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Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY.
OCTOBER
29,
1992
Mixed reaction to [?????
'Red Hot' theme
by
ANASTASIA B. CUSTER
Staff Editor
"Red Hot and Alive" is not a new alternative music band or another
AIDS benefit, instead its the chosen theme for the Marist College year-
book, the Reynard.
As with numerous yearbook themes, "Red Hot and Alive" may con-
notate many different meanings. However, the editor said the theme
reflects life at Marist.
"We chose the theme "Red Hot and Alive" to capture the spirit here.
The face of the school is changing, but we wanted to talk about the peo-
ple who are changing," said Barbara Sanchez, a junior majoring in com-
munication arts from Staten Island, N.Y. However, not everyone was
as enthusiastic about the theme or direction of the yearbook. "I think
it sounds tacky. A yearbook should say goodbye and it doesn't appear
to be doing that," said Andrea Preziotti, senior class president from
Brooklyn, N.Y. Preziotti was not alone in her stance about the yearbook
theme.
' "It's a theme. It's energetic, vibrant but also bombastic and osten-
tatious," said Jonathan Banzaca, a senior majoring in history from
Orange, Conn. "It's really vague and lacks a specific route."
Also, one student said he liked the theme, but not for a yearbook.
"The theme is a little colorful and I like the title but I don't know if
I would put it for the theme of a yearbook," said Tony Uanino, a senior
majoring in marketing from Daytona Beach, FI. "It's very snappy but
it sounds like porno." Despite some negative feedback, many people ap-
proved of the theme and agreed with Sanchez. "Yes I think it's a good
...see
REYNARD
page 8 •
Comedian Paul Venier entertains students at the TGIF Comedy Club last Friday.
Circle photo/Matt Martin
With economy in mind, students ready to cast votes
/;>
JOSEPH CALABRESE
Staff Writer
As election day, Nov. 3, ap-
proaches, Marist College students
are examining the presidential can-
didates and focusing on the
economy.
Many students said the most im-
portant issue the. next president
should be concerned with is the
state of the nation's economy.
"This country needs some good
economic policies that will solve
our current problems," Matt
Chetaitis, a senior from
Ringewood, N.J., said.
Chetaitis, a business finance ma-
jor, said our country's national
deficit will get worse before it gets
any better. "Every other issue com-
pared to the national debt is
trivial," he said.
Kathleen Gralton, a sophomore
from Queens, N.Y., said she wants
the next president to get involved
with creating new jobs, help small
businesses and focus less on foreign
affairs and more on the United
States. ''More money should be us-
ed to help out those businesses fac-
ing hard economic times as well as
individuals out of work," she said.
The two major presidential can-
didates, George Bush and Bill Clin-
ton, have two separate proposed
plans concerning the deficit and
unemployment.
Bill Clinton and Al Gore,
representing the Democrat party,
said they plan on cutting the na-
tional deficit by half over the next
four years if elected. Clinton said
he wants to raise taxes for the rich
as well as reducing defense spen-
ding and put that money into
American jobs.
George Bush and Dan Quayle,
representing trie Republican, par-,
ty said they would not raise taxes
again. Bush said he wants to create
. a job program for the young as well
as creating a program that would
use income tax payments towards
the federal deficit.
Many students expressed con-
cern about both candidates ability
"toTix th'eproblemsfacing the na-
tion. Kelly Valentine a junior form
East Setauket, N. Y., said it is time
to give somebody besides Bush a"
chance. "Bush gave it his best shot,
but I think we had enough of him
and Ms policies," she said.
Malissa Medina said Bush ac-
complished nothing in the past four
years that would warrant him
another four years.
. •
"It would only be a waste of
time
v
even though you can't put the
blame on his shoulders," the
sophomore from the Bronx said.
Medina said.we do not have a great
selection of candidates, needing to
vote for the lesser of two evils.
Other students expressed con-
cern over being- able-to- trust 'Bill
Clinton. "I don't like 'his .past
record and the question over his
draft dodging. He is always chang-
ing his mind, it shows a lot about
his character," Ellen Eschbach, a
junior from Amenia, N.Y., said.
Like many other students Eschbach
said she likes what Ross Perot has
' to say but believes he would be a
lost vote. "I don't think Perot will
make a difference in the election
because he is so low in the polls,"
Eschbach said. "I want my vote to
make a difference." Joe Crescitelli,
ajunior from Staten Island, N.Y.,.
said Perot adds spice to the election
by taking away votes from the
other two candidates.
A
mare on North Road: They're here
by
S.J. RICHARD
Editor
Bree Pederson walked into the
Sheahan Hall third floor study
lounge around
4 a.m.
and saw an
eerie shadow-like silhouette on the
wall in front of her. The shadow
then slowly floated across the room
and disappeared into the corner
without a sound.
Many schools, old buildings and
cemeteries have ghost stories —
Marist is no different.
Students and security guards
weave bizarre, bone-chilling tales
of the supernatural, setting scenes
as deftly as Stephen Spielberg, sen-
ding shivers racing up and down
one's spine with descriptions seem-
ingly out of a Stephen King novel.
Manyof these stories center on an
actual tragedy in Marist history.
Like all historical mutations, the
versions of this event which people
relate contain shadows of what was
reported in the newspapers at the
time. Most of theses stories tend
-v revolve around the murder of
.Shelley Sperling nearly 18 years
;>ago. Even today this heinous crime
as confusing, as some details in the
Poughkeepsie Journal and the New
York Times remain a little vague.
THE REAL STORY
Shelley Sperling walked to din-
ner in the Marist College cafeteria
on the night of Feb. 18, 1975. She
did not live to eat another meal.
Sperling, a 17-year-old freshman
from Mahopac, N.Y., and her
roommate Renee Bernard left the
cafeteria around 6 p.m. that
Wednesday and were intercepted
by Louis O. Acevedo III — and his
.32 caliber revolver, according the
New York Times.
Acevedo, Sperling's former
boyfriend, was released on $10,000
bail the previous Friday, Valen-
tine's Day, when he appeared in
court facing charges of felony
assault for fracturing Sperling's
skull and hand with a brick on
Sept. 29, at the Marist boat house.
Acevedo, a 20-year-old Dutchess
Community College student, chas-^
ed Sperling and her roommate as
they raced back into the cafeteria
to call security, the papers
Teported. Sperling, Bernard and a
cafeteria worker were inside the
Food Services Office just off the
dining area when Acevedo entered
arid began firing, reports said.
The confusion and chaos that
ensued still cause shock and
dismay. Bernard and the worker
apparently fled the office as a shot
was fired at them. The bullet lodg-
ed in the door.
Three more shots were fired ac-
cording to police. The autopsy
report stated that Sperling was
struck in the side, the shoulder and
the back of the head. Seventy-five
police officers were dispatched to
the scene, according to The
Poughkeepsie Journal.
Sperling died before the police
were able to get into the room
where she and Acevedo were.
From this crime many stories
were born. Students playing with
Ouija boards have terrified
themselves and created an eerie
legend. Besides the floating shade,
Pederson said she has had other ex-
periences. Pederson, ajunior from
Ossining, N.Y., lived on the third
floor of Sheahan Hall her
freshman year — the floor Sperl-
ing allegedly lived on.
Pederson and her friends heard
about the murder during the Fall
and began playing with a Ouija
board. She said she believes they
contacted Sperling's spirit and that
odd things began happening. Just
before the incident in the study
lounge, Pederson was walking
upstairs after playing with a Ouija
board with some friends on the first
floor. As she climbed the steps, she
heard footsteps behind her. She
turned around but saw no one.
Pederson said she became frighten-
ed and sprinted up the few remain-
ing stairs. She said she stopped at
the top to listen and could still hear
the steady rhythm of footfalls in
the empty stairwell. She said she
walked into the hall and was over-
joyed to see a light on in the study
lounge. "I thought it was odd
because nobody ever was in there,"
said Pederson, "but I was just glad
someone was awake." Pederson's
relief was short-lived.
As she peered into the room, she
said she noticed a weird, silhouet
tetype of shadow on the wall in
front of her.
"All of a sudden the shadow
moved," Peterson said. "It floated
across the room and disappeared
into the corner. It was sort of
odd." She said it is highly possible
that her mind was playing tricks on
her since it was so late. "Normal-
ly, you don't tell people about
things like this," she said, "because
they'll think you're crazy."
Another former resident of
Sheahan Hall claims that she too
had an encounter with a spirit and
asked not to be identified, fearing
everyone would think she was an
insane for telling her story. This
communications major who lives
off campus now was getting ready
for bed around 1 a.m. in the
bathroom when she looked up and
saw another girl standing behind
her over her right shoulder. "I
didn't hear anyone come in and I
didn't recognize her so I turned
around," she said. "When I did,
there was no one there." She
describes the face as being pale and
angelic having a "certain softness"
since the girl seemed to be smiling
at her.:"I wasn't scared at all," she
said, "even after I realized she had
disappeared: How could anyone be
afraid of something so serene and
pretty?" This student said she does
not speculate as to the face's iden-
tity and draws no association to
Sperling.
Mike Gordon, now a resident's
assistant in Champagnat Hall, has
a Sheahan Hall story too, although
this one has an explanation: a
hoax. Gordon, a junior from At-
tleboro, Mass., lived on the first
floor of Sheahan Hall and created
quite a scare while playing a trick
on a group of people using a Oui-
ja. He scrawled the words "Beware
Shelley" on the bathroom mirror
in Noxema when some of the peo-
ple playing with the board
discovered the mysterious writing
were terrified.
"They flipped out," he said with
a smile. The panic that ensued sent
shock waves through the Ouija
crew which prompted the group to
break the board in half and burn
it, Gordon said. Gordon said they
drenched the pieces with lighter
fluid and torched the remains of
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THE CIRCLE, OCTOBER
29,1992
Adults consent to some suspenseful acts
by
JENNIFER GIANDALONE
"Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbors
Wife." Well, not unless you have his permis-
sion. That's the idea behind Hollywood Pic-
tures "Consenting Adults."
Alan J. Pakula directs this movie about
love, marriage, sex, and money starring
Kevin Kline and Mary Elizabeth Mastran-
tonio. Kline plays Richard Parker, a com-
poser who writes songs for TV commercials.
He has a good job, a loving wife (Mastran-
tonio), and a talented young daughter (who
is away at school the whole movie). This is
everything he could possibly want. At least
until some new neighbors enter his life.
Kevin Spacey and Rebecca Miller are Ed-
dieand Kay Otis who not only befriend the
Parkers, but also play a major part in deter-
mining the course of their lives.
Eddie is a financial advisor who has a big
house (which inside is dark and dreary and
reminds^me of a morgue), a private plane,
arid*;a?boat. The; question is whether or not
he got these things in an honestway. Money
The Reel
Story
Jennifer
Giandalone
is what he uses to convince Richard and his
wife Priscilla that he is an all around nice guy
who only wants to be there for them and will
help them in any way possible.
Oh really? Key line: "You want to sleep
with my wife, but you don't want to get
caught." (Or w&rds to that affect).
As much as Richard trys to deny that he
is attracted to Kay, he can't fool Eddie. Ed-
die knows the truth and admits that he thinks
about Priscilla in much the same way.
So what does he suggest? How about a lit-
tle wife-swapping. In the middle of the night,
you come to my house, sleep with my wife,
and I'll go to your house and sleep with your
wife. They will never know the difference.
At first, Richard thinks he is crazy, but soon
gets used to the idea.
What Richard doesn't realize is how much
that one night will affect the rest of his life.
Richard wakes up the next morning (in his
own house with his own wife) to find himself
accused of murder. He is all alone, with the
, exception of a private investigator, in his
search for the truth.
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was much
better than she was in the very boring film
from a few months back, "White Sands."
But, she still wasn't as good as she was in
"Robin Hood." It seems the bigger the part
she has, the better she is.
Kline gives a strong performance as the
emotionally tortured Richard Parker. He
must not only prove his innocence, but try
to win his family back and break the spell
that Eddie has over them. Kline is a versatile
actor who can not only play dramatic roles
("Grand Canyon"), but comedic ones as
well ("A Fish Called Wanda").
The only problem I had was with Rebec-
ca Miller. Although we don't see much of
her, the scenes that she is iri'tion't seem very
believable. Next to Kevin Spacey's chilling
performance as Eddie, Miller seems like an
amateur. She is the weak link in this other-
wise strong cast.
The beginning of the movie is a little
drawn out. All talk and no action. This is
unusual since Pakula also directed "Presum-
ed Innocent", which kept your attention for
the duration of the film. '.'Consenting
Adults" lets you know who did it from the
very beginning. But don't get discouraged.
The second half will have you sitting on the
edge of your seat.I know this may disappoint
some of you, but the movie was not as raun-
chy as I thought it would be. Don't worry,
it is still worth seeing.
'
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close to genius:
A super lineup of actors
by
KRAIG DEMATTEIS
I guess I cannot just sit here and
write "It was good, I liked it."
Everybody wants to know why,
what was good, what it was about.
But in all honesty, I believe I may
have gotten in over my head on this
one.
"Glengarry Glen Ross" stars
some of the best actors with a
history of great movies behind
them: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon,
Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Alan
Arkin, Kevin Spacey, and
Jonathan Pryce. David Mamet
(Homicide, House of Games)
wrote the ^screenplay, from, the
Tony-witming-.. Broadway play he
wrote as well. The writing is fast,
the dialogue is faster, and you get
so caught up in it that this hour and
forty minute salespitch seems like
only forty minutes.
Pacino, Lemmon, Harris, and
Arkin are real estate salesmen try-
ing to con "deadbeats" into buy-
ing property, and when they start
talking, we listen as they smooth .
their way into these peoples' lives.
And when these people do not buy,
the salesmen get desperate.
David Mamet has his own way
of revealing a story by not reveal-
ing important information about
the one thing the movie revolves,
around, which in this case are the
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about them, how important they
are.
Whoever thought of putting
these actors together is a genius.
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Alec Baldwin (Hunt for Red; Oc-
tober, Marrying Man) has the
shortest yet most powerful role as
Blake, the man send from the head
office to deliver the leads and a
speech, basically "shape up or
shipout." But the way he talks to
and acts towards them, you feel
sorry for the salesmen. Baldwin's
performance is incredible, fusing
humor and seriousness into every,
sentence, not missing a beat or let-
ting up in any way. This movie may
boosthis career.
Lemmon is Shelly "The
Machine" Levine, a salesman on a
bad-streak who has been in the
business a long time. Having his
daughter in the hospital and bills
piling up puts pressure on "The
Machine" to muster some sales, of
which he has none in this month.
He appeals to his boss, played by
Kevin Spacey (Consenting Adults,
above), to give him the Glengarry
leads, which are only to be given
to the top salesman. However, if
only the top salesman gets the new
leads, then how can any of the
other salesmen compete if given the
old, "deadbeat" leads?
That is what the problem is for
this story, the boss and the
' salesmen are working on different
levels and are thus unable to
understand each other.
Director James Foley (At Close
Range) does a fine job of moving
.thexamera,': and- since the primary
scenes
:
were located on only two
sets, the camera work can be im-
portant. The use of multi-colored
lights screamed symbolic and emo-
tional references, and with Pacino
walking around, seemed a lot like
"Dick Tracy." If you are looking
for action or a love story or even
a happy ending, look elsewhere,
there are plenty out there. But this
movie has a thinking, symbolic
storyline that deals with the real life
of the realestate business.
The one idea that came to me
about this movie is this: Life is a
salespitch, talk fast, get people on
your side, and use them for your
own profit. Then again, that is just
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DANA BUONICONTI
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Dancer's Union," something
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Reading the back of the CD
box, I noticed that it had been
produced by Michael Beinhorh,
the same person who produced
Herbie Hancock's "Rock-it."
Having never heard SA before,
I could only imagine what they
would sound like.
Pleasantly surprised I was
when Soul Asylum, from Min-
neapolis, proved not to be synth .
mushi but a killer album of 12
honest, straight-ahead rockers;
Maybe the perfect CD to have
in your car when you're driving
90 mph down that open stretch
of highway.
In the same way some candy
bars boast a soft, creamy center,
"Grave Dancer's Union" offers
songs that have an acoustic
heart. Singer, songwriter Dave
Pirner's scraggly yelp provides
a gentle contrast to the acoustic
guitars that buoy the music on
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THE CIRCLE, OCTOBER 29, ,1992
Asian culture sparks interest of Marist professor
6/TRICIATASKEY
Staff Writer
At one time families in: China
sold their daughters, some of
whom became slaves or prostitutes.
At the same time in a small Il-
linois town, was a young girl who
was fascinated in the fate of these
Chinese prostitutes. •
Sue Ellen Gronewold is now a
professor of history at Marist and
a scholar of Chinese prostitutes.
"I've always been really interested
in women in China," Gronewold
said. I don't have any family con-
nection with Asia, but I have had
a personal interest since I was a
young girl.
"I remember my seventh grade
French teacher told me that
Americans need to learn about
Asia, and that the future is in the
east," she said. "I always took
some^kind of course on Asia when
1 was'in college, either a history,
religion or art."
She said Asia is such an impor-
tant part of our history that most
Americans don't know much about
it. "I see it as my mission to in-
crease peoples' knowledge about
Asia," she said. Gronewold has a
dual bachelor degree from the
University of Wisconsin in French
and History, a Masters in History
and Education from Columbia
University in New York, and is in
the process of receiving her Ph.D.
in Asian history.
This historian has spent years
working on a dissertation titled,
"The Door of Hope: A Rescue
Mission for Shanghai Prostitutes,
1900-41," and when it is com-
pleted, in the spring or soon after,
she will receive her doctorate from
Columbia and have a good start on
her second book.
This study is a more focused
look of a small part of her first
book, "Beautiful Merchandise:
Chinese Prosecutions," which
covered general prostitution all
across China.
Gronewold is now focusing her
research to the "rescue mission" in
Shanghai that may have saved
these women. Her~goal is to find
out if the mission was successful
and what became of the women in
the mission, as well as the English
and American missionaries that
were kicked out by the Com-
munists in 1949.
Sue Gronewold is not only a
historian but also a wife, mother, .
writer, full-time college professor
and a world traveler. Gronewold,
who has conducted some earlier
research in China, is planning to
return for two weeks this summer
and hopefully two months the
following summer.
"Now that our youngest son is
five, and attends kindergarten, I
feel more comfortable to back to
China to continue my research,"
she said."My husband and I share
the parenting role. While he was
studying and visiting Latin
America, I stayed home with the
kids. Now it's my turn," she
laughed.
She spent her junior year of col-
SGA forum addresses questions
by
CAREY ALLABAND
•. . . . Staff Editor
Over 60 people attended the
Open Forum addressing off-
campus parties on Wednesday, Oc-
tober, 21 at 1:00 pin. The forum,
which lasted a little over an hour,
was held in Lowell Thomas 125.
Dennis Murry, president of Marist;
Gerard Cox, "vice-president/dean
of, student, affairs; and Peter
Amato, assistant dean for student-
life addressed the forum -and
responded to questions from the
students'.
.
-
. The forum sponsored by the Stu-
dent Government Association
came about after last month's city
of Poughkeepsie council meeting
where Marist College students liv-
ing off-campus and their distur
:
bances was on the agenda. The
council requested that the College,
work with them to.help control this
problem while not having the
students come into serious trouble-
with-the.law.^,-,.,
~^.,„-,°&;i:/ '•;'••'-
*-At-the forum.Murry said,'<thaf.
the problems arising in regards to.
off-campus parties are.iiot unique
to Marist;
;
"they have existed in
every college town; there is a long
history behind these problems."
N
Outside,ojt.that,, .99% of the
students who iiye bff-campus
;
are
good.neighbors, leaving 1% who
are causing the problems."
Last year Marist students
volunteer over 85;000 hours to
community service throughout the
city, according to Cox. .
•
. The major problems occur at the
beer parties where over 200 people*
show up and create disturbances
throughout the neighborhood, ac-.
cording to Cox.
The position of the college on
this issue will remain that the
students have a right to live in the
community, but with this right also
comes the responsibility of abiding
by the law. - -,
'-- -
The college is working with the
city to try and come up with ideas
- to solve this problem. Some of the
ideas that are being expanded as
possible solutions include, the col-
lege drawing up model leases with
landlords and Murry and Cox
meeting to discover problem -
houses, according to Cox. The col-
lege has already sent put letters to .
all off-campus students in an order,.
\
-.to alerfctriem of the college's posi-
•.tionand to,notify them that the.
police will be enforcing laws more
strictly on students.'-
"In the-past,. the police have
. generally-been- good- to' Marist,
students, said Murry, The students
- .attending, the ;fqrum had a. lot of
concerns as well as suggestions .to
help ease trie issues. One student
was curious as to whai nthei col-
leges have done to help solve oi
alivate this problem? "We have
received a number of reports from
other colleges offering a variety of
remedies. The one that seems to
work the best is where the student
body and the administration work
together, said Murry. Boston Col-
lege and Providence College serve
as good.models to possible solu-
tions to the problem, according to
Cox. They both entered into some
type , of
agreement
of,
understanding.
Students were also concerned as
to whether any.rules would be add-
ed for, those who live off-campus.
There will be,no new rules placed
on students who live off-campus
they are already expected to abide
by the code of conduct found in the
student handbook, according to
Murry.
'Other students were upset that
the city is more concerned with this
issue then with the di'ug and'
violence problems within the city.
A possible reason for this accor-
ding to Murry, is that the police
want to deal with Marist and soivo
this problem so that they can
devote more time to the problems'
Haunted house of horrors
by
CARI OLESKEWICZ
Assistant Editor
Volunteer work was never
so
scary. It entails chopped off heads,
daggers, screaming and a lot of
blood.
This group of mostly high school
students spends their weekends
dressed up as characters from hor-
ror films such as "Nightmare on
Elm Street," "Friday the 13th"
and "The Exorcist".
Their stage is the Haunted Man-
sion exhibit at Bowdoin Park in
Wappingers Falls. "I like to put on
elaborate make-up and harrass
people," Mark Viniello, a
volunteer from Hopewell Junction,
said. "It's fun to watch the affect
you have on people."
Viniello said the participants in
the Haunted Mansion must spend
an hour applying the make-up and
the masks.
The work impressed Tony Gam-
bino Jr., from Saugerties, who also
spends time designing and creating
halloween costumes and masks.
"The special effects were ex-
cellent," he said. "They did a great
job with the many different sets
and images." Laura Burnett, also
from Saugerties, liked the theme of
the mansion.
"It revolved around parts of
movies," she said. "There were
scenes and characters from all of
the best horror movies." The in-
timidating outside of the mansion
has a sign reading "Horrorwood
Theatre - Now Showing
Hollywood's Greatest Horrors."
The shabby, grey wooden house is
complete with cobwebs, ropes,
leaves, broken windows and
melodies such as the "Monster
Mash" blaring from it. The music,
however, does not cover the
screams.coming from the inside.
The group waiting in line appeared
to have second thoughts after the
third or fourth wail echoed through
the walls. "Are'you sure you want
to do this?" Christine Collins,
from Poughkeepsie, asked her
seven-year-old daughter. "Because
once we go inside, we can't come
out until its over." Others, such as
ten-year-old Gregg Faulner, were
more practical about it. "It's just
make believe," he said. "It's just
people with masks on dressed up.
They'll try to scare me, but I know
it's not real." The man behind the
madness is Kevin McCurdy, of
Wappingers Falls. He starts plan-
ning in the summer and builds all
the sets for the mansion.
"This is our fifteenth year,"
Carri McCurdy, his wife, said.
"Kevin has a lot of fun with it.
People like to be scared, that's why
they come every year." "He
(McCurdy) is the genius who is
responsible for all of this," Viniello
said. "He is also the person who
recruits all of the volunteers and
gets us enthusiastic about the pro-
ject." The Haunted Mansion is
sponsored by Bowdoin Park and
the Rotary Club. According to
McCurdy, it attracts children and
parents during the day and teen-
agers at night.
Inside the Haunted Mansion,
visitors are taken through one
room at a time, each with its own
horror film theme. Before the
journey into the house, one
member of the group, chosen by
"Dr. Rigormortus" and designated
"Fearless Leader" is presented
with an insurance and burial cer-
tificate, in the unfortunate event
that some unforseen tragedy oc-
curs. The welcoming hosts of this
house include Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde, Freddy Krueger and Sun-
shine the Executioner. Along the
way, visitors are treated to images
of coffins, skulls and tombstones.
"This is a lot of fun, it's just a
good time," Jennifer Fisher, from
Kingston, said. "It's cool to be
scared, a lot of people from schools
in the area come, so you get to meet
people. It's something to do on the
weekend."
Fisher, 16, has been coming to
the attraction for the past five years
and said she looks forward to it
every halloween.
Scott Briscoe, 11, from
• Hopewell Junction, emerged from
the mansion with a grin.
"That was pretty fun," Briscoe
said. "It surprised me. I kept duck-
ing because things kept flying down
at me."
The Haunted Mansion runs Fri-
day from 6 p.m to 11 p.m., Satur-
day from noon to 10 p.m. and Sun-
day from noon to 9 p.m. The cost
is S5.50 for adults and $2.50 for
children.
Despite much of the crying and
general hysteria among the younger
guests of the mansion, most agreed
the fright was worth it. "I'd go
through it again," said six-year-old
Jimmy Santa Domingo, who
screamed and hid behind his
mother through the whole presen-
tation. "It didn't scare me at all."
lege studying on the French Riviera
and traveled all over Europe. And
in addition to her previous trips to
China, she and her family traveled
to Russia to visit relatives.
Gronewold, who speaks Chinese,
French, and a little Japanese, has
done almost as much traveling in
the U.S. as she has abroad. She
taught high school in Wisconsin for
five years, she taught college
history for one year in Boston, and
will hopefully be joining the Marist
faculty permanently in 1993 or 94.
Aside from teaching, Gronewold
has lectured on Asian history in dif-
ferent museums and has trained
teachers who want to know more
about about Asia. "It's my avoca-
tion," Gronewold said.
Recycling program at Marist
begins with separating trash
by
DIANNE PAPA
Staff Writer
Marist College is now required to recycle its waste due to a New York
State law passed on Sept. 1. The Marist College Student Recycling Com-
mittee, a subgroup of Students Encouraging Global Awareness (SEGA),
is in charge of the new recycling program on campus.
Linda Passaro, a sophomore chemistry major, is the coordinator of
the committee. "It's a change in habit — that's all it is," Passaro said.
She added it is "a matter of becoming environmentally aware and learn-
ing why to recycle." The recycling program was done in :Uages, accor-
ding to Passaro.
The South End of campus (the residence halls, including Benoit and
Gregory Houses) started recycling on Oct. 2. There were three bins pur-
chased for each floor in each dorm and recyclable materials had to be
sorted and deposited into specific bins.
One bin is for white paper only. This does not include computerpaper,
colored paper, newspapers or magazines, however. Also, paper can not
be crumpled, she said. A second bin is for plastics and glass. Everything
must be cleaned and rinsed out and any plastic lids must be removed,
said Passaro.
The final bin is for aluminum and tin. Any products made from
aluminum, such as aluminum foil, are accepted. Cans must be rinsed
and labels, caps and lids removed so there is no contamination. "If the
bin is contaminated, it all has to be cleaned and rinsed by the housekeeping
staff," said Sara French, assistant coordinator for the program. The
housekeeping staff empties the bins into larger durripsfers Once of "twite
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a program that has students
who have to do community service rinse and clean the items, but that
still being discussed," said French, a sophomore.
On
the North End of campus, there are three individual bins that are
next
to
the regular garbage bins. The North End is a more independent
recycling program because students have to make a conscious effort
themselves rather than relying on housekeeping to dispose of their waste.
The North End has the same guidelines that apply to the South End.
The bins are monitored by students who record the levels of contamina-
tion in each bin and record how many items are in each bin. "The data
is not just being ignored. It's being read and looked over. However, in
some areas people are totally misreading the signs," Passaro said.
Signs that explain exactly what can be recycled are at every site. Some
students are misusing the bins. Tobacco spit and urine are just some of
the unwanted items found in the bins.
"People are just not taking the time and not taking it seriously,"said
Passaro, from Valley Stream, N.Y.
"It's frustrating how much work that has been done for the students
and they don't even make a minute effort," she added..The committee
is organizing educational meetings for each living area on campus which
explain the benefits of recycling and why it should be done, said Passaro.
If the data analyzed for each living area shows a particular place is not
recycling , a re-educational meeting will be held for that dorm or area.
The committee proposed possible fines be instituted if specific areas do
not recycle. This proposal is still pending. French, from Springfield,
Mass., gave reasons why recycling is important.
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FEATURE
OCTOBER
29,1992
Squirrels and intruding critters make Marist home
by
MATT MARTIN
Staff Writer
Every now and then, someone
sees something scurrying across the
floor or raiding the refrigerator,
and it isn't their roommate...
They may have a new pet. It
could be a squirrel, or a mouse, or
even a bat looking for a new place
to hang out.
. "We took in a small stray cat
that wandered around outside our
townhouse," said Marcus Gray, a
junior from Burlington, Conn. "I
guess it liked us, because it brought
us two chipmunks and a field
mouse."
The white tabby has often been
seen gnawing on the head of a chip-
munk, thus it has been named "the
bitch." "It sometimes wakes us up
in the middle of the night as it cries
outside our door," said Brian Har-
rington, a junior from North
Kingston, R.I., who often feeds the
cat Nine Lives.
"She wanders in and sleeps on
my bed every now and then," said
Harrington. "It's pretty much
moved in now." Whatever it is, or
was, Marist has always been a
haven for animals of various sorts,
mostly of the "party" species on
weekends. "The (Marist) brothers
used to raise their own animals on
campus," said Bob Lynch, assis-
tant coordinator of student ac-
tivates, and Marist's own version of
Marlin Perkins, the former host of
Mutual of Omaha's Wild
Kingdom. "They raised chickens,
pigs, cows, bees, and goats. It was
the last time a red fox was seen on
campus." Lynch has been witness
Circle photo/Matt Martin
Squirrels are just one species of fuzzy critters that inhabit the home of the Red Foxes.
to some of Marist's most bizarre
animal acts in recent years from, an
elephant grazing the McCann fields
as part of a circus to siting a hawk
of "enormous" proportion,
"Lynch's Hawk" as dubbed by
security. If it's an animal, chances
are that Lynch has seen it on cam-
pus. How about a peacock that
escaped from that Catskill game
farm, or a moose? Yes, a moose.
"Shortly after graduation, it ambl-
ed through campus," said Lynch,
who has since been dubbed, "the
moose man." "The police had
traffic stopped on Route 9. I
thought there had been a murder
from the number of police cars
near the baseball field." Affec-
tionately named, "Helen, the
moose from Troy" by Lynch, the
moose eventually made its way
Weight room doesn't
meet students^
by
PATRICE SELLECK
'Staff.,Writer K •';-.- ..
The sign outside the James J.
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McCann Center weightroom ad-
vises .students to ,use the weights
and the room at their own risk, but
many Marist students are choosing
not'to use the room at all.
Instead, they are looking for
alternative places to work out
because'the McCann weightroom,
does not fit their needs,
• "Although 100 to 150 students use
the weight room daily, according to
Tom.Diehl, assistant director of
athletics and McCann facility
manager, the current trend is to
join afgym off campus.
Diane.Pitts, a.senior from
Glastonbury, Conn., a member of
World's Gym in Hyde Park, said
she,has tried the weight room at
Marist but it did not.fit her needs.
"The equipment is totally anti-
quated. There are no mirrors or
any kind of system of ventilation-
iu there^ There also is no car-
diovascular equipment except for
ohe.cheesyjittle bike," Pitts said.
Pitts is one of the .384 students
who is currently enrolled at
World's Gym, according to Kathy
Viani, spokesperson for the gym.
Karen Rupich, a senior from.
Paramus, N.J., and a member of
World's Gym, said she "agreed with
Pitts.. . " .
.
"The equipment sucks and it is
totally geared towards men due to
the fact that it only has free
weights. They really should have
more nautilus equipment rather
than just-one-lifecycle bike,"
Rupich said.
Another major complaint many
students had about the weight
room was the hours it was open.
While the Marist weight room is
open from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday and from
5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Satur-
day and Sunday, other gyms offer
hours more conduciveto student
lives. World's Gym is open from
5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Monday
down to Westchester County and
was last seen heading up Route 84
in Newburg two weeks ago, accor-
ding to the Poughkeepsie Journal.
However, a little animal can
cause an even bigger scare. Just as
the attendees of the Junior Ring
ceremony discovered three years
ago.
Somehow, a bat had managed to
receive an invitation to the gala
event, and decided to buzz the
audience.
"We tried to catch it with
jackets, even Rosie, a janitor, tried
to swat it with a lacrosse stick,"
said Lynch.
The bat managed to find the
door on its own, but only after
creating quite a stir among the
patrons.
The "winged rats," as termed by
many Marist students, have been
frequent visitors to door rooms
across campus. "It just hung in the
corner... staring at me," said Jenn
Ponzini, a junior from Carmel,
N.Y., who was fortunate enough to
have a bat make a house call earlier
this month. "Boy, was it ugly."
"You can't imagine the panic
that occurs when students are con-
fronted by animals," said Joe
Leary, director of safety and
security. "The women and the men
both run around in panic. There's
no difference when a bat is flying
around the room." Leary's office
usually handles eight calls a year
dealing with these uninvited guests.
Although there has only been one
suspected case of a rabid animal on
campus in the last five years, Leary
stresses the importance of keeping
a safe distance between you and an
animal.
"Wild animals usually come to
people when they're sick," said
Leary. "If they're coming towards
you, give us a call."
"They (animals) have a home
here as much as the students do,"
said Lynch. "Just remember to
give skunks the right of way."
Dance club to hold November performance
through Sunday while AH Sport is
open from 5:45 a.m". to 11:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday and.from
8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.rm on
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Saturday
and Sunday:. Mike Schultze," a
junior fromMt. Laurel, N.J.', who
has been a member of World's
Gym for three years.Jsaid the ma-'
jor- reason he .stopped using
McCann was due to the hours.
"The hours that McCann posted.
for the weight room to be open, it
never was.-When it was, it was too
crowded and. I had to wait for a
• piece of equipment. At World's,
the hours are more convenient for
me and I never have to wait for a
piece of equipment," Schultze said.
Steve Graham, also a member of
World's Gym.said he agreed with
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Schultze; • •
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. "The weight room is always
crowded and then you have to wait;
for at least an hour for one,
machine. Nobody has time for
that," said the senior from West;
Warwick," R.I. What changes
would Marist students make if they
. were given the opportunity?
"I would start from ground zero
and work up from there," Schultze
said.
' • • ' . "
"I think that Marist should go
to an actually gym to see what a
real gym looks and see what they
should be offering.
They should then take a
blueprint of the gym and start from
there," Schultze added.
" As for the women interviewed,
they said they would like to see
Marist invest in better car-
diovascular equipment and more
equipment geared to'both sexes
since not everyone is interested in
just "pumping iron."
"What Marist needs to get is a
bigger room with better equipment
so nothing is broken and there is
no waiting around for one piece of
equipment," Graham said.
"We are a Division I school. We
should have a Division 1 gym,"
Graham added.
by
EVELYN HERNANDEZ
Staff Writer
„ „ ..
Members of the dance club will
move to the beats of jazz, ballet
and modern dance on Nov. 7. in
the Marist theatre between 2:00pm
to 8:00pm. The show will exclusive-
ly feature dancing to mostly
original choreography, according
to Jayme Gabay, dance club
treasurer.
Members will perform individual
dances and a group finale.
"The members choreograph
their own dances. If they don't
know how, they work with so-
meone in the group," Gabay said.
"The dance club is for people with
or without experience. The majori-
ty of the group have no experience
and a handful have been dancing
all their lives."
The club contains experienced
dancers and newcomers. "I've been
dancing all my life. It (the club) is
a way for dancers to continue to
dance without being a dance ma-
jor," said senior and club founder
Jennifer Smith.
Sophomore Sarah Povilaitus,
vice president of the club, has been
dancing for 11 years. She said the
club gave her a chance to keep dan-
cing. "Although we are considered
a theater group, we perform for
our family and friends. We do it
for fun," Povilaitus said.
Even though the dance club has
an upcoming performance, this
year they started late.
Since the club's former faculty
advisor, dance instructor Kit Har-
dy, had outside commitments
which prevented her from continu-
ing with the club, they needed a
new advisor.
Victoria Sarkisian, linguistic
coordinator of the learning center,
was approached by the club and
gladly accepted the position. "I am
very impressed with the commit-
ment these young ladies have. I
find them quite committed and in-
terested," Sarkisian said.
AH forms of dancing are permit-
ted, and Sarkisian encourages
males to join the club.
"The club is not exclusively for
females. Males bring a totally dif-
ferent approach to dance," she
said.
• Aside.from the Nov-7 show-, the ~
club plans on performing at the
Crafts Fair in the Fireside Ldunge
on Nov. 21.
Also, tentative plans were made
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She said the clubwould like to
have, somei dance master classes
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money.
According to Sarkisian, the
master classes would consist of pro-
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Members of the dance club practice.
to perform at the holiday party for
Marist staff and their children and
possibly visit convalescence homes
in December.
Last year the club held a dance
competition with local ballet
schools. As the club's biggest fun-
draiser it brought in over $1000.
Sarkisian said the club will hold
the competition again next spring
and continue to organize more
fessional dancers giving some for-
mal instruction at Marist. "The
classes would be open to everyone
in the Marist community, on or off
campus," she said.
Sarkisian said the club is in-
terested in bringing some dance
cultural awareness, not only in the
Marist community but in Ulster
and Dutchess counties.












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THE CIRCLE
EDITORIAL
OCTOBER
29,1992
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Mirror, mirror
Many students are shaking their heads and shrugging their shoulders at the
Institutional Self-Study done by Marist for the Middle States Review. The
general consensus seems to be that Marist is wonderful at Public Relations.
Some have said that this self-evaluation seems to be about 90 percent praise
and 10 percent criticism.
There is nothing wrong with emphasizing one's strong points. One would
have to be an idiot to not put the proverbial best foot forward — just make
sure that foot doesn't end up in your mouth.
Some points and recommendations raised in the report easily provoke com-
ment. Chapter three in the Institutional Self-Study is devoted to Admissions.
The first recommendation made within the Admissions section deals with finan-
cial aid.
It states: "Marist should explore new and creative approaches to helping
families, particularly those in the middle-income range, finance their educa-
tional expenses." Those of us in that "middle-income range" are glad to hear
that Marist believes it "should" explore some different approaches. The ques-
tion is: will they? Hey, it doesn't take a genius to know financial aid is scarce!
It takes time to find workable, innovative ways to help students finance their
education.
How long will it be before any possible solutions are brought forward?
The faculty is addressed further on in the 217 page report. The second recom-
mendation in this sections states: "An effort should be made to fill new faculty
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then that's wonderful, but above all the person hired ought
to
the best person
for the job.
There is little doubt that those hired would be amply qualified; however, the
wording of that recommendation sounds like reverse discrimination!
The third recommendation states: "All new faculty should have the requisite
credentials and teaching experience in hand at the time of hiring."
No, let's hire morons.

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Talk about your obvious guidelines. Isn't this one too obvious to mention?'
It makes one wonder how often, if ever; unqualified people were hired. Fur-
ther down in the list of recommendations it says: "The faculty should seek ways
to regain a sense of itself as a body, primarily by finding more time/methods
to meet to discuss important academic issues." v
Then, in a later chapter,the report talks about the "strong tradition at Marist
of faculty involvement in academic governance... faculty take seriously (and
guard jealously) their responsibility to make academic policy." Apparently that
"strong tradition" does not include attending the faculty colloquia.
Last spring, the faculty held a meeting to discuss the proposed Honors Pro-
gram. According to the study, there are 146 full-time professors at Marist. At
the height of attendance during this hour-long discussion, only 40 faculty
members were present. As a Circle reporter sitting in on the meeting, I was
disgusted as I listened to two professors quietly discuss their plans for the
weekend while another professor was debating some of the proposal's re-
quirements. The meeting left me feeling as if I had just returned to high school
for a final period study hall.
The faculty did not jealously guard its responsibility that day.
Apathy may work fine for philosophers like Spinoza but here at Marist there
is no place for it. However, the study is honest in its assessments. For all the
scoffing and exasperated eye-rolling, the overall report is fair. It does say in
all areas there is room for improvement.
It is unfortunate that something so important would be seen by students as
just another PR job.
Editors' notebook
by
CARI OLESKEWICZ
The Circle does not support or endorse any specific candidate in this year's presidential
election. We do, however, encourage the students and faculty of Marist College to exercise
their richt to vote. Many citizens complain that our government officials have lost touch
with us", that government does not belong "with the people." We have come to despise
"career politicians" because we feel they do not have our interests at heart. Well, why should
they when only half of us vote?
Wc at the Circle have one political columnist and have printed many letters to the editor.
None of the^s^edfi^caiiysup^port the views pf the Circle editorial staff, but I thought Marist
students might be interested in how we will vote./.
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liberal the media is. J.W. Stewart will vote for Perot, noting that jt was more that he was
"not voting for Bush." Chrissy Cassidy and Anastasia Custer are undecided, not sure of
whether to vote for Clinton or Perot. Custer likes what PerotJias to say but questions his
ability to get things done. Cassidy is leaning towards Clinton but believes PerotwiH be;
better able to get things done. Ted Holmtund is also undecided, but.will not vote for Peror
because he dropped out of the race this surhmerrDommick Fontana, Carey Allaband, Amy;
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Crosby, S.J. Richard and myself will cast votes for Bill Clinton.,We believe that because
George Bush has been in office for 12 years, it is time for a change, and Bill Clinton
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Perot the best choice
Vacation granted me ample time to ponder
the presidential debates and consider my can-
didate of choice. Disregarding anything the
mainstream press has to say, the winner in
the debates was clearly Ross Perot. You can-
not argue the man has the talent to combine
corny, small town sayings from Hicksville,
U.S.A. with biting political satire. At the
same time, he says something of intellectual
worth about political policy.
To disappoint some, I think my candidate
of choice for '92 is Ross Perot. Call it a pro-
test vote, call it a cynical, uninformed choice
for a political outsider, who has yet to pro-
ve himself, call it a cop out; you can call it
whatever you want. I attempted to disregard
my respect and hope for George Bush and
vote for Perot, probably, in my humble opi-
nion, the only candidate who really could af-
fect change to pur political system. A system
,that has produced little more than serious
/political gridlock for years. As I have "said
throughout the semester, a fact some of the
letters to the editor have failed to pick out,
I have been disppointed by George Bush and
suspicious of Bill Clinton. I have also hinted
at Ross Perot as a real choice, not a pseudo-
choice'as the pro-Clinton, bleeding-heart
liberal press-would have most Americans
believe. PerotVmoney does not come from
political action committees or special interest
groups. Instead, he owes his allegiance to the
Americans in his grass-roots campaign that
have put his name on the political map. His
focus on the debt accumulated by America
is the right focus, one tempered by his
realization, that we need to revitalize our
private sector and industrial job base.
Despite my disappointment in Bush, I still
refuse to believe it was his leadership that has
caused economic harship. We hear about the
12 years of a Republican presidency, but we
do not hear about the 38 years of a.
Democratically controlled Congress. It has
spent money with little regard to what spen-
ding increases do to the average tax-payer.
. So why vote for Perot, right, Ward?
Maybe I got caught up in the economics in
this election. If you were to believe the force-
fed news from the press, you would probably
believe the economy is the only issue in this
election. I do not agree with the entire Perot
platform but 99% of seems logical. Do not
misunderstand me, Perot is not a political
savior. I do not agree raising taxes on
gasoline prices will help raise revenue to
balance the budget and lower our debt
without hurting the middle class. Tax in-
creases on gas d6 one thing - socks the mid-
dle class right in its wallet. I would hope
Ross, old boy, would use that electronic
town hall as president and put the specifics
of that bill into the hands of the American
people to veto.: Frankly, (this is what
frustrates me the most), no matter which
candidate wins the election, the problems
facing this country will not disappear. What
we are witnessing today is the product of
generations of political abuse and years of
spending without, thinking while ac-
cumulating massive amounts of debt. Our
economic situation, although not as horri-
ble as previously thought, is still a problem
that has not come to fruition in the scant
four years of Bush's presidency.
Ross Perot is a conservative, out to pro-
tect the interests of the American people. He
has a semi-solid economic plan base on
business success. He has achieved the
American dream and wants to return the op-
portunities he has had to the American peo-
ple. He is a people's candidate, something
we have not had for a long time in this
country.
Bill Clinton says he wants to raise the taxes
on the wealthiest Americans (those earning
over $200,000) and what will result is a $150
billion in surplus revenue to re-invest in the
economy. Someone should tell Bill Clinton
to wake up — trickle-down government is
not a solution. Bush is right, you cannot tell
me Clinton's spending programs (that he has
dressed up under the guise of a "new"
democratic political platform), will not cost
the middle class time, money and jobs.
God forbid the Democrats retain control
of Congress. Spending, inflation rates and
the misery index will increase and make these
Words
From A
Political
Ward
last four years seem like a vacation to
Disneyland. Bill Clinton says he wants to
protect the environment, yet Arkansas is
ranked 50th in environmental standards for
the nation, according to George Bush. So
what does Clinton do? He adopts the en-
vironmental wizard, Gore, to the ticket: —
hey, something for everyone. Clinton said he
supported the North American Free Trade
Agreement, then he said he did not, now he
says he does, but it needs revisions. Hey, Bill,
pick a side — any side. Then he explains this
by saying he is tired of decision-makers in
American pontics being "polorized an push-
ed into corners." That is exactly the pro-
blem. We have too few people in politics who
will make tough decisions without waffling.
If you^re planning on voting for Clinton,
line, but vote for him because you think he
has the best plan of attack on the woes of
the country. Do not vote for him because he
is not Bush. There is a distinction, albeit a
fine one.
Once again, if you think I chickened out
in the 11th hour and did not vote for Bush,
then fine, but I have been hinting about Ross
Perot all semester. Regardless of what you
have read in the letters to the editor, 1 like
George Bush and Ross Perot. If I could have
my way, I would combine the foreign policy
of George Bush with the business savy and
domestic expertise of Ross Perot.
Regardless of whether or not you have
ever read my column, please do one thing for
yourself and your country — vote. Only the
American people can change this country. As
Ross Perot says, we need a government that
comes from the people, not a government
that comes at the people.
.£
See you at the polls.
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Aaron Ward is The Circle's political
columnist.
THE CIRCLE
VIEWPOINT
OCTOBER
29,1992
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Democrat Clinton has best plans of all the candidates
Editor:
George Bush knows why the
American people may soon vote
him. out of the Oval Office. He
know's it's not the Iran-Contra
scandal or Dan Quayle that will
keep him from remaining in the
White House in January...it's his
record.
Bush's record has shifted the
focus of this campaign from issues
to character. He has failed to
recognize that euphoria from the
Gulf War has worn off and
Americans want to focus on the
economy, George Bush's greatest
defeat.
Despite the president's constant
attacks on his character. Bill Clin-
ton is still ahead in thepoils/The
reason is simple. Bil lClinton has
no record to defend. He has no
prior record as Commander in
Cheif, something George Bush, un-
successfully, tries to exploit.
If you asked George Bush to
reflect on his record, without a
doubt, he would cite the end of the
Cold War and his success over Sad-
dam Hussein, but these two ex-
amples does not a good record
make. Communism fell during his
administration...not under it.
If any credit should be given to
the breakdown of Communism in
the former Soviet Union, it should
go to Ronald Reagan for buying
them out. But, the price has been
steep for both the Soviet Republics
and the United States. The Bush
administration was left with a
surplus of defense and a failing
economy.
George Bush also needs to
recognize that the United States is
no longer the sole super power
because the Soviet Union has
crumbled. Although we remain the
envy of people around the world,
we no longer have the economic
power we once did. In order to
become a super power again, we
need to increase investment here,
develop new, effective trade
agreements and increase the
number of jobs in the U.S.
This is what the American peo-
ple want to hear, not more draft
dodging accusations.
If you can get past the issues of
character, you're left with' the
reason Ross Perot entered the race
- the issue of the economy. Of
course, all the candidates have a
plan to revitilaze the economy.
Their goals are the same. The
choices lie in the means by which
each candidate plans on getting,
that done.
The Reagan/Bush/Quayle ad-
ministration has failed. It is now
clear that "trickle-down"
economics don't work. George
Bush has had three years to create
policies to jump-start the
economy...we need a new strategy.
Bill Clinton and Ross Perot can't
guarantee that their plans to fix the
economy will be effective, but we
already know that George Bush's
aren't.
Clinton as president a bad idea
Editor:
Congratulations must go out to
Bill Clinton on his successful
presidential campaign. It was only
a matter of time before a potential
presidential candidate would ex-
ploit the ignorance of many
Americans, as Bill Clinton has
done. This is not a jab at America,
but rather a wakeup call. After
listening to many Clinton sup-
poiters around the nation and on
this campus, it is clear to me that
an economic course and a govern-
ment course, coupled with an ethics
course would put an end to Clin-
ton's campaign predicated on ig-
norance. Many Marist students and
Americans in general support Clin-
ton, for among other reasons, his
pro-choice stance. Bill Clinton has
taken every opportunity to express
this view and to scare women and
other pro-choice advocates into not
voting for President Bush because
of his pro-life stance. A class in
government, however, would clear
up this misrepresentation. The ex-
ecutive branch has no authority on
the issue of abortion, only the
Supreme Couit does, and therefore
the president's position ,is mean-
ingless. Clinton, however, is quick
to point out that Bush would stack
the court by "appointing" pro-life
judges. Apparantly Clinton needs
a government course, because the
president does not appoint judges,
he merely nominates them, and
therefore has little ability to change
the balance of the court.
Clinton also successfully lied to
the American people and filled
them with false hope about his
economic policy. Apparently the
American people are supposed to
ignore the plethora of economists
who say his plan will not help end
the recession, nor will he be able to
pay for all of his proposals. Clin-
ton says that his economic policy
is a departure from previously fail-
ed "tax and spend" economics of
the democrats. On the other hand,
he proposes taxes on the upper 2
per cent of the economic scale,
taxes on foreign corporations, and
if you believe the economists who
have no stake in this election, he
will raise taxes oil the working class
to pay for his proposals. So, you
have the tax increases, you have the
spending increases, sure sounds like
tax and spend to me.
Clinton does, however, claim he
wants to cut government spending
(current government spending, as
he will ultimately increase if he
plans to keep all of his campaign
promises), but the only concrete ex-
ample he has given is to cut defense
spending. Apparently he does not
mind throwing all of these people
out of work, thus adding to the rate
of unemployment, but have no
fear, he can always raise taxes and
pay for his job re-training pro-
gram. Unfortunately for Bill Clin-
ton I have taken> an economic
course and therefore read between
the lines. Bill Clinton is correct in
saying he is not the typical "tax and
spend democrat", instead he brings
the idea of taxing and spending to
all new heights. Basically, the U.S.
cannot afford Bill Clinton and Al
Gore.
Finally, I am glad that 1 have
taken ethics courses at Marist. 1 on-
ly wish Bill Clinton would have
taken them. Apparently he does
not find it unethical to repeatedly
lie to the American people on issues
involving his draft record, his anti-
american protests, his alleged af-
fairs, or his constant wavering on
issues just to appease a special in-
terest group. He lies and changes
his position and apparently'
America does not care, but I do.
I do nor want a president who
distorts facts, boasts about a few
accomplishments made in a tiny
stale, in over a decade of work,
(that still rates near the bottom in
all categories states are ranked on),
and who apparently knows little
about how government and
economics work, and knows even
less on how to tell the truth. The
question is: Do you really want him
to run this country? Do you really
want him repiesenling this coun-
try? My last point, or perhaps it is
my last plea: do not vote for Bill
Clinton because you do not want
to vote for George Bush. Vote for
him only if you trust in him and
believe in him. You arc better off
not voting for either of the two
than you are if you vote against one
of them. I know it is fashionable
to be a Clinton supporter, but stop
and think, is it oractical?
Robert Mcliilo, senior
WANTED
STUDENT WRITTEN ONE-ACT PLAYS
for
THE JOHN P. ANDERSON MEMORIAL AWARD COMPETITION
and for
performance in the college's
Spring Festival of Student Written Plays
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for Application and Contest Rules a.s.a.p.
I'm compelled to trust Clinton's
instincts on fixing the economy
over the other candidates. And
without a thriving economy, health
care and education will be further
sacrificed to pay for our growing
debt. He offers a bold, new plan
to re-start the economy. And while
critics say he is the typical "tax and
spend Democrat," they may be
wrong come January. Bill Clinton
can't predict everything he will do
during his term as president, but
during the last debate he made a
commitment not to raise taxes on
the middle class to pay for his pro-
grams. If he is elected president,
and goes back on this promise, he
can be sure he would not be re-
elected in 1996. He is willing to take
this risk.
George Bush during the final
debate tried several tactics to reflect
attention away from his record. He
tried to instill the fear of high in-
flation rates due to the administra-
tion of the last Democrat to be in
New breed
arrives for
Once upon a time, a long time
ago, an immortal vampire named
Dracula survived solely on a diet of
blood.
It is a little known fact he still ex-
ists — only now he survives on a
diet of beer, nachos, pizza, and
water. He is currently on tour giv-
ing a lecture series on beer and how
to get the best of it. This Halloween
s,seasonihe:has.decided to.bring.his:
lectures to Marist.
His first lecture series contains
the four stages of drinking: poun-
ding, getting inebriated, passing
out and waking up with a
hangover. Tips from this
series
in-
cludes finding faster ways than fun-
nels to reach intoxication and how
to accomplish anything, even if it
only entails taking a shower, on a
day one has a hangover. For his
tour at Marist, he is also bringing
a few books he wrote. The first one
"Your Keg and How to Care For
It" explains how to get the best
usage out of a keg and how to
camouflage it if necessary. For new
keg owners, he provides a step by
step guide on how to tap a keg. The
book also stresses the importance
of parties as an elite social gather-
ing and the importance of atten-
ding a college where there are lots
of bars that don't proof hard.
His second book is "How to
Scam Beer Out of Everyone You
Know". This, the esteemed Count
feels, is one of the most vital books
a college student will own. He
realizes how much money students
spend on alcohol and feels that,
hey, every once in a while, each
person deserves a free beer.
This book explains how to sneak
out just about anything from a bar
and how to convince yourself that
after all the alcohol you have con-
sumed, you still have a few brain
the White House, Jimmy Carter.
He also continued to blame Con-
gress and criticize Clinton's record
in Arkansas. He again failed. What
impressed me the most during the
final debate was Ross Perot - not
for his plan to revitilize the
economy, but his interpretation of
the campaign coverage and the can-
didates. After criticizing the press
for telling people what to think, he
summed up the contempt
American voters have for politics
and government in general. He's
absolutely right when he says the
problem with our system of
government is that, "Nobody takes
responsibility for anything."
Don't let polls and journalists
tell you how to vote. Don't think
if you vote for Perot your vote is
wasted. Don't let apathy re-elect
George Bush.
Caroline Jonah, junior
of Dracula
Halloween
cells remaining which will enable
you at least to gulp down some
water (an important ability to
have).
Since it is Halloween, Dracula
also thought of some Halloween
costume suggestions for the Marist
campus.
He suggested housing officials
could dress up as a band of bank
Life
is
the
bubbles
Tara Stepnowski
robbers. An inside source at Marist
informed him they were already
thieves, and dressing up in such a
costume would be redundant.
He also suggested Potown, on a
collective whole, should disguise
itself as a town filled with in-
telligent, calm people.
During his stay at Marist he
plans to at least go trick or treating.
He revved himself up for the kick-
ing Monster Mash party taking
place in the dining hall but was
soon disappointed that he would
have to pay and not even get a beer
out of the deal. He wants to remind
the Marist community his lecture
series stresses the positive side of
beer (he doesn't really think there-
is a negative one) and after atten-
ding his lectures and reading his
books, you will be able to drink
with the best of the lushes. He
wants everyone to look for his
newbook "In Search of Brain
Cells".
TAU EPSILON PHI FRAT.
Urges Students
DONT DRINK & DRIVE
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EXPOSURE
THE CIRCLE
EDITORIAL
OCTOBER 29,1992
THE
CIRCLE
S J . Richard,
editor
J..W. Stewart,
sports editor
Dominick Fontana,
senior editor
Chrlssy Cassldy,
senior editor
Carl Oleskewicz,
assistant editor
Joanne Alfarone,
business manager
Jason Capallaro,
business manager
Erik Hanson,
distribution manager
Anastasla B. Custer,
senior editor
Ted Holmlund,
associate editor
Margo Barrett,
editorial page editor
Amy Crosby,
associate editor
Jennifer Ponzini,
advertising manager
Matt Martin,
photography editor
Dennis Gildea,/acu/fy
adviser
Mirror, mirror
Many students are shaking their heads and shrugging their shoulders at the
Institutional Self-Study done by Marist for the Middle States Review. The
general consensus seems to be that Marist is wonderful at Public Relations.
Some have said that this self-evaluation seems to be about 90 percent praise
and 10 percent criticism.
There is nothing wrong with emphasizing one's strong points. One would
have to be an idiot to not put the proverbial best foot forward — just make
sure that foot doesn't end up in your mouth.
Some points and recommendations raised in the report easily provoke com-
ment. Chapter three in the Institutional Self-Study is devoted to Admissions.
The first recommendation made within the Admissions section deals with finan-
cial aid.
It states: "Marist should explore new and creative approaches to helping
families, particularly those in the middle-income range, finance their educa-
tional expenses." Those of us in that "middle-income range" are glad to hear
that Marist believes it "should" explore some different approaches. The ques-
tion is: will they? Hey, it doesn't take a genius to know financial aid is scarce.
It takes time to find workable, innovative ways to help students finance their
education.
How long will it be before any possible solutions are brought forward?
The faculty is addressed further on in the 217 page report. The second recom-
mendation in this sections states: "An effort should be made to fill new faculty
ljnjgs^jirhTiarnxby^women and minorities." Those most qualified should be the
ones-to fill open positions. IF the person in question is a female or a minority
then that's wonderful, but above all the person hired ought to the best person
for the job.
There is little doubt that those hired would be amply qualified; however, the
wording of that recommendation sounds like reverse discrimination.
The third recommendation states: "All new faculty should have the requisite
credentials and teaching experience in hand at the time of hiring."
No, let's hire morons.
Talk about your obvious guidelines. Isn't this one too obvious to mention?
It makes one wonder how often, if ever, unqualified people were hired. Fur-
ther down in the list of recommendations it says: "The faculty should seek ways
to regain a sense of itself as a body, primarily by finding more time/methods
to meet to discuss important academic issues."
Then, in a later chapter.the report talks about the "strong tradition at Marist
of faculty involvement in academic governance... faculty take seriously (and
guard jealously) their responsibility to make academic policy." Apparently that
"strong tradition" does not include attending the faculty colloquia.
Last spring, the faculty held a meeting to discuss the proposed Honors Pro-
gram. According to the study, there are 146 full-time professors at Marist. At
the height of attendance during this hour-long discussion, only 40 faculty
members were present. As a Circle reporter sitting in on the meeting, I was
disgusted as I listened to two professors quietly discuss their plans for the
weekend while another professor was debating some of the proposal's re-
quirements. The meeting left me feeling as if I had just returned to high school
for a final period study hall.
The faculty did not jealously guard its responsibility that day.
Apathy may work fine for philosophers like Spinoza but here at Marist there
is no place for it. However, the study is honest in its assessments. For all the
scoffing and exasperated eye-rolling, the overall report is fair. It does say in
all areas there is room for improvement.
It is unfortunate that something so important would be seen by students as
just another PR job.
Editors' notebook
^CARI OLESKEWICZ
The Circle does not support or endorse any specific candidate in this year's presidential
election. We do, however, encourage the students and faculty of Marist College to exercise
their right to vote. Many citizens complain that our government officials have lost touch
with us, that government does not belong "with the people." We have come to despise
"career politicians" because we feel they do not have our interests at heart. Well, why should
they when only half of us vote?
We at the Circle have one political columnist and have printed many letters to the editor.
None of these specifically support the views pf the Circle editorial staff, but I thought Marist
students might be interested in how we will vote.
None of us support George Bush. This should not surprise him because he knows how
liberal the media is. J. W. Stewart will vote for Perot, noting that it was more that he was
"not voting for Bush." Chrissy Cassidy and Anastasia Custer are undecided, not sure of
whether to vote for Clinton or Perot. Custer likes what Perot has to say but questions his
ability to get things done. Cassidy is leaning towards Clinton bat believes Perot will be
better able to get things done. Ted Holmlund is also undecided, but will not vote for Perot
because he dropped out of the race this summer. Dominick Fontana, Carey Allaband, Amy
Crosby, S.J. Richard and mvself will cast votes for Bill Clinton. We believe that because
George Bush has been in office for 12 years, it is time for a change, and Bill Clinton is
the candidate who can best bring about a positive change for this country. -
*. Do not doubt your efficacy. Your
vot& does
make a difference, even if you write in a
candidate not even on the ballot. Stop complaining and start acting.
C W Pos<-
(rOOV UjCK
Perot the best choice
Vacation granted me ample time to ponder
the presidential debates and consider my can-
didate of choice. Disregarding anything the
mainstream press has to say, the winner in
the debates was clearly Ross Perot. You can-
not argue the man has the talent to combine
corny, small town sayings from Hicksville,
U.S.A. with biting political satire. At the
same time, he says something of intellectual
worth about political policy.
To disappoint some, I think my candidate
of choice for '92 is Ross Perot. Call it a pro-
test vote, call it a cynical, uninformed choice
for a political outsider, who has yet to pro-
ve himself, call it a cop out; you can call it
whatever you want. I attempted to disregard
my respect and hope for George Bush and
vote for Perot, probably, in my humble opi-
nion, the only candidate who really could af-
fect change to our political system. A system
that has produced little more than serious
political gridlock for years. As I have said
throughout the semester, a fact some of the
letters to the editor have failed to pick out,
I have been disppointed by George Bush and
suspicious of Bill Clinton. I have also hinted
at Ross Perot as a real choice, not a pseudo-
choice as the pro-Clinton, bleeding-heart
liberal press would have most Americans
believe. Perot's money does not come from
political action committees or special interest
groups. Instead, he owes his allegiance to the
Americans in his grass-roots campaign that
have put his name on the political map. His
focus on the debt accumulated by America
is the right focus, one tempered by his
realization, that we need to revitalize our
private sector and industrial job base.
Despite my disappointment in Bush, I still
refuse to believe it was his leadership that has
caused economic harship. We hear about the
12 years of a Republican presidency, but we
do not hear about the 38 years of a
Democratically controlled Congress. It has
spent money with little regard to what spen-
ding increases do to the average tax-payer.
So why vote for Perot, right, Ward?
Maybe I got caught up in the economics in
this election. If you were to believe the force-
fed news from the press, you would probably
believe the economy is the only issue in this
election. I do not agree with the entire Perot
platform but 99% of seems logical. Do not
misunderstand me, Perot is not a political
savior. I do not agree raising taxes on
gasoline prices will help raise revenue to
balance the budget and lower our debt
without hurting the middle class. Tax in-
creases on gas do one thing - socks the mid-
dle class right in its wallet. I would hope
Ross, old boy, would use that electronic
town hall as president and put the specifics
of that bill into the hands of the American
people to veto. Frankly, (this is what
frustrates me the most), no matter which
candidate wins the election, the problems
facing this country will not disappear. What
we are witnessing today is the product of
generations of political abuse and years of
spending without thinking while ac-
cumulating massive amounts of debt. Our
economic situation, although not as horri-
ble as previously thought, is still a problem
that has not come to fruition in the scant
four years of Bush's presidency.
Ross Perot is a conservative, out to pro-
tect the interests of the American people. He
has a semi-solid economic plan base on
business success. He has achieved the
American dream and wants to return the op-
portunities he has had to the American peo-
ple. He is a people's candidate, something
we have not had for a long time in this
country.
Bill Clinton says he wants to raise the taxes
on the wealthiest Americans (those earning
oyer $200,000) and what will result is a $150
billion in surplus revenue to re-invest in the
economy. Someone should tell Bill Clinton
to wake up — trickle-down government is
not a solution. Bush is right, you cannot tell
me Clinton's spending programs (that he has
dressed up under the guise of a "new"
democratic political platform), will not cost
the middle class time, money and jobs.
God forbid the Democrats retain control
of Congress. Spending, inflation rates and
the misery index will increase and make these
Words
From A
Political
Ward
last four years seem like a vacation to
Disneyland. Bill Clinton says he wants to
protect the environment, yet Arkansas is
ranked 50th in environmental standards for
the nation, according to George Bush. So
what does Clinton do? He adopts the en-
vironmental wizard, Gore, to the ticket —
hey, something for everyone. Clinton said he
supported the North American Free Trade
Agreement, then he said he did not, now he
says he does, but it needs revisions. Hey, Bill,
pick a side — any side. Then he explains this
by saying he is tired of decision-makers in
American politics being "polorized an push-
ed into corners." That is exactly the pro--
blem. We have too few people in politics who
will make tough decisions without waffling.
If you are planning on voting for Clinton,
fine, but vote for him because you think he
has the best plan of attack on the woes of
the country. Do not vote for him because he
is not Bush. There is a distinction, albeit a
fine one.
Once again, if you think I chickened out
in the 11th hour and did not vote for Bush,
then fine, but I have been hinting about Ross
Perot all semester. Regardless of what you
have read in the letters to the editor, I like
George Bush and Ross Perot. If I could have
my way, I would combine the foreign policy
of George Bush with the business savy and
domestic expertise of Ross Perot.
Regardless of whether or not you have
ever read my column, please do one thing for
yourself and your country — vote. Only the
American people can change this country. As
Ross Perot says, we need a government that
comes from the people, not a government
that comes at the people.

.,.
See you at the polls.
- V
Aaron Ward is The Circle's political
columnist.
THE CIRCLE
VIEWPOINT
OCTOBER
29,1992
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Democrat Clinton has best plans of all the candidates
Editor:
George Bush knows why the
American people may soon vote
him out of* the Oval Office. He
know's it's not the Iran-Contra
scandal or Dan Quayle that will
keep him from remaining in the
White House in January...it's his
record.
Bush's record has shifted the
focus of this campaign from issues
to character. He has failed to
recognize that euphoria from the
Gulf War has worn off and
Americans want to focus on the
economy, George Bush's greatest
defeat.
Despite the president's constant
attacks on his character, Bill Clin-
ton is still ahead in the polls. The
reason is simple. Bil "Clinton has
no record to defend. He has no
prior record as Commander in
Cheif, something George Bush, un-
successfully, tries to exploit.
If you asked George Bush to
reflect on his record, without a
doubt, he would cite the end of the
Cold War and his success over Sad-
dam Hussein, but these two ex-
amples does not a good record
make. Communism fell during his
administration...not under it.
If any credit should be given to
the breakdown of Communism in
the former Soviet Union, it should
go to Ronald Reagan for buying
them out. But, the price has been
steep for both the Soviet Republics
and the United States. The Bush
administration was left with a
surplus of defense and a failing
economy.
George Bush also needs to
recognize that the United States is
no longer the sole super power
because the Soviet Union has
crumbled. Although we remain the
envy of people around the world,
we no longer have the economic
power we once did. In order to
become a super power again, we
need to increase investment here,
develop new, effective trade
agreements and increase the
number of jobs in the U.S.
This is what the American peo-
ple want to hear, not more draft
dodging accusations.
If you can get past the issues of
character, you're left with • the
reason Ross Perot entered the race
- the issue of the economy. Of
course, all the candidates have a
plan to revitilaze the economy.
Their goals are the same. The
choices lie in the means by which
each candidate plans on getting.
that done.
The Reagan/Bush/Quayle ad-
ministration has failed. It is now
clear that
"trickle-down"
economics don't work. George
Bush has had three years to create
policies to jump-start the
economy...we need a new strategy.
Bill Clinton and Ross Perot can't
guarantee that their plans to fix the
economy will be effective, but we
already know that George Bush's
aren't.
Clinton as president a bad idea
Editor:
Congratulations must go out to
Bill Clinton on his successful
presidential campaign. It was only .
a matter of.time before a potential
presidential candidate, would. ex-
ploit _ the ignorance • of. many
Americans, as Bill Clinton has
done. This is not a jab at America,
but.rather a wakeup call.'After
listening to many Clinton .sup-
porters around the nation.and on
this campus, it is clear to me .that *••:
an economic course.and a'goveniT-
ment course, coupled with an ethics
course would put an end to Clin- .
ton's campaign,predicated on ig-..
norance. Many Marist students and'
Americans in general support Clin-
ton, for among other reasons^.his
pro-choice stance. Bill Clinton has'
taken every opportunity to express
this view and to scare women and
. other pro-choice advocates into not
voting.for President Bush because
\
.of his pro-life stance...A class in,;
government, however, would clear
up this misrepresentation. The ex-
ecutive branch has ho authority, on
the issue-of abortion, only
:
the
Supreme. Court does, and therefore
the president's position is.mean-
ingless. Clinton, however, is quick
'..
to point out that Bush would stack
:
the court by "appointing" pro-life
judges. Apparently Clinton needs
' a government course, because the,-
president does not appoint judges,
; he merely nominates them,
s
and
therefore hasllttle abilityto change
. the balance of the court,
, Clinton also successfully lied to
the American people and filled ,
them with false, hope about bis
economic policy., Apparently the
American people are supposed, to
ignore the plethora of economists
who say his plan will not help end
the recession, nor will he be able to
pay for all of his.proposals. Clin-
ton says that his economic policy
is.adeparture.from previously fail-
ed "tax and spend" economics of
the democrats. On the other hand,
he proposes taxes on the upper 2
per cent ,o£ the economic scale,
taxes on foreign corporations, and
if you believe the economists who
have ho' stake in this election, he
will raise taxes on the" working class
to pay for his proposals: So, you
have the tax increases, you have the
spending increases, sure sounds like
tax and spend to me.
Clinton does, however, claim he
" wants to cut government spending
(current government spending; as
"he will ultimately increase if he
'plans to keep all of. his, campaign
^promises), but the only concrete ex-
' ample he has given is to cut defense
" spending. Apparently He does not
mind throwing all of these people
out of work, thus adding to the rate
of .unemployment,'but have no
..fear, he canalwaystais'e taxes and
pay, for; his Job 're-training' pro-.
gram.,Unfortunate|y for Bill Clin-
ton I have taken: an economic
course and therefore read between
the lines. Bill Clinton is correct in
saying he is not the typical "tax and,
spend democrat", instead he brings
the idea of taxing and spending to
all newheightsi Basically, the U.S.
cannot afford Bill Clinton and Al
. Gore;
. - . ' - • "
Finally, I am glad that I have
taken ethics courses at Marist. I on-
ly wish Bill Clinton would have
taken them.. Apparently he does
not find it unethical to repeatedly
lie to the American people
on
issues
involving his draft record, his anti-
american protests; his alleged af-
fairs, or his "constant wavering on
issues just to appease a special in-
terest group.,He lies' and changes
his position' and apparently*'
;America.does:notcare, but I'.do.
I. do not want a president who
distorts facts', boasts about a few
accomplishments made in a tiny
- state, in over a decade of work,
(that still rates near the bottom in
all categories states are ranked on),
and who-apparently knows little
about how government and
economics work, and knows even
less on how to tell the truth. The
question
is:
Do you really want him
, to run this country? Do you really
want him representing this coun-
try? My, last point, or perhaps it is
my last pica: do not vote for Bill
Clinton because you do not want
to vote for George Bush. Vote for
him only if you., trust in him and
believe in him. You are better off
not voting for either of the two
than you are if you vote against one
•of
them. I know it is fashionable
to be a Clinton supporter, but stop
and think, is it Dradical?
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I'm compelled to trust Clinton's
instincts on fixing the economy
over the other candidates. And
without a thriving economy, health
care and education will be further
sacrificed to pay for our growing
debt. He offers a bold, new plan
to re-start the economy. And while
critics say he is the typical "tax and
spend Democrat," they may be
wrong come January. Bill Clinton
can't predict everything he will do
during his term as president, but
during the last debate he made a
commitment not to raise taxes on
the middle class to pay for his pro-
grams. If he is elected president,
and goes back on this promise, he
can be sure he would not be re-
elected in 1996. He is willing to take
this risk.
George Bush during the final
debate tried several tactics to reflect
attention away from his record. He
tried to instill the fear of high in-
flation rates due to the administra-
tion of the last Democrat to be in
New breed
arrives for
Once upon a time, a long time
ago, an immortal vampire named
Dracula survived solely on a diet of
blood.
It is a little known fact he still ex-
ists — only now he survives on a
diet of beer, nachos, pizza, and
water. He is currently on tour giv-
ing a lecture series on beer and how
to get the best of it. This Halloween
.seasonhe has decided to.bring his'
lectures to Marist.
His first lecture series contains
the four stages of drinking: poun-
ding, getting inebriated, passing
out and waking up with a
hangover. Tips from this series in-
cludes finding faster ways than fun-
nels to reach intoxication and how
to accomplish anything, even if it
only entails taking a shower, on a
day one has a hangover. For his
tour at Marist, he is also bringing
a few books he wrote. The first one
"Your Keg and How to Care For
It" explains how to get the best
usage out of a keg and how to
camouflage it if necessary. For new
keg owners, he provides a step by
step guide on how to tap a keg. The
book also stresses the importance
of parties as an elite social gather-
ing and the importance of atten-
ding a college where there are lots
of bars that don't proof hard.
His second book is "How to
Scam Beer Out of Everyone You
Know". This, the esteemed Count
feels, is one of the most vital books
a college student will own. He
realizes how much money students
spend on alcohol and feels that,
hey, every once in a while, each
person deserves a free beer.
This book explains how to sneak
out just about anything from a bar
and how to convince yourself that
after all the alcohol you have con-
sumed, you still have a few brain
the White House, Jimmy Carter.
He also continued to blame Con-
gress and criticize Clinton's record
in Arkansas. He again failed. What
impressed me the most during the
final debate was Ross Perot - not
for his plan to revitilize the
economy, but his interpretation of
the campaign coverage and the can-
didates. After criticizing the press
for telling people what to think, he
summed up the contempt
American voters have for politics
and government in general. He's
absolutely right when he says the
problem with our system of
government is that, "Nobody takes
responsibility for anything."
Don't let polls and journalists
tell you how to vote. Don't think
if you vote for Perot your vote is
wasted. Don't let apathy re-elect
George Bush.
Caroline Jonah, junior
of Dracula
Halloween
cells remaining which will enable
you at least to gulp down some
water (an important ability to
have).
Since it is Halloween, Dracula
also thought of some Halloween
costume suggestions for the Marist
campus.
He suggested housing officials
could dress up as a band of bank
Life
is
the
bubbles
Tara Stepnowski
robbers. An inside source at Marist
informed him they were already
thieves, and dressing up in such a
costume would be redundant.
He also suggested Potown, on a
collective whole, should disguise
itself as a town filled with in-
telligent, calm people.
During his stay at Marist he
plans to at least go trick or treating.
He revved himself up for the kick-
ing Monster Mash party taking
place in the dining hall but was
soon disappointed that he would
have to pay and not even get a beer
out of the deal. He wants to remind
the Marist community his lecture
series stresses the positive side of
beer (he doesn't really think there
is a negative one) and after atten-
ding his lectures and reading his
books, you will be able to drink
with the best of the lushes. He
wants everyone to look for his
newbook "In Search of Brain
Cells".
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the board on the cement in between
Leo and Sheahan Halls with a
security guard looking on in
amusement.
The owner of the scorched wood
said she thought the situation was
funny too. Marianne Carpenter liv-
ed on the third floor of Sheahan
Hall and said she had no idea that
her board was even being used.
Carpenter, from Booneville,
N.Y., said she was informed her
board was no longer in existence
the morning after Gordon's prac-
tical joke.
"Everybody took it so serious-
ly,"
said
the
junior
psychology/special education ma-
jor. "It was so intense you had to
laugh." Gordon, a friend of
Carpenter's, confessed his trick to
her soon afterwards. "Mike was
the one playing with the lights and
that stuff on the mirror," said
Carpenter. "I thought it was so
funny but people still believed in
it." Carpenter has been an RA in
Sheahan Hall for two years and
said she tried to pass on the stories
like her RA did to her. "The stories
didn't interest them as much as
they did us," she said.
Most people said they heard the
ghost stories within the first few
weeks of school from security
Ghosts?
by
S.J. RtCHARD
Folks, I don't believe in ghosts.
But, walking, around campus bet-
ween midnight and 3 a.m. asking
security personnel about Marist
ghost stories and visiting the grot-
to alone in the early-morning hours
can make one seriously rethink her
opinions.
There is practically no record of
the Sperling killing in the library.
I pulled out Vol. II of the 1975
/New York Times Index and drop-
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theme. The red brings out the
school color, hot and alive is
enthusiasm and the live is the life
at Marist," said Richard
St. Arromand, a freshman from
Brooklyn,
N.Y. Another
freshman, Stacy Rhubin from
Ballston Spa, N.Y., also agreed
with Arromand and said it was
cheery at Marist and the theme was
not sad and sappy like other
schools.
Not only did students react both
negatively and positively to the
theme, but advisors disagreed too.
"I think it's an excellent theme. I
think the criticism is unwar
ranted," said Mary McComb, ad-
visor to the yearbook. "I know the
yearbook staff explored the theme
and the whole campus was invited
to become involved with the year-
book. As advisor and expert in
organizational communication, the
yearbook staff is doing a great
job." However, the senior class ad-
visor said although he has heard
about the controversy from some,
class officers and does not know,
everything about the theme, he ap-
pears to disagree with it. "From
what I've heard, it doesn't sound
like a traditional yearbook theme.
1 am a traditionalist and the year-
book is the senior class's way of
capturing their four years," said
Donald Anderson, class advisor
and professor of english.
Greek notes
Did you know that Marist Col-
lege Greeks do a lot more than
throw parties and get in trouble?
If you answered no to the
above, this column is for you. The
Greek News was an idea thought
up by the Greek Counsel in order
for the non-Greek Marist popula-
tion to get an idea of what it is that
Greeks do.
The Greek Counsel is planning
many events this year, such as a
clothes drive to take place on Dec.
2 and 3, and a Greek Family Feud
on Dec. 10.
guards and upperclass students.
Karin Reed, a sophomore who liv-
ed in Sheahan Hall her freshman
year, said she never believed in
ghost stories until she came to
Marist. Reed said she was told
stories about a couple ghosts at
Marist but basically forgot about
them until this year when she mov-
ed into the Townhouses and weird
things began happening.
She said she found a tall, white
candle she owns balancing on its
wick one day.
"You can't balance this thing
yourself," said the psychology ma-
jor from Durham, Conn. "It tips
over. It just can't be done." Lights
will turn on by themselves in the C-
block Townhouse where.she lives,
Reed said. "We were watching
T.V. one time when suddenly the
light went on," she said. "I didn't
know what the hell was going on."
Other odd things have happen-
ed in Reed's Townhouse. One of
Reed's housemates was getting
breakfast one morning when she
heard someone crying very loudly
upstairs. She later learned she was
the only person in the house that
morning.
"I really don't believe in this
kind of thing," Reed said, "but I
get scared when this stuff starts
happening to me." However, not
ped it on the table. It fell open to
page 1503. The page heading was
murder —- the top. name was
Sperling.
Feel free to scoff at the stories,
though. 1 don't buy most of them.
Rob McComiskey, a security
guard, had the best ghost story of
all.
He stopped me as I entered
Champagnat Hall to tell me he had
seen a ghost. "Yeah,'* he said, "I
just saw Shelley — she was reading
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everybody believes in spooks and
specters. Bob Lynch, coordinator
of student activities, is one of the
skeptics.
Lynch was at Marist College on
that unfortunate night back in 1975
and seems dismayed at the fact that
so many people claim there is a
ghost at the school. "People can be
convinced of things very easily
sometimes," Lynch said. He said
he agrees with the normal explana-
tion that most people's experiences
occurred while under the influence
of alcohol. "I don't believe in
ghosts," said Lynch. "I believe in
mental illness and hallucinations."
Dan Ankst agrees and said he
believes that people want some of
these stories to be true so badly that
they are willing to stretch the
bounds of common sense to the ex-
treme. "All I have to say to these
people is, 'Look Elvis is dead, so
is Shelley, and neither of them are
coming back,' " said Ankst, a
junior history major from Averill
Park, N.Y. Brian Vetter, a student
who works security dispatch,
agrees that these stories are exact-
ly that: stories. He said in all his
time working for security he has
never heard one story about weird
events on campus. Everything he
has ever heard is easily explained.
"If lights go off or turn on, that's
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"I'm a skeptic. If there is such a
thing as ghosts, then they don't
bother me."
However, others in the Office of
Saftey and Security are not so sure
that everything has a logical
explanation.
Harry Haskins, a security guard,
said he knows of two different in-
cidents which defy explanation.
Haskins said a fellow security was
sitting in the Fireside Lounge in
Campus Center when suddenly he
felt a gust of wind brush pass him,
and the scent of perfume hung
heavily in the air. As the man look-
ed up he saw a shadowy silhouette
floating in front of the windows.
He told Haskins he stood up very
calmly and walked out of the room
and now refuses to enter the
Lounge for any reason. Haskins
also knows a another security
guard who was locking up the
Marist Chapel when suddenly the
door began to shake vigorously.
"Needless to say the Chapel didn't
get locked that night," Haskins
said. Haskins' stories were all
second-hand accounts but Dennis
McConologue said he has had en-
counters with Marist Ghosts rang-
ing from unexplanable phenomena
in Champagnat Hall to actual
ghost citings in Campus Center.
McConologue, night-shift super-
visor, recalls an incident in Cham-
pagnat Hall a few summers ago
when suddenly a light appeared on
the fifth floor — the building was
supposed to be vacant.
He said the magnetic locks on all
the doors were set, and guards were
stationed at all exits as a few other
security personel went up to the
area in question via the stairs.
When they approached to floor,
the elevator began to descend. They
ran down the stairs to confront
whoever was in it. »
The elevator finally halted in the
basement. When the doors opened,
it was empty.
McConologue said he saw the
image of a young woman with long
hair^wearing a flowing white dress
gliding through the back of the
Campus Center just above the
cafeteria.
He said he does believe in ghosts,
but the things that students claim
to have seen are probably not real.
"Shelley's
here,"
said
McConologue. "I firmly believe
that when a tragedy happens in a
place, weird things will happen.
She's only here in the summer
though, when the students aren't
around."
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THE CIRCLE, OCTOBER
29,1992
Red Foxes
divide games
to end season
by
ANDREW HOLMLUND
Staff Writer
The women's soccer team split
its final two matches of ihe season
last weekend. The club, which
finished the year with a 2-4-1 mark,
was shut out Sunday by Fairfield
University, 3-0.
Ruth Ursone and Julie Fillipone
scored the first two goals for
Marist.
On Saturday, the Red Foxes
defeated Bard College 3-1.
Dee Sullivan and Cindy Dellato
combined for the final tally.
Head Coach George Browne was
pleased with the win and feels the
team has excelled this season. "I
am very happy with how the girls
have played," he said. "The team
has made a big turnaround from
last year. The things that we have
worked on in practice have paid off
for us."
Junior forward Cindy Dalotto skirts around a Bard defender
in the Foxes' last home game. Marist blanked the Blazers 3-0.
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Harriers near front
in NEC title meet
by
MIKE WALSH
Staff Writer
The cross country program continues to reach new heights. The
men'steam took third Saturday, at the Northeast Conference Champion-
ships.— this after both the men's and women's teams grabbed gold at
the previous meet — the Hofstra Invitational. Marist had never before
accomplished the feat.
Junior Dave Swift's 27:34 was good enough for eighth place overall
as well as All-Conference honors.
Swift, though, was not entirely happy with his performance. "I didn't
feel I was pushing myself as I should have," he said. "I never made any
surges and could have finished better."
Coach Pete Colaizzo was satisfied with his team's place even though
Swift was not the only member frustrated with his race. "If we didn't
finish third, I would have been disappointed. But losing to two teams
like that (FDU, who took its third straight NEC title and Rider, who
took the two previous East Coast Conference victories before coming
to the NEC this year), I'm not going to lose any sleep over it." Women's
Coach Phil Kelly was not pleased with a fourth-place finish. He felt this,
was the most disappointing meet of the season.
"We just weren't sharp, there were several things that hurt us. I'll take
some of the blame, too."
Freshman Melissa Zobel also gained NEC recognition with her 10th-
place finish in a time of 19:57 for the 3.1 mile course.
Sarah Sheehan, Colleen Carson, Kristy Ryan, Theresa Hickey and
Dawn Doty also had top 20 finishes for Marist.
Zobel led the team at Hofstra as well, crossing second.
Swift took first on the men's side — his first personal collegiate win.
Netters end year with 2-11 mark
by
TERI L. STEWART
Staff Writer
The women's tennis team will
begin its search for more players
next year, but for now, Coach Ken
Harrison has acquired a new
recruit.
Harrison said he saw freshman
Jennifer Illustrado on campus one
day and asked her to play because
he had seen her play in the past.
: Illustrado joined the team on Oc-
tober 7 during the week of the con-
ference championships.
The freshman finished her ab-
breviated season with a 2-3 singles
record, 4-1 in doubles. "She is im-
proving all the time and seems pret-
ty dedicated to getting better,"
Harrison said.
Earlier this week, Marist (2-11)
lost a close 5-4 decision to RPI. In
. action last week, the Red Foxes
were defeatedby St. Peter's Col-
lege 7-2.
Even with six players, Marist lost
all six of its sineles matches.
The Red Foxes also dropped a
6-3 decision to Fairleigh Dickinson
University but Illustrado notched
a 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 victory.
On October 11, some of the
players participated in the Nor-
theast Conference Championships.
Kim Zalai reached the consolation
round in the championships. Har-
rison said he felt good about the
season and is looking forward to
the future. "The goals of trying to
improve and get in shape were ac-
complished," Harrison said. "The
team is close in a lot of ways."
Booters blank Monmouth 4-0
by
TED HOLMLUND
Staff Writer
The men's soccer team has
broken its early season goal
drought. The Red Foxes (8-6-3)
shut out Northeast Conference
foe Monmouth 4-0. Seniors Ray
Payne, Bob Angrilla and Dan
Callahan notched a goal apiece
to lead the Marist attack.
Freshman Steve Horsfall add-
ed the other goal to balance the
charge. Junior Ryan Smith
recorded 10 saves, tallying his
second shutout of the season.
Head Coach
Howard
Goldman said the team's of-
fense has been crisper over the
past few weeks. "Our shooting
has been more accurate," he
said. "We're getting more peo-
ple into dangerous scoring posi-
tions up front."
Goldman also said the team
is on pace to break the .500
mark which was one of the
team's preseason goals.
Goldman said the team would
need losses from a few NEC
foes to gain entry into the NEC
tournament on Nov. 7 and 8.
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fVe'.rehoping we'll get
some spiritual help."
- Jim Parady
THE CIRCLE,
SPORTS
Junior setter Moira Breen lays sprawled out on the McCann Center floor after diving for
a ball. Senior Robin Gestl lends a hand. Marist lost only two matches in route to finishinq
third in the NEC Tournament.
Michael mixes drinks, not pitches
"by
MARK STACKOW
Staff Writer
Like any good bartender, Matt.
Michael is accustomed to lending
an ear. However, most patrons at
The Red Lobster, where Michael
works the bar on weekends, would
rather listen than talk.
Michael, a former professional
basebalLcpjayersand jat.xurrent
MafisP'Collegtf senior, has iivedia
life many just dream about. He is,
to some extent, Poughkeepsie's
version of Sam Malone, the ex-
baseball player and bartender
character on "Cheers." Michael,
however, is not comfortable in the
limelight. "I like to keep a low pro-
file," he admitted.
In fact, it came as a surprise to
many in the Marist community that
Gene Michael, the New York
Yankee general manager, had a son
enrolled here. That discovery came
when the younger Michael was oh
hand to help his father dedicate
Marist's new baseball field on Oct.
3. Michael's arrival at Marist is an
intriguingone. In the words of
Robert Frost, Michael took the
path "less traveled."
The path started on Interstate 85
and U.S. Highway 101. These are
the roads that weave their way
through the hills of North Carolina-
— roads that became the home
away from home for dozens of
minor league ballplayers toiling in
the Carolina League. Michael spent
time as a pitcher with the Prince
William (Va.) Cannons and the
Greensboro (N.C.) Hornets of the
South Atlantic League — both
Yankee affiliates.
Michael, a left-hander,never
considered pitching until he played
at.Dutchess, Community College
under Art Smith, now 'the head
coach at Marist.
"Coach Smith turned me into a
pitcher while I was at Dutchess. I
walked about ten batters in my first
game, and I never wanted to pitch
again. But Coach showed con-
fidence in me and gave me the ball
to start the next game," he
recalled.
From Dutchess, Michael went on
to Moorhead St. (Ky.) and signed
with the Yankees after he was
drafted late in the 1988 mid-season
draft. "I signed for only about
$1,000 and all the guys laughed at
me," he said. "Even with my pop's
background, I was naive. I was still
living a dream getting paid for
baseball." Michael was determin-
ed not to depend on his father for
baseball success and 'made the team
the old fashion way — he earned
it — by outrunning and outwork-
ing-the other pitchers.
However, a flaw in his delivery
caused an injury to his rotator cuff,
a vulnerable band of muscles in the
shoulder.
Lengthy rehabilitation and
surgery still could not fix the pro- ~
blem and Michael was forced to
retire. "My wife Ellen (who he met
on a blind date nine years ago and
married six years later) took it
harder then me," said Michael.
EVen though he turned down a
coaching position in the minors,
Michael remains close to the game
by playing in a local tri-state league
for the Pine Plains Plainsmen.
Michael, even by his account, liv-
ed the dream of many ballplayer
seven if he did not make it to the
big leagues.
After all, he could not complain
about a world where Catfish
Hunter was his neighbor and Graig
. Nettles lived down the street. Or
where former teammates like
Roberto Kelly and Kevin. Maas
have made it to Yankee Stadium.
Today, Michael has a new dream
— he wishes to own and operate his
own sports bar, not unlike Sam
Malone in "Cheers."
And at the tender age of 27,
Michael has discovered what many
older men still have not realized.
"It's not the arrival that's impor-
tant, but the journey," he said.
OCTOBER 29, 1992
STAT OF THE WEEK:
The women's
cross
country team
finished fourth at the NEC Cham-
pionships...its lowest finish of the
y e a r . .'.
. - • • .
by
ANDREW HOLMLUND
Staff Writer
To the misfortune of the
women's volleyball team, they
came up short on their home court,
as the Red Foxes hosted its first
Northeast
Conference
Tournament.
However, Marist was able to
capture a respectable third-place
finish by collecting three out of five
wins last weekend.
The Red Foxes started off on a
winning note by cruising past St.
Francis (N.Y.), 15-8,15-4 and 15-9.
Freshman Jen Creighton slammed
down eight kills in the first set,
completing the match with 11.
Nicole Silenzi and Christie McKeon
each chipped in with seven: •
This was followed'by a 15-11,
15-13,15-13, setback at the hands
of Robert Morris.'
The Foxes were able to bounce
back by sweeping past St. Francis
(N.Y.) again, 15-5, 15-9 and 15-3.
Silenzi and McKeon once again
paced the Marist attack with 10
kills apiece while lone senior Robin
Gestl followed with nine. On Sun-
day, the Foxes advanced to the
semifinals with a convincing 15-4,
15-10, 15-3 victory over Fairleigh
Dickinson University. In the
match, Creighton put down a
team-leading 14 kills, while
McKeon spiked 13. Marist hopes
for a first-place finish were
evaporated when Robert-Morris
beat the Foxes in the semifinals,
15-9, 10-15, 15-11, and 15
:
8.
The loss was the second loss for
Marist in the double-elimination
tournament!
';•/.
Head Coach Sally Johnston was
not only pleased} with the third-
place result; she
1
- was also happy
with the team's effort. "The first
match against Robert Morris was
one of the best of the tournament,"
she said. "The girls played ex-
tremely well — the best I have seen
all season."
Moira Breen and Creighton were
named to the All-Tournament
Team.
Foxes stumble again,
winless last 5 weeks
by
J.W. STEWART
Sports Editor
Sept. 19,1992 —Marist beats
Pace 18-13 to run its record ,to
2-0. Today, Oct. 29, 1992 —
The football team stands at
2-4-1, unable to win in almost
a month-and-a-half and
eliminated from the quest. for
the Liberty Conference crown.
The team's personal losing
streak continued when it lost to
Rensselaer last Saturday, 26-17.
The Red Foxes, who never
trailed by more than nine, had
an opportunity to pull out a win
on the rain-soaked, mud-
covered field when Don
D'Aiuto slipped in from five
yards out with 9:40 left in the
contest. However, RPI (5-1)
returned the ensuing kickoff to
the Foxes' 35-yard line, punch-
ed in an extra score and sent
Marist back to Poughkeepsie
with another exasperating
defeat.
"That kickoff return gave
them field position more than
anything," said Head Coach
Jim Parady. "We had a couple
of mental let-downs in situa-
• tions like that and that hurt."
It also did not help that Marist
was only l-of-13 in third-down
conversions. "We need to move
the chains a little bit better and
keep the offense on the field.
You have to"
get them
(third-
down conversions) when the op-
portunity arises," said Parady.
The opportunity to win the
game did arise; according to
Parady, but once again, execu-
tion was a problem." One per-
son keeps breaking down on
every play," he explained. "An-
dit's not the same person break-
ing down, either, and that's
perplexing."
Besides D'Aiuto's run,
Marist received scoring help
from Scott DeBenardo (38-yard
field goal) and Dan Phelan
(15-yard touchdown catch from
Brian McCourt).
With the prospect of winning
the conference gone, the goal
the team wants to accomplish is
a winning season. "Our backs
are against the wall," said
Parady. "We have to win our
last three.'' Standing in the way
is St. John's. The Redmen come
to town on Halloween. "We're
hoping we'll get some spiritual
help." said Parady.
Soccer club finds fun after year of frustration
Something tells me that if the
women's soccer team had lost every
game this year, they really wouldn't
have minded. That's hot to say the
team likes to lose, but something
else mattered to the Red Foxes this
season — having fun. They had
been missing it for a year and as a
club sport, that's the main ingre-
dient.
"It got to the point where it
wasn't fun and we expected to
lose," said senior halfback Laura
Nelson of the 1991 campaign,
which was full of embarrassing
scores, poor attitudes arid a dif-
ficult coach. "This year, I don't
believe anyone thinks we played a
bad game." That seems to be the
prevailing attitude around the
women's team, which is still at the
club level four years after its
charter* Pulling a 2-4-1 record from
the ruins of a 1-13-1 team can do
that. Scrdoes only losing games by
one goal and not 10.
"Last year, we were getting
blown out 12-2 and 8-0," recalled
senior co-captain Patrice Selleck
with a shake of her head. "We_.
haven't been blown out at all this '
year and that's helped." In fact,
the worst defeat the team suffered
this year was a 3-0 loss to Fairfield
in the last game of the season. "I
think they were very pleased after
every game," said George Browne,
a senior who volunteers as the
women's coach. "Spirits were still
high after we lost because they were
having fun." Having fun was as
high of a priority this year as
revamping the offense to play a
4-4-2 line or training all the new
players. In order to have fun,
however, the team knew it had to
change its attitude. "They (last
year's seniors) weren't seeing the
results we're seeing and I think that
got them frustrated," said senior
Kerry Schwartzmann, the other co-
captain. The Red Foxes also need-
ed a better coach than last year.
Not necessarily someone who
would lead them to an undefeated
season, but someone who could fit
into the club sport mentality. They
found it in George Browne.
Browne, a soccer player the past
four years with the men, was
\^„. . Thursday
Morning
Quarterback
Stewart
"recruited" by Selleck to coach the
team after he injured his knee the
first day of practice.
His personal and fair style of
coaching was in stark contrast to
Bobby Miedl's. MeidI, also a
former soccer player, graduated
last year.
"I don't have anything good to
say about him (Miedl)," stated
Selleck. "I don't think he related
to us on a personal level. His goal
was to win and say, 'I coached a
women's team and they're 13-0.'
And soccer's not supposed to be
like that — especially on a club
level."
Browne was a bit surprised to
hear the accolades. "I wasn't real-
ly a 'coach' to them," he said,
shrugging off the fact he helped
replace the frowns that dominated
last year's team. "I was more or
less a friend. I was there just to
make decisions." One of the deci-
sions the team may have to make
in the future is what kind of at-
titude to have in the event they are
approved for varsity status. Some
of the players are already thinking
about that, and believe it or not,
it's not easy to come up with an
answer. "I see the pros and cons
of being a varsity sport," said
Selleck. "When it's a club, you can
still mess around and have fun.
Varsity,it's cut and dry." More
pressure-filled, too. Definitely a
"con."
"As a club, it's not as serious
and you don't have to be great to
come out and play," pointed out
senior Deidre Sullivan. In a nut-
shell, that's the biggest argument
for staying a club team. "I guess
if you're a varsity team, you're go-
ing to be serious to a point. I just
hope when they go varsity, they
remember to have fun," reasoned
Nelson, combining both modes of
thought. And that may be the key
to the future right there — just
have fun and enjoy it no matter
where you are. That's easy to say,
but can be much harder to do. It'll
be an interesting adjustment for the
women down the road.
But, "fun" was the by-word this
year and, hopefully, will be the
word most associated with the team
in years to come. That is, of course,
next to the word "varsity."
J.W. Stewart Is The Circle's
sports editor.
TO THE MARIST COMMUNITY:
On Sunday, Nov. 1 between
l-3pm, the women's basketball
team will hold walk-on tryouts
at the McCann Center.
Contact Ken Babineau at
X2320 ASAP to make
arrangements.