Volume 33, Number 20
• Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
The transfers: Who leaves Marist
by
Jean Clements
and Len Johnson
Andy Schiavone started at
Marist as a communication arts
major, then he switched to English,
then he switched to another college.
"I
just wasn't challenged at
Marist," said ·schiavone, who
transferred to The College of the
Holy Cross during his sophomore
year. "The quest was over -
I
could beat the system. I could go
out every night and still get the
grades."
Schiavone is not alone. Accor-
ding to Marilyn Poris, director of
institutional research, about 17 per-
cent of Marist _students last year
chose to continue their education
elsewhere.
Poris' office conducted a study
this year to determine the percen-
tage of students who leave Marist.
Her attrition studies included
students who are asked to leave the
. college for academic reasons, as
well as students who graduate, but
also concentrated on students who
voluntarily leave the college.
And although the number of
people who leave Marist voluntari-
ly or involuntarily is somewhat
smaller than the national average,
the-students who.transfer make up
a significant portion of those who
leave.
Of the 39 percent who left Marist
during the 1985-1986 year, 16 pei:-
cent graduated, six percent were
asked to leave for academic reasons
and 17 percent transferred, accor-
ding to Poris' study.
According to notes from a long-
range planning meeting of the
president's cabinet, a five-year
enrollment plan completed a year
and a half ago predicted an "an-
nual continuing populati<;>n
of 65
percent." That rate is based on
students who continue at Marist
from one year to the next minus
those who graduate or leave either
voluntarily (usually by transferring
out), or involuntarily (usually
because of academic reasons).
But enrollment statistics indicate
that the total enrollment at Marist
falls short of the predicted 2,850 by
27 students, a rate of about 61
percent.
According to Poris, although
some students who choose to
transfer out are near academic
dismissal, a large percentage are
students with a cumulative average
of 3.0 or higher.
Students, according to Poris, cite
a variety of reasons for transferr-
ing, but many of them blame
Marist -
not themselves -
for
their unhappiness here.
To find out more about why
Marist students choose to leave,
and how they make out at other
colleges, The Circle recently con-
tacted more than a dozen transfers.
Schiavone, who had a 3.7 grade
point average at Marist, said he
wanted to transfer to a better-
known college. "Depending on
what you want to do," Schiavone
said, "a Holy Cross degree means
more."
Pete McAllistar, now a senior at
the University of Connecticut, said
he transferred from Marist at the
end of his freshman year to enroll
10 years later: Have we really changed?
By Gina Disanza and Linda Smith
"The students demonstrated that
political activity was more than just
Editor's note: This is part one of
marching around with a sign."
a two part series. Next week, find
The most noticeable social
out what exactly happened to
awareness group on campus was
members of the class of 1977.-
Free University. This student
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organization
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non.~
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they were still thHavofite· hangouts cu1tur:aF
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year·•.
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'more
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a
petition
to
boycott •
things change, the more they stay grapes and riori-uhion•lettuce
in the
the same.
.
cafeteria,'' .Kennedy said.
"It was not too cool to show up
The boycotts were in response to
at (campus sponsored) events/' ex-
the plight of minority and migrant
plained Marie Donavan, a 1977 farm workers who were involved in
graduate, in a recent telephone labor· disputes with farm owners
interview.
for better wages and Jiving condi-
She said that almost every Satur-
tiorts~ according
to Vincent
day night there was a steak dinner
Toscano, professor of history. He
in the cafeteria, followed by the
said the students were attempting
''Champagnat beer bash."
to show their solidarity with the
Students would trek to Grand
workers through the boycott.
Union on a beer run· and return to
Free University also sponsored
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fill garbage cans with beer. Usual-
lectures and workshops as well as
A·scene from the past, with a backdrop that has seen changes with
ly the parties were held in one of
publishing the Academic Quarter-
time.
the suites, according to Donavan.
ly, which· featured student and crucial changes in Marist's histocy. ding to Balch, Foy was very ac-
"Weekends were out of hand,"
faculty research.
"At the. time we were putting cessible to the Marist community.
she said.
The students who organized the together the first successful Title III
• "Students could just walk right
Roscoe Balch, professor of
program were residents of Gregocy grants. They • brought a· lot of into his office without making an
histocy, said at the time, partying
House which, according to Ken- federal money to the college and appointment to see him," he said.
was a way of "blowing offsteam."
nedy, was
a
"controlled dorm ex- helped to develop the Learning
And just like today's students,
"It's not a full-time job like it is
perience."
Center and get some of the new the students of 1977 were com-
for today's students," he noted.
Another unique program which majors (such as Communication plaining • about another rise in
"It's not something they had to was popular at the time was the. -ArtsandComputerScience)offthe
tuition.
do."
federally-funded University Year ground," said Toscano.
Only this time, a $275 increase
James Kennedy, another 1977 for Action, a program which of-
At the time, Linus Richard Foy brought tuition, room and board
alumnus, said some students en-
fered up to 30 credits for six to 12 was the college president. Accor-
up to $4,245 a year.
joyed camping and hiking
·on
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weekends, taking advantage of area learning.
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attractions
such
as
Lake
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Minnewaska.
gram was started and coordinated
And, in 1977, there were two largely by Malvin Michaelson, a
River Days.
professor of environmental studies.
The administration, Student
The goal of the program was to
Government and College Union combat poverty.
Board planned a formal event on
"It was a popular and successful
April 19, but the students were program in a sense that
it
served as
dissatisfied and still planned their a channel for the activism," he
own "real" River Day.
said. "The program was represen-
"It was a rebellious action,"
tative of where the students and
a
Donavan said.
lot of the faculty were at during the
Kennedy said some students also time."
protested the sponsored River. Day
Toscano said some of the
by displaying bagged garbage from students provided literacy training
the day in the corridors of Campus and assisted with teaching and
Center.
working at Navajo reservations and
But Marist was not only fun and in Appalachia.
games a decade ctgo.
Currently, schools such as Yale
According to Balch, Marist University have initiated similar
students were still in the activist programs.
frame of mind which characteriz-
"They are being noted now for
ed the 1960s.
what we were doing then," said
"There was a lot of intellectual Toscano.
excitement, high moral and com-
He also pointed out that 1977
munity involvement," said Balch. was at the heart of some very
by Gfna Disanza and Linda Smith
It was 10 years ago this month that the doors to the James J. Mccann
Recreation Center finally opened.
Just as the students of the 1980s finally witnessed the long-awaited
opening of the Lowell Thomas Communications Center, the students of
the '70s were promised the Mccann Center for several years.
According to a Marist student quoted in the April 14, 1977 issue of
The Circle, there was just as much frustration expressed then
as
current
students felt now over delays in construction.
"Sure the gym is nice but it wasn't worth the wait," he said. "The
administration promised us the gym a long time ago and they should
have stuck to their promise."
But, according to Vincent Toscano, professor of histocy, the opening
of the Mccann Center represented a part of the new era at Marist. .
"It was exciting," he said. "It was the first major building on cam-
pus in 10 years; we knew it was going to put us on the map."
The athletic center was named after Poughkeepsie stockbroker and
entreprenuer James J. McCann, who upon his death bequeathed his
wealth to improve the social and recreational life of Poughkeepsie.
Money from the Mccann foundation had also been used to fund the
McCann Golf Course, the Mid-Hudson Civic Center and the Marist tennis
courts. Most recently, a grant from the foundation was used in the con-
struction of the Lowell Thomas Center.
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April
3(!, 1987
and
why
in a pre-med program .. "
I
don't
think I'd have been accepted fo
medical school if I'd stayed at
Marist," he said. "As far as bio or
any of the sciences, Marist is lack-
ing."
And while some former students
complained
Marist
was not
challenging enough, most said they
had several reasons for leaving
Marist. "One reason alone is not
enough to make someone leave,"
said Poris.
Tom Ferguson, 21, had a 3.6
average when he left Maris! during
his sophomore year. Ferguson said
a number of factors worked
together to make him want to leave
the college.
"It
was a progressive thing,"
Continued on page 4
Senior Week
is now back
by Mike Grayeb
Senior week, canceled by the ad-
ministration after students held un-
sanctioned River Day activities, has
been • reinstated after senior class
officers met and negotiated with
college officials.
•
:
,.•.·
In
a revised decision;·:Assistant
Dean of Stuclent Affairs • Peter ··
Amato said the recreational ac-
tivities planned for seniors after
final exams and leading upto Com-
mencement have been approved.
However, as part of an agree-
ment reached between senior class
officers and the administration, the
trip to Atlantic City, N.J., plann-
ed for Monday, May 17, has been
canceled.
Theresa Ruotolo, senior class
president, said she was pleased with
the outcome of the meetings.
"They told us the morning of River
Day that we were going to lose
senior week," said Ruotolo. "So I
think the terms of this agreement
are acceptable and I'm glad we
were able to work this out with the
administration."
According to Ruotolo, Amato
initially told senior class officers all
planned activities except the senior
•
formal were canceled.
Continued on page 2
Psych Club
lends a hand
by Grant Hettrick
Some 50 local children with vary-
ing physical or emotional han-
dicaps have been invited to par-
ticipate in the Psychology Club's
One to One Day tomon:ow.
The Psychology Club, along
with faculty coordinator professor
Joseph Canale and other Marist
student volunteers, will work in-
dividually with the children in dif-
ferent activities.
Club president Al Tener, a
sophomore from Queens, said a
few of this year's activities include
arts and craft workshops, some
sporting events, a juggler, guitarist
and the always popular pony ride.
"It's really a wonderful ex-
perience for the kids," said Tener.
"This is something they can look
forward to and enjoy."
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page
2
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Potpourri
Editor's note: Submissions for "Potpourri" may be sent to Julia
Murray,
c/o The Circle,
Box 859, or call 473-0161 after 5 p.m..
•
•
DEADLINES
Add/drop
Add/drop will be held today and tomor-
row for fall 1987. The hours today are 10
a.m. to 12 p.m. in D106, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
in D106 and 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in D203.
Tomorrow, it will be held from 10 a.m. to
12 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., both in D106.
Add/drop slips and override cards are
available in the Registrar's Office.
Graduate exams
As a test center for ETS (Educational
Testing Service), Marist has scheduled
several examinations for graduate school
admission in the coming months. The
GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions
Test) is scheduled for June 20; and the
NTE (National Teachers' Exam} will be ad-
ministered June 27. For further information
and registration materials, call the Personal
Development Center in Byrne at ext. 152.
•
ENTERTAINMENT
"Warsaw Ghetto"
As part of the National Day of Remem-
brance for Holocaust Victims, the Jewish
Studies department and Campus Ministry
are sponsoring a film and discussion this
evening at 7:30 in D245. The film is titled,
"Warsaw Ghetto," and will be followed by
a discussion with Milton Teichman, pro-
fessor of English.
Seniors
Continued from page 1
Ruotolo said she met with Presi-
dent Dennis Murray to discuss
alternate possibilities. "President
Murray listened to what
I
had to
say, but he wouldn't make any pro-
mises," said Ruotolo.
Amato, in
a
second meeting with
senior class officers, offered a
revised proposal allowing all ac-
tivities except
the Atlantic City trip.
One
Continued
from
page
1
Several students who have par-
ticipated in past One to One events
said there is a special satisfaction
gained from participating in the
day.
"You know these kids don't get
out much and this is
an
opportuni-
ty for them to have fun," said
Karin Otto, a junior from Yonkers,
N.Y.
Alice Stanton, a junior from
Smithtown,
N.Y.,
said she was ner-
vous when
·she
participated in the
event for the first time last year,
but the response
from the children
dispelled those feelings quickly.
"You could do the littlest thing
and they loved it," said Stanton.
"They love getting away from their
school and being
•
with older
people."
Many of the activities are
scheduled
to take place outdoors
on the campus, but recent history
has proven that even rain can't
spoil the festivities.
"Last
year the weather wasn't so
great
and a lot of the events were
moved inside (to the Campus
Center)," said Paula Heroux, a
sophomore from Inlet,
N.Y.
''The
day was still fun though."
The students who participate
have volunteered for a variety
of
reasons.
•
"I'm a psychology major with a
concentration in special educa-
tion,"
said Mary Bride, a junior
from Hopwell Junction, N.Y.
"This was
an
opportunity to work
with children who need attention."
Sean
Noble,
a
junior from Gfen
Rock, N.J., sees the
upcoming
event as a chance to learn
something.
"I
hope
I
gain a more
complete
knowledge of
how these kids feel
and respond,"
said
Noble.
Otto, who will
be
involved with
the
One to One event for
a third
consecutive year, said the feedback
from the children makes it all
worthwhile.
"When you see the smiles they
give you and the hugs you get when
. you say goodbye, it's very rewar-
ding," she said.
Miss Marlst
•
The first Miss Marist Contest will be held
tonight in the River Room. Contestants will
be judged on the basis of poise, personality
and talent. The contest begins at 9 p.m.
and admission is $1. The event is being
sponsored by Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Fashion· show
Mayfest Weekend is being kicked off this
year with the annual fashion show, spon-
sored by the Fashion Design department.
Special guests at the show, which is titled
"Salute to American Fashion," will include
designers Bill Blass and Richard Assatly.
The show will be held Friday and Saturday
at 7 p.m. in the Theater. Admission is
$3.50.
Slide show.
The Housing Office is sponsoring a slide
show in the Gartland Commons tomorrow
night. Please bring
any
slides you have
taken at Marist over the past year, if you
would like to share them. The show starts
at 8 p.m.
Blizzard of Bucks
Tomorrow night in the Dining Room the
•
College Union Board is sponsoring a "Bliz-
zard of Bucks." There will be games and
contests, such as a pie-eating contest, and
a giant machine filled with swirling money.
.
The event begins at 9 p.m.
Trip to Mohonk
There will be a bus trip to Lake Mohonk
on Saturday, sponsored by the Housing Of-
After you're done with
school,
you face one of
the hardest lessons
in life:
Without
experience,
it's tough to get a job.And
without a job, it's tough to
get expenence.
At The Will Street
Journal,we
recognize
that
expe-
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is
somethii)g
you don't
start earning
until after graduation.
fice. The bus will leave the Champagnat
Shakespeare's
"Much
Ado A~out
parking lot at 9 a.m. and return at 6 p.m.
Nothing," tomorrow at the Bardavon 1869
·Fo~
more information, contact the Housing Opera House in Poughkeeps!e, For its ver-
Off,ce.
•
sion of the comedy, The Acting Company
Bands
For all the music lovers in the Marist
community,' the CUB is sponsoring four
bands on Saturday afternoon. The bands,
which include Marist's own Second Look,
as well as Wesley Rogers, will perform from
noon to 5 p.m. in the Champagnat Mall.
Community Barbecue
The
biannual
Community
Unity
Barbecue will be held Saturday afternoon
at 4:30 in the Champagnat Mall. In addi-
tion to the free food, painters' hats will also
be given away. This event, sponsored by
the Student League, is open to the Marist
Community.
Hypnotist
Hypnotist Ken Weber is making yet
another return engagement at Marist on
Saturday at 8 p.m. in the McCann Center.
Whether you've seen his act before or not,
you're in for a really fun evening.
OFF-CAMPUS
Shakespeare
The Acting Company, part of thE: Ken-
nedy Center in Washington, D.C., will per-
form an updated version of William
has chosen 1930s Cuba as the setting.
Tickets are $10. For reservations, call
473-2072. SPLITS, half-price tickets, are
available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The Bardavon is located at 35 Market St.
The Bardavon Bar, owned and operated by
the Bardavon 1869 Opera House, Inc., is
open one hour prior to showtime, and dur-
ing intermission, in the theater lobby ..
Dave Van Ronk
Folk musician Dave Van Ronk, a leader
in the 1960s folk revival, will be perform-
ing at the Towne Crier Cafe Saturday night
at 9:30. Van Ronk is noted-for his finger-
picking and flatpicking guitar work, which
he applies to blues, ragtime, folk ballads,
dixieland and pop music. The cover charge
is $10. The Towne Crier Cafe is located at
466 Beekman Rd. in Hopewell Junction.
Roberta Flack
.
Grammy Award winner Roberta Flack
will be performing at the Bardavon 1869
Opera House on May 9 at
7
and 10 p.m.
Among Flack's many hit songs are, "First
Time Ever I Saw Your Face," "Will You
Still Love Me Tomorrow" and "Killing Me
Softly." Tickets for the show cost $23 and
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April 3(), 1987 - THE CIRCLE - Page 3
Long
way
home
Foreigners face some hard choices at graduatio.n
by
Lauren Arthur
Getting a job immediately after
graduation may be more important
to Didier Oliver than most other
seniors.
.
That's because Oliv~r, a 22-year-
old graduate student from France,
and other
foreign
students
graduating this May, might not be
allowed to remain in the United
States. Oliver says he would love to
remain in this country.
However, there are obstacles.
Whether
from France
or
Taiwan, and regardless of major
field, all 40 of the foreign students
graduating this year must now face
great changes.
Most of
.the
foreign students at
Marist are here on
F-1
Visas, which
enable them to remain in the coun-
try for the sole purpose of study-
Final vote
is Saturday
for nurses
by
Kristine ~anning
The fate of the nursing program
is not promising, now that the
Board of Trustees, having receiv-
ed a recommendation from the
faculty to discontinue the program,
will make the final decision on
Saturday.
•
The faculty vote on April 16 of
47-44 against keeping the nursing
program may have virtually ter-
minated the program, according to
Vincent Toscano, chairperson of
Academic Affairs.
"The faculty vote was so evenly
dispersed; we're• a,gonizing~over
:
this,".said Toscano.
"This
was
the
prudent, conservative thing to do
-
but was it the right thing to
do?"
Toscano said he believes the
board will support the faculty's
decision.
"It's merely a formality now,"
he said,
of the program's
termination.
While the final decision is pen-
ding, faculty and students express-
ed a variety of opinions on why'the.
program did not succeed as was
originally expected.
Toscano said the major problem
was that the college could not en-
dure the costs of the program.
"Right now the school has a tight
budget and other financial projects
which make it almost impossible to·
fund the program," he said.
However, Barbara Hynes, direc-
tor of the nursing program, said the
problem involved a lack of recruit-
ment by the admissions office.
"The main problem was that
Marist made an obligation when
they started the program and didn't
follow through with it," she said.
"The program was unknown.
Special efforts to market should
have been made," she said.
Patricia Stumpf, assistant nurs-
ing professor, expressed her disap-
pointment in the faculty's decision.
"I regret that the faculty chose
to vote that way," she said.
"It
is
a disservice to both the profession
and to the Marist students."
Janice Casey, assistant professor
of English, agreed.
"It is a painful situation," said
Casey. "I believe in the value of the
course and I believe that the school
does have a responsibility to those
students."
Margaret Killeen, a junior in the
nursing program, said she was sur-
prised at the faculty vote.
"I really thought the faculty was
behind us," she said. "After the
Academic Affairs Comittee voted
to keep the program, I thought the
faculty would do the same."
Killeen said Marist is being un-
Continued on page 4
ing, according to Dr. Vernon
Vavrina, foreign student advisor.
The visas. stipulate that foreign
students . may only• work on
campus.
The
visas
expire
after
graduation.
.
In order for a person with an ex-
pired visa to remain in the country,
he must either marry an American
or prove that· he has an essential
skill for the workplace. For Oliver
to get a job, he must have a green
card. Yet he cannot get a green
card without having a job lined up ..
"It's a catch-22 situation," said
Oliver. "Getting a company to
sponsor you is very difficult,,, he
said.
Oliver has received his bachelor's
degree in science. Although he
won't be finished with his masters
degree in software development un-
til December, he still hopes to be
Mike Buckley
(Photo by Beth Mahoney)
included in May's graduation
ceremony. "I'm having such pro-
blems, but hopefully I'll walk in
May," he said.
Oliver said he would eventually
like to find a company in France
that has a subsidiary in America
where he could transfer.
Other foreign' students express-
ed similar reservations about
graduating.
Sin-teh Soong, a graduate stu-
dent from the Republic of China-
Taiwan, also graduating in May,
said he too is unsure of his future
in this country.
Soong said he might continue his
education in the U.S., but only if
he can find a job to support
himself.
•
Soong, known to many as
"Woody," said he has found the
United States to be a unique ex-
Joe Ruta
(Photo by Beth Mahoney)
Debating duo hits
stride at nationals
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made their mark on mankind. and Ruta calls Buckley "cooch. ''
There was Adam and Eve, the in- Their sense of humor. is their
ventors Orvile and Wilbur; the greatest strength as debaters, accor-
·crime
fighters Batman and Robin ding to Buckley.
and now from Marist College -
•
"Other teams are so serious and
Buckley and Ruta.
cutthroat. We throw in humor,"
• Mike Buckley, an 18-year-old said Buckley.
freshman· from Queens, and Joe
Ruta and Buckley feel there is a
Ruta, a 19-year-old sophomore strong rapport between the two
from Perling, N.Y., finished fourth teammates during debates.
in the novice division at the na-
Ruta recalled the time he was
tional debate championships held speaking during the championships
recently in Baton Rouge, La.
about the number of people who
Cornell University, a team were against drug testing, when
Buckley and Ruta had defeated Buckley handed him evidence cards
earlier in the year, finished first in with statistics supporting Ruta's
the competition. The topic of the position.
debate focused on the legality of
Each debater was eager to com-
drug testing.
pliment the other's talents.
Buckley and Ruta argu~ for and
"Mike is a good speaker," said
against the selected topic during Ruta. "He's good at analyzing
debates, and they often work well flaws in the opposite team."
into the night preparing evidence
"Joe has a competitive nature,"
cards to back their positions.
said Buckley. "He's so into the
Both admit there is a lot of competition, he has a big desire to
pressure traveling and preparing win."
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for debates. The two have a unique
Both teammates agreed the team
way of blowing off steam.
..
has the capacity
for great
While watching wrestling in their improvement.
hotel rooms, Buckley and Ruta
"I see us both as having tremen-
often leap off dressers to deliver dous potential," said Ruta. "We
flying body presses to the coach of adapted well this year, and ate
Marist's debate team, assistant pro- everything up because we're so
fessor of forensics Jim Springston. young."
"You need some kind of comic
"We need to improve our
relief," said Ruta. "You can't be organization
of the evidence
serious all the time."
cards," said Buckley.
perience.
"Every
day I learn
something - it's like - surprise "
• he said. "I don't mean McDonalds
and Burger King, but the people
and culture."
Soong said if he is forced to
return to his native country, he will
take back more than a degree.
"If
l go back to my country and
my friends ask me how it was, I can
tell them how nice the people are,
and that I had a lot of fun," said
Soong.
"I
didn't come here just to
work."
Jennifer Gray, a senior from
Dublin, Ireland, is preparing for
graduation by applying for jobs
like most seniors.
'
Gray, a communications major
with a basketball scholarship, has
received an extention on her visa
and has decided to stay in the
United States to look for a job in
sales or marketing management.
"You
don't
know what's
ahead," said Gray. "It's easy to get
secure around here, and when you
don't know what's out there, it's
scary."
Gray's mother is crossing the
Atlantic for graduation and will re-
main here until September. If Gray
doesn't find a permanant job by
then, she will probably return to
Ireland.
"I
don't even know what
side of the world I'll be on after
graduation," she said.
Ideally, Gray hopes to find a job
where she could travel between
Ireland and the United States. "I
want the best of both worlds - to
be with my family and friends in
Ireland - and still be able to spend
time working and being here," she
said.
Marist students flock
to New Paltz party
by Michael McGarry
People of all ages, the majority
of whom dressed in tie dyed tee-
shirts and jeans, gathered together
to listen to various types of live
music, drink beer, throw frisbees
and fly kites at the SUNY New
Paltz Mayfest held last Saturday on
the New Paltz camous.
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
were the featured act in a show
which included a blues, reggae and
a local New Paltz college band. The
'
event ran from noon until dusk.
.
About
60
Mirist students travel-
ed to
New
Paltz on two yellow
school buses which left from the
townhouse parking Jot, and other
students took their own transpor-
tation to the Mayfest. But nearly
everyone came back a little sun-
burned, and saying they had a good
time.
The day offered entertainment
for everyone. Little children could
be
seen petting rabbits and baby
chicks at the magic petting zoo.
People were dancing and singing to
the music while others laughed and
talked with friends. And even Joan
Jett told the crowd it was the best
concert she played all year.
A number of Marist students
were impressed with how trouble
·
free and smoothly the day was run.
State P<;>lice
and security people,
dressed m orange tee-shirts, watch-
ed over the crowd. Hotdogs, ham-
burgers, soda and corn on the cob
were sold for cheap prices.
"Everybody was so nice and
nobody hassled us," said
senior
Fred Dever.
"A
New Paltz
maintenance man gave me
a
ride
from my car to the field where the
concert was held."
Marist and New Paltz students
weren't the
only
ones at the
Mayfest. Rastafarians, aging hip-
pies with long, braided hair and
bikers wearing leather jackets and
studded bracelets were among the
number of different people at the
event.
Looking at the crowd some peo-
ple felt like they fell into a time
warp. "These people look like they
walked right out of Woodstock and
into New Paltz," said senior Steven
Brooksbank.
Committee recommends
three VP applicants
by
Aline Sullivan
A committee appointed by Presi-
dent Dennis Murray to review ap-
plications for the position of vice
president for admissions and
enrollment planning has submitted
its recommendations, according to
Dr. Louis Zuccarello, a professor
of political science who serves on
the committee.
The committee sent a report to
the president recommending three
applicants for the position, Zuc-
carello said.
According to Murray, the final
decision has not yet been made.
"But it's moving along very well,"
he said.
The group of faculty and ad-
ministrators appointed by Murray
reviewed approximately 50 applica-
tions, he said.
The position has been filled by
Acting Vice President for Admis-
sions and Enrollment Planning
Mary Beth Carey since March 31,
when James E. Daly left the college
to accept a position with a
brokerage firm.
In addition to the admissions
position, the office of exe<;utive
vice president has been vacant since
Congressman recalls his Watergate days
by Bob Davis
Even though he played a major
role in the impeachment pro-
ceedings against President Richard
Nixon, Congressman Hamilton
Fish (R-Millbrook) had a confes-
sion of his own when he spoke at
Marist earlier this week.
"You know more today than I
remember (of the Watergate af-
fair)," Fish told the audience.
Fish, who was on the House of
Representative's Judiciary Com-
mittee that advocated President
Richard Nixon's impeachment,
spoke on his memories and involve-
ment with that committee.
Then, he answered questions
from the audience, ranging from
his inside. views of the judiciary
committee to his personal opinion
of G. Gordon Liddy, who ran
against Fish in the 1968 primary for
the House and was later convicted
•
in connection with the Watergate
break-ins.
Fish spoke of the difficulties the
committee incurred in its attempts
to impeach Nixon since the com-
mittee had to find its way through
an unprecedented impeachment
process.
"It just wasn't part of the
legislative world we were used to,"
he said.
Fish also described the amount
of evidence the committee had to
review and how disorganized the
whole process became.
"You needed a road map to get
through all of it," he said.
Fish then described his role as
one of the seven crucial con-
gressmen, or "swing votes," who
decided to vote for impeachment.
Then, the congressmen drafted the
three articles of impeachment.
"We spent so much time draf-
ting the articles of impeachment,"
Fish said, "that we didn't have
time to organize everything."
Fish said he believed the press
was fair in its coverage of the
Watergate affair. "It wasn't nice,
but we needed the press," he said.
















































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4 - THE Clf!_CLE -April 30, 1987
Local anchor
juggles hectic
life with ease
by Kristine Manning
Imagine
being an anchor
woman, a producer, a college pro-
fessor and a mother. One might
think it's a pretty impossible
schedule, but for Nancy Cozean,
being active is a way of life.
Cozean, co-anchor and producer
of Hudson Valley's 62 news, is
mother to a 5-year-old and teaches
as an adjunct professor at Marist.
She earned her second
B.A.
and
master's degree in journalism at the
University of Missouri.
"I can't help feeling very strong-
ly about education," said Cozean.
"Both my mother and father were
very supportive. They told us right
from the start that education is the
key to mobility in American socie-
ty. It's a continuum throughout
your life."
This strong feel of education
gives her time for her Writing for
Radio and T.V. class.
"I
like
teaching.
When
you
find
something you enjoy, you make
time for it," said Cozean.
There is never a dull moment in
her class, according to Cozean.
"I
find Marist students bright and im-
aginitive; they really keep me on
my toes."
Cozean enters her 9:50 Tues-
day /Thursday class in a pair of
jeans and a plaid shirt. She turns
to her students and asks,"What's
going on.'' "Whether it be sports,
politics or movies, I want to know
if they're aware of what's going on
around them," she said.
Transfers-
continued from page 1
said Ferguson, who studied com-
puter science at Marist. "It started
· out with a teacher who
never
show-
ed up
for
class but gave us all
an
A anyway. And I felt like no one
really wanted to deal with me
because I was a commuter. I began
to feel disenchanted -
like I was
wasting my time. And for all the
money, I didn't want to be wasting
my time."
And while Ferguson said that
Marist simply did not live up to his
expectations, others had harsher
words.
"I hated it (at Marist)," said
Lisa Ferenczy, a senior at Syracuse
University. "They had great
P.R.
to recruit people, and once you got
there, they forgot about you."
Ferenczy said she was disap-
pointed when, enrolled as a Rus-
sian studies major, she discovered
she was the only student in the pro-
gram. "I knew I had to go
somewhere else to do something
with my major," she said.
When Ferenczy transferred in
1985, she found there were more
than 70 Russian studies majors at
her new school. "There were so
many Russian studies clas~es here
I couldn't make up my mind."
Poris said students who are
undecided about their majors are
likely to transfer.
Nurses--
Continued from page
3
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our nursing credits," she said.
"We've really been put in a hole."
Hynes said she expects to see
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April 30, 1987- THE CIRCLE - Page 5
Local hospitals move to hire more nurses
by
Raeann Favata
Two Poughkeepsie hospitals are
• turning to the high schools to help
solve the problem of shortages on
their nursing staffs.
"Guidance counselors have lost
touch with what is needed in the
job market," said Judy McCarthy,
manager of nursing resources at
Vassar Brothers
Hospital
in
Poughkeepsie. "We have career
days at high schools to encourage
the students to go into nursing and
let them know what requirements
they will need to study for."
According to the American
Hospital Association, 14 percent of
nursing positions at 1,000 U.S.
hospitals were unfilled in December
1986. This figure was up from 6
percent in December 1985.
Almost every hospital in the state
has vacancies on their nursing
• staff, including Vassar Brothers,
which has a 3 percent vacancy rate,
according to McCarthy.
In addition to going to the high
schools, both Vassar Brothers and
St. Francis Hospital are hiring new-
ly graduated
nurses.
Vassar
Brothers has a tradition of doing
this, but St. Francis has just started
in order to help solve the vacancies
in its staff.
Usually St. Francis would not
hire a nurse unless she had a few
years experience
at another
hospital. However, the hospital is
now hiring nurses right after
Lowell Thomas basement
is still -a question mark
by
Todd Jesaitis
While the two floors of the Lowell Thomas Communications Center
are operational and nearly complete, plans for the basement of the
building remain unsettled, according to Edward Waters, vice presi-
dent for administration and finance.
In order to make the basement operational, costly reconstruction
of the ceiling would be necessary to hide the mass of heating and cool-
ing ducts, Waters said.
"It's not going to cost only $5,000; I can tell you that," Waters said.
The basement, which was not included in the original plans for the
• Thomas center, was built to give additional support to the building
after physical problems were found with its foundation during
construction.
The problem with flooding in the basement, which has been a con- '
cern since construction and would have restricted any communica-
tions equipment being installed in the basement, has been rectified
with the installation of sump pumps, according to Waters.
Waters said suggestions made for the unused space in the basement .
by students and faculty include adding classrooms, more Lowell
Thomas memorabilia, -campus radio station WMCR and offices for
The Circle and The Reynard.
However, security in the Thomas center becomes an issue if stu-
dent activities are going to take place after normal school hours,
Waters said.
"The radio station sometimes airs.until.two or.three in the morn-..
ing," Waters s·aid. "Ther.efore there would be a problem of controll-
ing who gets access in and out at night."
Civic center crowds
are a quiet co·ntrast
to some concert fans
by
Bob Davis
Recently,
Madison
Square
• Garden had a problem with several
thousand boisterous Iron Maiden
fans which resulted in several in-
juries and arrests after large fights
broke out.
Bands such as Judas Priest and
Ozzy Osbourne also have a history
of severe violence and even deaths
at their concerts around the nation.
relativley small number of people
is much easier to control than at
some of the big halls."
•
According to Ryerson, there are
very few out of the way places
where people can go to start trou-
ble. Other than the main floor,
there are just the bathrooms and
the upper lounge.
Ryerson and Faison agreed that
the type of people who frequent
civic center concerts plays a major
role in how things go at a concert.
The people that come are the sons
graduation and giving them an in-
depth orientation, according to
Margaret Prescott, director of staff
development
at St. Francis
Hospital in Poughkeepsie.
"It's working out very well,"
said Prescott. "I think more
hospitals will have to start doing
this."
St. Francis is also holding
refresher courses and training ses-
sions to encourage nurses who have
left nursing to come back and prac-
tice it, said Prescott.
Nurses at St. Francis are also
allowed to choose between work-
ing 12 hours a day three days a
week, or the standard eight hours
a day five days a week, according
to Prescott.
"We try to give more flexible
hours to accommodate
some
nurses, but there is only so much
we can do in that area," said
Prescott.
The nursing shortage may be at-
tributed to the broader range of
career choices now open to women,
the demanding hours and the low
salary.
"Nursing
is still a female
dominated field and there are so
many more opportunities
for
young girls today," said Prescott.
"I
think that is the main reason;
the salary is pretty fair and people
get sick
24
hours a day, so hospitals
need to be open and running. Peo-
ple have to accept that those fac-
tors can't be changed."
"The salary is definitely part of
it, but the health care field is such
a broad area that there are more
choices to make," said McCarthy.
However, some nurses said the
low salary is a key reason for the
nursing shortage. In addition,
it
lowers the quality of nursing
because the better nurses are look-
ing for higher paying jobs.
By the year 2000, 40 percent of
pharmacists, 21 percent of physi-
cians and
16
percent of dentists in
the United States will be women,
according to a study done in The
New York TiJ!leS.
"The high caliber of nurses are
choosing to do something else; it's
hard to support a family on
$15,000 a year," said Pat Morelli,
a former
R.N. at St. Peters
Hospital in Albany.
She is now an administrator at
Albany Medical College. "If I had
to do it all over again I'd study
engineering."
Some nurses are optimistic about
the future trend of the nursing
shortage, while others are negative.
"I
think we're experiencing the
worst part of it now,"
said
Prescott. "I'm sure it will get
better."
"The problems that nurses have
will not be solved unless the general
public is educated and understands
what nurses do," said Morelli.
"People expect nurses not to com-
plain and they look down on them
when they do."
Mari st ·fund drive sets mark
by
Keli A. Dougherty
Some
750
parents
of
undergraduate students here have
donated to the Marist Annual Fund
this year, an increase of 155 per-
cent,
according
to
Joan
Gasporovic, director of the annual
fund.
The fund raising campaign, con-
ducted over the phone by some 65
student volunteers, has managed to
raise $29,000, almost $10,000
above its original goal.
"The parents just kind of shat-
tered all of the records that we had
established," she said.
In addition, Gasporovic said a
_ contribution of $30,000 was receiv-
• :ed from the father of three
Marist
alumni. The contribution has been
temporarily withheld from the
Marist fund and will be used as in-
centive for other parents, according
to .Gasporovic.
"He gave us the approval to use
his gift as a challenge to the
parents, so that all new parent gifts
and the increased portion of any
renewed gift would be matched
with his $30,000," Gasporovic
said.
The campaign, in its 11th year,
received 150 donars and raised
$7,995 in 1985 and received 294
donars and raised $17,157 in
1986,
according to Gasporovic.
. Potential donars received a let-
ter from the chairman of the fund,
Christopher Simonetty,
and were
then contacted over the phone.
The phones are staffed by
students who volunteer their time.
"In return, we give the classes that
receive the most number of pledges
cash awards; so it's a competition
between
the classes,"
said
Gasporovic.
The students were given priority
points and letters of recommenda-
tion for working on the drive.
Gasporovic said many parent
donations were accompanied by
letters
praising
the student
volunteers for their efforts.
•
The
funds
are
used
for
unrestricted 'purposes and are in-
corporated
into
the annual
operating budget
pf
the college
to
• be,.used"Where'
they are needed
most.
m
At the nearby Mid-Hudson Civic
Center, however, there have never
been
.·
any major incidents of
violence or- damage, even though
bands with a reputation for concert
violence, such as Ozzy Osbourne,
have played there. •
and daughters of middle class IBM
families and are usually well behav-
•
ed, according to Faison.
"We have been pretty fortunate
in that no incidents of violence or
severe vandalism have occured,"
said Susan Ryerson, executive
director of the civic center.
Dan Faison, director and coor-
dinator of security services at the
civic center, said that if problems
occur they are usually outside
before and after a concert. At these
times, people are either anxious for
the concert to begin or excited after
the concert is over.
While the people arc inside dur-
ing the concert, they are calmer and
much easier to handle.
"The people kind of police
themselves," said Faison, a Marist
College alumnus.
Both Ryerson and Faison cited
the size and the set up of the civic
center as two of the main reasons
that no incidents have occured.
"The civic center is a small hall,
holding 2,500 to 3,000 people at
one time," said Ryerson. "1'his
"They come to enjoy the con-
cert, not cause trouble," said
Ryerson.
Ryerson also attributed the lack
of violence to the type of security
used at the concerts. Off-duty
police are used in addition to civic
center security. This official
presence seems to have an effect on
how people behave during a con-
cert, she said.
Faison,.who also works as a New
York State Division Parole Officer,
said the attitude of the guards
keeps the tension between security
and the audience to a minimum.
"Security will enforce the rules,
but will give some leeway and allow
the kids to have their fun," said
Faison.
Between 20 and 30 percent of the
guards have been at the civic center
for at least ten years. This has
allowed people who attend the con-
certs to get to know the guards and
know what to expect from them if
they get out of line, according to
Faison.
The Mid-Hudson Civic Center, a place for
many diverse performances ranging from Joan Jett to a Health
and Fitness show.
(Photo
by
Sharon Gardiner)
One of the main qualifications to
being a guard at concerts is sen-
sativity
to people and
to
situations,
said Faison.
Guards at the concerts will
evaluate a situation and then take
the proper action, not just throw
people out like security does at
some other concert halls, Faison
said.
"Security guards should act in
fashion that is appropriate for the
well-being of the civic center and
its patrons," said Faison.
If he sees someone smoking,
Faison explained, he will ask the
person to put it out. If the person
persists in smoking, he will escort
the individual outside and ask him
or her if it is worth missing the
show in order to smoke. Most peo-
ple will respond by saying no, upon
which he will let the person back
in. If, however, the person is
caught smoking again, he or she is
out for good, said Faison.
"I still keep the human factor in
it," Faison said.
"It
is better to talk
with people than beat them up."
Ryerson said that many different
types of shows play at the civic
center and that none are any more
troublesome than the others.
"I'd say there's a pretty even mix
of shows, ranging from heavy
metal shows to oldies concerts,"
Ryerson said. "Although heavy
metal shows may have more
energetic fans, there isn't any more
trouble."
No special precautions are taken
for different shows and, unlike
other concert halls, no special in-
surance is required when a band
with a reputation for violence or
damage is booked to play at the
civic center, said Ryerson.
"If there were 2,500 heavy metal
fans coming to a show instead of
the same number to an oldies
show," said Ryerson, "security
might be more alert, but there
wouldn't be any more security than
usual.
If
we had had problems in
the past, this probably would be
.-lifferent but we haven't."
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letters
Wanted
To the Editor:
Here is an advertisement we
should be seeing:
Position Opening
"Director of Admissions at a
small, liberal arts college
'located
midway between New York and
Albany.' Applicants must have the
ability to support a 'tuition-
intensive' institution by accepting
students from upper middle class
backgrounds, regardless of the fact
they are below-average students.
Must also
be
able to accept students
who are white and Roman
Catholic, in order to maintain the
college's
ultra-conservative
environment."
•
"Car provided; must know Long
Island well. Salary: very high, since
such unimportant people as ad-
junct faculty and secretaries are
poorly paid."
"Available immediately."
Joe Bello
Sophomore
Nursing
To the Editor:
sionals whose goals and values are
far removed from our own. Nurs-
ing is not just making beds and,
bedpans.
Page 6 - THE CIRCLE -April 30, 1987
Since February the lives of the
nursing students have been turned
inside out. You have all read the ar-
ticles in The Circle and most are
aware of what the situation is for
us now. I wonder
if
you know how
we really feel.
I personally have been going
through a grieving process. Facing
the possible death of this nursing
program has been difficult to ad-
just to.
I
would like to be able to
let you know how this has affected
all of us but it is complex and dif-
ficult to express.
Our concern is the entire human
condition. Human rights, bio-
psychosocial functiona nd reaction
to the health disease process are the
focus of nursing. If our concerns
were just with making money we
would not be in this predicament
now.
Say
good night already
My goal in this letter is to let you
know that no matter what happens
the nursing students of Marist will
survive.
If
not
at Marist,
somewhere else. We will be wiser,
less vulnerable and more determin-
ed!
I
have learned a great deal here
at Marist.
1 did not intend to learn about
politics,
big
business
and
bureaucratic double talk, but this
administration sets a good environ-
ment for learning in these areas.
This whole experience h.as reinforc-
.
ed my belief the problems nurses
face today are due to our being
under the control of other profes-
This whole situation creates one
giant question in my mind'? Why
do we
as
humans let money control
our values?
On the good side of my ex-
perience at Marist are the students
and faculty. I have met people who
have been tremendously accepting,
supportive and encouraging. I feel
richer and thankful for having met
every one of them. There are many
smiles and moments I will never
forget no matter where I go. To
me, it doesn't matter who you are.
What really matters is that you care
about others and others care about
you in return. That is what nurs-
ing is all about and why I am pro-
ud to be one!
Pat Deschamps, President
Student Nurses Assoc ..
by
Julia
E.
Murray
It sounded reasonable at the
length of the classes. Honestly, I
never realized there were
so
many
time. It always sounds reasonable
~-------•--•Iii.
at the time. You're too busy dur-
ing the day to fit in all the
.classes
you need, but you don't want to go
to college on the decade plan, so
you sign up for a night class or two.
What could be more logical'?
budding Picassos in the world un-
til I attended my first night class.
Since that time,
I've seen enough
material produced to
redecorate
the
Louvre th!ee ~es over. (I'm re-
Becoming a cliff-diver because
you're afraid of heights, that's
what. Well, actually the second one
makes a
littfo
more sense.
questing
my
own
wing.)
• -
Note writing and letter writing
the other
.
---
•
·murray
are also popular in night classes,
but they are usually predominant
in the second half of class, pro-
mpted by the always painful
realization that "you mean there's
more?" Nothing can reunite long-
lost friends quicker than the
.Of
course, the first big problem
discovery that the clock is not
with night classes is that they aren't
broken and it is indeed only
8:0S.
•
held during the day. Some would
History
Night classes were not designed
to further our education, no mat-
ter what anyone tells you. Nor were
they designed to keep us out of
trouble, as some would also say
about the new Friday classes. No,
night classes were designed for the
teacher who has everything - ex-
cept enough early morning classes.
say the problem is that they're held
Of course, there are other
ways
at all, but I strive to look for the
.
to make the time pass. You
can
positive. At any rate, night classes close or open the window, depen-
come just when you thought the
ding on the season and the mood
day was over. You get home from
of the heater that day or you
can
classes or work at 4 ors p.m. and
count the tiles in the floor. If the
all
you want to do is lie in a heap weather is particularly warm, you
on the rug for three days. By the
.
can
make a paper fan, or if you're
To the Editor:
The following information may
be of interest to
William
Lee (Cir-
cle
April
9)
in clarifying the various
dates relative to Marist College.·
•
The history of Marist College
begins in 1905 when the Marist
Brothers purchased the McPherson
estate, just to the north of the city
of Poughkeepsie.
Three years later in
1908,
the
Beck estate which was contiguous
to the southern border of the
McPherson property was also pur-
chased. These I 10 acres formed
what is now the Marist College
campus.
St. Ann's Hermitage served un-
til 1954 as headquarters for the
.Marists
in the United States. Barns
and stables were converted by the
Marist
Brothers· into living
quarters,
classrooms
and recreation
areas for students who con-
templated
becoming
Marist
Brothers.
By 1929 the training center had
evolved into a junior college af-
fliliated with Fordham University
and Catholic University.
THE:
CIRCLE:
In 1946 the New York state
Board of Regents chartered Marian
Think about it. When have you
College as an independent Catholic seen a teacher in a more jovial
college still for the exclusive train-
•
mood than when· he tells his 8: 15
ing of Marist Brothers.
class to whisper so they won't wake
up their dozing classmates'? Is there
The college's charter was amend-
a happier person on earth than the
ed in 1958 and its mission broaden-
professor who watches his students
ed to include male lay students.
writhe in embarrassment after fall-
Marian College was also legally ing asleep during the final (don't
designated as non-sectarian.
laugh, it happens).
In
1960
Marian College became
Marist College. In 1966, for the
first time, women were permitted
to enter •the Evening Division. In
1968, the Day Division.
•
By 1969 women were admitted as
residents in Sheahan, Leo and
Champagnat. Also in 1969, owner-
ship of the college was transferred
to the Marist College Educational
Corporation with an independent
board of trustees.
Brother Joseph Belanger
Continued.
on page 16
Unfortunately, there are only so
many classrooms available, so not
every professor can listen to snores
to his or her heart's content in the
morning. Hence, night classes.
Some people say that night
classes begin to lag after the break
(around 8 p.m.), but I always
figure, why wait until the last
minute? Why not start out com-
pletely exhausted and rather
rebellious and just go with the feel-
ing? You only have two hours and
45 minutes to drive yourself com-
pletely insane. There really is no
time to lose.
d
,
feeling particularly lazy you
can
•
time 6:l5 p.m. rolls aroun • you re watch other people doodle and
try
really tired. But to class you must to analyze the result. There are
go.
·those
people who believe that
You rush to get to class on time
(a relative term at best) and what
do you see? A smiling
.
teacher
ready to impart wisdom on
all
his
eager, though barely conscious,
students. Sure, it's easy for
him
to
look cheerful,
he
hasn't
been
sitting
in classes
all
day. Okay, so he's
been standing. That's beside the
point.
Attendance is taken, notebooks
• are opened, pens are poised above
them, the professor turns to the
blackboard -:- and the art contest
begins.
Doodling is an ancient art form
which obviously dates-back to the
first formalized classes. Night
classes have perfected the art,
however, because of the protracted
listening to the lecture is better than
nothing, but there are radicals in
every. crowd.
There is· only one real taboo in
night classes, or any class, actual-
ly -
raising your hand. Raising
your hand to ask
a
question or
make a comment indicates not on-
ly consciousness, but interest, and
really blows the class's image as a
whole. It's a rotten thing to do to
fellow artists.
Actually, I suppose night classes
aren't really all that bad - if you
enjoy sleeping in chairs. Now, I
think I'll take my leave. My pro-
fessor keeps glancing at my
notebook and I don't think he's in-
terested in my penmanship. Oh
well, so much for my next shipment
.
to the Guggenheim.
Editor:
Julie Sveda
Arts
&
Entertainment -
Editor:
Gina Disanza
Advertising Manager:
Mike
McHale
Associate Editors:
Bill DeGennaro
News Editor:
Julia Murray
Classified Manager:
Gary Schafer
Mike Grayeb
Viewpoint Editor:
Len Johnson
Business
Manager:
Jennifer Cook
Sports Editor:
Paul Kelly
Photography Editor:
Mark Marano
Faculty Advisor:
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viewpoint
April 30, 1987- THE CIRCLE - Page 7
'Somebody's father' disease
• • •
. . . or an afternoon with a hormonal activist
by Don Reardon
I • stopped and reflected on the
seemingly wise words I railed into
young Bill Osborn's head: "You
kids today, you think you know
everything, well let me tell you ...
life is more than one big backstage
Bon Jovi party."
My worst fears were realized at
that
moment.
"Somebody's
father" disease had reared its ugly
head. I, much to my own horror,
was starting
to sound
like
somebody's father.
Bill shook me out of my progres-
sion and back into digression.
"Don," he said, as he jarred my
scapulas, "you're only two years
older than me and you sound like
you should be wearing a leisure
suit."
He was right, and I began to
open my eyes to a disease which in
many ways is plaguing the Marist
campus. People are looking and ac-
ting old these days.
Look • around -
baldness,
fatness and hair being scraped off
peoples legs by polyester pants
worn at internships. It's enough to
make one drive a Bigwheel off the
Mid-Hudson Bridge.
In our past few years at college
we've constructed a wall between
ourselves and those only a few
years younger. I wanted to see what
made one side of the wall so dif-
ferent than the other, so I spent a
day at a nearby high school going
through the normal routine of
events with a stereotypical 15-year-
old all-american, apple pie, hor-
monal activist.
I
entered the high school clad in
Reebok high tops, army fatigue
pants and a Van Halen t-shirt (on
loan from a friend, of course).
"Golly, these freshman sure are
small," I said to my young tour
guide. "Is there something missing
from the drinking water?"
"How tall were you when you
were a freshman in high school?"
• he asked.
"Oh, about as tall as I am now,
I guess," I shot back. Then I
remembered being wedged (death
by Stephen Garmhausen
On a recent Sunday morning
television journalism panel, there
was a discussion about the activism
of Arny Carter, who was arrested
while protesting C.I.A. • involve-
ment in Nicaragua.
..
• The question was_:
will her exam-.
. Tn s.
ea·
re h-.
pie
set
a precedent for college·cari;t-
.l
J
puses across America? Journalist
if
b
Carl Leubsdorf answered "no."
O SU
stance
Students! he ~aid,. are only in-
terested m getting Jobs.
t ·
1&
A'
•
t
If he's right, then he speaks of
a
1
Y.l
arlS
an unfortunate departure from
what the college institution used to
be. In the '60s and '70s, the cam-
pus was a hotbed of political ac-
tivism, questioning and intellectual
challenge. Looking around now, I
wonder where the shift in priorities
came along. Did we decide that the
activism of the past had failed, that
it's a worthless course?
Maybe there is an argument
there. But to give in to apathy -
by underwear hanging) by a group
of maniacal senior big shots and
being hung on a doorknob when I
was an annoying 14-year-old. My
feet couldn't reach the ground; I
was not yet 5-foot-3. The guy I had
just mocked was probably 5-foot-5.
After feeling like a large ass, I
settled down into his first period
biology class. Somebody farted and
the whole class was sent into violent
hysterics. Would I have laughed if
someone broke wind in my Rise
and Development of English
Drama class?
I observed two dames (that
term's not in anymore with the
young crowd) discussing a conflict
that resulted from a breakdown in
communication the previous day.
It went like this:
"You were mad at me yester-
day," said the first.
"No way," said the second with
a shake of her opulent hair.
"In lunch you were mad," add-
ed the first.
"Na-uh," returned the second.
And on it went.
to limit our priorities to getting a
job -
is to sell out a big part of
our education
and personal
development. The questioning of
values belongs back at the heart of
a good education.
To be aware of social issues and
to challenge the wrongs around us
is a process that will help us to
become responsible and fulfilled
persons, and I .feel w_e•~e
ready to
star( d.oi~g .tha,t .. -.· .
.
••.
• Our generation
has
been
asked to
swallow some pretty hollow values:
conformity instead of individuali-
ty - instant gratification instead of
dignity. We've been told that we
are little more than a market for
trendy clothing, cars and of course,
Pepsi.
Ah, yes. We are the Pepsi
generation.
I hope that the
"values" currently filling our tanks
are replaced with some real ones,
and soon.
•
And
of course, we are a
market
for sex. The U.S. notion of
"morality"
even
in
these
"enlightened" '80s, di~courages
In a fit of anger I wanted to grab
the first mousse-ridden bimbo,
shake her violently, and scream,
"She has a right to hate you. You
ask too many questions... Now
give it a rest, sister!" But I didn't.
Most of the classes went pretty
much the same. Lunch gave me a
unique opportunity to speak with
my younger peers.
"Yo," said one, "Who are you
and where are you from?"
I didn't know what to say, but
I
was awed by his concise openness
and wondered why more people
aren't like him.
I made the mistake of not being
honest and set a trap for myself.
"Oh,
I just
moved here
from ... from ... Australia,
yeah ... Sidney," I said with ab-
solutely no down-under accent.
He perceptively rebounded,
"Why ain't you got no accent?
You talk like us. Hey, do you know
Crocodile Dundee?"
I panicked. "Oh, my throat was
damaged in a freak harmonica fac-
tory accident and now I'm forced
sexual expression. Most of us have
been taught, one way or another,
that
sex is somehow
... er,
well ... you know. After giving this
some thought, many of us have
responded "BS." To rebel and
assert our sexuality has become our
cause, and those to whom we are
a market are all-too-ready to cash
in.
.· Jfyou haven't seen an advertisc-
m.ent
with a subtle sexual angle,
or
a
movie with a steamy scene irrele-
vant to the plot,;you're missing out
on a piece of our double-standard
culture.
And then there is our president,
the semiliterate cowboy whose sim-
ple charm and baffling logic en-
trance a nation. With a wink and
a blatant self-contradiction, he in-
sults our intelligence; and often we
don't care to call him on it. That's
where Amy Carter has set a good
example.
She held the president accoun-
table for his administration's ac-
tions. In refusing to accept what
she saw as wrong, she took a
to walk the path of life with a
Boston accent."
He was not amused, but he did
believe me. He said he hated the
Red Sox and wished me a sound
recovery.
The students I spoke to had a
certain honest openness which I
haven't seen in some of my college
peers - or elders for that matter.
My tour guide, knowing my true
identity, badgered me constantly
about college life. He wanted to
know if Marist was the nutso,
crackers, bonkers, animal house-
type college he'd heard it was.
I didn't lie. I told him the
teachers give out free beer in class
and everyone walks around naked.
He's applying for early acceptance.
He wanted to know everything.
The others wanted to know what
koala bears were like.
What
I
found to be the most.
distressing (or perhaps fortunate)
aspect of the high schoolers' lives
was their problems. They are
devastated by a pimple, mentally
Continued on page 12
,...
momentous step: she stood up tor
her individuality and affirmed her
significance in a world where that's
not completely fashionable.
If we care to follow, there are a
great number of wrongs that we as
college students can address, on a
personal level and on a global scale.
There should b'e no better place
than a liberal arts college campus
to do so. This is the one place
where
we
should not be ashamed
to take
an
intellectual risk. to air
a point of view,
to
share ideas and
nurture curiosity.
And
I
cautiously disagree with
Carl Leubsdorf.
I
sense that many
of us are tired of passively accep-
ting the empty values we were rais-
ed on.
We're interested in more than
just the economic security of a job.
I think we long for direction and
meaning in our lives, and Marist
should play a key role in those
areas by encouraging individuality.
Stephen Garmhausen is a
sophomore majoring
in com-
munication arts.
_.
Learning to trust ... the hard way
by Beth-Kathleen McCauley
When my older sister came home
with her engagement ring and
fiance, I cried.
I was only 10, but I will not use
youth as an excuse for my actions.
I didn't like my brother-in-law-to-
be. Actually, I didn't trust him.
My sister and i were close and I
took their engagement as a per-
sonal attack against our relation-
ship. They went out almost every
night and came home long after I
was asleep.
1
•
It seemed to me as if she were
marrying a stranger.
When they were eventually mar-
ried, George's job took him away
every weekend and my sister was
left alone. I took it harder then she
did - she trusted him. How could
he leave her alone so much? He was
earning no brownie points with me.
More than IO years later, our
relationship has come full circle.
Those years in between were not
wasted time, they did serve a pur-
pose. They helped to teach me
about trust -
and the lessons
learned were invaluable.
Aside from the great age dif-
ference between us (15 years),
which also widened our com-
munication gap, trust between peo-
ple is not something gained instan-
taneously. It must be earned and
then once earned, respected.
We have all had expenences
where our trust has been discard-
ed; it feels like a slap in the face.
A breach of trust is more com-
plex, however, than the fault of one
party. The sting of being deceived
spurs both from the feeling of be-
ing violated and from your own
anxieties of having misjudged a
person.
The first time I began to feel
comfortable with George was the
Christmas after they were married.
They gave me a camera and Geo!ge
was going to teach me to use 1t.
My burst of enthusiasm was seen
as an annoyance to George. He
snapped at me. I felt worse than I
did before when I wouldn't show
him any emotion. I let my guard
down too soon.
It is a basic human need to have
someone to trust. Any relationship
cannot exist without a foundation
of trust. Trust is given in many
degrees: a restaurant owner trusts
his patrons to exhibit proper con-
duct in his restaurant, parents trust
a babysitter to be a responsible
guardian and married couple trust
each other to be dependable and
faithful.
Once trust is broken it is always
a struggle for both parties to
rebuild. It requires care and pa-
tience, but does not always end in
• success. The same feeling of total
comfort is hard to regain.
judgment as far as my personal
responsibilities are concerned. They
trust my decisions, and I am aware
that I am solely responsible for my
actions.
My trust in George has grown in-
to a dependency that is founded on
respect. This is something I never
imagined 10 years ago crying on the
stairway.
Finding someone to trust, for ,
me, means being able to give a part
Marist and AIDS
of yourself to someone else to learn
from arid experience. George, at
first, made no outward advances to
sway my judgments. It was only
after we were thrown together that
the barriers slowly started to give
away.
The first time we were alone
together was baffling for both of
us. Neither of us knew quite what
to do. Since my sister was attending
a conference, George and I spent
all our time together. He took me
to lunch at a restaurant he had been
going to since he was a child. We
drove past his high school and
shopped for a Christmas gift for
my sister. I gradually began to
paint a new picture of him in my
mind.
In one weekend George and I did
not make up for all the years of
mutual mistrust - but we did start.
Now that I am older, and live with
them, we have a very strong mutual
trust. They don't have children of
their own, and they rely on my
...
by John Montanaro
A major topic among Marist students these days is AIDS and the
threat it presents to all of us.
There has never been, in the history of medicine a disease as com-
plex and challenging as AIDS. The current AIDS death toll is 15,000
people in the the United States, according to the World Health
Organization.
This number seems rather small when compared with at least
100,000
cases worldwide since 1975.
At first, AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), was large-
ly confined to homosexual and bisexual men. However, according to
U.S. Surgeon General C. Eferett Koop, A~DS has reached the
heterosexual poputauon and has been spreadmg ever since.
The National Health service estimates 54,000 AIDS deaths are ex-
pected in 1991, and that figure will double by 1995. College and high
school students are the next high-risk group because of their high level
of sexual activity.
.
SUNY New Paltz has made condoms accessible to students. The
University has also dedicated itself to the education qf students regar-
ding AIDS and safe sex.
.
Vassar College has also made the same commitment to students,
and will also allow the selling of condoms in the bookstore.
AIDS is scary! I am concerned that Ma~st College has not taken
any precautionary measures for the prevention of AIDS and the pro-
tection of students.
John Montanaro
is
a senior majoring In communication
arts.
,
.....






















Page 8 - THE CIRCLE -April 30, 1987
Confessions of a sllburban bachelor
by Kieran Alex Murphy
The workweek glides, ticks,
hums along. I have my routine set.
Everything runs into the next thing
-
bed to shower to breakfast to
train to work to lunch to work to
home to dinner to bed. It's a good
routine. I am comfortable with it.
My name is Cooper Hawth. I
live by myself here in Tanglewood
Estates. Third house from the cor-
ner, number 234. I just moved here
last year. I saw them put up
Tanglewood. Modular homes they
call it. It's like Lincoln Logs.
Several IS-wheelers pulled in with
flat cardboard boxes full of house
parts and then a few battalions of
construction workers armed with
just a hammer, a Phillips head
screwdriver and a nine-sixteenths
wrench slapped up 1500 homes in
one summer.
way I can dollop it out as I need
it. I keep this container of
"P.B./Jelly" on the second shelf
on the right side of the fridge, next
to the other
scoop-n-serve
foodstuffs like egg salad, tunafish,
Fluff and bologna.
On the left side of the fridge on
this same shelf I keep my con-
diments. You see the importance of
labelling your food, because one
time I spread what I thought was
marmalade on my toast, but in ac-
tuality it was duck sauce. When I
told my secretary about this, she
giggled so hard she froze from ten-
I show them
how to nick the
end of a hot dog
to let the fatty
acids drain out.
I put my pea-
nut butter in the
.
same Jar as my
jelly.
the label of products. Always read
the label. Kills Germs that Cause
Odors. They are informative and
full of plain good sense. Do not
puncture or incinerate! Store in a
lateral thinking
on a descending
elevator
cool, dry place. Do not spray
directly into eyes, nose or mouth.
Rinse, Lather, Repeat, Rinse,
Lather...
I don't
use an-
I like the motif, which is Tudor,
that Old English thatched .cottage
look. Big slanting roofs, off-white
facades outlined and crisscrossed
by dark, rough lumber and a gable
at every window. It looks very
authentic and you can't even tell
it's all fiberglass and vinyl. Even up
close.
tiperspirants because when pores
------------•
are
forced
shut
I
feel
claustrophobic. I use deodorant
I run an exemplary household. I
have streamlined everything possi-
ble. For example, with the help of
a blender I put my peanut butter
in the same jar as my jelly. This
sion. Trying to get air, she bounc-
ed up and down on her swivel typ-
ing chair laughing silently.
Yes, one of my secrets is reading
though, it comes in three-flavors.
The planners of Tanglewood of-
fered the first buyers moving into
the development free cable TV in-
stallment. So I got it.
A few
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GOING .
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ACTIVITIES
Friday, May 1st
Simon Sez 3:00 p.m.
Blizzard of Bucks 9:00 P:m. cafeteria
Saturday, May 2nd
Campus Skates 12:00 p.m.
4 Bands - Second Look
Nitework
Rods & Cones
Wesley Rogers (Reggae)
Charicatures
Carvel Ice Cream
Ken Weber 8:00 p.m. Mccann Center
Free Frisbees
Sponsored by C. U.B.
families moved in after me and
they didn't have cable, so I spliced
the line coming into my house and
ran a few wires over to them. They
were nice and thanked me. We had
a barbecue and I showed them how
to nick the end of a hot dog to let
the fatty acids drain out.
Yesterday I went to Sears to get
a wingnut for my ride-on lawn
mower and return a defective
hydraulic posthole digger. Cutting
my lawn is the only thing around
the house I'm not 100 percent con-
scientious about. When it gets long,
Mrs. Henderson from across the
street gives me a stern look. I feel
guilty. Since I don't want her to tell
------------•
the other neighbors that my lawn
is too long, I cut it. At Sears they
I use deodor-
though; it
in three
ant,
comes
flavors.
We talked about politics around
the picnic table. Eventually
e~e!Yon~ on the plan~t will be
d1v1ded
mto two opposmg forces.
Each group .will condemn the
other. They will be locked in a
vicious cycle of hatred and strife.
The Smokers vs. The Non-
smokers.
When I'm especially in a rush I
wrap bananas in a wet . towel and
put them in a paper bag. They
ripen much quicker that way.
Squeeze tube from bottom and
gradually roll up~
would not give me a cash refund,
but Sears credit is just as good as
blue chip stock, so I didn't mind
a bit.
On my credit I got a remote con-
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have a remote control garage door,
but I thought it would be fun to
drive around Tanglewood and see
who did. I could make a day of it.
Pack some sandwiches
and a ther-
mos full of Tang, gas up my 1965
Chrysler New Yorker and drive
around zapping garage doors.
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carefree. I have yearnings. I yearn.
I want to come into the bathroom
some morning - examine the scar
on my lip I got from walking
through a sliding glass door - look
down at the sink and find a little
family of tooth brushes.
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April 30, 1987- THE CIRCLE- Page 9
Fashion students gear· up for weekend show
by Kristin Delehanty
Sketching, draping, sewing, fit-
ting and sewing again. A fashion
designer's work never seems to end.
Just ask the fashion students in
Room D240 as they work on their
designs for the fashion show being
held May 1 and 2 at Marist College.
"It's taken a whole year to
design • four outfits, said Cathy
Crist, a senior from Pheonix, Ariz.
"It sounds easy, but we had to
design, drape in muslin, buy the
fabric, have a fitting and then,
hopefully, have the garment fit the
model."
Designing one outfit is a very •
long and tedious process.
First, the . students presented
several sketches to Professor Car-
mine Porcelli, who is overseeing the
production of the fashion show.
Then he chose a few of the sketches
which were recreated in watercolor.
Next, the sketches were swatch-
ed (combined with a piece of fabric
with which the garment is to be
made) and presented to one of
three professional
designers,
'The· time we
put in this class is
more than two
full-time jobs.'
depending on the season for which
the garment was created.
The designers who participated
in the judging were: Bill Blass, the
late Willi Smith of Willi Wear and
Richard Assatly of Anne Klein II.
Awards will be presented to the
students with the best designs in
each category at the fashion show.
After the judging, the watercolor
sketches started to come alive when
the students draped them in muslin.
When the muslin garment was
fitted to ·perfection on the model,
it was hand-basted (sewn) in the
fabric.
The model was fitted again and
the garment
was altered if
necessary, and then sewn very
carefully by the student.
This process was repeated four
times this year by each student,
having to design outfits for each of
the seasons: resort, spring, summer
dedicated to the classes.
"Everyone thinks this major is
a blow-off. No one realizes how
much work is put into
it,"
said
Alycia Damiani, a senior from New
'You're always
nervous but at
this point you
can't think about
·t'
1 .
and fall.
-----------•
"The time we put into this class
is more than two full-time jobs,"
said Doriann Apice, a senior from
Dix Hills, N.Y.
Each fashion design major must
supply all of their own materials
which could cost them up to $2000
and the students must be totally
City, N.Y. "We work seven days
a week, 24 hours a day, plus we
have other classes," she continued.
Some students created more than
the four required outfits for the
show.
Apice did five and Connie
Brisson, a senior who studied
abroad during the fall semester, did
four when only required to do two.
"She gets the Mr. Porcelli
Achievement Award,"
Porcelli
said.
Blass and Assatly are scheduled
to appear at the Saturday night per-
formance of the fashion show.
Smith, who had also committed to
attend, died suddenly earlier this
month.
The students said that having the
famous-name designers present at
the fashion show gave them mixed
feelings.
"I'm definitely nervous, but ex-
cited too," Apice said. "You're
always nervous, but at this point
you can't think about
it,"
she
continued.
This year, the theme for the
show is a "Salute to American
Fashion." Performances will begin
at 7 p.m. in the Marist Theater. For
tickets, call 471-3240, ext.125.
Experimental theater production a hit
While all of the plays were well ed us his remarkable comic talent
written, special note must be made in "Chop Suey," a play about a
Last week Marist shone.
about "Katy's Bag." My colleague chinese restaurant, bolstered by
No, it wasn't because of the and neighbor (sure, I'll jump on the solid performances by Macom (in
Lowell Thomas awards luncheon, bandwagon) Kieran Alex Murphy his already-mentioned Chinese
although I heard it was a very nice showed once again that he has a waiter role) and Tony Cozzi.
affair.
true writing talent.
A round of Out and About ap-
. But, instead, it was because, on
For those of you who aren't real-
plause should be given to Matt
Wednesday night, while the final ly into his column "Lateral Think-
Browne, who had the thankless job
preparations for the luncheon were ing," I only hope you were able to of filling the gaps between the plays
being made at the Helmsley Palace, catch
his
play.
Murphy
(with some help from Macom's
about
40
students embarked on a demonstrated his ability to mix character). He did so in an amus-
three-night run of one of the most comedy with just the right <1-111ount
ing, but not belaboring manner; I
outstanding stage productions
I
of drama to create a work that's
really enjoyed his presence.
have witnessed in my almost-
true-to-life and not overbearing.
It is especially a tribute to the
by
Gina Disanza
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Mark O'Neill ~d :D~ug Sca~an in a scene from _'Romeo and Juho,
J'he members of Gerar~ Cox's
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Larkin who was assistant professor
part of last week s Experimental Theatre production.
Theater Workshop class, •~-coor-
in the class) that the production
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timely illness. Dedicating the per-
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their yearly.Experimental Theater
formances to him, and his wife
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production. This year it consisted
about
who is also ill, were fitting in light
of eight plays, written, directed, ~-..--••••••--'
of ali the devotion they have shown
by
Jeff Nicosia
Not a bad week 'eh hipsters? As Lawrence Welk used to say
''Wonderful, wonderful,
.wonderful.''
Well, maybe wonderful is too
strong a word, but it was fun. Thank God the weather has turned
warm and let's pray the Hudson Valley Monsoon doesn't return. Oh
yeah, for all the .people that asked me to write about them, (insert
name here). Good Luck with finals and all that noise.
1. New Paltz Mayfest, April 2S, 1987 -
"That's the way you do
it.'' Strange, there were more people from Marist there than at River
Day. Stranger yet, Marist rented three buses to take students 13 miles
away to drink on another school's campus, yet they can't sanction
River Day. Questions aside, it was a super day and if you weren't
there, you missed ilie event of the school year.
2. Louder than Bombs, The Smiths -
Yes, I know I mentioned The
Smiths before, but (a) Now I know the name of the album, (b) the
first three songs rule, and (c) it's my column so I do what I want.
3. WMCR on the air in 1987-88 - Yes, it's a possibility and chances
are.good. If it happens, Marist will finally have a truly alternative
medium that can reach the masses (besides the one you're holding).
Cross your fingers and wish Derek Simon luck.
the
alternative
top 10
produced and performed by Marist
the MCCTA.
College students.
His characters jump out at the au-
Next time Marist is looking for
In a word, it was incredible.
dience and we can all (almost
something to brag about, maybe
There was a perfect mix of com- grudgingly) see parts of them in
they should look beyond Lowell
edy and drama, imagination and ourselves.
Thomas (the building and the
reality, happy and sad, and
'I also loved the premise of Brian award) and take a look in its own
stereotypical and original.
O'Connor's "Late Ending." It was backyard. I bet David Brinkley
The playwrights brought to life the story of a writer who couldn't
would have loved it. ..
everything from the nagging Jewish find just the right ending to her • Before I call it a week, there's
mother (played to perfection by play and wishes a "good director"
just one thing I don't want to
Marilyn Papa) to the stereotypical to help her out. She gets more than
overlook. I caught Suzanne Vega
"good director" (a brilliant perfor- she bargains for when a director,
at The Chance last weekend and
mance from Bob "Flounder"
stage crew, actors and audience all
really loved her performance. For
Hatem) to the sly and funny appear in her living room to per-
those of you who are unfamiliar
Chinese waiter (a hysterical perfor- form her work. Unfortunately,
with her music, check out either her
mance from John Macom).
though, everyone is forced to fade
first album (self-titled) or her latest
There was also an outstanding away when they get to the end, but
effort which was released this
array of original characters, such there's not one to be performed.
week. And if you're wondering
as Brent (Michael Pacyna) from The acting and directing in this one
where you might have heard her,
"Katy's Bag" and the homosexual were great - a really solid perfor-
she did "Left of Center" for the
lovers in "Romeo and Julio" mance all-around.
"Pretty in Pink" soundtrack, She's
(Doug Scanlan and Mark O'Neill).
Once again, John Roche show-
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a limited storyline, yet still pretty amazing.
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The unofficial beer of Marist College. The
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stuff is drinkable and most importantly, it's cheap.
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7. The Joshua Tree, U2 - What took me so lo1_1g
to mention U2,
you ask? (especially Townhouse B-4). Well, ~othmg reall:,:-;- I was
just too busy listening to the album to analyze 1t. My anal:,:s1s
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8. Springtime, Marist Collei;e-
It's here! ~arbecues, beer, sun tan-
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Page
10 - THE CIRCLE-April 30, 1987
Marist student nurtures
his own theater group
by Jonna Spilbor
Frank Colletta dreams of Broad-
way, but for now he'll settle for
founding and operating his own
production
company
in
Poughkeepsie.
Colletta, a 27-year-old English
literature major from Poughkeep-
sie, has acted in several plays (in-
cluding Shakespearean theater),
directed and even founded his own
theater company.
"My sole desire is to act
Shakespeare,"
said Colletta.
Among the characters he has por-
trayed are Bottom the Weaver in
"A Mid- Summer Night's Dream,"
and his favorite, Don Adrianno de
Armado, in "Love Labor's Lost."
"He (Adrianno) was a braggart,
flamboyant, very well-spoken.
I
miss him," said Colletta.
He also has many non-
Shakespearean credits to his name,
including a part in a CBS
film
with
Marcia Mason called "Trapped in
Silence."
Colletta founded Apple Blossom
Productions, a theater company, in
1984, when he produced the play
"Hold Me," which was written by
Jules Feiffer of the Mid-Hudson
Arts and Science Center (MASC).
One year later, he incorporated
the company as a non-profit
organization. "Theater should not
only entertain and educate, but
should also serve the community
where it's performed," he said. All
proceeds go to child protection
agencies in the area, such as The
Task Force for Child Protection
and
the
Dutchess
County
Children's Development Council.
Colletta is also a member of the
Marist
College
Council
on
Theatrical Arts. Gerard Cox, vice
president for student affairs and
co-faculty advisor for MCCT A,
·
described Colletta as a "director
who dared to act in his own pro-
duction (Dracula) -
and did it
well."
Locally, Colletta has played such
characters as Jacob Marley in
"Scrooge" and the wizard in "The
Wizard of Oz."
•
Although Colletta is devoted to
his acting and directing, sometimes
he feels he needs a break.
"Part of me wants to settle
down, sit on the back porch and
listen to the rainfall with a good
woman," said Colletta. "The other
part of me loves the theater."
Apple Blossom Productions is
presenting David Mamet's "Sexual
Perversity in Chicago" today
~
through Saturday at MASC in
Poughkeepsie. This summer, Col-
letta will be acting in a Shakespeare
festival in Croton-On-Hudson, in
Westchester County. Next fall,
Colletta will be directing and pro-
ducing two plays.
"You've got to really move - if
you settle, you'll stagnate," he
said.
Frank Coletta, far left, in one of his Marist performances.
(Photo by Tim Curry)
Alumni office wins award
The Marist College Alumni Af-
fairs Office has been awarded a
bronze medal by the Council for
the Advancement and Support of
Education for its alumni Network
Journal.
The Journal, which lists alumni
by geographic location and profes-
sion, was one of 75 entries in the
Individual
Alumni Programs
category.
The Network Journal was
designed to give Marist alumni ac-
cess to their own professional net-
work, and is also a valuable tool
for Marist students to use in secur-
ing internship and career contacts.
Published this year, the edition
was· organized by former alumni
affairs director Susan Rexer.
The Journal is on sale in the
alumni affairs office in Adrian Hall
at a cost of $10. Copies are also
available in the college library and
the career counseling office.
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Apr/1'30, 1987- THE CIRCLE - Page 11
Trying to survive becomes popular pastime
by Jean E. Clements
Thousands of Americans spend
their weekends armed, hiding in the
woods trying to survive.
They enjoy it.
And they even pay for it.
Survival games, or paintpellet
games, are played by about 10,000
people every weekend in 47 states.
The Adventure Outfitters on Route
9 organizes "Showdown," a game
played in Orange County.
"Showdown" was organized by
ex-military personnel, but it at-
tracts all sorts of different people,
especially young professionals.
"We've got everybody," said Ed
Rivas, in charge of the game's
logistics and planning. "All ages,
you've got to be eighteen, but
we've had players in their sixties."
He said one of the best teams was
a group from a stock company in
Manhattan.
The most popular version of the .
paintpellet game is a modified
"capture
the
flag
game."
"Showdow~" _participants are
briefed in a barn at the game's site
and then armed with a paintpellet
gun, 30 paintpellets, two CO2 car-
tridges to propell the pellets and a
pair of safety goggles, according to
Rivas. All standard equipment for
paintpellet games.
The two teams place flags on the
playing field and use maps in an at-
tempt to get the other team's flag
-
without being shot.
Rivas said some people fire con-
servatively but a lot of beginners go
wild. Then, thirty pellets don't last
very long.
Eric Haas, a junior majoring in
computer science, played another
paintpellet game, the National Sur-
vival Game in Newburgh several
times.
.
In his first game, Haas got into
a gun fight with six members of the
other team and fired off 22 pellets.
He lasted about 20 minutes before
he ran out of pellets.
The game can get expensive that
way. Most games cost about $30
dollars for six one-hour games with
st_andard equipment, but 30 extra
pellets cost $f 0.
Rules vary for each game, but in
"Showdown"
players are not
automatically out if they are shot.
The shot players are easily spotted
since the paintpellets explode upon
impact and leave an effective
• "blood stain."
Shot on the hand, the "injured"
must sit out for five minutes, shots
to the arms and legs cost 10
minutes and a body shot puts a
player out of the game. For safety
reasons, shots to the head don't
count, according to Rivas.
The
airguns
used
in
"Showdown"
fire pellets 330
meters per second. According to
Rivas, the games are safe, and the
only injury one might get is a
swollen eye. However, when hit,
"you feel it."
Originally, pellets were actually
forestry and cattle markers. To-
day's pellets hurt less and are more
accurate, because they are design-
ed to be fired at people, according
to Rivas.
There are automatic pellet guns
that can shoot 24 pellets in 1.5
seconds, or as fast as you can pull
the trigger, but these aren't used at
"Showdown."
Newer pellets may break easier,
but you can still feel them.
"You get a nasty welt if you're
hit right," said Haas.
Mike
McGarry, a senior, played
a paintpellet game in the Poconos.
"I
wasn't too fond of getting hit
with the pellets- it hurt," he said.
"It's exciting. It's like playing cops
and robbers or capture the flag.
You get hit with pellets instead of
being put in jail."
The first paintpellet game grew
out of a debate between an author,
a New Hampshire ski retailer and
a Manhattan stock broker over
who would survive better in the
wild - a street wise city dweller or
a country dweller with a knowledge
of the woods. Twelve people from
all over the country put it to the test
in New Hampshire in 1981.
A New Hampshire forester won
without shooting anyone. While
they didn't solve the debate. the
originators of the game were delug-
ed with phonecalls after articles
apeared in magazines, and they
formed th"e National Survival
Game in November 1981.
By December 1982, almost 1000
people in the U.S. and Canada
were reportedly playing each week,
and the number was up to 10,000
by 1983.
Many people say that the game
is a great way to relieve tension,
return to childhood or develop
teamwork. But Illinois psychologist
Thomas Radecki has attacked the
game, saying it creates a climate
that accepts violence. Radecki has
issued warnings and debated the
National
Survival
Game's
organizers on television talk shows.
Rivas said the game lets people
into a different world, after a week
in the office businessmen and
women are running through the
woods, dodging and shooting.
Prof travels abroad with a piece of Marist
by John Roche
explained. "Since most are juniors,
Lanning said the program has
we try to help set them up for their
opened up and expanded to meet
By mid-March, the Marist
return and senior year. That in-
the growing needs of students and
Abroad students have been in
eludes registration,
housing,
the college.
Europe for more than half a year.
everything all the way down to
"In the early '80s, we had to pro-
·BY now, they've made new friends ordering
class rings
or a • vide opportunities for students in
and adjusted to the newness of a
yearbook."
computer science, and more in
different
country. Still, they've
The second purpose of his visit
communication arts, also," he
spent a good
amount of time - in-
is to establish positions in schools
said. Marist now has a strong pro-
eluding the
holidays - away from
for students planning to go abroad
gram abroad for both at the Na-
their families and homes. And
the following year.
tional Institute for Higher Educa-
Marist College is thousands of
"We bring over theii: transcripts
tion, for computer science at
miles away.
and all, and try if we can to move
Limerick and for communications
Although the Marist campus up the acceptance of these kids so
at Dublin, he said.
cannot board a plane and cross the they can get moving," he said.
Lanning feels he has benefited
Atlantic, Jeptha Lanning can -
"Sometimes, acceptances take the
from the program, especially
and does.
form· of just a hand.shake, and
through the success of the students
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nice is the way our students
abroad, :'bringing" Marist to the Brother Joseph Bela!lger, who
measure up and make the progress
students overseas.
founded the program m 1966.
that they do. It's a reflection of the
. During his visits, he serves
Lanning said he feels he was
Marist community," he said.
various functions for the students suited for the program.
The Marist Abroad program is
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Registrar, Housing personnel,
"During
m~ sabbati~al in
respected overs~as, due to the sue-
financial aid representative and, at
1968-69, I was mvolved with the
cess and achievements of the
times just a friendly American American College Program in
students who have studied abroad.
face.'
Friebourg, Switzerland. And as
"Manchester at Oxford gives three
Assisted by Cecily Perrotte since chairman of the English and Com-
to four places a year to Marist -
1983 Lanning says he travels munications department in the
they say because of the caliber of
abro~d with a two-fold purpose.
'70s, I was a part of the screen-ing
students we've always sent over.
"Mainly we do two things. We team for students wanting to go
That's great to hear," Lanning
meet with ihe students over there abroad," he said.
said.
now to see how they're doing and
. Although enrollment in th_e
pro-'
• Lanning said his involvement in
to assess their progress," Lanning gr~ is not as high as it once w~,
the program has given him a
greater sense of higher education in
the U.S. and throughout the world.
"I respect the institutions
throughout the world, and I've got-
ten a more objective view of
American higher education," he
said.
Lanning's travels have also led to
some insight on humanity.
"What stands out is the immense
interdependence of people and
countries throughout the world,
how different we all are, and yet
how very the same."
Lanning said he would like to see
the program expand in the future
to include the Far East and Latin
America. There are also hopes of
starting a six-week summer study
abroad program.
"There's just so much," Lann-
ing said.
Dr. Jeptha Lanning (Photo by Matt Croke)
A
day
•
in
the life
of
a student at a large university
by Diane Pasquaretta
It's Thursday morning. Joanne
Oliver is eating breakfast· in the
cafeteria located on the ground
floor of her dormitory. She pushes
away from the table at 8:30 a.m.
to leave for her 9 a.m. class. She
knows she will have to rush to
make it on time.
At 9:02 a.m., she hurries
breathlessly into the Jorgenson
Auditorium where, for the next
hour, she and approximately 300
other students will take notes from
the teaching
assistant
who,
microphone in hand, lectures from
behind the podium on stage.
. After class, Oliver stops at the
Co-op, a combination bookstore
and department store, intending to
buy a birthday gift for her father.
She chooses a shirt and tie and
picks up a few items for herself: a
hairdryer, socks, Jiffy Pop pop
com and a six-pack of soda.
Before returning to her room,
she visits the library, a six-story
structure with space for 3,000
readers, and checks out two novels
on the current bestseller list.
Later that evening, she and some
friends forgo dinner in the cafeteria
to dine at Jonathan's, one of six
fast-food restaurants on campus.
After a meal of chili dogs and
onion rings, they walk to Huskie's,
one of two on-campus bars.
It will be at least a half~hour
before Oliver can get in and get a
quart of Busch beer, one of the
most popular orders at Huskie's,
according to waitresses there.
Oliver is one of approximately
12,000 full-time undergraduates at
the main campus of the University
of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn.
Oliver, a senior English major
from Old Bridge, N.J., said she
chose Uconn because she wanted a
"big-school" atmosphere.
"I wasn't really sure what I
wanted from college, but I knew I
wanted a choice. I wanted to meet
a lot of different types of people
and to be exposed to a lot of dif-
ferent activities," she explained.
She recalls her first day of classes
with a shudder. "I was like a little
lost puppy. I wandered around
with my campus map and was late
to just about every one of my
classes that week. Campus seemed
so huge at first."
Indeed, 1,800 acres of land is
sizeable, in definite contrast with
Marist College's 120 acres.
The classes also awed Oliver.
"My first class, Psychology 101
was in Jorgenson Auditorium, and
it seemed like there were 500 kids
there," she explained_. "The pro-
fessor didn't even take attendance.
He didn't call on anyone either like
high school teachers do. I found
the
impersonal
atmosphere
intimidating.''
After Oliver familiarized herself
with the largeness of classes and
campus, she says she could better
appreciate what Uconn has to
offer.
In addition to two museums, a
Student Union which houses a
30-foot television screen, various
theaters which show first- and
second-run films and a convenience
store and pizza parlor which deliver
from 10 a.m. until 2 a.m., Oliver
says Uconn offers many support
services.
"Safe Rides" was implemented
in September, 1986 by the univer-
sity police force. The university
supplies five vans from 9 p.m. un-
til 3 a.m. Wednesday through
Saturday. Student volunteers drive
the vans, which pick up intoxicated
students who have telephoned in
search of a safe ride home.
University health services, which
include a IO-bed infirmary com-
plete with x-ray and ambulance
facilities, also provides psychiatric
and substance-abuse counseling. In
addition, discount prescription and
non-prescription medication is of-
fered to Uconn students.
"You never really have to go off
campus," Oliver said. "Whether
you need to see a doctor or buy
food or clothing, everything is right
here."
So what does a Uconn student
say when visiting Marist?
The much smaller Marist
facilities, such as the bookstore and
library lead to responses such as
"This is it?" and "You've got to
be kidding."
Okay, so Uconn students say
they have everything,
from
clothing, food, medical care and
partying at their fingertips. But,
they still find drawbacks with a big
school.
Oliver says few teachers take, or
place importance upon attendance,
and therefore, going to class
depends solely upon the individual.
While this policy does give the
students a great deal of freedom,
Oliver said she thinks a stricter at-
tendance policy would be more
beneficial.
"At first I thought, 'Great, I'll
never have to go to class, I'll just
show up for tests,' but after I blew
my first American Literature exam,
I decided to change my ways," she
said.
Oliver added she believed a
stricter policy would make students
go to class more often and get bet-
ter grades.
The large size of many of the
classes, usually core and major re-
quirements, creates an impersonal
atmosphere, she explained.
"When you take a test, you put
your i.d. number on the answer
sheet, and that's the only way the
professor has of knowing who took
the test. You're not a name, you're
a number."
Another aspect of Uconn life
which Oliver cites as a hardship is
the university's meal policy, which
operates only during the week. On
weekends, students who remain on
campus must eat at one of the
many fast food restaurants.
"It's not that we mind eating
out, but it really cuts into your
spending money," she explained.
Some of the university's policies
meet with disapproval from the
students.
Like the basketball program at
Marist, Uconn's soccer program is
highly regarded. Players are
recruited from all over the world
and are awarded full scholarships.
"It
makes me kind of mad when
our track stays muddy and uncared
for every year because there's not
enough money, yet we have enough
money to recruit soccer players
Continued on page 12
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Psge 12 • THE CIRCLE - April 30, 1987
classifieds
Snoopy - Oo for it. Joe Bello doesn't
mind.
To
the upperclassmen
of
this fine in-
stitution. Thanks for the great River
Day ... and you call us boring and im-
mature?
You guys don't know how to
throw a real party!! By the way please
define smeghcad!
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ej,'ieSSion
UConn--
Continued from page 11
from all over," said Oliver's room-
mate,
Lisa Babbey,
a
senior
psychology major from Green-
wich. Conn.
Another action of the universi-
ty's administration which studems
react negatively to is its decision to
build an additional entnm1."t:' tl'
Jonathan's
while
postpl'nini
renlwation of the athletii..· ,~mer
whi.:h the NCAA ha:- citt-d m,
un-
fit for college b~kett>all ~~m<::-,
But Oli\'er said althl'U$h.
&~
realizes the Universit,·
l'f
C1.:1.:v.._.~.._
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ticut
is not perfect. 5he d,._,~ ~--..
regret her choice in s~·hl-,,½..
"I've learned to take th~ s,..,-..i
with the bad, and after four~~~
this place has become my hc,me."
she said.
Disease---
Continued from page 7
massacred by a broken nail, and
driven to inner turmoil by
a
dirty
look from that certain girl or guy.
These things don't faze us in our
seemingly old age. The worries are
greater: tuition, automobiles, jobs
and for some, matrimony.
We need to act childish once in
a while. Though I'm making no
judgments about
right
or wrong,
something like River Day might
•
have been a step in the young
direction
.
.
_.
Perhaps
we're
making
the
mistake of referring to the young
as "them" instead of "we."
The receding hairlines
and
·ex~
panding guts don't mean we have
to lose the youthful curiosity and
optimism we once had. Let's find
amusement in simple things.
Finally, some do's and don'ts for
avoiding
"somebody's
father"
syndrome.
-
Don't wear polyester.
-
Don't purchase a Chrysler K
car.
"- Don't watch nature shows on
the public broadcasting channel.
-
Don't compliment someone
by saying they look "sharp."
-
Don't
register
for
the
Publisher's
Clearing
house
giveaway.
-
Do attack your neighbors
with dart guns from Shop Rite.
-
Do comeback with, "I know
you are, but what am I?"
-
Do put Tid-bits up your nose
.
and gross-out others.
-
Do be honest and curious.
Don Reardon
is
a
junior major-
ing in communication arts.
Search--
Continued from page 3
the end of March, when John
Lahey left Marist to become presi-
dent of Quinnipiac
College in
Hamden, Conn.
According to Murray, the posi-
tion will remain vacant until the
structure of the current administra-
tion can be studied and evaluated.
"The absence of the two is felt
because the personalities are gone,
but we are all working very hard
and everything is going well," said
Cernera.
Besides Zuccarello, the search
committee included Marc Adin,
assistant vice president for ad-
ministration; Karen
Atkin,
director
of financial aid; Thomas Casey,
assistant professor of philosophy;
George Hooper, chairperson, divi-
sion of science; Shaileen Kopec,
director of enrollment communica-
tions; Janet Stivers, assistant pro-
fessor of special education; and
Phvoc Hao Williams, assistant pro-
f
essor of computer science .
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your message!!! Drop one off in
Townhouse
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or in P.O. Box 3-1255
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girls of J\lnrian
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You guys are OUT OF CONTROL!!
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Citizens of the Known Reaches rejoice!!
Now that the rebels have been vanquish-
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April 30, _1987-THE CIRCLE - Page 13
Hospital saving lives with 'ambulance in the sky'
by Todd Jesaitis
The Dutchess County Airport
Tower confirms a message from a
New York State Police Helicopter
that it has just crossed the Conrail
Railroad Bridge over the Hudson
and Saint Francis Hospital heliport
is located exactly one mile nor-
thwest from the structure.
"Affirmative Tower, ET A is 2
minutes," said the pilot of the Bell
Long-Ranger II helicopter.
The flight is part of the Rotor-
craft Transport System - an am-
bulance in the sky - with the ob-
jective to stabilize and transport
critically injured or critically ill pa-
tients to the proper care.
Saint Francis Hospital
on
Washington Street in Poughkeep-
sie is an integral part of the
Transport System.
. Designated by Trauma Systems
Networks as a main base for inter-
hospital transport, Saint Francis·
was chosen to participate in the
program because of its high capaci-
ty for medical treatment.
"An important link can be made
with Saint Francis and surrounding
hospitals by the use of this
helicopter system," said Dr. Frank
Gagan, chairperson of the Trauma
Committee of the Hudson Valley
Regional Emergency Medical Ser-
vice System. Patients who need im-
mediate care, or care which can not
be obtained
from a smaller
hospital,
can
be
quickly
transported to Saint Francis for
treatment, he said.
The heliport at Saint Francis is
located on the south side just a few
yard<; away from the emergency
room, making it easily accessible,
said Gagan. The helipad cost over
Ring
ceremony
$50,000 to build, he said.
As the Bell Long-Ranger 1I
makes its final approach to the
helipad the pilot can see a radio
tower 150 feet high, situated 250
yards northeast of the Heliport.
The tower is the main communica-
tion network for the hospital, and
consists of of a four-channel high
frequency radio.
"Proper
communication
is
essential for any Emergency
Medical System," said Gagan.
"We have to know what is going
on so we can be prepared at this
end."
From the moment the
helicopter is dispatched from the
Central Dispatch in Albany, there
is constant communication.
During the flight, the patient's
condition is constantly updated, he
said. "Usually there will be a doc-
tor on this end of the radio
monitorin_g all radio relavs."
As the pilot makes his last radio
communication, hospital personnel
have already notified Town of
Poughkeepsie Police and the local The helipad at St.Francis Hospital. (Photo
by
Sharon Gardiner).
fire department, and have prepared '---------------------------------------•
the helipad for a landing.
The Bell Long-Ranger II can
travel 120 miles per hour and has
a range of three hours fuel time.
When the aircraft lands, the
medical staff at the helipad waits
for the signal from the pilot that it
is safe to approach the helicopter, ·
and take the patient into the
emergency ward.
Saint Francis is equipped to han-
dle a Mass Casualty Incident
(MCI),
which may overload other
facilities, explained Ga_gan.
"If
President Dennis Murray ad-
dresses
juniors and their families at
•~.t Saturday's ceremony.
(Photo by Matt Croke)
needed the hospital can have 75
beds available if an MCI occurs,"
said Gagan. If the New York State
Police helicopters are unavailable
the National Guard will arrange the
use of their helicopters. "Because
of this possibility
of being
swamped with medical transports
Saint Francis holds two mock crisis
rehearsals each year, which gives
our medical staff the needed train-
ing to be prepared," said Gagan.
People
that mornings are made of
by Michael
Kinane
The alarm clock reads 6:30 a.m. and the music
__ ,.begins. to_play.
Monday has come again to the Hudson Valley
and it's time for those up-and-comers to get up and
come to work.
"If
we help get people started in the morning,"
said John Staffanci, producer and co-host of the
WPDH
morning show, "it makes you feel like
you've accomplished something."
"Sometimes it's a mad house," said Janice Mor-
row, a toll booth operator on the Mid-Hudson
Bridge, during the morning rush hour traffic. "But
we do the best that we can to keep it moving and
not hold people up too long."
Morrow and Staffanci are just two of the peo-
ple who help get the Mid-Hudson Valley's morn-
ing commuters to work on time.
"I try to be friendly to the people coming
through in the morning because most of them are
tired and I know what it's like to be tired," said
Morrow, as she took the 50 cents toll from a well-
dressed commuter. "A smile sometimes wins them
over."
.
Morrow's first day of work on the Dutchess
County Bridge was a day to remember. She said
she continuously dropped the change motorists
were giving her for tolls and the cars in her lane
were backed up for half a mile.
"There is a technique to my job," said Morrow.
"I try to get the people over the bridge with as lit-
tle trouble as possible so traffic keeps moving and
people get to work on time."
Staffanci also sees the importance of his job.
"Morning is very important and we try to
achieve a morning show that people will want to
wake up too," said Staffanci of his and Stew
Schantz's efforts on their program.
WPDH's morning show is geared towards an ac-
tive adult audience which ranges in age from 18 to
49, according to Staffanci.
The morning show uses an array of gimmicks
and jokes to get listeners involved, said Staffanci.
These gimmicks include dial-a-joke (a listener can
call in and tell his joke on the air), the wake up
call (the disc jockeys call a listener to wake him up)
and brainbuster trivia (a listener can answer a ques-
tion for a prize).
The morning show is not all fun and games
however.
On this particular day, Schantz and Staffanci had
brought in high school students from Rhinebeck,
N. Y. who had made a video to illustrate the harms
of driving while drunk and discussed the project
on the show.
"I picked it up from a newspaper," said Staf-
fanci of the story. "We wanted to expand on what
the newspaper did. We just wanted to highlight that
because, basically, we thought it would be in-
teresting for our listeners."
"We think humor helps wake people up," said
Staffanci while a record played over the radio. "But
we don't always want to be outrageous because we
broadcast to adults not only kids."
Yves Paultre is a constant commuter during the
morning rush hour. He drives a bus for the city
of Poughkeepsie.
Paultre's bus travels what is known as the
hospital route.
"I take people from the bus stops up to the Hyde
Park Plaza and all the way down to Vassar," said
Paultre. This route includes stops at St. Francis
Hospital and Marist College.
Paultre said his bus isn't usually full, but that
he is constantly busy dropping off and picking up
passengers.
.
A recent study done by Working Woman
magazine shows that working people who like the
people they work with are satisfied with their jobs.
This holds true with Paultre.
"I like my job," said Paultre, before he started
his nexc shift. "I leave my home in a good.mood
and I come back in a good mood, usually."
Paultre noticed that many of the passengers on
his bus seem to be going to some fairly good jobs.
"I sometimes have some very nicely dressed peo-
ple on my bus," said Paultre of these passengers.
Ellen Milner also sees many commuters while she
is on the job, but these commuters take the train
instead of the bus. Milner is a ticket clerk at the
Poughkeepsie Railroad Station.
"Most of those cars are going to sit there all
day," said Milner as she looked out the window
at the station parking lot. "A lot of the people who
come through here go down to the city and won't
be back until tonight."
Sometimes the pace at the train station gets hec-
tic, according to Milner, but she said she doesn't
mind.
"I like to meet new people," Miller said during
a lull in the action at the station. "At this job, I
get to see a lot of people every_
day."
Milner also said she has gotten to know some
of the commuters because she sees and talks to
them each time they come in.
"Some of the people you see every day get to
be your friends," said Milner. She calls them
"regulars."
"I like to try to get myself ready for the rush
before it actually starts," said Milner. "That way,
no one will be held up on my account."
Milner said she feels her job is important because
many people wouldn't be getting to work on time
if she wasn't good at her duties, which entail sell-
ing tickets to the passengers.
Try to imagine how difficult it would be for the
morning commuters of the Mid-Hudson Valley to
get to work without these and many other people,
tum that alarm clock off and get up.
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Page 14 - THE CIRCLE-Apr/I 30, 1987
Lacrosse splits as inconsistency hurts team
Home game
today at 3:30
by Paul Kelly
Don't ask Mike Malet this ques-
tion: "What's the matter with the
lacrosse team?"
He's heard it too many times
before.
"It all revolves around three
things," said Malet. "Inconsisten-
cy, injuries and a young team.
Also, you can't go from playing
teams like Queens and then
upgrade your schedule to include
teams like Siena and Stony Brook
without adverse affects.
"I know it sounds like excuses,
but they are facts of life," said
Malet, Marist 's head coach.
The statistical facts of life, that
is the Marist lacrosse team's overall
record, now stands at 4-8 after the
squad split four recent games.
Marist is 2-4 in Knickerbocker
Conference play.
The Red Foxes lost 9-2 to Hart-
wick last Tuesday after beating
Knickerbocker foe Dowling 14-6
last Saturday. Last Friday, Marist
lgst 13-8 to conference opponent
N.Y. Maritime in a game rekindl-
ing memories of last year's title
matchup between the two teams,
which Maritime won 12-11.
After an embarassing 20-3 loss
against Whittier April 14, Marist
rebounded April l 7 to thrash
Knickerbocker foe Stevens Tech
24-4.
Southhampton will challenge
host Marist today in the Red Foxes'
final Knickerbocker matchup of
the season.
Game time at
Leonidoff Field is 3:30 p.m. Marist
will conclude its season Saturday in
a 1:30 p.m. game against visiting
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
Malet indicated one antidote re-
mains for his team's inconsistent
season. "Our goal is to win them
both," said Malet. "We're going
to have to play consistently.,,.
Despite the solidification of
Marist's defense by the stellat·play
of junior goalie Chris Reuss and
the return of junior defensive stan-
dout Jon Cannon, Malet is con-
cerned about defensive lapses.
Last Tuesday against Hartwick,
the score was I-l with one minute
remaining in the first period.
However, in the final 52 seconds of
the period Hartwick scored two
unanswered goals. Marist never
recovered from the blow.
"We seem to have those times
where we don't play any defense
and can't get anything going off en- •
sively," said Malet.
Offensively, Marist has reduced
its output this year. Last year, play-
ing weaker competition, the Red
Foxes tallied 187 goals in their first
12 games. This year, Marist has
scored only 129 in 12 contests. .
• "People who we depended on to
have a good year couldn't come
through, and that hurt," said
Malet.
However, Malet indicated a few
members of his team who weren't
expected to contribute significant- •
ly but did should prosper from this,
a disappointing, season. "A year
from now we'll be that much
stronger because so many young
guys have played this year," said
Malet.
Next year. 1988. Malet said his
team has commenced thought
about next spring while focusing on
this season's remaining games.
However, a warning has been
issued. .
"Lacrosse is no longer a sport at
Marist wher,: you can just pick up
a stick in the spring," said Malet.
"The guys are going to have to run
and lift weights in the off-season.
If the guys don't want to do that,
then they can't play at our level."
President's Cup canceled;
senior rowers recall careers
by Christopher Bloemer
Last Saturday, the President's
Cup regatta was cancelled due to
unstable river conditions. The
event has been shelved two of the
last four years because of turbulent
waters.
Last year, choppy Hudson River
waters caused delays and cancella-
tions of certain races, but Marist
overcame the conditions to capture
the championship trophy.
This year, there was no celebra-
tion, especially for the four Marist
senior team members, Jim Cox,
John McErlain, Martin Handy and
Norm Juniewic, who were plann-
ing to capitalize on four years of
daily S a.m. workouts in their final
home performance.
A slight antidote to the disap-
pointment was provided by a final •
scrimmage against Vassar, one of
fifteen crews scheduled to par-
ticipate in the President's Cup.
Now, both men's and women's
crew are focusing attention on the
Dad Vail Championships
in
Philadelphia, scheduled for May
8-9.
Co-captain Cox, from Mor-
ristown, N.J., said he wished the
Hudson had been kinder to the
team Saturday.
"It's a lot of sacrifice," said
Cox. "You do your schoolwork
and you work on the team and you
can't always go out with your
friends. This race is really impor-
tant besides Dad Vail, and with the
river like this it's just a letdown."
Cox was not alone in his
sentiments.
To those who row, it is more
than an early-morning boat ride on
a skinny boat. McErlain, the
team's other captain, said he sees
crew as a serious and dedicated ac-
tivity that returns a generous
amount of satisfaction for the in-
putted energy.
"It's
hard
work,"
said·
McErlain, of Marlton, N.J. "But
it all pays off when you win. The
feeling is great, and you wouldn't
understand if you didn't experience
it for yourself.
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Handy, from Riverside, R.I.,
said winning is not the only impor-
tant aspect of crew. "Crew is more
of an addiction," said Handy, a
coxswain.
"Crew is a sport that you either
love or you hate," said Handy.
"Once you're hooked, you just
can't quit." He addeq most team
dropouts quit in their' first year.
Handy managed to participate in
a few races last semester even
though his internship at the
W
assaic Developmental Center
severely limited his free time. He
said he plans to continue rowing
after graduation, possibly on a club
team.
Head Coach Larry Davis offered
his theory behind crew participa-
tion. "It's important to be creative
and intensive on your own, but
most importantly to be able to
blend in and. work with a number
of other rowers," said D·avis.
"If
everyone in a boat is work-
ing their best and giving their all,
but one person's not giving 100
percent
then that person is
obviously going to hurt the boat,"
said Davis.
Juniewic, a senior from North
Haven, Conn., said the team aspect
of crew has transferred into other
areas of his life, especially time
budgeting, academics and fitness.
"Crew is excellent for discipline to
c!o well in everything,"
said
Juniewic.
Aerobics leaps to growth
by Linda Smith
When Donna Revellese enters
the dance studio in the McCann
Center she means business.
In one-hour sessions she par-
ticipates with other Marist women
in the stretches, strains and sit-ups
of an aerobic workuut.
However, the workout is more
than exercise for Revellese. It is a
job.
Since September, Revellese, a
sophomore from Vernon, Conn.,
has been an instructor in the new
intramural aerobics program at the
Mccann Center.
When Revellese turns on one of.
her self-made workout tapes her
class begins to grin, reluctantly. For
the next hour they sweat their way
through one of her sessions which
range from the challenge of high-
impact aerobics to the ease of cool-
down stretches.
"I was tired of doing the same
old Jane Fonda routines so I decid-
ed to make up my own workout,"
said Revellese. She tries to cater her
sessions to class needs. " I like to
improvise during the workout, if
the girls want, I add exercises that
work on specific areas like the legs
and stomach," she said.
The sessions are taught each
weeknight by Revellese and
Maryellen Cardin, a sophomore
from Nashua, N.H., in the dance
studio at Mccann. Each partici-
pant is rewarded with a tee shirt
once they have attended eight
sessions.
The majority of participants
have been females allthough two
men did try a 'class once.
"i
think
a lot of guys think about going, but
once they see the number of girls
in the class they change their
mind," said Revellese.
Turnout for the program has
grown rapidly since September.
"We started with a total of 50 girls
in the program and now we have
162 on our master list," she said.
"Sometimes it gets so crowded
that I can't even get a mat to
workout with," she said.
The weeknight sessions will end
May 6, but Revellese hopes the pro-
gram will continue next year.
"I would like to see more
specialized classes in the program
next year," Revellese said. "Peo-
ple could have a selection of
classes
ranging from beginner to advanc-
ed aerobics."
Junior goalie Chris Reuss awaits an opponent's shot.
(Photo by Geoff
DeMaio)
Novice coaches gain
smarts
f
rorn bench
by Dan Pietrafesa
Marist junior Joe Esposito
used to watch basketball games
on television and critique the
coaches.
.
Esposito could now do a criti-
que of himself. He is the assis-
tant coach .of the Roosevelt
boys' ·varsity baseball and
basketball teams.
Esposito
is one
of four
Marist
students
coaching a high school sport in
the area.
Dan Sullivan, a senior, spent
this past winter coaching the
Arlington boys'junior varsity
basketball team.
Senior
Jim
Ross,
of
Poughkeepsie, coached the Our
Lady of Lourdes girls' junior
varsity basketball team. Ross
also assisted Lady Warrior var-
sity coach Brian Giorgis, who
guided Lourdes to the New
York
State
Class
B
Championship.
Ed Sagarese of Highland is
currently coaching the girls'
junior varsity softball team at
Highland High School.
Ross and Esposito are earn-
ed six credits as part of the
Marist internship program.
The duty of Ross, Sagarese
and Sullivan is to prepare their
players for the varsity program
while Esposito helped the
Presidents' varsity squads win
games and assisted players' ef-
forts to earn college team
offers.
Esposito's duties as a intern
this past season included
scouting, defensive coordina-
tion, and setting up hotel reser-
vations on road trips.
"I did all the dirty work that
he (head coach Duane Davis)
probably didn't want to do,"
said Esposito jokingly.
Sagarese, Sullivan and Ross
discovered
junior
varsity
athletics don't receive the press
coverage or glory of varsity-
level competition. "This is •
training and learning," said
Sagarese.
However,· Sagarese said some
area junior varsity programs do
not emphasize the learning pro-
cess. In his first five games at
Highland~ Sagarese said only
one opposing coach had his
team fundamentally prepared:
"If
you're not teaching fun-
damentals at the j.v; level, .
you're not doing your job as
coach," said Sagarese. "Ninety-
five
percent
of j.v.
is
fundamentals.''
Sagarese had to adjust his
style to the girls.
"Coaching girls is more of a
responsibility not as a coach but
as a friend," said Sagarese.•
"The j. v : girls go out for the
team to have fun and to be with
their friends compared to the
competitive boys teams.
"You can't yell at them
because they are very self con-
scious and may lose some.form :
of their concentration and make
another error," said Sagarese.
"Yelling at a guy will pump
him
up to do it right next time.
"With guys, the sport comes ••
first," Sagarese said. "With; ••
girls, it comes second. Guys .
come first or a vacation."
One trait that all of the
student-coaches share is their
youth. The youth is magnified
by the ages of their team
members -
sometimes just
three to four years younger.
"You have to have them
respect you," said Esposito.
"You have to show them that
you know the game so they will
take a liking to you."
"They look to me as their big
brother," Sagarese said. "We
talk like friends. They come to
me with their problems -
boyfriend, date to the prom and
other topics like that."
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goal tending
odd couple
by Paul Kelly
During halftime of a Marist
lacrosse game, Chris Reuss and
Chris Gagliano often play catch
with their large, bowl-like lacrosse
sticks, controlling nervous anticipa-
tion by the simple act of tossing
and catching a ball.
• Reuss's anticipation stems from
knowing that he will soon face a
barrage of shots while guarding the
Marist goal. Gagliano's anticipa-
tion comes from curiosity, wonder-
ing whether he will play at _all.
Chris Reuss has played lacrosse
goalie since eighth grade. Chris
Gagliano began his goaltending
career last spring. Reuss has started
every game in goal this season, and
compiled 687 minutes of playing
time. Gagliano has played 33
minutes this season.
Despit!!
their differences, the two
close -· friends and residents of
Townhouse B-4 constitute the
Marist goaltending tandem. The
odd couple.
Reuss, a junior, transferred to
Marist in January, 1985, from
Albany State. He has started every
game in goal for Marist since, and
was a major contributor to the
Foxes' 1985-86 renaissance, as the
team compiled a 12-2 record.
Last spring, Gagliano decided to
tryout for the team. Position?
Goalie.
"Rooster (Reuss) and J.R.
(housemate J .R. Morrissey) played
and I wanted to tryout," said
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However, tryouts were a rough
experience for Gagliano.
"I
almost made a fool of
myself," said Gagliano. "He
(Marist head coach Mike Malet)
said my chances of making it were
slim. He said if you don't want to
come anymore you don't have to,
so I didn't."
This summer, while Reuss hon-
ed his goaltending skills in the
Can-
tiaque Park Summer Lacrosse
League, Gagliano used his own
training methods. He didn't play at
alt.
However, upon the commence-
ment of spring tryouts this season,
Gagliano became reinspired. "This
year, Mel (backup goalie and 1986
graduate Mike Melkonian) was
gone and I knew there was a spot
so
I
figured I'd go for it."
· His most ardent supporter?
Reuss.
"I
figured it would be fun," said
Reuss.
Despite
the
amusement,
Gagliano faced a stiff challenge.
He had to learn how to play goal.
During this period, Reuss
became more than a close friend
and teammate. He became a
• goaltending guru.
"He taught me everything," said
Gagliano.
"I
knew nothing. I also
learn by watching him."
The pair's friendship, strong
before the goaltending union,
became further solidified during
this
season,
a season of learning for
Gagliano.
"We're friends off the field,"
said Gagliano. "I think it would be
a lot different if I didn't know
him."
Reuss's tutelage has obviously
worked. "You wouldn't believe
he's improved so much since the
first day," said Reuss.
·The benefits of Gagliano's im-
provement are manifested when he
receives precious playing time. His
most ardent supporter? Once
again, Reuss.
"I think it's great," said Reuss.
"Being my friend, I like to see him
get what he deserves, even if it's on-
ly for a little bit."
by Annie Breslin
bacame only the third player in the
The addition of eight new history of Stevenson to reach the
players to the Marist men's basket- 900-point mark by tallying 909
ball team is expected to increase career points. In addition, Gaut
intra-squad
competition
next was named to the all-New York Ci-
season, according to Head Coach ty team by the New York Post,
Dave Magarity.
Daily News, and Newsday.
The new Red Foxes include Steve
Curtis Celestine
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Celestine, the
Paterno, a 6-3 guard from ~pring 1985 Provincial Player of the year
Lake, N.J.; Reggie Gaut, a 6-5 for- in Quebec, transferred to Marist
ward from the Bronx; Bobby from Iona College last fall and
Reasbeck, a 6-3 guard from Wheel- practiced with the team this season.
ing, W.Va., George Siegrist, a 6-7 He has two and one-half years of
forward from Hyde Park; Tim >digibility at Marist.
Adams, a 6-9 forward from New
John .Kijonek -
Kijonek, the
Haven, Conn.; Curtis Celestine, a 1984 Ontario Provincial Player of
6-7 forward from Broussard,
the Year and a member of the 1985
Quebec; John Kijonek, a 6-5 guard Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
from Hamilton, Ontario and Joey All-Rookie Team, also transferred
O'Connor, a 6-4 guard from to Marist from Iona. He has prac-
Metuchen, N.J.
ticed with the team since January
"All of the kids are very good and has one and one-half years of
players and I projec;t all of them eligibility at Marist.
making significant contributions,''
Bobby
Reasbeck -
Wheeling
said Magarity. "They all come Central Catholic High School
from winning programs and have
Reasbeck, who was the first
been very well coached."
recruit to sign a 1986-87 national
Since the squad· still has four letter of intent to attend Marist, is
starters remaining and six of its top considered one of the top players
eight
players returning, Magarity _ in the state of West Virginia.
predicts a very competitive season Reasbeck has participated in two
within the team. "People will be state championship games while at
fighting for playing time," he said. Wheeling Central Catholic. He was
"We feel at this point we've not a member of the first-team West
only got to strengthen our bench Virginia All-Mountaineer League
but our talent level has got to im- and was named Wheeling Central
prove so we're not left in a weak Catholic Defensive Player of the
position when Smits and Pecarski Year and Metro Index Basketball
are gone," said Magarity.
Camp All-Star. Reasbeck ranks
Magarity's recruiting class is near the top of his senior class and
summarized as follows:
has chose Marist over a number of
Steve Paterno -
Christian
schools including Princeton,
Brothers Academy
Vanderbilt and William & Mary.
This past season Paterno averag-
George Siegrist -
Franklin
ed 12 points and eight rebounds per Delano Roosevelt High School
game at CBA, which was named
Siegrist, who was named area
oneofthetop25nationalteamsby
Player of the Year by The
USA Today. During his senior. Poughkeepsie Journal, is billed as
year, Paterno was named first team an excellent shooter by Magarity.
All-Monmouth County, second
Joey O'Connor -
O'Connor•
team All-Jersey Shore, third team entered Marist this September after
all-state
and made the all-
transferring from the University of
tournament team at the Monmouth Nevada-Reno. NCAA rules pro-
College-Holiday Jubilee.
hibited O'Connor from Marist
Reggie
Gaut -
Stevenson High game action last season, however,
School
he practiced with the team. O'Con-
Gaut averaged 16.5 points and nor averaged 2.4 points, 2.5 assists
IO
rebounds per game this past and 1.6 steals per game at Nevada-
season. During his senior year at Reno. O'Connor was rated among
Stevenson he shot 71 percent from the top
IO
point guards in the East
the field. Gaut is the third all-time by Eastern Basketball magazine
leading scorer at Stevenson and the while a student at St. Thomas More
fourth all-time rebounder. He Prep in Hartford, Conn.
4 women to vie for first team
by
Annie Breslin
Galarneau averaged 17 .3 points
and 10.0 rebounds per game dur-
Four new names will be added to ing her senior year at Catholic Cen-
the Marist women's basketball tral and amassed 377 points and
team roster next season, all of 256 rebounds last season. She was
which are expected to make ap- named "Player of the Year" in the
pearences in the starting lineup, ac- Albany /Troy area.
cording to Head Coach Ken
"Danielle is an impact player
Babineau.
who will .step right in and con-
The players include Danielle tribute in her freshman year," said
Galarneau, a 6-1 forward/center Babineau. "Danielle is a team
from
Troy,
N. Y.;
Nancy player who can also score and con-
Holbrook, a 5-8 point guard from trol both boards."
Cornwall,
N.Y.
and Maureen
H
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Davie, who transferred from
Nancy
O
brook -
Cornwall
Central High School
Brooklyn College this winter and
Holbrook, who is expected to
will be eligible to play after the firSt control the point for the Lady Red
semester next year. The fourth Foxes, received "Player of the
member of Babineau's recruiti~g Year" recognition from the Mid-
class has m~de a verbal col!umt- dletown Record. She was a member
ment_to Man5t, but. has not sign~ of the All New York State team in
a nauonal l~tter of mtent: For_
this • her junior year and is expected to
reason, Babineau has not identified repeat the honor again this season,
the;,Player.
.
according to Babineau.
Al! of our recruits have !he
"Nancy is the type of athlete
~ote~~al to s~ a lot ~f plaY!?g who can do it all," Babineau said.
!1me, acc<?rdmg
to Babineau. It "She handles the ball flawlessly
1s very possible _that al! four players and shows an outstanding passing
c~uld_work !?eir way mto the star- ability. Nancy is also a tremendous
tmg lmeup.
.
scorer who has range out to the
. The Lady Red Foxes ar~ losmg 3-point line and beyond."
Just one player to graduation, co-
captain Jennifer Gray. Gray, who
started 26 of 27 games this season,
averaged 5.6 points per game in the
ECAC Metro Conference.
A summary of the Lady Red Fox
recruiting class follows:
Danielle Galarneau -
Catholic
Central High School
Maureen "Moe" Davie
Davie,
who played
one
year
at
Brooklyn College, was
highly
recruited
out
of high
school.
Davie
is an outstanding
defensive player
and should be one of the
quickest
players ever to play at Marist, ac-
cording
to
Babineau.
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To the Editor:
In the·April 2 issue of The Cir-
cle, I read two articles which I en-
joyed very much, probably more
than any articles I've read in The
Circle this year.
One was by Annie Breslin
("Li-
quor Rules Don't Wash for
Frosh") and the other was by
Chris
Barry
("Apartment Chefs Stir Up
Meals and Mysteries").
Both of these articles, again,
were very good. But both of these
fine articles- Barry's especially-
were ruined because of editing
mistakes. Various kinds of editing
mistakes (misplaced quotation
marks and commas, words miss-
ing, entire lines missing, or worse)
have plagued The Circle this year.
I realize that newspapers, and
editors, aren't perfect. Heck, you'll
even find mistakes in the New York
Times every now and then. But
.
editing mistakes in The Circle this
year have become more than an
"every now and then" occurrence.
I counted 15 errors in the April 2
issue and 14 in the April 9 issue.
That's an average of over one er-
ror per page. It's been like that in
past issues
.this
year as well.
Be reminded that the profes-
sionalism of The Circle is jeopar-
dized when every issue is pock-
marked with all kinds of errors.
These errors reflect negatively on
everyone involved with the paper
- the faculty advisor, the editors
and the reporters. They don't make
Marist College in general look too
good, either.
Also remember The Circle
reporters may wish to save their
clips for when they go job-hunting
after graduation. They work hard
to get the stories in on time every
week. The least you can do in
return is to be a little more careful
about editing their stories before
they go to print.
Policies
To the Editor:
As a soon-to
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be graduating
senior I have a major problem with
the policies of Marist College. The
major concern is the lack of respect
being
shown
toward
our
graduation.
To me and to many other seniors
I have talked to the amount of
money spent obtaining an educa-
tion here is worth a little more than
four tickets.
Yet this place feels that the
$40,000 plus we've paid for going
here is a fair trade. How are we go-
ing to explain to our parents that
they can go but must choose which
of our siblings get to use the other.
tickets?
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I don't
know about
the
backgrounds of many of the
students here, but I am very sure
they had some kind of support to
make the transition when first ar-
riving at this institution and the
continued backing as they decided
to continue going to school here.
Maybe it was just a letter or phone
call just to say hello.
Maybe it was sending a few
bucks when money was tight even
though money was just as tight at
home. Or maybe it was the rides to
and from school when no other
alternative was available.
As with any other college we
would like to have some kind of
recognition for our beloved school.
It should be in the educational
field first, but as many schools
have done it seems Marist has
chosen to put its pride in academics
a little lower on the priority list.
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