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VOLUME
36,
NUMBER
21
MARIST COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.
APRIL
26, 1990
Mud, blood and beer
Walters receives LT Award
mark River Festival
by
STEVEN MURRAY
Senior Editor
After three students went to the
hospital following last week's River
Festival, Peter Amato, assistant
dean of student affairs, rated the
event as "fair" and said only an
upcoming evaluation will deter-
mine how it will be run next year.
This
was the third year the ad-
ministration has sanctioned River
Day by renaming it River Festival
and fencing it in on the North
Field. In the past, the event was run
by the students on the banks of the
Hudson River and typically
resulted in more injuries.
Still, the injuries that came this
year were avoidable and inex-
cusable, Amato said.
Paul O'Sullivan, a senior from
River Edge, N.J., received four
stitches and a laceration on the side
of his nose when he was hit by a
glass bottle near the beer truck.
Lee Ann Sendra, a junior from
Argentina, was punched in the left
eye by a male student on the beer
line. According to a Security
report, she complained of feeling
faint the next day.
Twelve security officers - three
Marist patrolmen and nine brought
in from Big Mac Security - polic-
ed the area.
Although the annual party is
safer than it
used
to be, Amato said
there is no way to prevent the
ir-
responsible behavior of a few.
"I don't know how you prevent
someone from picking up a rock
and throwing it at someone," he
said. "It's just irresponsible acts on
the part of a few individuals, but
I don't know how you reach
them."
Two students were injured by
objects that were thrown in-
discriminately in the air. They were
treated and released from St. Fran-
cis Hospital in Poughkeepsie on
Friday. A third student was pun-
ched in the eye and was treated and
released from the hospital on
Saturday.
Steve Veccia, a junior from
Massapequa Park,
N.Y.,
received
two stitches on the top of his head
after he was hit by a rock that was
thrown
from behind the beer truck.
rig in there, we'll hear about it and
we're going
to have to crack
down."
In a recent letter to students,
faculty, staff and administrators,
Marc
Adin,
assistant vice presi-
dent, cited physical beauty and an
Cln:le/photo
Jay Reynolds
Barbara Walters, co-host of the ABC News Program 20/20, became the first woman to receive
the Lowell Thomas Award at a luncheon last Thursday at the Hemsley Palace in Manhattan.
See the story on page 5.
... See
RIVER
page 13
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Debaters finish sixth in nation
Poughkeepsie man arrested
for mugging Marist
co-ed
by
STACEY McDONNELL
News
Editor
A Poughkeepsie man was ar-
rested and charged with mugging a
female freshman Saturday night on
Fairview Avenue in the City of
Poughkeepsie.
Clarence Coston, 37, of Tubman
Terrac.e, was charged with third
degree robbery and grand larceny,
both class D felonies, and resisting
arrest, a misdemeanor, after snat-
ching the student's purse.
Sheahan Hall resident Kimbery
Haight of Newburgh, N.Y., was
walking
to Marist with another
Sheahan resident, a Leo Hall resi-
dent and a female who is not a
Marist student when Coston ap-
proached her and stole her purse.
The purse contained $34 and the
students' ID cards and keys.
The property was not retrieved
because Coston was able to get rid
of the purse before he was caught.
The door locks have been chang-
ed, according to Security.
Coston, a 6-foot, 240-pound
black man, was arrested after two
deputy sheriffs who were patroll-
ing the neighborhood got out of
their car and chased him down the
street, said Fred Scoralick, Dut-
chess County sheriff. The incident
occurred around IO p.m.
The incident was reported to the
Office of Safety and Security at
about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, said
Joseph Leary, director of the
office.
Coston will remain in a city
holding cell until his arraignment
at 9 a.m. Sunday, Scoralick said.
by
JIM DRESELL Y
Staff Writer
The Marist College debate team finished its season
sixth
in
the nation - its highest ranking ever - despite
the departure of one of its top debaters.
The ranking, which jumped from l l th last year and
ninth two years ago, is based on the team's perfor-
mance in all debates throughout the season.
Senior co-captain Mike Buckley left the team dur-
ing winter intersession
..!..
an event that Director of
Debate, Jim Springston, said left him "terrified."
"Mike was one of the most respected and liked
debaters in the country," said Springston. "I was
afraid the team was going to fall apart."
After Buckley left, however, the team attained more
points, was ranked higher nationally, and also earn-
ed more awards and honors, Springston said.
Tom Kavan, a junior varsity team member, was
moved up to varsity to replace Buckley and become
partners with Anthony Capozzolo, now captain of the
team.
·
Capozzolo, a junior from Parsippany, N.J., was
one of four debaters chosen nationwide to make a
video tape to teach new debaters how to debate.
He was also apPointed to the only student position
in the speech fraternity of Pi Kappa Delta.
At one point during the season, Capozzolo was
named as the top speaker of the tournament four times
in a row, according to Springston, but Capozzolo was
not the only debater that met success this season.
Three junior varsity speakers placed in the national
top IO, the only school in the nation to accomplish
this
task. Mark
Liepis finished as the number one
speaker in the nation.
The junior varsity team of Mike Cocks and April
Amonica, sophomores, upset Cornell University's var-
sity team at the New York State Championships,
which Marist hosted for the second year in a row.
The novice team led by freshmen
Mary
Ellen
Rozecki and
Greg
Maxim,
won five tournaments
throughout the year, including victories over Cornell
and Columbia University in championship rounds.
The novice team finished fifth nationally, and and
Ed Fludd was named the second best speaker
in
the
nation, while MaxiQt earned the number five spot in
the U.S.
Marist's best team performance came at the John
Carroll meet in Cleveland, Ohio. In a field of about
100 teams, both the varsity and novice teams brought
home championships. The junior varsity lost to West
Point in its championship match.
Desmond re-elected president
present title places a barrier between the students and
the student government.
CSL Election Results
by
SCOTT DALY
Staff Writer
Junior Kevin D. Desmond was elected to a second
term as the student body president, two weeks ago,
in Marist's student government elections, which also
determined the members of the 1990-91 Council of
Student Leaders.
Desmond, 21, of Hopkinton, N.H., who defeated
Kelly C. Lagan and David Meyer, said he wants to
give the students a stronger voice in the governmen-
tal policies.
"I want to make the government something they
have a stock in," said Desmond, a political science
major. "You want the students to be concerned."
Desmond said by placing members of the various
clubs on newly formed committees, the students will
become more involved.
He also said he feels the Council of Student Leaders
needs to be reorganiz.ed and given the new title - Stu-
dent Government Association -
because he said the
Desmond said he wants to form an executive branch
of government that would consist of the current CSL
leaders plus the addition of the class presidents and
the president of the expected revitalized Adult Student
Union.
The present CSL consists of the presidents of the
College Union Board, the Resident Student Council,
the Student Academic Committee and the Commuter
Union.
Desmond said he feels it is important to have a
representative from the Greek organizations on cam-
pus as a member of the executive branch.
Student Government officers for 1990-91 are:
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Student Body President, Kevin Desmond
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College Union Board President, Jean Krokus
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Resident Student Council President, Bart
Steinborn
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Student Academic Committee President, Matt
Kruger
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Commuter Union President, to be appointed
Position
Percentage of Vote
Student Body President
*
Kevin Desmond
63.4%
College Union Board President
Jean Krokus
ran unopposed
Resident Student Council President
Bart Steinhorn
50.50Jo
Student Academic Committee
Matt Kruger
ran un
·
opposed
No one ran for Commuter Union President
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2
THECIRCLEOoos
&
.
ENDS
APRIL
26, 1990
Concerts
_
make summer no time for the blues
Ah, summer.
That easy,
l
azy, hazy, time spent
in a limbo of lethargy, schlub
b
ing
at some summer job, merely
meandering from day to day until
school rolls around again.
Wait a minute. Oh, Lord, I
forgot. I'm graduating in three
weeks. Out there in the real
·
world,
word is that there ain't no cure for
the summertime blues. Real world.
Real job. Real hassles. Real misery.
Et cetera ...
Fortunately, then: will be enough
going on this summer to keep my
mind temporarily distracted from
harsh reality. Granted, this is a sim-
ple task.
When summer's here, the time is
right for dancing in the streets. Or
the stadiums, arenas, and outdoor
concert halls. It's the best time of
year to catch a concert.
Whether you live near Giants
Stadium, Nassau Coliseum, SPAC,
Veteran's Stadium or Toad's Place,
you won't have to travel far to see
and hear some great shows this
summer.
For starters, Bowie is back.
When wind of his upcoming tour
first reached me I could only hold
my belly and groan.
If
you witness-
ed his Glass Spider Debacle three
summers ago you'd be clutching
you
r
gut in agony, too.
I
l
ike Bowie, but I'd prefer two
lifetimes of root canals and barium
enemas to sitting through his
Giants Stadium show again. This
tour promises to be far superior.
No elaborate stage shows, no dance
troupes, no behemoth spiders and
especially no Lisa Lisa and Cult
Jam. Just bare-bones Bowie.
Thanks, Dave. Let the music do
the talking.
McCartney's coming back for
another visit. This time around I'd
like to see him. From what I've
heard the show is well worth it.
Although when I consider forking
over twenty five or so dollars for
a ticket I'm reminded of "Say Say
Say" and "Give My Regards to
Broadstreet."
There's a certain woman with an
affinity for lingerie and pointy bras
who
will
no doubt be the BIG sum-
mer concert event. Yup, Madonna
will be out and about the region,
selling out the more mammoth
stages and putiing on what will
ultimately b~ one of the most enter-
Kieran Fagan
In
yo
ur
ear
taining shows of the summer.
People are surprised when I say
that I really want to check out her
act. Never a big fan of Madonna,
I've (at least) always admired her
gutsiness, energy, perseverance
and, um... costumes. She isn't
Taylor Dayne or Paula Abdul, she
can actually sing and perform.
(Okay, so Paula can dance. Big
deal.)
Madonna is a true original
Marilyn Monroe ripoff. I mean
that in the best sense of the term,
though. And she's a better singer
than Marilyn. She's definitely
worth the price of admission.
Some other fine acts coming to
your town (or a nearby metropolis)
in the next couple of months: Don
The British band "The House of Love" just released its first album in the United States
with the debut single "I Don't Know Why I Love You" on the Polygram record label.
One to O
n
e
Da
y
set
for tomorro
w
The front of Champagnat Hall will be transform-
ed into an arts and crafts studio and a softball field
tomorrow when
80
emotionally and physically han-
dicapped children - twice as many as last year - visit
the Marist campus for the Psychology Club's ninth
annual One to One Day.
develop new friendships with these children.
Steve Hoffmann, a junior psychology major from
Queens,
N.Y.,
enjoys working with the children.
"They're so innocent," said Hoffmann.
"It
doesn't
take much to make them happy."
Hoffmann remembers how difficult it was for the
children to leave their Marist students after last year's
festivities.
Henley (great show, even if you're.
not a fan), Rush, Sinead O'Con-
nor, Midnight Oil, Kiss, and Phil
Collins.
While those shows surely won't
satisfy every taste, they should keep
a hefty amount of pop music fans
off the streets for a few nights.
And for anyone who is in-
terested, Milli Vanilli is touring.
They bring their own hair, I just
wonder who'll be doing their sing-
ing. I beg of you, don't squander
your cash on these lip-syncing
clowns!
Now with all these shows, the
next question is where to see them.
Sure, you've got the big stadiums,
but they're more spectacle than
spectacular.
If
you're in Northern New Jersey
and have some time, spend it in
Waterloo Village. There's nothing
like it for a concert experience.
General admission, open lawn,
bring your own blanket, beer tents
and funnel cakes. Now if only we
could guarantee the weather ...
Waterloo is offering the JVC
Jazz Festival from June 22 to the
30th. That should be tasty.
Hanging
around Twelfth
Avenue,
NYC,
with nothing better
to do'? Stroll down to the stage at
Pier 42 and wait for the music.
Corporate sharks have taken over
and it's now the Reebok River
Stage, but they always have some
cool shows there.
Upstate New Yorkers can chill
out at the Saratoga Performing
Arts Center, yeah -
SPAC. I've
never seen it myself, but from the
descriptions I've heard from those
in the know, it's probably a lot like
Waterloo Village.
By the way, SP AC is celebrating
its 25th anniversary this year; en-
joy it.
The days are getting longer, the
weather warmer, the beer colder.
Assignments hang over the head
like a lead helmet. My time here is
waning with each ticking second.
Then again, isn't it ticking for all
of us'?
But ah, summertime. Let that
be
the buffer between the apocalypse
of graduation and the fallout of the
real world.
Listen to the music, y0u're still
young.
Kie
r
an Fagan is The Circle's
music columnist.
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Tonight
■
Come see aspiring Marist playwrights in action at the 10th
annual festival of student plays at 8 p.m. in the Theatre. The
festival will also be held on Friday.
■
The Division of Computer Science and Mathematics will
host a computer science projects fair and high school progr~n:i-
ming contest in Lowell Thomas room 130 and 126. The fair Is
open until 5:30 p.m.
Saturday
■
The Bardavon Opera House presents "The Wind in the
Willows" at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. For more information, on a great
day of family entertainment, call 473-2072.
Tuesday
■
Singer/songwriter Chris Brady will play in the River Room
at 9:30 p.m.
s
p
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■
The Marist College Singers will be at
t.
atnc s
Cathedral in New York City for "A Celebration of Mary and
May." The program starts at 6:15 p.m.
ak
i
ng the
Grad
e
Following the success of last year's program,
William Van Ornum, assistant professor of
psychology, said the Psychology Club members
wanted to expand the festivities.
"A lot of ~hem didn't want to leave,'.' he said. "It
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The Delaware and Hudson Canal Museum in High Falls
was a touchmg day for most of the kids."
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"I was thrilled how everybody worked together 0ast
year)," he said.
"It
was like a giant team."
Arts and crafts, kickball and softball are some of
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seeking mtern_s ~-nd vo_lu~teers to work etwee~ May ~nd . c-
the activities waiting for the childrens' arrival.
tober 1990. Act1v1t_1es will mclu~e museum tourm~, h1stor!cal
This year children from the Astor Home in
Rhinebeck, Cardina
l
Hayes in Millbrook, Arlington
Elementary School and various reha
b
ilitation pro-
grams will get the attention of Marist students for a
day of games, sports and other activities.
The children will also expect visits from a clown,
research an
d
special events assis
t
ance. For m
o
re mfo
r
mat1on,
a firetruck and maybe the Marist Red Fox.
call 6
8
7
-
9311.
"They're getting this direct attention from the
stu
d
ents," sai
d
Liz Sa
p
ienz
a
, trea
s
urer
o
f the
Psychology Club
.
"You'r
e b
ec
o
ming
an olde
r br
o
ther
o
r sister to
t
hem."
Participant
s
fr
o
m last year's ev
e
nt
a
r
e eage
r to
T-shirts with the handprints of both the child and
the Marist student will be distributed to each child
along with a balloon to take home when the day is
over.
"I think it's going to be bigger an
d
bett
e
r
this
year,"
said Denise
B
ecker, vice president of t
h
e
P
sychology
Club.
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Marji Fenrow
Editors' Picks
■
Student plays tonight and tomorrow
in the Theater
■
Founder's Day at Vassar
■
Waiting
f
or Godot at the Center for Arts
and Sciences in Poughkeepie
■
"I Love You to Death,"
a comedy playing at area theaters
etting Involved
■
Volunteer
s
are s
t
ill need for tom
o
rrow
's
One to One Day
,
a popular annual event that enables students to inter
ac
t with
emotionally distu
r
bed and mentally reta
r
ded c
hil
dren
. F
o
r
more
i
nformation
,
con
t
act Dr. Van Ornum or Lisa C
e
rn
i
g
lia
t
hr
ough
the Psycholo
g
y D
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artm
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n
t,
e
x
te
n
s
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on 297.
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S
pen
d th
e
summer by the beach and help
t
he
victi
m
s of
Hu
rri
can
e
Hugo. The Voluntary Action Center o
f
Trident United
Wa
y i
s look
i
ng for
v
oluntee
rs
to ass
i
st Hurr
ica
n
e
Relief agen-
cies i
n C
har
l
e
s
ton
,
South C
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ro
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in
a
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F
o
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or
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nf
ormation, call
803
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760-6930.
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Cox's car booted
Drivers on catnpus
feel parking crunch
by
SALLY S. ESTES
Staff Writer
The crunch has hit, and nobody
is safe.
Parking in the wrong spot these
days gets you a ticket or the boot,
even if you are a college vice
president.
Since the loss of a parking lot
due to construction, Security has
slapped an increasing number of
parking tickets and boots on cars
throughout the campus, including
that of Gerard Cox, vice president
of student affairs.
Cox's Pontiac Phoenix was
recently booted after he parked il-
legally in the Champagnat lot.
are blocking other cars and the nor-
mal flow of traffic.
As of 3 p.m. Tuesday, 39 cars
were booted and three were towed
so far this month, said Joseph
Leary, director of safety and
security. And the number is rising.
Eight cars were booted on Tuesday
alone, Leary said.
The boot is a metal device at•
tached to the tire, immobilizing the
car. Drivers whose cars get booted
must pay $30 to have the boot
unlocked plus the cost of the park-
ing ticket, Leary said.
THE CIRCLE, APRIL
26, 1990
3
Earth Day jam
More than 100 parking spaces
were lost when the lot behind the
Lowell Thomas Communications
Center was closed April 1. Since
then, drivers have been competing
for a limited number of convenient
spaces, reluctant to park further
away.
For repeat offenders, vehicles
blocking fire lanes or when the
boot won't fit, a tow truck is call-
ed, Leary said. Drivers whose cars
are towed face a $45 to $70 charge,
an average fee of $20 a day for
storage plus the cost of the park•
ing ticket, Leary said.
Leary said he thinks booting is
as effective as towing and tries to
give drivers a financial break by
avoiding having cars towed unless
necessary.
Circle/photo Rob Jeannette
Members of the band "Stormy Donut" play in front of Champagnat Hall on Sunday. From
left, senior Tim Lydon; senior Kieran Fagan; senior Bob Higgins (on drums); sophomore Dave
Laffin; senior Ed Fludd; junior Jim Porter (sitting down); and Neil Krajeski.
·
Those who work and attend
classes in the Thomas center are be-
ing urged to park in the Gartland
Commons Apartments, McCann
Center, Champagnat or Hoop lots.
But most aren't.
Cracking down on parking viola-
tions, the Office of Safety and
Security has been ticketing and
booting cars that are parked in
handicapped zones, fire lanes, or
Although parking is prohibited
on the shoulders of campus roads,
the road to the Townhouses is lin-
ed with cars each school day, and
many are double and triple parked
in the Benoit lot.
"We're trying to cut as much
slack as we can," Leary said.
"If
(fire officials) feel they can't get a
... See PARKING page 6
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Lack of equipment
by
KELLEY GASKELL
Staff Writer
The good news for Marist's TV /Video Production
summer camp is that it's offering an expanded
program.
The bad news is that the expansion may be cancel-
•
h
ed unless the program receives an editing machine
Celebrations for Eart Day
cr~~~t~:~te~:c~~~ist communications instructor,
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•
t
said a new session, advanced video production, will
snrout interest in na ure
be offered f~om July
9
to_July
20
in addition to the
'Y
TV Production Camp which was offered last year.
by
JANET RY AN
Staff Writer
In preparation for Earth Day, Marist organized various activities for
a festival which was held last Saturday, April 21.
There were live bands and approximately 15 clubs, both campus groups
and outside vendors, giving information about the environment.
Outback, Campus Ministry, The Literary Arts Society, Clearwater,
Sigma Phi Epsilon and Tau Kappa Epsilon were a few of the clubs which
took part in the festival.
All
of these activities were to help make everyone more aware of the
issues and the impact which they have on the environment.
The success of last year's camp led to the addition
of the two week advanced video production camp.
The video camp
is
designed for students who attend-
ed last year's TV camp and teaches them how to shoot
on location and develop editing skills.
It also teaches them how to put together a news broad-
cast. They gather and write the news, as well as direct
the news broadcasts. To gather news for their broad-
cast, the students last year were required to read the
newspapers and watch the news on television.
"It's as much about journalism as it is about televi-
jeopardizes camp
sion production," said Cole.
On location shooting means anything taped outside
the Lowell Thomas studios.
But the new video production camp faces cancella-
tion if the VHS editing machine does not arrive, said
Cole. The current editing machine operates only 40
to
60
percent of the time, he said, making it difficult
to run an intensive two-weelc video program.
It
is unclear whether the machine will arrive on time
for the course, he said. The machine is also badly need-
ed for regular course offerings in the fall, he added.
The tuition for the summer camp is $395, which in-
cludes instruction, materials and recreation.
Spending six hours a day, five days a week in the
Lowell Thomas studios, the students receive about the
same amount of training that a compatible college
course would cover, Cole said. All of the students are
involved in behind the scenes and in front of the
camera productions.
The day camp, in part, came about by the growing
use of cam-corders in homes, said Eleanor Charwat,
executive director of the School of Adult Education.
Charwat, who is also involved in administration of
the camp, said it received local news coverage by chan-
nel 62, WTZA-TV in Kingston.
"We are involved in a recycling program and the money made is used
to buy acres ofrain forests so we can secure the forests," said freshman
John Otten.
In 1992 there will be a mandatory recycling law which will require
everyone to do their part in recycling to help save the environment.
Canterbury intruders arrested
The Political Process of the Environment class has already begun a
campus wide recycling program.
"We started in January; it is still in the beginning stages but it has
helped," said sophomore John Broker.
"The program was implemented two weeks ago. We are recycling the
office paper in Donnelly and Greystone on an administrative pilot run,"
said sophomore Leigh Magnolia.
Three people were arrested and charged of criminal
trespassing after breaking into a vacant apartment at
the Canterbury Garden Apartments Saturday night.
Claire Howell of LaGrangeville, Jason Harmon of
Poughkeepsie, and Christine Yurcak of Poughkeep-
sie were apprehended by Town of Poughkeepsie police
outside apartment
52A
as they tried to climb out a win-
dow around 11 :30 p.m. One male escaped.
Marist Security responded to reports from a non-
student neighbor of unusual noise coming from the
apartment. The air conditioning was on and a win-
dow was unlocked, said Joseph Leary, director of safe-
ty and security.
Lectures and seminars were scheduled to inform people of the different
problems which the environment is now facing.
"We hope (Earth Day) will make an impact,(but) it won't take (only)
one week or one week of thought," said Jean Krokus a junior.
It
is believed that the four were in the apartment
only for that night, said James Raimo, assistant direc-
tor of housing and residence life.
Marist has about four or five vacant apartments this
semester because some students move into campus
housing or are moved together where there are empty
_
beds, said Raimo.
-Stacey McDonnell
Dating services: what will you do for love
by
LISA DAWSON
Staff Writer
This past Christmas, Frayda Kafka decid-
ed to give her housekeeper a membership in
Lifeworks, the dating service Kafka found-
ed in 1987.
A few months later, Kafka no longer had
a housekeeper. Through Lifeworks, she met
a man, whom she soon married.
Currently, more than 250 singles are
members of Lifeworks, and while they may
not have the housekeeper's good fortune,
they're part of a growing trend among Hud-
son Valley singles who are turning to dating
service to meet Mr. or Ms. Right.
Services like Lifeworks, Club Confiden-
tial and Matchmakers Ltd. are particularly
designed for singles who work long hours,
lead active lives and often do not have time
to frequent bars or nightclubs, where most
singles meet.
When
becoming joining any one of these
services, members are required to answer
questions about themselves for a member
profile. The service then provides brief
descriptions of potential dates to the client.
Matchmakers Ltd., in Poughkeepsie, a
newcomer to the field, is adding a new
wrinkle to the process: It provides its clients
with a photo and a taped conversation of the
prospective match.
"People can see who they're interested in
before dating them," said Jean Woods, co-
founder of Matchmakers.
Members of Club Confidential are sent 35
member profiles which depend on a person's
location and age. Lifeworks members receive
a list of brief descriptions of its 250 members.
From those, they pick to
r~~¢ive
profiles of
the members they would
'
'iilce to meet.
Matchmakers members may view the files
of other members at the P-0ughkeepsie of-
fice by appointment.
What makes a dating service successful?
Kafka says she has "no dissatisfied
customers." Kafka ... who h,a~ been practic-
ing psychotherapy for 15 years, says the lcey
to a match begins with the questionnaires.
"I know how to word questions so peo-
ple feel good about themselves and are
positive about what they can achieve," said
Kafka.
Woods said she and her partner, Maureen
Wing, opened their service in July 1989
because they thought they could "do a bet-
ter job than the other services in the area."
Woods says Matchmakers Ltd. has an ad-
vantage because they are the only service that
uses photos.
Whatever is behind the trend, the services
seem to be developing a faithful clientele.
According to Bob O'Leary, owner of Club
Confidential, 90 percent of the Club's
members are dating.
Club Confidential, which O'Leary and his
wife Sandra began in 1985, has 5,800
members, some from as far as Pennsylvania.
Since 1985, 138 people have met their hus-
band or wife through Club Corifiaeiitial.
Since
,
hdrt
2121)COJ)le ha*e joined Mat-
chmakers
'
Ltd. Five couples are sfeadily
dating and one cou,ple is married.
Although there is no specific type of-per-
son who joins a dating service, a majority
of the members are between the ages of 30
and 50.
Some members are as young as 20 and as
old as 74.
All three clubs have more men than
women members.
So far, the services have yet to catch on
at college campuses, according to the owners
of the local companies. Matchmakers has
advertised recently in The Circle, but only
received one response from the ad.
Owners of the dating services said they
thought college campuses provide plenty of
opportunities for people to meet. In contrast,
most dating service members are professional
business people with a college degree or
higher.
None of the members of Matchmakers
Ltd. "smoke or drink and they are all into
fitness," said Woods.
Of course, even love has its price.
Lifeworks members pay $145 for a six
month membership.
If
the member meets so-
meone before six months, he may transfer
the membership to a friend.
If
not, the cost
is $45 for each additional month.
Club Confidential charges $69.95 after the
first date.
Matchmakers Ltd. members pay $25 for
registration and $75 after the first date.
Those fees are half price for students and
senior citizens.








































































































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THE CIRCLE,
APRIL
26, 1990
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Distance across ocean can't strain family· ties
More than once over the last year
I have felt like I was caught in a
time warp.
It's not really anachronistic oc-
currences that create this feeling -
although they are not uncommon
-
but more so that inventive ideas
have taken off in one direction, and
seem to be at a standstill in other
areas.
For example, Ireland hasn't yet
employed an economically and en-
vironmentally safe means for peo-
ple to heat their homes, but com-
puters have advanced enough that
I can send electronic mail
back
to
Poughkeepsie.
And the roadways between cities
throughout the country are, in
some cases, one lane roads that
have probably been around since
the Republic of Ireland gained her
independence in 1916.
Even so, you'll still see a UPS
truck, or the occasional Federal Ex-
press van travelling them.
But I have never felt more caught
in time than I felt this weekend,
when I trekked out to the rural west
of Ireland to visit my family.
I saw more generations in two
days than I had ever seen. And I
heard the contrasting stories of the
hardships my grand aunts and
uncles had suffered in the Ireland
of the 1930's and 40's, while
cousins talked of their increasing
employment opportunities as a
result
of
the
European
Community.
Family is a strong word in these
parts. It's an institution that has
held its ground among generations
and maintained its strength. And
it's a unity that is much unlike the
American family.
In Ireland you can call up so-
meone you have never even met,
say you're their second cousin once
removed, and be treated like you
were their own sibling.
Once I had called up a distant
cousin who was living in the Dublin
area:
"Ah, sure! You're Billy's second
cousin once removed," she said. "I
remember yer mammy when she
was just a 'bouncin' on the knee.
C'mon over for dinner. Ye can
spend the weekend if ya like."
But this time, my parents had
come over for a week to visit, and
by Saturday I had found myself sit-
ting in the living room of a far-
mhouse with 25 of my family,
many of which I hadn't met before.
I couldn't help but think of those
times when I was a little kid, and
my grandparents told their stories
of "When I was a little kid."
Of course those stories were told,
in part, to coerce us into behaving
ourselves when we had family
gatherings. And we were always
much more interested in running
around the dining room table, jum-
ping on the sofa, and throwing the
Nerf football at my grandmother.
Just released
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Manin
Dateline:
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Dublin
"Think fast," we'd say. And
then giggle when it
dropped
beside
her.
.
"When I was a kid," she'd say,
"I didn't dare throw anything in
the house. When I was
a
kid,
I
had
to walk five miles to school. When
I was a kid, I never put my shoes
on the sofa. When I was a kid,
when I was a kid, when I was a
kid."
It always seemed like a lifetime
ago. Not that they were so foreign
to us, but I always had difficulty
picturing what it had really been
like.
But I was seeing it now at this
farmhouse. The
kids,
in between
serving the tea and clearing the
table, were telling me that they had
to
walk
3 miles to their schools, and
they later showed me the pathway
at the edge of the meadow behind
the farm.
And I felt as if I had taken a ride
back in time, and these cousins of
These five North Road residents took a break from their studies last weekend to soak up
the rays of 70 degree weather.
Thieves hit cafe for third time this year
About 11 pounds of sliced meat was stolen from
the faculty cafeteria last Sunday, the third time this
year food has been stolen, said Cafeteria Manager Bob
Jepson.
Cafeteria workers discovered that turkey, ham and
roast beef was missing at about 10:30 p.m, Jepson
said. He said one of the three doors was probably left
unlocked.
Jepson said food will no longer be stored in the
faculty kitchen. It will be moved into the main
cafeteria, he added.
Joseph Leary, director of safety and
security,
said
there are are no suspects yet.
-Chris Landry
mine weren't really my cousins -
they were my grandparents as lit-
tle kids. And then I could see them
as elderly, telling stories to their
own grandchildren.
A bit later I rQ!led out the
15-foot long family tree that I had
researched in eighth grade. I had
expected to fill in some of the
blanks with information from the
older generation.
But what really struck me was
how knowledgeable two of my
younger cousins were about the
family. They rattled off more
names, birthdates, deaths, mar-
riages and engagements than any of
the older generation had.
The closeness of the
family
here
in Ireland was evident. Nobody has
lost contact. And there was no sign
of the latest generation, that of my
younger cousins, letting up.
That kind of family closeness
seems to be slowly disappearing in
America. The large family gather-
ings come mostly at funerals and
weddings. Even holidays are reserv-
ed only for the immediate family
in many instances.
We, as Americans, seem to be so
caught up in the "me" generation
that making time for family doesn't
always fit in. But it should.
And when you only see the
whole family once or twice a year,
you can't possibly keep up to date
on family news. Think about it -
you're probably closer to the guy
at the package store than you are
with some of your own family.
Next time you 're at one of those
oh-so-far- and-few-between fami-
ly
gatherings, why not swap
"When I was a kid" stories, and
find out who your family really are.
We can't let the American fami-
ly fade. Family is too important,
and some of us don't realize it un-
til it's too late.
Ilse Martin is The Circle's
overseas correspondent.
Walters first woman
to get LT Award
by
PAUL O'SULLIVAN
Editorial Page Editor
Saying she felt her best work was
yet to come, television journalist
Barbara Walters accepted Marist
College's Lowell Thomas Award at
a luncheon held at the Helmsley
Palace
in
Manhattan
last
Thursday.
Surrounded by her ABC News
colleagues, Walters said she found
it overwhelming to be compared to
the pioneer explorer and broadcast
journalist for whom the award
is
named.
Hugh Downs, Walters' co-host
on the news program "20/20" and
host of the ceremony, credited
Walters for personifying the ex-
cellence and high ideals of Lowell
Thomas.
"I have never known her to sen-
sationalize a story," Downs said.
''She always strives to bring the
truth and facts to people without
fear or favor."
In presenting the award to
Walters, the first woman to receive
the honor, President Dennis J.
Murray commented that Walters'
career seemed to pick up where that
of Lowell Thomas left off.
Murray praised Walters' per-
sistence in bringing interesting peo-
ple and places into the living rooms
of America and finding out what
makes them tick, much the way
Thomas brought the far away and
exotic into the lives of everyday
people.
"She has forever changed the
.role
of women in journalism,"
Murray said.
Also present to honor Walters
were "PiimeTime Live" co-host
Sam Donaldson and ABC News
President Roone Arledge.
In her acceptance speech,
Walters commented on how much
TV news has changed since 1964,
when she became the female host
of NBC's "Today" show, a posi-
tion then known by the term "To-
day girl."
Walters' recalled that, as that ti-
tle may suggest, female journalists
in those days were expected to act
in a certain way and only write
"female things."
It was only through persistence
and hard work, Walters said, that
she finally got her "Today" pro-
ducer to declare that "she can write
what the men write."
In addition to being the first
woman to anchor a network news
program, Walters has interviewed
a vast array of personalities from
all walks of life, including Anwar
el-Sadat, Ingrid Bergman, Princess
Grace of Monaco, Richard Nixon
and Moummar Qadaffi.
In addition to Walters, the col-
lege also honored Lawrence
Striegel, assistant editor at News-
day and a 1979 Marist alumnus,
with the 1990 Communication Arts
Alumni Internship Achievement
Award.
Striegel, who interned at the
Poughkeepsie Journal in 1978 and
the Associated Press in 1979, cited
Marist's internship program as
vital in giving his career in jour-
nalism a head start and said there
is no substitute for the real-world
experience an internship can bring.
The Lowell Thomas Award was
established in 1983 to recognize the
outstanding achievements of the
best in broadcast journalism.
Previous winners of the award are
Eric Sevareid, Walter Cronkite,
Howarp K. Smith, Douglas Ed-
wards, David Brinkley, Harry
Reasoner and John Chancellor.
All is no longer Greek among campus frats
by
TYLER GRONBACH
Staff Writer
The first meeting of the Marist College
Greek Council took place on last Wednes-
day, ending the long silence between the dif-
ferent Greek organizations here on campus.
With the number of Greek organizations
growing on campus every semester, Patrick
Reilly, ritual master of Tau Kappa Epsilon,
felt
it
was necessary to ban together.
"I first proposed the council back in
September 1989 to the Council of Student
Leaders, but they didn't take me seriously.
Now that there are 7 greek organizations on
campus it's a must," said Reilly.
The other groups making up this council
are Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Phi Rho and
Tau Epsilon Phi, with Pi Omega, Sigma
Sigma Sigma and Kappa Lamda Psi as the
three sororities on the board.
Each group had many reasons for joining
the council, but most importantly they
wanted to work together.
"We are looking to bring the different
greek
organizations together for one purpose
-
to offer social alternatives to students,"
said Larry Darrow, president of Sigma Phi
Epsilon.
The council believes that the school is very
weak in social activities; subsequently the
Greek life has grown in the last
5 years.
"Marist is not satisfying the needs of the
students, so students turn to the Greeklife
for something different," said Scott Kendall,
president of Tau Kappa Epsilon. ''Since my
freshmen year 2 sororities and 2 fraternities
have started," he said.
Greek life began with the chartering of
Sigma Phi Epsilon on March 3, 1979. They
are the oldest frat on campus, and since the
beginning have had to deal with many
obstacles, mostly rumors.
"Many
students have had unfavorable
opinions about what our organization stands
for," Darrow said. "We are not socially
open to the public -
no frat or sorority is
-
so they make up their own ideas of what
goes on," said Darrow.
Opposing students were not the only pro-
blem for the groups; the administration was
very hesitant about encouraging the growth
of greek life.
"We have had a really difficult time get-
ting straight answers on what we had to do
to get going," said Jen O'Donovan, presi-
dent of Sigma Sigma Sigma. "We started this
sorority back in Janu"ary, but nobody really
gave us any advice. We will now wait until
September 1990 to begin with our program,'•
she said.
For others getting started wasn't the pro-
blem, but instead gaining recognition by the
school. Sigma Phi Rho and Tau Kappa Ep-
silon have been ignored by the college as
established fraternities, but are recognized by
their national chapters.
Sigma Phi Rho has under 10 members, so
the school is not required to recognize them,
and Tau Kappa Epsilon is still on probation
until September of 1990 because of violations
of school policy. Currently, Sigma Phi Ep-
silon is the only chapter recognized by the
school.
"There is no set of rules governing frats
and sororities, so the administration deals
with infractions as they come along," Reil-
ly said.
"For the first few months I wasn't sure
.who was in charge of us. This is why the
greek council is necessary. So we can
establish
;t
set of rules to follow," he said.
Julio Colon, president of Sigma Phi Rho,
feels the greek council will help eliminate
these difficulties between greek organizations
and the administration.
"The administration has had problems
with some of our policies in the past. By
working with the greek council to smooth
over these problems we can then concentrate
on more positive activities," said Colon.
The council hopes to sponsor different
events during the year not just for frats and
sororities, but for all students. They intend
to increase Greek awareness at the college
and become more involved in the Marist
community.





























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THE CIRCLE, APRIL
26, 1990
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Holocaust ob-served
on 50th anniversary
The fiftieth anniversary of the Holocaust was observed
on campus last week to remember the six million killed in
Nazi death camps.
About
80
students, faculty, staff and local religious leaders
gathered in Campus Center 249 last Wednesday night for
a presentation called "Remembering the Voices That Were
Silenced."
The program, which was sponsored by Campus Ministry
and the Office of Housing and Residential Life, included
readings by Milton Teichman, professor of English, and the
students of his course "Literature of the Holocaust,"
as
well
as a talk on the liberation of the death camps by Franklin
Hazard, who was in the United States Army when the death
camps were freed.
Hazard gave a vivid account of what he saw. ''One of the
things that affected me the most, besides the mass graves,
was a pile of baby shoes," Hazard said. "The Germans
recycled everyth
_
ing.''
The presentation led by Teichman and his students discuss-
ed the hope, courage, and most of all the resistance of the
Jewish people. Even with the threat of torture and death
there was resistance, Teichman said.
"A hold on hope was even a form of resistance,"
Teichman said.
Rev. Benedict D' Alessandro, Marist chaplain, urged the
group to remember those who died in the Holocaust, so that
such a horror could never happen again.
PARKING
"It is essential that we continue to meet and affirm the
unconscionable horrors of the Holocaust, as revisionists
work so hard to dispel the truth by substituting lies for
historical barbarism," said Helene Price of Poughkeepsie.
"We will never forget."
-Joy Williams
Clubs honored
during CSL awards
The
International
Students Union was honored as Club
of the Year at the Council of Student Leaders awards din-
ner and transition ceremony Sunday.
The class of
1991
was awarded Class of the Year by the
CSL.
CSL members and about 35 club leaders, staff and ad-
ministrators also honored Betty Y eaglin, director of college
activities, who is retiring this year after
11
years at Marist.
President Dennis J. Murray and Gerard A. Cox, vice presi-
dent for student affairs, congratulated the club leaders for
a year of diverse campus activities. There are nearly 60 stu-
dent activities currently chartered, including several groups
which are new this year.
Murray told the students the school's goal should be to
get every student involved with some club, team or
organization.
Yeaglin told the club leaders they should recruit more
students next year so that more ideas will produce more in-
teresting activities. She was presented a plaque and clock by
Ray Roy, Financial Board chairperson.
The Community Service Award, also given to a club by
CSL, was not awarded this year because most club leaders
did not submit a required statement to be considered for the
award.
The CSL is the main organ of student government and
is responsible for chartering clubs and organizations. The
CSL comprises the following elected positions: the student
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education as the reasons for the
new parking policy.
"The college must move in the
direction of
becoming a pedestrian.
oriented, rather than vehicular-
oriented campus," Adin said. "I
believe that
the
changes now and
over the next few months will play
an important role in improving the
quality of education and life at
Marist College."
A new parking policy
planned
for next year would assign each
driver a lot to park in without over-
booking any lot.
The current parking practice is
frustrating to those who live and
work on campus.
"There has been a problem with
parking ever since I came to
Marist,"
said Albert Stridsberg,
assistant professor of advertising.
"There is a problem with the ar-
chitectural planning; we need more
parking."
Stridsberg said it has become
more convenient to park across the
road at Marist East.
Some students are angry with the
disruption so close to the end of the
school year.
"I think they could have saved
everyone a lot of frustration by
waiting until this summer to start
this project," said Lisa Walsh,
a
junior from Harrisonburg, Vt.
Others continue to search for
that elusive spot.
"It's something we have to
deal
with, I guess," said Pam Rossi, a
junior
from Windsor Locks, Conn.
"Now that the weather is better it's
not as bad, because I don't mind
walking
as
much, but when it's
cold or raining, then it's not too
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Singers gear up
f<;>r glasnost tour
·
The Marist College Singers will carry their tunes to the
Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia this summer for at least
five performances.
.
Joining choral groups from local colleges, the 22 singers
will not only perform, but they will tour the country and
experience the culture and art of the Russian people.
According to DorothyAnn Davis, director of choral ac-
tivities at Marist, a big part of the trip is co~unication.
"Music is the universal language; it has unbelievable power
to open the hearts and minds of people all over the world,"
she said.
.
The Marist Singers, which was founded in the fall of
1980,
has made choral tours of Italy, Austria, Germany, Australia,
Israel, New Zealand, Egypt and Great Britain, but has never
visited the Soviet Union.
Davis said she hopes the trip will facilitate. c~mmu11:ic~-
tion with Russian University youth and the Russian art1suc
culture.
"We all grow through communication, and the only way
is to reach out through the arts to learn about each other,"
Davis said.
The singers
will
leave New York on May
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CIRCLE, APRIL
26.,
1990
River Day revelry
recalls
•
memories
of the old days
Only in America.
Here were some of the future
leaders of America, sliding off the
tent, chasing frisbees into fences
and attempting to cast urinals into
the Hudson.
Where are the tour groups when
you really need them?
There were awards, burgers, hot
dogs and enough 51Curity guards to
ward off a riot or such.
Even though it did taste of a
prison environment, it was a fairly
pleasant taste.
Wes Zahnke
A
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It was the icing on the cake for
a day that started slowly but soon
erupted into a classic, marathon
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This was a day that brought
frowns onto the faces of many,
(notably the administration}, and
smiles to the hundreds of little
children from all over the
Northeast.
The ceremonial keg rolling took
place earlier in the morning at a
certain locale that had the mayor
of Poughkeepsie shaking in his
boots.
The whereabouts of this pit of
vice is unknown, but reliable
sources indicate that it's not too far
from this very campus.
This day evoked many different
emotions in me, as my thoughts, as
well as my body, wandered in dif-
ferent directions.
I
thought of River Day freshmen
year, when there was enough mud
to cover a small city.
That was the last
unsanctioned
day. That was back when men were
men
and
beer was beer and a man
was paid fairly for
a
hard day's
work.
We didn't need to pay in ad-
We were young and inno-
cent. ..
OK,
so we were young. It
was just like playing in the sand-
box all over again.
Sophomore year was a rather
bizarre River Day, as I spent it in
a bar in New Paltz. Don't ask me
why; it seemed fun at the time.
Last year was spent running
around Poughkeepsie trying to find
the right spot to set up camp.
It
all
worked out and fun was
had by all.
This year was the piece de'
resistance of sorts as the culmina-
tion of my four years comes win-
ding down.
There were tears shed last Fri-
day. Tears from the eyes of babes.
Tears from true emotion and love
flowing right from the heart. Tears
because someone
through
beer in
their eyes.
This country was formed
on
celebrations.
Independence
Day,
Christmas Labor Day and our own
River Day. It's as American asap-
ple pie, McDonald's and tractor
pulls.
Think of it:
an
open field,
some
beer, good company and a
little
USHERS
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I became nervous and ran from
that townhouse. I was a bit
lethargic as my head throbbed and
I felt slightly dizzy.
I could hear the chorus of laughs
as I stumbled along, groping for
that elusive next step. I made it
through the dark and cold until I
reached my destination.
I stopped, clutched my heart and
began to sing, "God Bless
America,
my
home
sweet
home .... "
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duck humor columnist.
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8
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HE CIRCLE
EDITORI
A
L
APRIL
26, 1990
THE
CIRCLE
BilJ Johnson,
Editor
Karen Cicero,
Managing Editor
Paul O'Sullivan,
Editorial Page Editor
Chris Landry,
Senior Editor
Steven Murray,
Senior Editor
Lynaire Brust,
Photography Editor
Bob Higgins,
Editorial Cartoonist
Jay Reynolds,
Sports Editor
Stacey McDonnell,
News Editor
Mo0y Ward,
News Editor
Holly Gallo,
Features Editor
Kevin St. Onge,
Business Manager
Ed McGarry,
Circulation Manager
John Hartsock,
Faculty Adviser
The parking plan
is reasonable
Two years ago, the North End was
braced to become a shopping center,
when the proposed Marist Village was
high on the priority list. Now, ad-
ministrators are trying to eliminate the
shopping center atmosphere of the
campus.
Students, faculty, staff and ad-
ministrators won't be roaming campus
roads looking for choice parking in the
fall, if Assistant Vice President Marc
Adin's plan goes into effect. Mr. Adin's
plan to assign each driver a specific lot
is a reasonable way to control the park-
ing madness on campus.
Under the current system, lots are
designated for student or faculty and
staff parking, but permits are not issued
according to the number of spaces
available in each lot. The prime lots like
Benoit and Champagnat are filled
beyond capacity. Others, like Mccann,
are mostly empty.
By assigning drivers to lots, and not
the other way around, only as many per-
mits as a given lot can accommodate
will
be issued, eliminating the practice of
cramming too many cars where they
don't belong.
Aside from ending the search for a
space, the new plan would ensure that
the way is clear for fire trucks to res-
pond to the many calls (false as they are)
to the campus, eliminating a current
risk.
This plan hinges on the construction
of the four new parking lots, and pro-
per access roads to them, by the fall.
If
that set up falls through, we'll see chaos
such as we have never seen before on
campus.
Sounds like a feasible solution to
Marist's parking woes? Enforcement,
now and later, is essential. So is
equitable rationing of space. Don't give
all the worst lots to the students.
To its credit, Security has ticketed and
booted violators, but every day there are
still cars illegally parked that have
escaped the boot or the tow truck.
Security personnel have been more
than accommodating in relaxing park-
ing restrictions on roadsides. They
should realize that they can't allow
drivers' laziness to persist when it in-
terferes with safety and the orderly flow
of traffic.
The
.
permanent parking solution
won't come until all the construction has
ended and all new lots are complete. For
the rest of the semester, we should try
to ease the North End obstacle course.
Fair
an
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u
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If anyone wants to respond to a column
printed in The Circle, really, all you have to
do is write a letter to the editor. Throwing
bottles at columnists does not qualify as free
expression of responsible opinion.
That's a whimsical way to look at the in-
juries to three students, one of whom writes
a column on this page, that resulted from last
week's River Festival.
In a serious sense, the three reported in-
juries are a sorry testament to what happens
when Marist students get drunk and act like
barbarians.
We've started such a strange tradition: Put
the students in a big pen with some beer and
some food,
call
it an annual spring party and
see what happens.
Peter Amato, assistant dean of student af-
fairs, said he doesn't know how to prevent
people from throwing rocks and bottles and
punching one another. Overall, he ranked
the event as "fair."
What is fair?
In "Macbeth," William Shakespeare
wrote, "Fair is foul and foul is fair, hover
through the fog and filthy
air."
The witches'
chant on a Scottish heath sounds like a
Security report of River Festival on the North
Field.
Is it fair that the event is generally run
more smoothly now that it is more controll-
ed? Is it fair that although the reported in-
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juries were fewer in number and less serious
than in the past, three students still ended up
at the hospital?
The 12 security officers that surrounded
the field, with college administrators look-
ing down from the basketball court, allow-
ed controlled mayhem -
four hours of en-
caged
riotous debauchery.
Joseph Leary, director of safety and
security, said any staff members or ad-
ministrators who go down there are taking
their chances. He said it's better to keep the
officers off the field because of the way col-
lege students who have been drinking are
prone to treat authority figures.
It's a shrewd idea. Caesar didn't spread
a blanket on the ground as he watched the
lions maul the Christians in the Coliseum.
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World must unite
on nuclear dilemma
Robin Williams once wondered
if
a cruise
missile was a missile that said "Ooh, a city,
let's destroy it! ! ! "
Williams is a funny guy, but the subject
of nuclear weapons has yet to leave popula-
tions bent over with laughter. That's why the
world has to come up with some new ideas,
or bring back some old ones to deal with
them.
Yes, there will be no I'd like to thank the
academy speeches or pot shots to get back
all those who done me wrong (maybe next
week). As the end draws near, I find myself
floating closer and closer to the edge of the
left wing. By the way my nose looks, I think
I may have fallen off.
But the seriousness of the arms situation
far supercedes Robin Williams routines or
River Day injuries. Despite all the progress
made recently, the only viable answer to truly
ending the arms race is taking control of
weapons of mass destruction away from in-
dividual- nations and putting them under the
control of some kind of international
organization.
That may seem like a pretty big leap, con-
sidering the progress that has been made
recently in arms control between the two
superpowers. But, even though both sides
have succeeded in eliminating some nuclear
weapons, both still have enough firepower
to blow the world back to the days of Fred
and Barney.
The present arms race
is
a draw. Both sides
are relatively equal in terms of technology
and numbers, and it is safe to say that both
understand that a nuclear attack by either
side would most likely result in the destruc-
tion of both sides, making a sneak attack
• 'unadvisable.''
The real worry is that the conflicting in-
terests of the two sides might escalate a stray
snowball over the 38th Parallel into a full-
fledged nuclear exchange.
While no system is perfect, an interna-
tional nuclear force would eliminate that pro-
blem, since neither side would have missiles
to lob at the other every time a leader gets
a hangnail. At the least, it would make things
safer than they are now.
International control
is
also necessary
because of how the arms race is set up. Even
if the United States and the Soviet Union
were to destroy all their nuclear weapons, the
technology for building more would still be
there in case a conflict arose
.
Without some
kind of outside control, the threat would still
remain.
What about the other nuclear powers in
the world? They would have to join too, of
course, which may not be too easy. But, if
the Soviets and Americans could get together
on something like this, the influence they
would wield as a unit would be much grea~er
Thinking
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between
the
lines
Paul O'Sullivan
than the po~er they have separately.
If a
plan like this is going to work, it
will
take
the two major superpowers to make it
work.
This plan would also help in terms of those
nations that have yet to join the He-Man
Nuclear Weapon Club. Recently, police at
a London airport foiled an Iraqui attempt
to smuggle parts necessary for the building
of nuclear weapons, forcing Iraq to either
try
again or try to develop a carry-on nuclear
weapon that will fit in the overhead
compartment.
This nuclear proliferation issue is another
subject that has worried the superpowers for
some time. No one wants to see Libya or Iran
shaking ICBMs at the world.
This is
another
argument for international control, since one
large impartial organization would
be bet-
ter equipped to oversee the transfer of
nuclear material and see that it is used only
for peaceful purposes.
Of course, right now there are enough
holes in this idea to float a submarine
through it, such as who would be included
in such an organization, who would make
the decision to let the missile fly, and, most
importantly, how cheaters would be deter-
red and punished, if necessary.
But if this isn't the time to
begin
thinking
about such a plan, then that time will never
come. Today, the world is experiencing an
increase in international trust that has never
been seen before, and may never be seen
. again. Western Europe is close to becoming
one entity, with a united Germany as a
member. The United States has signed a free
trade agreement with Canada and is
negotiating one with Mexico.
The time to strike is now. This idea inter-
national control of nuclear weapons and
materials was originally proposed by Bernard
Baruch back in the .1940s, when the United
States was the only member of the nuclear
club.
That opportunity passed us by.
The world can't afford to let that happen
again.
Paul O'Sullivan is The Circle's political
columnist.





























LETTERS
To
THE
EDITOR
Expo extras
Editor:
I appreciate The Circle's excellent coverage
of the recent Employer Expo. However,
Mike O'Farrell's most recent article (4/5/90)
might have given readers the impression that
the employers were pleased with the pro-
gram, but students were not.
This was definitely not the case. Of the
students evaluating the program, 85 percent
indicated that the Expo was informative,
helpful for exploring options and worth at-
tending. Also, 87 percent said they would at-
tend a similar program next year and 95 per-
cent said they would recommend it to a
friend.
With respect to the student opinions· ex-
pressed in the article, let me provide some
response.
- The program appeared disorganized to
some students. What they perceived as
disorganization was actually the result of the
overwhelming student attendance. We an-
ticipated 600 students, but 1,200 arrived.
This caused crowding and logistical pro-
blems. The McCann Center is being con-
sidered as the site of next year's program.
-Some students mentioned a lack of
diversity in employers. We intentionally kept
this program small because we did not know
how many student would attend. Once you
disappoint employers, they don't
come
back.
We had to be careful.
We invited two or three employers from
each of approximately
IO career fields
so that
there would
be
something for everyone. Bas-
ed on this year's attendance, next year's pro-
gram will be
larger.
However, an expo will never be able to
meet every student's
individual
needs. There
are many other ways in which we assist
students with their job search and career
planning
efforts.
In closing, let me encourage students to
utilize the
other
services
of our
office.A job
search is often a
complex
and frustrating
process. We can help.
Deidre
Sepp
Director,
Career
Development and Field
Experience
Frat fundraisers
Editor:
As
a
professional fund raiser, nothing
pleases me more than
dedicated
individuals
who make special contributions to wor-
thwhile causes. We
call
these folks volunteers
and they are exceptional. Without their help
and commitment I would not be successful.
One such group that always dedicates its
time and effort to my cause is Tau Kappa
Epsilon (TKE). TKE has been in attendance
at several of my fund raisers
and
I have also
seen their influence at other community
activities.
I value TKE's help because they bring their
outstanding interpersonal
and
organizational
skills to crucial fund raising situations. They
always have the best interests of the institu-
tion at heart and are genuinely sincere
about
their feelings about
Marist
College.
I have known most ofTKE's members for
two years and
in
that time have come to
know them to
be
hard-working, conscien-
tious young men.
I can
say without reserva-
tion that they are
a credit
to
our
program and
a very special, integral
part of Marist
College.
Gary L. Smith .Jr.
Coordinator, Annual Fund
Not unhappy
Editor:
In the April
5
issue of The Circle it was
explained that I was "disappointed" with the
job expo that took place in the Fireside
Lounge
on
March 28.
In
fact, I was not
disappointed, nor was I displeased that I
attended.
My only criticism is that I think the expo
should
be held in a larger area where more
mobility is allowed. I do believe the college
is definitely working hard to bring its
students the opportunity to see the kind of
jobs that are available and what
type
of com-
petition exists.
John
Downey
Senior Class President
THE CIRCLE
VIEWPOINT
APRIL
26, 1990
9
Parking woes will pay off soon
by
MARC B. ADIN
The closing of the Lowell Thomas Park-
ing Lot and the concurrent loss of 116 park-
ing spaces has caused a degree of concern
and irritation among some members of the
Marist community.
I certainly understand these feelings: more
time has to be allotted to walk from more
distant lots, more time is being spent going
from lot to lot searching for empty spaces
and patience begins to wear thin. The pro-
mise of a new academic quad and green
space does not alleviate your current
frustration.
Given these realities, I want to share with
you both the planned future location of lots
at the College and the philosophy underly-
ing the decision-making process of who
parks where and why.
Four new parking lots are scheduled to be
constructed and open by Sept. 1, 1990. Two
lots will be located at the north end of
Gartland Commons, one lot will be located
at the north side of the Dyson Center and
one will located northwest of the Cham-
pagnat lot along Waterworks Road.
These four new lots will add 524 new park-
ing spaces on campus. Thus, the current in-
convenience
will
be short-lived and tolerable.
It is imperative that we be cognizant of the
diverse constituencies these lots must serve,
as their form will follow their function. The
resident population, the full-time non-
resident population, commuter students,
adult education students, full-time faculty
and administrators, adjunct faculty, support
staff and visitors, all must be able to park
on campus.
This complex mix of constituencies re-
quires a unified and rational approach to
parking
on
campus. The new parking policy
must be fair, efficient, understandable and
in the best interests of the entire community.
Most importantly, the college must move
in the direction of becoming a pedestrian-
oriented rather than vehicular-oriented cam-
pus. The ever-increasing number of cars
moving through campus represents both a
threat to pedestrians and the environmental
integrity of the campus. Cars moving daily
from building to building are a constant
source of air, visual and noise pollution.
Our future planning is centered on the no-
tion that the use of-the car is to be limited
to getting to and from campus, not from
building to
building
on campus. Except for
the physically handicapped or physically ill,
cars will be assigned to designated ap-
propriate lots which will have enough spaces
to accommodate those cars assigned.
Given the physical size of our campus, and
the number of activities, cars and people on
our campus, any other arrangement would
be chaotic and unworkable. The campus is
rapidly evolving, as it does so, the physical
and environmental palette will also change.
Our campus is not a shopping center where
we search and search for the parking space
located most closely to our merchant of
choice. It must not be a set of buildings sur-
rounded by a sea of blacktop.
Our campus must
be safe for bicyclists and
pedestrians.. It must be physically beautiful.
It must set a tone supportive of the
goals of
academe. It must lend itself to rigor,
reflec-
tion and enjoyment.
I believe that the changes now and over
the next few months will play an important
role in improving the quality of education
and life at Marist College.
Marc
8.
Adin is the assistant vice
president.
A memorial
on John Griffin
by
PETER O'KEEFE
I want to thank The Circle for its kind ar-
ticle on the death of professor John Griffin.
The mild tone of the article captured the
modest nature of the man himself.
The first and last time I met his mother
in the late 1970's she told me how she used
to attempt to hang his many awards for
academic excellence on his bedroom walls,
only to have John quietly remove them when
she left the room.
This unassuming man went through life
covering up all those symbols of success that
have become so essential to most other peo-
ple's egos. He would be content, even
honored, to read his obituary identifying him
as a Catholic, member of the Knights of Col-
umbus and a Notre Dame subway-alumnus
with no mention of those academic awards
which included a scholarship to Cornell
Medical School after graduating from St.
Peter's College with highest honors.
John had a strong sense of roots and was
proud of the religious- ethnic traditions that
shaped his character. In his case these tradi-
tions were real "roots" that gave rise to a
fully human person.
This quiet, unassuming gentleman who
was almost never seen without a shirt and tie
was
one
of the most passionately
democratic
and
tolerant of human beings.
His mind was incredibly democratic. Like
his idol, John Stuart Mill, John's intellect
ranged over most every field of knowledge
science, mathematics, religion,
philosophy, classic
langauges,
history as well
economics.
He
was fascinated by geography, especial-
ly rivers and their impact on the socio-
economic development of American towns.
His ability to see so many sides to a ques-
tion could at times be frustrating.
He rarefy saw things in black and white.
As someone recently commented, if you tried
to convince John that the devil was the
essence
of evil he would
probably
remind you
that he was once an angel.
This
democratic
mind that could be ob-
jective to a fault was complemented by
Letter Policy
The
Circle
welcomes
letters to the
editor.
All letters
must
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typed
and
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The deadline for letters is noon Mon-
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dropped off
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right to edit
letters for matters of style,
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and
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temperament that was deceivingly pas-
sionate. Indeed, passion, not intellect, was
the key to understanding John's character.
Like the philosopher William James, John
saw life in moral terms.
It
was a "real fight"
on his part to do the right thing. Although
John's moral conscience was shaped by his
religious, ethnic traditions, it was complete-
ly free of parochialism and narrow
dogmatism.
He accepted the fact that "he was his
brother's keeper" so much that he embrac-
ed every human being, particularly the less
fortunate.
Mention Reaganomics to John Griffin and
he immediately started talking about the
poor people whose needy programs were be-
ing cut to shreds.
As an economist, he could anaylze the
pros and cons of 'supply side' economics
with laborious detail, but the bottom line for
John was the moral issue - poor people who
were being deprived. That is why this son of
a middle class Republican father was a
New
Dealer until the day he died.
This passionate concern for people was
particularly evident in the Marist communi-
ty where he worked for over 25 years. He was
respected as the perfect gentleman by all of
his co-workers.
His courtesy had no class distinctions -
secretaries, professors, maintenance, ad-
ministration were all equally deserving of his
respect. Ii-is concern for the students was the
overriding motive for his commitment to
Marist College.
He even had what we used to call
a
'back-
up make-up' on the day of the final
exam
for those students who missed
a
make-up
test. Any attempt to suggest that students
might be taking advantage of him would be
met with a gentle smile that said, 'I have to
give every student the benefit.'
I remember
an
incident when John was
struggling with the prospect of failing a stu-
dent somewhat older than her classmates. He
discussed his dilemma with me and another
friend, expressing deep sympathy for the
woman who was obviously working her way
through college.
Our mutual friend added fuel to John's
deep concern by suggeting that the
poor
woman was probably
a.
single parent raising
a ~ouple of children. After leaving John,
I
commented to our friend that his remark had
just earned that young lady a passing grade
at least.
Sure enough, that afternoon John made
it a point to assure him that he had re-read,
probably for the tenth time, the young
lady's
tests and essays and that he would be able
to pass her after all.
This one incident more than any other
sums up John Griffin. I can still see the sear-
ching pain in his eyes as he seriously discuss-
ed this student's predicament.
On the one hand, John's mind was grap-
pling with all the scientific, evidence - miss-
ed classes, failed tests and mediocre essays
- all of which he took very seriously. While
on the other hand, he kept thinking of this
human being struggling to keep her own
world together.
I consider myself honored to have been
one of his close friends. We were an odd cou-
ple, this bright, polite middle-class boy from
New Jersey and the raw shoe shine boy from
the South Bronx whose mother had no
medals to hang on his bedroom wall.
I
once remarked to John that if we had
gone to the same schools as children he
would
probably
would not have been allow-
ed to play with me. He replied with a smile,
"You're probably right.''
I always felt that if
there
was anything he
envied about me it was my temper. Despite
all the polishing of his middle-class Victorian
background, John at heart remained a 'wild
Irishman•
with an historic sense of man's in-
justice to his fellow man inherited from his
ethnic
background.
He literally boiled over inside when faced
with injustice of any kind, but his desperate
need to be 'fair' to every person as well as
every idea that crossed his mind robbed him
of the luxury of 'driving money changers out
of the temple.'
Peter O'Keefe
is
a history professor.
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12
THE CIRCLE, APRIL
26, 1990
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Chinese to be offered
by
CHRIS ROHDE
Staff Writer
Students will have another language
course to choose from next semester when
Marist begins to offer Chinese, the
language spoken by 25 percent of the
world's population.
This course will concentrate on Man-
darin Chinese, the dominate language us-
ed in modern China, and
will
focus
on
the
correct pronunciation of the tones in the
dialect.
Taught by teslie Gabriel, the the six-
credit course will be spread over two
semesters and will meet twice a week for
80 minutes, allowing enough time for the
students to learn many of the characters
used in the Chinese language.
Unlike the English language which is
based on 26 letters the Chinese language
uses a different character for every word,
making for a lot of material to be
covered.
James Kullander, assistant direstor of
public relations, who spent a year
teaching English in China, said learning
Chinese is going to be the wave of the
future.
"Japan and Europe may be at the top
of world interest now,
but
in the long run
it's going to
be
China just due to the raw
number of people there," he said.
If
there is sufficient student interest,
advanced classes will be offered.
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Please be advised that the college residence areas will close at 10:00 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 1990 for summer vacation.
Dinner will be the last meal served on May 9.
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STUDENTS MUST VACATE
THEIR
ROOM ON THE
DAY
OF THEIR LAST FINAL EXAM.
Begin to plan your departure arrangements
now in order to avoid travel complications. Your
-
immediate departure directly affects students that still have final exams and
the ability of students and professional residence staff to complete their work and begin their vacation plans. During the time
period of Thursday, April 26 until Wednesday, May 2 all students must sign-up with their RA/UC for a room inspection/checkout.
This room inspection will take place after your last exam and when you are ready to leave.
To assist you in returning your keys, a return key envelope and instructions will be sent directly to you through your P.O. Box.
The key envelope will be labeled with your name and residence area. When departing campus after your last final exam, you
should place your college issued key(s) in the envelope, seal it and return it to your RA/UC or Residence Director. If you are
unable to find a staff member, please slip the key envelope (with the keys) under the door of your Residence Director. Students
that do no return their College issued key(s) within 72 hours after the close of the semester will be billed 50.00 per key.
If you have rented a refrigerator from College Rent-A-Fridge, a representative will be here on Monday, April 30, to pick up the
refrigerator from 9:00 am - 11 :00 am in front of Leo Hall and from 11
:30
am - 12:30 pm in front of Champagnat Hall.
When departing, your residence area must be swept clean with trash taken to an outdoor container. Do NOT leave trash in your
room or the common areas. All assigned furniture and appliances must be cleaned and placed in their proper location. Windows
and curtains should be closed (windows locked) and lights turned off.
The last van shuttle to Canterbury Apartments leaves Marist at 10:45 pm on Wednesday, May 9.
REMINDER, ALL STUDENTS MUST VACATE ON THE DAY OF THEJR- LAST EXAM. Consult your RA/UC or RD for further
details regarding exiting procedures. Students residing in the Townhouses, North Road, Gartland Commons, and Canterbury Apartments
will receive through their P.O. Box a more detailed exiting procedure booklet to assist them. Final exam schedules are available
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THE CIRCLE, APRIL
26, 1990
13
These turtles are pros; don 't try this at home
As is the norm, along with
popularity comes controversy.
And now both the big screen and
the little screen each have their
own. Go figure!
In the case of the big screen we
have our beloved Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles
·
. Now, on the surface
these ridiculous creatures seem
harmless enough, hey, they're even
named after famous people from
history like Michelangelo.
How cultural!
But the prob!~ starts when a
new movie ab'tmt the green
"dudes" becomes one
or-
-the
highest first-week grossing pictures
in history.
The controversy was simmering
on the back burner for quite some
time but now with the movie'-1, suc-
cess comes a huge heated debate
nationwide. The debate I am refer-
ring to, of course, is whether
or
not
the Turtles have a negative in-
fluence on the behavior of those
children who watch them, whether
the cartoon or the flick.
Who cares? The real problem is
how something so stupid become
so popular in the first place.
But
don't blame
the kids, they don't
know
any better.
If
people
really
cared whether
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Approximately 500 students
turned
out for
the
event, which was
held from
I
p.m.
to
5
p.m. and
featured the WPDH Boombox and
a beer
truck
containing 28
kegs.
Amato said a review of the
event, which will include
the
input
of
students,
Security and ad-
ministrators, will be held soon to
discuss possible changes for next
year.
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May
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egin
At
For
ty,
But
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Disease
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A
tFour.
A study of more than
8,000children lasting
15years
suggests that
it's
especially
prudent to encourage kids in
the right eating habits. A diet
low in saturated fats and
cholesterol can actually lower
a major risk factor for heart
disease in children.
To
learn more call or
write
your local
American
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their children would grow up to be
knife-wielding, punch-throwing
delinquents they wouldn't spend
millions of dollars
buymg
their lit-
tle brats the mutant dolls or taking
them to see the mutant dudes on
the silver screen.
Green ni~ja turtles don't cause
violent behavior to surface in kids,
it's the parents that allow it to
happen.
Think about it. These turtles
don't even exist. Parents do. How
about a little shot of feality here.
Then again, it is so much easier to
blame someone else. But let's not
get into a big discussion about the
problems with society, at least not
by way of the Teenage Mutant Nin-
ja Turtles. It would seem this coun-
try has more immediate problems
to deal with.
The other controversy I have
mention is at least somewhat more
compelling. This one deal with a
very funny TV show called
America's Funniest Home Video.
At first glance, the show seems
like a terrific idea, I mean it is fun-
ny, it's easy, it's cheap, and it's
harmless,
right?
Evidently not.
Because the show offers prize
money for the
best
videos, a
pro-
©1990AT&T
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It's
a
little
known
fact
that
...
blem soon arises: greed. As we all
know people will do anything for
money. And now people are stag-
ing events for their camcorders try-
ing to win the money, and many of
these staged events are quite
dangerous.
Fox has said that it gets hundreds
of videos that it refuses to air
because they depict extremely
dangerous stunts.
Give
Fox credit
for having enough common sense
to realize that some things just do
not belong
on
television.
You see, as I stated before, peo-
ple influence people,
not
mutant
green turtles.
And
when people see
other people
winning
lots of
money
they are willing to go to extremes
to win too.
Thus we have videos of average,
everyday people doing very
dangerous things.J..nd Fox cannot
even add the famous warning,
"These Are Trained Stuntmen,
Don't Try This At Home,"
because they're not, they're just
greedy idiots.
And so, a
TV show that is an
honest and innocent attempt at
humor by showing spontaneous
real-tife footage is marred by peo-
ple who probably wear bandanas
and say "Cowabunga, dude."
What is the world coming to?
Tonight is the last night to catch
the Experimental Plays in the
theater. A lot of students put in a
great deal of time arid effort to
write, direct and act in these plays
and I am sure they would ap-
preciate you corning and checking
out their works. I guara)ltee it will
be worth your while.
After seeing much of the
coverage
of
Earth Day
on
everything from
MTV to CNN I
have to wonder
whether or
not it
was just a
big media event. Was
there
an honest attempt
to
improve
the environment
or did someone
just want to see millions of people
sitting around enjoying the
beautiful weather, listening to
music, and drinking beer?
But, hey, I bet someone
made
a
ton of money on some wonderful
$2 "I Survived Earth Day '90" T-
shirts that sold for $25.
Now, I know many of you were
at River Day, whether you
remember or not, so I won't make
a big deal out of it. But there are
a couple of observations that I
think are pertinent.
first, aside from a few minor in-
cidents River Day 1990 proved
once again that a campus spon-
sored event and alcohoi do not
necessarily equal trouble. So con-
gratulations to everyone who par-
ticipated, both the administration
and the student body, for a suc-
cessful day.
And one last point. Congratula-
tions also to this years River God
and Goddess for having the
courage and the intelligence not to
say what shouldn't be said. Don't
doubt yourselves, and don't feel
you have to explain to at)yone. As
Spike Lee would say, you
did
the
right thing.
Ed McGarry is The Circle's
entertainment columnist.
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THE CIRCLE,
APRIL
26,
1990
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APRIL 27,1990
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beyond, it's a lot easier for Marist students
,
parents
,
and staff to buzz off frorTj - a('l;
into
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,
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Intramurals
look to grow
by
R
I
CHARD GUERREIRO
Staff Writer
Long after former Marist basket-
ball standouts
Rik Smits and
Miroslav Pecarski have left, one
European remains at Marist, and
though he can not bring the Red
Foxes to an NCAA tournament, he
is trying to make the
intramural
program as beneficial to the
students as possible.
Bogdan Jovicic, a tall and soft-
spoken, says he has plans to make
the campus activities more appeal-
ing
to a majority- of the Marist
community and in seven months
has learned the system and has pro-
duced a much-improved program.
Though Jovicic has seen both
positives and negatives this year,
five-on-five basketball has
32
teams
and nearly 300 students still active
in its season with a 16-team tour-
nament beginning Friday.
Sports such as basketball, flag
football, softball and volleyball
have been popular and_ successful
since Assistant Director of College
Activities Bob Lynch built up the
program from scratch in the late
1980s.
Jovicic, however, says he is not
satisfied with offering only these
sports and wants to add soccer next
year.
His main priority for 1990 is to
form a chess club and have enough
people interested so that com-
petitive tournaments can be
arraigned.
"There are 500 students involv-
ed in intramurals," Jovicic said. "I
think if we offer a more expanded
and structured program, a few
years down the road we can have
800-1000 students involved. Max-
imum student participation
that's m~ i£)al."
THE CIRCLE, APRIL
26, 1990
,
15
Coxswains need more than a loud mouth
by
DONNAMARIE
D'ANGELICO
Staff
Writer
While most Marist students
sleep, nine people in the distance
move rapidly through the water.
The sound of light rain on the
water seems to symbolize the hard
work and dedication driven by the
Marist crew team.
As a job involving co.aching,
motivation and tactical skills, the
role of a crew coxswain consists of
more than the average eye can see,
according to former var'sity coxs-
wain Kathy Schiller.
"People outside of the team
think we just sit there in the boat,"
said varsity coxswain Kellie
Kolesnik. "They don't even know
we steer the boat."
Dedication and determination
are two characteristics needed to be
a coxswain.
"Someone who can take control
of any &ituation makes a good cox-
swain," said varsity co-captain
Sean Kaylor. "Anyone who is in-
volved in
crew has to be dedicated
-
especially coxswains because
they put up with everyone else's
frustrations."
Crew has held its position in the
past as well as the present as a
group oriented sport. Rowers have
seemed to neglect, however, the im-
portance of their coxswains.
Sometimes they are not given
enough credit where credit is due.
"Rowers take coxswains for
granted -
coxswains can win or
lose a race," said varsity co-captain
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"A rower once told me that on
race day the most important per-
son is the coxswain," said Lori
Wood, coxswain for the men's var-
sity team. "On race day, it all
comes together - it is nine people
working together for the same
goal."
Consequently, coxswains are ex-
pected to provide a lot for their
fellow oarsmen. Perceived as a pro-
minent person for any crew team,
coxswains must take the good with
the bad.
"I have been called a slave driver
by people outside of the team,"
Wood said. "They.think I sit at the
hole of the boat and yell."
Many Marist students cannot
reason with the idea that their peers
arise at dawn to row a narrow shell
VOLLEYBALL
up and down the• Hudson
River.
Still, practice is no substitute for
the real thing, according to Schiller.
"Moving on another boat dur-
ing a race is beyond words," she
said.
"When I get a medal after a race
I'm on cloud nine - it makes my
whole year worthwhile," Wood
said.
Certainly there is a highlight in
everyone's crew career. The hard
work and dedication pays off in the
long run.
"Winning
the Frostbite Regatta
with the women's varsity eight was
fantastic," Schiller said.
"The best feeling for a coxswain
is when you receive a thank you
from a rower," Wood said.
.
.. Continued from page 16
na, president of the volleyball club, said they wanted to do it right.
"I'm obviously disappointed in the decision," Hanna said. "But having
this done up front with everything clearly explained makes a lot more
sense than the the way it was handled last time."
Hanna said he had brought the idea about application for the new set
of grants to Doris in the hopes of being able to hire a coach.
As a junior, Hanna takes care of scheduling, administrative work and
coaching.
The Office of College Activities will not provide money to hire a coach.
Doris, however, said that sometime in the future there might be a way
to hire a coach but at the present time no opportunity exists.
The squad posted a 13-9 record last season.
The situation that exists in the NCAA is unclear at this time, accor-
ding to Doris.
There is a push within Division III collegiate volleyball to, in effect,
secede from the other two divisions.
Marist, being a Division I school, might be left with few teams that
they could schedule games with.
''We
don't want to add programs that we'd eventually have to drop,"
Doris said. "It is our philosophy that if we're going to do it, let's do
it right."
Doris said he would re-evaluate the idea of the club moving up to a
varsity program should more grants be offered in future years.
"(Having volleyball as a varsity sport) would not be such a great ex-
pense if we didn't have to outlay money in other areas," he said. "We
have an excellent program here."
Doris added:
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it means that we have to look into giving more funds
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THE CIRCLE
SPORTS
APRIL
26, 1990
Cagers sign
forward transfer
by
MIKE O'FARRELL
Staff Writer
Fred
Ingles now holds the title of
the
newest Red Fox.
Ingles,
a junior college all-
American,
fias a signed a national
letter
of intent to play basketball at
Marist College,
the school an-
nounced
on Monday.
Ingles,
6-foot-7, 205 pound for-
ward, will
be
joining the Red Foxes
after
a stint at Allegheny Com-
munity
College in Pittsburgh, Pa.
At Allegheny,
Ingles
averaged
21.3 points
and seven rebounds per
game
during his freshman season
on a team
that finished third in the
national
tournament with a 35-6
record.
This
year, averaging 19.2 points
and eight
rebounds per game, In-
gles
became the school's leading
scorer
with 1,606 points.
Ingles
led Allegheny to a 36-2
season
record
that
finished when
his team
downed Muskegon Com-
munity College
85-76 to win the
Division
II National Champion-
ship. Ingles
-
who averaged
23.3
points in the tournament - scored
33
in
the final game.
"Fred is a very effective scorer,
but what really impresses me about
him is his ability to run the floor,"
said Marist head coach Dave
Magarity. "He excels in an uptem-
po game which fits in extremely
well with our style of play.
"He is also very tough to de-
fend," Magarity said. "I've seen
him play against bigger and
stronger people and that
is
when he
has been at his best. Fred
is
a very
productive player that will always
play hard."
Ingles attended Mount Lebanon
High School where as a senior he
led his conference in scoring with
a 28.2 points-per-game average. He
was an honorable mention all-state
selection that year.
With the addition of Ingles,
Marist
has now signed four players
for the 1990-91 season.
Dexter Dunbar, a 6 foot guard
from
the Bronx, Jason Turner, a
6-7 forward from Connecticut and
Chad Weikert, a 6-2 guard from
Indiana have already signed with
the Red Foxes.
Practice makes perfect
Circle
photo/Lynaire Brust
Marist's varsity lightw~ight !our rows up the Hudson River in preparation for this weekend's
New York.State Champ1onsh1ps. The crew,_ f~om left to right, is Lori.Wood, John Andreasen,
J~hn Garrity, Rob Gollhofer and Scott McWllhams. The state championships serve as a quali-
fying race for the Dad Vails - the national small school championships.
Tennis returns to winning
form
Athletic department denies
request for
volleyball
grant
by
MIKE O'FARRELL
Staff Writer
The men's tennis team snapped
a two match losing streak when it
defeated Pace 6-3 on Monday.
After beating Bard 9-0 back on
April 5, the Red Foxes Jost two
matches in a row
to
Siena and
Vassar - Siena downed Marist 6-3
and on April 18, the Red Foxes
were beat 7-2 by Vassar.
Following the Vassar match,
Marist traveled to Mt. St. Mary's
College in Emrnittsburgh, Md. to
take part
in
the Northeast Con-
ference tournament.
By defeating Pace on Monday,
the Red Foxes increased their
spring record to 5-3 with an overall
record of 6-5.
Number two singles player Jim
Cagney won his match over Scott
Plushau 6-2, 6-3. Chris Trieste,
playing the number three spot,
downed his opponent 7-6, 7-6 in a
match that required Trieste to win
two tiebreakers.
Freshman
John
Favazzo
defeated
his foe 7-5,
6-4
while play-
ing in the number four spot.
Number five man Rob Kirk also
needed a tiebreaker to polish off
his
opponent. Kirk downed Steve
Miller 6-2, 6-7 (9-7), 7-6 (7-5) in
another exciting match.
The doubles team of Stan Phelps
and Trieste were notched a 6-1, 6-3
victory over their opponents.
Cagney and Favazzo, playing the
number two doubles tandem, won
their match 6-3, 6-3.
The Red Foxes gave
a
decent
showing at the NEC tournament
on
April 20 and 21 at Mt. St. Mary's.
In the singles "A" bracket
Cagney
WflS
defeated 6-2 6-2 b;
Rich lpri of Mt. St. Macy's and
Peter Brinkman of Robert Morris
downed Phelps 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Trieste was beat 6-3, 6-3 in the
"B" bracket by George Amoss of
Mt. St. Mary'sand Favazza lost to
Ben Johnson of Fairleigh Dickin-
son University 6-3, 6-3.
Despite losing their first round
matches, Cagney and Phelps both
won their consolation matches by
a score of 8-2. Cagney was defeated
in the consolation semi-finals but
Phelps moved on to win the
champion- ship of the "A" con-
solation
bracket.
Phelps
knockedoff
Gary
Gross of St.
Francis
(NY)
7-6 (7-5), 6-2 to earn
the victory.
In the "B" consolation bracket,
both Trieste and Favauo were
defeated 8-5 and 9-7,
respectively
.
Jamie Breen and Kirk compris-
ed the only doubles team entered
by Marist and they were defeated
in the first round 6-1, 6-2 by a team
from Monmouth College.
However, in the doubles con-
solation bracket, Breen and Kirk
won their semi-final match by
default before defeating a team
from St. Francis (PA) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
to
earn
the
consolation
championship.
Results from Tuesday's match
against Fordham and Wednesday's
match against St. Rose were
unavailable at press time.
by
TERRY
HOSMER
Staff Writer
For the second time in as many tries, the Marist men's volleyball club
1as been denied national grants which would raise the standard of the
;,rogram.
Marist Director of Athletics Gene Doris cited financial obligations as
Nell as
an
unpredictable environment within
the
NCAA as
reasons
for
:lenying the volleyball club's request to apply for· a United States
Volleyball Association grant that - if received -
would turn the club
,nto
a varsity team.
The decision came in respome to the club's request for permission to
:1pply for the second set of USVBA grants for the 1991 season.
The club was given permission last year and was selected as
one
of
the colleges to receive the grant.
Marist turned it down.
The confusion that existed in the athletic department last summer when
the grant was applied for and received contributed to the current situa-
tion, according to Doris.
In the summer of 1989, Marist was still without an athletic director
following
the
departure of Brian Colleary, who took the athletic direc-
tor's position at Duquesne, last spring.
Doris started at Marist July 24, 1989.
In the interim, Vice President for Student Affairs Gerard Cox held
the postilion but much of the focus at that time was the preparations
that would have to be made by Marist in order to enter the East Coast
Conference.
Marist, however, withdrew its commitment to the East Coast Con-
ference in January.
When it came time for the grants this year, Doris, as well as Tom Han-
... See
VOLLEYBALL
page
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A
dinner and some company, but that's it?
Ah yes, Parents' Weekend ... or
Junior Parents' Weekend
...
or
Junior's
Parents' Weekend
...
something
like that -
you know,
the weekend
in the spring when
families get together
here at Marist.
The campus
starts to look like
something
again -
half the
students
invite
their parents up for
the weekend
and the other half
goes
to Vassar
for Founders' Day.
Granted,
this is an important
weekend for the
juniors and I don't
want to diminish
that, but outside
the ring
ceremony happenings,
there is not
much that would in-
terest too
many parents to spend
the weekend
at Marist.
They might
as well go to Vassar
too.
The
President's
Cup is off again,
the lacrosse team is on the road but
the
rugby
team is home -
OK,
guys, let's be careful not schedule
too much for the parents to do, we
might tire them out.
As a matter of fact, the sports
schedules often seem dry when
there is a weekend that might see
parents coming to visit.
Marist has a psuedo-parents'
weekend in the fall and l can't
remember the last time the football
team had a home game that
weekend.
ls Marist
1
l!ally that embarrass-
ed of its teams?
What's embarrassing is when
you start talking to friends at other
schools and they start to
tell
you
how great Parents' Weekend
is
at
their schools and you have
to
tell
them that Marist doesn't even have
the fooball team in the same town
that weekend.
It's usually a little better in the
spring,
though.
Besides the
"annual"
regatta,
the
lacrosse team is ususally
home
and if your parents are really into
spectator sports, there's usually a
rugby match going on - like there
is this year.
Thursday
Morning
Quarterback
lege championships, Marist crew
must go to Albany this weekend to
compete in the New York State
Championships, which means no
President's Cup.
A strong showing there -
"a
win or damn close," according
to
crew coach Larry Davis -
will
automatically qualify Marist for
the final field of 24 at the Dad
Jay Reynolds
Vail
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
s.
Heck, my parents even went to
one of those barbaric lacrosse
games one year!
The President's Cup used to be
one of the major highlights of the
spring weekend, though - but not
this
year.
It's actually one of the better
every-now-and-then
things Marist
holds.
Because of a change in the
qualification requirements for the
Dad Vails, the national small col-
Prior to this year, anyone who
wished to enter the Dad Vails was
allowed to.
The President's Cup
is
actually
one of the better every-now-and-
then things that Marist holds - if
you can get out of bed at dawn on
a Saturday.
The regatta has seen its share of
problems in recent years as this
year marks the third time since
, 1985 that the race has been
cancelled.
It was a scheduling problem that
caused the cancellation this year,
but it was adverse weather condi-
tions which forced race officials to
scratch the day's events in 1985 and
again in 1987.
The fact that the race has been
cancelled has also created some
scheduling problems for Marist as
it has become difficult to attract
competitive schools when you can-
not guarantee that they will race.
Athletic department officials, as
well as the administration, say they
would like to see the return of the
regatta next year - Davis said they
have scheduled it for the second
week in April next year to avoid
major scheduling conflicts.
Without
the
President's Cup this
year, the schedule for activities for
this weekend
is
prettv drv.
Jay Reynolds
is
The Circle's
sports editor.


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