
that he now works.
me for long spurts on the job,"

"I work 10 to 12 hour day," said
said Somma.
.
·
Morrissey.
"I'm
constantly think-
Porcelli's driving personality
ing about my job. I read magazines
Porcelli
said that his students arc
responsible and driven to succeed
because of their demanding
schedules. It takes more than talent
to move up in the fashion business,
he said.
"It's 20 percent talent and 80
percent determination," he said.
Morrissey agrees. "Sure, you
need a little talent, but it's impor-
tant to be at the right place at the
right time, Morrissey said. "It's
also important to be ready to work
your tail off once that time
.
happens."
Although the future of the pro-
gram may be uncertain,
the
response from the community has
been great, Koshkin said.
"All (agencies) are very, very
eager and grateful for the help," he
said.
According to Koshkin, the pro-
ject works out well financially for
both the community agency who
cannot afford to pay for help, and
students receiving hands-on ex-
perience while helping
to
pay their
tuition.
The project is a combination
financial aid/student service pro-
gram originally designed to attract
business, computer science and
communication majors
to other,
more
service type careers.
Any student who demonstrates
significant financial need, is iit
good academic standing and is at
least a second semester freshman,
can apply to work part-time with
·
a variety of organizations in the
area, Koshkin said.
However, if the program is to
continue next year with a cut in the
budget, the number of students in
the program would have to be
much lower, Koshkin said.
The fairest way to decide which
applicant should be placed in a job
would be "to rank students by
respective financial needs" he said.
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Ma~1st
to 101n
"New video to feature Marist's debaters
St. Pat parade
by Deni~ DeClcco
What better way to spend St.
Patrick's Day than at the parade in
New York City? There is no better
way, according to the Gaelic Socie-
ty, which will represent Marist in
the parade this year along with
alumni, faculty and staff.
The Gaelic Society has invited
the Marist community is invited to
march. The society, along with Jim
Norman, director of alumni af-
fairs, will provide bus transporta-
tion. The bus will leave from the
Mccann Center at 9:15 a.m. and
will cost $10 per person.
Those who plan to march and/or
reserve a bus seat should call Nor-
man at ext. 283 before March 10.
An alumni reception will also be
held at the Halloran House Hotel
in New York from 6 to 9 p.m.
The Gaelic Society is planning a
debate on the political issues fac-
ing Northern Ireland today. It also
hopes to hold a dance as well as
several other fundraising events.
The dates for these events have not
been set.
The Gaelic Society meets on
Wednesdays in the Campus Center
at 9:30 p.m. All are welcome to
\..attend.
...,
"It's quite an honor to be chosen
• by Chris Walsh
out of 400 colleges and some 4000
plus debators for this video," said
Marist
College
will
be
Springston.
represented in an educational
"It should be a lot of fun and
debate video that is due out next

pretty
interesting,"
said
fall by two members of its varsity C~pozzolo.
team.
Stephen Wood; author of Prima
Buckley and Capozzolo have
Facie, A Guide to Value Debate, is won more varsity championships
putting together a new edition of
than any other team on the east
the text and an instructional video
coast this season. The varsity
to go along with it.
debate team also beat Suffolk
Jim Springston, assistant pro-
University for a varsity champion-
fessor of communications and
moderator of the debate team, will ship a few weekends ago.
be writing a chapter in the new edi-
tion of the text and varsity debators
Mike Buckley,
junior,
and
sophomore Tony Capozzolo, will
appear in the video.
"Stephen Wood saw our team
and was very impressed," said
Springston.
The video, which is being put out
by the publishers of the book,
Kendall-Hunt, will begin produc-
tion on the third weekend in April
in Kingston, R.l.
The video will is geared to in-
structors and students, and will be
distributed nationally. It is an in-
structional video that will feature
a typical debate between the Marist
team and debaters from Suffolk
University in Boston, with explana-
tions from both sides as they go
along.
"We've never lost to this team,
so they'll be gunning for us," said
Springston.
Buckley and Capozzolo have
also been chosen as alternates for
an instructional video that the
Cross
Examination
Debate
Association will use in teaching
high school students.
According
to Springston,
because of the increased size of the
team in the past few seasons, the
Marist team has not been able to
travel as extensively as it once had.
"We haven't been able travel
past the east coast recently so the
video is nice in that it gives us na-
tional
recognition,"
said
Springston.
Michael Buckley Oeft) and Tony Capazollo will be featured
in an upcoming instructional debate video.
(Photo by Lynaire Brust)
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Vice President for College Ad-
vancement Paul Browne announc-
ed the appointments of Patricia
Clark
as director of corporate and
foundations Relations and Shaileen
Kopec
as director of development
in
early February.
Clark joined the Office of Col-
lege
Advancement staff Jan. 23
and will be in.charge of securing
government and foundation grants
for the support of.the college.
"I will be exploring for new cor-
porations and foundations that the
college
has not looked at before,"
said Clark.
Clark, who has worked for New
York
State
Senator
Daniel
Moynihan, replaces Mary Ellen
Czerniak who left last semester to
join the staff at Williams College.
Kopec is presently the director of
enrollment communications and
will join the advancement staff on
March 1.
As director of development,
Kopec will be responsible for the

Annual Fund and other fund rais-
ing,
alumni affairs and the ad-
vancement records which record
any financial contributions.
Kopec's new position
_will
com-
bine the jobs of director of
development and director of the
Annual Fund, previously held by
Ron

Zurawik
and
Joan
Gasparovic, respectively.
For the past 1S years Kopec has
been an employee at Marist in the
areas of development, admissions,
and alumni and public relations.
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Curtain Call
Of chaos and cosmetics:
A look behind the scene
by Holly Gallo
It
is Sunday, Feb. 26, and the cast and crew of the Marist College Coun-
cil on Theatre Arts are preparing for their last performance of Woody
Allen's farce-laden "Don't Drink the Water."
As the 2: 10 p.m. curtain call approaches, the cast and crew take part
in the facet of play production that audience members never see - life
behind the scenes.
1:30 p.m.:
The smell of paint remover abounds in the backstage prop
room amidst debris of splattered paint, scraps of wood and the stiff paint-
brush that has laid in peace since the play's opening the previous
Thursday.
1:40
p.m.: Thirty minutes until showtime. A cast member walks by
the dressing rooms crooning, "I'm in the mood for toast, butter and
cream cheese, simply because you're near me ... "
1:43 p.m.:
Wes Zahnke, acting in his first MCCTA production, strolls
by sporting an outfit a Ia New Jersey tourist: loud, gold hawaiian shirt
clashing nicely with his equally loud turquoise hawaiian shorts and
mismatched argyle socks. This is a suitable ensemble as his character,
Walter, later boasts that he is, "A caterer from New Jersey ... a dignified
human being with a hernia!"
1:45 p.m.:
25 minutes and counting. The dressing rooms are empty,
except for the piles of clothes, assorted pumps and sneakers and a blonde
wig, which looks like it has been around the block a few times.
1:50 p.m.:
The cast and crew are dressed and putting on the finishing
touches, hairspray, baby powder and the black lines which look like
wrinkles to the audience. This ritual is taking place in the "green room"
- the customary stopover from dressing room to stage. This one is literal-
ly green, mint green.
1:55 p.m.:
Someone yells, "Let's do it!" The cast and crew assemble
in a circle for final instructions from the director, senior Chris Meyer,
who tells them to "close your eyes and think ... get the energy flowing."
They begin to clap and cheer. There seems to be no apprehension or ner-
vousness in this room, only anticipation.
2:00 p.m.: A
voice rings through the theater, "Ten minutes!" Everyone·•·
begins to congregate in their spots behind the curtains. Someone is talk-
ing about how hung-over they are from the cast party the night before.
The props, including a handgun, a feather duster, various hats and a
bar equipped with Bacardi rum, Peachtree schnapps and Gordon's Vodka
-
all replaced with water, of course -
are in order.
2:04 p.m.:
Everyone is milling around. One cast member keeps raiding
the bar.
2:09 p.m.:
The lights go off backstage. "Ready?" "Shhh!" Then quiet
as Bob Higgins becomes Father Drobney, an Irish priest whose monologue
begins the play.
2:10 p.m.:
With the play underway, someone whispers
"It
seems like
a good audience." All eyes are intent on the stage, as the fellow cast
and crew enjoy each other's performances.
March 2, 1989- THE CIRCLE - Page 5
Break a leg! "Don't Drink The Water" cast members Chip
Maynard and Emily Hirsch (above) prepare for the curtain to
rise. Maynard and stagehand Steve Ward (left) inspect the props.
Judy Baker puts some finishing touches on Wes Zahnke (below).
The play, directed by A. Christian Meyer, was sponsored by
the Marist College Council on Theater Arts.
(Photos by Lynaire Brust)
Running on empty: Those college car blues
by Michael Decosta
"My grandfather uses it now to
haul cords of wood," said Jim
Mulcahey, a junior from Bar-
ryville, N.Y., regarding the current
status of the 1967 Chevrolet
Chevelle he used to commute from
the Canterbury Garden Apart-
ments to campus for two months
last semester.
The Chev~Ile with spray-painted
racing stripes was one of four cars
Mulcahey has had at Marist. He
had two 1980 Volkswagen Rabbits
which both broke down beyond
repair and he is presently driving
another Chevrolet.
Whether its the old ''family
funster" or what the used car
salesman called "the perfect college
car," many students have surviv-
ed the ups and downs of owning a
second-hand car.
"My first Rabbit was in an acci-
dent that had no other cars involv-
ed and no driver in it," Mulcahey
said.
"It
just rolled down the hill
one day and smashed into a tree."
Rube Cohen, owner of Rube's
and Sons Shell on South Road in
Poughkeepsie, said he services
many students' cars from Vassar
College, the Culinary Institute of
America and Marist on a weekly
basis.
"The kids really run these old
cars into the ground," he said.
"Many
are shocked to find out
their bill is $150 to $200."
Dawn Carroll, a junior from
Selden,
N.Y.,
said she was hor-
rified when she received a $286 bill
for repairs done to the brake
system of her 1982 Pontiac
Phoenix. She had planned to use
the money toward Spring Break in
the Bahamas and she is now work-
ing a second job to pay for the trip.
According to Cohen, most of
these cars have traveled at least
100,000 miles and have seen better
days. If the car makes it to the
desired destination, it's considered
a bonus, he said.
When Jim Donnelly's
dad
bought a brand new 1986 Buick
Century, he decided to make Jim
the proud owner of "the family-
funster green machine," a 1980
Chevrolet Caprice Classic.
Donnelly, a political science ma-
jor from Waterbury, Conn., said
he routinely fits eight to 10 of his
friends into the station wagon for
long-distance trips, including two
to Burlington, Vt., and one
to
Montreal, Canada.
His car was temporarily ground-
ed a few days before Winter In-
tersession last semester with more
than $500 in repairs.
Donnelly insists that the "fami-
ly funster" will be back on the road
some day.
"Despite popular belief, its not
dead," he said. "It was just sick
for a while and I'm nursing it back
to health back home."
The frustrations encountered in
owning these used cars has inspired
some students to name their cars.
Cars such as "The Road Warrior,"
"Bessy," "The Batmobile,"
"It"
and "The Cropduster" can be
found in parking lots throughout
the campus in various states of dis-
repair.
Sue Weiser, a junior from
Rochester,
N.Y.,
said she had lit-
tle hope that her 1980 Pontiac Sun-
bird would last much longer. "I
wish it would just blow up," she
said.
Although this car practically drags down the road and its
driver's door
is
permanently stuck, Steven Murray's 1980 Sun-
bird gets him to his internship every day.
(Photo by Lynaire Brust)
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editorial
College is facing
its growing pains
Champagnat Hall has undergone a major renovation. Donnelly ,
Hall is beginning one. Marist East will need
its
own renovation
if college officials want to continue using it. Two new buildings,
a dorm and a classroom building, are badly needed; Marist can-
not put them up fast enough.
Signs of growth and their side effects are everywhere. Some
of those effects -
an inaccessible Donnelly front door, trucks
and bulldozers rumbling around campus - result from positive
changes.
. .
Others, including a student population that lives five miles away
in the Canterbury Garden Apartments, are casualties of college
growth that got out of hand.
Marist is struggling to keep pace with its own expansion.
College administrators have tough decisions to make. Faced
1
with losing five classrooms and two art studios in Marist East,
they must decide whether to throw good money after bad by fix-
ing fire code violatipns there or find an alternative site.
While the new dqrmitory has been the top building priority,
the continuing Marist East problem and probable delays in the
construction of the dorm have prompted administrators to con-
sider expediting the classroom building.
In addition, perennial problems such as the cramped Library
and Bookstore, as well as a shortage of faculty office space, re-
mind us that the lack of housing isn't the only deficiency on
campus.
Is the college getting too big? No. Is it growing too quickly?
Probably. All of us who live and work here are now saddled with
the consequences of rapid growth that was not watched closely
enough.
Most colleges suffer space constraints, but Marist should not
continue admitting more students than it can reasonably
accommodate.
In striving toward tommorrow's goals, we should not stifle more
immediate concerns.
r
letters
Cafeteria responds
To the editor:
In response to the letter in the
Feb. 23 issue of the Circle concer-
ning the Cafeteria, I would like to
answer your concerns.
A. Hairnets or hats are required
by all Food Service staff while ser-
ving food
items.
Plastic gloves are
also required when handling food.
We would appreciate it if you
would let us know if these re-
quirements are not being followed
by any of our staff.
B.
The dirty silverware, salad
bowls, etc. from the dishroom have
been
checked
by
Quality
Restaurant Repair and by Subo
Chemical Co. Both have found
minor problems and have repaired
them. We also have a call in to the
City Water Plant to do a water test
to help us resolve the problem with
the glasses, and have contacted the
manufacturer of the glasses, Carn-
bro Corp. A representative from
the Co. will be here on Monday,
Feb. 27.
C. We have moved the Deli Bar
area away from the dishroom and
hope this will solve the concern you
have.
1
D. The Salad Bar area is almost
impossible to keep organized dur-
ing peak meal times. We have one
person during meal times assigned
to this area. Metal utensils do not
turn the lettuce brown. Lettuce has
not been the best of quality during
February. We have changed the
brand of lettuce to solve this
Continued
on
page
7
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number and address. The editors may withhold names from
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The deadline for letters is noon Monday. Letters should be sent
to Michael Kinane, c/o The Circle, through campus mail or drop-
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editors reserve the right to edit letters for matters of style, length,
libel and taste. Short letters are preferred.
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WoUld HE leave women out?
by
Paul O'Sullivan
If Jesus were alive today, and He
saw the painting of Himself that is
hanging in my Catholic grammar
school, He'd probably say, "Who
the heck (Jesus wouldn't say 'hell')
is that?''
I think He would have a similar
reaction
to today's
Roman
Catholic Church.
Last month, the Rev. Barbara C.
Harris was consecrated the first
female bishop in the history of the
Episcopal Church.

The Episcopalians are way ahead
of the Catholics, who haven't even
gotten around to ordaining their
first female priest.
.
On Sept. 30
.
of last year, the
Vatican issued th~ apostolic letter,
"Mulieris Dignitatem,. (On the
Dignity and Vocation of Women).
In it, Pope John Paul II reaffirms
the long-held Church doctrine that
only men
can
be priests.
The Pope seems to contradict
himself; at one point, he reminds
his readers that women and men
both are called "to share in the in-
timate life of God."
However, John Paul also rejects
the idea that Jesus chose only male
apostles because that was the social
norm of the day, saying, "In call-
ing only men His apostles, Christ
acted in
a
completely free and
sovereign manner."
Basically, what John Paul seems
to be saying is that the male-only
priesthood is the way Christ intend-
ed it.
I would expect more common
sense from the Catholic Church. If,
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thinking
between
the lines
by His actions, Jesus intentionally
meant only men to be priests, how
can we be sure that He did not in-
tend other restrictions as well?
Did Jesus discriminate on the
basis of height? If all the apostles
were between
5
feet 6 inches and 6
feet 1 inch tall, does that mean
Jesus wanted to exclude Manute
Bol and Herve Villechaize from the
priesthood?
Even more importantly, did
Jesus intend that only people of a
certain skin color could be priests?
That would eliminate all of us
palefaces from contention, in-
cluding the present-day pope.
If Jesus had actually had the skin
color that my grammar school's
painting features, He would have
had one heck of a sunburn in the
Middle Eastern sun.
It's kind of hard for me to im-
agine Christ purposely and willfully
excluding anyone from anything,
least of all from administering the
sacraments of the church that He
founded.
John Paul and the rest of the
conservative Catholics have to
realize that sex is just another
distinguishing factor, just like
height and color. A short, black
woman isn't any different from a
tall, white man in the respect that
both are human beings and both
are
entitled
to
the
same
consideration.
We all have roles in life that we
are suited for, but to say that a
woman is not suited to be a priest
is the same as saying that a black
is not suited to be president.
The framers of the U.S. Con-
stitution did not count any blacks
.
among their ranks. Certainly there
were
some available; does that
mean a black cannot be president?
Of course not.
That kind of thinking is archaic,
and that's the same criticism many
people have of the Church - that
many of its teachings are woefully
outdated.
I'm willing to grant the Church
the
issues
of birth control and abor-
tion, because these teachings
can
be
seen as issues of faith. But keeping
women from being priests is a sim-
ple issue of a violation of human
rights.
If the Church wants to
be
a
force

against racism and discrimination,
it first has to start with its own
organization. It has to practice
what it preaches
Actually, the Church may be
closer to ordaining women priests
than it thinks. The number of men
entering the priesthood is at an all-
time low, and many American
clergy are calling for changes in
order to increase their ranks.
But it would be nice if the church
allowed women to enter the
priesthood not out of necessity, but
out of choice. Admitting women to
the clergy should not be the last
choice before coin-operated
confessionals.
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Editor:
Michael Kinane
Sports Editor:
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Illegalizing abortion would mean catastrophe
by Mary Stricker
What, then, does illegalizing abortion
achieve? Illegalization of abortion achieves
one thing -
punishing women with un-
wanted pregnancies.
an abortion, and we can begin to solve this
problem.
to make a fast buck.
Sixteen years ago, the Roe vs. Wade deci-
sion legalized abortion.
At the time, I couldn't care less what Roe
or Wade decided. All I cared about was stay-
ing up later than my usual bedtime and mak-
ing sure there were enough Twinkies in my
Scooby Doo lunchbox.
Give women labels as ludicrous as "baby
killer" and "murderer" and we will get
nowhere.
Pro-lifers will argue that women should
never allow themselves to become victims of
this situation in the first place. Pro-lifers will
We cannot solve the problem of abortion
by punishing women. We must solve the pro-
blem by helping them.
say there is a simple alternative - adoption.
The only way to help women is by gran-
ting easy availability of low-cost birth con-
trol for those who can afford it and free of
charge for those who cannot.
If we deny women the legal right to birth
control or an abortion, which is the wish of
the Catholic Chruch, we will find ourselves
Unfortunately, it is not so simple for
everyone.
Things have changed.
Just take a look at your local classifieds.
These days, my bedtime never comes soon
enough and Twinkies give me nausea.
Ironically, the pro-lifers are doing their
best to deny women these services by pro-
testing against Planned Parenthood.

in the midst of a catastrophe worse than what
pro-lifers consider the current onslaught of
baby killing - a return to the horrifying il-
legal abortion era.
White newborns may be in demand. African-
American newborns are taboo.
More importantly, I care a lot about the
Roe vs. Wade decision and the unfortunate
possibility of it being overturned.
Whether you approve or disapprove of
abortion or whether you don't even bother
to think of it, you must realize that a deci-
sion to reverse Roe vs. Wade would not on-
ly be a mistake, it would be catastrophic.
While Planned Parenthood does provide
abortion services, it also offers counseling
and low-cost birth control to those in need.
Planned Parenthood does not ignore the root
of this problem.
If this happens, pregnant women will suf-
fer more than the fetus. Few respected doc-
tors will risk their jobs to perform an illegal
abortion, and even fewer will be able to pro-
vide safe and sanitary conditions while main-
tinaing ultimate obscurity.
George Bush calls abortion a
tragedy
that
must be stopped. What does George Bush
call racism -
an easy way to get elected?
Illegalization does not equal prevention.
Something
is
very wrong here.
If only we could go to bed at 8 p.m. and
eat Twinkies for lunch, but we can't. Nor can
we ignore the serious repercussions involv-
ed in a reversal of the Roe vs. Wade decision.
Women are going to continue having abor-
tions if abortions become illegal. Doctors will
continue to perform abortions if abortion
becomes illegal.
Instead of trying to close down Planned
Parenthood, we should be helping them
reach the thousands of men and women who
are not using birth control so there won't be
such a demand for abortion services.
Give women the means to avoid needing
Where does that leave women with un-
wanted pregnancies? In the hands of untrain-
ed doctors with shoddy practices who want
Mary Stricker
is a senior majoring in com-
munication arts. She is also a columnist for
The Circle.
The stage's spotlight and the price you pay
by Wes Zahnke
and there was never a dull
rehearsals
was light and
further from the truth.
moment.
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show
about
two
weeks
from
would go off on little tangents
home-baked cookies.
in
the life.
business."
showtime when I had no clue as
right in the middle of a scene.
Well, I decided to test that for
to what my lines were.
Occasionally someone - not
This suited me juSt fine, as 1
had experienced nightmares on
myself and try out for
If truth must be told, I did no
myself, of course -
would do
what could happen if you mix-
MCCTA's spring production,
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studying of the lines on my
somethinglike,oh,flatulateon
edalcoholwithagroupofpeo-
"Don't Drink The Water," a
p.m.
to 12:00 midnight.
own; I only studied them when
stage, in an effort to keep it
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Weekends weren't exactly a
I was at rehearsal.
light.
pie who were together seven
p
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en.
days a week.
It had been a while since the
thrill a minute, as we had to
So here I am, two weeks from
I have to admit that I was
The air was reeking of profes-
last time I took on the role of
meet on Saturdays as well as
show time, with no lines down
thoroughly disgusted with these
sionalism as each day went on
a thespian and graced the stage,
Sundays.
and very little semblance of a
obnoxious acts of immaturity,
and opening night lurked in the
but I was up for the challenge.
There were two good things
voice.
but if it kept the cast and crew
near future.
The tryouts went well and I
that came out of this:
A)
my in-
Some other obstacles stood
happy,
I
would endure and
From top to bottom, tlus cast
soon found myself in the
credible shrinking wallet was
between me and my first Tony
sacrifice.
and crew was first-rate.
precarious position of a lead
temporarily salvaged (though
Award too.

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The final dress rehearsal went
role.
spring break is right around the
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crashed a closed party The peo-
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going from California to Japan.
Stage at first
of 1"ail.
pie in MCCTA are a close-knit
these productions, and being a
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Opening ni-"t we took no
Then I found out how much
It also forced me to budget
bunch, more or less, and 1 had
journalist at heart, it was
in
my
prisoners,
.
an~,, each ensuing
time the whole deal would in-
my time more wisely than ever
virtually no clue who was who.
investigative nature to pursue
show we
did
progressively
volve and my thoughts turned a
before.
Learning names was rugged,
some leads and get
to
the bot-
better.
bit sour.
I now bad no other option,
but I did a pretty good job fak-
tom of the story.
So next time there is a play,
Try this on for size: Rehear-
but to do my work.
ing it until I learned them all.
Well, I can faithfully reveal
get off your· duffs and go.
sal every week niRht from 9:30
The rehearsals went smoothly
The overall mood of the
that these reports could not be
Letters ___________________________________________
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problem.
E. Our bread is delivered daily
(five times a week). Hard rolls and
bagels are delivered daily. If you
find stale or molding bread, please
bring it to our attention.
F.
To
solve
the problem of keep-
ing the areas clean and neat during
service hours, we have hired a per-
son to wipe down and organize
these areas during meals. We also
would greatly appreciate any help
you, the students of Marist, could
give us. Examples: bussing trays,
cups, plates, etc. from the tables
and service areas.
G. Our fresh fruit is delivered six
days a week and checked for
freshness
upon
delivery.
I
apologize if you have found fruit
that does not appeal to you. We
will check the quality closer.
H. The ice cream freezer is a pre-
set unit to assure the ice cream does
not melt. Freezer burn only occurs
when the ice cream thaws and is
refrozen.
We, the management of Seiler's,
are aware that some problems ex-
ist and respond to them immediate-
ly. If there are any other areas of
concern, please do not hesitate to
contact me in the Food Service
office.
Daniel C. Lewis
1-'ood
Service Director
North Road II
To the editor:
As I sit in my living room star-
ing at a hole in the carpeting, I
think to myself, "What more can
I do."
I then look to my left and see the
hallway door which still hangs on
the hinge.
Far across the room sits our
couch, a beautiful luxurious sofa
with torn cushions, a broken back,
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and a cracked arm rest that just
loves to bruise elbows. I get up and
walk to the sofa, turn and sit. I am
immediately swallowed up.
I take notice to the other hole in
the carpeting which enjoys catching
a foot and making you look stupid.
I roll out of the couch -
fr
is
rather hard to just stand up - and
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walk into my kitchen. All is well
except for the cracked window. I
have to put in another request for
a new one; that makes one ... two ...
oh darn, I must have lost count.
Looking up, I wonder if the wir-
ing for the smoke detector should
be covered.
The sounds of a dripping faucet
can be heard from the hallway
bathroom. Well, at least we know
the water is still running. I walk
down the hall and pass by the stairs
which lead to the basement. I try
not to go down there too often. It
floods,
but then again,
all
basements flood. Right?!?
I make my way upstairs and
enter the hallway. The ceiling
above looks as if it is about to cave
in. Other than that, everything
upstairs is looking good - well, ex-
cept for the missing shades and a
closet without a pole to hang
clothes on.
I leave the second floor and go
back downstairs. I remember from
a past experience that I must be
careful when going down; the
plastic that covers the stairs is loose
and could prove fatal.
The afternoon sun is beginning
to pour into the living room. I do
wish the shades went down all the
way; they are about four inches too
short for the windows. They do
look nice though, not counting the
two that are ripped.
It really is a nice day out. I step
out onto the front porch, which
seems to sink down, and walk
towards Route 9.
Looking back at my house, I
realize the house looks pretty good
from the outside; the grass is in
good shape and one of the tree
shrubs is trimmed. The outside of
the house projects a nice image, but
not one of reality.
I
ask myself,
"Which
is more
important - the image projected, or
the realty that exists?" As a Marist
College student, what more can I
do?
By the way, next time you go
down to the River Room, take
notice of the faucet that runs con-
stantly. After two months of
maintenance requests, it still spews
forth 70 gallons of water per night.
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water has been wasted.
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March 2, 1989- THE CIRCLE- Page 9
Let the campus voting begin



The following are personal essays
submitted by this year's candidates
for student body president. The
election begins today and continues
through Friday.
Meet the student body president candidates
First off, I would like to ask all
people reading this to vote for
Michael Wilberton for president of
the student body. Since I am a
relatively new face - I am a
freshman - I'll
introduce
myself
and explain why I am running for
this position.
I am from Fairfield, N.J. I
graduated
from
Seton Hall
Preparatory School where I
was
an
active member of the student coun-
cil. I am a member of the
cheerleading team at Marist, as well
as other activities
including
Students for Students Rights and
the campus radio station. I also
played the tympani for the chorus
in one of their concerts last
semester. I am a part-time model
for West Models and Talent in
Union, N.J., and
I
am an Eagle
Putting the students back into
student government has always
been a problem. Past student body
presidents, student activists, class
leaders, etc., have had to deal with
it, trying to change it, to no avail.
I believe that I have the ideas and
tools to find a way to put the
students
back
into
student
government.
Since I've been at this school for
the past two years, I believe that I
can honestly say that every student
I've come across has had some
comment about the school. I
myself have passed comments as
well. I would like to do something
more than talk about it. I would
like to be able to take action; to see
what can be done to best benefit
the students.
I would like to have a student
government that would best serve
the needs of the student. With the
student body president acting on
For over a semester, you, the
students of Marist College, have
been fighting for your rights, both
as students and as productive
citizens of our society. Now it is the
time to exercise your rights, for
now it is the time for you to elect
the entire new student government
body. I am running for the position
of Student Body President. My one
goal is that of working toward in-
creasing your rights at Marist
College.
During my freshman year, I was
the Vice President of Marian
House Council, as well as the
founder and president of the
Hispanic Club. I as proud to co-
sponsor Cultural-Heritage Week
with the Housing Office. For the
first time, the students of Marist
College received a flavor of the dif-
ferent heritage, including Italian,
Irish, Hispanic, and African-
American.
In my sophomore year, I became
Michael Wilberton
Scout.
The reason for my running for
president of the entire student
body, instead of just my own class,
is because class officers do not have
the total following of the entire
school.
The CSL President can have a
very powerful voice in the running
of the school. The present govern-
ment is not doing as much as I feel
necessary. If one of the up-
perclassmen were elected, he would
possibly become a lame duck and
give up if things were not going his
way, where as I must face three
years more of Marist.
I have more at stake than the
other candidates.
One of my short-term goals are
getting
condoms
into
the
bookstore.
Speaking
of the
bookstore, the prices of books were
looked into and they are legitimate,
but the bookstore ridiculously
overcharge on other necessary
items in stock like toiletries, and
notebooks. Also, its buyback
policy for used books needs to be
looked into. This is a major pro-
blem and must be taken care of.
Possible solutions
include
having
the school exert pressure for the
store to stop the overcharging of
students, or get a new company in
there.
Next is to get more student art
up around campus.
I will let the present food com-
mittee keep hassling Seiler's; the
.
food this semester is a little better
than last.
The proposed schedule must be
discussed in an open forum with
President Dennis Murray and other
school officials.
Pressure must be applied on the
City of Poughkeepsie to repeal its
new laws against more than four
non-family
members
living
together.
This
is a direct
discrimination
against college
students.
Additionally, at some point,
most of the student population will
live off campus for some amount
of time. We must protect our im-
mediate future.
I would like to enact a Senate
consisting of ten students elected by
their peers from each of the up-
perclass grades. It will be used in
assisting me to make decisions, ob-
taining more views, and gathering
added information.
It
will also be
inducted into the constitution of
Kevin Desmond
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those needs,
I
believe this can be
achieved. However; this can only
be done by creating a stronger,
tighter
.
bond
within
our
community.
A stronger bond in the area of
the education time we receive is
needed.
I believe
that
by
strengthening the bonds between
the faculty, the administration, and
the students, we can elevate the
education to a higher plateau - to
a higher point than where we now
stand. We can achieve this by
drawing on the vast
experience
of
our faculty - experience that they
have garnered through years, and
in some cases, extensive careers in
the work force. We,
as
students,
should be able to have every avenue
open to us, to assist us, to help us
- both in the classroom, and after
our college years are over. The
faculty is perhaps the best, yet least
travelled, avenue for this.
It has been said that the mark of
;.
a
great college is its library.
If
this
is true, then our library needs our
help. We, as students, must take a
stand, to ensure the improvement
of our chief resource center. If this
is not done, not only does the
school lose, but we become the
greatest losers.
It has not gone unnoticed that
the morale around our communi-
ty has dropped. It is my intention
to elevate that morale. This can be
achieved by including all of the
three diverse entities (commuters,
on-campus and "on-campus com-
muters"). Too often, students -
particularly
commuters
and

students out at Canterbury
-
feel
isolated. I truly believe that our stu-
dent government
should
be
representative of ALL of its
members, and isolate none
of
them.
What I have just said is not emp-
ty rhetoric, nor are they promises
that cannot be fulfilled by people
who are willing to exent a little ex-
tra effort to make Marist College
that best
that it
can be. I believe
that the argument for the rights of
students has been defined too
vaguely. Yes,
students
have rights,
but when fighting for them, iden-
tification of the goal is more impor-
tant than just the fight.
I believe the power that the
students possess has not been pro-
perly utilized. I am not talking of
power in the liberal sense, but
rather as a figure of speech. The
power I speak of is that of com-
munication. Nothing irks me more
than hearing the students decry
Marist as being far from what they
have wanted. These are the same
students who do nothing about it,
save continue their complaining.
People, there is a way for you to
address your problems. What is
more, is that it has always been
there. Students have a message for
the administration, about this or
Martin Camacho
a Resident Assistant and Vice Pie-
sient of Student Government. As
an RA I was able to bring activities
to my area, such as a football tour-
nament and a rape prevention
class. As Vice President, I was the
chairperson of the Club Presidents
Council. During my tenure, new
clubs and organizations were incor-
porated into Student Government.
I was also in charge of the creation
of the Culinary Committee, which
has produced improvements in the
cafeteria. I am also proud to spon-
sor theme weeks for this semester.
With the help of Campus
Ministry, the Forensics Union and
the Hispanic Club, this year Cen-
tral America Week will be a suc-
,ess. The same will occur during
Heritage Week, because now with
the sponsorship of Housing and the
cooperation from the Gaelic Socie-
ty, Black. Students Union, The
Hispanic Club, and the Interna-
tional Stuents Union, we will be
able to bring a global atmosphere
to Marist College.
Our job does not stop here.
There is still more that needs to be
done. I will work with the Resident
Student Cou,1cil to make sure that
it turns around in order to become
more involved with student govern-
ment. As my first course of action
I will make sure that the local hous;
councils become involved in the
decision-making process.
My second course of action will
be the re-creation of the Class
Council. I want to make sure that
all class presidents work with each
other towards academics, class uni-
ty, graduation, job placement, and
graduate school. Each class can
learn from one another and at the
same time, the Council of Student
Leaders will be able to help them
with their goals.
The third action I will take will
be with the Club Presidents Coun-
cil. We definitely need to look at
all the organizations and make sure
that those are not performing their
duties get back up and become ac-
tive. I will stress theme weeks and
co-sponsorship. Theme weeks are
importants, for they bring out
special topics and events and at the
same time co-sponsorship will
bring unity among clubs and
organizations.
I will also work with the com-
muters. They compose a Iar~e stu-
dent population. I will cooperate
with the commuters union in order
to develop a Student Government
newsletter that should inform them
of issues of importance. I will also
appoint commuters to Student
Government. Such appointments
are sure to keep Student Govern-
ment informed of commuters pro-
blems and at the same time will
have the representation
commuters
deserve.
I
will also address the upperclass
students, because next year there
will probably be a shortage of
housing and something needs to be
done to solve their problems. In the
Class Council I
will also
incor-
the Council of Student Leaders.
I
also want more student en-
thusiasm for sporting events. An
intense orientation program for in-
coming freshman is also needed.
Lastly, a safer way to get across
route nine to Marist East and the
North Road houses is needed.
In a meeting with Dean of Stu-
dent Affairs Gerard Cox, I learn-
ed that the president of CSL is also
involved with what is built on cam-
pus, where it goes and how soon it
goes.
Just think:
no more
Canterbury.
This is just a scratch on the sur-
face of what I will do as president.
I
just hope those who vote will give
me the chance to make Marist Col-
lege the place that I think it can be.
that -
but have no idea how to get
it to them.
A channel for the sender already
exists, and has always been there -
in the form of the Student Body
President.
Let us together overcome the im-
age of the
apathetic
Mari st student.
Tell your Student Body President
what you care about. Let that
President be the channel to the ad-
ministration, to let them know how
the students feel. Have that Presi-
dent come and report back to you.
It is no coincidence that the of-
ficial title is Student Body Presi-
dent. He or she is your president.
Therein lies your power -
utilize
it.
Students, Student Government,
Faculty and Administration, by
working together as a team, can ac-
complish great things. Support this
idea, by electing a candidate who
embodies this ideology. Commit
yourselves to making a difference.
porate such issues in order to ob-
tain feedback from the stuents an
their leaders.
I know there are more problems,
but that is where you come in. I
want you to get to know who we
are and what we do. We in Student
Government cannot solve all the
problems if you do not bring them
to us. There must be a new interest
in the communication between you
and student government. I will
have a ten-to IS-minute open
forum on all meetings to make sure
that we can hear all your problems.
I am a student that firmly
believes in students rights, but at
the same time I am aware that such
rights come with responsibilities.
The first one is your support for
my election and the second one is
to let me know your problems and
how I can help. I am available in
Champagnat 828, Ext. 746 and
486-4128. You and I will make the
difference because we care. I want
my experience to continue to work
for YOU.


















































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10 - THE CIRCLE - March 2, 1989
killing
time
Trenchcoat
tyranny
has to end
by Mary Stricker
Dan Rather wearing a tren-
chcoat in Beijing - it's just not
right.
I realize trenchcoats are not
a hot topic of entertainment,
but I feel it is due time
somebody looked into this mat-
ter and it just so happens that
I would like to be that
somebody.
How can any person,
especially Mr. Reserved Rather,
expect to be taken seriously
while wearing a tight-belted
trench coat?
I'm not talking about the vast
array of long winter coats that
are worn by one of every two
Marist students, because I
myself am one of these two, and
there is no doubt in my mind
that I can be taken seriously.
My coat is designed to keep
me warm. Trenchcoats, the
almost colorless beige rags, are
designed to make people look
suspicious, uncomfortable and
foolish.
If trench coats were meant to
be serious, why would the likes
of Inspector CJouseau, Colum-
bo and all professional flashers
choose it as a trademark? It just
doesn't make sense.
You know, I've learned to
tolerate the blue pin-striped suit,
red tie establishment, but I find
myself determined to overthrow
this trenchcoat tyranny on the
grounds that it's getting much
too close to my personal
environment.
Oh don't try to give me any
of this malarkey about how
practical trenchcoats can be in
a torrential rainstorm. I don't
buy it.
The true trenchcoat crowd
wouldn't
dream of letting
Mother Nature dampen their
brows with a taxi or limo always
within reach.
It is not of this crowd that I
want to express my disgust and
bewilderment,
however,
because these trenchcoat types
have tied one too many knots in
their "trenchbelts" to respond
to any desensitization methods.
Instead, I would like to ad-
dress those up and coming tren-
chcoat Timmys and Tammys
who seem to be not only
oblivious, but overly smug in
their
purely
ridiculous
appearance.
O.K., maybe some of you felt
a little unsure of yourselves
walking into that first internship
donning a stone-washed denim
jacket, but must this lack of
self-confidence lead to tren-
chcoat transgression?

Must you trenchcoat wearers
bring your debauchery
into
Skinners? Must you insist on ty-
ing those silly belts so tightly?
I don't understand you people;
Seriously folks, if you feel
you need to wear your tren-
chcoat in a hot and stuffy bar,
you need therapy.
Perhaps all of you troubled
trenchcoat folks could form a
little group to discuss openly
and honestly, your insufferable
difficulties.
Perhaps you could give the
rest of us a break by limiting
your trenchcoat wear to the
privacy of your own homes or
therapy sessions.
I'm not suggesting these poor
souls deserve any kind of grand
punishment, but I do believe it
is time they learn to exercise a
little discretion. Afterall, most
of us do not wear our loosely-
belted bathrobes past the edge
of the driveway to pick up the
paper.
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throughout the semester designed
so that teachers can receive feed-
back from their peers on research
work
not quite
ready
for
publication.
"These seminars are an attempt
to
increase
communication among
the faculty," said Reynolds, an
assistant professor of history at
Marist since 1986.
Three seminars took place last
semester. Three more
are
planned
for this semester, including the one
held on Feb. 17.
The locations for these seminars
vary. Both Lowell Thomas and the
Faculty Dining Room have been
used.
Reynolds is pleasec,l
with the at-
tendance of these seminars, which
ranges from 5-15 people. He says
the ideal number would be 8-15
people, because the larger the.
group, the harder it would be to
hold a discussion.
"It's very valuable for faculty
members
·to
be talking about their
research,"
said Dr. Milton
Teichman, professor of english.
Teichman, who spoke at the
seminar in February, presented an
introduction to an anthology of
stories he's writing and editing on
the Holocaust. He is very pleased
with the feedback he has received
from his colleagues.
Dr. Roscoe Balch, professor of
history, will present research on the
effects of moral arguments in peace
making on March 17, and Assistant
Professor of Business Ismay Force
will speak on April 14.
The seminars are primarily for
faculty and there are no immediate
plans to open the seminars to the
public.
"The seminars aren't meant to
be exclusive of students," said
Reynolds. "Eventually, resulting
efforts will be reflected in the
classroom."
Reynolds said the aim of the
faculty seminars differs from the
aim of the humanity seminars.
Humanity seminars give a presen-
tation to a large group whereas the
faculty seminars are intimate
discussions on a more academic
level.
So far all the presenters have
been from either the Department of
the Humanities or Arts & Letters,
but Reynolds hopes to extend the
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A Circle Retrospective
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They said it: The Circle's great quotations
by Ed McGarry
People say the funniest things -
Marist
people included. Here's a look back at some
of the more memorable quotations from
back issues of The Circle.
Academic affairs have always been a
popular topic at Marist - this is, after all,
a college -
and in 1982 student Matt
Chandler provided new insight into the
subject.
"The students at Marist aren't really con-
cerned with learning; thinking is not really
encouraged here," Chandler said.
Chandler, then a senior, did not say what
exactly was encouraged at Marist.
Dorms have also been a major area of
discussion at Marist.
After a 1981 fire in Champagnat Hall,
then Assistant Resident Director Tony Ashe
was asked about a possible cause.
"We've ruled out spontaneous combus-
tion," Ashe replied. Ashe failed to rule out
any other possible causes.
"Many parents were also impressed that
the walls had much less graffiti on them than
the walls of most state schools," said June
Aguilla, a student tour guide, after a day's
work in 1982.
Whether the walls did have much more
graffiti than the walls of most private schools
remained in question, however.
Probably the most ambitious dorm quota-
tion was given by the assistant dean of
students, the Rev. Richard LaMorte, in 1981.
LaMorte, always ready to put his finger
precisely on a problem, said his major con-
cern was "making the dorms a living area."
LaMorte was also known for his interest in
making the cafeteria an eating area.
In 1983 John Mar was asked to describe
the location of Marist.
"Poughkeepsie's a hell of a town if you
don't go to school here," Mar said. Mar was,
by the way, a student at Marist.
There was an outbreak of vandalism on
campus in 1981, and student Paul Palmer
was asked what should be done about the in-
.
creasing problem.
"I don't know, being that I'm a vandal,"
Palmer replied. Later reoorts that he turned
himself in for the reward money proved
untrue.
In 1981 a controversy arose over whether
students should be forced to leave campus
during holidays.
When asked his opinion. student John
Esposito replied, "Who the hell wants to stay
here is what I want to know."
After a particularly violent River Day in
1982,
Chris Campbell, a senior who helped
organize the event, said,
"If
there were less
casualties, it probably would have been the
best River Day ever."
The 1982 River Day is currently ranked
second-best ever behind the I 979 River Day,
which had only 12 casualties.
Then there's the world of sports.
In 1982 Susan Deer, women's basketball
coach, commented on Marist's move to Divi-
sion I.
"If
we break .500, that's the goal," Deer
said.
And, apparently, if the team finished
below .500, then that would become the goal.
In 1981 Mike Malet, then head football
coach and now an assistant to the athletic
director, offered a penetrating analysis into
why his team lost to Pace.
"We played very well in the first half, but
there are 60 minutes in a football game,"
Malet said.
Describing the 1983 President's· Cup
Regatta, Crew Coach Larry Davis said, "In
order to win first place overall, we would
have to win first place in almost every event
we enter."
Davis was apparently unsure whether
Marist needed to finish second in almost
every event in order to finish second overall.
Finally, despite what many people think,
Marist College is actually a school with na-
tionwide recognition, as explain by a parent
visiting for Parents Weekend in 1982.
"UCLA is known for their basketball
team
and Marist is known for its smell," the
unidentified woman said.
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Briefs.
Ex-spy to speak
tonight at Marist
Ex-spy Peter N. James will
discuss his spy adventures, in-
cluding his experiences with
Russian spies, the CIA, the Air
Force and foreign intelligence
agents, in a lecture tonight at 8
p.m. in the Theater.
.
James has made more than
l ,000 college appearances on his
spy lecture series tour. He spoke
at Marist three years ago to a
capacity crowd in the Fireside
Lounge, said Mike Dunn, presi-
dent of the College Union
Board which is sponsoring the
event.
The slide-illustrated proj!famS
"Exposing
the Air Force
Mafia," a true story of foreign
intrigue and corruption and
"How the Russians Spy on the
U.S.," which describes how
Russian KGB and GRU acquire
top-secret U.S. information
highlight James' lectures.
James, a 1962 graduate from
Case Institute of Technology in
Cleveland, has published two
books, "The Air Force Mafia"
and "Soviet Conquest from
Space," dealing with national
security and individual rights.
He has met hundreds of high-
level Russian scientists and spies
and his secret 800-page in-
telligence assessment was the
first to document, in detail, the
existence of a Russian space
shuttle program.
Katharine Pappas
Literary magazine
may go unpublished
Unless the Mosaic, Marist's
literary arts magazine, can find a
staff soon, it might not be publish-
ed for the first time in about 20
years.
Helen Arroyo, the magazine's
editor, said she wasn't prepared for
the job.
Arroyo, a sophomore from New
York City, said last year's senior
staff didn't explain the duties of the
position to her.
The magazine, which accepts
creative writings and photographs
submitted by students, faculty and
staff, must find volunteers soon in
order to survive.
"I want survival
for the
Mosaic," said Robert Lynch, assis-
tant director of college activities.
Lynch said he offered ideas to
get this year's issue started but the
magazine
needs
a
faculty
moderator.
English
Professor
Milton
Teichman has agreed to assist with
this year's publication.
Darlene Eirish
ROTC's ready
for weekend contest
For the first time, the Marist
Reserve' Officer's Training Corps
will represent themselves at the
Ranger Challenge Competition this
weekend.
The ROTC used to join with
Fordham University and the John
Jay School of Law and form a
team under Fordham's name. For
the upcoming competition, the
Marist ROTC put together its own
nine-member team.
The events in the competition,
taking place at Fort Totten in
Queens, include a standard Army
physical fitness test, and a 10
kilometer run which
is
done by the
entire team in full Army uniform
with a 25-pound sack.
According to Capt. Stephen
Whitley of the ROTC, some of the
schools attending the competition
include the host, St. John's Univer-
sity, Hofstra University and St.
Peter's University.
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March 2, 1989- THE CIRCLE- Page 13
Marist to build sexual awareness program
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Office of Student Affairs works
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an rea l leS
by Kevin St.Onge
Since taking over as director of
by Ann Timmons
The epidemic number of date
rapes on caµipuses nationwide is
due to the lack of direct and open
communication, a speaker told
students last Tuesday night in the
Fireside Lounge.
"Communicating to your.part-
ner exactly what your intentions are
can help decrease the possibility of
date rape," Alma Howard, teen
life coordinator of the Task Force
for Child Protection, told a most-
ly female group of about 30
students. The lecture was spoQ-
sored by the Social Work Club.
Students
often talk about
everything but their sexual inten-
tions, and this is when mixed
messages are sent; neither partner
knows what the other one wants,
Howard said.
Howard defined date, or ac-
quaintance, rape as "forced inter-
course with someone you know or
are on a date with."
"If
there is no consent, then it
is legally considered rape," she
said. "Consent is an active thing."
Howard quoted figures from a
study done by Dean Kilpatrick,
"Acquaintance versus Stranger
Rape," where he interviewed col-
lege students.
The study said 25 percent of the
women interviewed were legally
raped or victims of an attempted
rape, and
7. 7
percent of the men
had raped or attempted to rape
since age 14.
Approximately 57 percent of the
rapes were by a dating partner and
Alma Howard makes a point during her lecture on date rape
last week. During the lecture, sponsored the Social Work Club,
Howard discussed the problems and myths of date rape.
84
percent by acquaintances.
Howard cited 41 percent of the vic-
tims did not view it as rape and less
than 30 percent of these rapes were
never reported.
Howard
said people have
misconceptions about date rape:
-
Rape takes a lot of physical
force.
-
If you are raped by a
boyfriend or acquaintance, it is not
really considered rape.
- If
a woman is acting or dress-
ing seductively, she is asking to be
raped.
-
When a women says no, she
doesn't really mean it.
-
Nice girls don't get raped.
Howard said women can avoid
date rape by developing their own
personal code of ethics, com-
municating their limitations by
(Photo by Robert Jeannette)
voicing sexual intentions and to
trust gut feelings.
"If
you feel very uncomfortable
or the guy seems to be talking over
your head or invading your per-
sonal space, then maybe you
should get yourself out of that
situation," Howard said.
Howard said she is pleased to see
Marist is addressing the issue
because some colleges hide it, fear-
ing an enrollment decrease.
"Parents will not want to pay for
tuition and students will not want
to attend a college where date rape
is rampant," she said.
Counseling for students who
have been raped is available
through the Personal Development
Center in the Byrne House and at
St. Francis Hospital's Crime Vic-
tim Center.
The Student Affairs Office said
it is continuing to upgrade sexual
awareness programming to educate
students on a growing national pro-
blem -
date rape.
The Office of Housing and
Residential Life and Counseling
Services have been working
together on a series of sexual expec-
tation workshops since last year.
Roberta Amato, coordinator of
Counseling Service, says she hopes
to work out a complete sexual
awareness policy for Marist begin-
ning this spring.
The intent of the policy, accor-
ding to Amato, will be to increase
student awareness of sex crimes.
Rape is defined as forced sexual
intercourse as a result of excessive
alcohol, drugs or threats, according
to a report in the April 1987 issue
of the Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology. Date rape or
acquaintance rape is by a person
known to the victim.
The continuation of current
workshops and possible revisions
to the freshmen one-day orienta-
tion procedure will be reviewed,
said Amato.
"The Student Affairs Office and
my counseling staff are in a state
of information gathering so that
when we are ready, we might in-
stitute a policy that is right for
Marist," said Amato.
security June 1, 1988, Joseph Leary
reports there have been no legal
charges or official reports of rape
or sexual assault at Marist.
But many date
rapes go
unreported because the victim feels
a sense of guilt and responsibility,
according
to the Assembly
Republican Task Force report on
sexual assault in New York state in
1987.
At least one national survey
estimates that 45 percent of all
rapes go unreported.
Racism and rape were discussed
at a recent administration meeting
after Dean of Student Affairs
Gerard Cox circulated material on
both subjects to department heads.
A tentative agenda was set for
developing
policies
for the
problems.
Neither Amato nor Director of
Health Services Jane O'Brien
would disclose the number of date
rape victims that have sought
clinical or counseling help at
Marist.
Both O'Brien and Amato said
they have dealt with rape victims
but they said date rape was not
commonly reported at Marist.
Amato said as long as the
possibility exists, Marist students
might find themselves in com-
promising situations that the school
is responsible
for providing
necessary assistance.
Campus flu cases decline after rough month
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by Mike Vukobratovich
chills, headaches, fatigue, muscle
"It
was a dreadful cycle.
It
of bed rest.
"It all started with Paul Scarola.
We knew it was serious when he
turned down a veal parmagiana,"
said Vinny Cimino, a senior from
Monroe, N. Y. and resident of flu-
infested Townhouse A6.
There have been approximately
150 documented cases of influen-
za
at Marist over the past six weeks
-
79 cases between Feb. 1 and
Feb. 10, according to Diane Assesi,
R.N., of Health Services.
The number of flu cases is high
but has started to drop in the past
few days, Assesi said.
Flu symptoms include fever,
'Five ·Alive'
helps college
students cope
by Jo-Anne Prokopowicz
A local group offers Christians
an alternative to coping with col-
lege life.
Five Alive, a networking of
students from local colleges, meets
on the first Saturday of every
month.
This group is directly supported
by the Faith Assembly of God
Church, 254 Spackenkill Road, in
Poughkeepisie.
The group sponsors retreats dur-
ing the year, according to member
Anthony Jeffrey, a freshman from
Rochester, N. Y.
aches, cough and can sometimes be
started downstairs and crept
Because the flu does not respond
accompanied by secondary symp-
upstairs. We were prisoners in our
to antibiotics, it has to be treated
toms like nausea and a sore throat,
own home," said Craig Lynch, a
symptomatically. Frequent hand-
said Assesi, who has been a nurse
senior from the Bronx,
N. Y.
and
washing is the single most effective
for
27
years and came to Marist in
also a resident of Townhouse A6.
means of preventing exposure, said
September.
According to Health Services, Rachel Dildilian, infection control
Scarola, a senior from Queens,
the flu is a virus that has several nurse for Vassar Bros. Hospital.
N.Y.,
had the flu for over a week different strands or mixtures of
and infected his entire townhouse • strands that invade the respiratory
with it, Cimino said.
tract, causing it to become inflam~
"He was pathetic. All he did was ed. People are most susceptible to
lay there in his blanket, sniveling the virus when their immune
into his Kleenex. I think I got sick system is run down due to lack of
just looking at him," said Cimino.
sleep or improper diet.
Exposure to a person infected by
The best treatment for the flu,
the flu virus does not mean you will according to Health Services is
catch it, said Assesi.
Tylenol, plenty of fluids and a lot
Students are most susceptible to
the flu during exams and because
of a mixture of working, going to
school and partying, Dildilian said.
Students who have battled the
flu said the two biggest problems
they faced were getting enough
sleep and going to classes.
The Campus Crossword
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ACROSS
I.
Freudian __
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2. Sacrac song
10. Accused's pretrial parole
14. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Dr.
15. French for useful
16.
Christian lime division
17. Computer __
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18.
Patrol (Italian)
19. Decrease
20. Electronic Video Recorder (abbrev.)
2 I. Critical
22. Scandinavian country
24. ___
Principle: immediate
pleasures left for future gains
26. Israeli pound
27. Intensely cold
28. Re: junction between 2 neurons-one
affects others activities
32. Complain
35. Juniors achievement symbols
36. ___
-doo: spell-casting
37. Porridge
38. Benches (French)
39. Hamlet
40. Present plural of Be
41. Light meal
42. Syllables in quantitative verse
43. Attack verbally
45. Indicates purpose
"My
attendance at classes was
pretty bad. When
you have the flu,
you're so tired and run down. You
just feel blah - totally gross," said
Margaret Breslin, a senior from
Baldwin, N.Y.
To prevent spreading the flu,
students should properly dispose of
tissues, wash their hands properly
and frequently, avoid sharing cups
and eating utensils and avoid close
contact with infected individuals,
according to Health Services.
"There isn't a lot of high
technology used to treat the flu so
you just have to take care of the
basics," said Dildilian.
DOWN
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Jewish Community Service
2. ACOA's abandonment fear
3. ___
-Psychic 1herapy
4.
Parent-Teacher Associa1ion (abbrev.)
5. Chastity
6.
Chronicle
7.
Senior (French)
8.
Doctor of Laws
9.
Frankl's logotherapy: Future
___
to fulfill
10. Criminal's External blaming;
"Unfair Sentence"
11.
Afresh
12.
Member of Queclluan Empire til
Spanish Conquest
13. Australian parro1
21.
Game pieces
23. Spanish for hours
25. Kissing parts
26. Illegal mob action of murder
28. ln view of the fact
29.
Norse god of Thunder/Weather
30.
Capitol is Des Moines
31. Ice Cream envelope
32. lnten1ion
33. Latin-a rare bird or person
34. Brief detail of news
35. Harangues
The group consists of students
from Vassar College, the Culinary
Institute of America, Dutchess
Community College, SUNY New
Paltz, and three students from
Marist.
46. Harrison Gray ___
; was Canadian
38. Commerce/industry major
39. Ripped
"This is not just a boring Bible
study or goody-two-shoes group
but an informal networking of
Christians that support each other.
They are people that are sick of the
phony party scene," said Jeffrey.
Jeffrey also said it is interesting
to see that students from the other
schools
also
have similar probleDl$.
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by Carolyn J. Kirkpatrick
Last week's answers -
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Page 14 - THE CIRCLE- March 2, 1989
Students,
by Kathleen Oremus
Students should not have to take
part in a national service program
to be eligible for college financial
aid.
This is the reaction many in the
Marist community have to the re-
cent proposal by Democratic Sen.
Sam Nunn of Georgia to link
financial aid to a community or
military service commitment.
Ann Timmons, a junior par-
ticipating in the Marist communi-
ty service project, said she enjoys
working six hours a week with
children at Warring Elementary
School in Poughkeepsie but doesn't

profs upset about financial aid ·pt_an
want to feel it's an obligation.
"I'm ·afraid if I was forced to
perform community seryice in ex-
change for financial aid, I wouldn't
have the same feeling about it I
have now," said Timmons, from
Malone, N.Y.
Timmons, one of three children
in her family now in college, said
the national
service plan is
discriminatory because it forces
students who need financial aid for
• college· to make a choice. The
students able to afford a college
education don't have to make the
same choice, she said.
"I
wouldn't mind doing com-
munity service if it was my choice,"
said Nalo Hampton, a sophomore
fashion major.
Hampton relies heavily on finan-
cial aid to support her college
education. She said the plan is un-
fair because some people would be
unable to do national service and
exceptions would have to be made.
Students needing financial aid
would ·have to complete the na-
tional service requirement before
they could start their college
education.
"I wouldn't want to delay my
education.''
said sophomore
business major Yolanda Arm-
strong. "I want to be out in the
working
world as soon as
possible.''
Some faculty said Nunn's plan is
xtreme and do not want to see na-
"My tax dollars ~elpmg to give
~ional service and financial c1i~
tied
someone an_ education ~ak~ ~e
th
·
happy," said Toscano, assistant
toge er.
f hi
"These are two distinct poUcy profe~~?r o . .. st~ry • . .
. . .
.
proposals and should_
be discusse~
The national service duty could
separately," said Prof~sor Lo~s
result in a split between the less ad~·
zuccarello. "Commumty service vantaged and those individuals•who
should be discussed on its own would have no problem financing
merits -
federal aid on its.''..
their education, said Phil Koshkin~•
Zuccarello, professor of po~tical Youritzin, community service pro-
• science, said he is co!lcern~d about ject coordinator at Marist. ·
the poor being penalized smce they
are most affected by the proposed
obligation and what exemptions the
plan would permit. .
.
Professor Vincent Toscano said
national service should.n't be tied to
anything and tax dollars should go
to education.
''Natjonal service is a good· idea
but why should it. be limited to
those who need financial aid, »said
Koshkin-Youritzin. ''Natioµal ser-
vice should be a universal kind Qf
thing."


Who's
in a
name? Behind Marist's buildings
by Pamela Shewchuk
It's the question that comes up
every time you walk around cam-
pus: Who are these people and
what are their names doing on our
buildings?
Back in 1905 the Marist Brothers
obtained their first piece of land in
the United States: the MacPherson
Estate in Poughkeepsie, where
Marist now stands.
Three buildings from the original
estate still stand today, Greystone,
St. Peter's and the Gatehouse.
While it is not known when
Greystone got its name, the
building was used on the original
estate as a carriage house and later
as a stable for champion race
horses.
St. Peter's was named in honor
of the Brothers who taught at St.
Peter's School in Poughkeepsie.
The majority of the buildings on
campus are named after· Marist
Brothers. Several of the structures
- including Donnelly, Adrian and
Fontaine halls - were constructed
by the Marist Brothers themselves. •
Singers prepare .•
for tour abroad
by Michael Touhey
The Marist Singers' spring
concert schedule will culminate
with a two week tour of
England and Wales, according
to Dorothy Ann Davis, the
group's leader.
Davis, director of music at
Marist, said about 30 of the
Marist Singers will join the tour
which is scheduled to leave on
May 22. The group
will
perform
at cultural halls and colleges -
including one ·or the colleges of
Oxford University, she said.
The Marist Singers are not
unfamiliar :with international
travel. The group toured
Australia ·and',:,lew Zealand in
1987 and Israel and Egypt in
1984.

"It
is
a
great opportunity for
a lot of people," said jun!or
Rob Moore of the upcommg
trip .. "Some people may never
go overseas again."
Moore,
who
travelled
overseas with the group in 1987;
believes there's considerable in-
terest abroao in American col-
lege performers. In Australia,
Donnelly Hall was built under
the direction of Brother Nilus Vin-
cent Donnelly, director of con-
struction. Until last year, Donnel-
ly lived in the apartment on top of
Champagnat Hall. He is now
retired and living in Florid~.
Adrian Hall is named for
another brother, Adrian August
Lambert who taught and con-
tributed to the Marist community
for 20 years.
Fontaine Hall, which • now
houses faculty offices but once
was
used as the monastery for the stu-
dent Marist Brothers, honors
Brother Paul Ambrose Fontaine,
who served as college president for
two years. Brother Ambrose played
a significant role in the transforma-
tion of Marist from a two-year
junior college to a four-year liberal
. arts college.
fo
1961 Marist consisted only of
the area around St. Peter's, Don-
nelly, Greystcine and Fontaine. But
in
June of that year· the college·
·received confirmation
of
a
govern-·
ment loan for a dormitory.
That building is now known as
Sheahan Hall and is named after
Monsignor J.F. Sheahan, pastor of
a local church. He was a good
friend of the Marist Brothers and
used his political influence to help
the Brothers pµrchase the land
which today is ·1h~ northern end of
campus.
As enrollment continued to in-
crease, it was necessary to build
another dorm. Leo Hall was
dedicated to the memory of
Brother Leo Brouilette, who was
responsible for securing the original
charter for the Marist Normal
Training School in 1928.
Champagnat Hall was dedicated
in honor of Marcellin Cham-
pagnat, a French priest who was
founder of the Marist Brothers of
the Schools.
Because of its location on the
Hudson, Marist has had many
students involved in sculling and
boating
activities. Because there
was so much interest a boathouse
ments, at the far north end of
cam-
was built in 1963.
pus, were constructed
fa
1985
as
The building was funded by local
pupils of Brother Joannes Marius
Bergeron. The chairman of the
fund drive, William Martin, a local
insurance agent, died before • the
compietion of the boathouse.
Brother Joannes requested the
boathouse be named in memory of
Martin.
Up the road from the boathouse
are two octagonal buildings known
as Benoit and Gregory houses. The
two structures serve as student dor-
mitories. Benoit was named in
memory of Brother Francis Xavier
Benoit who taught at Marist for 19
years.
Gregory House was named in
memory
of Brother
Joseph'
Gregory Marchessault, who was
chairman of the physics depart-
ment at Marist at the time of his
death in 1969 at age 39.
The Gartland Commons Apart-
upperclassman housing. The apart-
ments were named after attorney
John J. Gartland, Jr.,who has been
involved in the Marist community
since the 1950's, when he served
as
advisor to the founding president.
Gartland still remains . part of
Marist as
a
member of the Board
of Trustees and head of. the
McCann Foundation.
Continuing ·through 'the. sou.th
gate to the left on an acre of land
stands the James J. McCann
Recreation Center. The building
was built in 1977 by gifts from
alumni, faculty and friends of the
college. The McCann Foundation
was set up in honor of James
J.
McCann, a prominent . figure
throughout the Poughkeepsie area.
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March 2, 1989- THE CIRCLE - Page 15
Captains are·
·'backstroke
buddies'
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Burghbacher
·ninth
at Eastern League
.
.
by Pamela Shewchuk
These have not been easy times for the women's swim-
ming team. In three seasons, the swimmers have had three
different coaches. The beginning of this season, the team
had no coach at all.
That meant last fall seniors Karen Oitzinger and Jackie
Hackett were not just swimmers and co-captains but also
organizers of practices and fund raisers. They also became
something else: better friends.
_
"Karen and I dealt with three diffemet coaches, .. says
Hackett. "Through all the changes, our friendship was
the one stable thing."
Hackett from Orlando, Fla., and Oitzinger from Port
Washington, N.Y., met freshman year when they both
went out for the team. Both swim the 100-and 200-yard
backstrokes. Even though they compete in the same
events, they say they don't feel competitive.
"It
is a given that she will come in first and I'll come
in second or third," says Hackett. She did add if it were
any other event it might be a different story.
The two, now housemates, were not instant friends.
"We knew each other but we were swimming friends and
just that," says Oitzinger.
When junior year came around, the team was all
together and doing well. In fact, they were conference
champions. Oitzinger took first in the 100-and 200-yard
backstroke events in the championship meet. Hackett cap-
tured third in the 100-and 200- yard backstroke events,
just as she predicted. Hackett also took third in the con-
ference in the 100-yard butterfly event.
Riding the high of that season, Hackett and Oitzinger
became good friends. "We got more into swimming and
we had more in common as the season w_ent on," said
Oitzinger. The co-captains became known as the
"backstroke buddies."
Oitzinger said she likes to have her teammate and friend
in the next lane. ''The two of us are a team. I feel alone.
It's not enough support when she's not there."
Being both friends and captains has proven to be a two-
way street. "As captains our friendship grew stronger.
We are like parents. We learned how to work together
in tough conditions," said Oitzinger. "Because we work
well together I think the team is able to relate to us. When
someone has a problem we both try to talk to her. I pro-
bably talk too much. I get more in-depth. Jackie is more
passive but equally involved in her own way."
-
The two take on different roles as captains. Oitzinger
is more the administrative person, organizing the fund-
raisers and getting bathing suits and sweatshirts.
Hackett looks at her position as more of a personnel
director, making sure the team is happy and all together.
Hackett jokes about their positions. ''She gets the sweat-
shirts, and I make sure there's people to wear them."
Friendship has its benefits in competition as well. At
the starting blocks both captains know exactly what to
tell each other. And when it's all over both swimmers tum
to each other and ask how the other felt.
"I always ask Jackie how she felt. It's out of concern
not as just another swimmer, but as a friend," said
Oitzinger.
by Mike O'Farrell
Diver Lisa Burgbacher finished ninth in both the
1- and 3-meter competitions at the Eastern Women's
Swimming League Championships at Penn State this
past weekend.
Sophomore Kinda Predmore had a little tougher
time, finishing 20th in the 200-meter butter fly in 2
minutes, 10.33 seconds.
Burghbacher tallied 365.95 points off the low board
and 380.45 off the high board. Neither score was a
personal best, according to Coach Rena Patierno.
The women were competing against bigger and
stronger schools and the competition was really tough,
said coach Rena Patierno.
Burgbacher and Predmore had to surpass standard
point totals and times during the regular season to
qualify for the championships.
This weekend, five Marist ·swimmers will compete
in the ECAC Championships. Predmore, Karen Oit-
zinger, Mary Dolan, Jeanne Cleary, and Alicia Sul-
ing will be swimming for the Lady Red Foxes. These
swimmers will be competing individually and in relays,
said Patierno.
"Once again, we will be going up against bigger and
stronger schools. This will be a strictly individual event
for the girls," said Patierno. "They will all swim well
because they have been training hard. It should be a
lot of fun."
Skaters win pair to
close regular season
...
by Kevin St.Onge
teams skated well in the third, but
couldn't find the net.
The hockey team closed the
regular season Monday night with
a 7-2 thrashing of Manhattan at
West Point's Tate Rink.
The Red Foxes scored four third-
period goals to turn a close game
into a laugher. The Jaspers kept it
close, 3-1 after two periods, but
with only IO players dressed for the
game they simply could not stay
with Marist, which held a
45-16
edge in shots on goal.
Marist gave the home fans
something to cheer about in its
final game of the season at the
Mccann ice arena - a 6-5 win over
Pace Saturday night.
The Red Foxes played New York
University
last night in the
Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey
Conference
Hudson Division
semifinals.
Results
were
unavailable at press time. If the
Red Foxes won, they will play for
the division title tonight against
William Paterson.
Marist made the playoffs on the
on the strength ofa 12-5-1 record,
only
two points behind
William
Paterson, a team the Red Foxes
split the season series with, each
team winning 3-2 on the road.
Kevin Walsh sends puck on its way into Manhattan's net during Monday night's 7-2 Red
The Red Foxes scored five first
period goals, but allowed Pace to
get back in the game with four
goals in the middle period. Both
N·Yu finished third in the divi-
sion, thanks in part to a 7-3 loss
here on Feb. 11. Last night's game
was played on NYU's home ice in
Bayonne, N.J., where the two
teams skated to a 6-6 tie in late
January.
Fox victory.
(Photo by Tim Besser)
thursday
Continued from page 16
Grades--------------
morning
quarterback
Please,· remember
by
Tim Besser
It's over.
The men's basketbali team has
completed its sentence and next
season will again b~ eligible
for
postseason play
·and
the NCAA
Tournament.
It will be tough in a couple of
weeks to sit and watch the tourna-
ment seeding show on CBS and
know that the Red Foxes, playing
perhaps their best ball of the
season, won't be mentioned. I have
my doubts as to whether Robert
Morris could have taken a third
game from the Foxes this season,
but the point is moot. Marist will
not be playing in the Northeast
Conference tournament.
I just hope that when Coach
Dave Magarity, Athletic Director
Brian Colleary, President Dennis
Murray and the assistant coaches
watch the seeding show they think
about how they are feeling, and
remember it.
Robert Morris or Fairleigh
Dickinson or another conference
team will have the pleasure of be-
ing blown out by Arizona or
Oklahoma or another Top Ten
team in two weeks. But Morris or
FDU also has a chance to be this
year's Richmond or Austin Peay.
It's great to have a shot isn't it? I'll
never forget the feelin~ when the
Red Foxes led Georgia Tech in the
second half of their opening round
game in 1986. It wasn't even bad
being blown out by Pitt the next
year. There were just 64 teams in
the field and Marist was one of
them. The opportunity is what it is
all about. Please, don't lose that
opportunity again.
Granted, the problems and
subsequent sanctions were not the
fault of Magarity, Colleary and
Murray. But it is their job to make
sure that what happened then never
gets repeated. Please, remember
that.
These last two years have been
tough on the coaches, tough on the
fans and most importantly tough
on the players.
The coaches had to try and
motivate the players this season
when there was nothing to play for
except pride. The fans were
screaming for the team, but knew,
after the second loss to Robert
Morris, there was nothing to
scream for. And the players. They
knew the chances of winning the
conference title, which was all they
could gun for, were all but gone
with that loss. You couldn't say
"We'll get them in the conference
tournament," because for Marist
there is no conference tournament
this year. Please, remember that
feeling of helplessness.
injuries. After sitting out six
games at the beginning of the
season, he never reached the level
of output that was expected.
Celestine will have to become a
key man inside next year to make
the Red Foxes' outside shooting
effective.
Ted Sbarpenter -
B-
As the
physical forward on the Red Foxes,
Sharpenter's role basically was to
come in and crash the boards and
make things happen for Marist.
Sharpenter saw more time this
year than last and played well when
filling in for the injured Celestine.
Reggie Chambers - B When the
Red Foxes needed a spark, this is
where they turned. Chambers made
things happen when he was on the
court - sometimes for the better,
sometimes not.
With the potential to be one of
the best guards to pass through
Marist, Chambers' flashy play was
often unexpected by teammates,
resulting in turnovers. With more
work as a team, the Red Foxes
should be able to adapt to
Chambers' style.
Chambers exciting play could
eventually lead Marist back to the
NCAA tournament.
Bobby Reasbeck - C- Reasbeck
began the season coming off the
bench and putting in quality
minutes. He did not set any scor-
ing records but that was not his
job.
After the West Coast trip,
Reasbeck's minutes became very
limited and his roie diminished
drastically. Reasbeck could be a
strong part of the offense next year
if he gets his chance.
Reggie Gaut -
D
Like
Reasbeck; Gaut played off the
bench at the beginning of the
season. He, too, was exiled to the
bench and saw even less time than
Reasbeck the second half of the
season.
Tom Fitzsimons -
C-
Fitz-
simons was called on early in the
year to fill in for the injured
Celestine and, for a freshman,
answered well. After Celestine's
return, Fitzimons played, it seems.
only when others were in foul trou-
ble. Fitzsimons will be an impor-
-
tant part of next year's game plan.
George Siegrist -
B
Siegrist's
role this year was similar to
Sharpenter's -
except Siegrist
wasn't expected to do a lot of scor-
ing. He came in - picked up a cou-
ple of contact fouls - and came
back out.
Matt
Schoenfeld
C
Schoenfeld completed his career
last Thursday with his first start.
Throughout the season, as well as
his career, he put his time in dur-
ing practice and did what he was
expected to do.
Greg Clarke -
Incomplete
Andy Lake -
Incomplete
John Slattery -
Incomplete
Freshman Clarke saw very
limited time this year but was im-
pressive when he did play. He will
be a useful guard off the bench.
Lake and Slattery will each have
four more years to prove
themselves as they were both red-
shirted this season.
Continued from page 16
Cagers--------------
changes to shut down the scoring
threats of Loyola's Lorrie Schen-
ning and Justine Shay.
After using a press at the start of
the game, Marist used a half-court
trap in the second half to shut
down Schenning and limit Shay
four points. The two had combin-
ed for 20 of Loyola's 28 first half
points.
"Monica
(O'Halloran)
and
Maureen (Dowe) did a real nice job
in guarding Schenning," said
Babineau.
One of the keys to the game was
the offensive rebounding, accor-
ding to Babineau.
Marist had only three offensive
rebounds in the first half but pull-
ed down 12 in the second half with
Kim Smith-Bey leading the team
with six.
"We weren't going to the board,
well in the first half and I was kind
of upset with that," said Babineau.
Marist had five players in dou-
ble figures with Nancy Holbrook
leading the team with 14 points,
and senior Jacaklyn O'Neil had a
team-high
IO
rebounds in the final
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Bubel powers mermen to highest finish ever
by Chris Shea
Van Wagner was still very.excited. '-'I am very

pleased with our finish. We knew we would
The· men's swimming team completed its need 73 perfect swims to win and we just

most successful season ever by finishing-se- • came up
a
little short, -but I'm extremely
coild in the Metropolitan Conference cham
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happy."
pionships last weekend.
Out of· the 73 swims by Marist. com-
The second-place finish with 1,291 points petitors, 65-were career bests.-That·was very
was the highest placing ever·for a-Red Fox dose to reaching the·team goal set at
.the
team~ Iona College won the title with 1,361
.
beginning of the year.-in which every swim-
points:
mer would swim his best personal time at the
The squad was sparked- by the record- championship meet.
breaking Joe·Bubel. Bubel was named most
Bubel had to share the spotlight though;
-
outstanding swimmer in the championships, Freshman Brink Hartmann set school-·
and for good
.reason.
He set school, meet, records in the 1,000 freestyle, 400 individual
and pool reco_~ds
in
-
winning ~he·.
'l 00:-yard medley, 1,650 freestyle and the 500 freestyle.
butterfly (Sl.25 seconds), 200 breastroke Hartmann earned two third place, and two
(2:06:88) and 100 breaststroke (57
.24).
Bubel fifth place finishes, respectively.
also qualified· for-the U.S. Indoor Nation-
Scott Tummins equaled a school record,
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als in the 100 breaststroke. To round out his and defended his conference title, in the
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incredible day, Hubel shattered the school freestyle. Tummins turned in a time of 21.SS
record in the 200'freestyle on the first leg of seconds.
the 800 freestyle relay.
Chris Prauda was the "biggestsurprise,"
Although the schoolfailed to reach its goal according to Van Wagner. Prauda placed
of.a conference championship; Coach Larry third in three separate events. the 50
Basketba_ll
team
-gets
its grades
by
Jay Reynolds
With the final buzzer of last
-
Thursday's 109-87 win over Loyola
(Md), the men's basketball team
ended its season and the team's
three seniors ended their careers.
In the win, the Red Foxes set a
school record for points (109) and
senior John Kijonek reached the
1,000-point mark in his final game.
So, now that class is dismissed
and school is out, it's time to hand
out the report card.
Overall Performance
-
C
Granted, not too many people in
the Hudson Valley expected the
Red Foxes
to have a season.much
above .500. The team lived up to
its expectations, finishing with a
13-15 record. The way it·reached
that record
is
what made the season
so strange.
There were a few times during
the season· when
·the
team seemed
to lack enthusiasm - that turned
out to be a major factor as_
the Red
_Foxes
lost a number of games in
which they were in position to win
in the closing minutes. Pull out a
couple of those close ones and not
only is Marist over .SOO,
but also
around 17.wins.
Most people would not have
been surprised to hear that the Red
Foxes would finish 13~15 but the
outcomes of many- of the games
would have shocked the average
fan -- beating some teams they
were "supposed" to lose to and
losing to-teams they were "suppos-
ed" to beat.
To the team's credit, it played-a
tough-non-conference schedule -
including UConn, LSU
.and
Loyola
~arymount. Beating
teams
liice
St.
Peter's and_ Drexel-is great -.but
losing 62-56 to San Diego and twice
tQ SL Francis
(NY)?
freestyle, 100 freestyle, and 100.
backstroke.
rese, for ~uch o~ th~ seaso.n. B3!rese has
James Fitzsimmons· shattered school
been· out since
-nud-November
with
-
lower
records in the 100 and 200
.back.,
strokes.
back trouble.and resum~d-practicing only
Fitzsimmons also finished sixth in the 200In~ two weeks ago
..
dividual Medley.

The Marist divers played a key part in the
Interestingly enough Hartmann, Prauda,
teams second place finish at the corife~ence
and Fitzsimmons are all freshmen. These

meet. Off the low board, Barrese finished
three swimmers, along with
-Tom
Bubel,
third, Prentice took· fifth and Carr placed
Tom Cleary, and John Gavigan; make up
10th .. In the 3-meter event, Prentice was
Marist's most productive freshman class· in
third, Barrese plac::ed
fifth and Carr cam~ in
many years. "Our team.is 4()".freshman," eighth,
said Van Wagner, "and
.they
did· an absolute-
The final piece to the second-place pie;-was
Jy incredible job. This was undoul>tedly the
the strong showing
_of
the relay teams. Out
biggest race of their careers, and no one was of five relays Marist was first in the 200 and
sure how they would respond.-"
400 freestyles, second in the 2()0 and
.400
Another group that has quietly put
medleys and the 800 freestyle. School records
together an excellant year is. the· divers. were se_t
in every relay e?(cept the 200 free.
Coached by Melanie Bolstad, Mike Carr,
The_ season will• continue_ for·
·some
Matt Gianquinto, Todd Prentice and Paul members of the team. Joe Bubel, Turnmins
Barrese have put together a consistant, sue-
and.Prentice have qualified, along with the
cessful season. Prentice just recently 200 and 400 freestyle relays and the 200 and
qualified for the ECAC Championships in 400 medley relays, for
.the
EC.AC D,ivision
the I-and 3-meter events. The tea1!1
has had I Championships tQday through Saturday at
to overcome the loss of the top diver, Bar-
Harvard University.
Ladies-tie
for 2nd
in
NEC
by
David Blondin
The Women's basketball team
defeated Northeast Conference
rival Loyola College 62-57 last Fri-
day as the Red Foxes moved past
Monmouth College, into a second
place tie with Robert Morris Col-
lege in the the NEC.
Marist raised its record to 12-12
overall and 10-4 in the. conference
as the it heads into the final week
of play. Marist played Fordham
University on Monday, results were
not available at press time. The
Lady Red Foxes travel to
St.
Fran-
cis (Pa.) tonight and conclude their
season at Robert Morris College on
Saturday.
The win over Loyola marked six
consecutive conference victories for
the Red Foxes, with th~ir last loss
coming against conference leading
Wagner College on Feb. 4.
Marist had its problems with the
sixth-place Greyhounds, finding
itself trailing at -halftime 28-22.
''We
jumpecl out quick 8-2 and
10-4," said Coach Ken Babineau.
"Then Danielle (Galarneau) got in-
to
.early
foul trouble."
Galarneau, who played only
eightminutesin the first half, foul-
ed out in the second half for the
fifth time this season: She is
averaging almost four fouls a
game.
When Galarneau is in foul trou-
ble, aabineau relies on sophomore
Ruth HaUey to fill the gap.
Although she is not the offensive
threat that Galarneau is, she gets
the job down defensively - block-
ing two shots ~gainst Loyola. She
also ranks fouth on the team in re-
bounds': 'this
.season
with 81.·
Marist hit what-coach Babiµeau
said
was
simply a d~d spot when
Galarneau was on the. bench -
shooting only 36 percent (9~for,.2S)
in the f"rrst half.
-
•.
Coaching -C I really hate to bring
up the ~epartures of Rik Smits and
Drafton Davis -'- but
l
think they
are relevant here. Besides the loss
of a rebounding.edge,
the
coachjng
staffwasforced,to adopt
an
entire-
ly new· offense this season. Gone
were the days of lofting the ball in-
to the post and retreating to play
defense·while Smits J>Opped
the ball
iii.
John Kijonek releases a· .iumper over a trio of Loyola defenders during season-ending.
109:.S,

victory over the Greyhounds. Kijonek had 34 points to go over the 1,~point
mark for his
career.
(Photo by Sean Glynn)
"We took shots that we
sho~dn't have taken, we were
rushing the shots to much," said
Babineau.
J
Playing LSU, UConn and
l,oyola Marymount in the first
·~even
games of the season is tough
and it may have set a tone for the
year, but a lot revolves around
those games Marist could have
won. All the blame can't be plac-
ed on the enthusiasm factor or the
officials. An average team had an
average year.
.
Miro
Pecarski
-
B
From the
outset of the season, Pecarski was
the focus of the team. Not only did
he have to replace the most
dominating

center Marist had
known, but he also had the added
pressure of impressing NBA scouts.
The Red Foxes did not control
the conference as in recent years.
.
but Pecarski had a good year
anyway. He scored in double
figures in every game this year and
he established numerous career
highs including points, rebounds
and blocks. Pecarski could have
posted better stats but he couldn't
have worked much harder.
John Kijonek - B The coaches
expected a big year from the senior
forward and for the most part they
got it.
Kijonek scored his 1,000th point
with a 34-point perfonnance last
Thursday - onlv the second time
in his career he has scored more
than 30 (he scored 36 this year at
Loyola Marymount).
Kijonek seemed to abandon his
outside shooting part way through
the year and began to drive to the
basket. If he had been better able
to combine the two, he would have
been even more of a threat.
Joey O'Connor -
c•
O'Connor
showed his athletic ability and great
shooting touch many times this
year. The major drawback to his
season is that he is not a point
guard.
He scored a career-high 2S points
against St. Francis (Pa.) this year
-
including S-for-6 from 3-point
range. With an outside touch like
that, he could be better worked in-
to the offense.

Steve Patern,o
- B Speaking of
an outside touch...

When Paterno was hot this year,
he was hot. He scored a career-high
26 points against Drexel last week
- including six 3-pointers. In ad-
dition to his scoring, Paterno also
grabbed some key rebounds to
spark the Red Foxes.
If Paterno and O'Connor are us-
ed effectively next year, the Red
Foxes outside game could be a
greater threat than this year.
Cortis Celestine - C For these-
cond consecutive year, Celestine
missed valua6le playing time due to
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To get Qack iµto the flow, the
Lady Fo;,ces
came o_ut
in the second
half using a different offense to
break down Loyola's zone.
"Our normal offense was o,ff, so
at the half we changed," said
Babµieau. "We played 2-1-2 which
is more o_f
a.passing type of game."
The Lady Foxes scored 40 points
in the second half to overcome the
halftime deficit, led by Mary
O'Brien and Kim Smith-Bey.
O'Brien sparked the offense with
10 points while ~mith-Bey grabb-
ed key offensive rebounds and
scored Qn the follow-up shots.
Marist's offense got on the right
track and its defense did some
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