Vol. 52 No. 5 , October 29 , 1998

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show at an otherwise weak
Battle of the Bands, pg. 12
BillTramaglini and the rest
of the-Red Foxes have
been up and down the last
three weeks, pg. 16
the student newspaper of Ijkarist College
VOLUME #52 ISSUE # 5
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OCTOBER 29,1998
Marist rescues rare
Weeping Hemlock
by CHRIS GROGAN
Asst. News Editor
the street did not want to de'To find an area free and clear
stroy the tree, so they offered it of water lines was difficult,"
to Marist.
Short said.
But the problem was in movAfter the controversial deA 20 foot wide by five foot
struction of the Ginko tree out- ing the tree.
deep hole was dug for the tree.
Many companies wanted up- Currently, there are guidelines
side the library last semester,
Marist recently added a rare wards of $30,000 to transport it, in place to make sure the tree
according to Massie.
breed of tree to the campus.
stays rooted in its new home.
Ralph Short, grounds superThe contractors demolishing
The guidelines are a temporary
the old Western Printing build- visor, said Marist decided it precaution, according to Short.
ing across the street donated a would save a large amount of
"The guidelines will be reWeeping Hemlock to the col- money by transporting the tree moved in late spring," he said.
lege. Marist moved the massive "in-house" by using Marist's "Until then they are there for
tree and transplanted it in front grounds crew workers and settling and to guard against
equipment.
of the McCann Center.
heavy winds."
"It was quite a project to move" Brother Paul Ambrose, presiAccording to Tim Massie,
t-chief relations officer, the col- such a large tree,'' he said.
dent emeritus, held a religious
31ege-is,always-looking~for-ma-- L_-,-^Xherarea-in-front-"of-the-~-ceremony*for.-the»lree-whiJe i t '
r;ture and rare plantings to"a~dd McCann Center- was chosen was being planted.
because itwas large enough to
'".to the'campus.
He actually went into the hole
"This is a rare and beautiful accommodate the large equip- and sprinkled holy water on the
tree," he said, "and Marist had ment used to transport and plant soil. He said this process
*
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photo courtesy Tim Massie
a unique opportunity to obtain the tree, according to Short. blessed the roots of the tree.
Marist grounds crew transport a donated Weeping Hem- it"
Also, the location had to be
lock tree from the old Western Printing building to its new
The developers of the shop- large enough to handle the ... please see TREE, pg. 4
home by the James J. McCann Recreation Center.
ping center to be built across tree's extensive root structure.
RealAudio brings Marist
athletic games to the Web
byKRKTINABRrrO
StqffWriter
From Albania to Zimbabwe,
Marist athletics has gone global.
Marist now uses a service
called RealAudio to rebroadcast
some athletic games over the
World Wide Web. A live radio
feed is transferred from the field,
to a server and then rebroadcast
to the world.
According to Sean Morrison,
assistant athletic director of external affairs, only those games
that are radio broadcast can then
be
rebroadcasted
for
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RealAudio.
The program was launched
last year and die last two football games were used as a test,
Morrison said.
' "We were one of the first
schools to do this on their own,"
' he said.
-,. Currently, all football and
basketball games mat are radio
broadcasted are also available
on RealAudio.
"This is excellent for alumni to
keep track of Red Fox scores,"
Morrison said. - '
Lori Szilaski, senior Inter/
Intranet analyst and webmaster
at information Services, said rebroadcasting the games is a perfect way to use the RealAudio
license the college bought a few
years ago.
* ""We bought the RealAudio license when it was cheap and
was looking for a cause to use
it," she said. "When the athletic
department asked us about
RealAudio, we thought that it
would be a good idea."
The server only allows 60
people to log on simultaneously, but this has not been a
problem yet Szilaski said if an
upgrade was needed in the fu-
ture, it could be done.
Although only 60 people can
be logged on at once, there have
been up to 50 people at a time
listening to games, according to
Szilaski.
"Many people log on just to
check scores, besides listening
to the games," she said.
Tim Murray, athletics director,
said the RealAudio program is
outstanding and he has received positive feedback.
"It gives alumni the opportunity to'listen and follow their
Marist teams, and elevates the
status of'our athletic department," he said.
Murray said RealAudio is an
excellent way to bring the audience more to Dutchess County
at almost no cost.
Szilaski said other Marist
events could be broadcast in the
future.
Currently, only the baseball
tournament, football and basketball games have been rebroadcast, but there is a possibility
that women's basketball soon
willbe.
The RealAudio link for Marist
games can be found on the basketball and football Web pages
at www.marist.edu/athletics
Circle photo/Joe Scotto
The Route 9 project is expected to befinishedin December 1999.
Construction ties traffic
byJILLGIOCONDO
StqffWriter
Traffic tie ups, one lane roads,
construction crews.
All of these are familiar sights
to the Marist population, especially commuters and teachers,
who navigate the Route 9 construction everyday.
Joanie Jones, civil engineer in
charge of die project, said that
steps have been taken to alleviate some traffic problems.
"The construction company is
prohibited from closing lanes
down during rush hour and we
have sent advisories to the media when we have closed lanes
during these periods," she said.
For the most part, the construction between Delafield and
'Sharon Drive consists of drain-
age work, repaying, "creating a
concrete median barrier and
widening the shoulders of the
road. Construction began in late
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OCTOBER 29.1998
Security Briefs
Poughkeepsie Police arrested a
non-Marist student early Sunday morning, Oct. 11 for allegedly harassing a female student
at the West Cedar apartments.
According to Joe Leary, director of Safety and Security, the
man had twisted the student's
arm on Oct. 1, injuring her wrist.
This time, he had a couple of
friends with him when security
was called. A guard contacted
the Poughkeepsie Police when
the student filed a complaint
about the Oct. 1 incident. The
offender was arrested and
charged with 3rd degree assault.
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the fire. No injuries were reported.
WORLD BRIEFS
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IN YOUR OPINION
What are you going to be for Halloween?
Two students smelled a strong
burning odor in Donnelly Thursday, Oct. 15, at 3:50 a.m. while
working on a fashion project.
Since the alarm did not sound,
the two students contacted the
fire department who responded
and extinguished the electrical
short circuit in a hallway light.
OnMonday.Oct. 19atl0:40p.m.
a window in Gregory was broken. Leary said officers found a
female Sheahan Hall student at
the scene who admitted to the
vandalism, allegedly saying that
the window's owner had been
"bothering" her friend. A replacement window will cost approximately $50-$70. •
A combined total of 289 cans
and bottles of beer have been
confiscated, in addition to one
keg and tap, by the security
guards at Marist since the beginning of the academic year.
A tow truck hauled away two
vehicles from campus this past
week because the owners had
multiple, unpaid parking tickets.
The two offenders had to contact the towing company to
claim their vehicles.
Thirty-four 12-oz cans and three
12-oz bottles of beer, one 12-oz
Rolling Rock ale and one bottle
of wine were confiscated from a
second floor suite in Mid-rise
at 10 p.m., Oct. 9 by security
guards.
'I'm going to be a
ghost."
J.T. Dolan
sophomore
"Pippi
Longstocking."
Julie Rubinstein
sophomore
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Security asked the guest to the room or to the guard's finleave shortly after completing ger.
her climb through the window
safely.
Two unauthorized guests were
found on the ninth floor of
An air-conditioning motor Champagnat Oct. 11 at 3:20 a.m.
seized and caught fire in An RD heard them yelling out
Donnelly at 3:55 p.m. last Satur- the window and asked the of. day. The fire department rushed fenders to leave later in the
t o the building and extinguished morning.
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I think I'm going to
be Batman if I can
find a costume."
Hsliish Sharma
junior
Lecture by "cyberrabbF'
Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein, the
rabbi of a "cybersynagogue"'
and an expert on Jewish mysticism and spirituality, wilJ address "Confronting the Shadow
Side of Spirituality" on Nov. 3
at 8 p.m. in the Nelly Goletti Theatre.
Visit his website at
www.foruiiLs.nisii.ajin/ReIigion.
YUGOSLAVIA - Tfuckloads of
Serbian troops retreated from
the Albanian pioyince of
Kosovo Monday, just;24 hours
Before'atyATOrimposeddeadline requiring them to clear out
dfjhat area.;The deadline is part
ofji larger agreement to establish peace in Kosovo! ',/, .
-': Yugoslav President Slobodan
Milosevic-and NATO officials,"
talked through the night "Sun-:
day in search of an end to the
fighting between Serb government forces and Albanian guerillas. Milosevic's Serbian
troops have blown up and plundered Albanian towns over the
past weeks, driving 250,000
people out of their homes. The
death toll is estimated at 800.
Albanian sources claim Serb
forces shelled four villages in
Kosovo Sunday and Monday.
NATO officials fear that, despite
Serb retreats, the fighting is far
from over. NATO has threatened air strikes if Milosevic
does not comply with its mission to restore peace.
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Hunger Month activities aid needy
byTONYHEYL
StaffWriter
Every 2.5 seconds a child dies
of hunger related causes.
It is shocking statistics like
that which have helped give rise
to Hunger Awareness Month
here at Marist.
Brother Frank Kelly, director
of campus ministry, said the entire month of November is reserved to increase consciousness arid raise money for hunger organizations.
Last year was the first time
Marist extended the traditionally week-long observance to a
month, and the change drew in
a record $3,664.53 in donations.
Kelly said he is hoping this
year can be even more successful.
"Every year I am more and
more impressed by how many
students really care about this
issue," he said. "Their overwhelming support is the evidence that they really want to
help."
This year will be the first time
students can donate to the
ISRAEL - Israeli Prime Minister cause with Marist Money and
Benjamin Netanyahu defeated a this is expected to greatly invote of no confidence Monday, crease the amount of money that
lstaeli nationalists and protestors continue to challenge
Netanyahu, mainly because they
oppose the land-for-peace
agreement he signed with Palestinians last week.
„. The interim peace accord
byKATHIJEENMOYLAN
signed by Netanyahu and PalStaffWriter
estinian leader Yasser Arafat
Victims
of
sexual assault, rape
calls for Israel to withdraw its
"troops from the West Bank. and incest and their families
Palestinians agreed to an exten- used me Marist College campus
sive'sccurity plan that will pro- to air out their laundry last Tuestect Israel from terrorist attacks day.
T-shirts adorned with stories
by Islamic militants. .
• Seveial fsijieli parliamentar- of domestic and sexual violence
ians took thev first step toward were strewn across the campus
holding elections next year, a green to commemorate this
move they hope\will force year's Clothesline event.
Joanne Myers, assistant proNetanyahu out of office..
fessor of political science and
CARIBBEAN - The U.k Na- advisor to the Gender Equality
tional Hurricane Centende- club, said the Clothesline project
clared hurricane Mitch, the is poignant. ;
"It brings into public light the
strongest of the season. Thev
myth
that families are not always
storm, now almosf>300 miles'
across with sustained winds of vsafe sanctuaries from the
180 mph, sent heavy rain over '•world," she said. "The ClothesJamaica and sea squalls in-the line Project allows survivors to
Cayman Islands.
\ hang out meir dirty laundry to
The hurricane Center issued a- help educate omers."
warning for eastern Honduras \ The Clothesline project
and continues to monitor Belize, started in 1990 in MassachuMexico's Yucatan peninsula setts, and was comprised of 31
survivors of rape, sexual assault
and Cuba.
No injuries weie reported in and incest. The program has
Jamaica, but Mitch disrupted grown t6\more than 35,000
flights, flooded streets and women, children and men who
forced cancellation of church are survivors of sexual assaults.
It provides an "opportunity to
services Sunday. In the Cayvictims to share their experiman Islands, government of- ences of violence. \ .
fices and schools were closed
The national program travels
Monday. The storm did not hit
around the world and is part of
either location directly.
the Dutchess County Domestic
MOSCOW - Russian President Violence Council's education
Boris Yeltsin cancelled project.
The Marist event was initiated
Tuesday's trip to Austria due
to extreme fatigue and weak-' by students and sponsored by •
hess. He had scheduled a one- the Gender Equality Club, which
day trip for talks with the Euro- is headed by junior Debra
pean Union about Russia's eco- Alfano.
Alfano said students, faculty
nomic crisis, the Middle East
and
staff were moved by the
peace agreement and attacks on
Albanians in Kosovo. Russian project.
"Domestic violence crosses
Prime Minister Yevgeny
age,
class and racial lines," she
Primakow will go instead.
is collected.
Hunger Awareness Month
kicks off Nov. 4 with a Hunger
Run/Walk at noon in front of
Champagnat Hall. There is a $2
entry fee for any adults who
want to participate and a $1 fee
for students.
Kelly said he hopes this year's
walk will attract at least 250
people and stressed it is not just
for walkers and runners.
"They can bicycle, rollerblade,
skateboard, run or walk, as long
as they do something physical
to finish the race," he said. "Doing something physical will help
keep the issue in your mind."
"BuckHunger Days" is scheduled for Nov. 6 through the 13.
Stations will be set up in Lowell
Thomas, Dyson, Donnelly, the
Rotunda and outside the Cabaret to collect cash and Marist
Money for local food groups.
The OXFAM Fast Day is
scheduled for Nov. 11. Meal
ticket holders can sign up for
this event on Nov. 9.
OXFAM Fast Day involves a
student giving up one meal from
their plan. In turn, Sodexho will
give the money to charities hunger fighting.
The next event scheduled is
Clothesline Project
gives victims a voice
-•gHuriger^r
"Awar,eness':
Month
the campus food drive from Nov.
15 to 22. It is cosponsored by
the Resident Student Council
and campus ministry. RSCswill
collect food from their respective residence halls and add that
to what campus ministry collects.
All of the food collected will
be brought to the chapel on Nov.
23 for blessing and will men be
distributed to local agencies.
Last year, 75 boxes of food were
collected and taken to local
agencies that serve the poor.
The All-Campus Hunger Banquet will be at 6:30 p.m. in the
Cabaret on Nov. 18. At this
event, people eat a dinner either
from a developed country or a
third-world country. They will
not know what kind of meal they
will eat until they come to the
event.
"The banquet is for everyone,
staff and students," Kelly said.
"It will be the luck of the draw
to determine what kind of meal
you will have, either first, second or third-world. It shows
people that anybody can become poor at anytime and that
you should appreciate what you
have and realize that it can be
gone at any time."
Nov. 4: Hunger run/walk
$2/adult, $l/student.
Nov. 6-13: BuckHungerpays
Donate a buck to fight hunger
Nov. 9: Oxfam Fast Day
Nov. JS-22: Campus Food
Drive
Nov.18: Hunger Banquet
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Nov:2(>-28:City Plunge
Lawrence, Mass.
Foodbasketpreparation,
Hunger Awareness Month is
capped off with the City Plunge
on Nov. 26 to 28. In this event
students will travel to Lawrence,
Mass., and prepare food baskets for the poor at the Lazarus
House.
All money collected will go
to OXFAM, Dutchess Food
Outreach and Lazarus House
Ministries. The food collected
will go to Dutchess Food Outreach, the Holy Trinity Thanksgiving Food Drive and Mount
Carmel Thanksgiving Food
Drive.
CAMPUS CANDIDS
•// is a
powerful,
graphic representation of domestic and
sexual
relationship
violence.
Roberta Staples
Director
Counseling Services
said. "It is an important testimony to read these shirts."
The table was staffed by members of the Grace Smith House,
which provides long-term housing and programs for battered
women and their children.
Roberta Staples, director of
counseling services, said the
program was emotional for
tfiose who stopped to read the
shirts.
"It is a powerful, graphic representation of domestic and
sexual relationship violence,"
she said.
Each T-shirt on the clothesline is color coded by the type
of abuse victims suffered.
White for murder, beige and yellow for battery or assault, pink
for victims of rape or sexual assault and lavender shirts for victims attacked because of sexual
orientation.
The program was brought to
campus in order to promote
awareness of sexual assault and
relationship violence.
Sophomore Lauren
Montemuro said she found the
display to be emotional.
" It's hard to look at something
like that without having a reaction and a feeling of sympathy
for the victims," she said.
Junior Chris Rowland enjoys the beautiful October
weather outside with his dog, Jazz.
ROUTE 9: Jams delay commuters
:
. help.with traffictieups.
.. DespiteUhe steps being lakMarch and the project is ex- > rag to alleviate traffic woes,
pected to be finished by De- '- many at Marist still find the
cember 1999!., . , ;
.,, constnictioif a problem.
, Jones said she is optimistic
Sandra Martin, a freshman
the project will .be finished commuter; said the construcsooner then that date.
tion . has forced her to leave
"The construction is going earlier for classes;
along faster than expected and
,"I was late to classes and to
there has been a lot of behind. / work severaltimesbecause of
the scenes work,* she said.
the construction so now 'J
Jones also said that by win- plan extra time into my schedter mere will be two lanes open . ule to. avoid; being late,", she
in each direction* whiclt-will
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OCTOBER 29.1998
[uestionhigh
cost of college housing
byJILLGIOCONDO
StaffWriter
Fifty thousand dollars can buy
a nice new car, a small house or
a year of housing for 10 people
in a Marist townhouse.
Currently, North End residents, Talmadge and West Cedar pay between $2,390 and
$2,522 per student for one semester to live in their apartment
or house.
Sarah English, director of the
Housing and Residential Life
Office, said students do not realize all the services they receive
for the cost of living on-campus.
"Although the number may
seem high when combining
everyone's board cost per year,
it actually isn't considering the
programming, security and
other services offered to oncampus residents," she said.
Pricing varies between each
unit since age of the building
and amenities are taken into
consideration.
Board costs, determined by
the financial board, cover many
things students take for granted.
Unlimited utilities, phones in
every room, furniture, maintenance, security and residential
staffing are some of the benefits
of on-campus living.
English said these things often go unnoticed by students
unless mere is a problem.
"Students take mese benefits
for granted such as when a toilet overflows they call maintenance and a plumber comes to
fix it," she said.
Board money is also used to
update appliances, complete
overall repairs to the house's
structure, and replace old furniture.
Amy Spero, a junior
townhouse resident, said housing costs do not appear to be
applied to maintenance and repairs.
"I think that the price is ridiculous because the house is not
in good shape and repairs
should have been done before
we moved in," she said. "For
example, my desk was broken
and hasn't been replaced."
English said living off campus
may be cheaper than living on
campus but the pros and cons
of each situation has to be
weighed.
"Students that live off campus
have to deal with non-college
neighbors, living away from the
campus, city police instead of
campus security and land lords
instead of RDs," she said.
Rob Dominquez of D&D As-
sociates, a rental agency located in Poughkeepsie, said the
average rental cost for a three
bedroom apartment similar to
Gartland is between $600 and
$625 per month. An average
four-bedroom house would be
between $900 and $1000 per
month. Costs vary depending
on the location, landlord, utilities and condition of the building.
Students who live off campus
also have to factor in gas money
or public transportation, utilities, phone and cable bills.
Although some students believe housing rates are high,
area colleges have comparable
housing rates for similar housingVassar College in the City of
Poughkeepsie, offers student
townhouses accommodating
five students and terrace apartments that accommodate four
students. Students are not required to purchase a meal plan
and they supply living and
kitchen furniture. Students pay
$1,760 per semester to live in a
townhouse.
SUNY New Paltz has only traditional residence halls on its
campus, 'according to the Web
sife.vNew Paltz'shousing office
was" unavailable for "comment
.beibr^pr&s time. ' V,
Ioria College in New Rochelle
offers students apartments as a
housing option. Dan Durury,
housing office assistant, said
Iona's apartments are located
' across the street, but are considered campus housing.
The college's student apartments are divided into three categories and prices vary depending on the style of apartment.
Studio apartments cost $2,425
per semester; one-bedroom
apartments cost $2,762.50; and
two-bedroom apartments cost
$2,875 per semester. - Students
living in apartments also are required to be on a $600 per semester meal plan.
Some apartment and
townhouse residents^ at Marist
said they feel housing costs
could be lower.
Mandy Parillo, a junior, resides
in the new upper townhouses.
She said that townhouse prices
could be lower.
"I think that housing costs for
the year are too high considering what we seem to get in the
houses and that student housing should be priced more equal
to what is available in the community," she said.
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The Weeping Hemlock is a 75-year-old tree and is valued at approxiamately $60,000.
TREE: Weeping Hemlock transplant appears a success
...continuedfrom pg.l
"It's a good idea to bless the
roots of a tree," he said. "It
would be a pity for it to be lost."
Short said he thinks the tree
has a good chance for survival.
"The tree was treated professionally, the entire tree went
through a wilt proofing process," Short said. He said the
- nearly 75-year-old tree is valued
at approximately $60,000.
The campus gained an expensive asset at a small price, according to Massie.
"The college saved tens of
thousands of dollars by transporting the tree without the cost
of aprivate company," Massie
said.
•:; ..';
Massie said the planting of the
Weeping Hemlock is "totally
unrelated" to the destruction of
the Ginko tree.
Career/Employer Expo atMarist and SUNY New Paltz
The tenth annual Mid-Hudson
Career and Employer Expo will
be held on Thursday, Oct. 29 in
the James J. McCann Recreation Center oh the Marist College campus, and on Friday, Oct
30 in the; Student Union Building on the campus of the State
University College at New Paltz.
More than 140 employers are
expected to attend mis career
event to provide information on
career opportunities to students
and alumni from colleges
throughout the Mid-Hudson
Valley.
Among thefirmsattending are
American Express Financial
Advisors;" Bank of New York;
E4elrhan'\Pu^iic"'.Reiatiipins:
Worldwide; Frito flay Inc.;' J.C.
Penney; Kaman Aerospace
Corp.; Morgan Stanley Dean
Witter; Paine Webber; State.
Farm Insurance; and Xerox
Corp.
The Career Expo is sponsored
by the Mid-Hudson Career Con-is'ortiurn, an organization of career development professionals
who^work to provide workshops and networking opportu^
nities. :
Tenth Annual Career and Employer
Once a year the veil between
the realms of the living and the
dead is at its thinnest, and the
dead walk freely amongst the
living.
Halloween, also known as All
Hallows Eve, Oct. 31, is here
once again. Halloween is one
of the oldest holidays with origins going back thousands of
years. From the Roman's
Pomona Day, to the Celtic festival of Samhain; to the Christian
holidays of All Saints and AH
Souls Days, these celebrations
have come together to influence
today's meaning of Halloween;
Katie Krueger, junior psychology/special education major*
said she cherishes her memories
of Halloween.
"I will always remember one
year I was a red crayon and it
was my favorite costume," she
said. "I even won a prize at
school for it."
Hundreds of years ago the
Celtics lived in what is now
Great; Britain and Northern
France. {The Celtics worshipped
nature, andhadmanygods;-with
the sun god as their favorite.
The Celtics celebrated their New
Year on Nov. 1. It was celebrated
every year with a festival and
marked the end of the season ofthe sun and the beginning of the
season of darkness and cold.
The Celtics believed that during the winter, Samhain, the Lord
of the Dead and Prince of Darkness took the sun god prisoner.
On the eve before their new year
(Oct. 31), it was believed that
Samhain called together all the
dead people. The dead would
take different forms, with the bad
spirits taking me form of animals. The most evil taking the
form of a black cat.
On Oct. 31, young people disguised in scary; masks carved
lanterns from' turnips", arid; carried them'thrp'ughjthe.yillages.The.X»ruids; the Celtic priests,
believed it was'on that night
when the earth comes into closest contact with the spiritual
world; - and consequently
ghosts, goblins and witches
supposedly destroyed crops,
killed farm animals and wreaked
havoc on the villagers. As these
spirits of the dead roamed
around, villagers lighted bonfires to either drive them away
or to guide the spirits of the
dead back to their homes.
The next influence came with
the spread of the new Christian
religion throughout Europe and
Britain. In the year A.D. 835 the
Roman Catholic Church made
Nov. 1 a church holiday to honor
all the saints: The day was
called ; ' ; All -'Saint's' SiDay,!
Ha'lldwmas; of Ml Hallo'ws.'
Years later Ithe church would
make Nov. 2 a holy day. It was
called AH Souls Day and was
meant to honor the dead. It was
celebrated with big bonfires,
parades, and people dressing up
as saints, angels and devils.
But the spread of Christianity
did not make people forget their
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early customs. On the eve of
AH Hallows, Oct. 31, people
continued to celebrate the festival of Samhain and Pomona
Day, the Roman festival named
for their goddess of fruits and
gardens. Over the years, the
customs from all these holidays
mixed. The Halloween of today,
on Oct. 31, includes all of these
influences.
The history of trick or treating
can be traced back to the early
celebration of All Soul's Day in
Britain. The poor would go begging and the housewives would
give them special treats called
soulcakes. This was called going a-souling, and the soulers
would promise to say a prayer
for the dead.
Over time the custom changed
and the town's children became
the beggars. As they went from '
house to house they would be
given apples, buns, and money.
During the Pioneer days of the
American West, the housewives
would give the children candy
to keep from being tricked.
Amy Kuhar, junior psychology/special education major,
said she remembers trick or treating from when she was younger.
"I loved1 when we Sypiild get
to a vacant house and the people
would leave a basket^ of candy
for us to take," she said. "\y"e
always took more than one."
Another Halloween tradition
is pumpkin carving. The Celtics
carried lanterns when they
walked on the eve of Oct. 31.
The lanterns were carved out of
big turnips and the lights were
believed to keep evil spirits
away. Children carved faces in
the turnips and these were
called jack-o-lanterns.
When the early settlers came
to America they found the big
round orange pumpkin. Being
larger and much more colorful
than turnips, the pumpkin made
agreatjack-o-lantern. Eventually, the pumpkin replaced the
turnip.
Meghan McKenna, junior
psychology/special education
major said she can remember
carving pumpkins as a child.
"Every year, my brother, sister and I used to have contests
to see who would make the best
one," she said.
Although Halloween is an
American custom, Nicole
Bastiaanse, senior studio art
major, said she celebrated it in
Florence, Italy last year.
"Last fall, I studied abroad in
France," she said. "We were
travelling on Halloween in Italy
and we walked to an American
bakery. The cashier had us say
'trick or treat' and she handed
us little bags of chocolate chip
cookies. It was the best Halloween."
Today Halloween is enjoyed
by people of all ages. Although
some people enjoy the mischievous aspect of the holiday such
as smashing pumpkins and
dousing each other with shaving cream, others enjoy it as a
night of mystery. People can be
whoever they want for a night
.continuing old customs of
walking amongst the dead.
Halloween
lappenings
byRICHSHUTKIN
StaffWriter
Some people say big things
come in small packages.
Marian Hall is one of those
small packages.
While it exists as the smallest
dorm at Marist College, the positive feedback from its residents
is abundant.
Marian Hall was originally
built as a gymnasium in 1947 and
later transformed into a freshman dormitory in 1982.
Each of its rooms are inhabited by four students, allowing
every resident to form close relationships with numerous
roommates. In addition,
Marian's small size enables its
inhabitants to acquaint themselves with all other residents
outside of their rooms.
Chuck Bechtel, a resident of
Marian Hall, said he enjoys living in the dorm.
"I love it," he said. "It is a fun,
enjoyable atmosphere. There
are many activities and small
Halloween Bash on Oct. 30.
17.. »i.iniu rtcsy of Tim Massie
Built in 1947, Marian Hall was initially used as a gymnasium [21 Society Event, so everyone 21 years of age and older are
invited.
events there, including one we than one roommate, the rooms Starts at 6 p.m. in the Performing Arts Room in the Student
are about to do for Halloween." provide us with a lot of space,"
Center.
He said he also appreciates he said. "The closets are also
Sponsored by the Class of 1999.
Marian Hall's convenient loca- large and provide us with plenty Costumes are optional, but there will be door prizes for the
tion.
of room for our clothes."
best costumes.
"Marian is close to Dyson and
Sophomore Scott Neville, a
Trip to Great Adventure's, "Fright Fest," on Oct. 31.
Lowell Thomas, where many resident assistant of Marian
All students are invited. $25 per person.
students have classes," he said. Hall, said it is a resident friendly
Bus leaves Donnelly parking lot at 7:30 a.m. and returns
"No other freshman dorm is dorm.
between 9 and 9:30 p.m.
closer to those places than
"I enjoy being an RA at [Sponsored by Black Student Union, El Arco Iris Latino, and
Marian."
Marian," he said. "Because it is
the Office of College Activities.
Jimmy Willis, also a resident small, it is not difficult to keep
Pumpkin Sale through Oct. 30.
of Marian Hall, said the dorm'is order among the freshmen stuLocated in Champagnat Breezeway from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
a good place to study.
dents there. Everybody knows
Haunted Mansion and Horror Wood, open until Nov 1.
"Because it is small, it is also each other. We are like a fam- [Fridays and Saturdays from 6 to 11 p.m. $6. Located 2jmiles
very quiet," he said. "That is ily."
south of Poughkeepsie Galleria M«
an especially good thing when
Marian Hall is not merely a
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you are trying to study."
dorm at Marist College, but eviHe said he also admires the dence of the notion that small
Compiled by StaffWriter Elizabeth Ca
large size of the rooms.
environments offer warmth,
"Even when living with more friendship and little chaos.
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Features
OCTOBER 2S>. 1998
PAGE 6
Students raise alcohol
awareness on campus
byKATREVA
FUCHSENBERGER
StaffWriter
Itiotu IOMCM of Dan Hahn
Senior Daniel Hahn, a radio/tv/film major, wants to be a
producer of a successful show after he graduates in May.
Getting to know
senior Dan Hahn
byEMILYKlJCHAROZYK
Features Editor
Senior radio/tv/film major
from Skuiieatdes, New York.
How Mould vou describeyoui self?
"A good, down to earth p. ison with solid goals and in
touch with who 1 am "
What is. important to you"
"Being able lo succeed s.iul
set goals and icach thu-.'
goals. Solid lclationship-.
where you can build oil ol
olhei people and trust thi in
Through friendships and u
lalionships vou leain a lnl
about others and yourst ll
Without relauonships theie\
nothing."
Whaldoyou like in a person?
"Intelligence, common sen' e
being able to cany on a o invocation and a good s>e i'e
of humoi, being able to laus?1!
at yourself and others."
What do you not like in a person?
"Phoniness. I don'l hki it
when people aie fake ; nd
aion't honest."
What is something you hji\ e
al way s w anted to do?
"I've always wanted to do t" i •
things: bungee jump fioni .'
hot air balloon and have a
comedy routine. I saw sonu
one bungee jump out of a h T
air balloon once and jii l
thought it was really cool, i l \
like taking bungee jumping to
theneu!e\el. I wanted lo \K
a comedian because I like to
make people laugh."
What do you fear?
"Failure. I'll be graduating
at the end of the year, looking foi a job. thinking I'm
good enough and then have
people telling me I'm not."
What is j our irleal day?
"A simple day. a day that
>«ni can go lluough and eveiything seems to fall into
pUce. You wake up and go
i' class and get your papei
1 vck with an A and you know
•ill the answers to the question the professor asks in
chss. Just a day whcie nothing goes wrong because
there are so many days you
l»st sit there and eveiything
{MCS wrong and you're like
* h \ did this day'happen?"
What is your biggest accomplishment?
"Last year I produced the
•«bow of the live SGA debates. I'd never done anything like that before and it
turned out really well. People
I never met before came up
i' > me and said 'you did a rei'ly nice job with it,' and that
v\ as special."
VSTiat is* your dream job?
"I want to be a producer or
"lircctoi of ashowtlmtishuciv.sful. Something that is
hi-ih stiess but has high rci1 nds. like pioducmg the
I rnmys. There ih so much
pifssure and so much goes
into it and you get so much
out of it-a\the end of the
day."
How would you like to be remumberedas?
"l-eing an all around good
person, a person that someone could trust and go to "
College students have a reputation for drinking excessively,
but now they can have a reputation for making students aware
of the consequences.
Last week was Alcohol Awareness Week, a national event that
is held by the Bacchus and
GammaPeerEducationNetwork.
At Marist, it was sponsored by
the Greek Council and the Commuter Student Council.
Doug Smith, the chairman of
fund raising for the Greek Council and member of Phi Kappa
Sigma, said he thinks it made an
impact on the Marist community.
"One of my goals is that I'd
like to see the campus recognize
the Greek organizations in a
higher esteem because a lot of
people look down on us," he
said. "We're not just about going out and getting smashed."
One of the events of the week
was a CD-ROM interaction
game held in the Nelli Goletti
Theater on Oct. 21. The game
involved situations dealing with
drinking and parties. In the
game a student was able to
choose his age, sex, height, and
weight. Participants were also
able to make decisions when encountering different problems
such as a person wanting to
drive home drunk or a girl dealing with sexual assault.
Carolyn Fielder, commuter
mentor and advisor to the Greek
Council, said she thought this
program was important because
the students were being educated by their peers.
"It created an atmosphere
where it was safe for students
to talk about [drinking]," she
said. "People could relate to the
situations."
Another event that was held
was a "Battle of the Bands"
which took place in the Cabaret
on Oct 24. There was a $2 cover
charge which will be donated to
the group RID (Removal of Intoxicating Driving).
The bands who played were
Fizzlewink, Mid-Hudson Pork,
Pajamazon, Slice, and Double
Exposure. The program was
hosted by WRRV, a modern rock
station. Prizes were given away
which were donated by local
businesses.
Smith said he thought the program was a good idea.
"We wanted to make it fun for
everyone," he said. "It's nice
to have a party without alcohol."
In a 1997 Harvard study statistics were, shown regarding
drinking in colleges across the
country. Some of the results
were that 42.7 percent of students were binge drinkers, 20.7
percent were frequent binge
drinkers, and 81.1 percent of
those living in fraternity or sorority houses were binge drinkers.
Fifty-two percent of the subjects who drink admitted they
drank to get drunk, compared to
just 39 percent who admitted to
such behavior in 1993.
Some of the positive results
were that the number of students who said they do not
drink at all rose from 15.6 percent in 1993 to 19 percent in
1997.
The percentage of binge drinkers dropped from 44.1 in 1993 to
42.7 in 1997, The percentage of
students who have not touched
a drink in a year rose from 15.6
in 1993 to 19 percent in 1997.
Smith said he thinks the
events of the week were educational for the students.
"We focused on drunk driving and other repercussions
that happen from drinking and
tried to bring this to the attention of the student body," he
said. "It's relevant to us because it goes on all the time."
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A R I E S : Comfort a
friend who's having a
hard time with an authority figure. Also,
advise your friend not
to make too big a deal
of this. Advise caution
and diplomacy.
TAURUS: The overall
impression is that you
shouldn't give an
inch.. Someone else
thinks he ! or she
knows what's best for
you. You're not that far
off track. Your intuition should be pretty
accurate.
GEMBSI:Youmayfeel
rather tongue-tied today. .Without going
into much detail, just
know that the words
won't come easy. If
you're trying to write
a short story, do your
rough draft and let it
go at that. You'll be
able to put in the corrections later.
CANCER: If you run
out of ideas today,
don't despair. Simply
take several deep
breaths and then call
your sweetheart for
advice. It looks like he
or she is in a tough
situation too, but be r
tween you, a solution
to the problem can be
found.
LEO: Your partner
seems to think he or
she knows everything
today, and that might
be the case. If you treat
this other person as if
it were true, a strange
thing could occur. He
or she could start
trusting your opinion
a little bit more.
VIRGO: There are still
a bunch of hassles and
you may be feeling
pressured, but don't
let it get to you. You're
still able to concentrate
marvelously well, and
you're learning very
quickly.
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you're in one of
those moods where
you don't express
yourself very well.
You ought to be
careful what you say.
SCORPIO: The Sun
Qi£t is in Scorpio and the
Moon is in Aquarius.
This could cause
complications. Once
you figure out where
you want to be, however, the rest of the
puzzle.will fall into
place. You should
even listen to the advice of your roommate.
SAGrriARIUSThe
possibility for errors
in communication is
really high today. *
Looks like someone
might misunderstand
your instructions on
purpose. To aVoid
that sort of situation,
make yourself very
clear. The person
who will cause the
most trouble isn't
saying much. He or
she is in a position to
force an outcome,
however. So, besides
being smart and direct, you'll also have
to do some sleuthing.
CAPRICORN: You
seem to be doing well
right now, even
&
though you're pushing hard. That's not
a contradiction in
terms. It's more like
your regular way of
being. Some people
think Capricorns are
workaholics, but you
probably
don't
agree. You just like to
stay busy, that's all.
You're not interested
in small talk, and you
find most conversations boring. It takes
a real challenge to
get your interest.
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AQUARIUS: Be careful what you say. You
might be misunderstood. If you choose
your words slowly
and think each possible consequence
out before you act,
you can spend all day
long and hardly say
much of anything. In
other words; just stall.
The longer you hold
out, the better your
chances of success.
P I S C E S : The ego
battle continues with
no end in sight.
Sometimes you wonder how people can
get so stuck on themselves when they obviously don't know
the answer. You
don't know the answer either, but at
least you admit it.
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you might actually
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Op-Ed
October 29,1998
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Survivor says rape is not comedy
byMIGflELLECORINNE
WHITE
StqffWriter
I am a survivor of sexual assault. Do you know what that
means? From an early age, I
have looked through a lens of
pain at a world in which children fear for their safety and we
each must survive the abuses
of those who deem themselves
more powerful.
Unless it has affected you,
you can not understand what it
means to have someone rip
away your autonomy. By actions alone, the perpetrator tells
a victim that they are not worth
living. Every day, I have to reaffirm that my life is worth living. After nine years of healing, I still have this far to go and
I wonder if this self-doubt and
fear will ever ease.
People might assume that a
victim's pain comesfromthe
memory of the assault alone.
This is far from true. There are
several types of assault that
C
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A right for all Americans
The First Amendment of the United States Bill of Rights states, "Congress shall
si
make
make,no
nolaw
lawrespecting
respectingan
anestablishment
establishmentofofreligion,
religion,or
orprohibiting
prohibitingthe
thefree
free
exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right
of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress
of grievances."
Back in the 1700s when our founding fathers were building our nation, they
knew the importance of giving the people the freedom of expression. Even to this
day, our nation is unique in granting such unalienablerightsto Americans.
Editor:
People often take theserightsfor granted, not realizing the power of their
I wish to thank the students, faculty, and staff who participated in the cholesvoices.
Others take the opposite stand and'actively try to suppress those
terol screening conducted as part of the Marist College Health Fair on Sept. 25 at
opinions to which they do hot agree. No one says one persons opinions are more
the James J. McCann Recreation Center.
Thirteen medical technology students conducted the screening. The cholesterol valid than others, that is the beauty of the freedom of expression granted through
the First Amendment. Both parties have a freedom to express their conflicting
assays were performed on site under the supervision of Dr. Robert Sullivan and
Prof. Katherine Greiner using Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics instrumen- opinions to one another.
The First Amendment has been proven by the Supreme Court to protect speech
tation belonging to the medical technology department. Prof. Catherine Newkirk
that some people even find detestable. Speech does not only apply to the written
also participated.
or spoken word, but also in one's actions as shown in the 1989 Supreme Court
Sixty-six patients had their cholesterol measured. There is little difference
case Texas v. Johnson.
between the sexes when examining faculty/staff samples, both groups producing
The newspaper business survives through the First Amendment. It has always
a mean in the moderate risk category (200-240 mg/dl). Students as a whole were
healthier, with a mean in the low risk category (<200 mg/dl). Male students had the been a forum throughout history for people to express their views to the public
and to allow for the public to react in the same manner.
lowest mean cholesterol of the screening.
The First Amendment is what makes the United States one of the most unique
nations in the world. We should be grateful every day we are allowed to express
Robert J. Sullivan, Ph.D., MT(ASCP)
ourselves in the manner we choose and are not suppressed like so many people in
Associate Professor of Medical Technology
other nations. Whether we agree with other's opinions or not, we are still lucky to
be able to express ourselves either way. I hope everyone takes advantage of this
right.
;:
The Circle champions the right of a free press and expression. To show its
importance, we paraphrase the First Amendment on the Editorial page. It is a
reminder to all. Perhaps The Circle should put these words a top each page.
Editor
On behalf of the Greek Community, we would like to welcome and congratulate
Amanda Bradley, Editor-in-chief
the newest classes of the following sororities:
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Amanda Bradley
Editor-in-chief
Kappa Kappa Gamma. Kappa Class;
Emily Kucharczyk
Features Editor
Thomas Ryan
Sports Editor
JoeScotto
Photography Editor
Toni Constantino
Business Manager
Jill Ambrosio, Jenny Baraldi, Kristine Bonsack, Tracy DePasquale, Melissa
Giandurco, Megan Moore, Amy Ostgulea, Alison Stec
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Willhort
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News Editor
Patrick Whittle
Arty & Entertainment
Tara Quinn
Opinion Editor
G.Modele Clarke
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come after the initial. The assault of popular media is forefront on my mind. Recently, in
one day I have been re-victimized several times by the public.
Once by a comedian who used
the phrase 'date rape' in his routine, again by a Circle columnist who put himself in the role
of perpetrator and then again
and again by the people who
defend him both personally and
professionally.
The author has put
himself in the role
of a repeated, premeditated rapist.
He has done so in
the name ofhumor.
The columnist wrote, "Maybe
some day a girl will accompany
me on my walks to the river.
Maybe they will go voluntarily
or maybe I will need six rufies
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life through
The Jersey side
Tara Quinn
Sometimes I like to write and
see where it goes. It is like taking a walk with no destination.
This may seem pointless to
some, as you may think I really
ought to have a destination.
But such a thing may prove distracting- if I fall off track I might
end up convinced I am in the
wrong place. Where as, if I did
not set up a destination, I would
never be off course. I would
never be lost.
Or would I always be lost?
Sometimes I thiink that the latter is the case. After reading to
this point, you are probably
right with me-lost, that is. Or,
maybe we are both perfectly
content with where we are, just
because we are here. Maybe all
I write is just a lame attempt to
convince myself that there is
some good in not really knowing where I am headed. However, I like to think that I am not
alone. After all, today, I am
bringing you, the reader, with
me.
Taking a walk without a destination holds no disappointments. Such a walk might be
considered a stroll on the yellow brick road without hopes of
finding the Emerald City. Is
there a point to such an endeavor? I mean, if Dorothy
never listened to the maternal
words of Glinda, The Good
Witch, and never set out to look
for the city's glistening green
towers, would she have found
[sic] and a pint of Jim Beam like
last time."
For those readers who do not
know what "roofies" are, the
word stands for Rohypnol, the
illegal date rape drug used by
placing it in a potential victim's
drink. Rohypnol is used with
premeditated intent by an attacker. By adding this sentence,
the author h as put himself in the
role of a repeated, premeditated
rapist. He has done so in the
name of humor. I have to read
this and then I have to listen to
those who defend this as humorous. As of late, this is the
most offensive attack by popular media.
Perhaps many people did not
catch this line. When I read the
column, it stood out in neon letters. All over again, I thought
to myself, 'Why me? Why am I
living in a world where people
treat violence against women as
acceptable material for humor?
Why do people laugh? Why is
it that someone who views rape
as comedy can say whatever he
about
Oz-mosis
RAPE STATISTICS
One out of four women will be raped in
their lifetime.
20-35% of women reported being
raped in college surveys.
75% of victims know their rapist.
Source. Aquwitani ? Rape: as\ct\nicnt, trvuimtnt. and pieventwn. 1996,
wants on this campus and I have
to feel my safety compromised
by his freedom of speech?'
Again I ask myself, 'Is life
worth living?' The same man
who put himself in the role of a
rapist for the sake of humor answers no. "...life is pain, so by
all means jump... and leave the
bungee at home." Well now the
mystery seems a little clearer.
Perhaps when a perpetrator
sends the message that a victim
is worthless, they are really trying to send it to themselves. A
man who cared little for himself
assaulted me. I can not imagine how low a man must feel to
willingly take on that role to entertain others. At least I know I
am better off than that kind of
person. So I choose to reject
that message. My life is worth
living.
... please see SURVIVOR,
pg.10
Capitalism breeds greed
D
ofitical Scene
No matter what we may sometimes think, the true Emerald
City can not be tangible. RememBill Mekrut
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ber, the wizard is nothing special, just an old guy behind a
curtain. Do not let the superficial special effects and velvet
1 would like to appeal to
IfDorothy never set curtains deceive you. No one, greed.
As we reach for
even the wizard, really has progress, we still can not shake
out to look for the not
the oldest of human detriments
city's glistening theIt answers.
is okay to have an Emerald Our natuie seems to compel us
green
towers, City or goal, but try not to let tow aids greed. I feel the goal of
dream make you lose sight lumanity is to overcome the
would she have the
of what you are doing now- en- shackles of our piehistoric orifound happiness - joy it. The only thing anyone gins and move beyond the aniforever in thecan guarantee is the present. mal instinct called giccd.
After all, Dorothy had the power
Quite simply, humanity is more
Technicolor
to leave Oz all along. We have then gieediness. Our own selffantasyland ofOz? the power to do whatever we ishness is not our only motivawant. We do not even need a tion. If we deny ourselves the
happiness forever in the pair of ruby slippers. Why let a possibility that on*: day we will
Technicolor fantasyland of Oz? road paved by someone else set break free of greed, then we live
What was so great about get- ourlimits?
in a hopeless, unchanging
ting back to Kansas? Sure, there
What am I talking about? world.
is no place like home, but is that Sometimes I think that if I do not
But when we think of our
such a bad thing? What did she step off that yellow brick road successful leaders, we >ce greed
do once she got back? Where from time to time and reflect, I as die dominant characteristic.
is she now?
will lose sight of where I am. Corporate A mcrica and the poliI have friends at home who did Then I start to think about ticians that protect them have
not take to the white wisdom of whether or not I ever knew.
made the "American Dream" a
Glinda. They have no intention I kind of feel like I just ended perverse joke.
of finding the Emerald City or up right where I started, in the
Our reality is a dual country.
the manufactured happiness of beginning of this column.
There is a vast land of sweepa college degree, for that matter.
The funny thing about this ing mountain ranges, wide open
Some were on the yellow brick column is that there is no reso- plains, thick forests, and a limroad for a while, but they just lution. There is no one-liner to ited population of wealthy,
never got passed the poppy sum this whole thing up. Some- white, and happy inhabitants.
fields. For those of us who are times, there are no guarantees Simultaneously, there is a land
here at Marist, we have reached of anything- not even a bad comprised of dirty sections at
a sort of Emerald City and are pun. If that is not testament to the bowels of this vast land.
awaiting our awards from the everything I just wrote, I do not They are the cities and slums,
Wizard. For those we left be- know what is.
barricaded by steel and occuhind to the poppy fields, we dispied by the poor and hopeless.
miss their happiness as their Tara Quinn is the Circle's Opin- It is not the big bad "C" word
hallucinations. Sometimes I ion Editor. She is a communi- [capitalism) that has created this
think that our city is just as much cations major from Teaneck NJ. duality, but pure and simple hu~
a mirage as theirs.
man greed. Are the two, capi-
talism and greed, one in the
same? Without rehashing a US
history / economic;, class, we
can probably agree that to
some extent they are the same.
I think our humanity has die
power to take greed out of our
economics.
I can not understand wheie
"corporate America" and the
"elite class of leaders" »el their
ideas from. Some how we have
de\ eloped into a dual society both the richest on earth and a
typical third world nation. We
have tailed to recognise the
third woild, which makes up the
second half of our own country.
While we send relief efforts
to the third world, our own citizens are groveling in cities
where education and health
care does not exi.st. In my opinion, our social standing with
fellow oceupants of the planet
harm is high on the priority list.
Our future as a nation is even
higher on that list
It may not seem like the
case, but in the end, the majority has a funny way of winning
out. When the angry, mistreated, and economically suppressed people far out number
the wealthy leaders - and out
number them by so much that
no amount of economic
strength can hold them back then we will see a sort of revolution in this country. A wise
man once said, a little revolution, from lime to time, is a good
thing.
In fact, I think that revolution will come on a planet wide
scale. The USA has exploited
» please see GREED, pg. 10
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October 29.1998
Survivor: Student
offended by column
... continued from pg. 9
I am not asking for sympathy,
in fact, I ask nothing. 1 demand
that you reevaluate your position of victimization. We need
to stop blaming the innocent,
and return the shame to the one
who should bear it, the perpetrator. The first step is to assert
that sexual assault is not comedy. The person who takes on
the role of a rapist can do so
because he knows that society
will support him. He knows that
whatever he says, he will be
safe. Yet when I walk out of my
house, I never know if I will be
safe.
One in four women will be
sexually assaulted in their lifetime. One in six men will be as
well. One in six women will be
raped, some with the aid of
Rohypnol, during their four
years at college. One in two
women will be in a battering situation in her lifetime involving
someone who supposedly
loves her. It is not funny. It is a
big deal.
I do not care to be delicate.
No one has been delicate with
me. I have been re-victimized
by the apathy of society toward
this issue for the past nine years.
Every time it happens I remember the face of the man who told
me I was not worth living. The
face of society blends well with
his. Now you put yourself in
my shoes and try to laugh. Impossible, right? Why do you
expect laughter from me?
One reason I know life is worth
living is the simple fact that I am
not alone. Sadly, if we add all of
the statistics of people who
have been assaulted, I am probably in the majority. Yet there
are those who still oppress us
by relegating our pain as their
comedy. It disgusts me. People
who advocate rape disgust me.
Am I entitled to say that? Or
will I be censored in my effort to
respond to an advocate of
sexual violence who was given
free reign to use his voice. Perhaps we give our freedoms selectively.
In our handbook on page 21 it
states that "The student is entitled to freedom from any form
of discrimination or harassment
resulting from prejudice, racism,
sexism, anti-Semitism." I feel
that this situation has created a
hostile environment and has
been a direct infringement on my
right as a woman to freedom
from harassment.
Yet my life has-been put on
hold, my studies affected, and
my emotions have run wild due
to this infringement on my
rights. People may say that this
ismychoice. OFCOURSETHIS
IS MY CHOICE. It is important
for me to act against those who
would re-victimize me by their
ignorance. l a m driven by the
primal urge of self-preservation.
It is very important for me to
speak out against a school
newspaper that supports the
image of a perpetrator as "Arts
and Entertainment." It is extremely important for me to reclaim my autonomy every time
society mocks me as a survivor.
I will not allow myself to be victimized any longer. Why would
you expect it?
People might wonder why one
person's words might incense
me to such a point. One voice
undisputed speaks for the multitudes. Do you agree with the
message sent? I do not. I will
not remain silent when my safety
is being compromised. Would
you?
Why are sex crimes against
women the only epidemic you
will still advocate by your silence?
Michelle Corinne White is a
junior American studies major
with a minor in women's studies.
PAGE 10
G R E E D : Capitalism is
catalyst for gluttony
... continuedfrom pg. 9
flowing numbers of children fes
tering in direction-less voids
around our country? If I was as
rich as Bill Gales, couldn't I set
aside some money to be sure
that the USA keeps kicking long'
after rny microchips become
obsolete?
After all, the kids in our own
third world are going to have to
compete with kids in the restof)
the third world some day. and
those kids get more third world
relief from us then ours do! This
is not to say that foreign aid to
third world nations is not ourl
duty and the only course of ac
tion to take. But. it is no moic
conect to send aid half way
across the globe then to send it
to the Bronx
What a glonous future the
USA could look fiorwaid to if we
only helped our people. By doing so, all of our ninety-year-old
billionaiies in this country
w ould not miss one dime of theirl
wealth I am suie they wouldn't
even realize some of their money
was gone. Theii funds would
go towards ensuring a prosper
ou.s future for their investments
to flourish in forevei
the citizens of many third world
nations. Look at your Nike
sneakers for proof. They might
have been made by child labor.
Such injustices will come to an
end when enough people can
band together. The revolution
will not target the USA, but all
world leaders who gave tax incentives to corporations that
exploit third world citizens.
It will be a icvolt against the
unfair accumulation and distiibution of wealth. 'I herevoltwill
occui when the world's middle
class, like you and 1, finally realize that there aie necessities
in life that are denied to the majority of us because we haven't
the funds.
If I was one of those "richest I percent of Americans ilia!
conuols nearly 40% of the nations wealth," then my goal
would be to protect the United
States from succumbing to a
nasty "downfall" like the one
that wrecked the Roman Einpiie.
How would I do lliis? It
seems simple to me, an average
student at an aveiage college.
I believe the children aie our future.
Bdl Mekrul is a Political Science/English double majoi
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rocks out at The Chance
songs were not as strong as the
others, but solid tunes from their
records of 1994 (Dogman) and
1996 (Ear Candy) showed that
their song writing skills cannot
be counted out yet.
Over My Head, the highlight
of the night, showcased the
major strengths of the band,
vocalization and tight playing.
The lead singer's soulful James
Brown howls and bluesy singing complemented the solid
rhythm section and Tabor's
sweet guitar sounds. The band
was also able to show their
many musical influences by
bringing R&B, rock, soul, and
blues to the tune.
The very catchy Sometime
was a good example of the
band's overall vocal skills. All
three sang well, but the combination of Pinnick's blues tinged
rasp and the lead guitarist's soft
yet strangely powerful vocals
created a distinctive singing
style for a hard rock outfit. The
funk driven rhythm section and
catchy guitar riffs in addition to
the vocals made the song one
of the strongest performed that
evening.
The intensely melodic Lost In
Germany displayed King's X
strict progressive rock. The
stripping away their blues and
funk influences and focusing on
graceful guitar style of Tabor
could have reminded one of
Alex Lifeson's (Rush) playing
on such albums as Hold Your
Fire and Power Windows. The
other players were not as interesting as Tabor, but were solid
in their accompaniment.
A Box, from the album Ear
Candy, was a very laid back song
that featured one of the catchiest harmonized choruses of the
set. The lead singer's spirited
Jimi Hendrix-like vocalizing and
Tabor's crystal clean guitar
sound brought a great balance.
The guitarist's solid performance in the tune peaked especially during his soaring solo
that was reminiscent of guitarist Eric Johnson.
Overall, King's X accomplished a near flawless show.
The first song had some bass
tuning problems, but was
swiftly fixed for the remainder
of the set.
Another imperfection occurred during a couple of selections from the new record. The
well played, but lyrically repetitive Groove Machine and the
mediocre Hate You took away
from the band's solid performance. Goldilox, a soulful ballad that came after the two new
songs brought everything back
on track to make the rest of the
show impressive.
actress (unlike the real Neve don't know a thing about it.
Campbell). ' Someone :starts What is Star Wars? May 21st. ':
stalking and killing the cast END OF DAYS: Arnold
members on the set she's work- Schwarzenegger vs. Satan. An
ing on - a low budget horror apocalyptic action film about
the Devil coming to New York
movie.. ....•:.
8 MILLIMETER: Hey filthy por- to find a bride. Schwarzegger's
nography fans! Nicolas Cage security guard has to stop him.
stars as a detective investigat- PSYCHO '98: Gus Van Sant is
ing the sleazy underworld of directing the remake of the ulporn and snuff films to uncover tra-classic, seminal 1960
the truth about a murder. Hitchcock thriller. Many people
Jouquin Phoenix co-stars as a think this is a bad idea but they
dirty book store owner. Scripted can not say it is not an interestby Andrew Walker who wrote ing one. Virice Vaugn (T from
"Swingers") plays Norman
"Seven", so expect darkness.
RANGE: An armed, Apache Bates. Anne Heche is in the
"Gunship" helicopter is hi- shower scene. I have to see this
jacked by a madman who holds film just because it is so damn
the city of LA hostage from the intriguing. With Van Sant at the
sky. Dylan McDermott (TV's helm, very little can go wrong.
'The Practice") takes the hero Money baby, money. This
role who tries to foil the bad Christmas.
guy's plot in a pursuing News 4 YOU'VE GOT MAIL: Tom
chopper. 20th Century Fox is Hanks and Meg Ryan team up
actually considering this as a again for yet another romantic
third "Speed" movie. I hope that comedy - this time revolving
is not true. Next year.
around some misplaced e-mail.
WILD, WILD WEST: Will Smith "Sleepless In Seattle" director
(oh no) is James West, an un- Nora Ephron is back with the
dercover FBI agent in old west- sweetness. Preliminary screenern territory. Kevin Kline is his ings have been positive so
sidekick in this big screen re- "You've Got Mail" is a likely
make of the campy 60's TV se- crowd-pleaser next year.
ries. There's a big mechanical BRINGING OUT THE DEAD:
spider in the effects budget so Nicolas Cage, the hardest workexpect lots of "Men In Black" ing guy in Hollywood, stars in a
type of foolishness. This sum- supernatural drama from Martin
mer.
Scorsese. Cage plays a paraSTARS WARS-EPISODE 1: medic who is haunted by the
THE PHANTOM MENACE: souls of the victims he could
Anybody ever hear of this? I not save. It is based on a book.
Scorsese and Cage are an inspired combination. Next year
GUY GETS KID: And now the
part of the article that all you
crazy college kids have been
waiting for...an Adam Sandler
movie. After this winter's
"Waterboy", Sandler stars in a
story about a guy who gets a
kid to impress his ex-girlfriend.
The title might be changed to
"Big Daddy" which is equally
stupid. Spring.
FOR THE LOVE OF THE
GAME: A baseball movie from,
surprise, Kevin Costner. Actually ol' Kev's pretty reliable
when it comes to baseball movies, and not so reliable when it
comes to insipid post-apocalyptic adventures. I am looking
forward to another "Field Of
Dreams" . I don't know when
this is coming out.
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2:
People are still trying to figure
out the plot for the first one, but
I have a piece of information that
may clear it up: It had a bad
script. Now that we've settled
that issue, John Woo directs the
second installment with Tom
Cruise and Ving Rhames returning to their roles. Other casting
rumors include Dean Cain,
Lauryn Hill and Jason Patric as
a bad MI agent. With Woo directing, MI2 might not be so
MIA. Ha ha, that was pretty
clever but if you read it again
you will realize it really did not
make much sense. Like Mission
Impossible 1.
faySTEPHESNlVIERCIER
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King's X proved to a packed
Chance that they're not just
hard rock, but have elements of
funk, soul, blues and R&B.
On Oct. 10 at The Chance in
Poughkeepsie, the rock trio
King 'sXperformed an hour and
avhalf of passionately played
music in support of their new
album, Tape Head (Metal
Blade). The band consists of
lead singer/bassist Doug
Pinnick, guitarist/singer Ty Tabor, and drummer/singer Jerry
Gaskill. When the band gained
fame in the early 90s with their
album, Faith Hope And Love
and its MTV staple, It's Love,
the group was remembered for
their heavy grooves, Rush-like
progressive rock, and Christian
influenced lyrics.
When seen at The Chance,
they looked like a very different
band. Rather than getting away
from their earlier image, the trio
built upon it. By focusing on
Pinnick's funk/soul singing instead of his earlier metal influenced vocals, the group
sounded more likea hard rock
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Hollywood is always in session.
While schools, Halloweenthemed stores and police stations may take the summer off,
Hollywood - the internationally
recognized movie machine - is
always working. I will limit myself to an overview on some of
prolific Hollywood's upcoming
projects. A word of caution
though: Most of my sources on
these in-development films ARE
reliable. Sources such as Enter-,
tainment Weekly, Variety and
The Hollywood Reporter cm be
counted on to report accurately
on the state of Tinseltown affairs. Sources such as the
Internet are completely unreliable. A lot of stuff on the
Internet is made up, pure and
simple. I just choose not to trust
a bunch of fat guys on their keyboards telling millions of people
that "Batman 5" will star Luke
Perry for their own sick enjoyment. But, some sites on the
Internet (such as Dark Horizons)
seem fairly grounded in reality.
The following is a short list of
interesting films to be released
in the near future. Some may be
real. Some may be made up, but
don't blame me. Blame technology. And, for good measure,
blame Oprah.
THE DEEP END OF THE
OCEAN: This is an upcoming
film starring Michelle Pfieffer
who plays a mother whose child
is kidnapped and then returned
years later. Sounds neat but definitely weepy.
DEEPBLUESEA: Nottobeconfused with "The Deep End Of
me Ocean". This one is about a
pack of killer sharks loose in a
seaborne laboratory. I liked
"Jaws", so this film intrigues me.
Samuel L Jackson and Stellan
Skarsgaard have been cast in
this early summer release. Renny
Harlin directs.
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE
CHRISTMAS: Jim Carrey stars
as the Grinch in this live action
version of the classic Dr. Seuss
tale. It won't be out until probably 2000 considering that
Carrey has just signed on for the
role and he has two other
projects in development in addition to the Andy Kaufman
biopic due this summer. Hold
your breath.
VARSITY BLUES: Hey
"Dawson's Creek" fans! James
Van DerBeek stars as a underdog high school football player.
Sounds like girls will love it Due
this spring.
SCREAM 3: Hey "Party of
Five" fans! Wes Craven has
signed on to direct the third
(and probably final installment)
of the overrated horror series.
Neve Campbell returns as
Sidney who has now become an
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Battle of the bands
long on boredom
was the opening act. Playing
without a bassist, Jon Murray
still managed to keep the crowd,
little though it was, entertained.
The Battle of the Bands was A peculiar combination of a voheld on Friday, Oct. 23 in the calist/guitarist, violinist, and
Cabaret.
drummer made the sex-oriented
The flyers for this event had set of MidHudson Pork very
made a point of stating that only refreshing. There is no real way
the first 200 people would ad- to define the eccentric style of
mitted but that was not a prob- MidHudson Pork, it has the
lem at all since there was prob- funkish feel of Beck while at the
ably no more than 50. I guess same time springing from a folky
either not enough people knew nature. Definitely one of the
about it or everyone was too more amusing songs was
busy getting ready to get "Viagra Falls" which drew a consloshed later that night. The stant laughter from the few of
door fee was only two dollars us that showed up.
which is not a bad deal considFollowing them was
ering the fact that there were five Fizzlewink, with a style that rebands including MidHudson sembles a mix between Weezer
Pork and Fizzlewink, the only and MXPX. There had been a
two bands that I had the chance long and frustrating time gap
to stay for.
between them and MidHudson
The reason why L could only Pork however that actually disstay for the first two bands was couraged a few of the even fewer
because my patience and time onlookers from staying. The
were short. I knew that the show band played a lively set, opened
would not start as planned at with What Goes Around Comes
3:00 but I figured by the time I A round that picked up the pace
got there around 4:30 the show a little from MidHudson Pork.
would have been well under
It was after Fizzlewink that I
way. I was wrong. The first could no longer stay at the
band had only started a little Cabaret.. My patience had been
before that as MidHudson Pork gone' lpng'before,this .and I,
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another seemingly endless
space between bands. At the
time of my departure I noticed
the Cabaret had filled up with
an enormous crowd, possibly 70
people Avere there at this point.
Now maybe more people
showed up later that I missed
but my assumption is that there
was a general ignorance or apathy about this event, which is a
shame because it would have
been a positive reinforcement
for the bands if more people had
shown up. The monitors that
circle photo/ Jeremy Smith
had been set up also did not
work which raised the question
of why they were even there. MidHudson Pork'vtere a breath of fresh air in an otherwise
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over critical but this could have
been an amazing event if properly organized. I do not know
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21 Ruhr Valley City
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Thursday, October 29,1998
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Everyone in the underground
music scene is stupid.
Apart from being the title of a
song by a band whose name is
unmentionable in'a publication
such as this, that is a seemingly
a very true statement. I am not
making reference to the MTV
alternative scene that died while
most of us were finishing up
high school, to the exultation of
some (read: me) and the anguish
of others (read: everyone else
in my high school). Just as flannel shirts do not constitute a
radical fashion statement as
some thought, MTV's "120 Minutes" does not constitute underground music. Except when
they play the Promise Ring
video, anyway.
That being said, when I say
"underground" what I actually
mean are the hundreds of artists supported by independent
record labels, who choose to get
their music to the masses without the help of MTV and corporate radio. Indeed many of these
artists might not be able to make
that choice, but "that is beside
the point. Good music is not
dead, you just cannot buy it at
Sam Goody or the Wall. Since
Rhino Records, an independent
store, is setting up shop across
from Marist, you are now given
the opportunity to take me up
on this statement. Some people
call it "indie-rock", some people
call it "DIY" as in "do it for vour-
'What I really
need to do is get
clear about what
I must d(K not
what I must
know."'
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self, some people call it "emocore", some people even call it
"hardcore" (I never really understood what that'meant). But it
is out there, and if you are interested, read on.
The record labels that put out
these bands are the best place
to start. The mother of all independent music labels is
Dischord, my subject last issue.
An up and coming label is Jade
Tree, who are responsible for
putting out great music by the
likes of New Jersey melodic-rock
kings Lifetime and the aforementioned Promise
Ring.
Florida-based
Doghouse
records are the current champions of the emo-core scene (that
means combing "emotion" with
"hardcore", for you Dave
Matthews!-Band-loving
geniuses). Hotwater Music, the
Get Up Kids (who will be playing at the Chance on Nov. 10),
and the Hudson Valley's own
Joshua are some of Doghouse's
best acts. Just in case you are
more into heavy stuff, Edison
Records puts out some of the
more innovative aggressive
bands on the scene today, like
Boston's
Overcast
and
Philadelphia's recently defunct
Starkweather. Plus Edison's
bands sound absolutely nothing like Korn andthe Deftones.
Bigger independent record labels like Victory and Revelation
Records stock mall stores with
their releases, which are generally more accessible to the buying public. Check out bands like
By the.Grace of God (Victory)
,.and £//iofl(Revelation) if "you
are new to the independent music world. Our friendly neighborhood Music Director at
WMCR happens to work for
Equal Vision Records, the label
responsible for two of my personal favorites, Shelter and
Shift.
Why did I begin this article
with the sentence "everyone in
the underground music scene is
stupid"? Because obviously if
no one is listening then there
must be something wrong here.
Actually, I mostly just threw
that in to get your attention, and
since you got this far I guess it
worked. I like U2 just as much
as the next guy, but unfortunately it seems like the next guy
never shares my enthusiasm for
bands that do not get constant
MTV airplay. It is all right to turn
off your TV and turn into some
new music! So if you are interested in finding out about some
great underexposed artists, both
old and new, stop by Rhino
Records on your way to
McCoy's some Friday night,
and tell them the A & E editor
from The Circle sent you.
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The pygmy power of' 'Simon Birch''
byCARLITO
StaffOffender
Although I only weigh in at
147 pounds, I stand at approximately 72 inches in height and
virtually everyone in my life exceeds the 60-inch mark. F o r
years I have yearned for something monumentally divine, but
something that could be intricately packaged in a shoebox. I
found that something in "Simon
Birch".
"Simon Birch" is the tale of a
freak. Ian Michael Smith brilliantly plays the role of Simon
Birch, who is a fully functioning Homo Sapien who stands at
roughly 16 inches in height. His
torso has no more girth than my
cat's but his cranium resembles
the jack-o'-lantern that resides
on my front porch. Although
his skull is so gargantuan that it
has its own gravitational field,
his heart is even bigger. Simon's
life is much more difficult than
that of the average human but
at the same time possesses a
lucid simplicity. He sincerely
believes that he is God's instrument and that he has a definite
purpose for being on this planet.
I thought he was merely a freak
of nature that existed for the sole
purpose of entertaining me, but
in actuality, he was put on this
earth to be a hero. When I say
hero, I do hot mean that he has
aspirations of leading fellow
midgets in a revolution against
full grown primate oppressors
like seen in the film "Willow"
(which was basically a pint-sized
version of "Braveheart"), I am
referring to more subtle form of
heroism.
It is hard to imagine that a person roughly the same size as a
groundhog could be capable of
any heroics whatsoever, but
you just do not know Simon.
When introduced, he is 12
years old and he resides in a
small town in upstate New York.
His parents emotionally neglect
him, which I find to be quite disturbing. Had I given birth to him
(actually giant strides have
been made in cross-gender impregnation), I would most likely
keep him in a hamster cage and
rent him out for birthday parties
and barmitzvahs. That may
sound dehumanizing and degrading but at least I would let
him know how special he was.
Simon is not your average 12year-old. He possesses an intellect superior to that of the
average sixth grader and I can
only assume that that is a result
of his oversized cranium. He is
quick witted and has a filthy
mind that parallels that of my
grandfather's.
His best friend is a standard
issue human named Joe and
when I say "standard issue", I
mean that his height exceeds
that of a bipedal muskrat. Joe's
mother, magnificently played by
Ashley Judd is Simon's'mother
figure. Simon has an Oedipus
Complexion infatuation with
Miss Judd and who can blame
him. His real mother neglects
him and the mere sight of
Ashley makes me want to put
myself up for adoption. Justifiably so, Simon is pissed off at
the world. He is a nonconformist and has no qualms with expressing his left winged philosophies. This apolitical extroversion comes in many forms. He
feels the need to inform Joe on
exactly how voluptuous his
mother's bosom is and cannot
seem to fend of his libido when
confronted with preadolescent
mammary glands. He also opposes structured religion and
exhibits this by giving a 90-second dissertation on the superficiality of post-mass coffee hour,
and does so in the middle of the
priest's sermon. Although hostile during his speech, he looked
so cute standing on that pew
that I just wanted to pluck him
off the screen and give him a
hug. Just kidding, I really don't
like small boys in that way.
" Simon Birch" is definitely a
film I would have to recommend
for anyone that has a soft spot
in their heart for children with
disproportionately sized melons. His faith and warmth successfully won me over and I
believe he can do the same for
you. Perhaps you are like me and
you have aspirations of obtaining vast wealth that could capably support the hiring of a
staff of midgets to cater to your
every need. Or at least chimps.
But until you can afford such
luxuries, go see this film and experience Simon Birch and all his
cranial majesty.
The John P. Anderson
Annual Play writing Contest
Invites All Undergraduates
To Take Part in this One-Act
Play Competition.
Guidelines and Applications Are
Available in Rotunda Office 389.
All Student Playwrights Are Asked
To Obtain and Read the Guidelines
Before Writing.
Deadlines for Applications is the End
of the Fall Semester.
Selected Submissions Will Be Used
To Illustrate the Developmental
Process of New Plays in the
Spring Theatre Workshop.
THECIRGLE
October 29,1998
FOOTBALL: Red Foxes fighting an
uphill battle in conference race
Sports
October 29.1998
came in the fifth singles game,
when Juan Delgado needed to
deliver a win in order to solidify
a trip to the NCAA's. When all
was said and done, Delgado defeated the 5th singles player
from Fairfield, and as he said put
the roof on the house.
Afterwards, Junior Mike
Racanelli commented on this career moment.
"This is what we worked for
all season long. We were given
a great opportunity to play in
the MAAC championships and
now we get the chance to play
some of the top teams in the
United States. It's a dream come
true," Racanelli said.
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seem that excited about the
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whom they are playing in the
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Football 10/31 Home vs. St. Francis 1 p.m.
by Jan Beighley, Jr.
Seven months and 125 wins
later, the New York Yankees are
world champions for the 24th
tihia. . .
TENNIS: Men's team will head to
NCAA championships in the spring
allowed to hold it's conference
championship in the fall this
year, and in the future they will
have to play in the spring as
well. This means that while the
team will still continue to practice, there is no real set game
plan to work around in order to
prepare for an opponent. The
hard part will now become the
waiting game.
For now however, it will be a
sweet and anxious winter for the
Red Foxes. Yes, they did accomplish a goal many thought was
unreachable. Yes, they do have
a team with enough talent to
compete against the best teams
in the country. Arid yes, they
did so by combining that rare
fdrrriuia of heart arid talent that
sets' apart itie good "teams"from
the average.
The question now becomes
however, just how far can this
team go? Infivemonths from
now, both'Marist and the entire
country will find out.
PAGE 15
Bff Campus Report
east Conference. The Seahawks
...continued from pg 16
"held" Allen to'105 yards on 27
Duquesne the Marist defense carries and contained Marist's
was rejuvenated by the oppor- big play passing attack to only
tunity to face a freshman quar- one strike, a 69-yard TD pass
terback for the second time this from Tramaglini to Tim Korba.
That pass gave Marist a 14-7
season.
The Foxes picked off Iona's lead, but Wagner's Mike Irving
Rob Violante twice and sacked booted a 44-yard field goal at
him three times while holding the end of the third period, and
the Gaels to just 225 yards of quarterback Jeff Skinner contotal offense. Jerry Gerth was nected with Mike Cerminaro on
named MAAC Defensive Player 40-yard TD pass to put Wagner
of the Weed for the second time in front with seven minutes left.
Jason Adamoyurka tried to tie
in three weeks.
Marist's most recent game the game for Marist with 30 secwas last Saturday against the onds left, but his 43-yard field
Wagner Seahawks of the North- goal attempt was blocked.
...continued from pg 16
THE CIRCLE
PAGE 14
Circle photo/Joe Scotto
Quarterback Bill Tramaglini throws a pass on the run during the Red Foxes 45-9 win over
lona. The senior threw two TD passes to Joe Calabria in the game.
MAAC's loomon the horizon for men's
and women's cross ebuntry teams
show, however. Minor ran a
cross country personal best of
19:20, one minute faster than she
The moment of truth awaits had run the previous week at
the men's and women's cross Albany.
country teams.
Manhattan looks to be the bigAll season, the cross country gest competitor for Marist this
teams have been proving that year. While: Marist scored in
they are one of the best teams front of Manhattan two weekin their conference. This Sun- ends ago, head coach Phil Kelly
day, Nov.1: at VanCortlandt Park, notes that the Manhattan, team
Marist has the chance; to prove is stronger than' the;team that
that tliey-are: the Feist'aP the- '' they ran" at ECAGs; 'A^strorig
Metro Atlantic Athletic Confer- race will be necessary.for. the
ence Championships.
Marist cross country team to
Marist's last meet, the first of pick up their first win in the
the three at VanCortlandt Park, MAAC conference, but it is
was a good warm-up for their within their reach.
championships this week." At
The men seek an equally diffithe Eastern Conference Athletic cult challenge. The men are
Conference meet, the women forced to compete against naplaced fourth, the highest a tionally, ranked lona College.
cross country tearnfrprn Marist While afirst;place victory is
has ever placed. Six runners nearly impossible, the, men know
eclipsed the former record of that second place is within the
20:01 on the course.
realm of their running ability.
Junior Erin Minor stole the Since the beginning of this seabyJENNIFERGLOVER
StaffWriter
son, the men have had high
hopes, knowing that they are
one of the best teams that
Marist has had in years.
The men also competed at
VanCortlandt Park last weekend
intheIC4Ameet. The men also
finished in fourth place, led by
senior Michael Melfi, who
placed second in thefieldof 203
varsky .runners... Melfi's time,
.25:11, i was 'the best .time ;fpr- a
Marist runner at VanCortlandt
Park. His second place finish is
also the highest place ever .obtained by a Marist runner. It was
a team effort, for the men's cross
country, team,.however, as the
team worked together to finish
ahead of every team from the
MAAC conference. .
After season long personal
and team bests, me team looks
to capitalize on the most illustrious of them all—thefirstMarist
cross country team to bring
home a MAAC championship.
Women's soccer team fails to
qualify for MAAC chapionships
The team loses seven seniors
including mid-fielder Amanda
Swiderick who has 10 points and
The Marist women's soccer 1 game-winning goal this year.
team has had a roller coaster of Stepping up nicely to probably
a year thus far. Finishing out fill in her shoes is freshman
their season at home against Kasey Sibrinsz who leads the
Loyola and at Lehigh, the Red team with 14 points' and two
Foxes' 4-7-4 season thus far was game-winning goals.
somewhat of a letdown.
Senior goalie Beth Zack has
In 1997 the Red Foxes were had a tremendous season this
able to compete in the MAAC year with a 1.36 goal per game
Tournament, but this year fell a average. Looking to next year
couple of games short. They "are two sophomore goalies that
are currently sixth out of the 10 havefilledin nicely this year.
teams, but only the top four will
Jamie Bierwirth and Katie
compete at Fairfield on Novem- O'Connell have only allowed
ber 6-8th.
seven goals in their 10 games.
byKAARENUMMEin
StaffWriter
Marist beat the teams they
were supposed tobeat including wins of 3-1 against Rider, 41 against Niagara and 3-0
against lona. Sieria managed a
1-1 tie with the Foxes.
; Marist can hang their heads
high because they never gave
up. Of their 4 ties, three were at
Manhattan, at the University of
Maine and against Holy Cross.
No matter the outcome of their
last two' games, the Marist
women's soccer tearh has some
things to build on for next year.
There hard play all year under
coach Tara Nichols was something to admire.
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the World Series was won in
a sweep concluded last week
with a 3-0 win over the San Diego Padres. The Yankees rolled
through the playoffs, winning
in every imaginable way.
Against the Rangers in the
first round, David Wells, David
Cone^ and Andy Pettitte demoralized the best offense in the
American League. IntheAmeri-.
can League Championship series against the Indians, the
Yankees found ways to win,
despite not being on the top of
their game. When the Yankees
needed the pitching to step up,
it did. When the-Yankees
needed the hitters to step.up,
they did. In winning the series
4-2, the Yankees showed that it
was their timing, clutch performance, and heart that allowed
themselves to win the most
gairies in American League history.
When it came to the Padres,
the Yankees were barely tested.
It seemed inevitable, particularly after beating Kevin Brown
in the first game of the series,
that New York would win the
title. While it was not the most
exciting World Series, there was
one "surprise" performances
that truly exemplified the greatness of this year's Yankees.
It was World Series MVP Scott
Brosius. Nobody that followed
the Yarikees all year could say
that Brosius was a surprise, but
it was his performance against
the Padres that brought him to
national prominence. Over the
course of the season Brosius hit
.300 with 19 homers and 98
RBI's, often hitting in the ninth
spot in the Orden He earned his
first ail-star appearance, he'was
outstanding in thefield;he was
Men's soccer 11/2 @ Oneonta 2:30 p.m.
Crosscountry 11/1 @ MAAC Championships
Van Cortlandt Park Bronk,NY
Volleyball 11/2 Home vs. LIU 7 p.m
Tough Trivia
What team holds the NFL record for wins in one
season, including the post-season?
Last week's question - What is the NFL record for passing
yards in a single season and who holds it?
Answer - Dan Marino passed for 5,084 yards in 1984.
Circle Photo/Joe Scotto
Yankees' pitcher Andy Pettitte looks on during New Yorks'
World Series parade last Friday. Pettitte went 2-1 in the play-bffs and won.the game 4 clincher against the Padres;
:
in one.word, amazing.
When it came down to the
World Series, Brosius came
through time arid time again. He
hit .471 with 2 homers and 6 RBI
in the four game series. Both of
his home runs came in Game 3,
when the Yankees won 5-4 because of his performance.
Brosius may not be the only reason the Yankees won the series,
but it can not be denied that he
was an instrumental part, both
in getting there and in winning.
The Yankees of 1998 will be
all year, despite the fact that the
he knew that the lights were not
always shining on him. He quietly did what he needed to do
and did it at the very top level
of baseball.
For the Yankees, the World
Series was the conclusion to one
of the most amazing seasons in
baseball history.
It was a phenomenal season,
not only for the Yankees, but for
baseball. There was the home
run chase, the end of Cal
Ripken's streak, Kerry Wood's
emergence, Roger Clemens continued dominance and the return
of fan; interest to the national
pastime. It will not be a season
that will be soon forgotten by
baseball fans..;
Also in the world of sports last
week:
remembered forever for their
dominance, integrity and class.
It was an amazing team that had
an amazing season. It was a
team that had heroes such as
Brosius, Ricky Ledee and Shane
Spencer. It was not that the
Yankees did not have and did
not need modern superstars,
like Bernie Williams and Derek
Jeter, but it was a team that had
superstars in the traditional
mold, as well. Brosius is the
best example of traditional
superstardom. He came up big 1. NBA Lockout - Imagine the
NBA if the players cared as
much about the game as they
do about their paychecks...
2. Denver Broncos - They are
undefeated, Terrell Davis has
1,001 yards in 7 games and Jason Elam just tied the 28-year
old field goal record with a kick
of 63 yards. Is there any stopping them?
3. Minnesota Vikings - They
have an explosive offense that
no other team in the NFL can
match. Can the defense stack
up?
4. Tony Gwynn - He might be
the classiest player in all of
sports and while you may have
been happy for the Yankees, you
know you felt for Gwynn when
the PadresTost.
5. Jerry Rice - Yeah, he set another record, this time for most
consecutive games with a reception... what else is new?
Two tough losses leave men's soccer at 5-10
by JEFFDAHNCKE
StaffWriter
Following a weekend that saw
the Marist Men's Soccer team
battle two tough conference
foes, it appears that year one of
the rebuilding process is all but
over.
The Foxes fell to defending
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion Rider 4-2 last
Friday. The defeat was followed
by a 2-0 loss at the hands of
Loyola on Sunday; the team
Rider beat in last season's
MAAC title game to capture the
conference championship.
With the pair of losses, Marist
is now 5-10 overall, 3-5 in the
conference.
Rider, one of the top teams in
the MAAC with a 7-2 mark,
came in led by All-America candidate Craig Wicken. The senior forward, who became the
Broncs all-time leading scorer
last Sunday against Sieria,
would prove to be the difference
in the game.
Marist coach Bobby Herdodes
said he was impressed with
Wicken as well.
.
"He's just.relentless, good
size, very good skills," said
coach Herodes "They are really going to miss him."
Wicken opened up the scoring at the 32-minute mark when
he-took a pass from Mark
Bennett and knocked a left
footer- past goalkeeper Carlos
DeBrito and into the left corner
of the net.
The score remained 1-0 until
the second half when Steve
Jackson gave Rider a 2-0 advantage in the 51 st minute. Marist
would get on the board eight
minutes later when Richard Bradley placed a header into the top
comer of the goal, beating Rider
goalkeeper Keith Richardson.
But Wicken would strike again
at the 73-minute mark, giving
the Broncs a 3-1 lead with a shot
into the bottom left comer of the
net It would be his second of
three scores on the afternoon,
as he completed the hat trick in
minute 86 with a header that
beat DeBrito. .
Steye Murk would add a goal
for the Foxes.
Herodes stressed that although the final was 4-2, is was
far from a one-sided ballgame.
"It wasn't that spread out," he
said of the score. "That game
could have gone either way. We
missed three or four opportunities in the first five minutes of
the game and we could havejust
put themrightout of the game,
but we didn't and that's the business."
Loyola was not an easy team
to face next, considering they
had won 8 consecutive MAAC
crowns before last year's loss
to Rider. Just as it had been all
Craig Wicken on Friday, it was
all Colley Bruce against Loyola
on Sunday.
The freshmen goalkeeper
stifled the Foxes en route to the
2-0 shutout. Junior Christof
Lindenmoyer scored the first
Loyola goal at the 16:25 mark,
assisted by Andrew Ogilvie.
After returning from halftime
with a 1-0 lead, the Greyhounds
did not wait long to add to the
cushion. Sophomore Mike
Strombers hit the toprightcorner of the net to beat DeBrito.
That would be all the scoring
on the afternoon, as the Red
Foxes missed a couple of key
header goals and were not able
to find the net.
Despite losing a second consecutive contest, Herodes
praised his players.
"Our kids don't back down
from anybody," he said. "The
weekend could have gone real
well."
The week was not a total loss,
though, as the Red Foxes defeated Sacred Heart last Monday 3-0. It was a makeup game
after the scheduled match was
canceled due to a Sacred Heart
bus accident
After a scoreless first half
Adam Searles put Marist on the
board in minute 49, taking a
Brian Garofolapass and drilling
it into the left comer. Brian Karcz
followed that at the 70-minute
mark with a header that beat
goalkeeper Scott Glibowski.
Thomas Mullowney would
score one minute later on an
open-netter, preserving the 3-0
victory.
The win was DeBrito's third
shutout of the season.
Considering the Foxes began
the season with five consecutive losses, Herodes is happy
with what he saw this year and
said he looks forward to next
season.
"The kids are ready," he said
about turning the program
around. "It's just a matter of
getting some depth. We should
really play hard for these last
games to get the experience for
the kids.".
Marist will again be in action
next Monday at 2:30 p.m. at
Oneonta
Quote of the Week
Stat of the Week
"On the football field I want I
people to say 'you should I
have .been at Marist and!
saw the way this kid I
played'." -J.J.Allen
THE CIRCLE
The Marist men's tennis
team wiH be only the third
Red Fox team ever to compete inany NCAA Championships.-' • -
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October 29.1998
Allen's hard work paying off in senior season...
byALFREDDEMATTA
'Staff-Writer
There are situations in life in
which one door closes and another one opens. This is a situation senior running back J.J.
Allen his familiar with when is
football career was put on hold
during his freshman year.
J.J. Allen originally signed to
play football for Howard University coming out of Worcester
Academy, New York. He would
red-shirt his freshman year at
Howard University but going
into his spring semester freshman year he would run into financial aid problems. As a result he would have to leave the
school and go through the
whole recruit process over again
to find a school.
"I looked at a couple of
schools but I chose Marist because the classes seemed
smaller and the atmosphere
seemed friendly," said Allen. "It
also had a great biology program
which I was looking for in a
school beside football," he said.
So the fall of 1995, J.J. Allen
was taking classes at Marist but
would have to sit out the year
because of NCAA transferring
rules. While the team was practicing for upcoming opponents
during the season, Allen would
do his school work and workout own his own. He would prepare himself for spring practice
and the following season, which.
he wanted so badly to be apart
of.
. . .
"What I bring to the team is a
lot of heart," said J.J. Allen. "I
will sell out for my team do whatever it takes to win. I'm also a
powerful runner which enables
me to get into the end zone."
In Allen's first season with the
Red Foxes he scored a teamhigh 10 touchdowns. He finished the season with 695 yards
on 161 carries. Out of the 10
touchdown he scored in 1996,
two of them helped Marist
come-from-behind and win the
game over rival St. Peter's. In
1997 Allen would get-into the
end zone 10 times again like the
pervious year. He would finish
the season seventh in the
MAAC in rushing with 697
yards and third in scoring with
60 points.
Presently in his senior year at
Marist, Allen is having his best
season for the Red Foxes. Currently he has nine touchdowns
and 916 rushing yards on 193
carries.
On October 17, 1998 Marist
would play the Iona Gaels it
would be a special day for Allen.
He had a career day in rushing
yards with 247.. He also found
the end zone three times on the
day wi(h'touchdown runs of 38,
10, and'55 yards.
"That was the most yards I
have had "since being a part of
Circle photo/Joe Scotto
Allen takes a handoff from Tramaglini during his monster game
against Iona. Allen ran for 247 yards and three TD's in the game.
the Red Foxes'; said Allen. "I
really did not know if I was going to play in the game because
someone close to me passed
away on Thursday. I missed a
but Red Foxes will still fall
short of MAAC Championship
• ••
by THOMAS RYAN
Sports Editor
A pair of losses, one of which
all but eliminated Marist from
the race for. the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference championship, made for a less than enjoyable three weeks for the Red
Foxes.
Marist sandwiched a 39-27
loss to Duquesne and a 17-14.
loss to Wagner around a 45-7
mauling of the Iona Gaels. The
loss to Duquesne gave the Red
Foxes two losses in conference
play, which means that if either
Georgetown of Fairfield wins all
of their remaining conference
games they will finish with only
one loss in MAAC play.
The game against the Dukes
that could have propelled Marist
(4-3,3-2) to the conference title
ended up being quarterback Bill
Tramaglini's worst game to date.
The senior who had played so
consistently for the Red Foxes
in their first four games, threw
six interceptions, two of which
were returned for Duquesne
touchdowns.
Despite rushing for 210 yards
and holding the Dukes to just
85 yards on the ground, the Red
Foxes never led in the game.
The Dukes jumped out quickly
in the first quarter toa 13-0 nothing lead on 1-yard run by Andre
Hatcher and a 43-yard touch-
down pass from Tony
Zimmerman to Gerald Fosters
J J. Allen got Marist on the
board with 1-yard touchdown
run of his own, the first of three
touchdowns on the day for
Allen, to cut the lead to 13-7 at .
the half. Allen would go on to
carry the ball 36 times for 154
yards on the afternoon.
. In the third quarter
Zimmerman threw the second of
his tree touchdown passes to
increase the lead to 19-6. The
Dukes went for two to make up
for their earlier failed extra point
attempt, but could not convert,
so the-lead remained at 13
points.
Allen then came right back for
Marist, scoring his second
touchdown of the day on a run
from four yards away. That is
when things fell apart for the
Red Foxes.
At the start the fourth quarter
Zimmerman connected, with
Foster for the second time in the
game, this time on a 25-yard
touchdown pass. Again the
kick failed, so the Dukes lead
was 25-14. On Marist's next
possession, Tramaglini was
picked off by Duquesne's Andy
Defazio, who returned the interception 45 yards for a touchdown.
After Allen's final TD run cut
the lead to 32-20, Tramaglini
was again picked off, and it was
again returned for a Duquesne
touchdown, this time by Kevin
Thompson. Marist would again
get on the board before the final gun sounded as Tramglini
hit tight end Kevin Brewer on
12-yard pass with 44 seconds
remaining.
' Game two of this three game
stretch ended up being nothing
more than a glorified scrimmage
for the Red Foxes. The Iona
Gaels, who are ineligible for the
MAAC title and whose games
do not count in the MAAC
standings, put up little fight
against Marist.
Allen again ran for three
touchdowns, while running up
a grand total of 247 yards rushing on only 22 carries, easily his
best game as a Red Fox.
Also enjoying his finest game
at Marist was junior tailback
Dave Spinato. Spinato ran for
100 yards on 11 carries and
added a touchdown of his own.
All totaled the Red Foxes ran 51
times on the day for a staggering 456 yards.
Bill Tramaglini and Joe
Calabria also had fine afternoons, as the pair hooked up
on two touchdown passes, the
first from 37 yards away and the
second coming form 29 yards
out.
lot of practice that week plus I
was down. The-team pick me
up and everything else fell into
place that weekend against
Iona."
When asked how he would like
to be remembered on the field
by his coaches and peers, Allen
said he would like to be remembered as a hard worker.
"On the football field I want
people to say 'you should have
been at Marist and saw the way
this kid played'. I always hear
coaches talk about ex-Marist
football players all the time and
how so and so did this or that,"
Allen said.When J:J. Allen is not seen on
the football field or in the weight
room, you can probably see him
in Donnelly taking science
classes. He gets the same thrill
out of science as he does when
he breaks a tackle and rumbles
50 yards for a touchdown.
"I love biology because you
are dealing with real things,"
said Allen. "Its hard work but I
enjoy learning science. If I cannot make football a career man I
will want to go to graduate
school and pursue something in
the medical field. Graduate
school is just as competitive as
football, but there is less chance
to play football at the next level.
I will give it a go and try out for
the NFL during the winter and
spring breaks. I will give it my
best effort the Monday right
after the season ends. I will be
in the weight room getting ready
for the league."
What J.J. Allen wants people
to know is that he is a down to
earth guy. He considers himself an everyday "Joe" and has
no problem talking to anybody.
He said people might think he
has a big ego because he is on
the football team but that is not
his personality.
Allen's stay at Marist has
been memorable both on and off
the field. He would like to thank
players, coaches and teaches
that he has been able to associate with during his stay at
Marist.
As for what the future holds
for him, it is still uncertain. But,
whatever happens he is ready
to take it head on and over the
top, just like one of his trips into
the end zone.
Men's tennis
team earns bid
to the NCAA's
byPETERMOYLAN
StqffWriter
38 points, and Manhattan took
3rd with 32 points)
The scores however, really do
not give a fair assessment of
what a close and competitive
tournament this year's MAAC
really was. In fact, Marist actually lost three of six singles
matches, and two of theses
matches went to three sets.
Before the start of the tournament, coach Tim Smith had a few
words to say to the team on die
importance of the final matches.
"We've dug a good foundation," Smith said. "We did an
excellent job framing the house
and putting up the walls, floors,
and ceilings. However, without
a roof (the MAAC championship) it was going to be a long
and cold winter."
The pivotal point for Marist
The court is quiet now at the
Dutchess Racquet Club.
For the past months, the
courts were home to not only
the Marist tennis team, but also
a dream. Well that dream is now
a reality. For only the third time
in our school's history, a Marist
team will be at the NCAA championships.
In an impressing and dramatic
manner, the Red Foxes captured
the MAAC championship, thus
giving them a bid to the NCAA
championships this spring. In
a tournament that featured such
teams as Manhattan, Rider,
Canisius, Iona, Siena, and rival
Fairfield, Marist rose above all
the rest to capture the title with
...please see FOOTBALL, pg. a combined total of 46 points.
(2nd place went to Fairfield with ...please see TENNIS, pg. 14
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