Viewpoint: Oppression in
s~
Africa continues
THE
~IRCLE
VOLUME
36,
NUMBER
14
MARIST
COLLEGE,
POUGHKEEPSIE,
N. Y.
FEBRUARY
15, 1990
Mandela out;
trouble stays
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journali~t
by
LENNY KLIE
·
Staff Writer
Despite the recent release of
Nelson Mandela from prison, apar-
theid is still alive and well in South
Africa, said South African jour-
nalist Dusimani Kumalo in
-
a
speech he delivered Saturday night
in the Theater.
Kumalo spoke to about 200
peo-
ple for almost two two hours on the
nature of apartheid in South
Africa, stressing that there has been
no change of condition for the
black majority there.
"Mandela's freedom, I hope and
think, will signal some end to apar-
theid," Kumalo said. "When it
comes down to it, black and white
South Africans are doomed to live
together."
Kumalo
·
spoke of his own
childhood as a black in South
Africa, where he was separated for
months at a time from his migrant-
worker father. "The way the
government controls the people is
by
.
destroying
the _family instiui-
tion/!..he
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said;·, ..
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kumalo began his career by
writing for several papers now
banned by the apartheid govern-
ment.
As
a journalist, he exposed
the working conditions of black
migrant workers in the mines and
abuses of police power, such as
detentions wi~out charges or trials
and death in detentions.
He was one of the founders of
the now banned Union of Black
Journalists. Because of his
writings, he was chosen to
be
a par-
ticipant in the Multi-national
Foreign Journalists Project in the
United States. Kumalo also became
the first black marketing executive
for an international oil company.
He
was forced to
flee
.
·
South
Africa in 1977 and came to the
United States. He was awarded a
Ford Foundation Human Rights
·
Circle
photo/Scott
Marshall
Desimani Kumalo, a South African journalist, told ~bout
200
people
in
the Theater last
_
Saturday Nelson Mandala's release
on Sunday won't necessarily change apartheid in South Africa.
Fellowship and has spoken to
U.S.
audiences everywhere about his
country and urged divestment by
American companies doing
business in South Africa.
Kumalo was recently given per-
mission to return to South Africa
by the government under F.W.
deKlerk, and plans to return soon.
"I
am
uncertain about what lies
ahead when
I
get there, but look
forward to going back so I
can
get
rid of this cold," he said with a
laugh.
"Mandala's freedom, I hope and thi
.
nk, will
signal some end to apartheiq," Kumalo said.
''When it comes down to it, black and white
South Africans are doomed to live together.''
'Intro to Comm'
to
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be eliminated
Faculty move to cut requirement
by
STEVEN MURRAY
Senior Editor
A proposal to cut the required
"Introduction to Communica-
tions" class for communication
arts majors has been placed before
the Academic Affairs Committee,
according to Richard Platt, coor-
dinator of the program.
Communication arts faculty
voted in a meeting Monday to
eliminate the introductory course
for "a number of reasons," in-
cluding an understaffed faculty
teaching oversized classes, the fact
that most of the course's material
is covered in other communication
arts classes, and a belief that
freshmen are having a difficult time
dealing with its theory, Platt said
.
There are about 750 communica-
tion
arts
majors; exact figures were
unavailable this week.
Platt said the absence of the
course woulq be compensated by
placing more principal and theory
in !,'Public Speaking" and classes
· studeilts
·
will
·
take in
·
their chosen
track
.
of concentration.. Public
speaking will still be
·
required for
.
all
commu
.
nication arts majors.
·
Richard
LaPietra;
chairman of
the Academic Affairs Committee;
·
said Tuesday that he had received
the proposal and that it would be
discussed in a committee meeting
that was to be
'
held yesterday.
LaPietra said he assumed the pro-
posal would be passed.
If the committee were to pass the ,
proposal, it would notify the
facul-
ty; who would have one last chance
to voice any opposition.
·
The change would be effective
next fall, so the proposal would
have to be passed within a week to
10 days so the change in curriculum
would appear in the college's up-
coming course schedule, Platt said.
Platt said there would be a
number of advantages to the
elimination of the introductory
course, including more full-time
professors teaching more classes.
"The change would allow us,
either directly or indirectly, to de-
pend less on adjunct faculty," he
said.
"More
full-timers could teach
'Public Speaking.' "
Platt said the "Introduction to
Communications" class was
adopted as a requirement at a time
when communication
·
arts majors
were required to take "Interper-
sonal Communication," "Mass
Communication" and "Public
Speaking."
To lessen the requirement
burden of students,
"Interpersonal
Communications" and "Mass
Communication" were dropped as
requirements and the current in-
troductory course was instituted in
their place.
Noel Feehan, a freshman com-
munication arts major from Man-
chester, Conn., who took the in-
troduction course last semester,
said she
.
agreed with the faculty's
idea that the class' material could
be be compensated for in other
classes.
-"I don't think it
will
be missed,"
she
said.
"Most
of the stuff can be
taught in 'Public Speaking.' I had
public speaking in high school and
I knew most of it going into the in-
tro class."
·
Senior Tracey Morehead, a com-
munication arts major from
Malboro,
N.Y.,
agreed with the
faculty's point that the introduc-
tory class overlapped with the
.
material of other communication
arts
classes.
·
)
"Communications is based on a
few theories that are reinforced
throughout every communications
class," she said. "You learn
Maslow's theory from intro to the
capping course."
Minors give students a boost
·
in job market
by
LAURIE AURELIA
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Staff
Writer
·
Some Marist students
will
not only become accoun-
tants, computer programmers and broadcasters; they
will double
as
psychoanalyst or advertisers.
According to
faculty
and students, minors compli-
ment a student's educational background, as well
as
provide
a
way to explore other
areas
of interest.
The college provides 25 minors
in
fields ranging
from accounting to philosophy, the most popular be-
ing psychology, said Judy lvankovic, registrar.
Declaring a minor is a good way to discover where
your other interests lie, said Deidre Sepp, director of
career development and field experience.
Having a minor also makes a student a more
marketable candidate when bunting for that first job,
said Sepp.
"Employers look for expressions of academic in-
volvement in their applicants," she said "Students who
have completed a minor give evidence of this because
they have committed to both a major and a minor."
Figures for the class of
1990
were
nOt
yet available,
but of about 600 graduates in the class 1989, only
about
100
declared minors, and of those, only half
actually completed the requirements, lvankovic said.
"That low number
is
not surprising because many
students have
a
bard time
just
choosing a major," she
said.
"They
don't have time to wony about a minor
as well."
Students cited several reasons for choosing a minor
but the most popular one was that it related to their
major.
Amy McCane, a junior from Racquette Lake, N.Y.,
is majoring in communication arts and minoring in
fine
arts.
She said she recommends the combination
to students interested in a career in advertising.
"I
plan to go into advertising after graduation, but
I'm more interested in design than in writing copy,"
she said. "My fine
arts
minor has taught me a lot
about layout, design and good composition."
Other students said they take a minor because it
Jooks good on a resume.
Each minor requires a specific number of credits in
order to complete the course work. While only
12-15
credits are required for a psychology minor,
39
credits
are required for
a
minor in environmental science.
Some students, though, said they declare a minor
because they have
a
strong interest in a field outside
the realm of their major.
..
Greg Raudelunas, a senior from Plainfield, N.J.
majored in communication arts and minored in
philosophy.
"I
was
very
interested in philosophy
but
didn't want
to major in it," said Raudelunas.
"I
liked the classes
and
I
also
found that
they
improved
my
writing
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5 MOST POPULAR MINORS
AS OF FALL 1989
MINOR
CREDITS
ENROLLMENT REQUIRED
Psychology
Advertising
Business Administration
Communication Arts
English
Source:
102
66
40
31
26
12-15
33
30
21
22
Marist College Office of Institutional Research
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THECIRCLEODDS
&
ENDS
FEBRUARY 15, 1990
Radicals raise spectre of music censorship.
Joe McCarthy would have been
proud.
We've reached a new era _in
fanatic scapegoating, and the
craziness is just beginning, except
this time there's no Red Scare
to
blame. for the many ills of our
society. No, in the dawn of the '90s
we have met the enemy and it is ...
pop music.
.
This war on Music is spearhead-
ed by self-proclaimed guardians of
decency and all that is American.
Does the name Tipper Gore ring a
bell?
You remember -,- the ultra-
righteous leader of the Parents
Music Resource Center
(PMRC)
and protector of young minds from
the hell-bent ideologies of
Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne and
Prince. Now Tipper is joined by an
army of new crusaders to fight in-
decencies in pop lyrics.
Does all of this sound a bit far
out? I thought so too. Then I was
shaken up by some recent
developments.
There are currently
10
states that
have drafted bills calling for war-
ning labels on records which con-
tain "indecent" lyrics. I have no
problem with stickers, even if they
will only encourage kids to buy the
records. But get this: five states go
even further and want
to
prohibit
the sale of any "offensive" record
unless it has both the sticker and
the lyrics printed on the cover.
According to a recent issue of
Billboard
magazine
these
lawmakers also want to prohibit
minors from going to see any group
that "presents, depicts, advertises,
performs, distributes, contains, ad-
vocates, describes or encourages
any conduct" that is found in their
naughty lyrics. (Gee, fellas, could
you be a little more specific?)
As
if
all of this nonsense isn't
enough, the bills go on to target
record retailers and promoters.
If
the bill is passed, promoters and
retailers in Missouri could be fin-
ed $1,000 and tossed in jail for a
year if they sell unlabelled records.
(ouch) And that's for a first
offense.
The righteous have even hit my
hometown. Middlesex County, NJ,
District Attorney Alan Rockoff
formed the Joint Unit to Stop Ter-
rorism (JUST). Sounds spooky,
right? Even scarier is the fact that
their "terrorists" aren't members
of the Islamic Jihad or the San-
dinistas, they are heavy metal
bands and their followers.
This is Rockoff's way of dealing
with a rash of cemetery vandalism
~ircle
photo/Tony Uanino
For his rendition of Harry Connick Jr.'s tune "It Had to Be
You," sophomore Ed Budd won third place in last Thursday's
Lip Sync Contest.
Editors' Picks
• Clear and Present Danger, a
novel by· Tom Clancy
• Live jazz, Wednesday through
Saturday at J.D.'s Backyard
• Ice skating at the Mid Hudson
Civic Center on Saturday
• Beekman
Arms Sunday
brunch
• The Bradys, 8 p.m. tomorrow
Tipper might not be as titillating to
the average eighth grader.
· and pro-censorship groups· can in-
crease their momentum.
They argue that it isn't just Oz-
zy, it's heavy metal music in
general. Then it goes beyond heavy
metal to encompass pop music
altogether.
In
your
ear
Maybe these fanatics are just a
bunch of dirty-minded smut
mongers who listen for sex, lust,
crime and trash in every song.
Secretly they drool over Pat Boone
and his hidden, almost impercep-
tible references to all sorts of
perversions.
By condemning the indecent
lyrics, and by blindly equating
metal music with teen suicide, these
groups feel that they are protecting
the lives and minds of our youth. ·
What they're doing is creating a
Kieran Fagan
that hit the county last year. He's
set up a computer network that
keeps track of these undesirable
threats to apple pit:, basebaU.and
mom herself.· (Did someone ·say
"fascism?")
·
Consider some other events of
the past year: Pepsi pulled the
Madonna ads due to boycott
threats from the American Family
Association, a pro-censorship
group based in Mississippi. The
FBI sent out a nationwide memo
warning police stations of the rap
band
N.W.A.,
and Bobby Brown
was forced offstage and arrested
for "dancing suggestively" in
Georgia.
That's probably not the case. I
think their concern is valid -
to a
point. There are performers who
write lyrics that shouldn't be heard
by children. On those grounds I
wouldn't condemn the opposition
groups. But to say that these songs
are encouraging kids to commit
crimes, take drugs, kill themselves
and w.orship Satan is beyond
ridiculous.
monster.
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My
message to Tipper Gore and
all the people who have so bravely
taken up the task of saving our
coup.try: if there are bands who
write overly suggestive songs, or ex-
plicitly violent songs, or if they
have a bizarre obsession with the
"F
word," slap a sticker on the
record. Just don't tell nie that pop
music is creating
a
nation of sick-
minded children.
We've all heard of the much-.
publicized cases linking teen suicide
with heavy metal music. When a
teenager is found dead with Ozzy
Osbourne's "Suie'ide Solution" in
the tape deck, the simple-minded
conclusion is that the song
somehow influenced the tragedy.
If you were truly concerned for
the youth of America, you might
want to attack the cancers of our
society -
poverty, drugs, poor
education, homelessness .. There are
enough real problems to deal with.
Why do you insist on inventing new
ones?
And you thought McCarthy was
a loon. At least communism can.be
defined in more precise terms than
song lyrics. What's offensive to ol'
Never mind that the song is
clearly an~i-suicide. Never mind
that the kid probably had deep-
rooted emotional problems. By
putting the blame on the music,
people can get on with their lives
Kieran Fagan is The Circle's
music columnist.
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Date----1--•
[ [ ]
hat's Entertainment
I • · I
O
Your Health
Tonight
In the mood for a captivating movie? Stop
by Donnelly 245 for this week's foreign film,
· "Tonio Kroger.'' This 1965 West German
movie stars Jean-Claude Brialy, Nadja Tiller-
co and Gert Frobe. The 7:30 p.m. film is also
on Friday and admission is free.
Friday
■
For all you romantics, a Valentine's Day
dance will be held in the cafeteria at
9
p.m.
Featuring video jockey, limbo and dirty danc-
ing concerts and door prizes. Advance tickets
cost $2 with Marist ID. Tickets at the door cost
$3.
■
Foreign Film, see above.
■
At 1 O p.m., Zenith Data Systems presents
Ace Frehley at The Chance. For tickets call
Ticketron or The Chance box office at 452-
1233.
■
Laugh along with Paul Venear of The
Tonight Show, Dangerfield's Barry Mitchell,
and Catch A Rising Star's Tom Hurtz at the
Banana's Comedy Club. Performances are at
8:30 and 10:45 p.m. for students 18 and over.
For tickets call 471-5002 or Ticket Master. The
show will also take place on Saturday at 7,
9:15, and 11 :30 p.m.
Saturday
■
On Friday, February 16 flexibility testing,
weight training and· stairmaster, ,qemonstrations
will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the
Fireside Lounge.
-
-On Tuesday, Fe_bruary 20 a lecture on·
"Eating Disorders and Stress" will take place
in the Fireside Lounge at 8:30 p.m.
I
M
I
aking the Grade .
■
Here's a chance to win $3,000 and see
your film or video on national television. Col-
lege students are invited to participate in a
video contest sponsored by the Christophers.
The contest theme is "One Person Can Make
A Difference.'' Entries must be submitted by
June 15. For more information, call (212)
759-4050.
■
Internships in the Department of State's
14 regional ombudsman offices are available
for next semester. For more information, call
{518) 473-3678 or (212) 587-5800.
"
■
Having trouble paying for college? You
may have overlooked ~n important source of
money. Student College Aid is a nationwide,
computerized scholarship service that finds
awards for New York students. For more infor-
mation, call 1-800-USA-1221.
■
WPDH welcomes local talent to The
Chance, featuring Oblivion Grin, Fortune and
Broqun Masque. For tickets call 452-1233.
Cg]
Show starts at 10 p.m.
■
Bananas Comedy Club, students 21 and
G·
tt·
Involved
over, see above.
e 1ng
Sunday .
■
Attention jazz fans. WPDH welcomes
Stanley Jordan with Tony DePaolo and Billy
_ Goodman to Ttie Chance. Showtime is 9 p.m.
Tickets are available at Ticketron or call The
Chance box office at 452-1233.
■
Bananas Comedy Club presents Richard
Belzer at 8 and 10 p.m. For tickets, call
471-5002 or TicketMaster.
Thursday
■
Enjoy a coffee break concert with "Betty
and the Boomers" featuring folk and original
music in the Fireside Lounge at 10:15 a.m.
■
On Monday, February 19 Lev Fedyniak
will speak on "The U.S. and the World Finan-
cial Community."
■
At 6 p.m., a panel discussion on "The
90s:
African and Hispanic Americans-What's Going
On?" will take place in Lowell Thomas 125.
Want your activity listed in Up to
Date? Send all pertinent information
to The Circle by the Saturday before
publication. We look forward to hear-
ing
from
you.
Maureen Kerr -
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THE CIRCLE, FEBRUARY
15, 1990
3
Ring Around the Josten Representatives
MCCTA
to
perform
Pulitzer prize show
by
CHRISTINE MARO TT A
Staff Writer
There will be a picnic in the Marist College Theater next Thursday.
But don't bring any apple cobbler or sandwiches. Just bring yourself.
The Theater will put on playwright William Inge's Pulitzer Prize win-
ning drama "Picnic.'.' This
1953
drama was first produced by the Theatre
Guild & Joshua Logan at the Music Box Theatre, New York City, under
the direction of Joshua Logan.
Taking the helm for Marist's rendition of this summer romance is Den-
nis Creagh, acting director for the second time this academic year.
Creagh, originally from Brooklyn, N. Y., and residing in Poughkeep-
sie, is no stranger to the traditions of MCCT A. As a
1988
alumni, Creagh
was involved in previous productions. Now, Creagh works as an infor-
mation center analyst in the Donnelly Hall Computer Center. He said
he has high hopes for his cast and its upcoming performance.
Cast members include the following: Rosemary Bianculli, Greg Caires,
Don Cunney, Chuck Greiner, Rich Hack, Michelle Kemp, Maria Licari,
Jennifer· McCarthy, Lisa Morgan, Yolanda Robano and Sara Taney.
Joanne Byrnes will act as producer for the show, along with assistants
Marlon Hosang and Ed Budd who will serve as stage managers.
The cast has been rehearsing for more than two hours each day for
the past few weeks in preparation for next week's performances.
"Everybody in the cast is real talented -
working hard, being challeng-
ed," Creagh said.
·
Circle
photo/Lynaire Brust
Performance dates will begin at 8 p.m. on Feb. 22 and
will
run at the
same time on Feb. 23 and 24, concluding with a matinee performance
at 2 p.m. on Feb. 25. Ticket prices will be $3 for students and $5 for
general admission. Advanced tickets may be reserved between
9
and
11
p.m. from Monday to Thursday in Campus Center.
Juniors lined up in the Fireside Lounge on Sunday night to view the selection of rings that
Jostens has to offer.
·
Spring Break
is
only three weeks away ...
by
TYLER GRONBA~H
Staff Writer
Sring break, two words frequently
synonymous with sun, fun and plenty of late
nights.
With more than three weeks to go students
are already talking about it.
Keana Hourigan, a senior from Garden Ci-
ty, N.Y., cannot wait to get to Juno Beach, Fla.
"I
don't want to wish the semester away, but
I can't wait to just relax without worrying about
what work I have to do,"
·
she said.
'
Relaxation is not on·everyone's mind though.
"I
am seeing
it
all, even if it kills me," said
Kathy Eagen, a senior from Glastonbury, Conn.
She
is
spending her
entire
break
in
the Magic
Kingdom. Disney World, Epcot Center and
MGM
Studios are the sites she plans to see.
Contrary to common belief, though, not
everyone 1s headed south.
The University of Arizona is where Meg Bran-
don, a senior from Huntington, N.Y., plans to
spend break.
·
"I have never been out west before and we
have a place to stay for free," she said. "How
can
I
go wrong?"
.
·
Some prefer the cooler climates of the North.
"I'm
a
little low on cash, so I came up with
the idea to go to Newport,
.
R.I.,"
said Brenda
Wagner, a junior from Norwich,
N.Y., who
plans to make arrangements for living there dur-
ing the summer.
"I'm killing two birds with one stone,"
Wagner said.
"I
get to go on vacation and make
plans for summer break."
Nancy Herrmann, Mike Lutolf and Melissa
Reilly are going in style. These three are part
of a group of 30 which are headed for Montego
Bay, Jamaica.
Herrmann, a senior from Lynbrook, N.Y.,
is quite excited about her trip south ..
·
"I have never been out of the United States,"
she said. "Mom gave me the trip for gradua-
tion ... Jamaica beware!"
"I'm
a math major, and by the time break
comes I will hopefully be alive," said Lutolf,
'' If I don't keep ahead of
.
my studies, I will spend my
break in the Library."
a junior from Chatham, N.J.
Lutolf knows that by the time break rolls
around he wi]) be ready.
"Seven days of girls, sun and rum will prep
me for the rest of the semester," he said.
Reilly, a senior from Woodbury, N.Y., is a
little apprehensive about going.
"I
just hope I can get enough ofa base tan
(at a tanning salon) so I ~on't fry myself," she
said.
Being Irish and having very fair skin, Reilly
hopes to protect herself from ending up a Nox-
ema poster girl.
Money seems to be a concern of everyone.
"I'm working at Pizza Hut three nights a
week just to save a little money," Hourigan
said. "Luckily, Grandma is paying for my flight
down to Juno."
Reilly works 15-20 hours a week and is also
taking 18 cr~dits.
"It
is really difficult to work all day and then
still have to do homework," she said.
"I
am
definitely going to need
a
vacation."
Lutolf expresses similar concern. He works
three nights a week loading auto parts in Red
Hook. He works from six p
.
m. to one a.m., and
then drives 30 minutes home.
"Before
I
know it, it's two a.m. and all
I
want
to do is sleep for the next
•24
hours," he said.
"If
I don't keep ahead of my studies
I
will spend
break in the library."
Brandon has an interesting job, working for
the U~ited States Census Bureau.
"Hey,
I'll
be outdoors getting seven dollars
an hour to talk to other people. What a great
country,"she said.
only 23 days
to shape up
by
TYLER GRONBACH
Staff Writer
Grab your Slim-Fast and
your cross training shoes, spring
break is only 23 days away!
At
this point in the semester
students across the country are
shaping up for break. Marist is
no exception.
Jeff Thibeault, a junior from
Goshen, Conn., tries to stay in
shape year round.
"Sometimes I don't get a
chance to exercise, but
I
make
sure that I do now," he said.
"I
don't want to be fat for break."
Thibeault tries to play raquet-
ball, swim or lift weights. Along
with this he does
200
sit-ups and
push-ups for conditioning.
Thibeault is not the only one
taking an interest in personal
appearance.
According to Bogdan Jovicic,
director of intramurals, there
has been a significant increase
in all of the programs, especially
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That's
.
the way they replay the same old stuff
Here's the story ... of a TV sit-
com ... that was brought back on
the air last Friday night. They were
all the same people
as
before ... ex-
cept for one
•..
'cause she had left
the show.
That's enough of that. Most of
you probably don't get
it
anyway,
and those who do would just as
soon see it end just the same.
Being just a few months away
from graduation - I hope - there
aren't too many things that can
keep me in on a Friday night.
But the Brady Bunch reunion
Jast Friday was one of those rare
exceptions. That's right, the Brady
kids are grown up and Mike and
Carol still live in the old
homestead.
It was two hours of nonstop ac-
tion, adventure, humor, and
drama.
I
laughed,
I
cried, I
predicted almost every scene.
This does not mean that I have
some unusual talent, it is just that
it
was
that predictable.
This
predic-
tability made it
kind
of fun
because
it was like watching some game
show
called
"You Make the
Call."
I won $14,000 and a Mitsubitsi
Mirage. My housemates each got a
copy of the home version.
Cindy Brady is now the morning
person at a local Top 40 radio sta-
tion. Just the perfect occupation
for a girl with a lisp, don't you
think? Her show,
"Sunrise
with
Cindy" (catchy isn't it) is just tear-
ing up the ratings.
Now she is in love with her boss
who is twice her age, has three kids
between age nine and 15 and is a
widower.
And this from a girl who used to
talk to dolls.
.
Hang around, it gets better
Bobby Brady was basically the
focus of this special to initiate the
new series. You
see,
Bobby is now
living out a childhood fantasy, or
at least he was. You
see,
Bobby
grew up to be a
race car
driver, and
a good one at that. That is until he
is broadsided in the Nashville 500
and became paralyzed.
That was especially difficult for
Mike and Carol who were
videotaping from the stands. It
wasn't too
easy for Cindy either
...
·she
was
broadcasting live from the
grandstand
as well.
But hey, I think Bobby will be
okay. That's because he got back
together with his girlfriend, Tracy,
and eventually married her in the
Ed McGarry
It's
a
little
known
fact
that ...
old Brady living room. Am I go-
ing to fast for you?
Anyway, Tracy is played by
Martha "I need a job, badly"
Quinn. Tune in next week to
see
if
Bobby is temporarily or per-
manently paralyzed.
I'll
guess it is
temporary.
:
_
·.
.
Okay ... whose nextrOh yes, Jan.
Rumor had
it that in real life Jan
became a porn star. Now,
I
just
might believe
it:
That is
because
she
spent almost the entire two hours
having sex with her husband. Jan
wants to have a baby but for
some
reason -
the doctors are unsure
why -
she has been unsuccessful.
Maybe it's a good thing because
they would have had about 40 kids
by now judging from what I saw.
Anyway,
Jan and
her
husband
eventually adopted a little oriental
girl. What troopers!
·
Peter, who thought he had no
friends as a kid, became a
womanizer. During the special he
broke off his fourth engagement.
He also quit his high falutin' job
and took a job with the "Save the
Planet" foundation where he had
scheduled two dates for the same
night. He also hit on Bobby's
nurse, who, by coincidence, was a
gorgeous redhead. Oh, he was also
Bobby's best man.
Marsha is the only character not
played by the original actress.
Maybe her nose is still swollen,
I
don't know. I must admit, Peter
and the new Marsha turned in by
far the best performances. They
can actually act a little.
Back
to
Marsha. She is now mar-
ried with two kids, one sweet little
girl and one brat of
a
boy. Her hus-
band lost "another" job during the
show, but
as in
real life, quickly
found another. Marsha and her
family also moved in with Mr. and
Mrs. Brady during the show.
Greg is now a doctor. That's
right, he delivers babies for a liv-
ing. Not bad for a former
deadhead, huh? It is a good thing
too because he
came
in handy when
Tracy's sister, the maid of honor,
went inlo labor during Bobby'~
wedding.
Mike
and Carol are basically the
same,
Mike
is still an architecht and
Carol is in real estate. They both
have a lot more gray hairs.
Alice
is still around and so is
good old Sam, although we never
get to
see him.
And as
one would
expect,
when
the
family
threw a
party for Bobby after he
was
released from the hospital, Alice
was there with dustpan and broom
in hand. Once a
maid,
always a
maid.
Now ... listen
up. The
show will
air weekly from now on as in the
old days. But there is no way I
am
going through this every week so
watch it yourself. The acting is bad,
the writing is wo,~. It was totally
ridiculous.
I loved it.
Ed McGarry
is
The arcle's
entertainment columnist.











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15, 1990
5
Rites of Spring
with a new twist
With the fresh aroma of spring
slowly but surely breaking through
the foul odors of the water treat-
ment plant, our minds begin to
drift with the weather into a state
of delirium.
Spring signals rebirth, growth
and keg beer.
Kegs and spring are much like
hot dogs and mustard; you can't
have one without the other.
The frozen tundra is replaced by
soggy, muddy fields where no one
dare trod, except for the loyal and
hearty college keg drinkers.
Kegs are useful, functional
members of a society that would be
vastly different and boring without
them.
An inside source claims that
Marist remained in the Northeast
Conference solely for the plan of
building a division one keg team,
and that the school was guaranteed
a spot in the Keg Olympics which
are held annually in a small town
just outside of Milwaukee.
The site was chosen due to the
·
perfect and convenient location
just
10
minutes from the beer
capital of the United States.
The olympics are very similar in
nature to a track meet, with in-
dividual contests
as
well as relays.
Had Marist kept its intentions of
joining the East Coast Conference,
the school would .have been re-
quired to start a division one
baseball program.
The administration thought it
better to go with the sport that it
could be the most competitive in,
given the current student body.
Though we've occasionally got-
ten
an
Arizona State recruit or two,
the majority of the incoming
students arrive here with no false
or ill-conceived visions of a na-
tional powerhouse baseball team.
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Drinking, on the other hand, is
a sport that has the potential to
really showcase the overall talents
of the entire student body, as well
as thrust the institution into a new
Wes Zahnke
A
day
in
the
life
level of national prominence.
.
At the recent press conference
revealing the plan, President Mur-
ray vowed full backing by the ad-
ministration, with a national
powerhouse to follow.
He maintained that while runn-
ing and operating a competitive keg
team doesn't come cheap, it's
budget is considerably less than
that of. either the basketball or
football teams.
At press time the field of play
had not yet been determined.
Among the scheduled events: the
keg roll (similar to log rolling), the
keg toss, the 200 meter funnel
chug, the upside down funnel chug
and the dekegalo. (similar to the
decathalon).
It will
be just a matter of time
before parents all over start
pushing their kids into keg com-
petition as a way of going to col-
lege on scholarship.
"Junior, what's this nonsense
I
hear of you not trying ouf for
.
the
keg team at school? Are you a sissy
or something?"
"But Daddy,
I
like Shakespeare
and chemistry!"
"Nonsense. You'll play a sport
that can take you places and make
you money. Now go out and get
busy with that keg!"
Naturally these things take time.
Or do they?
Wes Zahnke
is
The
.
Circle's
humor columnist.
Briefs
Construction worker injured in fire
A construction worker suffered from smoke inhala-
tion last Thursday after a fire struck a trailer next to
The Dyson Center construction site, according to
Joseph Leary, director of safety and security.
Douglas Dubois, a worker for the Pizzagalli Con•
struction Co. of Burlington, Vt., was treated and
released from St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie,
Leary said. Using an extinghisher, Dubois tried and
failed to put out the fire, which was caused by
generator inside the trailer, Leary said.
The Fairview Fire Department was called in and put
out the fire after tearing down part of a wall, Leary
said.
Leary said the fire started because the generator was
too close to the wooden wall.
-Chris Landry
Slide show to be used
·
tor
recruits
The Office of Admissions has recently completed
a multi-image slide presentation which will be shown
to prospective students.
between $50,000 and $70,000 and would be more dif-
ficult and expensive to update, said Ann Winfield,
director of enrollment communications.
The presentation, which cost about
$18,000 to pro-
duce, plus approximately another
$18,000 for equip-
ment, is about ten minutes long and is expected to be
shown to students visiting the college starting in the
fall 1990 semester, said Carol Mulqueen of the Ad-
missions Office.
"Once you have made a video, if you want to up-
date it you have
to
go out and make
a
whole new
video," Winfield said. "With this, if you want to
change a slide it's much easier and cheaper."
The multi-image slide format was chosen over
a
video format because a video presentation would cost
The program stresses a friendly atmosphere on cam-
pus, an excellent faculty, and a wide range of things
to do in Poughkeepsie, Winfield said.
-Jim
Dreselly
60 Marist students named Who's Who
Sixty Marist students have been
included in the "1990 Edition of
Who's Who in American Univer-
sities and Colleges," a national
·
publication that acknowledges stu-
dent leaders, according to Gerard
A. Cox, vice president and dean for
student affairs.
Students were chosen from over
1,400 colleges and universities
throughout the United States and
some foreign nations, according to
Cox. The publication recognizes
the achievements of a select group
of students, he said
.
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Staff, faculty and campus clubs
an(!. organizations submitted their
nominations to a review committee
for final selection. Submissions
were based on academic achieve-
ty, staff and students before
finalists were chosen, said Cox.
The Marist Office of Student Af-
fairs
will
hold a brunch on Sunday,
February 25, to recognize these
students:
Tracy Aronson, Laurie Aurelia,
Laurie Barnett, AnnMarie Bastian,
Katrina Bastian, Kevin Browne,
Joseph Bubel, Michael Buckley,
Diane Bush, Ellen Clark, Michael
Cornette
and
Donnamarie
D' Angelico;
Also, Richard
Daugherty, Denise De Cicco,
Christopher DeRobertis, John
Downey, Colleen M. Dwyer,
Kieran Fagan, Rachel Farrar, Peter
Ferdico, Jeffrey Ferony, Sean
Graham, Thomas Greene;
Tyler Gronbach, Karen Haight,
John Halko, Sean Hawkins,
Robert Higgins, William Johnson,
Karen Klei, Leonard Klie, Stephen
LoCicero, Susan Lozinski, Edward
McEneney, Carl Marinaccio;
Elizabeth Murphy, Steven Mur-
ray,
Erica
Okessen,
Paul
O'Sullivan, Jon Petrucci, Kristin
Pierson, Philip Prince, Kerriann
Reilly, Nicholas Ross, Jennifer
Schiffer, Christine Sienkiewicz;
Kimberly Smith-Bey, Wendy
Smith, Christopher Speers, Paul
Stento, Tonya Sutherland, Ann
Timmons, Lawrence Trank, Laura
Trcvisani, Jessica Valente, Dawn
Marie Viani, Stacey Waite, Michael
Walsh, Robert Williams and Janie
Winig.
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Patricia DePaolo
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curricular leadership, and potential
for future success, said Cox.
All submissions were reviewed
by a committee made up of facul-,
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THE CIRCLE
EDITORIAL
FEBRUARY 15, 1990
THE
CIRCLE
Bill Johnson,
.
Editor
Karen Cicero, Managing Editor
Paul O'Sullivan, Editorial Page Editor
Chris Landry, Senior Editor
Steven Murray, Senior Editor
Lynaire Brust, Photography Editor
Jay Reynolds, Sports Editor
Stacey McDonnell, News Editor
Molly Ward, News Editor
Holly Gallo, Features Editor
Bob
Higgins, Editorial Cartoonist
Kevin St. Onge, Business Manager
John Hartsock, Faculty Adviser
Killing ''Intro''
is
·
a good move
"Today we will discuss Abraham
Maslow's hierarchy of needs."
That's the sentence that Marist's 750
communication arts majors have heard
at least five times when taking classes re-
quired for their major.
But because of a decision this week,
these Maslow experts
will hear
about the
humanistic psychologist one less time.
Citing faculty shortages, overlap of
material with other communications
classes and difficulty for freshmen to
understand theory, the communication
arts faculty voted on Monday
·
to
eliminate the required "Introduction to
Communications" course.
The proposal to cut the course is ex-
pected to be approved by the Academic
.
Affairs Committee and the vice presi-
dent for academic affairs in time to take
effect next semester.
Although a faculty shortage does not
justify the cancellation of any course,
abolishing "Intro to Communications"
makes sense.
The course offers a poor introduction
to freshmen who naturally judge the
quality of future communication arts
courses based on their first experience.
"Intro to Communications"- provides
students with plenty of theory, some of
it indeed worthwhile. As students pur-
sue their concentration, however, they
generally discover one of two things:
that the same material is repeated
in
the
rest of their courses,
·
including the cap-
ping course, or that it is altogether
inapplicable.
The course was intended to bind the
five tracks of communication arts, but
as
it
stands,
the
course often just reflects
the bent of the instructor.
If there can be an introductory course
to the vast field of communications, it
should concentrate on writing and
speaking for the various media. The
capping course,
on
the other hand,
should explore the implications to the
growing and changing field, such as
ethics and new technologies.
Right now, the intro course and the
capping course, depending on who
teaches them, lack direction· and pur-
. pose, while more important-' subjects,
such as journalism and ethics, are elec-
tives to most students.
What
is
common among all aspects of
communication are the processes of
gathering and sending information. The
theories that the intro course and the
capping course teach help explain these
processes.
But this approach to the study of
communications is not vocational
enough for the students, most of whom
are freshmen, who are trying to decide
which concentration to take.
With a swelling enrollment and
understaffed faculty, the communica-
tions program isn't covering
.
the most
·
critical fundamentals. Leave the theory
to the interpersonal
and
mass com-
munications courses, and make sure the
students know how to write and speak
first.
The faculty
made
a
good first move
in restructuring the communications
curriculum. Maybe they'll look at the
capping course next.
Letter
Policy
The Circle welcomes letters to the
editor.
All
letters
must
be
typed and sign-
ed and must include the writer's phone
number and address.
The deadline for letters is noon Mon-
day. Letters should
be
sent to
Bill
Johnson, in care of
The Circle, through
campus
mail,
or they may
be
dropped off
at Campus Center 168.
The Circle attempts to publish all let-
ters it receives but
reserves
the right to edit
letters for matters of style, length, libel
and taste. Short letters are preferred.
Ritter controversy
shows lack off
aith
·
While the jails opened
in
South Africa and the
government opened in the
Soviet Union last week,
minds and wallets shut
tight all across America.
Apparently, the world
is more ready to believe
·
Mikhail Gorbachev arid
F.W. de Klerk than
Father Bruce Ritter.
Paul O'Sullivan
-
Someone please ex-
plain that to me.
Explain how the words of two men who
lead
two of the most repressive nations in the
world are suddenly more credible than those
of someone who has spent his entire life ser-
ving the helpless.
Last week, Ritter stepped down as the
head of Covenant House, the organization
he founded in
1968
to aid runaway children,
amid accusations by
former
Covenant House
residents that he· had sexual relationships
with them.
Normally, those kinds of accusations
wouldn't really be
a
problem. Public figures
have always had to deal with "wackos" (as
Ed
Koch used to
call
them) who look to pro-
mote themselves by latching on
to lhe
famous.
But as more and more accusations piled
up and as records began disappearing and
financial questions began to arise, Ritter's
accusers gained some credibility. People
began believing what they were hearing.
But should they? Looking at the track
records
.
of the people involved, Ritter
deserves
a
lot more credibility than the
general public is giving
him.
Look at Kevin
Lee
Kite, the first man to
accuse Ritter of impropriety.
When
Kite first
went public with his story, his own father
came to Ritter's defense saying that his son
was a born liar. In fact, all of Ritter's ac-
cusers cameto Covenant House seeking
refuge from the lives they led out in the
street.
Whose word should the public believe,
that of former
street
hustlers who had to
use
any means possible to survive, or that of the
·
man
who
has
dedicated his life to helping
such people?
I
should point out that I
am
questioning
the logic of public opinion, not deciding who
should be believed
in
a
legal
sense.
Before
the law, a person should
not be denied a
fair
hearing only because he or she
is
a drifter,
just
as no one should be
given special
pro-
tection from investigation only
because
he
Thinking
between
the
.
lines
or she has contributed so
much to the community .
·
In this respect, the in-
vestigation by Manhattan
District Attorney Robert
Morgenthau's
,
investiga~
tion is the right way to
go. Accusations and
denials do nothing to get
at the truth; they only
cloud
the
issue.
Whichever story is cor-
rect, the investigation
should ferret it out.
But the general public is not waiting for
the results of Morgenthau's investigation.
The fact that donations to Covenant House
have dropped considerably since Kite's story
first came out shows that, to a large degree,
Ritter and ·covenant House have already
been found guilty in the court of public
opinion.
That's wrong. Even if Ritter is guilty of
sexual misconduct, misuse of funds and the
rest, the fact remains that Covenant House
provides
an
essential service to thousands of
children a year. Looking at the big picture,
Ritter's
alleged
wrongdoings
are
meaning]ess.
Most of Covenant House's
$87
million
an-
nual budget is obtained through donations.
Therefore, when people lose faith, the
children are the ones who lose out, not Bruce
Ritter and Covenant House.
Regardless of whether the allegations
against
him
are true,
Bruce
Ritter
is
no saint.
He would probably
be
the first one to say
that. But people held
him
and his organiza-
tion in so much faith that they were willing
to give of themselves to help out. For once,
believing in the image instead of the reality
actually did some good •
.
Is it too much to ask that people look at
Bruce Ritter in the same light
as
they did the
two
most recent presidential candidates?
Can't Covenant House at least get the same
treatment that Oliver North did'?
If
people really
are
so fickle
as
to
lose
faith
in something simply due to
an
unproven
allegation, then
there can
be
no hope for the
liberalization movements
in
the Soviet Union
and in South Africa. The road ahead for
both is bumpy; if people are going to lose
faith the
first time they hit
a
pothole, then
there
is
no
use
in continuing.
Without faith, there can
be
no vision.
Without vision, there can
be
no hope.
Paal O'Sallffaa
is
TIie
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THE CIRCLE
VIEWPOINT
FEBRUARY 15, 1990
7
LETTERS
To
THE EDITOR
Gorbachev stays in command
No support
Editor:
.
It has been said that the Marist College
student body is apathetic to the college and
it's activities. Recently, however, this would
seem to work both ways.
·
The college is constantly stifling student
progress in activities. There have been on-
going requests by
WMCR,
the college's radio
station, for a hook up to a transmitter. After
all, what is a radio station without a
transmitter? Then again, what is a television
station without a functional studio or even
a room to work in?
MCTV had an operating studio, then a
break in and a subsequent robbery of equip-
ment brought progress to screeching halt.
The college failed to replace any of the equip-
ment and only through the past few
·
semesters' scant and often disputed budget
has the club been able to repurchase a por-
tion of the equipment it once had.
by
MARK S. ALDRICH
In the morning, does Mikhail Gorbachev
hit his snooze button to avoid hearing about
the latest country or Soviet republic to cease
loving Lenin?
One wonders if, in his heart of communist
hearts, Gorbachev ever yearns for the good
old days of unquestioned Soviet domination,
when food was on the table (occasionally),
vodka was in the stomach (often), and
everyone was in the factories not making
picket signs (or else).
The Soviet Union's history, after all, is one
of nearly
1000
years of authoritarian rule in
one form or another. The communists were
supposed to be different from the tsars, but
after Lenin, they worked in the same paJaces,
lived the same lives and did the same things
to the people.
If
Mikhail Gorbachev's most recent plan
to open the nation's governing to opposing
parties has staying power, it will be the first
extended time the people have a say in how
the country is managed.
To say that this is a revolution as complete
as
Lenin's would be an understatement.
It is a revolution led by_a man whose coun-
try would like to elect the "least likely to suc-
ceed," however. Gorbachev
is
alternately
seen as moving too quickly or too slowly,
and always as too Western.
His success in his own country is no longer
measured in how freely one can speak, it's
measured by the ability to put food on the
shelves, a feat he has yet to accomplish.
Bread lines (and soup lines and meat lines
and salt lines) are still a common sight.
What good is glasnost
if
the most practical
result has been a McDonald's outside Red
Square?
Feelings like this, coupled with viewings
of the explosion of democracy in Eastern
Europe led to last week's events. The peo-
ple felt if Gorbachev, the "cautious revolu-
tionary," was capable of freeing speech, but
incapable of truly changing the country, so-
meone else
must
be able to.
This was the meaning behind the enor-
mous marches and Gorbachev's latest steps.
In our view, of course, Gorbachev is do-
ing just fine. We credit him repeatedly with
the "Revolution of 1989." However, now
that the revolution has hit Moscow, we must
realize that it's all a bit boring from here on.
These first great steps are exciting, but the
real work is in learning how to walk.
Such behind the scenes events aren't great
leads for the nightly news (or subjects for col-
umns). We see the Berlin Wall come down
and think it all goes that way. The true
revolution, as completely revolutionary as
the last live years have been, will not be ,ccn
for many years.
The challenge for us is to wait and
sec,
as
the challenge for the Eastern Europeans
is
to patiently proceed with taking greater
con-
trol over their destiny.
Stepping back, we wonder why Gorbachev
is the man who inspired all this. The reason
is simple: Mikhail Gorbachev is the
quintessential Russian and thus understands
exactly where next to lead the country in
every step.
What happened last week was another case
of his perfect timing and sense of what his
people will
be
ready for. As much as the peo-
ple feel they want things to move faster, Gor-
bachev knows where each step must take
them, which is why it is not blind hope to
feel that while Gorbachev may not know
how to handle some of his toughest ques-
tions, when a decision must come, it will be
perfect.
Mark S. Aldrich
is a senior majoring in
communication arts.
Without sufficient equipment, much less
an area in which to use it, how
can
the club
be expected to be successful? Since the break
in, MCTV has had to rely on the facilities
of the ,Beirne/Spellman Media Center. As of
late there have been far too many difficulties
with the Media Center to
·
continue the afftlia-
·
tion. The club is being treated more like an
opposing network than a school activity.
The goal set by the Marist College Televi-
sion Club has always been to once again
become an independent, successful entity
seperate from the Media Center. In order to
do this, the club would need a working space
Much work remains in S. Africa
despite the release of Mandela
by
TINA LAVALLA
and larger budget.
Nelson Mandela is free. For the first time
Recently, the Activities Office has seen fit
in
27
years, the "best known political
to make that impossible by taking away the
prisoner in South Africa" was released from
space we at MCTV are using. This is an area
a prison outside of Cape Town and became
that is, to say the least, designed to be a
a free man at age 71.
studio, complete with a raised stage and a
In 1964, as an integral part of the African
control room console.
National Congress (ANC) -
a group
It seems that the combined efforts of the
dedicated to fight the discriminatory prac-
Bierne/Spellman Media Center and the Col-
tices of apartheid -
Mandela was arrested
lege·Activities Office are doing an excellent
..
·
for
.
espionage and sentenced to
life
job at suffocating the club to the brink of
imprisonment.
·
·
non-existence.
As
it stands, South Africa
is
a country in
It
is refreshing to see a college so greatly
great turmoil. The.whites in South Africa re
renowned for its communication
arts
pro-
a minority, numbering only
5
million, in con-
gram
trying
to spur the growth and bloom-
.
trast to the majority of 35 million blacks.
ing of student activity devoted to the present
However, it is the whites who retain all
and future of communication.
political, social and economic power in
government and practice severe racial
Theodore Moy
President, MCTV
Foriegn investment
Editor:
Hearty congratulations to Ilse Martin, The
Circle and the Marist Abroad Program
(MAP)
for a caliber correspondent from
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can
only hope
that·her reports will prove productive.
discrimination
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the type of which is
.
thought to be that of a bygone era.
It
is not.
Laws still intact today, such as The Group
Areas Act, which has moved 3.5 million
blacks to
.
resettlement camps, or
"homelands," is just one of the pillars of
apartheid that continues to enforce the
government's oppression of the blacks.
Nelson Mandela's release last Sunday
came only a few days after President
F.
W.
de Klerk announced the lifting of a 30-year
ban on the ANC. Large celebration were
held
all over South Africa for this victory, and
the rejoicing continued well into the weekend
when Mandela was· released and made his
first public appearance in 30 years.
Mandela's speech at City Hall· in
Capetown on Sunday attracted thousands of
blacks who came to see their national hero
and idol. Mandela's powerful speech was
fill-
ed with hope and determination. he paid
tribute to the members of ANC, the work-
ing class and to the "endless heroism of
youth."
"Apartheid has inflicted more pain on you
than anyone else, I am convinced that your
suffering was far greater than my own."
Mandela's most important messages were
that there would be no compromises by the
ANC in achieving "universal sufferage" (one
man one vote), the immediate release of all
political prisoners and
the lifting
of a state
of emergency -- which since, 1983 has im-
prisoned 40,000 people and brought the
military into the townships.
·Mandela urged the international com-
munity to keep economic sanctions on South
Africa, and said "We have waited too long
for our freedom ... now is the time to inten-
sify our efforts on all fronts
...
we will not
allow fear to stand in our way, and ... if need
be (freedom) is an ideal which I
am
prepared
to die for."
.
Clearly this was not the type of speech de
Klerk had hoped for, and it was a con-
siderable blow to the white South African
government.
Upon hearing the news of Mandela's
release, President Bush called de Klerk to
congratulate him on his decision, and invited
him to Washington.
Since
1986,
when Congress overrode a
veto by President Reagan, the U.S. has plac-
ed economic sanctions on South Africa for
its policy of apartheid. On Sunday, Herman
Cohen, assistant secretary of state for
African affairs, said
that
in the wake of
legalizing the ANC and the release of
Mandela, "we should review our policy" of
economic sanctions.
Does this mean that the Bush administra-
tion is thinking of returning South Africa to
its previous economic status with the United
States?
I
hope not.
The U.S. government, especially under
Reagan has held that South Africa is vital
to us because
it
provides access to
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raw
minerals, and gives us a chance to promote
trade and investment, among other things.
However, the truth is
that
we can easily get
these minerals, and business opportunities
elsewhere. But our "globalist" perspective
has made us cling on to South Africa because
it is pro-western, and not socialist, or
communist.
President Bush should not lift economic
sanctions on South Africa. If anything, he
should increase their estimated total loss of
$10
billion, to 30 or 40 billion, and simply
let them know that the United States does
not aid the supression of national
movements.
After
all,
it
is
inevitable that blacks will
come to power in South Africa, and if we
are really interested
in
preserving our rela-
tions with them, we will realize that we must
support the anti-apartheid movement.
Furthermore,
as
Niikwao Akutteh of
TransAfrica said, "sanctions may hurt, but
apartheid kills."
Tina
LaValla
is a junior majoring in
history.
It
is
said that college students today
are
heavily career-oriented. This is certainly not
true of Marist students. Everybody knows
that careers today
mean
multinational in-
volvement. The low enrollments in foreign
·
language study and in
MAP
indicate that
Marist
students are either not career-oriented
or terribly misinformed.
In Ireland, spring means
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Editor:
Brother Joseph Belanger
Professor of French
No time
This Jetter is directed at the Marist
Maintenance department:
Would someone please
fix
the clock posi-
tioned directly above the entrance to the
Audio-Visual
room
in the Library?
I
realize
that
you have other pressing con-
·
cems that have higher priority, but it's
been
"8:SO"
(a.m. or p.m., I don't know) for the
last
year
and a half. Do you realize that
en-
tire
buildings
are
being
built in
less time
than
it
has
taken
you to replace a battery in a
sim-
ple clock?
Godspeed.
Robert
H1ggiJls
Senior
When that
annoying
whine
of the alarm
clock
woke
me this morning,
I
thought I was
back
in
Poughkeepsie.
But only for a minute.
I
looked up and saw the
·
pelting rain on
the window and heard
the breaks
of a
double-decker
screeching
in the distance. The
chill in the
room
sharpened my senses. Pages
of
James Joyce
were lying on my desk. Yes,
I
was defmitely in Dublin.
February
already.
Last
week the Irish said
it
was
the first week of Spring.
But
Mother
Nature dictated otherwise.
Warmth in
this place seems to depend on
how many 5-pence
coins
I
have to
feed
into
the
gas heater at the foot of
the bed. Cen-
tral
heating
is
~ost unheard of.
It was a typical Dublin day. I listened to
the weather
on the
radio:
"Scattered showers
this morning clearing this afternoon; heavy
rain this evening;
be
wary
of continuing gale
force winds; flooding
in the south; current
temperature
is
seven degrees
c.elsius."
I think
they
play the same forecast
all the
time, except
that
it's switched around once
in
a while and a new temperature is stuck in
at
the
end.
No sense
in
canying
an umbrella;
you get
wet
anyway. Just cope.
I
bopped
(literally)
on the 9:38 bus -
Dateline:
Dublin
Ilse Martin
which, by the way, came at 10:05. Drivers
slow down only long enough for you to get
one foot in the door, or out the door,
whichever the case may be.
Motto: Never plan on getting to your
destination on time. The only reason the
buses even have timetables is so that if
anyone asks, they can say, "Sure we have
timetables."
But someone else should clue in the
unknowing on the old Irish saying, "When
God
made time he made plenty of it."
The conductor walks around with a
strange
ticket-producing contraption and
a
bag
full
of coins around
his
neck, eyeing each
passenger
and collecting fares.
I took my
seat
on the upper deck for a bet-
ter view of the scenery.
The woman beside me nudged my elbow,
"What's with yer man, there?" (The Irish
constantly refer to any male whose name
they don't know as "yer man").
She was referring to the old, white-bearded
man in front of us who was making a spec-
tacle of himself butchering an Irish ballad.
I shrugged. She shrugged. And he con-
tinued butchering happily as we passed St.
Stephen's Green, the park in central Dublin,
" ... in Dublin's fair city, where the girls are
so pretty ... "
The conductor came around again, ignor-
ing
the
old
man,
who had by now S\\.itched
to loud praises of the Lord, "Thank ye Lord
as we be well ... "
Thank ye Lord
as
my stop
was
next.
I
claimed my spot in lectures for the next few
hours - just enough time to dry
off
before
venturing out in the wet.
I waited 30 minutes
for
the bus and gave
up, drenched. Fonunately there
was
a pub
around the
comer.
Dse Martin is The Qrde's overseas
correspondent.
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the aerobic intramurals.
"Our aerobic program is the
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Colleen Dwyer, a senior from
Rocky Point, N.Y., said some
of the classes are bigger.
"I teach one class a week and
sometimes people leave, because
the class is so crowded," she
said. "I guess everyone needs to
remove a little extra baggage."
· 5-on-5 basketball and coed
volleyball
will
also be starting in
the next few weeks.
Keana Hourigan, a senior
from Garden City, N.Y., said
dieting is a joke.
"I started doing Slim-Fast,
and it worked for a few days.
Then I started drinking it as a
milkshake while eating a three
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director of the fashion program at
Marist.
"It's a style page with an at-
titude," said Porcelli, whose col-
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issue the magazine.
Two full-color pages of what's
hot and what's not will expose the
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As
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.
This month's issue focuses on
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..
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"feople· have a tendency to
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Hudson Valley magazine ap-
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They wanted his style and image to
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Porcelli said he was hesitant at
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Each month Porcelli's students
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Marist fashion students Stacey
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THE CIRCLE, FEBRUARY 15, 1990
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Briefs
Foxes take tourney
There is one word that best describes the performance of the men's
volleyball team in last Saturday's Marist Invitational Tournament -
domination.
After losing its first game to Lehman, Marist won every game it played
on its way to winning each of its three of its matches and improving the
team's record to 4-2.
·
·
Marist dropped the first game to Lehman College, 15-7. Marist went
on
to
take the match by winning the next two games, 15-8, 17-15.
Lehman's strategy of dinking the ball over Marist's front line of defense
caught Marist off guard, giving it the win over the Red Foxes.
"In the first game they caught us by surprise," said club president
and captain Tom Hanna. "Their method of attack caught us a little flat-
footed."
·
·
Marist, with the help of Junior Steve Hoffmann, started picking up
those shots and helped the Red Foxes to the wins.
Marist then went on to defeat Adelphi, 15-0, 15-ll, and Pratt, 15-2,
15-3.
·
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·
"We started off shaky, but we showed some
.
spirit and came through
in the end," said senior captain Herman Pietrera. "They played their
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player and junior Pat Brundage was named to the all-tournament team.
Marist is idle until Feb. 21, when it goes on the road to take on New
Paltz and Sacred Heart.
·
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Afterlasts
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Mermen ready to be champs
the Marist men's volleyball team last week beat Baruch 15-11, 15-4, 15-9 .
.
The win last Tuesday raised the
Red Foxes' team record to 4-2
After 45-minute delay, the Red Foxes came out firing against a no-
by
CHRIS SHEA
Staff Wr.iter
block Baruch squad.
Terry Hosmer, lead the fight with nine scoring kills
as
an outside hit-
ter along with Tom Hanna with four succeeding
kills,
also
as
an outside
Last year the Marist men's
swim
team won the confernce dual meet
title, but lost the team champion-
ship to Iona.
hitter.
"It was obvious that everyone was ready for the game," Hosmer said.
"The team looked good during warm-ups -
I guess we all had a feeling
we were going to win this game."
As a middle hitter, Pat Brundage took control of the center of the
court with three kills and two single stuffed blocks from the middle
This year the team wants it to be
different.
The squad takes its 9-2 overall
dual-meet record - 7-0 in the con-
ference -
to the Metropolitan
Swimming and Diving Champion-
ships held a~ the U.S. Merchant
Marine Academy, Feb
;
22-24.
position.
Back at the serving line, Arte Gusmano kept the Baruch receivers in
check with unretumable top-spin serves landing most of the time in
Baruch's palms while Herman Pietera's six consecutive scoring aces lead
the Red Foxes to the win against their rival.
-
Scoreboard
Meri's Basketball
Monmouth 60
Marist 50
Record: (as of
2/12) 14-7
overall,
7-4
league
Next game: Tonight vs. James
Madison at MSG
Women's
Marist
71.
CW Post 58
Record:
11-7 overall, 6-2 league
·
Next game: Friday vs. Robert
Morris
(H)
Hockey
Southern Connecticut 3
Marist
2
Marist
4
Stonybrook 3
Record:
9-3
Next game: Saturday vs. Kings-
point
(H)
10:00 pm
Men's Volleyball
Marist Invitational
Marist
7
15
17
Leham
15
8
15.
Marist
15
15
Adelphi
.
0
11
Marist
15
15
Pratt
2
3
Next
match:
Wed.
at
New Paltz
Men's Swimming
Marist
144
USMAA 97
Record:
9-2, 7--0
conference
Next meets: Metro Champion-
ships Feb.
22-24
Racquetball
Marist
15
UMass 5
Penn State 13
Marist
7
Next match: Feb.
22
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Brink Hartmann led the team
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Diver Todd Prentice also show-
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point.
The 400-medley relay team con-
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Joe
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conference record in the process.
The team -
the largest ever at
Marist with
26
swimmers and
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Prentice, and Tummins are ex-
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FEBRUARY 15, 1990
Cagers head
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to face tough · challenge
by
MIKE O'FARRELL
Staff Writer
The Red Foxes face a tough ops
ponent tonight when they take on
the James Madison University
Dukes in Madison Square Garden.
Coached by Lefty Driesell,
James Madison plays out of the
Colonial Athletic Association
(CAA). This is the first meeting
between the two clubs.
·
The Dukes, who played at East
Carolina on Monday night, entered
that game with a- 15-7 overall
record and a 9-1 mark in the CAA.
James Madison has also won a
school record nine games in a row
prior to Monday's game.
Coach Dave Magarity said he
.
is
excited about the opportunity to
play in Madison Square Garden.
"Not too many people thought
we'd be doing
as as
well as we have
been and it would be nice to go in
there and keep it going," Magari-
ty said.
"They are a strong team,
however, because it isn't a con-
frence game; we can't let this game
hurt us, we have to go in there and
have fun ... take advantage of the
opportunity," he said.
Having played Tuesday night
against Wagner, Marist entered
that game with a 14-7 mark while
posting a 7-4 Northeast Confrence
inark. The Red Foxes defeated
Wagner earlier this year at the
Mccann Center
by
a score of
78-61. In that game, six Red Foxes
scored in double figures and Cur-
tis Celestine snared 15 rebounds.
Last Tuesday, Marist traveled to
New Jersey for a confrence battle
against the Monmouth Hawks.
The Red Foxes entered the game
with a four-game winning streak on
the line only to see it snapped by
a score of 60-50 in favor of
Monmouth.
Tied 26-26 at the half, Mon-
mouth exploded in the last 4:35
when they outscored Marist 15-2 to
come away with the victory.
The Hawks turned the tables on
the Red Foxes by applying a tough
defensive press late in the game to
start the scoring spurt. Marist was
unable to handle the pressure and
had too many turnovers in the
game. The Red Foxes committed
.
17 turnovers in the i.tame.
Another factor in the loss against
Monmouth was lack of point pro-
duction off the bench.
Led by Andy Lake and Rod
Henderson, the Red Fox reserves
have been averaging 32 points per
game. Against the Hawks, the non-
starters could only muster
·
IO
points.
Junior Steve Paterno led the Red
Foxes with 13 points in the game,
while senior point guard Joey
"O'Connor chipped in with 11. In
the last four games, O'Connor is
. shooting 56'from the field (14-25),
and 69 percent from three-point
range (9-13).
·
After tonight's game against
James Madison, the Red Foxes
return to the Mccann Center for
three straight confrence game
_
s.
The Northeast Confrence race is
on as Robert Morris and Mon-
mouth share the top spot with 9-3
confrence marks. Marist and St.
Francis (Pa.) are tied for second
with 7-4 marks.
The Red Foxes host St. Francis
on Feb. 17, Robert Morris visits
McCann on Feb. 19, and LIU
comes to town on Feb.
·
22.
Marist wraps up the regular
season on Feb.
24
when they travel
to Emmitsburg, Mary]and to take
on confrence foe Mt. St. Mary's.
The Northeast Conference tour-
nament begins on Feb. 27 and the
winner of that moves on to the
NCAA championships.
The site of the conference tour-
nament is determined by who wins
the regular season confernce title.
Icemen split in weekend action;
loss comes on last.!second goal
by
JANET RYAN
Staff Writer
The Marist hockey team defeated Stonybrook
Satur-
day at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center but was unable
to hold off a last second attack -
literally -
at
Southern Connecticut State University on Sunday.
On goals by John Walker, Scott Brown, Scott Doyle
and Kevin Walsh, the Red Foxes downed Stonybrook
4-3.
Junior Scott Kendall racked up three assists in the
.
game - assisting the Walker, Brown and Walsh goals.
Walsh and Ed Sherako also tallied assists in the game.
"The game started out slow," said Walsh, the junior
assistant captain, "but the team really pulled together
in the second period.
"They weren't the best team, but it was a tough
·
game because they
'
had an excellent goalie."
.
"Saturdays game was the most frustrating type of
game, because they had a very
_
hot goalie," said head
coach Bob Mattice. "No matter what was thrown, he
.
was stopping it."
.
The game went well and the players played a great
game, he said.
The team wasn't as Jucky
,
last Sunday,
.however,
as
they fell to Southern Connecticut by a score of 3-2.
Kendall and Mike DeCosta scored Marist's only two
goals.
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Marist was down 2-0 early
-
in the game but by the
end of the first period
it
was 2-1 and Marist tied the
game 2-2 with 13 seconds remaining in the period.
At the end of the third period, however, Southern
Connecticut found itself with a breakaway with time
running out and scored on a rebound with just two
seconds left, winning the game 3-2.
''The team played well and had it taken away from
them," Walsh said. "We played well considering the
team we were up against.''
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"Sunday's game was the best game the team played
all year," Mattice said. "The game could have gone
either way -
we didn't know what to expect.
"The guys are making themselves and the school
proud," he said. "More people should get out to the
Civic Center and support their team -
they are miss-
ing great hockey."
The Red Foxes return home to the Mid-Hudson
Civic Center Saturday to
_
take on Kingspoint. Game
time is
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p.in.
Circle
photo/Lynaire
Brust
Marist's Jennifer O'Neil puts up a foul shot in the first half
of the Lady Foxes' win over C.W. Post.
Lady cagers extend streak
by
CHRIS SHEA
Staff Writer
Five straight points by Monica
O'Halloran with six minutes left in
the game boosted Marist to a-71-58
win over C. W. Post.
O'Halloran converted-
a
layup
and then hit
a
three-pointer off a
steal of the inbounds pass to put
the Lady Red Foxes up by seven in
a sloppy game marked by 52
turnovers.
Marist held a slim 23-22 lead at
the half and the seesaw battle con-
tinued until the six-minute mark
when the Lady Red Foxes went on
a big
nin.
Freshmen Charlene Fields had
her career high in points with 14
and aclded five rebounds coming
off the bench.
Mary O'Brien was the only other
Marist player to reach double
figures -
with
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points.
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The win is the Lady Foxes' third
in a row and it boosts the overall
record to 12-7 (7-2 in the Northeast
Conference).
Prior to the C. W. Post victory
Marist scored
an
easy win over
Monmouth College.
Nancy Holbrook buried six out
of nine 3-pointers to lead the Lady
Red Foxes to a 69-49 win.
Holbrook fmished with 21 points
to le~d the team
·
in scoring.
O'Halloran also added 19 points.
Ruth Halley was high rebounder
with six.
The Ladies team now has a
stretch in its schedule where it plays
two key conference games.
On Tuesday Marist matched up
against Wagner College. Results of
the game were unavailable at press
time. Marist defeated Wagner
earlier this season at home 61-58
with O'Halloran scoring 20.
Tonight the team hosts Robert
Morris at
7:30. The two teams met
on Jan. 20 at Robert Morris with
Marist pulling out an eight-point
win 67-59. Danielle Galarneau led
the team in scoring with 16 points .
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Iron Mike lost, the world goes on but ...
Unbelievable.
·
That is the only word that
describes last Sunday's events.
If you haven't heard about what
happened, check your pulse.
There aren't too many
things
left
that are sure bets now -
only that
the Super Bowl won't be close and
Michigan· will beat Illinois
whenever they meet.
The latest one to fall -
literally
-
was that Mike Tyson
will
demolish anything he gets in the
ring with.
I would hate to
be
in
James
"Buster" Douglas' position when
the rematch happens. Someone's
going to the
canvas
and I don't
think it will be Tyson this time.
As
far as the first fight goes, that
wasn't even Tyson in the ring in
Tokyo.
The last time I saw a person take
that kind of a beating was in the
last Rocky movie. The only dif-
ference was Rocky won.
As if the fight wasn't enough,
the ensuing controversy
was
just
as
unbelievable.
Things
seem
to
be
settling
down,
though.
The World Boxing Council and
the World Boxing Association were
right in questioning the decision ..:_
they were
also right in awarding the
heavyweight. title to Douglas.
Although its decision turned out
to be the right one, the Interna-
tional Boxing Federation acted
much too quickly in awarding the
title to Douglas - they should have
been much more certain than they
were.
Not to take anything away from
what Douglas did after he was
knocked down, the fight should
have ended in the eighth round.
It didn't, and so that's the way
it goes.
Boxing needed something like
this to reinforce the idea that there
needs to be a single governing
body, rather than three.
The different weight
classes are
hard enough to keep track of, and
multiplying those by the three
organizations
makes
them next to
impossible to follow.
One governing body, one set of
rules,
one decision to be made -
Thursday
Morning
Quarteroack
Much credit goes to HBO for
having such a good shot of the
count. The tape clearly shows the
referee beginning his count at two
as the official timekeeper is about
to show four.
Timing the Douglas knockdown
with any working stopwatch will
prove he was down for close to 14
seconds.
Jay Reynolds
Acknowledging the Douglas
- - - - - - - - - - - - ' - - - side's arguments, I realize boxers
that's all
it
takes
to
avoid a
con-
troversy like the Tyson-Douglas
one.
.
I must admit I've seen the fight
-
the eighth, ninth and tenth
rounds especially -
dozens of
times, mainly because I couldn't
believe what happened.
Douglas deserves loads of credit
for just taking the fight to Tyson,
let alone knocking him out.
Although nothing should or will
be
done about it now, it doesn't
diminish
the fact
that
Douglas
was
down for
the
extended
count.
are trained to watch the referee
and, to Douglas' credit, he did
what he was supposed to do.
However, his supporters also say
that he could have risen to his feet
before the referee's count of nine
-
that is something that
can
be
argued forever with no concrete
answer
.
I give the guy credit for just get-
ting up from a Tyson punch.
Of course Douglas says he could
have risen before the true
IO
count
but the fact still remains that he
didn't.
Since the fight continued and
Douglas wound up
knocking
out
Tyson, it would not
have
been
right
for either of the boxing organiza-
tions to award Tyson the title.
Incidentally, and just to
be
fair
to referee Octavio Meyran, he did
count at the same
speed
for Tyson.
If you use the same working stop-
watch, Meyran's count of 10
occur
-
red at an actual 14-second mark.
He may not be the quickest guy
on the earth, but at least he's
consistent.
Getting back to the title situa-
tion, Douglas should have the belt
-
for now -
but there should be
a rematch.
As far
as
the differences in the
judges' scorecards;
well,
that's a
subjective situation.
One judge had Douglas winning
88-82
at the point of the knockout,
one had Tyson winning 87-86 and
the third had the fight tied at 86.
Not that it matters, but I was
keeping score
at
home and had
Douglas winning 87-86.
Something tells me that
scorecards won't
be
needed too
much for the rematch.
Jay Reynolds i1
The
Circle's
sports
editor.


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