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Please see
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How has your sexual activity changed from high
school to college?
Increased: 67 .6%
Decreased: 8.1
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No change: 24.3%
The Circle
conducted an official poll on March 21-April
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Please see The Circie•s official sex survey, page 8.
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Marist and Beyond
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9~189 trillion
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2;7 billion dollars)
in
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the
fiscal
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baf d$t
problem
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s in
the
.financial and
· construction sectors
and
probleins'besettirig
smaller
companies
were
to blam~
for
the
increase, Teikoku
Databank Ltd. said.
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debt total
exceeded
the
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previous recoid of
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yen
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($66.6 billion
dollars)
in the 1995-
: 1996 fiscal
year, the private
credit
agency
said.

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'.The numbero,fbank:Illptcies
in
Japan
has
been
high
in recent years
as
the economy emerges unevenly
, from
a long
slowdown
and
banks
struggle
with
debts
left over from
the
collapse of the real estate
market
iri
the early
1990s. ·
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WaYS'tb1fuJ)foVe
r~ce
refatlOns
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So~,/
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presid~n~" McC:~rry
;,jl:·Toe
Wedges
The. ~o:nference :is b~1ng pushed
'hy
A;sociaiedi/ress:W.~iter
that have driven apaft:Americans
civil rights
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activists who have urged
' around the' question .of: rade have. sub-
Clinton to act to stem an increase in hate
WASHINGTON
'(AP}-The
White
House says President Clinton· is ex-
ploring ways
to
piciin9te rncial heal-
ing, after identifying tense. race rela-
tions as one of the fundamental ques-
tions to
be
addressed in his second tenn.
Among the idea~ Clinton is consid-
ering are h<>lding a White,House coµ- •.
ference on bigotry and discrimination
and appointing a commission to spur
national dialogue on racial· concerns.
White House spokesman Mike
McCurry said Wednesday. that, racial ·
tension is on the president's mind, and
he plans to make "a fairly major ad-
dress" on race relations as soon a~ he
has a better idea of what he will· do.
"The president ... feels that the ques-
tion of race relations between Ameri-
cans of many ethnic and racial back-
grounds is one of the fundamental
questions that he should address . as
sided, i~; but there ·is· stiHhostility and
crimes and hatetul rhetoric.
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mistriisi:, racism and bigoµ-y.".
Aides said privately that Clinton may
. :A White House task force is examin- . be inclined to create a commission; but·
,ing how,previous presidents have dealt
given his long time interest in dvil
with _race matters,· such as President rights and his own perscmal:history of
Truman's effort to integrate the armed
civil rightsinvolvementi is unlikely to
forces in the 1940s and President
limit his pan to that>The goal; one se-
Johnson' s response to the urban race· niorofficial said; is to have the pro
grain
riots of the 1960s. . .
under way in the second halfof the year.
. . Johnson appointed theXerner Com-
In the meantime, Clinton plans to "ac;.
mission, which concluded in 1968 that
knowledge the pain that has existed in
blacJ<s and. whites in the United States
the past because of evidence of preju-
were · gradually becoming divided into
dice and hostility towards the races,"
two "separate and unequal" societies.
McCurry said.
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Rahm Emanuel, senior adviser to
Clinton, said the conference and the
commission are among an array of op-
tions under consideration and the two
are not mutually exclusive. •
"He is analyzing different options,
different scenarios. He's -working on
. getting it exactly right," Emanuel said.
The president has spoken about race
. on. several occasions this year, in
speeches such as his inaugural and State
of the Union addresses, and in special
events such as the January ceremony
where he presented the Medal of Honor
to seven black World War
II
veterans .
Even.as last returns.are filed, people debate ~evisionsto tax·system·
by
RoB WELLS
AP Tax Writer
WASHINGTON (AP)-As millions·
scrambled to meet Tuesday night's tax
deadline, politicians engaged in a re-
lated spring ritual: a lot of ideas for
reform and a little IRS bashing .
. The Clinton administration pro-
posed
a
package of 60 mostly minor
initiatives to simplify the tax code,
such as making tax payments with a
credit card and stkamlining rules for
claiming deductions for dependent
children younger than .19.
Republicans in Congress, mean-
while, geared up
f9r
a.week's worth
of events making a.case for dramatic
tax reform and focusing on allegations
of-mismanagement and computer
problems at the Internal Revenue Ser-
vice.
House Ways and Means Chainnan
Bill Archer,R-Texas, who wants to re-.
· place the tax code with a national sales
tax, said tax reform is overdue._
"I am convinced that if most mem~
hers of Congress did their own taxes,
we would have had tax refonn long
ago," he said.
Meanwhile, the private Tax Foun-
dation estimated that the average
· American will see his entire paycheck
spent in taxes through May 9 the 128th
day of the year.
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If
taxpayers feel beat tip after fin-
ishing their taxes this year; that's noth-
ing compared to the almost daily drub-
bing of the IRS. Critics portray the
agency as wasting billions on a com-
puter system upgrade, condemn IRS
ditfog · of wealthy Americans and cor-
workers for snooping into tax files and
porations
was
on the decline while there
accuse the agency of singling out con-
was a rise in audits of those earning less
servative groups for audits.
than $25,000 a year.
But taxpayers don't seem to be focus-
A tax expert with the General Ac-
ing on that.
counting Office responded that staffing
"It's pretty much a red herring," said
and budget cutbacks have led to fewer
Mike Calo
;
a 39:-year-old computer pro-
audits in general but that there has been
grammer in Annapolis, Md.; said of the
an effort to crack down on fraud in the
IRS problems.
Earned Income Tax Credit program for
An Associated Press poll last week
the poor.
found seven in 10 adults giving the
And there were overtones of the next
agency a positive rating on its ability to
presidential campaig. Jack Kemp, the
promptly and accurately handle returns· GO P's vice presidential candidate in
and inquiries.
1996, was making speeches in Iowa, a
Few success stories will be on display
key state in the presidential primaries.
in
the
R~publican-controlled'Congress · And the c;onservative:policy group he
• this
week. ·
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co-chairs,·Empower America, prepared
· On Tuesday, the House wilf consider
a national radio campaign backing
a bill making it a crime forIRS work-
HouseSpeakerNewtGingrich'scallfor
ers to snoop through confidential tax~
eliminating capital gains taxes. ·
payer records. 'It will also take up a non-
Sen. Bob Kerrey, D~Neb., pushed for
binding resolution on family tax relief
a different kind of a tax cut: reducing
. and -a proposed constitutional amend-
the social security payroll tax by 2 per-
ment that would require a two-thirds
centage
points ..
_· . The
Clinton
congressional Vote to raise taxes. ·
administration's proposals include free-
In fact, 'the· GOP pushed· through a
ing some L7 million dependents, typi-
change
in
the House rules two years ago
ca11y children, from filing separate tax
requiring a three-fifths vote for ariy
returns. Under current law, dependents
measure containing a "federal income
with $700in earned incomein 1998
tax rate increase"-thenfound the need
(paper carpers, for instance) must file
to waive the rule severaltim.es over the·
returns and pay taxes ori
all
unearned
next two yearsas legislatio11
,
cameto · income, such as interest on 'a savings
the floofon Medicare premiums; earned .
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account.· GOP lawmakers
wiU
even use
income tax credits, small business tax _ a
~it
of pglitical theaterto get their- point
breaks and other
~,~tically
irisitive issues. - across; Rep.· BiHy Tauzin
of
Louisiana
Criticism of the IRS is riot confined . and several colleagues plan to dump the
to Republicans. Rep: Bernatd Sanders,
.
tax ·code
in
Boston Harbor, loaded
in
a
an independent fromNefuiont~ ·asked
at
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plastic cooler painted as an old-fash-
a House hearing _Iyloryc;lay)y~y IRS 'au-
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. Associated Press -Writer
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP)--President
Franjo Tudjman's ruling nationalist
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party triumphed again in weekend
elections, but there were indications
Tuesday that its grip on power could
be challenged in several key towns.
Tudjman's party voice_d confidence
that it would gain control of the capi-
tal Zagreb, where a quarter of
Croatia's 4.5 million people live.
In the Adriatic port of Split,
· Croatia's second-biggest city, prelimi-
nary results gaye the opposition a
chance to dump the mayor from
Tudjman's Croatian Democratic
Union, known as HDZ.
Final official results from weekend
municipal elections were not expected
before Wednesday or Thursday.
Zagreb analyst Ivari Grdesic linked
the shift toward opposition parties in
some towns to "sociaf dfss~tisfaction in'
the cities."
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The ruling elite'S':'w~~l!h irk~ many ,:·
average Croats,
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who hav.e to struggle
to make ends meet·.
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appealed to voters' p~tfio~ism aµd por-
trayed itself as the only ·guarantor of
Croatia's independence, won in a 1991
war of secession from Yugoslavia and
sacred to most Croats: .
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Polls finally closecLTuesday in the last
Serb-held enclave, where minority
Serbs voted for the first time in inde-
pendent Croatia after they rebelled
against it in
I
991.
United Nations officials who super-
vised the elections in the region, known
as eastern Slavonia, said they expect to
validate the election despite; major or-
ganizational problems that led officials
to open polls for an u~scheduled sec-
ond and third day on Monday and Tues-
day.
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THE CIRCLE,
April 17, 1997
3
Panelists debate right to die
by
AMANDA
BRADLEY
Staff Writer
Do we have the right to die?
The legalization of physician-assisted
suicide
(PAS);
was the topic of the third
lecture
of
the "Ethics
·
and Society;' series.
..
.
The lecture

was entitled "Making
Choices:
,
The Right to Die" and was spon-
sored by the CunneenHackett Charitable
Trust.
.
The
.
division of humanities hosted the
lecture, which was held in the Nelly Goletti
Theater Wednesday, April 9.
The
.
presentation
.
consisted of two
guest speakers, a four-person panel, and
a question and answer period.
Dennis Murray, president ofMarist Col-
lege, had previously asked the academic
departments to hold a panel dealing with
a "hot" topic in society.
"This lecture deals with the mission
.
statement (of the College) of moral eth-
.
ics," Murray said in his welcoming ad-
dress.
·
Gail Presby, assistant professor of phi-
losophy, said she
felt
the lecture series
exposed the community to
a
different kind
of intellectual experience.
"(The lectures) engage the Marist com-
munity in a philosophical debate on this
most pressing topic," said Presby.
The guest speakers for the night were
Dan
W.
Brock and Edmund D. Pellegrino.
Brock is a professor of philosophy and
biomedical ethics at Brown University.
Pellegrino, MD is a professor of medi-
. cine and medical ethics at Georgetown
University Medical Center.
The two men have debated this issue
before, each representing opposing views
on the legalization of
PAS .
.
Broc
.
k expressed to the gathered audi-
ence of students, faculty, and staff, his
views that PAS should be legalized. He
said he believes it should be legal for two
main reasons; to retain human dignity,
and for the reassurance of the majority .
"Human dignity lies in our capacity to
value our life," Brock said.
·
He said he believes dignity is a very im-
portant issue in a person's life.
Brock said when a person reaches the
border between a dignified versus an un-
dignified death, a person would want to
be given the choice of whether or not to
continue life.
According to Brock, if a person wishes
to uphold his or her dignity by ending
life, that person feels he or she keeps the
memory of life maintained for people to
remember that person by.
.
Patients would be assured a more hu-
mane death by their standards that they
may not always receive otherwise.
Brock also said he believes legalizing
PAS, would be a reassuring insurance
policy to people.
He explained this by using the compari-
son of fire insurance on a home. Most
.
people have it, and it is available if needed,
but for the most part, the vast majority
will never utilize it.
It is estimated that, iflegalizeci, only two
to three percent of deaths each year are
the result of physician-assisted suicide.
"It is not a huge number, but it is not
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PAS,
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Students from the Social Change class organized last Wednesday's Diversity
Forum, which was intended to increase awareness of racial Issues on campus.
Diversity Forum increases
racial sensitivity on campus
by
JILL GIOCONDO
Staff Writer
nority students in one on one interviews.
The group said the answers they received
opened their eyes to how other races feel
they are represented and treated in soci-
Looking around the Mari st campus, one
ety and on campus.
can immediately notice how little diver-
Stanger said she was not aware of the
sity of race there is.
stress that minorities were under on cam-
Many students are not aware of the
pus.
lack of diversity because they are part of
"Having been on campus,
I
felt that ev-
the majority.
erything was good, but other races aren't
Juniors Bethann Stanger, Heather
that comfortable," Stanger said.
Obliger, Julie Gadarowski, Debbie
The group suggested that including a
Duphiney, and senior George Santiago set
multi-cultural class in the core liberal arts
out to explore the issue of race on cam-
requirements might help inform and sen-
pus through the Diversity Forum, their
sitize
people on campus to the feelings
public praxis project for their Social
and views of other races.
Change c)ass.
"A lot of people
are
in the dark about
Gadarowski developed the ide
.
a of the-
rac
.
e issues," OhHger said.
project'rduiing
.
the Martin Luther King
.
Jhe Div
,
er!iity Forum
.
provided the
weekend ofr campus
:
'She said
the group
chance
to learn how other races feel and
a
made up
a
set of questions and also pulled
chance to suggest ideas to increase racial
statements from their textbook to ask mi-
sensitivity.
·
Mayor addresses city registration and crime rates
...
continued from page 1.
"We want our students that live in the
city to resolve any problems that come
about," he said. "It is my opinion [the
ordinance] is not going to work."
Lafuente also tackled crime during her
lecture, saying it is the major issue facing
the city of Poughkeepsie.
.
Crime is still prevalent, but the streets
are cleaner than when she took office a
little more than
a
year ago, she said.
"Crime
has gone down, but it has not
been eradicated," Lafuente said, pointing
out there were l
O
murders in
1995,
but six
in
I 996
when she took office.
"You don't see as many [drug dealers]
as you did when I first came to office, but
it is still terrible," she said.
Lafuente also works as a teacher at Ar-
lington High School, and said she pur-
posely drives up Main Street during her
daily commute between school and city
hall.
''There are a lot of businesses on Main
Street that are fronts for drugs," she said.
"[But] merchants on Main Street have told
me that things have gotten better."
She said she attributes this to a new
police contract that changed difficult ro-
tating shifts to patrol shifts. Also, she
said, community patrols have been very
succesful.
Lafuente also discussed her role as
mayor of Poughkeepsie and her long po-
litical history.
She said being mayor is not about de-
bating welfare, abonion, or other hot po-
litical topics. It is about making the city
run smoothly.
"Are the potholes out, what is the crime,
are the streetlights on? Those are our
concerns," she said. "We are there to pro-
vide those basic services to allow people
to
survive their daily lives."
With only a four square mile jurisdic-
tion, she said the job ranges from ex-
tremely difficult, as during Dutchess
County
'
s recent state of emergency, to
very easy.
"If
you only need
15
minutes a day [to
do the job], then you can do it that way,"
she said.
Being mayor cannot be defined as ei-
ther a part- or full-time job, according to
her, which is why she refused to quit her
teaching job at Arlington High School.
It became an issue during the campaign
because both her opponents could have
put 1n
a
full
40
hours. But, Lafuente, who
has 26 years of political experience, said
she felt she could handle both jobs, as
long as she distinguished between them.
"I
keep them separate," she said.
"I
only
call my administrative assistant during
lunch."
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4
THE tmci.E,
April
·
11,
·
1997.
·
President Murray
urges
supporffOr more Stu.delltfiliahcialaid
.
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Asst. News Editor
Marist is hoping to influence
next year's state and federal bud-
.
gets by urgtng every Marist fac-
ulty, staff, and student to write
their representatives demanding
more financial aid
;
In a recent memorandum to the
Marist community, President
Dennis Murray urged everyone
to write their elected officials in
support of two federal programs
that would make college tuition
tax
deductible and increase Pell
Grant spending in
I 998.
A letter
slated to go out this week will
urge parents, as well as the
Marist community, to protest the
decline in New York State aid.
"I am asking you to contact our
elected officials in Washington
and urge their support of the pro-
posed legislation," Murray said
in the April
8
memorandum.
One proposal included in this
year's federal budget would al-
low taxpayers to deduct tuition
and other college fees from their
incomes.
According to Murray, the de-
duction would be worth $5,000
in
1997
and
1998,
rising to $10,000
in
1999.
Families earning less
than $80,000 a year could claim a
full deduction.
.
.
.
The second proposal being
considered is a
.
$1,7 billion in~
crease
.
in federal Pell
.
Grant
spendi.ng next year. Murray said
the increase would be the larg-
est in 20 years, and it would
mean the maximum award would
rise from $2,700 to $3,000 a year.
Accordfog to Tim Massie,
Mari st chief relations officer, it is
unfortunate the government has
been slashing college student aid
for years.
"How ill-prepared are we going
to allow our students to be to
enter the workplace?" he said.
"It
makes sense to support educa-
tion because you're preparing
people for the work force. You
can't do it with a high school
education."
Murray said he will send a let-
ter this week to the parents of all
.
Marist students to urge the New
York legislature to increase
spending for the Tuition Assis-
tance Program (TAP), Direct In
-
stitutional Aid (DIA), and
.
the
Higher Education Opportunity
Program
(HEOP).
According to the Commission
on Independent Colleges and
Universities, TAP was originally
designed to help New York fami-
lies offset education costs of in-
dependent colleges and univer-
sities. But TAP's influence has
been ~irhini~hing over the years·.
and make
-
the eligibility ceiling
:
·
lnJ9?,4:
;
a
'-
.
New YorK student
.
the samefor undergraduate and
cou!d expectup to 60 percent of
.
graduate
-
students. It is impor-
theirtuition
to
be covered by the
tarit, he said, that people make
maximum
TAP
award. In
1996
their
voices
heard.
that percentage
feU
to under 27
"As many people as possible
.
percent: Thattranslates to a de-
·
are being asked to contact their
cline of $225 per year since 1990.
representativ
·
es," Massie said.
"If
The
ClCU
also reports this
they're silent on this issue, our
)ear's state budget proposes a
side won't be heard and students
$2
million cut in Direct Institu-
in the future will find it more dif-
tional Aid, commonly known as
ficult to attend college ... .It's time
Bundy aid. Massie said Bundy
for people to get riled up about
Aid has been cut by two-thirds
this issue."
over the
·
past seven years.
According to Nadine Lewis,
He said Mari st' s goal is to have
counselor and tutor coordinator
the state legislature increase the
for
.
HEOP, the state cut HEOP
maximumTAP award to $4,800,
funding by 25 percent two years
ago, and there are no signs of
ever getting the funding back.
"When HEOP gets budget
·
cuts," she said, "it is up to the
college to pick u·p the difference."
·
Lewis said state-wide funding
.
for HEOP is expected to be
$16A
million next year, but $22 million
would be ideal.
Lewis said she is notworried
about the 55 studentscui:rently
in Marist's HEOP, but she said
she is not as optimistic for fresh-
men.
"Our students will succeed and
graduate despite the cuts,"
.
she
said. "We are concerned about
those in the future."
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THE CIRCLE .
April 17, 1997
5
Eutheriasia panelists debate the
ethics
of
physician~assisted suicide
St11dents}fll:pressed
by
Marist's new rank in academics
,, .. contim
_
t"edfrpm page
1,
now.
.
·
"I think everyone has cer-
tain problems with the school,
but overall, many people love
it," she said.
"I
have already
sold the school to my
younger brother and some of
his friends."
... continued from page
3.
insignificant either," stated
Brock.
On the other .side of the debate
was Pellegrino. He said he be-
lieves it is against ethics and
morals to legalize PAS.
"It is morally, socially and le-:
gaily unacceptable and does not
achieve its goal," Pellegrino said.
He had
IO
reasons as to why,
in his eyes, PAS should not be
legalized.
Two of his main points were
based on how the physician/pa-
tient trusti~g relationship would
be undermined and how the role
of the physician would be ad-
versely affected with regard to
the ability to end a patient's life
upon request.
"(With this ability) the physi-
cian
becomes an instrument of
something other than human,"
Pellegrino said.
Pellegrino said to give a physi-
cian the ability to end a patient's
life on request shows the power
of scientific medicine.
Overa11, he said he feels PAS is
a malevolent act.
"Legalizing PAS would have a
deleterious impact on society by
how it devaluates a whole group
of people by categorizing who
can and who can't participate in
this 'treatment'," said Pellegrino.
The panelists then each briefly
explained
their
personal
thoughts on the topic and how it
has related in their work.
David E. Daniels,.chaii;-
()f
leg-
.
.
islation:dfmeNewYorkStateBar ..
Association{said.he·
agr~eswith: ·
Brock's interpretation on the is-
sue.
.
.
But unlike Brock, Daniels said
he feels the Supreme
Court
will
not allow for legalized physician-
assisted -suicide.
"I
hope that the PAS can stand
on its. own merits of legisfature
and not involve already existing·
laws," Daniels
said.
Michael Felder, founding chair
of the Community Health Plan
Ethical Issues Committee, said he
agrees with Pellegrino.
He pointed out that most
HM Os do not include HOSPICE
care in their provided health ben-
efits.
Felder said this shows how
care plans are shaped by the mon-
etary values of corporations, and
it also shows the boundaries be-
tween quality care and PAS.
Greg
G.
Moses, assistant pr~-
fessor of philosophy, stated his
reaction to responses he had re-
ceived from his students.
He said he noticed students are
more sympathetic to PAS due to
their experiences with elderly rela-
tives looking for a relief from their
pain and suffering.
He noted that a main reason
was that when elderly relatives
could no longer afford to receive
treatment, they needed a relief as
well.
Moses
·
pointed out how ~e_is-
sue of money was a determmmg
factor for ethical values in soci-
ety today.
The last panelist,
Ian
Porte~,
chair of
the Life
Support
&
Medi-
cal Ethics Committee at Albany
Medical Center Hospital, said he
believes PAS is being used to by-
pass poor management on the
end-of-life issues and it should
not be used as such.
The evening concluded after a
period of question a.nd answer
between the audience and the
speakers.
."Our. students· are the best
. salespeople. They are the ones
qua.lit)' Qfstuclents might
thacspread the word about the
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rate
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win
be willing to
of
~~d~~t~}s
s~~~hts return· to
ch1rige a<;ademic programs
around," she said.·
Marist," he said. "This gives us
Rinehart said the current stu-
a better success rate."
d.ent~ at M~ist arei\Vhat has
. Peterson said she gives a posi-
broughtMarist to• ~here it is
tive view of the school to others.
Final Exa1n Qqestion
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Rinehart said the new sta-
tistics are very good for the
school.
"It's been
a
good year in ad-
missions," he said. "We have
been all smiles."
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6
THE CIRCLE
EDIT
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April ~7. 1997
1HECIRITE©
The Student Newspaper of Marist College
Kristin Richard,
Editor-in-Ch
i
ef
Michael Goot,
Managing Editor
Stephanie Mercurio
,
News Editor
Tim
Manson,
A&E Editor
Chris Smith,
.
Sports Editor
Gyna Slomcinsky,
Feature Editor
Christian Bladt,
Opinion Editor
Diane Kolod,
Photography Editor
Jason Duffy
,
Business Manager
G. Modele Clarke,
Faculty Advisor
The Circle is published every Thursday. Any· mail may
be
addressed to
The
Circle, Marist College, 290 North Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601.
Renyard criticized for alcohol content
·
Editor
:
Prospective students should gain a greater appreciation for Marist by reading the
Renyard. Unfortunately, if prospective students look at the 1996 yearbook they will
believe Marist is a bar
,
not a college.
A yearbook can be a great recruiter, if done correctly
.
Unfortunately, the only
students impressed by this yearbook are heavy drinkers and drunk drivers. These
students would be most pleased with the picture and caption on page
118. On the
bottom of the page is a picture which looks from the 1970s. In the photo are students
in a convertible cruising around campus while some appear to be consuming alco-
hol. Specifically, the shot
-
gun passenger is waving a bottle of wine
;
and three
others are drinking from cans.
The caption for the picture reads,
"
THE REAL DEFINITION OF CRUSIN':
Even in the old days, it was great fun to pile as many people into a car and go riding
around
.
These students demonstrate how it should be done."
Are we to assume that drinking and driving is "how it should be done?"
I sincerely hope the Reynard does not tolera
t
e drinking and driving. This page is
highly offensive to anyone who has lost a loved one to a drunk driver. Furthermore,
it condones a practice which kills innocent people. These messages have no place
in any setting, especially an academic one.
The yearbook was also laced with more than 25 pictures ofMarist s!lJdents drink-
ing
.
Student drinking is natural, however it should not be glorified
ht
a yearbook.
Marist's
e
xtraordinarily rigid drinking regulations make these pictures ironic. The
message expressed by these pictures
i
s that policies have changed. However, to
the best of my knowledge, Marist stiU denounces student drinking
.
Thus, the
yearbook pictures refute official MaristCollege policy
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Hopefully, when I am a senior, I will not be "either drinking to surviving the
past
three
years,
or
drinking
to forget
about the hardest
year
of
all
:
THE SENIOR YEAR.
"
This ludicrous caption is found on page 48 of the Renyard.
In the future, the Renyard should show more competence in producing a potential
recruiting tool like our yearbook.
If this fails to occur, Marist is not on the road to
greater standards, but rather to an intoxicated haze.
·
John D. Svare, sophomore
The Marist College
Community Celebration of the
SEDER
The Passover Meal
will be held on Thursday,
-
April 24, 1997
at 6:30 PM
Cabaret Meeting Rooms A
&
B
Please Join Us!
For Informµ.tion and Reservations contact
Campus Ministry at X2275
''One voice doesn't make the
.
·
voice wrong. One voice makes
it the voice of courage''
Student searches for basketball hoop
Editor:
It is Saturday m~rning. I wake up. OK
;
it is really Saturday afternoon
, '
I wake up and
want go play some hoops
.
I dial good ol' xFOXX and wait to talk to someone at the front desk about what time the
gym is open for basketball.
.
.
.
'Tm sorry the gym won
'
t be open until Monday
.
" <click> Great! Now whatdo
I
do
with the
4
guys I promised we'd play ball?
.
. .
.
.
It is not every day that you get The Nern and Paco to agree to play. Why don't we go
play on the new courts down at the McCann Center? Oh, ~at's right, those are riot
suppossed to be ready until the Spring of 1997.
I
guess
it isn't quite Spring yet.
·
·
Well
,
the reason I
am
writing this letter is because this has happened to ~e on more
than one occassion. One specific occassion really made me mad
.
I called down there
and found out that there was an indoor soccer tournament until 5pm. So, I asked if the
courts would be open after that. "No," he responded.
.
Apparently, they "couldn't" put the hoops up right after the tournament because it
was going to continue orfSunday morning. Is it really' that hard to wheel those hoops
out? Maybe I should have offered to do it myself
.
It has gotten so difficuluo find a
basketball hoop that last weekend I had to go play at
an
elementary school in Highland,
over the bridge.
I think that a school that has a Division I-A team should have basketball courts open
for the use of its students on the weekends. It is kind of disappointing to see Marist
security driving aroung in new cars when w~ cannot even pay the construction workers
enough to finish on time. But, that is a topic for another tiine. Until then, !guess there
will always be Nerf Hoops.
'Brian O\oi-e; junior
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As a member of the class of '96lwould like to take this opportunity tQ warn yori.)t is
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April and 11 months after I graduated .
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I have just received my y~arbook.
.
Much to my surprise and disappointriierit, it was not what ~as expected, rior
was
it
.
worth the $54
I
paid. Eight varsity sports teams: men's and woillen'.s tennis
,
m~n's and
women's swimming arid diying, men's and women's track and field, and men's and
women's cross country,were not in the yearbook. As a member of the women's track
mid field and cross country teams for
four
years, l was looking forward to reminicing
over the pictures in the y~arbook
,
J'hat thought was shattered when I r.eaJiz.ed that my
team, as weli as others, were left out, neglected, over looked, whatever you
want
to label
.
it.
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As you can see, Marist did not utilize my money in the fashion expected. After many
phone calls, this matter has yet to be e~plained. Use this as a warning. Do not let your
money be waisted, memories forgotten, or your class disrespected
·
with a joke of a
·
college yearbook as the class of '96 was .
.
Melissa Zobel, class of '96
Remember to give blood ne~t ~eek
Editor:
This is just a reminder to everyon~
.
that it is time
for
this
semester's
biood
drive
,
sponsored by Sigma Phi Epsilon. 'I'he blood drive will take place on April
22
in the
performing
arts room in the student center from 12:00 p
.
m. to 5:30 p
:
m
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There are sign~
up tables located in the various classroom buildings, as well as iri the
.
stud~nt
.
center
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Walk-ins are also accepted. If you have any questions, contact Kyle ( 473
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5065) or Brian
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(X4551). Thank you to all who have already signed up, and we hope to see everyone
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there.
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Kyle Reeves, Blood Drive Chairman
Hockey team seeks student to update w~b
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page
Editor:
The Marist College Ice Hockey team is currently looking for a student who is inter-
ested in maintaining the team's World Wide Web page for the 1997-98 season
.
The page
will need to be expanded in the upcoming
year.
The page can be found at http://www.marist.edu/athletics/icehock/ The student would
be responsible for updat
i
ng the page on a weekly basis. The web page administrator
would have the option to go to all home and away games if he or she desires.
Interested candidates shall
be well trained in developing web pages and should be
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able to show examples of work done on the web.
Anyone who is interested should contact Kent Rinehart, assistant coach, at
JWRG@MARISTB as soon as possible
.
Kent Rinehart, As.9stant Coach of the Marist Ice Hockey Team







































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April 17, 1997
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The line-item veto would greatly speed up the iegisfative process
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Unpaid parking tickets create international incident
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af~deral government grappled by perpetual gridiock, ;he line item vet~ m~asure
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When you go to visit a friend, do you habitually
se~me?.J1k~ a desperate pitch for unheard of progress. Indeed,Jegislators come closer
ignore the
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to
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carefully set up in order to maintain some kind of
A~encan s head 1s the compromise of traditional American values in the interest of the
order in their home life?
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Do you make a habit of doing things that you
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would never do in your own home? Would you
ferocity., The will of the people ~ec~1ves ~otal consideration, and the esoteric need to uphold the
park your car on their front lawn?
Fr~ers concept of government d1ss1pates m a frenzy of sound bites, high-tech media circuses, and
If
you answered "no" to any of the above questions (particular
opmmn polls.
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that last one) it is likely that you are not a foreign diplomat to the
T":o opposing factions_ have seized legi~lative control. On
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the outside of a complicated series of
United Nations in New York City.
~onumtt!!eS and sub-committees, the bounds that once clearly defined Democrats and Republicans fogs
Through an extension of a little something called diplomatic immu-
mto a blurry compound called the Moderates.
nity, foreign dignitaries of the United Nations have never had to
But_ within Congress doors, the partisan clash is incendiary. Republicans cmd Democrats fight with a
concern themselves with some of the trivialities that plague average
tenacious v~nge~nce, and the ideology differences that once separated the two have been replaced with
New Yorkers.
more te_chmcal differences based on legislative priorities, election ethics, and budget reduction tactics.
This is to say that they have never had to worry about getting any
Republ~ca~s have rece!1tly at~empted to hand the executive the power to sign Congressionally-spon-
kind of traffic tickets.
sored bills _mto law while cuttmg out individual appropriations and tax benefits inside the measure.
For every car with Consul or Diplomat plates that you see parked
Repubhcans would like to see this new power wielded by Bill Clinton to take pressure off of their
on the sidewalk, there are likely to be ten others parked in loading
ex~aus~ed maj?rity i~fluen~e. The inability to compromise has hurt the Republicans' ability to pass
zones and next to fire hydrants.
leg1slat1on. Clinton sides with the Grand Old Party because his administration's legislative record - the
Never mind the fact that these parking violations infringe upon
litmus test of presidential success .. also suffers with the inability to compromise.
the livelihood of everyone in the area, or in the case of the latter, that
The intent is founded on sound principles: give the president the power to delete needless federal
it outright threatens the safety of anyone who might be in need of
spending; the power to make the kind of tough cuts that a legislative body tom asunder by clashing
having themselves doused when fleeing a flaming building.
district interests cannot make. But fundamentally, such
a:
measure as the line item veto gives legislative
Never mind, as long as the Diplomat from the Ivory Coast was able
power to the executive - a principle in Americcm government equivalent to dividing by zero in mathemat-
to pick up his half dozen fre•shly-baked bagels without having to
ics.
bother himself to look for a parking space.
Quick fixes to legislative gridlock will never replace the abilities of politicians well- versed in Ameri-
There are probably few diplomats that do not have a glove com-
can politics, Our legislators must cast off the leash that binds them to their district, so concerns of our
partment filled with unpaid parking tickets, totaling the gross na-
nation as a whole can receive needed attention.
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tional product of the nation that they represent.
The line item veto is
a
weak attempt by Congress to pass the responsibility of legislation onto an
There was recently an instance of a tragic accident that was a
uncheckable party.
direct result of the reckless driving of someone who happened to
The mere fact that money delegation cannot be agreed on by the citizens' representatives proves that
have diplomatic immunity.
one person, operating outside of the protection of structurally devised checks or peer review, will not
It
was only after a media uproar that there was even
any
consider-
properly carry out the will of the people.
ation of punishment for this offender.
In a strange way, democracy has claimed the effectiveness.of governments. High tech media, skilled
Finally, after years of this kind of behavior, the State Department
political scientists, and creative campaign organizers have learned to present politicians to the people
stepped up to the plate and said that
something
would have to be
for the purpose of intense scrutiny. In tum, these behind the scenes wizards have taught politicians to
done about this.
reactto those characteristics that most appeal
to the voters.
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Last month, an agreement was signed that empowered the City of
Representatives are so fine-tuned to their districts, and presidents are so responsive to the temporary
New York to remove the license plates of anyone who refuses to pay
wave of passion that most recently stirred the nation, that negotiations no longer serve a purpose. Each
their fines.
individual actor in American government - at every level - regurgitates the will of the people. The result
This came after a less popular agreement to wait until diplomats
is gridlock, because no dtizen, regardless of how politically active or responsible, can steer a represen-
came back for their cars, and then the State Department would have
tative in a direction beneficial to the nation
as a
whole.
sent in Jack Nicholson armed with golf clubs.
If
re,:election depended less on the appeasement of constituents and more on their responsibility to
This spawned an
almost
instantaneous uproar from the General
uphold their ideals, then representatives would nofneed to pass meas~res like the line item veto.
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Assembly of the United Nations. The organization has threatened to
Recently, a federal judge ruled that the line item veto, which did
.
go into effect one year ago (Clinton
leave New York City if such a plan were to be enforced. New York
has never used it). is unconstitutional
.
because
the president cannot ll.qJq_._SUft\J~gi
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sla,~iye powers
Mayor Rudy Guliani, just to remind the world at large what it means
according to ~e C~nstitution._
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the UN is
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one of the rriost valuable pieces of property in the world.
Besides, who wouldn't wantto be able to have an a bathroom
with
a wall that said "For a Good Time, Call Boutrous Boutrous Gahli"?
While that may just be a matter of political grandstanding, if own-
ership of the ownership of the building was to be turned over to
the
City, it would certainly do wonders for replacing the $3 Billion that
the UN contributes to New York's economy.
There would, however, be a great decrease in sales of "My Diplo-
matically Immune Father Parks His Car on the Sidewalk, and All I Got
Was This Lousy T-shirt" shirts.
The UN has also vowed to take the matter up with the World
Court. Because, after all, that is what the World Court was designed
for: to settle such weighty matters of parking at a meter without
putting any change into it.
"Put off the trial of those Nazi war criminals for another couple of
weeks. The guy from Hondonis made a right on a red!"
Of course, the State Department backed down almost immediately.
Last week, they quietly tried to back away from the
agreement
to
remove license plates.
,
Instead, they propose that the City merely try to persuade the
various members of the UN to pay their tickets. If backing down on
this scale had occurred during World War II, the US would have
ended up dropping of a big water balloon
on
Japan.
The State Department's eagerness
.
to please the UN merely added
a new source of hatred for Mayor Guliani, who is making sure not to
let this issue die down during an election year.
Some people may say that the problem here lies with the stubborn-
ness of the City.
They might say that the United Nations should be left alone to do
its business. The fact of the matter is that anyone who would say
that is wrong.
The Uniteq Nations should be left alone to go about its business,
that is certainly true. They would be able to do so, if the diplomats
would just bother to pay the fines that have amassed over the years.
Or, better yet, if they would just not break the law of the country
where they are guests.
At the heart of the matter is the fact that the diplomats are just
being rude. And, this time it is not just us. Americans are notorious
for bad behavior when on foreign soil. But, look at the example these
other countries set for us.
While they are certainly doing wonderful work trying to keep the
world away from World War III, they are guests in our country.
The sooner that they start acting appropriately, the
sooner
they
will begin to have less problems with our local governments.
Then,just maybe they could get back to trying to make the world a
place where we can all sleep soundly at night.
Cliristia11 Bladt is the opi11io11 editor for Tire Circle.


















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THE CIRCLE
. April 17, 1997
CIRCLE SEX SURVEY RESULTS
How the Survey Was Conducted
The Circle mailed a survey about sex to 500 students selected randomly by com-
puter on March 21, 1997. Each survey was accompanied by a letter explaining the
purpose of the survey, how
it
was to be filled out and where
it
was to be returned.
Another envelope was provided so that the students could respond confidentially. A
drop-off box was set up in the Council of Clubs Room, Student Center 368. The last
day that surveys were accepted was April 5, 1997.
The survey itself was comprised of 26 questions, some of which had more than one
part. The students were told that they could skip any question they felt uncomfort-
able answering. All surveys were anonymous. The only personal identification in-
formation asked for was the person's gender, class year and age.
The response were tabulated using the Statistical Program for the Social Sciences.
Forty-six people responded to the survey-about a 10 percent return rate. Although
a small number such as this does not guarantee a scientific result, the responses are
valid none the less.
The results are listed here. Some of the percentages due not add up to
l
00 due to
rounding. Some questions were dependent on the subject having engaging in sexual
intercourse. In those questions, only those students are reflected in the percentages.
College student's attitudes about sex
"College students treat sex very seri-
ously."
84.8 percent of students said they
disagreed or disagreed strongly with the
statement:
13.0 percent of students said they
agreed or agreed strongly.
"Sex
is a big factor in the relationships
of college-age students."
95.6 percent said they strongly agreed
or agreed.
.
2.2 p~rc~nt, said .. they .. disagreed or
strongly disagreed. ·
''The college environment and lifestyle
has a big impact on sexual decisiori~mak-
ing."
87 percent of students said they agreed
or agreed strongly
·
13
percent of students said they dis-
agreed or disagreed strongly.
"How much of a factor do you think Jove
plays in the sexual experiences of col-
lege students?"
very important factor
important factor
percent
somewhat of a factor
little factor
2.2 percent
.
6.5
50.0 percent
43.3 percent
"My religious beliefs affect my sexual
decision-making."
30.9 percent said thf?Y agre.ed or agreed
strongly
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63 .1 percent said they disagreed or dis-
agreed strongly,
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"Alcohol affects niy sexual beh.avior."
71 percent said they agreed ofagreed
strongly with the statement.
,
29 percent said they disagreed or dis-
agreed strongly.
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Have you ever had sex when you
where in an intoxicated state?
Yes: 70.2 percent No: 29.7percent
A~e oi
First Sexual Experience
21
4%
20
4%
19
9%
Virgin
20%
11%
15
9%
20%
16
23%
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THE BREAKDOWN
Sex Breakdown:
Grade breakdown:
Age breakdown:
Number of males who responded:
11
freshmen:
IO
18:
6
Number of females who responded: sophomore:
5
19:
7
28
junior:
19
20:
16
Unknown:
7 senior:
6
21:
10
unknown:
6
22:
l
Total:
46
Unknown:
6
The Circle would like to thank the following people who helped in various facets
of creating, distributing and analyzing this survey.
Michael Goot
Cheryl Whitley
Royce White
Michael Jankowski
David Rule
Gerard Cox
Katie Short
Christopher Thome
Jennifer Femminella
Janine Szal
Number of Sexual Partners in College
2
17%
68
ffi%
31%
Concern about the consequences of sex
Do you think condoms should be made
available on campus?
Yes· 95.7 percent
No: 4.3 percent
Whei:e do you think they should. be dis-
tributed? (More than one answer could .
be checked.)
At health services: 93.Spercent
At the bookstore:
69.6 percent
In dorm bathrooms: 56.5 percent
bathrooms in the student center:
23.9 percent
bathroomsin classroom buildings:
,
1_9.6_percent
.
· · · , When you have sex, how often do you
use some other'form of protection? . .
always:
most of the time
half the time
rarely
never
33.3 percent
13.8 percent ·
5.5 percent ·
· 8.3 percent
36.9 percent
When you have sex, how often do you
use
a
condom or. force your partner to
use a condom?
always:
most of the time:
half the time:
rarely:
never:
38.9 percent
27
.8 percent
11.1
percent
16.7 percent
8.3.percent
Have you ever. been tested
for
HIV-
AIDS?
.
Yes: 13:.2 percent.• No: 86'.8 perc_ent
·Have.yotil!~er·tiee~
tesfudfot:driy
0
dther
sexually transmitted diseases? '
Yes:· 26.3 percent No: 73.
7
percent
One student had· tested positive for
· herpes and another the human papilloma
virus.
"The threat of catching a sexually transmitted disease affects my sexual de-
cision-making.~•
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86.8. percent of th9se ,who responded said they agreed or agreed strongly
with that statement
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13.2 percentof said they disagreed or disagreed strongly.
''The fear of . getting pregnant or getting someone pregnant affects my sexual
decision-making."
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92;
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percent of those who responded said they agreed or aieed strongly with
that statement.
7 .9 percent said they disagreed or disagreed strongly.
Frequency,of sexual activity
.
.
Have you ever engaged in sexual inter-
course?
Yes: 80.4 percent·
percent
No: 19.6
Do you consider yourself sexually ac-
tive currently?
Yes: 63 percent
No:· 17.4 percent
Never been sexually active: 19.6 per-
cent
How frequently do you engage in sexual
intercourse?
4-5
times
a
week:
2-3
times/week
percent
once a week:
twice
a
month:
once every two months:
percent
once every 3-5 months:
twice a year:
once a year:
other: (when they see
boyfriend/girlfriend)
10.8 percent
18.9
8.1 percent
18.9 percent
10.8
13.5 percent
2.7
percent
5.4percent
I 0.8 percent
How long do you usually get to know a
person before you have sex?
1-3 weeks
3 percent
a month:
3 .percent
2-4
months:
24.2 percent
4-6
months:
18,2
percent
6-9 months:
21.1 percent
a year:
12.1 percent
more than a year: 1_8.1 percent
Have you ever had sex. ~ith a person
you were not in love with?
Yes: 45.9 percent
No: 54.l percent
Do your parents know about your
sexual activity?
Yes: 41.7 percent
No: 58.3 percent
If your parents do know, do they con-
done it?
Yes:
33.3
percent No: 6.7 percent
Not sure: 60 percent



































































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April 17, 1997
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College environment pfonipts freer sexual attitude
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about sex affect their own perceptions.
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"You're around people your age, and
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their opinions. are going to influence
yours," she said.
Glen Layton, a senior criminal justice
major, said the freer atmosphere of col-
lege creates an environment where sex is
possible.
"It's more social," he said. "You go to
fraternity parties and everybody's in~er-
ested in somebody else."
As
an
example of how the college at-
mosphere affects sexual decision-making,
Layton said he knows two or three people
who did notlose their virginity until col-
should really be that way. It's an ice
lege.
breaker.';
Layton said guys are probably looking
Layton said the influence of alcohol
for sex more so than girls.
may lead to a sexual encounter. .
He said that before he had a girlfriend,
"I think a lot of people are more likely
whenever he went out and did not return
to hook up with somebody or even kiss
home that night, the first thing his
somebody more than when they're sober,"
housemates would ask him in the morn-
he said.
ing was whether or not he had sex.
Erin Dickinson, a junior business ma-
Layton said that although Marist has the
jor, also said alcohol affects people's
nickname "Mattress" College, this college
choice to have sex.
is not unique in its sexual.attitudes.
"Obviously, if.people are drunk, they
"I know a lot of people that have the
are not going to be making the same de-
same experience at other colleges/' he
cision," she said.
said. "Idon'tthinkourcollegeisanydif-
._,,.Another issue is threat of obtaining a
ferent."
sexually transmitted disease. , .
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major, ·also said the freer enviromnento(·. cqndoms
are
not available on campus. He
college influences sexual decision mak-
said when ·he was a freshmen, many stu-
ing..
dents went across the street to buy
"I
think
it
plays a big part just that you
condoms.
can go out to bars, and you meet more
Dickinson said students are not as con-
. p!!ople," he said,
.
. .
cerned about catching a sexual transmit-
Cox said alcohol plays a factor in stu-
ted disease as they should be.
dents' sexual decision making.
"I guess people just don't have high
''They're more likely to do something
morals," she said.
they wouldn't do if they were sober,
Kester said students are not being care-
something that they'll regret later," he
ful about protecting themselves against
said.
sexually transmitted diseases.
Layton said alcohol lowers peoples' in-
"I'm aware that Marist does not allow
hibitions.
condoms on campus, and
I
know fresh-
"You become more talkative, more
men do have sex, and I don't know what
chatty with other people," he said.
"It
protection they use," she said. "But from
what I hear, I don't think they take it into
account."
Cox said he thinks students are using
protection.
"A lot of people seem to take precau-
tions," he said.
Not all students are engaging in sex,
however.
Sophomore criminal justice major An-
drew Consentino said he does not think
peer pressure has an effect on sexual de-
cision making.
"It's a personal choice to do it," he said.
Consentino said he thinks some people
on this campus are practicing abstinence.
"I
know a couple myself. They're wait-
ing to get married," he said ....
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Layton also said some people may want
to watt until marriage or a monogamous
relationship to have sex.
"I
know that some people that have a
boyfriend or girlfriend are having sex,"
he said. "I've heard of one or two indi-
viduals or couples in the past four years
· that have decided not to have sex."
However, according to Layton, al-
though some people may want to save
themselves for marriage, their attitude
changes when they enter college.
"I
think that's a fantasy that a lot of
people coming to school [have], but at the
end of the four years, it's notthe way any-
more," he said.
No symptoms does not mean no problem with STDs
by
EMILY KUCHARCZYK
Staff Writer
Linda Schaffer
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wants students to be
more concerned about sexually transmit-
ted diseases.
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
are diseases that are usually passed from
one infected person to another through
sexual.contact. STDs are most prevalent
among teenagers and young adults.
According to the National Institute of
. Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
one third of all STD cases involve teen-
agers.
Schaffer, health services' registered
nurse, said people should be more con-
cerned about STDs.
"I think the general population should
be more concerned about STDs," she said.
"It is an issue that is a high priority to
anyone who is sexually active .. People
that are involved in sexual activity have
to be aware of the consequences that
might occur.''
Sophomore Stacey Spina said she thinks
students should be more concerned about
STDs as well.
"Students who are having unprotected
sex should definitely be more concerned
about contracting STDs," she said .
Initially, some STDs cause no symp:-
toms. After symptoms develop, they
sometimes may be confused with other
diseases. Even
if
a person does not have
any symptoms, he or she can still pass the
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disease on to a sex partner.
According to Schaffer, most STDs are
treatable with antibiotics if diagnosed
early. However,
if
a STD is not diagnosed
early and goes untreated, Schaffer said a
· chronic disease can result.
"Some STDs if undiagnosed or diag-
nosed at a later stage can result in chronic
disease which can lead to other symptoms
which would not be easily treatable, such
as gonorrhea, which can lead to blind-
ness," she said.
Students are encouraged to go to health
services if they suspect they might have
a STD.
If
warranted, health services usu-
ally refers the student to Saint Francis
Hospital or the Dutchess County Health
Department, where test results are kept
confidential.
Schaffer said confidentially is the rea-
son health services does not have statis-
tics on the number of students at Marist
who have contracted a STD.
"We don't get the results. That infor-
mation is given directly to the students,"
she said. "It remains confidential between
the medical care worker and the student
involved."
Some of the most common STDs na-
tionally, according to
NIAID,
are chlamy-
Please see
STD,
page
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.. The
phras~
''use some or get none,"
. popularized by the sheik condom com~
·. rriercials is not getting its message
· across at Marist College. ·
.
.
·
·
. •
· · Lack of love, lack of availability and
~ven lack of will
are
all leading to a
· community where using condoms has
become more preaching than. practice.
Kelly Kenefick, a
·
sophomore
.
at
Mari.st College, said she thinks . many
. people don't use condoms because they
think nothing bad can happen to them.
.
"I
think a lot
of
people have m1pro-
tected sex· because young people often
think that they are invincible
.
and it
could never happen to
.
them," she said.
·.
.
Sophomore Monica Barattia said she
.
equates not using
a
condom with some-
one who simply does not care enough
about themselves or their partner.
·
.
"A
lot of people have unprotected sex
.
because they're just too lazy to get up
.
and get a condom;'' she said. , ·
· .
.
Junior Christine Dennelly said she
.
.
. believes that drinking can be a key con-
.. tributing factor in unprotected sex.
··
'.'Drinking alcohol will affect any-
thing you do,'' she said ..
"It
depletes
' your. mind so
·.
of course it's going to
: affect your decision making."

.
··. ·
,
Kenefick said she agrees that being.
... uncler the influence of alcohol can ere-
.· ate a loss of rationalthought in the de-
' cision making proci::ss~ ...
.
· . . .
.
•.·
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,
''If
people corrie home· drunk they
' >
lose theif inhibitions and don't
worry .
.
.
.
'using
aconclomor
not.•~
she
said.
·
;,Wen
/ urther express
~atc1td>l1>¢~;:if:~~:t~
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,
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.
hlivingsex~iliou~acondom,
; 'or
:'sex'.
af aJI
,
foe that
matter, because
iiief.were
drunk
.
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.
.
.
.
..
,
: · Kenefick said .· the seriousness of a
: partj~rila.r relationship rnay play a role
: as
much as anything else.
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.
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,·•:
.
... Lthinkunprotected
·
sex.happens•
.• \vheri;sotrieone knows a
,
person really
well
and has been in a' relationship for
.
·
.
a
.
longtime," she saicL>
·
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.
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.
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·
.
·
·
.
.·• •
·· Barattia said along term relation-
.

.· ship is nof ~~cessari
.
Iy enough when
it
coines to unprotected sex~
·
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·
,

,
·
., "if people.
~
in :a serious relation~
-..
.
ship,as·•inbeing close to. marriage,
l.
.· guess that's. okay;" she said. But oth-•
erwise, ,why have sex without a
coridom?" ·..
· ·
_
.
· ..
··.•.·Vincent' Dimauro,
a
student at Cen-
.
.
• tral Connecticut
State
University, said
·· .. there are condoms
.
for sale.in the bath-
rooms there, at:id that he thinks it is a
.• very
g()QO
thing.
·
··.· · · ·.. . .
·
.
· •
·.
"It's good because it gives people the
opportunity to think about having safe
sex; as opposed io just rushing into
things," he said. "If they didn't get the
,
· condoms practically handed. to. them
·
they probably wouldn't think about
it
at all.'' ·
·
··. · ·
· ·
.
·
.
·.
· Dennelly said she knows for a fact
that Nassau Community College on
Long Island has condoms available in
the bathrooms there, and she thinks the
same thing should be done here.
"The easier the access is to having
condoms, the more people will use
themt she said.
Barattia said she doesn't think it's
necessary to have condoms available
on campus.
"You can go to Citgo or somewhere
else to get them,"she said.· "I don't
think·we should go through some big
ordeal to
try to get them on campus.· If
you're responsible enough
to
have sex
you should be responsible enough· to
go out
and
get condoms
,
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by
JosIE INALDO
Food Babe
About
45 minutes away from
campus, there is a sleepy town
past
·
Rhinebeck called
.
Tivoli
Bays.
Gina, my intern supervisor at
Dutchess County Tourism sug-
gested to go and find this funky
bistro, Cafe Pongo.
,
I had my doubts about finding
a hip place
·
so far away from a
metropolitan, but I spoke to
.
the
owner of the cafe,
.
Valerie, and
her enthusiasm inspired me to
take that long drive.
I took my friend, Ta, on a
Fri-
day night. It was twilight when
we arrived, and
.
the place was
something that one would find
in Soho. Eclectic decor and mar-
tini music from a
.
band called
Combustible Edison. (Yes, I had
to ask what CD was playing.)
The notion that EVERY -
.
THING that was served was
made from scratch intrigued me
to no end. Valerie (who also
served us) described the menu as
'neighborhood cuisine, prepared
with a creative twist.'
They were
a
'
fu)l-se~ic~ bak- .
ery, and
l
cotildtell. The bread
was served witli
:
virgin olive
oil
and marinara sauce. I could vi-
sualize the CIA graduate chef,
Mark Rizzo, straining the local
tomatoes earlier that morning.
Yes, it was that fresh.
To start, I ordered the blue
cheese salad with caramelized
onions and warm vinaigrette
($6).
Ta had the special appe-
tizer of the day
.
It was a plate of chicken on
skewers and different sauces
that you can dip them in: soy
sauce
and
a
_
Thai peanut sauce
that was truly incredible!
For the main meal,
I ordered
the Juniper
·
berry
.
sausage on
toasted garlic baguette with soft
mild herb
·
goat cheese and grilled
fenrt~l. ~~en though I had no idea
dered.
with fennel was ($8).
I took home a piece of almond
.
Later, I found out that fennel
·
and chocolate cake: . Ta was
is a stalk herb. (I still have no
tempted by the apple pie
/
On our
·
idea
'
what it tastes like, but it is
way home, we picked up a pint
..
known for its aromatic quality.)
of Stop and Shop's
.
Select
It was accompanied by THE
Tinnisu ice cream, a perennial
best mashed potatoes in the
.
favorite of mine.
· .
·
world (a hint of garlic and on-
The only thing that detracts
ion). YUMsO-MATIC!
from Cafe Pongo is the brevity
Ta had
a
steam pot, which con-
of the menu.
It
is cat_egopzed
sists of homemade stocks sim-
.
into Starters, Entree House Spe-,
mered with fresh herbs, spices,
cials,
vegetables, meat or seafood,
.
Pongo Pastas and Steam Pots .
.
served in a pewter pot
($10-14).
Everything
·
is reasonably
She chose the garlic shrimp
·
..
priced, and they
.
do offer great
.
over angel hair pasta in a tangy
.
cocktails
($4)
to go along with
.
fish broth with Dutch red chil-
the martini music.
I believe the almost hour-long
trip to Cafe Pongo was worth it.
I
would take that ride just for the
mashed potatoes alone.
ies, lemon grass and chives.
I was so
full, but did not want
to miss out on homemade des-
serts
($3-5)
.
So, Ta and I or-
Career Quest: Thoughts on graduation
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by AMIE
LEMIRE
Special to The Circle
ernment-subsidized blocks
of
· ·
isn'.
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t possible, career and job
·
cheese.
search counseling can be con-
The Career Service Office has
ducted by phone, or fax or e-
Hello, Seniors.
·
How are we
many different outlets to help
mail. You can call the Office for
doing lately? As I
am
sure you
with your joh search, even after
advice about what to say during
know, there are only
32 daysieft
graduation
~
For example, you
an interview, or fax your resume
until graduation. Does this scare
can
·
still submit resumes for Re-
to the Offic
_
e to be critiqued. And
you? It sure frightens me:....:.the
sume Referral
_;:_
the Office sends
.
if you have access to e-mail, you
ideaofreturninghome,afterfour
out alums' resumes, as weli as
can connect to the
.
Office's
years offreedom ...
.I
can't stand
undergraduates.
_
Website, which is
a
link to nu-
it!!
·
Also,
.
OpportunityKnocks, a
merous
other job-related
And to make matters worse, I
iisdng of avaHable positions, is
..
ho01epages .
.
·

.
.
.
,
.
don't have a job yet!!! And
I
sent to your home,
:
provided
'
you
·
.
Finally, if you live a grf!llt_dis-
know some people have landed
are registered with the Office. If . tance from Marist, and you need
:ijobs already!
.
For all you lucky
you've never se
·
en
.
a cop{of
.
some job~hurit1ng adyice,jus
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··seniors out there whohavejobs
Opportu
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caU the Office for help.
>
.
.
' to look forward to after gradua-.
Office and pkk one up_. '.fhe pub:'.
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They can contact the
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1,_.,.tion,
pleas~ know th
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v~rsity nl:ary<>u, and ai:r~ge
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though
throw
in.
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the towel. Even if you
,
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of
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the
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the
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me,
the panic h~s
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are not part
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books,ju~eing on,
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sounse
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lo~s about your
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fu,ly)l wiUbe offered a wond~r~
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is no re~~on to move into the
job-less
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·
Awar~nessand education
~
a!t!·keystq preventing
STI5s
.
.
..
contiti~~'d
from
p~ge
9.
dial
_
infections, genital herpes,
and gonorrhea
.
..
·
Chlarnydial
.
infections, the
most cominon STD with an esti-
mated
3
to
'
4 inillion
new cases a
year; often have
.
no symptoms.
When symptoms develop, they
can include a
~
yellowish dis-
charge and burning during uri-
nation, or abdominal pain in
women and swelling and pain of
the testicles
iri
men.
Chlamydia is curable, but if
left untreated, it can infect the
urinary tractin men and cause
Pelvic
·
·
Inflammatory
Disease(PID) in women, which
can prevent
·
them from having
children.
Early symptoms of genital
·
herpes include burning sensation
or pain
-
~
,
l;lil
l
llrinating; and p~n
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sch~ffer said stud~nts ~h~uld
.
iri the btittqcks, legs
.
or genttal,
:
talc~
as much preventive care as
.
area. Within a few days, reel
.
possible in avoiding STDs .
.
.
bumps appear.in the genital area
.
.
0
0f course, abstinence is
.
the
ancl tum itit9 painful blisters,
:
b~
;
st protection,
.
buLir'they're
Genitalherpes can be treated,
but
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gqir.ig
to
be sexually active, they
notcured.

should do so wisely and use pro-
.
.
The disease affec!s an esti-
te
.
ction and not be as spontane-.
.
mated
30
·
million Americans mis m{they
.
would like to.
tie,"
she .
with
ai1
.
estimated
·500,000
new
.. ·
said.
.
.
.
.
. .
.
.
cases developing each year.
·
·
·.
Schaffer al~o said
it is impor-
Symptoms
of
gonorrhea
.
are
:
·
tant
.
for partners to discuss their
·
usually mild'. Women and meri
.
.
·
decision
to
become sexually
.
ac-
can
·
experience pain or burning
·
•·
·

tive.
"If
they choose to make that
'"'.hen urinating or a yellowish
.
.
decision to be sexually active, it
discharge. The disease is cur-:-
is important to discuss that
able! but if untreated,
it
can lead
·
-
·
sexual activity with the partner,"
to blindn~s ~r PID. Between
1.5
,
sh~ s~d. '
1
Hopefully, their rela-
and two nulhon cases occur each
tionship is established
.
enough
year.
·
.
where as the partner will
be
just
Women get STDs more often
as int
_
ellectual enough to take
than men because they are more
·
.
protection for him or her self as
easily transmitted to women.
well."

























































THE
CIRCLE
Taking a Closerlook at
'Paradise Road' is a living hell
.
by
Matt Wolf
Associated Press Writer
.
·
coast, only to spend the rest of the symbol on the Japanese fiag
the war in Japanese prison
is said to reseinble "a poached
camps.
egg."
~ong the remarkable foot-
Doing her bit for the
·
United
notes to this horrific scenario
States is a sassy American
in-
It takes courage to make a film
was the establishment of a
mate, who promises that if she
as bad
.
as
Paradise Road;
women's choir whose success
gets out alive, she will
.
never
Why courage? Partly because
honored the ability of music to
again "say a word against New
of such talent as the estimable soothe the savage beast.
Jersey."
.
writer-director
.
Bruce Beresford
Still, it's one thing to honor
It's clear that we are meant to
(Driving Miss Daisy)
and
an
in~
human

resilience
amid
be moved by the prevailing in-
ternational array ofactresses in-
unimaginably awful circum-
domitability of spirit. Instead,
eluding Pauline Collins, Cate
stances. It's another to malign
one is mostly struck by the
Blanchett, Glenn Close, Julianna
that same resilience by reducing
script's mounting improbabili-
Margulies of
E.R.
and Oscar-
it to cliche~ridden, even offen-
ties. For example,one woman is
winner
·
Frances McDormand
sive melodrama.
·
burned to death for stealing qui-
(Fargo).
It's in the
·
nature of such films
nine while Close and her singers
Buth also requires perverse
(thinkofVoyageoftheDamned)
elicit a standing ovation from
skill to trivialize and cheapen to
to give us a societal cross-sec-
their captors; a colleague, left in
this degree the real-life events
tion. But the characterization is
die sun to be tortured between
that inspired the film-namely, the
generally not as crass as what
spikes, looks in the next scene
formation of a choir
.
in a
Beresford offers up here.
as if she has been to a health spa.
women's internment camp
in
The various Englishwomen,
The actresses do as well as the
Sumatra during World War
II.
all at differing phases of life, re-
phoniness of the filmmaking al-
If
you think you've seen this
inforce existing stereotypes.
lows, though only Blanchett, as
film before, the fact is that in dif-
Rosemary Leighton-Jones
an Australian nurse, convinces
ferent ways you have, and almost
(Jennifer Ehle, from TV's
Pride
us she is playing a character and
·
always
·
and Prejudice)
is the young,
not just play-acting. The usually
in better form.
well-bred model who announces
delicious McDormand is notably
From TV's
Playing for Time,
that the food in the camp isn't
bad
as
a Gennan-Jewish doctor
with Vanessa Redgrave as a
that bad compared to her board-
who says "dahlink" and reveals
player in an Auschwitz orches-
ing school meals. Elsewhere, she
a none too startling truth about
tra, to
Schindler
s
List,
.
not to
insists that
"the
British don't lose
herself near the end.
mention
The Bridge on the River
wars." No prizes for guessing
As for who makes it through
Kwai
or even the bygone English. who is among the first to go.
and who does not, you can pre-
TV series
Tenko,
there's a sizable
Margaret Drummond
·
( a
diet each woman's survival
from
repertoire of sma!l- and large
-
freckly Pauiine Collins) is the
the ranking of the actress who
screen treatments of the atroci-
voice of good, a Protestant mis-
plays her: the better the billing,
.
ties of the last world war.
sionary who joins

Adrienne
the better her chances.
.
Paradise Road
adds nothing to
Pargiter (Glenn Close, all stiff-
Paradise Road
is that kin~:(~{
the genre
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upper-lip
nobility)
in organizing-
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the"film's
,
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the
'
choir.Tlie:fsharea'foridness
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The
Fox
Searchlight ieie
"
ase
nobility of intention; more dubi~
for
the Elgar cello
·
concerto,
was produced by Sue MiHiken
.
ous is the judgment of anyone
whose 1920 premiere Margaret
and Greg Coote, with Andrew
who thought Beresford's script
says she attended
.
YapandGrahamBurkeasexecu.,
was worth financing.
(For the
The elderly Mrs: Roberts (En-
tive producers. Running time:
record,Alfred
Ubry,
the Pulitzer
glish theater veterat(Elizabeth
110
minutes. The film opened in
Prize-winning playwright of Spriggs) arrives
1
at the camp
New York and Los Angeles
Driving Miss Daisy,
is credited
.
clutching her dog, who of course
. ·
April
11.
It opens wider April
18
as
script adviser
;
)
·
exists to be shot. Among the
and 25
The film begins at Raffles Ho-
more sentimental
·
flourishes
·
of
tel in Singapore the night of the
.
the film is the fact that the pooch
Japanese invasion in 1942.
.
survives as long as it does.
Women and children are evacu-
The script is larded with jokes,
ated, but many of their rescue
some
.
of which indulge facile
boats don't reach their intended
Asia-bashing that sounds quea-
destination.
sily racist today.
The
canip su-
·
Paradise Road
concerns those
pervisors' commands, we're
women who abandoned sinking
told, "sound like a Chinese dish."
ships and swam to the Sumatra
Food must be on the brain since
April 17, 1997
11
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Sports With Smitty
After watching pro golf sensa-
tion Tiger Woods this past week-
end at the Masters, ·
I
started
thinking how important his age
is in considering his triumphs.
Woods is a mere 21 years of age
and has accomplished more hon-
ors and money than most of us
will see in an entire lifetime.
Watching Woods on television
one can see
an
obvious concen-
tration, focus, and mental disci-
pline.
I
find this extremely mo-
tivating since most people at his
age have a million things on their
mind, between school, work, re-
lationships, etc. Woods has been
able to get an extraordinary
handle on everything and focus
all his energy on winning and
possibly being the best golfer in
the world at this time.
Now switching from the na-
tional to the local scene,
I
believe
Woods' attitude can be applied
and compared to college sports
arid the athletes. Collegiate ath-
letes put in a great deal of time
practicing, devote time to stud-
ies, and still manage to have a
social life.
I
think this deserves
commendation.
Student -athletes need to keep ·
the same type ·of focus and con-
centration that Woods had this
weekend. He shot four over par
in his first nine holes and then
proceeded to win the Masters at
18 under par. Student-athletes
overcome problems like these
everyday. Whether it be an in-
jury, missed classes due to
games, or poor grades on tests,.
Student-athletes need to harness
their frustration and excel in all
aspects in their life or people are
disappointed. This is a great deal
of pressure that must
be
endured
as
an
athlete.
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Student-athletes only help and
enhance Marist's reputation.
They exemplify school spirit,
hard work, and dedication. Stu-
dent-athletes serve as role mod-
els for the entire Marist commu-
nity. They show people that it is
possible to experience. different
aspects. of Hfe. Time manage-
ment and self-confidence
are
key
attributes of student-athletes that
we all can draw on and learn
from to better ourselves and our
school and community.
Women's Track-
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weekend
and the second being
the
10,000. "I
had been hoping
to break this one," Woodson said
of the 5000. When asked about
the 3000, she said, "This week-
end we'll see." Also lingering in
the background is the
I 0,000,
which Kelly believes that
Woodson
can
also break. "Hell,"
Woodson exclaimed when asked
what the
10,000
is like.
"I'm planning to finish
it.
1\venty-five laps can make a per-
son go
crazy."
. A
great deal of pe~ple look up ..
to professi,onal athletes everyday
for their prowess on the field. · I
think
that.we should.all respect
· athletes on the college level here
at Marist for all their achieve-
. ments. Most of them· are play-
ing for the love of the sport and
not for monetary reasons. This
desire and love show that they
are a special breed. All student-
athletes deserve a word of praise .
and congratulations. Good luck
to· all athletes and especially to
the spring athletes for the re-
mainder of the season. Keep
making us proud- Marist is a bet-
ter place because of all of you.
Thanks.
Chris Smith is the Circle's
Sports Editor.
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was sophomore Lindsay Bennet
downpour on Saturday, and com~
with
4
goals and an assist, senior
ing backfroi:n behind, defeated
Amy Glennon with 2 and
UCONN 15-14, on Monday in
McMahon with
1.
double
.
overtime.

Co-captain Sue Frost was en-
. Wheµ comparing the Siena
thusiastic about the overall per-
game
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the game against
fonnance of her team.
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Niagara, sophomore
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Colleen
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"We just played to our poten-
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McMahon said the teain was
tial.. We all worked well to-
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playing sinarter against Niagara.
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gether,
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Frost said.
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on· defense,
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sophomore goalie
ing the Niagara game; Everyone,
Melanie Kopf has come up big
basically was
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inaking good
.
for the Red Foxes. She stopped
passes and combination taking
20 of the 49 combined against
smart shots was working well."
.
Siena and Niagara, and came
Leading the team in scoring
tl:irough with some big saves
against-Niagara was
,
co~captain
againsfUCONN. Kopf had 20
Amy I:{oey with
7
goals and
3
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rest of the tean'l"is hitting well.
where the
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"Even though Speckhardt and
out of;.tti
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McGowen are struggling I know
feels thJt
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they will come around," Szfec
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duced more rims. Also, Marist's
said. "Plus we have
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talent
is
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so now I don't
tial. The-
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Red Foxes do not have
just have to rely on:my 1-6 hit-
to depend on one person winning
ters on the line-up because I de-
the game because the whole
pend on the 7-9 hitters to back
team helps each other out.
us up."
"Teamwork is very important
to us, be
.
cause it allows us to not
have tchely
011
one guy winning
all our games," Szfec said.
Szfec feels that Marist has im-
proved the most in offense. Even
though
senior
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Speckhardt and junior Jim
McGowen are struggling, the
The Red Fo
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xetha_v~ improved
their record to
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l 6~·10. Szfec feels
very optimistic about his team.
"We are getting better every-
day and we are slowly peaking
to out potential," Szfec said.
"We'll hit our peak during the
NEC playoffs."
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showed the true spirit and deter-
mination of this
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Leading
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the team to victory
was Hoey, who scored IO sec-
onds into the second overtime to
give the Red Foxes the win. A
pivo
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tal play in the victory was
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Occhicone's assist on Hoey's sec-
ond goal of the first overtime
with one second left to play, ty-
ing the game at 14-14,
Also key on the offense was
Bennet,
:
whose feistiness earned
her a yellow card, McMahon,
Glennon, and senior Jacque
Simpson: Helping out on de-
fense was senior Suzanne
O'Brien, senior Tracey Skulley
and Frost.
The Red Foxes take to the
road, traveling to Columbia,
Fairfield and Vassar for their
next three games. Their next and
last home game of the season
will be played on Saturday April
26th against Montclair State.
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Bergmann who
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ffn1shed in
twelfth, and freshman Steven
Palmer who finished in six-
teenth. Mike McCarthy also fin-
ished in eleventh place in the 400
intennediate hurdles. ·
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Williams later"said he
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had
mixed feelings on the team's
level in comparison_ to a week
ago.
"Physically, it was hard to tell
because of the weather. Men-
tally we still held decent times
with the weather which is defi-
nitely a positive," he said.
The Red Foxes next meet will
be in Worcester, Massachusetts
for the Holy Cross Crusader Re-
lays.
Senior co-captain Amy Hoey gets off quick a shot past a defender.
Men's lacrosse defeats
Niagara; improve to 2-6
by
STEVE WANCZYK
Staff Writer
game during
a
17-6 loss. Stuart
MacMillan and Desmond Doyle
tallied two goals and Pistello
The men's lacrosse team ran its
tossed in three assists in Marist's
record to 2-6 with a dominating
worst offensive game of the year.
performance on the road against
The
Mari st attackers per-
a winless Niagara squad this
formed better in the Canisius
weekend, outscoring the Purple
game,
scoring
15 times, but the
Eagles 22-10.
Red Foxes' defense let them
The Red Foxes jumped out to
down,
and
allowed a season high
an early 6-1 lead after the first
26 goals.
quat'ter, and never looked back.
The team's three senior lead-
At the half, the rout was offi-
ers, Schneider, Kiddney, and Tim
cially on, as Head Coach Matt
Yates helped Marist gain its first
Cameron's team grabbed a 12-3
.
road win of the season on Sun-
lead heading into the break.
day
at
Niagara. Schneider and
After three stanzas
,
the Red
Yates, the Red Foxes' two cap-
Foxes' lead had swelled to 15
tains, have been instrumental in
goals; the
score
going into the
both of the team's wins
,
as well
fourth quarter was 19-4. Marist
as providing leadership in the
cruised through the last period,
tough losses.
en route to its second win of the
"I'm very comfortable in this
season, and in MAAC play.
role
,
" Yates, a midfielder,
said.
Niagara fell to 0-9 on the ye~r
"I
like the challenge, and I'm not
(0-6 in conference).
afraid to get the ball at the end
Senior David Kiddney led the
of the game."
way for Marist with five goals,
Schneider joins Yates in the
while Chris Pistello added four
Marist midfield, and brings some
and Greg Schneider chipped in
impressive stats to backup his
with three scores. Michael Jor
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equally impressive credentials.
dan had° a goal and an assist for
His 20 points rank third on the
the Purple Eagles.
team, but it is his leadership and
Pistello had nine assists on the
·
ab,ility to perfonn in the clutch
day, raising his season total to a
·
that marks him as a player who
team leading 27, to go with his
deserves national attention.
16
goals. His 43 points are the
A consummate team player,
most of any Red Fox.
Schneider received high praise
Even though the game had
as an individual before the sea-
been decided, a significant per-
son, when he was selected as a
sonal moment occurred with
pre-season All-America Honor-
I :30 remaining in the third pe
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able Mention
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riod, when Kiddney notched his
In a recent interview,
I 00th career goal. He needs
Schneider stressed the impor-
twenty more in the Foxes' final
tance that national recognition
six games to become the school's
can have on an entire program.
all-time leading scorer.
"I really think its good for the
Earlier in the week, the Red
program, because it gets Marist
Foxes traveled to Stony Brook
some exposure," he said.
"It
gets
and Canisius and lost both
the school's name out there, and
games, despite two strong games
it might help with recruiting."
from Chris Pistello.
The Red Foxes try to build on
Against Stony Brook, Marist
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spotted the Seawolves seven
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eleven unearned runs .. in
hitter while striking out a season-
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Jaspers in another ·non~confer-
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ence doubleheader that was ba-
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sicaUy a
·
replica ofthe day be-
proved theideason mark to 12-
fore;. Hµdson pitched arid woh
10.
and their conference record
the first game; 2-1; giving up five
to 4-0; After Hudson's no-no in
hits and one unearned run while
game one, Marist went on to
striking out seven and walking
sweep the· doubleheader against
none to pick up her sixth straight
Wagner when Hudson returned
victory.
to pitch game two and gave up
Andrea Gagliardi went 2-for-
only one run on four hits Sopho-
4 with an RBI.-· and Maria
more Kerri Harris, who leads the
Landolfi picked up the other RBI
team in RBI's with nine and has
to account ·for the Marist scor-
the only home run, went 2-for-3
ing. In gametwo, Hanson again
with a double and an RBI in the
got zero run support but this time.
3-1. win.
_
she didn't pitch well either, and
Earlier in the week Marist split
Marist got blown out 9-0.
· 1and •Ram_s ·· o~ier-. the/weekend ..
Marist wori game: one ag~nst
PC, 2-0, as _Hudson picked up her
seventh win in a row and her
·
.
sixth .shutout
of
the season: .
Hudson gave up
t\\'.O
hits,' two .
: walks~ 'and. struck· out. eight, the
twelfth tim~ . this ye"ar she has
struck out seven or more in
a
game .. Landolfi went.I :.for-3 and .
picked up another big RBI.. _·
In game.two, .theFriarsfared
slightly better against Hudson .
and salvaged a split of the
doubleheader W!th a 2-1 eight
inning win .. · Hudson,- pitching
both ends of
a
doubleheader for
d1efourth time this year'. gave up
only three hits and two walks,
but that was foo much for the ' .
sometimes comatose Marist of-
fense," as the Red Foxes
.
could
only·manage a Rachel Ammons
_RBI single.
· _. _ . .
.
· ..
Even. with the loss against
Providence, Hudson's record
stands at
a
stellar 12~4 while her
E.RA.· is
a
miniscule 0:67. ·. Of
the sixteen games Hudson has
started, she has finished fifteen
of them, and posted shutouts in
five of those fifteen. .
She has striickout 115, almost
exactly one
ari
inning~ and op-,
ponents are batting just .150
against her. Definitely Pitcher··
of the Week material.
April 17,' 1997.:
Quom·oFTHE. WEEK:
,;I knew as soon
as.I
hit the ball
that
we won
the·
game."
- ,
George Santiago,
Baseball
two games with the Army Cadets
. After sweeping Wagner at
winning 3-2 in game one before
home, the Red Foxes went north
being blanked 5-0 in the.second
to Rhode Island to take on the
game. Hudson pickt-:d up the win
Providence Friars and Rhode Is-
· Senior_Michelle_Hudson_throwing one of-her many
strikeouts.
Baseball
split
with
Wagner;now 16-1-0
,,
..

.
.

-by.
PlnLLIP_WHITE.
Staff Writer
Th~
baseball
~~
finished an-
other weekend series \1/ith a
. stalemate againstWagner'.•_·
· Wagner won
the
first game 8-
6 and then Marist was crowned
·· the victor in' the second with
a
·
· score of
5-4.
The
Red Foxes vic-
tory was credited_, to s~·nior
George Santiago._ Santiago
belted out a deepflyh?merun in
the bottom of the seventh break.,
· in8the
4-4
tie~:
<" · . _· ·_ _ _ ·
· .. · ''Santiago's. homerun inust
ha".e gone at}e?St 350-360 feet,"
Assistant ·
.
Pitching· Coach, ·Al
Hammell said.
. . , .. · _ .
; \ Santiago fe.lt ·viry confident
going up
fo
the plate. "I knew as·
soon
is
I hit the ball that we won
. the "game,"_ senior George
SantiagO' said. .
Aside· from· Santiago;s explo-
sive homerim, ·the Red Foxes
•· made the victory a team effort.
Offensively Marist was
very
pro-·
ductive. Freshman· Andrew
Russell inade hi~ starting appear-
ance with bunt squeezing in
a
run
for Mari st in the fourth inning of
the second game. Marist's•other
· powerhouses were . freshmen
Anthony Cervini · and Philip
Toscano. Defensively the Red
Foxes split even. ·Sophomore
Doug Connolly lost the first
game for Marist.
.
Head Coach John Szfec
was
not overly concerned about
Connolly losing the 'first game.
The reason for Szfeq's opinionjs
• that Connolly is having a produc-
tive year with a 3.38 ERA and
has a 5~2 reford .. Also, this is
· Connolly's firstloss sinceMarch
.
8
.
after \Vinning five_ in a ro-.v.
Connoliyisrankedsecondin the
Northeast Conference for his
ERA.-·•...
.

Senfor.Mark_Barron·(ERA
0.60) won the second. .garrie,
Barron is currently
.
rankedfirst
-~n Diyision
l
for pit(;hers~ Se.~ior
Chris Webb relieved.both Barron :;-
and Connolly in both .games.
Webb.(ERA .574) was credited
with one save.
.
_
_ .. _
.. _ · · _.
"We played good defense in
both games, and we pitched
more. strikes," ·'senior. Mark
Barron said.
. Wagner was not as much of a
pushover as they were last sea-
son.
"Wagner has dramatically im-
proved since last season. I have
a lot of respect towards Wagner,"
Szfec said.
Wagner has improved both of-
fensively and defensively. Pete
Distefino and Bobby Weiss lead
the smoking bats of Wagner.
Wagner backed up their produc-
tive offensive factory with the
strong arms of Mark Nugent and
Doyle.
"Wagner's pitching kept us off
balance, they hardly walked any-
one," Szfec said. Marist has im-
proved since their last confer-
Please see Baseball on
p.J
5 ...
Bad conditionshurttrack
by Cmus O'DONNELL
Staff Writer
Once ·again, the men's track
team· showed their strength in
long di~tance running at the
C<>:-
lumbia Invitational in New York
City this past weekend.
Despite poor weather condi-
tions of wind and rain, the Red
Foxes still had some of their run-
ners mentioned for their perfor-
mance.
Sophomore Chuck Williams
said the weather definitely had
an ~ffeci on. the meet. .
."The track
was
·
soaked and .
slippery which led-to nmners
having problems with the course
all day," Williams said.
Junior
Matt
Pool
agreed~
..
"With it being so cold and
wet,
you just wanted to run your race
to get it over with," Pool said.
The high point of the day ea.tne
from senior Pat Casey who
placed second in the 3,000
steeplechase even though the
meet was non-scoring.
.
The Red Foxes strongest event
in
terms of most
nifiri~fs
was the
5,09()
run which had sophomore
Ben· Heffero~ · placing third and
Matt Pool finishing in eighth
place.
Pool conunented that ihe in-
clement weather did not hinder
a
lot of runners from having their
personal bests.
·
. In the
1,500
nm,
the
Red
Foxes
had
three
runners mentioned in
freshman Pete Startz who fin-
ished in ninth, senior Eric
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Track
on p.15 ...


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