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MARIST COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE,
N.Y.
APRIL 9,
1992
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~ig wheel on campus
Applications up
from previous year
Circle
photo/Phil Gaylor
Freshman Tim Brown competes in the big wheel race as part of Greek Week festivities.
Brown, a member of Tau Epsilon Phi, lost the race.
by
LISA CHMIELEWSKI
Staff
Writer
_Ma_rist
has received more than a five-percent increase in freshmen ap-
phcauons for the fall semester of 1992, according to a Board of Trustees
Report.
"We have 4,332 applications this year; up from last year's 4,110
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said Vi~e President of Admissions and Enrollment Planning Harry Wood.
Manst enrolled 904 freshmen last year, its largest class, despite a na-
ti~nal decline in high-school graduates, a decrease in state and federal
md and propose" budget cuts.
According to Michelle Erickson, director of admissions, Marist
will
only accept 830 freshmen this fall,
to
ensure students receive adequate
housing and have smaller classes.
Marist could lose $500,000 in Bundy Aid, state aid given to students,
and another $500,000 in Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) funds if
Gov. Mario Cuomo's proposed budget cuts are passed.
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Because it is concerned about losing some aid monies, admissions is
expanding private and corporate scholarships to create financial-aid
pa~kages for those students who need help paying college bills, said
Erickson.
"Marist is beating the competition by creating a competitive financial-
aid package in order to attract future applicants," said Erickson.
Marist has received 432 early-decision confirmations from applicants.
According to Wood and Erickson, a number of factors account for
Marist's success in increased admission applications such as a new Public
Relations strategy, an increased number of new publications, a multi-
image slide feature and the increased involvement of faculty and students.
The slide feature on Marist was created by an outside public relations
firm and is used
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for on-campus tours and promotion.
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Faculty and students get involved in the admission process by phone
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arc con 1nues or
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air
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person
calling prospective students before and after the student's acceptance.
"I
think the Marist student body has been the biggest asset to pro-
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J.W. STEWART
The ad details the
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new Com-
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The reason the search has begun
moting the school,,, said Wood. " The enthusiasm of the students and
munication and the Arts division; less·than
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three
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months away from
fac.ultyjs
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exceptional."
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Staff Writer
which recently split from the old
the expected start date is
a
com-
Admissions sponsored an Open House for accepted students on
April
Arts and Letters division, and
bination of Lanning's surprise
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and will sponsor another one on April 11.
Despite a late start; a nation-
states a strong preference will be
resignation and the restructuring of
"It will
be
giving students an opportunity to visit Marist
if
they haven't
wide search to find a chairperson
.
given to candidates who have earn-
communication arts, said Richard
already and to also meet the faculty, administration and students," said
for the new Division of Com-
ed a doctorate or have proven
Platt, coordinator of communica-
Erickson.
munication and the Arts is under-
themselves in the field of com-
tion arts.
T~is fall's class is coming to Marist from a diverse geographic area
way, according to Linda Cool, ac-
munication arts; who are in-
"I
would have preferred to begin
and 1s expected to be comprised of
55
percent women and
45
percent men.
ting chairperson of the Division of novative leaders; and who can
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this process last September because
The traditional demographic extent of the Marist College student- body
Arts and Letters.
understand and appreciate "emerg-
then we could have gone to some
population, has shifted greatly. In the past, the majority of students came
Cool, who has been the acting ing communication technologies"
conventions to look for can-
from the southern New York/Long Island area, but now the larger
chairperson since Jeptha Lanning like teleconferencing.
didates," he said.
number of students are coming from other northeast areas.
stepped down last year, said the
"This person will have to have
A search committee has yet to be
"Marist now has less of a regional focus and a broader representation
search officially began early last impact in and out of the college,"
established, but Cool said that is
of the Middle Atlantic and New England states," said Wood.
week when advertisements were Cool said. "He has to represent
not a·problem at this point because
According to Admissions figures, for the first time, there are more
sent to The Chronicle of Higher communication
arts
for the college.
no ~pplications have arrived. She
out-of-state than in- state students. Fewer than 50 percent of the freshmen
Education, the major college-
He has to get our name out there
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said she does not expect any for
are from New York and there has been a
34
percent increase in the number
employment journal; deans of
"And it would help if he walk-
another three weeks.
of up- state New York students.
communication schools like ed on water," she said jokingly.
Once the search committee is
Enrollment in New England has also increased
70
percent with Con-
Syracuse, Columbia and Stanford;
There is no deadline for applica-
established, however, Cool said the
necticut replacing New Jersey
as
the second-largest source of students.
and other employment journals in lions, but the expected starting date
cost of finding the new chairperson
New Hampshire and Pennsylvania have quadrupled the number of
the communications field.
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could number in the $1000 range,
students they send to Marist, as well, said the figures.
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Marist has a
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lso 1·ncreased 1"ts number of m1·nor1·ty students, who ac-
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t e country,
listed in the ad.
depending on bow many applicants
said Cool, who is also the assistant
"We've gotten off too such a
a.re brought to campus.
count for over
10
percent of the freshmen class.
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academ_ic vice president/dean of Jate start, we'll be lucky to get
CHAIRPERSON
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Wood s_aid _he has been pleased with the increase of international- stu-
~ca~erruc pro~ams. "It's network-
anyone to come by July
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Cool ...
see
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page
dent apphcatrons
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LOflg
hoU"rS are fashionable.for students
gram, each seated at their usual stations.
she tossed them to the floor and continued
by
DONNA SICLARI
Staff Writer
When Melissa Berry's alarm clock went
off at 7:30 Thursday morning, she slowly
rolled out of
bed
with only five hours of sleep
to eat her breakfast bagel and skim her
Women's Wear Daily- the newspaper for
the fashion world.
She knew her day was going to
be
filled
with frustrating hemlines, dirty leather
thimbles, and fabrics with minds of their
own -
but this Marist junior fashion ma-
jor
was ready.
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"It
is character building," Berry said.
"If
you're a designer, you have to know how
your clothes are put together. We (fashion
majors) have to
be
responsible."
With the Silver Needle Fashion Show just
two weeks away, junior and senior fashion
majors are spending long days and sleepless
nights finishing the outfits they have been
sketching and designing since September.
In the final countdown for the show, a
day
in the fashion department
is
filled with anx-
ious nerves, cries for help, and doubts about
completing outfits, combined with a relax-
ed atomsphere,
4;0nfidence, and
continuous
laughter.
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9
a.m., Berry was back to work on her
black leather catsuit -
just one of her five
outfits in the show.
Sitting on a stool dressed in
an
oversized
sweater, she worked off
a
large table with
her leather material sprawled out in
front
of
her.
The voice of a disc jockey and
top
40
music came from a radio, as she sewed and
.
talked
about the work she had to do with
junior fashion major Stephanie Riley.
"I
don't think this is
a
good day to do this
head," Berry said, referring to the leather
hood for her catsuit.
"I
think it
is
a good day to go over to Skin-
ner's," Riley said.
The two said they felt the day was going
to be quiet since Carmine Porcelli, director
of the fashion program, and a few students
were in New York
City.
The fashion students said they agreed that
Porcelli and all their other teachers have
done a great deal to help
them.
"lt
is a total
sense
of family here," Beny
said. "Everyone gets to know each other on
a different level."
By 11:30 a
.
m., the brightly-lit room was
filled
with eight of the
J
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juniors
in the pro-
As
the group worked with large amounts her search.
of material, noisy sewing machines, and
Berry
said their classes are always together,
steamy irons, they planned their meals and so they all have become close.
snacks for the day, and caught up on the
She also said there is no competition to win
latest gossip..
awards, and they are always helping each
The group confessed that anyone who
other.
walks by the fashion room's big glass win-
dows are moving targets.
"We gossip out of control,"
Berry
admits.
"We need to get out and
be
social."
Berry said they constantly pick on each
other too, but it is
a
sign of affection.
Five students gathered around fashion
teacper Susan DeSanna, who explained how
to cover snaps on gannents.
When one person needs to know how to
do something, everyone else usually listens
in, Berry said.
"We learn from everyone and we absorb
everything," she said.
Around 5 p.m., Berry said the group was
getting "slap.happy."
"Does
anyone have shoulder pads that
I
can use?," shouted Elizabeth McEnroe.
She picked up a pair of puffy shoulder-
pads,
which the students disapproved of with
"ughs" and "yucks."
"It's the
power
look,'' she explained,
as
"Everyone deserves an award,'' said
Kristen Thompson, who was working on her
material while listening to her walkman.
The students said they are anxious for the
show,
and they have no regrets for 1heir hard
work.
"I'm so excited because
it
is the first time
I
am so
dedicated to something,''
Berry
said
.
"I
think it reflects who
I
am
.
"
DeSanna helped Berry with
the
leather
hood she had been struggling with for most
of the day.
''This is the most annoying, confusing
frustrating thing,'' Berry screamed.
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She
said she decided
to
finish the hood -
but not until after dinner -
and definitely
not for the night.
"f
have to go out tonight to relieve some
anxiety,'' she said. "It's been a terrible day
for me."
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THE CIRCLE, APRIL 9,
1992
In Hollywood, Oscars fail to silence 'Lambs,
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that Jack Palance took the award. Palance
While on the subject of. "Lambs" . I thmk _I w~uld have had better luck P!Ck-
By
BRIAN MCNELIS
has been around so long he deserved the
Jonathan Demme may
be
a great director but !ng th~ wmmng lottery num~ers than pick-
award for lon~evity alone. That
aside
though
a public speaker he's not. His acceptance mg wmners at the oscars this year.
Once again the academy awards have
come and gone. They may have passed a lot
less painfully this year but they certainly left
some surprises in their wake.
For once the academy awards were done
with some style, zip and actually moved
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rather swiftly. This was due in large part to
a great job by master of ceremonies Billy
Crystal.
Critic's
Corner
•
Brian
McNelis
speech has got to go down as one of the
worst ever. Not only did he spend an eterni-
ty at the podium but I haven't heard that
many urns in a speech since
I
did my first
speech back in third grade.
. The academy proved me wrong in both ac-
tress categories. For supporting I wanted
· Juliette Lewis until I saw what she looked
like at the awards and quickly changed my
mind. Mercedes Rubel is
a
great actress and
was duly awarded her first oscar for "The
1
suppose the biggest surprise of the night,
at least for me, was the awarding of best pic-
ture to "The Silence of the Lambs."
I
felt
that this was an excellent picture but due to
its subject matter and the fact that it was
released more than a year ago it wouldn't
win. I was wrong.
his performance was outstanding in "City
Slickers."
Fisher King."
·
When it came to best actress the only ques-
tion in my mind was who will it be, Geena
Davis or Susan Sarandon? My money was
on Sarandon. Once again I was surprised
when the award was given to Jodie Foster,
her second in four years. Granted she gave
a great performance but seeing her competi-
.
tion I figured the academy would certainly
vote for someone else.
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Even though "Beauty and the Beast" was
animated I felt finally Hollywood was ready
to award an animated film best picture. Once
again I was wrong. (I guess that proves what
kind of critic I am.) Hopefully the time is
not to long in coming when Hollywood will
be ready, its been long enough already.
Anthony Hopkins is another actor who
has been around for a long time but never
gave as unforgettable or riveting a perfor-
mance than that of the evil and cannibalistic
Dr. Hannibal Leet or. He was a shoe-in for
best actor and the academy didn't disap-
point. Its a shame he followed that up with
a sleep-walk performance in the tbysmal
"Freejack."
As for supporting actor it was no sur rise
New
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releases off
er wide variety
by
DANA BUONICONTI .
First off this week,
I
was really
impressed with Mark Grossman's
performance at the Battle of the
Bands two weeks ago. He really
had it together with songs that had
a surprising lyrical maturity and
musical intensity. Get that boy a
record deal!
The legendary Spinal Tap is back
after an eight-year hiatus with
"Break Like The Wind" on MCA
records. David
St.
Hubbins, Nigel
Tufnel and Derek Smalls are back
in cheesy forni; joined by new
drummer Ric Shrimpton (yeah,
I've lost count too).
The first single is "Bitch
School", which is already causing
complaints from feminists (hey,
lighten up .. .it's about a dog). Also
featured is a duet with Cher called
"Just Begin Again" and guitar
solos from Slash, Joe Satriani and
Jeff Beck on the title track.
The whole album is really good,
probably better than it should be.
And even if you've seen the movie
and are in on the joke, "Break Like
The Wind" is well worth your
purchase.
Also, check out "The End of
Silence", the major-label debut
from the Rollins Band. Hank is
fresh off the Lollapalooza tour,
still spitting venom and showing
off his pees. The music is damn
slamming too. The first single is
"Low Self Esteem."
If
you're in the mood for
,something a little different, a little
strange, a little left of right, give a
_
listen to the Rev. Horton Heat. No,
he's not really a reverend, but he
certainly preaches his brand of
twisted rotkabilly with religious
fervor
.
His album is called "Smoke Em
If
You Got Em" and its on the Sub
Pop label, the same one that
brought you Nirvana, but don't
hold that against him.
It looks as though we've got
some good albums to look forward
to in the near future with the Black
Crowes and Faith No More releas-
ing new ones in May. At the very
least, these two will cleanse us from
Def Leppard's atrocious new
album "Adrenalize" (great title,
boys), just out.
And for my shameless Pearl Jan
plug, they'll be on "Saturday Night
Live" on the 11th. Tune in, won''-
you?
Provocative 'Thunderheart, ,
It's a shame that there can't be more than
one winner because there were several
honorable mentions at the awards. Nick
Nolte may not have come away with an
award but he certainly got the respect he
deserves after two outstanding performances
this year. Some mention also has to be made
of John Singleton, the first time director and
screenwriter who gave us the riveting and
realistic "Boyz'N'the Hood." Just more
evidence that you don't need a big budget
to make a great film.
After all was said and done the oscars this
year were the best I've seen in a long time.
There may have been some surprises arid
some mistakes but overall, unlike years past,
it was a thoroughly ente.rtaining three and
a half hours.
One final note, for anyone who cares Jack
Palance is now the editor of The Circle.
Don't tet Your
Tan Get Under
Your
·
skin.
Every year, 600,000
skin
cancers
are diagnosed. But you
·
can reduce your risk
by
using
sunscreen
with
a
Sun
Protection Factor rating of
15
or higher
and
by wearing
protective clothing.
'AMERICAN
WCANCER
JSOCIETY*
1-800-ACS-2345
a thriller with a different style
by
MARC LEIPIS
When I first saw the previews for
this movie, I thought, Val Kilmer
and visions of Indians -
what
is
this,
"The
Doors, Part II?!?" I
was wrong.
It
was
a
trailer for an
excellent
new
thriller
Thunderheart.
are searching for one thing -
themselves. 'rhunderheart is cer-
tainly true to that notion.
As Levoi searches for the killer:,
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he is brought into the Indian ways,
getting back in tough with the
heritage he has denied for so long.
He is guided on this journey of self-
discovery by one of the reserva-
tion's elders, known to most
as
Grandpa, played by Chief Ted
Thin Elk
in the most charming and
entertaining
performance of the
film.
Indians a bit heavy~handed at
times, but the moments of sarcasm
are really choice, specifically
·
his
reactions to Indian magic and his
great rapport with Grandpa.
Also worth noting is Greene's
performance as Walter Crow-
Horse, Levoi's new-found. part-
ner/annoyance. Greene provides'a
good amount
of
buddy-movie
banter to
keep
the film moving
and
still never loses sight of the bigger
picture.
Register for
Summer
This is one of the first movies to
be produced by Robert DeNiro's
production company - Tribeca -
and is inspired by actual events that
took place in the late
I
970s -
and
I don't mean disco.
Kilmer stars as agent Raymond
Levoi, and FBI agent assigned to
investigate the murder of an Indian
activist on the reservation, or
"Res" as
it is called, in the
Badlands of South Dakota.
The deeper Levoi gets into the
'culture, the more we can see
.
the
cold indifference of our govern-
ment, personified in Levoi's part-
ner, agent Coutell, played by Sam
Shepard.
.
I
really liked this film. Par-
ticularly because it
was
an
action-
thriller with
a difference.
It really
.
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Levoi, whose father
was
a Sioux,
about the treatment of Native
has been
sent
as a PR
move to
Americans. It doesn't beat you
show that the government is pro-
over the head with it, but the
Indian
and to encourage the public,
message
is unavoidable.
specifically the Indians, that the
Expressed in Roger Deakins'
days of abuse
are over. But, as the
gorgeous cinematography, we see
tribal
policeman, Walter Crow-
the beauty of the Badlands,
com-
Horse, played ,.,ith "'it
by
Graham
bined '\\ith gutted cars and slums of
Greene of
"Dances
With Wolves,"
the "Res" that make city-side pro-
says, "You're just the ~ond com-
jects look luxurious. As Shepard's
ing of the same old cavalry.,.
character Coutell says, "It's the
Problem is, Levoi has denied his
Third World, smack dab in the
late fa1her, and continually insists
middle of America."
the Indians are not "his people."
When asked what nation he is
While Kilmer's performance is
from, he replies, "The United
good, I found his transition from
States."
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a stoic, cold FBI man thro~ing
A teacher I once had in high
around racial slurs like Geronimo
school said that all good detectives
to an em passioned protector of the
On the down side - a very small
one - Thunderheart gets a bit con-
fusing in that it's difficult early on
to tell who's who. rue they pro-
government Indians? Are they ac-
tivists? Are they ... you get the pic-
ture. Also, Levoi's intermittent
flashbacks of his father are vague,
but isn't that just the way with
flashbacks?
Director Michael Apted -
who
did the great Gorillas in the Mist
and Class Action -
has put
together
a
political statement
disguised as
a
thriller, and it all
goes down easy.
Thunderheart garners a very
confident MEDIUM SIZED
BUCKET
O'
CORN.
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AW A Y: That way-cool
sec-
tion for aiterinoughts. I've begun
to ask myself, will anything ever
earn
a
BUSHEL
SIZED
BUCKET'? Is any movie good
enough for me to encourage you to
rush to the Galleria or South Hills
Mall and plunk down seven bucks'?
With money situations for all of us
getting tighter and tighter, it's not
looking good ... but all fundage
questions aside, Wayne's World
and My Cousin Vinny are strong
contenders.
along
with
Thunderheart for full bushel
status.
Classes
NOW
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Adult
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THE CIRCLE, APRIL. 9,
1992
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Students say
housing
decision hurts,
but helps
There's no place like home
Fraternity to reapply
by
BETSY STANLEY
Staff Writer
or controversial event
by
MEGAN MCDONNELL
Senior
Editor
ing," said Thomson, "but things
like how many witnesses should be
brought in and what type of ques-
tions should be asked were not
The Tau Kappa Epsilon fratcr-
outlined."
nity yesterday reapplied to sponsor
However, TKE members said
Past and present residents of
their biggest annual fund-raiser, the
they won their appeal fairly.
B:noit and ~regory said they have
Meet Market,
after
its appeal was
"We won unanimously,"
said
mixed emot10ns concerning the
thrown out last month.
Patrick
Reilly, former Meet Market
decision to build townhouses where
Student Body President Matthew
chairman. "We went through it all
their dorms now stand.
Thomson
said
he received a letter
for nothing. Now, anyone besides
The brown octagonal facilities
Feb..
27
from the Judicial Review
myself can reapply for the
event.,,
were built in 1968 as housing
Board stating that it found the
Junior Stefano Aliprandi, the
for student brothers which, in
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Council of Student Leaders free of
current Meet Market chairman,
recent years, have become cher-
prejudice, but guilty of faulty pro-
said the fraternity is willing
10
ished homes to Marist students.
cedure. However, the letter did not
cooperate with the school, and
Many students said they feel it's
state reasons.
hopes the
school
will cooperate
like losing a home
.
"I
went to Dean Cox's office to
with
the
fraternity
in
its
"It's awesome,
we're
all really
get the
answers
I wasn't getting,"
reapplication.
close -
like a
family," said Erin
Thomson
said.
"He (Cox) did not
Aliprandi said Tuesday that he
Colburn, a sophomore from Port
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overturn the decision, he just
would meet Wednesday with Steve
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thought the procedure was null and
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o urn,
a
Gregory resident,
an act1v1t1es.
said she is very upset about the
TKE members
said
the event,
"1
don't see any loopholes at the
decision.
which was cancelled Feb.
17
moment," he said.
"It
seems
like
Robert Gage, a senior from
because they
allegedly
failed to
he (Sansola) would help us as much
Walton,
N.
y
.
' said he feels this will
follow nine directives designed by
as possible.,,
be a major loss.
f
CSL, was brought to its Feb.
26 ap-
Sansola was not
available
for
"This type of building promotes
peal because the fraternity was not
comment.
socialization. It makes it easy to
given due process.
However. Thomson
said
that
meet everyone," said Gage, who
However, Thomson said there
although TKE members have the
has lived in Gregory for two years.
wasn't a st ructured
ser
of
guidelines
right
10
reapply for the event, there
For other students, the need
for
during th e
appeal.
might not be an
available
date
more housing is understood.
He also said Cox, vice presi-
because most campus e1ents for the
Stephanie Dilorio said she loves
dent/dean for Sludenc affairs,
remainder of
th"
semester
have
Gregory, and that sometimes it gets
spent
IO
days reviewing the judicial
been scheduled.
a little crazy
.
process, but found no documenta-
However,
the
fraternity
"I
understand, but it's a shame.
tion of the appeal hearing.
members
said
they will
still
try.
It's such a good environment
Cox was not available for
"We're further investigating the
here," said Diiorio,
a
sophomore
commenl.
possibilities of having it (Meet
from Dix Hills,
N.Y.
"I don't believe that
any
Judicial
Market) sometime in April," said
Kevin Shine, a junior from West
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Marist administrators and the Murray and the board of trustees
A car parked in the Hoop Lot lot adjacent to the basketball courts
sophomore from Lynbrook, N.Y.,
Local 200-D union came to an before it could ue officially agreed
was vandalized this past weekend, and
behind
the
Garden
"but I'm not too attached."
agreement on the union's new upon by the administrators of the
according to
J.F.
Leary, director of Apartments.
"It's sad," said sophomore Judd
three-year contract April
3.
college, according to Coogan.
Safety and Security.
"We have been pursing the situa-
Kopicki .of Cranford, N.J.
"It's
Negotiations, which began Feb.
The board of trustees approved
The car, a two-door 1988 Ford tion with physical plant, but as of
very personal here.''
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were over the ''terms and con-
the contract April 2, and the col-
Festiva, was vandalized sometime now their office has no plans to
im-
Kopicki, a Benoit resident, said
ditions" of employment, involving lege administration officially ac-
between
10 p.m. and 11 p.m. prove the conditions," said Leary,
it
is a
good idea to build
a
new
wages and benefits for the union cepted it April 3,according to
Saturday, said Gregory Petruska, who added that members of the
dorm.
members
compnsmg
the Coogan, who also said that the
from Waterford, N.Y ., who is the security staff noticed the lack of
·
Resident assistant Deb Waller
maintenance,
housekeeping, union now has to sell the propos-
owner of the vehicle.
lighting weeks before any van-
said she loves the circular structure
groundskeeping and dining-service
ed
contract to its membership -
Damage to the vehicle includes dalism had occurred.
of the buildings, and sitting outside
employees at Marist, according to called ratification -
which will
a smashed left-rear window and a
"The administration is reluctant
on nice days.
Carol Coogan, director of human happen at a meeting April
10.
dent on the right-side door, said to put any money into the parking
"'The best thing is, living here
resources.
',
The union's three-year contract
Leary.
lot because they feel it
,viii be a
has given me a chance to meet peo-
Specific issues that were discuss-
expired with Marist Feb.
29. Both
"Ironically nothing was taken waste of money since there is go-
ple
I
wouldn't have gotten to
·
ed among the four management-
the administration and the union
from my car," said Petruska, a ing to be new parking lots and
know," said Waller, a senior.
representatives and the eight union-
agreed to extend negotiations
freshman, who also noted it will assignments once the new dorm
_
"I will miss the feeling of com-
representatives are
.
confidential, beyond the date of the contract,
cost
about $160 to repair the project gets into full swing next
munity and friendship, and the
·
said Coogan.
said Coogan, who also
said
there
window.
year," said an anonymous ad-
24-hour entertainment," she said.
Last week, the administration were 10 negotiation meetings.
Lear said he believes that all of ministrative source.
Pizza Wars~· Sal's, Sev's, Settembre's compete
by
BETH CONRAD
Senior Editor
It's
7
p.m. on
a
Wednesday, the cafeteria
is closed and you're starving.
What's a hungry student
to
do? Take the
easiest route possible -
order pizza.
While school is in session, local pizza
restaurants boom with business from Marist
students, but what happens when
classes
let
out for the summer?
The consensus of some Marist favorites,
such
as
Sal's Little Italy and Sev's, shows the
businesses do not suffer financially when the
students go home.
Sal Vona, owner of Sal's Little Italy
Pizzeria and Restaurant in Poughkeepsie,
said when he first opened the restaurant,
most of the business came from Marist
students, but they now have a variety of
patrons.
"It's hard to say how much business is
from Marist," Vona said. "When
we
put out
adds with specials, we get a lot more calls
from students."
Vona said he doesn't
see a
drop in business
over the summer months and although Sal's
doesn't depend on Marist business, they do
appreciate
it.
"We'd like to thank the college for being
here and hopefully we can repay them by
continuing to offer specials
and
discounts,"
he
said.
Silvana Vona, owner of Sev's Pizza in
Poughkeepsie, said most of her business
comes from area residents -
about 30 to 40
percent come from Marist.
''Business picks up a lot when the students
are here and it can get pretty hectic with all
of the deliveries," she said.
While Sal's and Sev's don't seem to suf-
fer any loss in business when school is out.
. uP;zza
at home is
much better, •• said Maloy.
"There's no pizza like
New York
City
pizza ...
Concetta Provenzano, co-owner of Proven~
zano's in Poughkeepsie, said they do nocice
a drop
in
pizza sales.
Provenzano said about 20 percent of her
business comes from Marist students.
She said they used to notify students of
specials by putting Oyers under their doors,
but were told not to by someone at the col-
lege, whom she didn't name.
Donato Gemmati, manager of T & F Piz-
za in Hyde Park, said
15
percent of their
business comes from Marist students.
He said they used to
notice
a
difference
in sales when students left, but they now
cater to residents as well
as
Marist.
Gemmati said the business he gets
from
Marist
is
good, but
causes a
lot
of headaches.
"They get impatient if we say it's gonna
be there in 30 minutes and it's there in 35,"
Gemmati said. "The majority of the students
aren't very understanding when it comes to
that," said Gemma ti.
Although Settembre's seems to be a
favorite among Marist students, the owner
refused to comment about his business.
Christine Dooley, a senior from Levit-
town,
N.Y.,
said
she
usually ordered from
Settembre's when she lived on campus
because it was open later and the food ar-
rived faster.
"I
never really had pizza as much as my
freshman year in college," Dooley said. "It
was close and it was cheap."
Jennifer Maloy,
a
senior from Staten
Island, N.Y., also said she ordered from Set-
tembre's because they were close, but add-
ed that there's no place like home.
"Pizza at home is much better," said
Maloy. "There's no pizza like New York Ci-
ty pizza."
Kim Fitzgerald, 21, from Brooklyn, N.Y.,
agreed ~;th Maloy's longing for the
tastes
of home.
"I hate the pizza up here because it's
disgusting," said Fitzgerald. "Brooklyn has
the best pizza."
Fitzgerald said when she does put her feel-
ings aside for the pizza in the art
·:,
and
orders
out, she calls Provenzano's.
Although
she
sometimes has to wait an
hour and a half for delivery, she said Pro-
venzano's has che best pizza around.
While these
students
base their pizza picks
on taste and logistics, Steve Christmann uses
other criteria.
Christmann, a senior from Huntington,
N.Y.,
said his wallet determines whose
cuisine he will be enjoying for dinner.
"I
order from wherever there's coupons
for,
or whatever flyers are around," said
Christmann.
He added,
"I
order because it's cheap and
I don't feel like cooking."
Christmann said the pizza businesses in the
area are all basically the same -
without
flyers, they probably wouldn't get any Marist
business.
Silvana Vona said there's a lot of competi-
tion among the area pizza restaurants to cet
Marist business.
-
Sal's and Sev's offer
S5 pies for studencs
with free deliYery.
T & Falso offers S5 pies
for students "ith a
SI
delivery charge and
Provenzano's offers free delivery.
Settembre's has free delivery with $5.99
for a large pie, and St0.99 for two Iaree pies
with one free topping.
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"The Marist deliveries keep everybody
b~sy, but hey, every little bit helps," Vona
said.
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THE CIRCLE, APRlL 9,
1992
Adjunct launches wfiting Careerwith first novel
A typical day for Defelice in•
eludes working on his writing at his
Highland home,from
8
a.m. until
about 2 p.m. in a cluttered room
with two desks and an old door
propped up on some filing cabinets
to serve as a a third.
of - Taconic Newspapers,
·
a
publishing
·
group consisting of
seven newspapers
·
and
.
three
magazines headquartered in
Millbrook, N.Y. He resigned in
1987 to give more time to his fic-
tion writing.
by
S.J. RICHARD
Assistant Editor
No one ever accused Jim
Defelice of not having imagina-
tion. Certainly not the nuns at St.
Mary's Grammar School
in
Du-
mont,
N.J.,
where Defelice - the
self-proclaimed class smartass -
used to get yelled at for drawing
cartoons of superheroes in class
rather than paying attention.
These days, DeFelice, an adjunct
instructor of communications at
Marist, is putting his imagination
to a little more productive use as
the author of the newly released
techno-thriller "Coyote Bird"
{St.
Martin's Press, $18.95).
The surface plot involves high-
tech superplanes, a covert Japan-
U.S. war and a mysterious com-
puter virus, which all combined are
more trouble than any present-day
economic woes with the Japanese.
So far, the novel has been
reviewed in Kirkus Reviews and
Publishers Weekly and received
favorable notice in the mysteries
and thrillers column of The New
York Times Review of Books .•
DeFelice has already signed with
St. Martin's for a second novel.
Defelice said that while "Coyote
Bird" is intended as a thriller, he
also sees the story on a deeper, less-
commercial level, exploring the
issue of man versus machine in the
use of artificial intelligence.
The main ingredients of "Coyote
Bird" are computers and airplanes
-
two things that Defelice said
have interested him all his life.
In fact, as a child, he wanted to
be a pilot or an astronaut until he
learned perfect vision was a
pre-requisite.
"I ate all these carrots, and I got
sick," DeFelice recalled. "So
I
decided to go into writing."
"Coyote Bird" as well is a pro-
duct of changed direction, Defelice
said.
While
working on a more
mainstream novel, he "got stuck."
"It
wasn't quite writer's block,"
said DeFelice, a
1977 Marist
graduate.
"It
just wasn't work-
ing."
One sleepless night, he came up
with a plot merely as a diversion
and decided to play around with it
for a while.
"If
an idea sticks with you," he
said, "it's probably worth in-
vestigating."
One year later, the investigation
into that late-night diversion
became the completed "Coyote."
One week after getting an agent,
the book was sold to St. Martin's
Press.
A month to six weeks of library
research
went
into finding the Tom
Clancy-type information about
aeronautics
and
computer
technology for the novel.
Although Defelice has worked
on mysteries and mainstream
novels, he said his next novel will
also be a techno-thriller. It's due to
be published in about a year and
a half.
Defelice said he was influenced
by writers from Jules Verne to Dale
Brown; however, he no longer
reads techno-thrillers.
"I
don't want to get too
in-
The desks - in theory at least -
separate his different professional
pursuits as a novelist,
as
a jour-
nalism instructor at Marist and as
a political columnist for the
Taconic Newspapers in Dutchess
County ..
Under his laser printer, are the
records of Dutchess County elec-
tions for the.last
30 years.
Also in the clutter one can find
a notebook-sized, black, plastic
·
sign with eight screw holes that he
and some friends stole from the
.
Iowa Writer's Conference while he
was getting his
M.A.
from SUNY
Albany.
DeFelice's professional writing
career began in journalism.
Throughout college, he worked
full-time as a reporter covering
sports and politics.
"I
remember driving to work
one day
.
thinking, 'Ha!
I can't
believe they pay me to do this,"
Defelice said.
He later became executive editor
"I
was pretty comfortable
then," he said. "But I had to ask
myself, 'Do I want to be comfor-
table or do
I want to write
books?'"
·
·
He decided he wanted to do
both, but quit his job nonetheless.
He still writes his political col-
umn for the Taconics and does
some free-lance articles.
Aside from the hats of journalist
and novelist, Defelice has taught
as an adjunct at Marist for several
years.
"The first journalism course
I
was ever in," DeFelice confessed,
"was the one I was teaching."
His image of a college professor
worried him a little at first.
"I
thought I'd have to wear
jackets with elbow patches and talk
in full sentences," he said.
Defelice plans to continue
teaching at Marist no matter how
successful "Coyote Bird" is.
"I
like to bore students in an in-
teresting way," he said.
fluenced," he said.
Seniors ready to party on April 24 at annual River Fest
by
CATHERINE CARDELL
Staff Writer
A day of dancing, celebration,
and various activities can be
ex-
pected on April
24,
when Marist
College will hold its fifth annual
River Festival from
l
to
5
p.m. at
the North Fields, near Gartland
Commons.
The River Festival, open only to
students
21
or older and faculty
members, will include music by
Awesome Audio, entertainment,
games such as tug o'war and
basketball, food by Seilers and
both alcoholic and non-alcoholic
beverages.
The main focus of River Fest is
tradition, community of class and
fellowship, said Steve Sansola,
director of residence life.
Heather Wells, a senior from
North Greenbush, N.Y., is looking
forward to the upcoming event,
~pending the day with the senior
class and seeing everyone together
at once.
The River Fest replaced what
was formerly River Day, an unof-
ficial holiday during which
members of all classes joined at the
river to drink and socialize.
Because River Day
lea
to such
problems as under-age drinking,
improper behavior and damage to
Marist property, Marist College
with the help of the Class of 1988,
formed the now- sanctioned River
Fest.
Students help their peers
·
at career-advising center
By
LISA CHMIELEWKI
Staff Writer
Stephen DiOiacomo, Denise
Zanchelli and Janine Vitagliano
say
their internship has changed their
lives -
and the lives of other
students.
As peer counselors and interns at
the Career Development Center,
they are three of the five students
who help their peers set career ob-
jectives and choose the major that
fits their needs, personalities and
interests.
They counsel those individuals
who may be uncertain about their
resumes, interviewing or career
plans.
On an average day, the
counselors help as many as 15 to
20 students.
"There is always something new
and exciting to do and every day is
an adventure; you're always
meeting someone new," said
DiGiacomo, a senior from Island
Park, N.Y.
With a counselor there is mostly
one-to-one contact. Interns also
pitch in with administrative tasks
and projects.
"We may sometimes
be
the first
stepping process to major changes
in people's Jives," said Zanchelli,
a senior from Pleasant Valley,
N.Y. "We advise, not counsel."
For the student considering
graduate or law school, the peer
counselor helps with the search of
testing fees, school applications
and institution selections.
"I've seen major breakthroughs
and encourage students to explore.
·
I've seen the positive results," said
Vitagliano, a junior from Belle
Mead, N.J.
For the three interns, being peer-
career counselors has helped them
to learn and utilize techniques such
as listening skills and resume
writing.
The coun·selors said what they
have learned about themselves as
individuals has been tremendous.
• 'One of the biggest things I
learned about myself was to com-
municate effectively, be self-
assured and work as a team
player," said Zanchelli.
"Today I have overcome the fear
of speaking to large crowds, I've
implemented my own career-search
workshops, and I've learned to
be
more assertive," said Vitagliano.
Zanchelli said her main role as
peer counselor is to offer courses
and workshops on how to put
together resumes.
Zanchelli
also
conducts
simulated mock interviews for
students and later analyzes the in-
terviews
for
case-study
assignments.
One of the most satisfying
moments for DiGiacomo was con-
vincing a classmate to get started
on a job
·
search.
"He had no definite idea of what
he wanted but I geared him toward
a goal and it felt great," he said.
The interns help students with
self-assessment, career
.
research,
selection of a career direction and
the planning of a job search.
The requirements for the peer-
career counselor are three-hour
training seminars each week, atten-
dance at each office workshop and
a presentation at a staff meeting.
The counselors also have to pre-
sent a final project related to a ma-
jor or career interest at the end of
each semester.
Being a peer-career counselor
earns a student 10 credits, five each
semester.
"Not only is it a great way to get
connections and meet people, it
strengthens your own skills and
help others while doing it," said
Zanchelli.
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"The rites of spring are over
4,000 years old and no one can stop
them," said Bro. Joseph Belanger,
a French professor. Belanger also
said that River Fest is an excellent
event and has vastly improved since
River Day.
Unlike River Day, River Fest is
now fully monitored by both staff
and senior class members and open
to older students only, said
Sansola.
Gin Kang, a 22-year-old junior
from Korea
will
be attending River
Fest for the first time this year.
"I'm looking forward to seeing
a lot of my friends and all of the
people who will be graduating this
year," he said.
The event is sanctioned by the
.
college and there is a large em-
phasis placed on safety, said San•
sola. Transportation for those
drinking will be available.
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THE CIRCLE,
APRIL
9,
1992
5
In subtle ways, prejudice is a factor at Marist
by
DOMINICK
E.
FONTANA
.prejudice.
Assistant Editor
. Over a week ago in Oakland, Calif., two
high school students were shot on the
sidewalk from unknown gunmen in cars
whizzing by their school. Police did not
determine it as a racially motivated incident.
"Out of all the campuses in the country,
prejudice at Marist is much more negligible,"
said Dan Okada, criminal justice professor
and internship director.
"It
is not the ap-
parent, blatant racism or sexism you see
on
honest and in touch with communicating
with society," Suzuki said.
A
very common theory of states that pre-
judice stems from one's environment.
Children are especially influenced within
their family and schools.
Gavaletz was carrying video equipment
across campus and someone said "a little girl
like you shouldn't be carrying a Joi of equip-
ment."
"lt
has gotten to the point when l
see
it
happening and I ignore it," Gavaletz
said.
"I say men are scum, but they're not because
I
don't think guys think
all
girls are (female
dogs)."
New York City, approximately
3000
miles
away from Oakland and
70 miles away from
Marist, continues to have problems with
racial tensions, but in areas like Crown
Heights people have learned to communicate
with each other and form closer bonds.
other college campuses."
"The topic of prejudice
is
wide open and
people are expressing themselves so
we
can
understand and maybe stop spreading
stereotypes," said Peter Wagor, a junior en-
vironmental science major from Rochester,
N.Y ..
"It
is a hot topic now more than ever
because people want to talk about it, and it
Professor Ashok Kapoor said we should
educate children in their homes and schools
because
it
is here where stereotypes are learn-
ed -
while most tolerate it, they are too
scared to speak against it.
"Children gain leadership qualities from
their parents and teachers, who arc in.close
contact with the child," Professor Kapoor
said. "These qualities give the person con-
fidence to speak up and say prejudice is
wrong, and we should not ignore
it."
"Marist students need enough awareness
lo understand the different races and cultures
on and off campus," said Zelesther Cay,
a
social work major from Preston Hollow,
N.Y.
gets a response."
The Marist community, a gathering of dif-
ferent nationalities, understands prejudice
exists off campus in the the world, but there
are also subtle forms of prejudice on
campus.
Race, sex and age integration exist at
Marist, but
it does not compare to other
campuses which open up to topics like
John Suzuki, a junior communication arts
major, said people are ignorant when they
stereotype people, but most do not want
trouble or try to direct harsh comments to
others because it probably doesn't matter.
Terry Gavaletz, a senior communication
arts major from Woodbury, Conn., said
people's attitudes and "twisted" words make
her angry when
she
is told what she should
or should not do.
The 24th anniversary of the assassination
of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was last Satur-
day, April 4 -
the students and faculty in
this article were, in the words of King, no1
judged by ''the color of their skin, bu1 or
!he content of their character."
"It's not that racism or prejudice is
spreading, but rather that people are more
Local hiking trails
let students escape
by
JIM TRUPIANO
Staff Writer
As the weather gets nicer, many
students begin to search for out-
door activities to escape the dorms.
One popular pasttime in the
Hudson Valley is hiking.
Just up the block from Marist
College
is the Hyde Park Trail, a
3.5 mile walk that extends from the
Vanderbilt National Historic Site
to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Na-
tional Historic Site.
The Hyde Park Trail is wide and
gentle, but there are rough sections
and hills which make the trail
slightly challenging.
The trail that links the Vander-
bilt and Roosevelt sites
is
one of the
first completed links in the Hudson
Valley Greenway, and it is only the
first phase of a long term goal
to
extend it northward to Staatsburg
and south to the Poughkeepsie
waterfronts.
Other popular hiking areas less
than an hour away include:
Shawangunk Trails, Mohonk
Preserve and The Taconic Trail
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Some essential hiking equipment
includes: a compass, plenty of
clothing
for
changes
in
temperature, extra food, a
flashlight,
a
first aid kit and a
pocket knife.
Recommended clothing includes:
two pairs of
socks,
boots, long
baggy pants, gloves, hat, wind and
water resistant jacket, sun visor
and extra shirts or sweaters.
Additional equipment needed
for overnight trips include: tent or
tarp for shelter, ground cloth,
sleeping bag, stove, fuel, cooking
pot, long underwear, toilet items,
and a rain cover.
Other things that are nice to have
are binoculars, a camera, a swim
suit and a towel.
For students interested in hik•·
ing, Marist students have started·
the Outback Club.
The club consists of 25 members
and usually hikes at Minnewaska
State Park.
Besides hiking, the club also goes
mountain biking, white water
raf-
.
ting and cave exploring.
Conference
on alcohol
by
PETE TARTAGLIA
Staff Writer
Presidents and students, for the
first time, from local colleges will
hold an alcohol and drug con-
ference on April 9, at Vassar
College.
The conference, sponsored by
·
the Mid Hudson Alcohol and other
Drug College Consortium, will be
held at Vassar College Alumni
House from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m.
The conference will be a forum
for colleges to first acknowledge
and then discuss the presence of
drugs and alcohol on campuses-
not an anti-drug lecture, said Bar-
bara Fries, a counselor for students
at Maris\ College.
"It's a place to talk about what
is real," added Fries.
"The point of the conference is
to get college presidents thinking
about alcohol and drug use
at their
schools," said Jillian Flyn,
a
representative from the Dutchess
County Alcohol Council.
The conference
will
provide a
chance for students, some currently
with alcohol and drug problems, to
tell their side of the story, said
Flyn.
Participating colleges include:
Vassar College, Bard College,
Ulster Community College, Marist
College, Orange Community Col-
lege, Sullivan Community Coll~e,
SUNY New Paltz, Mount Samt
Mary College, Dutches.-; Communi-
ty College and West _P?in~-
.
Each school which 1s 1m,1ted Y.111
be sending a team of students,
faculty and the presidents of their
colleites to the conference.
This micro-brew's for you!
Woodstock brewery·
is
booming
by
JOHN C. NIEDZWIECKI
Staff Writer
Within the cavernous walls of a
foundry built
in
1830
at 20 SL
James St., Kingston, Nat Collins,
owner and brewmaster of the
Woodstock Bre,ving Company said
he feels like a mad scientist in the
rich tradition of brewing in the
Hudson Valley.
Throughout the country micro-
breweries-any brewery that brews
up to
60,000 barrels a year or 1.8
million gallons-thrived at the turn
of the century.
There were 22 micro-breweries in
Kingston alone before the last was
closed in
1942.
The Wall Street Journal and
other financial publications have
called micro-breweries one of the
top 10
investments
for the 1990s.
·"The Woodstock Brewing Com-
pany is not all about money," said
Nancy Baker, head of marketing
for the brewery. "It is about quali-
ty beer with an integrity that will
not be compromised for populari-
ty.,.
"We want the quality of the beer
to make us a popular brew," said
Baker, in between phone calls and
answering the door to let inquisitive
visi~ors take a
look at the newly
remodelled interior of the brewery.
brew in his basement.
Collins, who has been brewing
In the clean white light of the
his own beer since 1971 before the
reception room and around the five
practice was legal, in 1979, said he
shining 1200 gallon vats that make
began during the back-to-nature
and store the beer,
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is hard to im-
movement of the early 1970s while
agine Collins ever brewing in the
still
a
member of !he Rainbow
desolation of a basement.
Farm commune near Phoenicia,
After a journey around the
N.Y.
co_untry in April 1990 touring
"l
made my own honey and
micro-brewery after micro-
maple syrup," said Collins. "Mak-
brewery, to get a feel for the
ing beer was just a natural
business and market, Collins
extension-I just like to do things
enrolled at the American Brewers
on my own."
Academy in Chicago.
The brews of the Woodstock
In June of 1991, Collins leased
Brewing Company adhere to the
the foundry and in January of 1992
German Reinheitsgebot, a purity
the first barrels of Hudson Lager,
order issued by the Elector of
Woodstock Brewing Company's
Bavaria in 1516.
flagship brew, were complete.
"Our beer will never contain
Restaurant owners have agreed
anything artificial," said Baker
to sell Hudson Lager without hav-
proudly. "We only use the choicest
ing tasted it because they like the
hops, barley, yeast,
malt
and
.
idea of what a good local
brew
water, that's all-nothing else. To could do for the area.
be quite honest the recipe is simple,
"About 75 percent of the sales
perfecting it is the difficult part.''
orders we get come from customers
Woodstock Brewing Company
who
juS!
call
and
ask
for
a
delivery
had been a life long dream for Col-
without tasting the beer," said
!ins, who has been home brewing
Baker from behind the hospitality
for
years.
suit in the reception room of the
brewery.
In the early
l
970s, Collins and a
friend opened a cheese shop in
Phoenicia. Later he started his own
construction company . .
But he
always wanted to do more than just
As soon as Collins establishes
Hudson Lager he plans to add St.
James Ale, Big Indian Porter and
Rondout Stout to the list of brews
made at the brewery.
Drinking is
a way
of
life for
many
college students
by
AMY CROSBY
Staff Writer
Some Marist students will ven-
ture out
to
an off-campus party
after drinking in their rooms
tomorrow night because they suc-
ceeded in smuggling beer past
security.
The off campus party, usually
the downstairs of a run-down
house packed beyond capacity,
will
last a few hours and once the keg
is gone so are the students.
Students then will travel to one
of three college bars, which one
depends on the quality of
identification.
On Saturday morning most of
these students will admit to drink-
ing too much, drinking to the point
of vomiting, or driving after drink-
ing the night before but will not
consider it anything out of the
ordinary.
Abusive drinking is a "norm"
on college campuses and fs ac-
cepted in our culture, a culture that
celebrates drunkenness, according
to Barbara Fries, a councilor at
Marist.
Abusive drinking is not healthy,
but students justify doing it
because everybody else does, and
this abusive behavior is condoned
because they are in a college at-
mosphere, said Fires.
In 1982 a quarter of all college
students
were
alcohol abusers, but
accordin~ to a
New York
State
alcohol abuse study, 36 percent of
the nation's 13 million college
students are alcohol abusers, nearly
two out of every five Marist
students.
According to the national
average, Marist students spend
$1,392,797
.
88
on
alcohol
annually-that is $323.08 a year
per Marist student.
"College students in the United
States spend an average of
$4.2
billion annually on alcohol, which
is one third of their total income.
Less
money is spent on books,"
said Surgeon General Antonia
Novello at a press conference in
1991.
The alcohol abuse study showed
21 percent of college age women
are alcohol dependent, making col-
lege women twice
as
likely to be
alcohol abusers as non-college
women of the same age.
Alcohol is also
a
factor in
21
per-
cent of all college drop outs, accor-
ding to the study.
"Alcohol is the party at college
and coming to college in our
culture is at the risk of becoming
alcoholic," said Fries.
One reason for the high in-
cidence of drinking at college cam-
puses appears to be due to the pro-
motion of abusive drinking.
Alcohol is seen
as
th: onlv wav
to celebrate on college campuses,
and the media in our culture em-
phasizes this, said Fries.
Last year $1.9 billion was spent
by brewers and distillers to support
entertainment programs aimed
primarily at young people-$20
million of that was spent on direct
campus promotion, principally for
beer, according to an article inter-
viewing Robin Wilson. president of
California State University at
Chico.
In one year Miller Brewing Com-
pany sponsored 3,000 rock concerts
in this country aimed at the youth
market, and
600 were on or adja-
cent to college campuses, stated the
article.
The media gives people the idea
that abusive drinking is fun and the
only way to celebrate, and living
this way for four years can lead
to
future problems of alcoholism if
abusive drinking is not addressed,
said Fries.
There is a difference between
alcohol abuse and alcoholism and
between alcohol abuse and social
drinking, said Fries.
Social drinkers do not drink to
intoxication. They have one or two
drinks in socially accepted situa-
tions, like wine with dinner. Their
alcohol drinking does not cause
problems or have consequences in
their lives, said Fries.
It
is -when individuals drink
abusively and excessively for a long
time that a physical dependency
de\"elops, causing a potentially fatal
disease called alcoholism
,
said
Fries.
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THECIRCI.E
EDITORIAL
APRIL 9,
1992
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THE
CIRCLE
Chris Shea,
Editor
Mike O'Farrell,
Sports Editor
Matt Martin,
Photography Editor
Jenn Johannessen,
Senior Editor
Megan McDonnell,
senior editor
Jen Chandler,
senior editor
Rich Nass,
news editor
Beth Conrad,
senior editor
Margo Barrett,
editorial page editor
Julie Martin,
associate editor
Brian McNelis,
entertainment editor
Eric Hanson,
distribution manager
Brigid O'Reilly,
advertising manager
Diane Raven,
business manager
Dominick Fontana,
assistant edilor
S.J. Richard,
assistant edilor
Anaswla Custer,
assistant editor
Cllrmy
Cmdy,
assistanl edilor
David McCraw,/acu/ty
advisor
Opportunity is
Knocking
To
improve this_college's largest ma-
jor, hiring a chairperson to head the
Communications and the Arts Divi-
sion must only be the first step.
By July 1, 1992, students studying communications -
the college's largest major -
and students studying
the
arts should have a new divisional chairperson.
The academic restructuring which will create the Com-
munications and the Arts division should affect, accor-
ding to the restructuring supporters, the communications
major
by
increasing its visibility, improving the lines of
·
communications (how fitting) between the faculty artd ad-
·
ministration and using more student input in the
.
decision-making
To the 700-plus communications majors, all this sounds
positive.
Yet,
.if
Marist is
·
going to market itself as a "Com-
munications school," it will be kidding itself and robb-
ing students of their tuition
if
it doesn't make some more
much-needed improvements.
A new chairperson hired as a result of a national search
and a fancy new division name won't cut it alone.
Among the necessary changes to be made:
Upgrading the technology
The speech writers for the Admissions Office tour
guides who show the communications equipment in
Lowell Thomas to prospective students conceivably could
have a promising career penning late-night comedy
monologues.
·
The television studios are hardly state of the
art,
unless
it's 19.75.
.
And while many
·
high schools are currently doing
newspaper design and production on computers, The Cir-
cle is still laid out with pencil and paper. Also, though
the mainframe has its advantages to work on, it's rather
archaic word-processing programs often make editing a
newspaper unnecessarily tedious.
And why is the Marist College radio station (WMCR)
still located in Champagnat Hall? Doesn't it belong in
Lowell Thomas'?
More quality f acuity
This one is obvious. A college is nothing without quality
professors. Unfortunately, in the area of communica-
tions, there are not enough of them. Every comm. ma-
jor knows of the certain professor whose night classes
regularly end at around 7:30 p.m. This is a travesty.
While financial restraints always seem to lurk around
this issue, a proposal to reduce the amount of courses
a professor teaches and, hence, hire more professors to
make up the difference, should be considered. Teaching
less students means more individual attention per student.
Also, some professors are forced to teach out of their
area of expertise. This is usually because there is no pro-
fessor available with the expertise or that professor(s) are
tied up teaching other courses.
While sometimes having professors switch gears like
this is a practical necessity, it's the students who
sometimes may get short-changed.
.And then there were two
by
.
MARK MARBLE
It is midnight on the dark Thursday even-
ing after the New York primary. The results
are in and to many people's surprise, not on-
ly did former governor of California Jerry
Brown not finish first, he didn't even finish
second either.
It's time to get serious.
In the Governor's Mansion in Albany, a
man is sitting in a comf
ortab/e chair. He
stares out the window as one of his loyal
bodyguards announces the arrival of a
visitor. The bodyguard shows Jerry Brown
in and leaves, shutting the door behind him.
Thinking
Between
The
Lines
JB:
May
I
please speak
to
you, Don
Cuomo?
I
need your help desperately.
Please, Godfather,
please.
Mario Cuomo slowly rises from his chair
and walks towards Brown. The theme from
"The Godfather"
is
heard as Jerry Brown
· kneels and kisses Cuomo'sring.
MC: (doing his best Marlon Brando im-
itation) Now, what can I do for you, my
friend?
JB: I need your help, your support. I have
done all I can in New York. Yet, people who
have been out of the race for almost a month
are finishing ahead of me. I can only win the
Democratic nomination with your
endorsement.
MC: My endorsement?
ls
that all you want
from me?
JB: Don Cuomo~ only with the power and
influence of your family can the threat of
Clinton be eliminated. It's well known that
you 're unhappy with Hillary and her runn-
ing mate,
Bill.
MC: Yes, you speak the truth. Gov. Clin-
ton shows me no respect. I would gladly have
stepped aside to support his candidacy
if
only
he hadn't said all those terrible things about
me. Now, I want him to suffer humiliation
and defeat for the insults made against my
family.
JB: Then help me stop him! Endorse me!
MC: This I can not do.
JB: What? Why?
MC: To step in now, to use all my powers
to wrest the nomination away from "Slick
Willie, " would further divide the party. The
party must stay united, even in defeat. This
will ensure my success in 1996.
JB: But Clinton must be stopped.
Cuomo returns to his.chair and turns slow-
.
.
/y
to face Brown.
·
· ·
MC: Do not worry, my friend. He will be
stopped. He does not truly understand the
power of George Bush and family. Clinton
is careless and stupid. If it wasn't for his
wife, he wouldn't have gotten this far.
JB:
I accept your decision, Don Cuomo,
even if I don't agr~e with it.
MC: Don't feel bad. Senator Paul Tsongas
received the same reply.
I
can give you some
financial aid, and my blessings, but that's all.
Jerry Brown kneels and kisses Cuomo's
ring again."
·
JB: Bless you Godfather. And
I
was sorry
to hear about John Gotti.
MC: Ah well, You can't win them
all.
JB:
Tell me about it. Well, it's off to
Virginia.
MC: Good luck in your quest my friend.
As long
as
your business does not conflict
with mine.
·
Jerry Brown walks out of the office as
Mario stands and stares out the window. His
bodyguard returns and announces that BIil
Clinton
is
on the phone.
MC: Just when
I
thought
I
was out, they
pull me back in.
TO BE
CONTINUED
....
Mark Marble
is the political
columnist for
The Circle.
The Circle
is proud to announce
Sara Richard as
editor-in-chief for 1992-93
Other members of the
editorial staff will include:
Carey Allaband
Dominick Fontana
Anastasia Custer
Ted Holmlund
Chrissy Cassidy
J.W.
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Margo Barrett
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THECIRCLE
VIEWPOINT
APRIL 9,
1992
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Abortion performers deserve excommunication
_
All the democratic presidential
candidates are pro-abortion in-
.
eluding Catholic
Jerry
Brown.
Speaking
as
a Roman Catholic
who participates in the holy
sacrifice of the
·
mass each day and
prays the rosary of the blessed
virgin Mary daily, it is my discern-
ment that no Catholic may vote
vote for a man who will facilitate
abortions by appropriation ann
legislation if elected.
A catholic is morally bound to
abstain from supporting those who
accept the murder of fetal human
beings.
If a catholic votes for a pro-
abortion presidential candidate,
this individual commits a sin as he
or she becomes a voluntary partici-
pant in a process which ultimately
leads to murder.
The sin of murder is serious mat-
ter and, therefore, a mortal sin.
Those who die unrepentant with
mortal sins on their souls go to hell
instructs the Catholic Church.
Catholic Church Law asserts
that the woman who aborts her
child and those who perform the
abortion as well as those who pay
for the abortion are automatically
excommunicated.
It
would appear
that this excommunication applies
to the pro-abortion voter also.
Academic theologians and
American have not wanted to make
this assertion. The Episcopates are
maintaining a strange silence about
the moral implication of voting for
a
pro-abortion candidate.
If
a Catholic does not wish to
vote for the Republican candidate,
he may refrain from vo_ting. There
are no circumstances in which a
Catholic may vote for a pro-
abortion candidate. Confession is
required for absolution of this sin,
. a mortal sin.
Joseph
E. Valley,
is a graduat~
or Iona
College, class
of 1968, with
a
B.A.
in Psychology.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
!most everything I neede
to know, I learned
·
at
college -
I
think.
'21 Society' thanks all
Editor:
We would like to
thank
everyone
who attended the Mar.
27 .. 21"
Society. It
was
a great
success.
We
hope everyone had a great time and
we really appreciate the senior
class
for coming out to party with us.
We would like to thank our
friends (you know who you are)
who help us clean up after every
"21"
Society we have had. We
never would have been able
-
to pull
them off without your help, sup-
port, and enthusiasm.
We
would also like to thank
Sister Eileen, Steve Sansola, Susan
Sullivan and Donald Goodwin for
all their advice, help
·
and support
this past year. The 1991-92 "21"
Society has had a great year and we
hope that everyone who came to
them had
a
~ood time.
Restructuring affects
students for the better
Editor:
I
would like to comment on
''Divisions restructured; Arts and
Letters split" inthe Apr.
2
edition
of The Circle.
The article says it was the Com-
munication
Arts
faculty that pro-
.
posed a change, although not the
change as approved. Yet, no one
from the Communications Arts
·
faculty
was
interviewed for reac-
tion or comment-'---' at least
-
no such
·
~omment appears in the article.
We spent
a
great deal of time
and effort for more than
a
year to
secure a stronger voice for Com-
munication Arts on the Marist
faculty.
Although
as
was said towards
the bottom of the article that
"nothing" will change for the
students with regard to the registra-
tion with its original proposal to
make Communication Arts a
separate division.
Our intent first and foremost
was to provide communication ma-
jors with better programs and more
identity on and off campus.
.
We· hope that even this "half
,
loaf'' of
a
realigned division of
Communication and the Arts will
"affect" communication arts,
students and for the better.
Richmond J .Egan,
Assistant Professor of
Communication Arts
We wish next years
"21"
Socie-
ty
all
the luck that we had this year.
And we hope to see all the seniors
at the
"21"
Society during Senior
week. Due to scheduling conflicts
the Apr.
JO
''.21"
Society is
cancelled.
Co-chairpersons Debbie Waller
and Mike Prout
New members
for Tri-Sigma
by
AMY ELLEN
BEDFORD
As graduation quickly ap-
means they won't work, any scam
proaches, the time has come for me
ever pulled on the phone company'
to
reflect back on
my
four years at
just how much time
I
have to put
Marist and take stock of the educa-
cash in my account before the
tion
I
have received.
check bounces, which cash
Sure I've learned all the things a
machines work at
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p.m. on
Fri-
college education should teach me:
day and Saturday, how to park for
how to write, how to think and
free at Bertie's, the secret of "The
analyze and how to research, sure-
Price Is Right" Plinko game, how
Jy
these skills will tie valuable in
far
I
can drive on Empty, how long
life.
my clothes have to hang in an open
But college has taught me other
window before the smoke smell
comes out, any student discount
lessons, available only through ac-
within a IS-mile radius, the
tual experience and these are
as im-
portant as any classroom skill.
cheapest brand of any product in
Ed.
Courtesy of my Marist education
the supermarket, the best pizza in
,tor:
the Hudson Valley (with tables),
The Epsilon Upsilon chapter of t:I":w:.:..i'::ll':-n:::e::.:v~e;,.r ,:,fo::::r~g=et:.:.: _ _ _ _ _ _ not to flush the toilet if someone
Sigma Sigma Sigma National
is in the shower, which bouncers
Sorority would like to congratulate
accept fake
I.D.,
which outfits
the following students on their in-
guarantee results, the cheapest time
itiation as new members this
of the day and week to make long-
semester:
Why
are
distance phone calls, the prices of
Yahaira Aristy, Nicole Brady,
.
we the only
all Blistex stuff, that .. Price Plus
ones laughing?
Club" discounts are a big hoax, not
Kate Castle, Christine Dussan,
An-
drea Gulius, Jennifer Kurtz, Jen-
nifer McCauley, Shawna McKeen,
Doreen Pethigal, Dawn Schob;
'.
Debbie Vasquez, and Theresa
1-------------
Zimba.
don't use scouring pads on non-
stick pans, leaving curlers in your
Christa Baumgartner,.
hair for more than
10
minutes
PR
co-chairperson of Tri-Sigma
to cash my paycheck at Shoprite,
uriless Shoprite money becomes
negotiable, which guy at Subway
makes
the best sandwiches and,
how
to microwave
just
about
anything to perfection at 3 a.m.
Amy Ellen Bedford
is The Cir-
cle's humor columnist.
I.M. GLOBAL SAYS:
Negotiations are at a critical point
"Help protect our liquid assets.
Report illegal dumping to the
proper authorities.
Editor:
The employees represented by
Service Employees' International
Uruon,
Local
200-d have been
meeting with the college manage-
ment for sometime now. The
negotiations are at a critical point.
The issues which are paramount
to the union membership are: job
security, protection from outside
subcontractors, and a
fair
economic settlement.
The union is optimistic a
reasonable settlement can be ob-
tained. However
if
a settlement is
not possible, we will be asking for
your support to help your co-
workers and friends who maintain
the buildings, prepare the grounds
and feed you obtain a fair and
equitable settlement.
It
is our sincere hope this
disagreement between the manage-
ment and workers can be resolved
without conflict and interruption
of these services.
Services
Employees'
International Union
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THE CIRCLE, APRIL 9,
1992
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Circle K
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wi11~ honor for meinbership growth
by
JU~IE MOR~ISON
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was inducted ~s Lt. Gov. for the Hudson
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Mari sf, the rewards and benefits
_
out weigh
Staff
Writer
The Marist College Circle
K
club, a com-
munity service organization, was honored at
the club's New York district convention in
March, where Marist received the member-
ship award for increasing their membership
by
81 percent.
.
Cynthia Malo, a freshman from EastNor-
thport,
N. Y.,
received
.
honorable mention
for a first year member, and Matthew Beer-
wort, a sophomore from Somers, Conn.,
division.
fund raisers mostly because of support and
the drawbacks.
_
.
This community service program, which
participation from members.
"I never did any volunteer work before,"
is sponsored by Kiwanis Clubs, began at
"It's
hard to have an international club
said Malo. "Now I realize how beneficial it
Marist in
1979 and has a basic philosophy there are a lot of guidelines and its difficult
is for other people."
of fellowship, service, and friendship, said
to please everyone, but our members have
They held a book drive where members
President Julie Shrider,
a
sophomore from
been very helpful," said Shrider.
coliected over
500
books which they donated
Manchester, Conn.
.
A goal of the organization is to promote
to the Literacy Volunteers of America.
The
39 members of the club pay annual membership by implementing the program
In addition, they held
a
lollipop sale and
dues of
$18
to their international sponsors at a high school level, said Malo, the
raised
$100
for the Muscular Dystrophy
and are forced to raise all fuQds themselves
president-elect for
1992-93.
Association.
beca~se . they are not a chartered
_Although it is sometimes dif~cult de~ling
. They a
_
Iso have gone Christmas carolling
orgamzatJon.
with the red tape of an mternauonal
m a nursmg home, and they visit a shut-in
According to Shrider, craft fairs, rose
organization, as well as being a club at
in Poughkeepsie each week.
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'Black Weekend 1992' celebrates
diversity of Marist community
by
JOSEPH T. GRAY
Staff Writer
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More than
200
Marist students,
faculty members and people from
the Poughkeepsie area attended an
African-American and Latino
cultural dinner/dance and fashion
show that
was
the high point of
"Black Weekend
92
.
"
Those who attended were serv-
ed dinner and entertained with
:
musical selections by La Orquesta
Amor Latina-a Latin band from
Newburgh, N. Y .-poetry readings
by Ms. lvclisse Gonzalez and Mr.
Lateef Islam, a dance performance
by "Latin Heat" and the fashion
show.
a Marist crowd,
1
try to bring my
best because Maris! is
s
pecial to
me
.
I
know that more anything,
colleges set the moral tone of the
country."
Desmond Murray
,
of the Career
Development Office, said he was
proud and inspired by what he saw
at the cultural dinner.
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The I I-year-old event,
a
semi-
formal affair, sponsored by The
Black Student Union and The
Hispanic Club, was held in the
campus center dining hall last
Saturday night.
The fashion show was the high
point of the evening with four dif-
ferent parts: African Wear, Prom
Night, lingerie and sportswear
.
Cobham said that African-
American and Latin cultures
should be appreciated all year long
and not just during specific months
or days.
"Just look around you, you'll
see students, teachers, white, black,
Latino. This goes to show there is
positive interaction between the
race
s
at Marist. It's a good feelin
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presented minorities at
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opportunity to share their cultures
with the whole college community
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Afena Cobham, chairperson of
"Black Weekend 92", had said the
events of the weekend were open to
any individual who wanted to par
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.
people took ad-
vantage of the invitation to the
dinner/ dance.
Events such as "Black Weekend
92" are designed to broaden the
knowledge of minorities for
students at Marist, Cobham said.
Lateef Islam, supervisor of the
Marist Transition Program
,
said he
was glad for the opportunity to
read his poetry to the gathering.
"This is a great night for the
people of Marist," Islam said.
"When I get a chance to recite for
"Black Weekend 92" events
closed last Sunday with a ceremony
recognizing achievements of
African
-
American and Latino
students who are graduating this
year
.
Cobham said the event was more
of a "thank-you" for making it
through a predominately white
school and helping new African-
American and Latino students ad-
just to the "cultural shock" of
coming to Marist.
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Sailors
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second
at Mule regatta
by
MIKE O'FARRELL
sports Editor
The sailing club finished second
overall in its best regatta of the year
at The Army Mule last weekend.
The highlight of the regatta were
five first place and one second
place finish by Jen Kaye and Jen
Wetmore.
"I
knew we'd do well,", said
Kaye, the
·
club president. ('But, I
never thought we would do this
well
.
Personally, I never thought
we'd get five firsts."
Also sailing for Marist were
junior Jennifer Flynn and freshmen
Bryce Cote
.
and Kerri Otten-
waelder. Cote and Ottenwaelder
also notched a second place finish.
There were two keys to the Red
Foxes' performance, Kaye said.
"The practice we got in the last
regatta helped," she said. "It really
helped us with our confidence in
each other. Everything just click-.
ed. Hopefully, it
will
continue."
Another key was the Hudson
River.
"We know the Hudson
,
" she
said
.
''Because we sail it and know
·
it, that might have given us an
edge.'
'
Kaye also said the club had a
cheering section.
"We had about 10 or 15 people
there cheering for us," she said. "It
was cool."
The club
will
be in action again
April
25
and
26
·
at the Cayauga
Open
~
hosted
by
Cornell
University.
"That will be
·
harder," Kaye
said. "But I think we will be able
to do well if we keep improving like
we did last week."
One aspect of the race will be the
course.
"It is on a lake
,
" Kaye said.
"It
won't be as familiar to us
as
the
Hudson River was."
Ma
-
rzst bats
heat up
as Foxes snap skid
by
MIKE O'FARRELL
Sports
Editor
The baseball team snapped a
five-game losing streak last
Tuesday when it posted a 7-5
victory over Central Connec-
ticut State University.
Marist improved its overall
record to
3-1
J.
The Red Foxes
are
1-5
in the Northeast Con-
ference.
·
Central Connecticut,
currently ranked third in New
.
England, dropped to 11-9.
_
.
.
T.be key to
_
Marist's victory
was run
_
s
_
upport.
knocked in three runs.
Mele, who is batting
.
306,
leads the team in hits (15) and
RBI (14)
.
Dauerer has proven
himself to be a demon on the
basepaths. The junior has
swiped
11
bases in
12
tries.
Picking up the win was Jay
Gavigan, who went the distance
for the first-year Red Foxes.
The sophomore evened
·
his
record at
1-1
while scattering
seven hits and striking out two.
Of the five runs Gavigan gave
_
up,
.
three were earned
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In the Red Foxes' last four
The Red Foxes will be in ac-
.
games, Marist pitcht:rs have
'
tion again on Saturday. Marist
given up
13
runs. The-hitters,
;
will host Northeast.Conference
however, have managed just
·
rival Wagner ~ollege
·
.
in a
nine runs. All four games were
: ·
doubleheader at
·
North Field.
decided by one run.
The two teams will complete the
Junior George Camacho led
season series Sunday when they
the Red Foxes at the plate by
. will play at Wagner.
·
driving in two runs with a dou-
Marist hosted Manhattan
ble and a trip!e. Mike Dauerer
College yeste~day."Results .were
tallied two hits and Paul Mele
no
_
t avail~ble
_
at press time. ·
·
Athletes of the Week
-
JEFF BARKER
Barker, a sophomore, notched
three victories for the men's ten-
nis team last
'
week.
·
The number
one seed
_
earned two singles vic-
tories to up his record to 3-2
.
He
also teamed up to win one
doubles match. Barker has been
a key to the ~uccess of Jim Par-
dady's Red Foxes.
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~ave
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to
make running
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Swift,
whooften breaks
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'He's a flake,.-.
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says Colaizzo .
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He
rebels in
his
flakeness.
He's an
·
original. He
put Marist
running
on
~
th~
map."
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Now, in the
thick ofihe outdoor
season,
S\\ift is out
to
make
Marist
,
lcing of the hill,
in the 3,000 meter
steeplechase
.
.
That means
trouble
·
for
the
-
competition.
The
only question
left
is
what his
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.LORI KEYS
Not only did Lori Keys win the
shot put at the Columbia Invita-
tional, she broke a school record
with
a
throw of 36 feet, 3 inches.
·
Keys, who
was
a member of the .
Northeast Con
'
ference
.
All-
Newcomer team in basketball,
has been a solid addition to the
first-year track program.
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1992
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Courtesy
photo/Jen Kaye
. Marist's Jen Kaye (far right) and Jen Wetmore (second from right) trail
_
a boat from Army
m
a regatta last weekend. Kaye and Wetmore eventually took the lead, capturing one of their
five first-place finishes
.
Red Foxes suffer growing pains
as losses continue to stack up
by
J.W. STEWART
Staff Writer
Chiavelli said he was relieved
ing ~onmoulh close on Saturday,
when the 10-run rule went into cf-
dropping both games by scores of
feet after the fifth inning.
3-0 and 1-0.
The young softball team is ex-
"They just clobbered us. They
The Foxes' boisterous bats were
periencing some growing pains.
hit the ball all ov
_
er the place," he
quieted in each game
.
Monmouth's
Battling older, more experienc-
said, referring to the fact every
Jill
Damie tossed a three-hitter in
ed teams
will
be a constant this
playerin the Rutgers
-
line-up had a
the opener but teammate Peggy
year, but Head Coach Tom hit and scored.
Mccarron was one better, hurling
Chiavelli hopes the results
will
be
Game two was more of the same.
a two-hitter in the nightcap.
different than what happened this Three hits a nd a few un-
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characteristic errors by shortstop
'The team p ayed we
ut we
past weekend.
Marge Sylvia led to four first-
just didn't hit the ball at the right
T~e Foxes (2-1~ overall) really
_
inning runs for Rutgers.
time," said Chiavelli.
felt ltke the new kids on the block
Trailiqg 6-0 in the top of the
Marist picked up its only win of
on Sunday when they were shelled third, Marist scored its only run of
the past week last Thursday against
.
by Rutgers, 21
-
0 .an~
.
11-.!..-
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the
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weekend. Catcher
.
Kathy Hull
Siena.
.
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Rutgers, which has had
a
softball walked to lead off the inning, se-
After losing the first contest
9-7,
program for
15
years, wasted no cond
baseman
Maureen
the Foxes cracked double digits
time in scoring in either game. In
Hasselmann singled her to secorid
with
a
10-4,
come-from-behind
game one, the Scarlet Knights bat• and Hull eventually
.
crossed the
triumph. Trailing
4-2
as it began
ted
·
·around the order in the first,
plate on Patty Ackermann
's
the fifth, Marist exploded for six
scoring nine runs and walloped
fielder's choice.
runs thanks to a two
-
run double by
eight hits off loser Kristin Wallace.
Chiavelli said he found some
Wallace, a sacrifice by Ackermann
solace despite the bombing.
and an RBl two-bagger from Kate
The game would only get uglier
as Rutgers added seven more runs
in the third and five more in the
fourth en route to sending Knights
Head Coach Pani Willis to her
300th victory.
"It's good to face someone like
O'Hanlon. Wallace also picked up
that. You'll get your lumps
,
but
her first win of the season by not
you can get back at them in a few
walking a Saint batter.
years,';
·
he said.
.
Marist dueled with Wagner on
Sunday's games were especially
Tuesday
.
Results were unavailable
surprising to the team after play-
at press time .
.
Tracksters show sig71s
·
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.
of
improvement
by-C~RLA
ANGELINI
·
Staff
Writer
The
.
_
track team competed in its
·
.
second meet of the outdoor season
last weekend.
.
·
On Saturday, the
Red
Foxes who
usually travel together, split up
with the men at the Yale lnvita-
tiol)al and the women at the Col-
umbia Invitational.
.
At
.
Columbia, freshman Lori
Keys placed first for the Red Foxes
in the shotput pushing the
15-pound sphere 36 feet, 3 inches.
Also, Jen Kraus placed fifth in
the discus throwing
92
feet,
11
inches.
Junior Charlene Fields came in
second in the high jump at five feet,
one and three-fourths inches.
In the running events, the
4
by
200
meter relay team came in third.
At the Yale meet, sophomore
Dave Swift came in si
_
xth place and
broke the school record in the
3,000-meter
_
steeplechase in a time
of 10 minutes, 3 seconds.
Junior Marty Feeney finished
ninth in the 5,000-meter run,
reaching his personal best as well
as the best time at Marist in six
years with a time of
16
minutes,
I
second.
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THE CIRCLE,
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APRIL 9,
1992
Netters crushed,
drop two straight
by
ANDREW HOLMLUND
Staff Writer
The men's tennis team travels to Long Island University tomorrow
where it wiJJ try and snap a two-match losing streak.
The Red Foxes will be trying to recover from two consecutive shutouts.
Last Monday, Marist was pounded by Northeast Conference rival
Fairleigh Dickinson University, 9-0.
The number one and two singles players for the Red Foxes, Jeff Barker
and John Cleary came up short, losing 6-2, 6-2 and 6-3, 6-1, respectively.
Steve Popper and Jay Crowley, the third and fourth singles players,
were also defeated. Popper was a 6-2; 6-1 victim, while Crowley's match
·
was a 6-1, 6-0 outcome.
·
•
Marist's last two singles-players, Nick Valente and Abi Sharma, lost
6-1, 6-0 and 6-2, 6-0.
·
In doubles, Barker and Cleary teamed up, but were losers,
7-6 (7-4),
6-3, while Crowley and Kevin McGovern were stopped 6-2, 6-l.
John Joyce and Tom Acuri closed out the match with a 6-1, 6-1 defeat.
Despite the loss, Head Coach Jim Parady spoke optimistically about
the team's performance.
"I
saw many good things happen for us," he S!lid. "However, FDU
played tough and it kind of snowballed on our guys."
Cleary, a senior co-captain, had mixed thoughts about the match.
"FDU was
a
very strong team~" he said.
"It
was our second toughest
match of the week."
Last
·
Saturday, marist was also shutout
9-0, this time against
Manhattan.
The closest Marist came to winning a point in the match was with Joyce
.
at number six singles.
"We played pretty well in that match," said Parady.
"However,
we
have to start closing out our sets more."
A week ago, the Red Foxes were victorious
as
they edged Western Con-
necticut State University,
6-3.
Barker, Popper, Valente, Joyce and McGovern were all winners in
singles competition, while Barker and Cleary won in doubles in an ab-
breviated match.
The Red Foxes were in action yesterday against Siena. Results were
fot available at press time.
.
/
Circle
photo/Matt Martin
Jeff Barker gets set to blast a serve in a recent match. Barker,
the men's number one seed,
has
been
a
key to the Red Foxes'
success.
Unique style means succes~ for runner
by
MATT MARTIN
Staff Writer
·
"Oh, he's yours?" was all Nor-
theast Conference Assistant Com-
missioner Steve Hurlbut could
utter.
After all, what words could
describe a person who had shaved
his scalp -
except for the braided
ponytails that hang from the back
of his head to his shoulders?
As there are many words to
d~scribe the appearance of Dave
Swift, Marist's premier male run-
ner, there are few to characterize
his races.
.
.
"He's a fierce racer, gutsy," said
.
Pete Colaizzo,
·
who coaches Swift
in both indoor and outdoor track,
as well cross country.
"I
wouldn't want to be in
a
race
with Dave in the last
400
(meters),
because you know he's going to
beat you," said Matt Murphy, a
senior from Tolland, Conn., and a
teammate of Swifts. "He's
driven."
Driven by what? Some wonder.
"Dave's
an
interesting
character," said Colaizzo;
"I
didn't know where he was coming
from when
I first met him."
Swift, a sophomore from Mid-
dletown, Conn., was coming from
the most successful running pro-
gram in Connecticut
.
.
Xavier High School, Swift's
alma mater, has produced over 20
track championships since their in-
ception in 1973 -
eight in Swift's
tenure.
During his junior year, Xavier
ran to the National Cross Country
_
Championship.
·
He was the number five runner
on that team, the final seed.
It
was
his older. brother, Steve, now an
All-American at William and
Mary, who was the star.
The aptly named Swift
·
family
-
has always been the star in Xavier
running. The Swifts are Connec-
ticut track's first family, of which,
Dave is the self-proclaimed
caboose.
That same caboose has been
Marist's top finisher in every race
this year. Not bad for someone
who wasn't going to run in college.
Fortunately, Swift ran into Mur-
phy his
f
reshinan year. After
recognizing the family name, Mur-
phy persuaded
·
Swift to run.
During his first season, Swift led
Marist to
its
top finish in the con-
ference meet, a respectable 28th.
However, he had only begun.
Over the summer, Swift found
the motivation he had been lacking
in his younger sister Liz.
He became her personal trainer,
.
running her in excess of 600 miles,
a
distance that covers the coastline
from Maine to New York City, and
he ran
it
with her, five to eight
miles a day.
-
·
They developed a special bond,
and their new-found success has
been in tandem.
She won the Connecticut class
LL
cross country championship
while Swift established himself as
one of the top runriers in the Nor-
theast Conference.
Articles about Swift's sister
adorn the walls of his dorm room.
"You have to do well,. because
you're not running for yourself
anymore. You're running for other
people," says Swift about his fami-
ly's influence.
Swift's sister influences him as
much as the Three Stooges,
·
which
may explain some of his behavior.
From diving into a giant mud-
puddle with his coach's new sweats
on, to wearing a bumper s~icker
stating, "I'd rather be golfing at
Woodhaven Golf Course," during
the Hartwick Cross Country In-
vitational, Swift has accomplished
the bizarre with a flair.
"He's an enigma," said Colaiz-
zo. "At first, you think he has an
apathetic attitude, the next thing
you know, he's moving to a new
level. He can tum it up and main-
tain his edge."
''Swifty
goes through a
metamorphisis. When he steps to
the line, he's so laid-back, he's
never nervous, but when the gun
goes off, he changes, he attacks,"
says Murphy.
...see
SWIFT
page
11
►
Red Foxes
lose
again;
streak hits 8
by
TED HOLMLUND
Staff Writer
The men's lacrosse team is still
searching for a winning formula.
Having played eight games in the
1992 season, the youthful Red
Foxes are still searching for their
first win.
Last Sunday, Marist continued
its season-long slump by wrapping
up an 0-3 week with a loss to
Bucknell University, 23-4.
The Red Foxes youth led the way
offensively as
·
freshmen Larry
Adams, Mike Marra and Randy
Walter taJiied a goal apiece to lead
the attack.
Senior Jason Beatrice also
add-
ed a goal to balance the charge.
Marist Head Coach Tom Diehl
said his team worked hard, but
Bucknell was just too strong.
"Bucknell's depth and ability
overcame us at the end,'' he said.
Last Thursday, the Red Foxes
were defeated by Canisius College,
19-9.
Senior co-captain Scott Zalucky
led the Marist attack notching four
goals and one assist.
Once again Adams was on the
scoreboard chipping in with four
goals of his own to balance the
charge.
Diehl said the Red Foxes were
unable
to
convert on the offensive
end when it mattered.
"We didn't cash in on our op-
portunities," the second-year coach
said. "They (Canisius) did."
Last Wednesday, Marist drop-
ped a
19-4 decision at the hands of
SUNY Stonybrook.
.
·
Seniors Chris Retcho and Dave
Sobolewski joined Adams and
fellow freshman Bryan Boettcher in
the scoring column as each player
taJlied one score.
The Red Foxes were not over-
matched by Stonybrook
and played
hard throughout the game, Diehl
said.
"They (Stonybrook) weren't
much better than us," Diehl said.
"We played hard.and hung in there
with them. The score was not in-
dicative of the game."
Diehl said that there are different
reasons why the club
can
not get on
the winning track.
"The losses aren't related to each
other," he said. "Every game it is
something different. It's just not
coming together.''
Diehl also said that although the
team is working hard, it's hard to
keep
a
high level of intensity and
work ethic when a team's losing .
.
Sprif!,g is in the air,
.
but wins are missing
Close your
eyes
and thmk about
However, the baseball squad
·
F
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Spring for a minute.
.
(3-1
l)
has
had opportunities. The
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ma-
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a
good ~oach, be~use he
Red
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Jor spons JUSt aren t gettmg the 1s. The problem 1s people m Vegas
No doubt the picture you paint
in
your mind is a joyous one. You
can see
the trees coming to life after
a
long, dismal winter. You
can
hear
birds chirping and people laughing
while they enjoy themselves
outdoors.
Spring means happiness.
It makes people cheery and fills
them with life as they enjoy the
fresh air, cool breezes and
sunshine.
Now close your eyes and think
about Spring sports at Marist.
Not a pretty sight is it.
As of yesterday morning, the
baseball, softball, lacrosse and ten-
nis teams have played 40 games,
winning a mere eight
contests. Sim-
ple arithmetic
means
the Red Foxes
are
8-32 -
not exactly something
to write home about.
There are some factors to con-
sider. The obvious is the baseball
and softball teams are competing
for the first time in school history.
OX'7
recent
Y
rop
. o~r
job done.
are used to
56-54
at halftime not
games by J_ust one run.
Art
Smith s
Maybe the cheerleaders should
t th
d f h
•
club has Just not put together a
Thursday
.
.
.
a
e en o t e game.
b
I
ed
·t h'
d h"tt·
start limng the nver to root on the
Forget Laettner forget either of
a anc
P
1 c mg an
I
mg
Morning
crew or the sailing
club.
the Hills, Bobby 'Hurley is Duke
performance.
.
Quarterback
Perhaps they could surround the
basketball
·
The softball t ~
(2-lO), trymg
pool and cheer on the swimming
Look o~t Chica o the Celtics
to recover
f!om
a
disastrous perfor-
•••lliiiil••
teams
dr crowd the Civic Center are on
a
roll.
g '
mance agamst Rutgers_, has made
and support the hockey club.
to
many mental mistakes all
The National Hockey League is
season.
MIKE O'FARRELL
Now that
I think about it, the still on strike. Does anyone care?
The lacrosse team, comprised of
basketball season must
be
so
many underclassmen, has yet to
the women's basketball team's skid
depressing for the cheerleaders that
win a game in eight tries.
at the beginning of the winter
they don't want to go through it
Tennis anyone? The men's ten-
season.
again in the spring.
nis team is having the best
season
The tennis team has always been
Can you blame them?
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competitive and it probably always
,or any spnng team t us ,ar.
1m
Here are few rambling thoughts
P
d • I b · 3 3 N
d
will. Head Coach Jim Parady has
ara
Y
s
c
u ,s - . ot
ba
(note
while wondering who would make
)
brought enthusiasm to the pro-
sarcasm
.
gram, but what is going to happen
a
good
candidate for president of
Granted, the baseball and soft-
when football season starts? Is he the Mike O'Farrell Fan
Ciub:
ball teams aren't going to win a
going to
be able to devote his time
I
don't want to hear it Yankee
league championship for some
to the team next year?
fans. Talk
all
you want about
time, but
I
doubt anyone thought
beating the Rocket on opening day
it would be this bad.
Losing seasons are nothing new
because
it will never happen again.
The
lacrosse
team
is
facing some
stiff competition, but right now
they are doing
a
good imitation of
to Marist Athletics.
The basketball teams are in a
slump
and the
soccer
team has had
its share of problems.
Rollie Massimino is an odd
choice to take over the
UNLV
basketball program. Not because
Damn,
I forgot to order
Wrestlemania on pay-per-view last
weekend. That's
OK
though, I'm
sure the headlining match in
Wrestlemania IX will mark the
return of Hulk Hogan.
I
can't wait until
I
attend my first
game of the season
at Fenway Park
-
the only place to watch a
baseball game. If you haven't been
there, you haven't lived.
I hon~tly thought Jerry Brown
would wm
the New York primary.
Mike
O'Farnn
is
The Grete's
sports editor.


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