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MARIST COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.
VOLUME 40, NUMBER 7
APRIL
9,1992
Applications up
from previous year
Big wheel on campus
by LISA CHMIELEWSKI
Staff Writer
Circle photo/Phil Gaylor
Freshman Tim Brown competes in the big wheel race as part of Greek Week festivities.
Brown, a member of Tau Epsilon Phi, lost the race.
Search continues for chairperson
By J.W. STEWART
Staff Writer
Despite a late start, a nationwide search to find a chairperson
for the new Division of Communication and the Arts is underway, according to Linda Cool, acting chairperson of the Division of
Arts and Letters.
Cool, who has been the acting
chairperson since Jeptha Lanning
stepped down last year, said the
search officially began early last
week when advertisements were
sent to The Chronicle of Higher
Education, the major collegeemployment journal; deans of
communication schools like
Syracuse, Columbia and Stanford;
and other employment journals in
the communications field.
"We are flooding the country,"
said Cool, who is also the assistant
academic vice presfdent/dean of
academic programs. "It's networking
action.
ing in
in action."
The ad details the new Com- • The reason the search has begun
munication and the Arts division, less than three months away from
which recently split from the old the expected start date is a comArts and Letters division, and bination of Lanning's surprise
states a strong preference will be resignation and the restructuring of
given to candidates who have earn- communication arts, said Richard
ed a doctorate or have proven Piatt, coordinator of communicathemselves in the field of com- tion arts.
"I would have preferred to begin
munication arts; who are innovative leaders; and who can this process last September because
understand and appreciate "emerg- then we could have gone to some
ing communication technologies" conventions to look for candidates," he said.
like teleconferencing.
A search committee has yet to be
"This person will have to have
impact in and out of the college," established, but Cool said that is
Cool said. "He has to represent not a problem at this point because
communication arts for the college. no applications have arrived. She
He has to get our name out there. said she does not expect any for
"And it would help if he walk- another three weeks.
Once the search committee is
ed on water," she said jokingly.
There is no deadline for applica- established, however, Cool said the
tions, but the expected starting date cost of finding the new chairperson
of the new chairperson is July 1, as could number in the $1000 range,
depending on how many applicants
listed in the ad.
"We've gotten off too such a are brought to campus.
late start,
rt, we'll be lucky to get .. < s e e CHAIRPERSON page 2
anyone to come by July 1," Cool
admitted.
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Marist has received more than a five-percent increase in freshmen applications for the fall semester of 1992, according to a Board of Trustees
Report.
"We have 4,332 applications this year; up from last year's 4,110,"
said Vice President of Admissions and Enrollment Planning Harry Wood.
Marist enrolled 904 freshmen last year, its largest class, despite a national decline in high-school graduates, a decrease in state and federal
aid and proposed budget cuts.
According to Michelle Erickson, director of admissions, Marist will
only accept 830 freshmen this fall, to ensure students receive adequate
housing and have smaller classes.
Marist could lose $500,000 in Bundy Aid, state aid given to students,
and another $500,000 in Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) funds, if
Gov. Mario Cuomo's proposed budget cuts are passed.
Because it is concerned about losing some aid monies, admissions is
expanding private and corporate scholarships to create financial-aid
packages for those students who need help paying college bills, said
Erickson.
"Marist is beating the competition by creating a competitive financialaid package in order to attract future applicants," said Erickson.
Marist has received 432 early-decision confirmations from applicants.
According to Wood and Erickson, a number of factors account for
Marist's success in increased admission applications such as a new Public
Relations strategy, an increased number of new publications , a multiimage slide feature and the increased involvement of faculty and students.
The slide feature on Marist was created by an outside public relations
firm and is used for on-campus tours and promotion.
Faculty and students get involved in the admission process by phone
calling prospective students before and after the student's acceptance.
"I think the Marist student body has been the biggest asset to promoting the school," said Wood. " The enthusiasm of the students and
faculty is exceptional."
Admissions sponsored an Open House for accepted students on April
5 and will sponsor another one on April 11.
"It will be giving students an opportunity to visit Marist if they haven't
already and to also meet the faculty, administration and students," said
Erickson.
This fall's class is coming to Marist from a diverse geographic area
and is expected to be comprised of 55 percent women and 45 percent men.
The traditional demographic extent of the Marist College student- body
population, has shifted greatly. In the past, the majority of students came
from the southern New York/Long Island area, but now the larger
number of students are coming from other northeast areas.
"Marist now has less of a regional focus and a broader representation
of the Middle Atlantic and New England states," said Wood.
According to Admissions figures, for the first time, there are more
out-of-state than in- state students. Fewer than 50 percent of the freshmen
are from New York and there has been a 34 percent increase in the number
of up- state New York students.
Enrollment in New England has also increased 70 percent with Connecticut replacing New Jersey as the second-largest source of students.
New Hampshire and Pennsylvania have quadrupled the number of
students they send to Marist, as well, said the figures.
Marist has also increased its number of minority students, who account for over 10 percent of the freshmen class.
Wood said he has been pleased with the increase of international- student applications.
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Long hours are fashionable Jor students
by DONNA SICLARI
Staff Writer
When Melissa Berry's alarm clock went
off at 7:30 Thursday morning, she slowly
rolled out of bed with only five hours of sleep
to eat her breakfast bagel and skim her
Women's Wear Daily — the newspaper for
the fashion world.
She knew her day was going to be filled
with frustrating hemlines, dirty leather
thimbles, and fabrics with minds of their
own — but this Marist junior fashion major was ready.
"It is character building," Berry said. "If
you're a designer, you have to know how
your clothes are put together. We (fashion
majors) have to be responsible."
With the Silver Needle Fashion Show just
two weeks away, junior and senior fashion
majors are spending long days and sleepless
nights finishing the outfits they have been
sketching and designing since September.
In the final countdown for the show, a day
in the fashion department is filled with anxious nerves, cries for help, and doubts about
completing outfits, combined with a relaxed atomsphere, confidence, and continuous
laughter.
• By 9 a.m., Berry was back to work on her
black leather catsuit — just one of her five
outfits in the show.
Sitting on a stool dressed in an oversized
sweater, she worked off a large table with
her leather material sprawled out in front of
her.
The voice of a disc jockey and top 40
music came from a radio, as she sewed and
talked about the work she had to do with
junior fashion major Stephanie Riley.
"I don't think this is a good day to do this
head," Berry said, referring to the leather
hood for her catsuit.
"I think it is a good day to go over to Skinner's," Riley said.
The two said they felt the day was going
to be quiet since Carmine Porcelli, director
of the fashion program, and a few students
were in New York City.
The fashion students said they agreed that
Porcelli and all their other teachers have
done a great deal to help them.
"It is a total sense of family here," Berry
said. "Everyone gets to know each other on
a different level."
By 11:30 a.m., the brightly-lit room was
filled with eight of the 12 juniors in the pro-
gram, each seated at their usual stations.
As the group worked with large amounts
of material, noisy sewing machines, and
steamy irons, they planned their meals and
snacks for the day, and caught up on the
latest gossip..
The group confessed that anyone who
walks by the fashion room's big glass windows are moving targets.
"We gossip out of control," Berry admits.
"We need to get out and be social."
Berry said they constantly pick on each
other too, but it is a sign of affection.
Five students gathered around fashion
teacher Susan DeSanna, who explained how
to cover snaps on garments.
When one person needs to know how to
do something, everyone else usually listens
in, Berry said.
"We learn from everyone and we absorb
everything," she said.
Around 5 p.m., Berry said the group was
getting "slap-happy."
"Does anyone have shoulder pads that I
can use?," shouted Elizabeth McEnroe.
She picked up a pair of puffy shoulderpads, which the students disapproved of with
"ughs" and "yucks."
"It's the power look," she explained, as
she tossed them to the floor and continued
her search.
Berry said their classes are always together,
so they all have become close.
She also said there is no competition to win
awards, and they are always helping each
other.
"Everyone deserves an award," said
Kristen Thompson, who was working on her
material while listening to her walkman.
The students said they are anxious for the
show, and they have no regrets for their hard
work.
"I'm so excited because it is the first time
I am so dedicated to something," Berry said.
"I think it reflects who I am."
DeSanna helped Berry with the leather
hood she had been struggling with for most
of the day.
"This is the most annoying, confusing,
frustrating thing," Berry screamed.
She said she decided to finish the hood —
but not until after dinner — and definitely
not for the night.
"I have to go out tonight to relieve some
anxiety," she said. "It's been a terrible day
for me."
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THE CIRCLE, APRIL 9,1992
THE CIRCLE, APRIL. 9 , 1 9 9 2
In Hollywood, Oscars fail to silence 'Lambs'
By BRIAN MCNELIS
Once again the academy awards have
come and gone. They may have passed a lot
less painfully this year but they certainly left
some surprises in their wake.
For once the academy awards were done
with some style, zip and actually moved
rather swiftly. This was due in large part to
a great job by master of ceremonies Billy
Crystal.
I suppose the biggest surprise of the night,
at least for me, was the awarding of best picture to "The Silence of the Lambs." I felt
that this was an excellent picture but due to
its subject matter and the fact that it was
released more than a year ago it wouldn't
win. I was wrong.
Even though "Beauty and the Beast" was
animated I felt finally Hollywood was ready
to award an animated film best picture. Once
again I was wrong. (I guess that proves what
kind of critic I am.) Hopefully the time is
not to long in coming when Hollywood will
be ready, its been long enough already.
As for supporting actor it was no surprise
that Jack Palance took the award. Palance
has been around so long he deserved the
award for longevity alone. That aside though
Critic's
Corner
Brian
McNelis
his performance was outstanding in "City
Slickers."
Anthony Hopkins is another actor who
has been around for a long time but never
gave as unforgettable or riveting a performance than that of the evil and cannibalistic
Dr. Hannibal Lector. He was a shoe-in for
best actor and the academy didn't disappoint. Its a shame he followed that up with
a sleep-walk performance in the ebysmal
"Freejack."
I think I would have had better luck pickWhile on the subject of "Lambs"
Jonathan Demme may be a great director but ing the winning lottery numbers than picka public speaker he's not. His acceptance ing winners at the oscars this year.
speech has got to go down as one of the
It's a shame that there can't be more than
worst ever. Not only did he spend an eternione winner because there were several
ty at the podium but I haven't heard that honorable
at the awards. Nick
many urns in a speech since I did my first Nolte may mentions
not
have
come away with an
speech back in third grade.
award but he certainly got the respect he
after two outstanding performances
The academy proved me wrong in both ac- deserves
this year. Some mention also has to be made
tress categories. For supporting I wanted of John Singleton, the first time director and
Juliette Lewis until I saw what she looked screenwriter who gave us the riveting and
like at the awards and quickly changed my realistic "Boyz'N'the Hood." Just more
mind. Mercedes Ruhel is a great actress and evidence that you don't need a big budget
was duly awarded her first oscar for "The to make a great film.
Fisher King."
After all was said and done the oscars this
When it came to best actress the only question in my mind was who will it be, Geena year were the best I've seen in a long time.
Davis or Susan Sarandon? My money was There may have been some surprises and
on Sarandon. Once again I was surprised some mistakes but overall, unlike years past,
when the award was given to Jodie Foster, it was a thoroughly entertaining three and
her second in four years. Granted she gave a half hours.
a great performance but seeing her competiOne final note, for anyone who cares Jack
tion I figured the academy would certainly
Palance is now the editor of The Circle.
vote for someone else.-
New releases offer wide variety
by DANA BUONICONTI
First off this week, I was really
impressed with Mark Grossman's
performance at the Battle of the
Bands two weeks ago. He really
had it together with songs that had
a surprising lyrical maturity and
musical intensity. Get that boy a
record deal!
The legendary Spinal Tap is back
after an eight-year hiatus with
"Break Like The Wind" on MCA
records. David St. Hubbins, Nigel
Tufnel and Derek Smalls are back
in cheesy form, joined by new
drummer Ric Shrimpton (yeah,
I've lost count too).
The first single is "Bitch
School", which is already causing
complaints from feminists (hey,
lighten up...it's about a dog). Also
featured is a duet with Cher called
"Just Begin Again" and guitar
solos from Slash, Joe Satriani and
Jeff Beck on the title track.
The whole album is really good,
probably better than it should be.
And even if you've seen the movie
and are in on the joke, "Break Like
The Wind" is well worth your
purchase.
Also, check out "The End of
Silence", the major-label debut
from the Rollins Band. Hank is
fresh off the Lollapalooza tour,
still spitting venom and showing
off his pecs. The music is damn
slamming too. The first single is
"Low Self Esteem."
If you're in the mood for
.something a little different, a little
strange, a little left of right, give a
listen to the Rev. Horton Heat. No,
he's not really a reverend, but he
certainly preaches his brand of
twisted rockabilly with religious
fervor.
His album is called "Smoke Em
If You Got Em" and its on the Sub
Pop label, the same one that
brought you Nirvana, but don't
hold that against him.
It looks as though we've got
some good albums to look forward
to in the near future with the Black
Crowes and Faith No More releasing new ones in May. At the very
least, these two will cleanse us from
Def Leppard's atrocious new
album "Adrenalize" (great title,
boys), just out.
And for my shameless Pearl Jan
plug, they'll be on "Saturday Night
Live" on the 11th. Tune in, won'\.
you?
Provocative 'Thunderheart,'
a thriller with a different style
by MARC LEIPIS
When I first saw the previews for
this movie, I thought, Val Kilmer
and visions of Indians — what is
this, "The Doors, Part II?!?" I
was wrong. It was a trailer for an
excellent new thriller —
Thunderheart.
This is one of the first movies to
be produced by Robert DeNiro's
production company — Tribeca —
and is inspired by actual events that
took place in the late 1970s — and
I don't mean disco.
Kilmer stars as agent Raymond
Levoi, and FBI agent assigned to
investigate the murder of an Indian
activist on the reservation, or
"Res" as it is called, in the
Badlands of South Dakota.
A
Buttery
Substance
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Levoi, whose father was a Sioux,
has been sent as a PR move to
show that the government is proIndian and to encourage the public,
specifically the Indians, that the
days of abuse are over. But, as the
tribal policeman, Walter CrowHorse, played with wit by Graham
Greene of "Dances With Wolves,"
says, "You're just the second coming of the same old cavalry."
Problem is, Levoi has denied his
late father, and continually insists
the Indians are not "his people."
When asked what nation he is
from, he replies, "The United
States."
A teacher I once had in high
school said that all good detectives
are searching for one thing — Indians a bit heavy-handed at
themselves. Thunderheart is cer- times, but the moments of sarcasm
tainly true to that notion.
are really choice, specifically his
As Levoi searches for the killer,
he is brought into the Indian ways, reactions to Indian magic and his
getting back in tough with the great rapport with Grandpa.
Also worth noting is Greene's
heritage he has denied for so long.
He is guided on this journey of self- performance as Walter Crowdiscovery by one of the reserva- Horse, Levoi's new-found parttion's elders, known to most as ner/annoyance. Greene provides a
Grandpa, played by Chief Ted good amount of buddy-movie
Thin Elk in the most charming and banter to keep thefilmmoving and
entertaining performance of the still never loses sight of the bigger
picture.
film.
The deeper Levoi gets into the
On the down side — a very small
'culture, the more we can see the one — Thunderheart gets a bit concold indifference of our govern- fusing in that it's difficult early on
ment, personified in Levoi's part- to tell who's who. Are they proner, agent Coutell, played by Sam government Indians? Are they acShepard.
tivists? Are they...you get the picI really liked this film. Par- ture. Also, Levoi's intermittent
ticularly because it was an action- flashbacks of his father are vague,
thriller with a difference. It really but isn't that just the way with
made you think (Great, now no one flashbacks?
will go!).
Director Michael Apted — who
Sure, after I saw Dances With
Wolves, I was outraged at the treat- did the great Gorillas in the Mist
ment of the Indians, but we gave and Class Action — has put
Kevin Costner a few Oscars so together a political statement
disguised as a thriller, and it all
everything is OK. Not.
goes down easy.
Thunderheart, while very enterThunderheart garners a very
taining, has a specific message
confident
MEDIUM SIZED
about the treatment of Native
BUCKET O' CORN.
Americans. It doesn't beat you
over the head with it, but the
message is unavoidable.
CUTAWAY: That way-cool secExpressed in Roger Deakins' tion for afterthoughts. I've begun
gorgeous cinematography, we see to ask myself, will anything ever
the beauty of the Badlands, com- earn a BUSHEL SIZED
bined with gutted cars and slums of BUCKET? Is any movie good
the "Res" that make city-side pro- enough for me to encourage you to
jects look luxurious. As Shepard's rush to the Galleria or South Hills
character Coutell says, "It's the Mall and plunk down seven bucks?
Third World, smack dab in the With money situations for all of us
getting tighter and tighter, it's not
middle of America."
looking good...but all fundage
While Kilmer's performance is questions aside, Wayne's World
good, I found his transition from and My Cousin Vinny are strong
a stoic, cold FBI man throwing contenders,
along
with
around racial slurs like Geronimo Thunderheart for full bushel
to an empassioned protector of the status.
CHAIRPERSON
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"Any national search is going to
cost some money," she said. "I'm
not one to throw money around,,
but when you think about the cost
of finding the right candidate, it's
really insignificant."
Whoever ends up on the search
committee may be part of an interesting debate, revealed Cool.
.The committee may be forced to
choose between an academic candidate and an administrative candidate from the business world.
"The faculty and I are strongly
committed to get an academic candidate in here," she said.
"We want an academic with administrative experience," said
Piatt, who. just chaired the search
for a new journalism professor.
Should someone not be found,
Piatt said the school will go with
another acting chairperson.
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decision hurts,
but helps
There's no place I ike ho me [Fraternity to reapply
or controversial event
by MEGAN MCDONNELL
Senior Editor
by BETSY STANLEY
Staff Writer
Past and present residents of
Benoit and Gregory said they have
mixed emotions concerning the
decision to build townhouses where
their dorms now stand.
The brown octagonal facilities
were built in 1968 as housing
for student brothers which, in
recent years, have become cherished homes to Marist students.
Many students said they feel it's
like losing a home.
"It's awesome, we're all really
close — like a family," said Erin
Colburn, a sophomore from Port
Jefferson, N.Y.
Colburn, a Gregory resident,
said she is very upset about the
decision.
Robert Gage, a senior from
Walton, N.Y., said he feels this will
be a major loss.
"This type of building promotes
socialization. It makes it easy to
meet everyone," said Gage, who
has lived in Gregory for two years.
For other students, the need for
more housing is understood.
Stephanie Dilorio said she loves
Gregory, and that sometimes it gets
a little crazy.
"I understand, but it's a shame.
It's such a good environment
here," said Dilorio, a sophomore
from Dix Hills, N.Y.
Kevin Shine, a junior from West
Caldwell, N.Y., said he liked
Gregory because all his friends lived there.
"It's sad to an extent, but the
townhouses will be nicer," said
Shine.
Chris Ilardi, who has lived in
Benoit for one week, said he is not
bothered by the decision.
"I like it here, the family atmosphere," said Ilardi, a
sophomore from Lynbrook, N.Y.,
"but I'm not too attached."
"It's sad," said sophomore Judd
Kopicki of Cranford, N.J. "It's
very personal here."
Kopicki, a Benoit resident, said
it is a good idea to build a new
dorm.
Resident assistant Deb Waller
said she loves the circular structure
of the buildings, and sitting outside
on nice days.
"The best thing is, living here
has given me a chance to meet people I wouldn't have gotten to
know," said Waller, a senior.
"I will miss the feeling of community and friendship, and the
24-hour entertainment," she said
The Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity yesterday reapplied to sponsor
their biggest annual fund-raiser, the
Meet Market, after its appeal was
thrown out last month.
Student Body President Matthew
Thomson said he received a letter
Feb. 27 from the Judicial Review
Board stating that it found the
Council of Student Leaders free of
prejudice, but guilty of faulty procedure. However, the letter did not
state reasons.
"I went to Dean Cox's office to
get the answers I wasn't getting,"
Thomson said. "He (Cox) did not
overturn the decision, he just
thought the procedure was null and
void."
TKE members said the event,
which was cancelled Feb. 17
because they allegedly failed to
follow nine directives designed by
CSL, was brought to its Feb. 26 appeal because the fraternity was not
given due process.
However, Thomson said there
wasn't a structured set of guidelines
during the appeal.
He also said Cox, vice president/dean for student affairs,
spent 10 days reviewing the judicial
process, but found no documentation of the appeal hearing.
Cox was not available for
comment.
"I don't believe that any Judicial
Board member had any wrongdo-
Marist/Union contract Security
waiting for approval Briefs
6y JENNA RACELA
Staff Writer
Marist administrators and the
Local 200-D union came to an
agreement on the union's new
three-year contract April 3.
Negotiations, which began Feb.
3, were over the "terms and conditions" of employment, involving
wages and benefits for the union
members
comprising
the
maintenance,
housekeeping,
groundskeeping and dining-service
employees at Marist, according to
Carol Coogan, director of human
resources.
Specific issues that were discussed among the four managementrepresentatives and the eight unionrepresentatives are . confidential,
said Coogan.
Last week, the administration
tentatively agreed to the contract
the union presented, but it had to
be approved by President DennisJ.
Murray and the board of trustees
before it could be officially agreed
upon by the administrators of the
college, according to Coogan.
The board of trustees approved
the contract April 2, and the college administration officially accepted it April 3,according to
Coogan, who also said that the
union now has to sell the proposed contract to its membership —
called ratification — which will
happen at a meeting April 10.
The union's three-year contract
expired with Marist Feb. 29. Both
the administration and the union
agreed to extend negotiations
beyond the date of the contract,
said Coogan, who also said there
were 10 negotiation meetings.
by R. RONALD NASS
News Editor
A car parked in the Hoop Lot
was vandalized this past weekend,
according to J.F. Leary, director of
Safety and Security.
The car, a two-door 1988 Ford
Festiva, was vandalized sometime
between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Saturday, said Gregory Petruska,
from Waterford, N.Y., who is the
owner of the vehicle.
Damage to the vehicle includes
a smashed left-rear window and a
dent on the right-side door, said
Leary.
"Ironically nothing was taken
from my car," said Petruska, a
freshman, who also noted it will
cost about $160 to repair the
window.
Leary said he believes that all of
ing," said Thomson, "but things
like how many witnesses should be
brought in and what type of questions should be asked were not
outlined."
However, TKE members said
they won their appeal fairly.
"We won unanimously," said
Patrick Reilly, former Meet Market
chairman. "We went through it all
for nothing. Now, anyone besides
myself can reapply for the event."
Junior Stefano Aliprandi, the
current Meet Market chairman,
said the fraternity is willing to
cooperate with the school, and
hopes the school will cooperate
with the fraternity in its
reapplication.
Aliprandi said Tuesday that he
would meet Wednesday with Steve
Sansola, assistant dean for housing
and activities.
"1 don't see any loopholes at the
moment," he said. "It seems like
he (Sansola) would help us as much
as possible."
Sansola was not available for
comment.
However, Thomson said that
although TKE members have the
right to reapply for the event, there
might not be an available date
because most campus events for the
remainder of th<= semester have
been scheduled.
However, the
fraternity
members said they will still try.
"We're further investigating the
possibilities of having it (Meet
Market) sometime in April," said
Ed Ryan, TKE president.
the vandalism occurring in the
Hoop Lot is simply a string of
isolated incidents.
Petruska's car was the third car
to be vandalized in the dimly-lit
Hoop Lot within the past month
according to security records.
Leary said his office has received complaints from students concerning the lack of lighting in the
lot adjacent to the basketball courts
and
behind
the
Garden
Apartments.
"We have been pursing the situation with physical plant, but as of
now their office has no plans to improve the conditions," said Leary,
who added that members of the
security staff noticed the lack of
lighting weeks before any vandalism had occurred.
"The administration is reluctant
to put any money into the parking
lot because they feel it will be a
waste of money since there is going to be new parking lots and
assignments once the new dorm
project gets into full swing next
year," said an anonymous administrative source.
Pizza Wars: Sal's, Sev's, Settembre's compete
Silvana Vona, owner of Sev's Pizza in
Poughkeepsie, said most of her business
comes from area residents — about 30 to 40
percent come from Marist.
It's 7 p.m. on a Wednesday, the cafeteria
"Business picks up a lot when the students
is closed and you're starving.
are here and it can get pretty hectic with all
What's a hungry student to do? Take the of the deliveries," she said.
easiest route possible — order pizza.
While Sal's and Sev's don't seem to sufWhile school is in session, local pizza fer any loss in business when school is out.
restaurants boom with business from Marist
students, but what happens when classes let
^
izza at home is
out for the summer?
much
better,
"saidMaloy.
The consensus of some Marist favorites,
such as Sal's Little Italy and Sev's, shows the
"There's no pizza like
businesses do not suffer financially when the
New York City pizza."
students go home.
Sal Vona, owner of Sal's Little Italy
Pizzeria and Restaurant in Poughkeepsie, Concetta Provenzano, co-owner of Provensaid when he first opened the restaurant, zano's in Poughkeepsie, said they do notice
most of the business came from Marist a drop in pizza sales.
Provenzano said about 20 percent of her
students, but they now have a variety of
business comes from Marist students.
patrons.
She said they used to notify students of
"It's hard to say how much business is
specials
by putting flyers under their doors,
from Marist," Vona said. "When we put out
adds with specials, we get a lot more calls but were told not to by someone at the college, whom she didn't name.
from students."
Donato Gemmati, manager of T & F PizVona said he doesn't see a drop in business
over the summer months and although Sal's za in Hyde Park, said 15 percent of their
doesn't depend on Marist business, they do business comes from Marist students.
He said they used to notice a difference
appreciate it.
in
sales when students left, but they now
"We'd like to thank the college for being
here and hopefully we can repay them by cater to residents as well as Marist.
Gemmati said the business he gets from
continuing to offer specials and discounts,"
Marist is good, but causes a lot of headaches.
he said.
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Senior Editor
"They get impatient if we say it's gonna
be there in 30 minutes and it's there in 35,"
Gemmati said. "The majority of the students
aren't very understanding when it comes to
that," said Gemmati.
Although Settembre's seems to be a
favorite among Marist students, the owner
refused to comment about his business.
Christine Dooley, a senior from Levittown, N.Y., said she usually ordered from
Settembre's when she lived on campus
because it was open later and the food arrived faster.
"I never really had pizza as much as my
freshman year in college," Dooley said. "It
was close and it was cheap."
Jennifer Maloy, a senior from Staten
Island, N.Y., also said she ordered from Settembre's because they were close, but added that there's no place like home.
"Pizza at home is much better," said
Maloy. "There's no pizza like New York City pizza."
Kim Fitzgerald, 21, from Brooklyn, N.Y.,
agreed with Maloy's longing for the tastes
of home.
"I hate the pizza up here because it's
disgusting," said Fitzgerald. "Brooklyn has
the best pizza."
Fitzgerald said when she does put her feel-
ings aside for the pizza in the arc:; and orders
out, she calls Provenzano's.
Although she sometimes has to wait an
hour and a half for delivery, she said Provenzano's has the best pizza around.
While these students base their pizza picks
on taste and logistics, Steve Christmann uses
other criteria.
Christmann, a senior from Huntington,
N.Y., said his wallet determines whose
cuisine he will be enjoying for dinner.
"I order from wherever there's coupons
for, or whatever flyers are around," said
Christmann.
He added, "I order because it's cheap and
1 don't feel like cooking."
Christmann said the pizza businesses in the
area are all basically the same — without
flyers, they probably wouldn't get any Marist
business.
Silvana Vona said there's a lot of competition among the area pizza restaurants to get
Marist business.
Sal's and Sev's offer S5 pies for students
with free delivery. T & F also offers S5 pies
for students with a SI delivery charge and
Provenzano's offers free delivery.
Settembre's has free delivery with S5.99
for a large pie, and SI0.99 for two large pies
with one free topping.
"The Marist deliveries keep everybody
busy, but hey, every little bit helps," Vona
said.
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Adjunct launches writing career with first novel
DeFelice said that while "Coyote
Bird" is intended as a thriller, he
^ S.J. RICHARD
also sees the story on a deeper, lessAssistant Editor
commercial level, exploring the
No one ever accused Jim issue of man versus machine in the
DeFelice of not having imagina- use of artificial intelligence.
tion. Certainly not the nuns at St.
The main ingredients of "Coyote
Mary's Grammar School in Du- Bird" are computers and airplanes
mont, N.J., where DeFelice — the — two things that DeFelice said
self-proclaimed class smartass — have interested him all his life.
used to get yelled at for drawing
In fact, as a child, he wanted to
cartoons of superheroes in class be a pilot or an astronaut until he
rather than paying attention.
learned perfect vision was a
These days, DeFelice, an adjunct pre-requisite.
instructor of communications at
"I ate all these carrots, and I got
Marist, is putting his imagination sick," DeFelice recalled. "So I
to a little more productive use as decided to go into writing."
the author of the newly released
"Coyote Bird" as well is a protechno-thriller "Coyote Bird" (St. duct of changed direction, DeFelice
Martin's Press, $18.95).
said. While working on a more
The surface plot involves high- mainstream novel, he "got stuck."
tech superplanes, a covert Japan"It wasn't quite writer's block,"
U.S. war and a mysterious com- said DeFelice, a 1977 Marist
puter virus, which all combined are graduate. "It just wasn't workmore trouble than any present-day ing."
economic woes with the Japanese.
One sleepless night, he came up
So far, the novel has been with a plot merely as a diversion
reviewed in Kirkus Reviews and and decided to play around with it
Publishers Weekly and received for a while.
favorable notice in the mysteries
"If an idea sticks with you," he
and thrillers column of The New said, "it's probably worth inYork Times Review of Books.. vestigating."
DeFelice has already signed with
One year later, the investigation
St. Martin's for a second novel.
into that late-night diversion
became the completed "Coyote."
One week after getting an agent,
the book was sold to St. Martin's
Press.
A month to six weeks of library
research went into finding the Tom
Clancy-type information about
aeronautics and
computer
technology for the novel.
Although DeFelice has worked
on mysteries and mainstream
novels, he said his next novel will
also be a techno-thriller. It's due to
be published in about a year and
a half.
DeFelice said he was influenced
by writers from Jules Verne to Dale
Brown; however, he no longer
reads techno-thrillers.
"I don't want to get too influenced,"^ said.
A typical day for DeFelice includes working on his writing at his
Highland home from 8 a.m. until
about 2 p.m. in a cluttered room
with two desks and an old door
propped up on somefilingcabinets
to serve as a a third.
The desks — in theory at least —
separate his different professional
pursuits as a novelist, as a journalism instructor at Marist and as
a political columnist for the
Taconic Newspapers in Dutchess
County.
Under his laser printer, are the
records of Dutchess County elections for the .last 30 years.
Also in the clutter one can find
a notebook-sized, black, plastic
sign with eight screw holes that he
and some friends stole from the
Iowa Writer's Conference while he
was getting his M.A. from SUNY
Albany.
DeFelice's professional writing
career began in journalism.
Throughout college, he worked
full-time as a reporter covering
sports and politics.
"I remember driving to work
one day thinking, 'Ha! I can't
believe they pay me to do this,"
DeFelice said.
He later became executive editor
of "Taconic Newspapers, a
publishing group consisting of
seven newspapers and three
magazines headquartered in
Millbrook, N.Y. He resigned in
1987 to give more time to his fiction writing.
" I was pretty comfortable
then," he said. "But I had to ask
myself, 'Do I want to be comfortable or do I want to write
books?"*
He decided he wanted to do
both, but quit his job nonetheless.
He still writes his political column for the Taconics and does
some free-lance articles.
Aside from the hats of journalist
and novelist, DeFelice has taught
as an adjunct at Marist for several
years.
"The first journalism course I
was ever in," DeFelice confessed,
"was the one I was teaching."
His image of a college professor
worried him a little at first.
"I thought I'd have to wear
jackets with elbow patches and talk
in full sentences," he said.
DeFelice plans to continue
teaching at Marist no matter how
successful "Coyote Bird" is.
"I like to bore students in an interesting way," he said.
Seniors ready to party on April 24 at annual River Fest
by CATHERINE CARDELL
Staff Writer
A day of dancing, celebration,
and various activities can be expected on April 24, when Marist
College will hold its fifth annual
River Festival from 1 to 5 p.m. at
the North Fields, near Gartland
Commons.
The River Festival, open only to
students 21 or older and faculty
members, will include music by
Awesome Audio, entertainment,
games such as tug o'war and
basketball, food by Seilers and
both alcoholic and non-alcoholic
beverages.
The main focus of River Fest is
tradition, community of class and
fellowship, said Steve Sansola,
director of residence life.
Heather Wells, a senior from
North Greenbush, N.Y., is looking
forward to the upcoming event,
spending the day with the senior
class and seeing everyone together
at once.
The River Fest replaced what
was formerly River Day, an unofficial holiday during which
members of all classes joined at the
river to drink and socialize.
Because River Day lea to such
problems as under-age drinking,
improper behavior and damage to
Marist property, Marist College
with the help of the Class of 1988,
formed the now- sanctioned River
Fest.
"The rites of spring are over from Korea will be attending River
4,000 years old and no one can stop Fest for the first time this year.
them," said Bro. Joseph Belanger,
"I'm looking forward to seeing
a French professor. Belanger also a lot of my friends and all of the
said that River Fest is an excellent people who will be graduating this
event and has vastly improved since year," he said.
River Day.
The event is sanctioned by the
Unlike River Day, River Fest is college and there is a large emnow fully monitored by both staff phasis placed on safety, said Sanand senior class members and open sola. Transportation for those
to older students only, said drinking will be available.
Sansola.
The cost of admission is $5 in adGin Kang, a 22-year-old junior vance or $8 at the door.
Students help their peers
at career-advising center
By LISA CHMIELEWKI
Staff Writer
Stephen DiGiacomo, Denise
Zanchelli and Janine Vitagliano say
their internship has changed their
lives — and the lives of other
students.
As peer counselors and interns at
the Career Development Center,
they are three of the five students
who help their peers set career objectives and choose the major that
fits their needs, personalities and
interests.
They counsel those individuals
who may be uncertain about their
resumes, interviewing or career
plans.
On an average day, the
counselors help as many as 15 to
20 students.
"There is always something new
and exciting to do and every day is
an adventure; you're always
meeting someone new," said
DiGiacomo, a senior from Island
Park, N.Y.
With a counselor there is mostly
one-to-one contact. Interns also
pitch in with administrative tasks
and projects.
"We may sometimes be the first
stepping process to major changes
in people's lives," said Zanchelli,
a senior from Pleasant Valley,
N.Y. "We advise, not counsel."
For the student considering
graduate or law school, the peer
counselor helps with the search of
testing fees, school applications
and institution selections.
"I've seen major breakthroughs
and encourage students to explore.
I've seen the positive results," said
Vitagliano, a junior from Belle
Mead, N.J.
For the three interns, being peercareer counselors has helped them
to learn and utilize techniques such
as listening skills and resume
writing.
The counselors said what they
have learned about themselves as
individuals has been tremendous.
"One of the biggest things I
learned about myself was to communicate effectively, be selfassured and work as a team
player," said Zanchelli.
"Today I have overcome the fear
of speaking to large crowds, I've
implemented my own career-search
workshops, and I've learned to be
more assertive," said Vitagliano.
Zanchelli said her main role as
peer counselor is to offer courses
and workshops on how to put
together resumes.
Zanchelli
also
conducts
simulated mock interviews for
students and later analyzes the interviews
for
case-study
assignments.
One of the most satisfying
moments for DiGiacomo was convincing a classmate to get started
on a job search.
"He had no definite idea of what
he wanted but I geared him toward
a goal and it felt great," he said.
The interns help students with
self-assessment, career research,
selection of a career direction and
the planning of a job search.
The requirements for the peercareer counselor are three-hour
training seminars each week, attendance at each office workshop and
a presentation at a staff meeting.
The counselors also have to present a final project related to a major or career interest at the end of
each semester.
Being a peer-career counselor
earns a student 10 credits,fiveeach
semester.
"Not only is it a great way to get
connections and meet people, it
strengthens your own skills and
help others while doing it," said
Zanchelli.
Local hiking trails
let students escape
by JIM TRUPIANO
Staff Writer
As the weather gets nicer, many
students begin to search for outdoor activities to escape the dorms.
One popular pasttime in the
Hudson Valley is hiking.
Just up the block from Marist
College is the Hyde Park Trail, a
3.5 mile walk that extends from the
Vanderbilt National Historic Site
to the Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site.
The Hyde Park Trail is wide and
gentle, but there are rough sections
and hills which make the trail
slightly challenging.
The trail that links the Vanderbilt and Roosevelt sites is one of the
first completed links in the Hudson
Valley Greenway, and it is only the
first phase of a long term goal to
extend it northward to Staatsburg
and south to the Poughkeepsie
waterfronts.
Other popular hiking areas less
than an hour away include:
Shawangunk Trails, Mohonk
Preserve and The Taconic Trail
System.
Some essential hiking equipment
includes: a compass, plenty of
clothing
for
changes
in
temperature, extra food, a
flashlight, a first aid kit and a
pocket knife.
Recommended clothing includes:
two pairs of socks, boots, long
baggy pants, gloves, hat, wind and
water resistant jacket, sun visor
and extra shirts or sweaters.
Additional equipment needed
for overnight trips include: tent or
tarp for shelter, ground cloth,
sleeping bag, stove, fuel, cooking
pot, long underwear, toilet items,
and a rain cover.
Other things that are nice to have
are binoculars, a camera, a swimsuit and a towel.
For students interested in hiking, Marist students have started'
the Outback Club.
The club consists of 25 members
and usually hikes at Minnewaska
State Park.
Besides hiking, the club also goes
mountain biking, white water rafting and cave exploring.
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Presidents and students, for the
first time, from local colleges will
hold an alcohol and drug conference on April 9, at Vassar
College.
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The conference, sponsored by
the Mid Hudson Alcohol and other
Drug College Consortium, will be
held at Vassar College Alumni
House from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The conference will be a forum
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and then discuss the presence of
drugs and alcohol on campuses—
not an anti-drug lecture, said Barbara Fries, a counselor for students
at Marist College.
"It's a place to talk about what
is real," added Fries.
"The point of the conference is
we score more to get college presidents thinking
about alcohol and drug use at their
schools," said Jillian Flyn, a
representative from the Dutchess
County Alcohol Council.
The conference will provide a
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for students, some currently
with alcohol and drug problems, to
tell their side of the story, said
Flyn.
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Over a week ago in Oakland, Calif., two said Dan Okada, criminal justice professor
high school students were shot on the and internship director. "It is not the apsidewalk from unknown gunmen in cars parent, blatant racism or sexism you see on
whizzing by their school. Police did not other college campuses."
determine it as a racially motivated incident.
"The topic of prejudice is wide open and
New York City, approximately 3000 miles people are expressing themselves so we can
away from Oakland and 70 miles away from understand and maybe stop spreading
Marist, continues to have problems with stereotypes," said Peter Wagor, a junior enracial tensions, but in areas like Crown vironmental science major from Rochester,
Heights people have learned to communicate N.Y.. "It is a hot topic now more than ever
because people want to talk about it, and it
with each other and form closer bonds.
The Marist community, a gathering of dif- gets a response."
John Suzuki, a junior communication arts
ferent nationalities, understands prejudice
exists off campus in the the world, but there major, said people are ignorant when they
are also subtle forms of prejudice on stereotype people, but most do not want
trouble or try to direct harsh comments to
campus.
Race, sex and age integration exist at others because it probably doesn't matter.
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Children are especially influenced within
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Professor Ashok Kapoor said we should
educate children in their homes and schools
because it is here where stereotypes are learned — while most tolerate it, they are too
scared to speak against it.
"Children gain leadership qualities from
their parents and teachers, who are in close
contact with the child," Professor Kapoor
said. "These qualities give the person confidence to speak up and say prejudice is
wrong, and we should not ignore it."
Terry Gavaletz, a senior communication
arts major from Woodbury, Conn., said
people's attitudes and "twisted" words make
her angry when she is told what she should
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happening and 1 ignore it," Gavaletz said.
"I say men are scum, but they're not because
I don't think guys think all girls are (female
dogs)."
"Marist students need enough awareness
to understand the different races and cultures
on and off campus," said Zelesther Cay, a
social work major from Preston Hollow,
N.Y.
The 24th anniversary of the assassination
of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was last Saturday, April 4 — the students and faculty in
this article were, in the words of King, not
judged by "the color of their skin, but or
the content of their character."
This micro-brew's for you!
Woodstock brewery is booming
by JOHN C. NIEDZWIECKI
Staff Writer
Within the cavernous walls of a
foundry built in 1830 at 20 St.
James St., Kingston, Nat Collins,
owner and brewmaster of the
Woodstock Brewing Company said
he feels like a mad scientist in the
rich tradition of brewing in the
Hudson Valley.
Throughout the country microbreweries—any brewery that brews
up to 60,000 barrels a year or 1.8
million gallons—thrived at the turn
of the century.
There were 22 micro-breweries in
Kingston alone before the last was
closed in 1942.
The Wall Street Journal and
other financial publications have
called micro-breweries one of the
top 10 investments for the 1990s.
"The Woodstock Brewing Company is not all about money," said
Nancy Baker, head of marketing
for the brewery. "It is about quality beer with an integrity that will
not be compromised for popularity."
"We want the quality of the beer
to make us a popular brew," said
Baker, in between phone calls and
answering the door to let inquisitive
visitors take a look at the newly
remodelled interior of the brewery.
Collins, who has been brewing
his own beer since 1971 before the
practice was legal, in 1979, said he
began during the back-to-nature
movement of the early 1970s while
still a member of the Rainbow
Farm commune near Phoenicia,
N.Y.
"I made my own honey and
maple syrup," said Collins. "Making beer was just a natural
extension—I just like to do things
on my own."
The brews of the Woodstock
Brewing Company adhere to the
German Reinheitsgebot, a purity
order issued by the Elector of
Bavaria in 1516.
"Our beer will never contain
anything artificial," said Baker
proudly. "We only use the choicest
hops, barley, yeast, malt and
water, that's all—nothing else. To
be quite honest the recipe is simple,
perfecting it is the difficult part."
Woodstock Brewing Company
had been a life long dream for Collins, who has been home brewing
for
years.
In the early 1970s, Collins and a
friend opened a cheese shop in
Phoenicia. Later he started his own
construction company. But he
always wanted to do more than just
brew in his basement.
In the clean white light of the
reception room and around the five
shining 1200 gallon vats that make
and store the beer, it is hard to imagine Collins ever brewing in the
desolation of a basement.
After a journey around the
country in April 1990 touring
micro-brewery after microbrewery, to get a feel for the
business and market, Collins
enrolled at the American Brewers
Academy in Chicago.
In June of 1991, Collins leased
the foundry and in January of 1992
the first barrels of Hudson Lager,
Woodstock Brewing Company's
flagship brew, were complete.
Restaurant owners have agreed
to sell Hudson Lager without having tasted it because they like the
idea of what a good local brew
could do for the area.
"About 75 percent of the sales
orders we get come from customers
who just call and ask for a delivery
without tasting the beer," said
Baker from behind the hospitality
suit in the reception room of the
brewery.
As soon as Collins establishes
Hudson Lager he plans to add St.
James Ale, Big Indian Porter and
Rondout Stout to the list of brews
made at the brewery.
Drinking is a way of
life for many college students
by AMY CROSBY
Staff Writer
Some Marist students will venture out to an off-campus party
after drinking in their rooms
tomorrow night because they succeeded in smuggling beer past
security.
The off campus party, usually
the downstairs of a run-down
house packed beyond capacity, will
last a few hours and once the keg
is gone so are the students.
Students then will travel to one
of three college bars, which one
depends on the quality of
identification.
On Saturday morning most of
these students will admit to drinking too much, drinking to the point
of vomiting, or driving after drinking the night before but will not
consider it anything out of the
ordinary.
Abusive drinking is a "norm"
on college campuses and is accepted in our culture, a culture that
celebrates drunkenness, according
to Barbara Fries, a councilor at
Marist.
Abusive drinking is not healthy,
but students justify doing it
because everybody else does, and
this abusive behavior is condoned
because they are in a college atmosphere, said Fires.
In 1982 a quarter of all college
students were alcohol abusers, but
according to a New York State
alcohol abuse study, 36 percent of
the nation's 13 million college
students are alcohol abusers, nearly
two out of every five Marist
students.
According to the national
average, Marist students spend
51,392,797.88
on
alcohol
annually—that is S323.08 a year
per Marist student.
"College students in the United
States spend an average of $4.2
billion annually on alcohol, which
is one third of their total income.
Less money is spent on books,"
said Surgeon General Antonia
Novello at a press conference in
1991.
The alcohol abuse study showed
21 percent of college age women
are alcohol dependent, making college women twice as likely to be
alcohol abusers as non-college
women of the same age.
Alcohol is also a factor in 21 percent of all college drop outs, according to the study.
"Alcohol is the party at college
and coming to college in our
culture is at the risk of becoming
alcoholic," said Fries.
One reason for the high incidence of drinking at college campuses appears to be due to the promotion of abusive drinking.
Alcohol is seen as the only way
to celebrate on college campuses,
and the media in our culture emphasizes this, said Fries.
Last year Si.9 billion was spent
by brewers and distillers to support
entertainment programs aimed
primarily at young people—$20
million of that was spent on direct
campus promotion, principally for
beer, according to an article interviewing Robin Wilson, president of
California State University at
Chico.
In one year Miller Brewing Company sponsored 3,000 rock concerts
in this country aimed at the youth
market, and 600 were on or adjacent to college campuses, stated the
article.
The media gives people the idea
that abusive drinking is fun and the
only way to celebrate, and living
this way for four years can lead to
future problems of alcoholism if
abusive drinking is not addressed,
said Fries.
There is a difference between
alcohol abuse and alcoholism and
between alcohol abuse and social
drinking, said Fries.
Social drinkers do not drink to
intoxication. They have one or two
drinks in socially accepted situations, like wine with dinner. Their
alcohol drinking does not cause
problems or have consequences in
their lives, said Fries.
It is when individuals drink
abusively and excessively for a long
time that a physical dependency
develops, causing a potentially fatal
disease called alcoholism, said
Fries.
THE CIRCLE
EDITORIAL
THE CIRCLE
APRIL 9,1992
All the democratic presidential
candidates are pro-abortion including Catholic Jerry Brown.
Speaking as a Roman Catholic
who participates in the holy
sacrifice of the mass each day and
prays the rosary of the blessed
virgin Mary daily, it is my discernment that no Catholic may vote
vote for a man who will facilitate
abortions by appropriation and
CIRCLE
Chris Shea, Editor
Mike O'Farrell, Sports Editor
Matt Martin, Photography Editor
Jenn Johannessen, Senior Editor
m
Jen Chandler, senior editor
Beth Conrad, senior editor
Julie Martin, associate editor
Eric Hanson, distribution manager
Diane Raven, business manager
SJ. Richard, assistant editor
Chrissy Cassidy, assistant editor
BUFF/
David McCraw./ocuJry advisor
Opportunity is
Knocking
To improve this college's largest major, hiring a chairperson to head the
Communications and the Arts Division must only be the first step.
By July 1, 1992, students studying communications —
the college's largest major — and students studying the
arts should have a new divisional chairperson.
The academic restructuring which will create the Communications and the Arts division should affect, according to the restructuring supporters, the communications
major by increasing its visibility, improving the lines of
communications (how fitting) between the faculty and administration and using more student input in the
decision-making
To the 700-plus communications majors, all this sounds
positive.
Yet, if Marist is going to market itself as a "Communications school," it will be kidding itself and robbing students of their tuition if it doesn't make some more
much-needed improvements.
A new chairperson hired as a result of a national search
and a fancy new division name won't cut it alone.
Among the necessary changes to be made:
Upgrading the technology
The speech writers for the Admissions Office tour
guides who show the communications equipment in
Lowell Thomas to prospective students conceivably could
have a promising career penning late-night comedy
monologues.
The television studios are hardly state of the art, unless
it's 19.75.
And while many high schools are currently doing
newspaper design and production on computers, The Circle is still laid out with pencil and paper. Also, though
the mainframe has its advantages to work on, it's rather
archaic word-processing programs often make editing a
newspaper unnecessarily tedious.
And why is the Marist College radio station (WMCR)
still located in Champagnat Hall? Doesn't it belong in
Lowell Thomas?
More quality faculty
This one is obvious. A college is nothing without quality
professors. Unfortunately, in the area of communications, there are not enough of them. Every comm. major knows of the certain professor whose night classes
regularly end at around 7:30 p.m. This is a travesty.
While financial restraints always seem to lurk around
this issue, a proposal to reduce the amount of courses
a professor teaches and, hence, hire more professors to
make up the difference, should be considered. Teaching
less students means more individual attention per student.
Also, some professors are forced to teach out of their
area of expertise. This is usually because there is no professor available with the expertise or that professor(s) are
tied up teaching other courses.
While sometimes having professors switch gears like
this is a practical necessity, it's the students who
sometimes may get short-changed.
APRIL
9,1992
Abortion performers deserve excommunication
THE
Megan McDonnell, senior editor
Rich Nass, news editor
Margo Barrett, editorial page editor
Brian McNelis, entertainment editor
Brigid O'Reilly, advertising manager
Domlnick Fontana, assistant editor
Anastasia Custer, assistant editor
VIEWPOINT
And then there were two
by MARK MARBLE
It is midnight on the dark Thursday evening after the New York primary- The results
are in and to many people's surprise, not only did former governor of California Jerry
Brown not finish first, he didn't even finish
second either.
It's time to get serious.
In the Governor's Mansion in Albany, a
man is sitting in a comfortable chair. He
stares out the window as one of his loyal
bodyguards announces the arrival of a
visitor. The bodyguard shows Jerry Brown
in and leaves, shutting the door behind him.
Thinking
Between
The
Lines
JB: May I please speak to you, Don
Cuomo? I need your help desperately.
Please, Godfather, please.
Mario Cuomo slowly rises from his chair
and walks towards Brown. The theme from
"The Godfather" is heard as Jerry Brown
kneels and kisses Cuomo's ring.
MC: (doing his best Marlon Brando imitation) Now, what can I do for you, my
friend?
JB: I need your help, your support. I have
done all I can in New York. Yet, people who
have been out of the racefor almost a month
are finishing ahead of me. lean only win the
Democratic nomination
with your
endorsement.
MC: My endorsement? Is that all you want
from me?
JB:Don Cuomo, only with the power and
influence of your family can the threat of
Clinton be eliminated. It's well known that
you're unhappy with Hillary and her running mate, Bill.
MC: Yes, you speak the truth. Gov. Clinton shows me no respect. I would gladly have
stepped aside to support his candidacy if only
he hadn 't said all those terrible things about
me. Now, I want him to suffer humiliation
and defeat for the insults made against my
family.
JB: Then help me stop him! Endorse me!
MC: This I can not do.
JB: What? Why?
MC: To step in now, to use all my powers
to wrest the nomination away from "Slick
Willie," would further divide the party. The
party must stay united, even in defeat. This
will ensure my success in 1996.
JB: But Clinton must be stopped.
Cuomo returns to his chair and turns slowly to face Brown.
MC: Do not worry, my friend. He will be
stopped. He does not truly understand the
power of George Bush and family. Clinton
is careless and stupid. If it wasn't for his
wife, he wouldn't have gotten this far.
JB: I accept your decision, Don Cuomo,
even if I don't agree with it.
MC: Don't feel bad. Senator Paul Tsongas
received the same reply. I can give you some
financial aid, and my blessings, but that's all.
Jerry Brown kneels and kisses Cuomo's
ring again."
JB: Bless you Godfather. And I was sorry
to hear about John Gotti.
MC: Ah well, You can't win them all.
JB: Tell me about it. Well, it's off to
Virginia.
MC: Good luck in your quest my friend.
As long as your business does not conflict
with mine.
Jerry Brown walks out of the office as
Mario stands and stares out the window. His
bodyguard returns and announces that Bill
Clinton is on the phone.
MC: Just when I thought I was out, they
pull me back in.
TO BE CONTINUED....
Mark Marble is the political columnist for
The Circle.
The Circle
is proud to announce
Sara Richard as
editor-in-chief for 1992-93
Other members of the
editorial staff will include:
Carey Allaband
Dominick Fontana
Anastasia Custer
Ted Holmlund
Chrissy Cassidy
J.W. Stewart
Margo Barrett
Matt Martin
legislation if elected.
A catholic is morally bound to
abstain from supporting those who
accept the murder of fetal human
beings.
If a catholic votes for a proabortion presidential candidate,
this individual commits a sin as he
or she becomes a voluntary participant in a process which ultimately
leads to murder.
The sin of murder is serious mat- that this excommunication applies are no circumstances in which a
Catholic may vote for a proter and, therefore, a mortal sin. to the pro-abortion voter also.
Those who die unrepentant with
Academic theologians and abortion candidate. Confession is
mortal sins on their souls go to hell American have not wanted to make required for absolution of this sin,
instructs the Catholic Church.
this assertion. The Episcopates are . a mortal sin.
Catholic Church Law asserts maintaining a strange silence about
that the woman who aborts her the moral implication of voting for
Joseph E. Valley, is a graduate
child and those who perform the a pro-abortion candidate.
of Iona College, class of 1968, with
abortion as well as those who pay
If a Catholic does not wish to a B.A. in Psychology.
for the abortion are automatically vote for the Republican candidate,
excommunicated. It would appear he may refrain from voting. There
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
'21 Society' thanks all
Editor:
We would like to thank everyone
who attended the Mar. 27 " 2 1 "
Society. It was a great success. We
hope everyone had a great time and
we really appreciate the senior class
for coming out to party with us.
We would like to thank our
friends (you know who you are)
who help us clean up after every
" 2 1 " Society we have had. We
never would have been able to pull
them off without your help, support, and enthusiasm.
We would also like to thank
Sister Eileen, Steve Sansola, Susan
Sullivan and Donald Goodwin for
all their advice, help and support
this past year. The 1991-92 " 2 1 "
Society has had a great year and we
hope that everyone who came to
them had a good time.
We wish next years " 2 1 " Society all the luck that we had this year.
And we hope to see all the seniors
at the " 2 1 " Society during Senior
week. Due to scheduling conflicts
the Apr. 10 " 2 1 " Society is
cancelled.
Restructuring affects
students for the better
Editor:
Although as was said towards
I would like to comment on the bottom of the article that
"Divisions restructured; Arts and "nothing" will change for the
Letters split" in the Apr. 2 edition students with regard to the registraof The Circle.
tion with its original proposal to
The article says it was the Com- make Communication Arts a
munication Arts faculty that pro- separate division.
posed a change, although not the
Our intent first and foremost
change as approved. Yet, no one was to provide communication mafrom the Communications Arts jors with better programs and more
faculty was interviewed
for reac- identity on and off campus.
tion or comment-1— at least no such
We hope that even this "half
comment appears in the article.
loaf" of a realigned division of
Communication and the Arts will
We spent a great deal of time "affect" communication arts,
and effort for more than a year to students and for the better.
secure a stronger voice for ComRichmond J.Egan,
munication Arts on the Marist
Assistant Professor of
faculty.
Communication Arts
Almost everything I needed
to know, I learned at
college — / think.
by AMY ELLEN BEDFORD
they won't work, any scam
As graduation quickly ap- means
ever pulled on the phone company,
proaches, the time has come for me just
how much time I have to put
to reflect back on my four years at cash in my account before the
Marist and take stock of the educa- check bounces, which cash
tion I have received.
machines work at 11 p.m. on FriCo-chairpersons Debbie Waller
Sure I've learned all the things a day and Saturday, how to park for
and Mike Prout college education should teach me: free at Bertie's, the secret of "The
how to write, how to think and Price Is Right" Plinko game, how
analyze and how to research, sure- far I can drive on Empty, how long
ly these skills will be valuable in my clothes have to hang in an open
life.
window before the smoke smell
But college has taught me other comes out, any student discount
lessons, available only through ac- within a 15-mile radius, the
tual experience and these are as im- cheapest brand of any product in
portant as any classroom skill. the supermarket, the best pizza in
Courtesy of my Marist education the Hudson Valley (with tables),
Editor:
not to flush the toilet if someone
The Epsilon Upsilon chapter of I will never forget:
is in the shower, which bouncers
Sigma Sigma Sigma National
accept fake I.D., which outfits
Sorority would like to congratulate
guarantee results, the cheapest time
the following students on their inof the day and week to make longitiation as new members this
distance phone calls, the prices of
semester:
Why are
all Blistex stuff, that "Price Plus
we the only
Club" discounts are a big hoax, not
Yahaira Aristy, Nicole Brady,
ones laughing? to
cash my paycheck at Shoprite,
Kate Castle, Christine Dussan, Anunless Shoprite money becomes
drea Gulius, Jennifer Kurtz, Jennegotiable, which guy at Subway
nifer McCauley, Shawna McKeen,
makes the best sandwiches and,
Doreen Pethigal, Dawn Schob,'
how to microwave just about
Debbie Vasquez, and Theresa
anything to perfection at 3 a.m.
Zimba.
don't use scouring pads on nonstick pans, leaving curlers in your
Amy Ellen Bedford is The CirChrista Baumgartner, hair for more than 10 minutes cle's humor columnist.
PR co-chairperson of Tri-Sigma
New members
for Tri-Sigma
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The issues which are paramount
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The Marist College Circle K club, a community service organization, was honored at
the club's New York district convention in
March, where Marist received the membership award for increasing their membership
by 81 percent.
Cynthia Malo, a freshman from East Northport, N.Y., received honorable mention
for a first year member, and Matthew Beerwort, a sophomore from Somers, Conn.,
was inducted as Lt. Gov. for the Hudson
division.
This community service program, which
is sponsored by Kiwanis Clubs, began at
Marist in 1979 and has a basic philosophy
of fellowship, service, and friendship, said
President Julie Shrider, a sophomore from
Manchester, Conn.
The 39 members of the club pay annual
dues of $18 to their international sponsors
and are forced to raise all funds themselves
because they are not a chartered
organization.
According to Shrider, craft fairs, rose
sales, and baby sitting services are successful
fund raisers mostly because of support and
participation from members.
"It's hard to have an international club,
there are a lot of guidelines and its difficult
to please everyone, but our members have
been very helpful," said Shrider.
A goal of the organization is to promote
membership by implementing the program
at a high school level, said Malo, the
president-elect for 1992-93.
Although it is sometimes difficult dealing
with the red tape of an international
organization, as well as being a club at
Marist, the rewards and benefits out weigh
the drawbacks.
"I never did any volunteer work before,"
said Malo. "Now I realize how beneficial it
is for other people."
They held a book drive where members
collected over 500 books which they donated
to the Literacy Volunteers of America.
In addition, they held a lollipop sale and
raised $100 for the Muscular Dystrophy
Association.
They also have gone Christmas carolling
in a nursing home, and they visit a shut-in
in Poughkeepsie each week.
YOU SHOULDN'T 'Black Weekend 1992' celebrates
HAVE TO CRAM ON diversity of Marist community
YOUR WAY HOME!
Those who attended were served dinner and entertained with:
musical selections by La Orquesta
Amor Latina—a Latin band from
More than 200 Marist students, Newburgh, N.Y.—poetry readings
faculty members and people from by Ms. Ivelisse Gonzalez and Mr.
the Poughkeepsie area attended an Lateef Islam, a dance performance
African-American and Latino by "Latin Heat" and the fashion
cultural dinner/dance and fashion show.
show that was the high point of
The fashion show was the high
"Black Weekend 92."
point of the evening with four difThe 11-year-old event, a semi- ferent parts: African Wear, Prom
formal affair, sponsored by The Night, lingerie and sportswear.
Black Student Union and The
Cobham said that AfricanHispanic Club, was held in the
American
and Latin cultures
campus center dining hall last
should be appreciated all year long
Saturday night.
The cultural dinner/dance and not just during specific months
presented minorities at Marist an or days.
Events such as "Black Weekend
opportunity to share their cultures
92"
are designed to broaden the
with the whole college community
and the general public of knowledge of minorities for
students at Marist, Cobham said.
Poughkeepsie.
Lateef Islam, supervisor of the
Afena Cobham, chairperson of
"Black Weekend 92", had said the Marist Transition Program, said he
events of the weekend were open to was glad for the opportunity to
any individual who wanted to par- read his poetry to the gathering.
"This is a great night for the
ticipate, and many people took advantage of the invitation to the people of Marist," Islam said.
"When I get a chance to recite for
dinner/dance.
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to be here," Murray said.
"Black Weekend 92" events
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African-American and Latino
students who are graduating this
year.
Cobham said the event was more
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Sailors second
at Mule regatta
by MIKE O'FARRELL
Sports Editor
The sailing club finished second
overall in its best regatta of the year
at The Army Mule last weekend.
The highlight of the regatta were
five first place and one second
place finish by Jen Kaye and Jen
Wetmore.
"I knew we'd do well,":said
Kaye, the club president. "But, I
never thought we would do this
well. Personally, I never thought
we'd get five firsts."
Also sailing for Marist were
junior Jennifer Flynn and freshmen
Bryce Cote, and Kerri Ottenwaelder. Cote and Ottenwaelder
also notched a second place finish.
There were two keys to the Red
Foxes' performance, Kaye said.
"The practice we got in the last
regatta helped," she said. "It really
helped us with our confidence in
each other. Everything just click-
ed. Hopefully, it will continue."
Another key was the Hudson
River.
"We know the Hudson," she
said. "Because we sail it and know
it, that might have given us an
edge."
Kaye also said the club had a
cheering section.
"We had about 10 or 15 people
there cheering for us," she said. "It
was cool."
The club will be in action again
April 25 and 26 at the Cayauga
Open, hosted by Cornell
University.
"That will be harder," Kaye
said. "But I think we will be able
to do well if we keep improving like
we did last week."
One aspect of the race will be the
course.
"It is on a lake," Kaye said. "It
won't be as familiar to us as the
Hudson River was."
Courtesy
photo/Jen Kaye
Marist's Jen Kaye (far right) and Jen Wetmore (second from right) trail a boat from Army
in a regatta last weekend. Kaye and Wetmore eventually took the lead, capturing one of their
five first-place finishes.
Marist bats heat up Red Foxes suffer growing pains
as Foxes snap skid as losses continue to stack up
knocked in three runs.
Mele, who is batting .306,
leads the team in hits (15) and
The baseball team snapped a RBI (14). Dauerer has proven
five-game losing streak last himself to be a demon on the
Tuesday when it posted a 7-5 basepaths. The junior has
victory over Central Connec- swiped 11 bases in 12 tries.
ticut State University.
Picking up the win was Jay
Marist improved its overall Gavigan, who went the distance
record to 3-11. The Red Foxes for the first-year Red Foxes.
are 1-5 in the Northeast Conference. Central Connecticut,
The sophomore evened his
currently ranked third in New record at 1-1 while scattering
England, dropped to 11-9.
seven hits and striking out two.
. The key to Marist's victory Of the five runs Gavigan gave
up, three were earned.'
was run,support. .-_,..
The Red Foxes will be in acIn the Red Foxes' last four
games, Marist pitchers have tion again on Saturday. Marist
given up 13 runs. Thehitters, ; will host Northeast Conference
however, have managed just rival Wagner College in a
nine runs. All four games were- doubleheader at North Field.
The two teams will complete the
decided by one run.
season series Sunday when they
Junior George Camacho led will play at Wagner.
the Red Foxes at the plate by
driving in two runs with a douMarist hosted Manhattan
ble and a triple. Mike Dauerer College yesterday. Results were
tallied two hits and Paul Mele not available at press time. •
by MIKE O'FARRELL
Sports Editor
Athletes of the Week
JEFF BARKER
.LORI KEYS
Barker, a sophomore, notched
three victories for the men's tennis team last week. The number
one seed earned two singles victories to up his record to 3-2. He
also teamed up to win one
doubles match. Barker has been
a key to the success of Jim Pardady's Red Foxes.
Not only did Lori Keys win the
shot put at the Columbia Invitational, she broke a school record
with a throw of 36 feet, 3 inches.
Keys, who was a member of the
Northeast Conference AllNewcomer team in basketball,
has been a solid addition to the
first-year track program.
by J.W. S T E W A R T
Staff Writer
The young softball team is experiencing some growing pains.
Battling older, more experienced teams will be a constant this
year, but Head Coach Tom
Chiavelli hopes the results will be
different than what happened this
past weekend.
The Foxes (2-10 overall) really,
felt like the new kids on the block
on Sunday when they were shelled
by Rutgers, 21-0.and,U-1-..
Rutgers, which has had a softball
program for 15 years, wasted no
time in scoring in either game. In
game one, the Scarlet Knights batted around the order in the first,
scoring nine runs and walloped
eight hits off loser Kristin Wallace.
The game would only get uglier
as Rutgers added seven more runs
in the third and five more in the
fourth en route to sending Knights
Head Coach Pairi Willis to her
300th victory.
ing Monmouth close on Saturday,
dropping both games by scores of
3-0 and 1-0.
The Foxes' boisterous bats were
quieted in each game. Monmouth's
Jill Damie tossed a three-hitter in
the opener but teammate Peggy
McCarron was one better, hurling
a two-hitter in the nightcap.
"The team played well but we
just didn't hit the bail at the right
time," said Chiavelli.
Marist picked up its only win of
the past week last Thursday against
Siena. .
After losing the first contest 9-7,
the Foxes cracked double digits
with a 10-4, come-from-behind
triumph. Trailing 4-2 as it began
the fifth, Marist exploded for six
runs thanks to a two-run double by
Wallace, a sacrifice by Ackermann
and an RBI two-bagger from Kate
O'Hanlon. Wallace also picked up
her first win of the season by not
walking a Saint batter.
Marist dueled with Wagner on
Tuesday. Results were unavailable
at press time.
Tracksters show signs of improvement
Keys placed first for the Red Foxes
in the shotput pushing the
15-pound sphere 36 feet, 3 inches.
Also, Jen Kraus placed fifth in
The track team competed in its
second meet of the outdoor season the discus throwing 92 feet, 11
inches.
last weekend.
On Saturday, the Red Foxes who
Junior Charlene Fields came in
usually travel together, split up second in the high jump at five feet,
with the men at the Yale Invita- one and three-fourths inches.
tional and the women at the ColIn the running events, the 4 by
umbia Invitational.
At Columbia, freshman Lori 200 meter relay team came in third.
by CARLA ANGELINI
Staff Writer
Swift
At the Yale meet, sophomore
Dave Swift came in sixth place and
broke the school record in the
3,000-meter steeplechase in a time
of 10 minutes, 3 seconds.
Junior Marty Feeney finished
ninth in the 5,000-meter run,
reaching his personal best as well
as the best time at Marist in six
years with a time of 16 minutes, 1
second.
•SUBWAY"
..continued from page 12
Swift attacks practice in thesame
way, snatching trinkets from the
side of the road to alleviate the
boredom of 60-mile-a-week
workouts.
" I have a desk drawer full of
Dave's run trinkets. A bouquet of
flowers, golf balls, tennis balls,
scissors, it's all here," said
Colaizzo.
"You have to make running
fun," says Swift, who often breaks
off in impromptu summersaults
wildonWns?
'-jf
t'He's a flake," says Colaizzo.
"He rebels in his flakeness. He's an
original. He put Marist running on
the map."
Now, in the thick of the outdoor
season, Swift is out to make Marist
king of the hill, in the 3,000 meter
steeplechase.
That means trouble for the
competition.
The only question left is what his
haircut will be like.
Chiavelli said he was relieved
when the 10-run rule went into effect after the fifth inning.
"They just clobbered us. They
hit the ball all oyer the place," he
said, referring to the fact every
player in the Rutgers line-up had a
hit and scored.
Game two was more of the same.
Three hits and a few uncharacteristic errors by shortstop
Marge Sylvia led to four firstinning runs for Rutgers.
Trailing 6-0 in the top of the
third, Marist scored its only run of
the.weekend. Catcher Kathy Hull
walked to lead off the inning, second
baseman
Maureen
Hasselmann singled her to second
and Hull eventually crossed the
plate on Patty Ackermann's
fielder's choice.
Chiavelli said he found some
solace despite the bombing.
"It's good to face someone like
that. You'll get your lumps, but
you can get pack at them in a few
years," he said. .
Sunday's games were especially
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Red Foxes
lose again;
streak hits 8
Netters crushed,
drop two straight
by ANDREW HOLMLUND
Staff Writer
The men's tennis team travels to Long Island University tomorrow
where it will try and snap a two-match losing streak.
The Red Foxes will be trying to recover from two consecutive shutouts.
Last Monday, Marist was pounded by Northeast Conference rival
Fairleigh Dickinson University, 9-0.
The number one and two singles players for the Red Foxes, Jeff Barker
and John Cleary came up short, losing 6-2,6-2 and 6-3,6-1, respectively.
Steve Popper and Jay Crowley, the third and fourth singles players,
were also defeated. Popper was a 6-2,' 6-1 victim, while Crowley's match
was a 6-1, 6-0 outcome.
Marist's last two singles-players, Nick Valente and Abi Sharma, lost
6-1, 6-0 and 6-2, 6-0.
In doubles, Barker and Cleary teamed up, but were losers, 7-6 (7-4),
6-3, while Crowley and Kevin McGovern were stopped 6-2, 6-1.
John Joyce and Tom Acuri closed out the match with a 6-1, 6-1 defeat.
Despite the loss, Head Coach Jim Parady spoke optimistically about
the team's performance.
"I saw many good things happen for us," he said. "However, FDU
played tough and it kind of snowballed on our guys."
Cleary, a senior co-captain, had mixed thoughts about the match.
"FDU was a very strong team*," he said. "It was our second toughest
match of the week."
Last Saturday, marist was also shutout 9-0, this time against
Manhattan.
The closest Marist came to winning a point in the match was with Joyce
at number six singles.
"We played pretty well in that match," said Parady. "However, we
have to start closing out our sets more."
A week ago, the Red Foxes were victorious as they edged Western Connecticut State University, 6-3.
Barker, Popper, Valente, Joyce and McGovern were all winners in
singles competition, while Barker and Cleary won in doubles in an abbreviated match.
The Red Foxes were in action yesterday against Siena. Results were
fot available at press time.
by TED HOLMLUND
Staff Writer
Circle photo/Matt Martin
Jeff Barker gets set to blast a serve in a recent match. Barker,
the men's number one seed, has been a key to the Red Foxes'
success.
Unique style means success for runner
by MATT MARTIN
Staff Writer
"Oh, he's yours?" was all Northeast Conference Assistant Commissioner Steve Hurlbut could
utter.
After all, what words could
describe a person who had shaved
his scalp — except for the braided
ponytails that hang from the back
of his head to his shoulders?
As there are many words to
describe the appearance of Dave
Swift, Marist's premier male runner, there are few to characterize
his races.
"He's a fierce racer, gutsy," said
Pete Colaizzo, who coaches Swift
in both indoor and outdoor track,
as well cross country.
"I wouldn't want to be in a race
with Dave in the last 400 (meters),
because you know he's going to
beat you," said Matt Murphy, a
senior from Tolland, Conn., and a
teammate of Swifts. " H e ' s
driven."
Driven by what? Some wonder.
"Dave's
an
interesting
character," said Colaizzo. "I
didn't know where he was coming
from when I first met him."
Swift, a sophomore from Middletown, Conn., was coming from
the most successful running program in Connecticut.
Xavier High School, Swift's
alma mater, has produced over 20
track championships since their inception in 1973 — eight in Swift's
tenure.
During his junior year, Xavier
ran to the National Cross Country
Championship.
He was the number five runner
on that team, the final seed. It was
his older, brother, Steve, now an
Ail-American at William and
Mary, who was the star.
The aptly named Swift family
has always been the star in Xavier
running. The Swifts are Connecticut track's first family, of which,
Dave is the self-proclaimed
caboose.
That same caboose has been
Marist's top finisher in every race
"You have to do well, because
you're not running for yourself
anymore. You're running for other
people," says Swift about his family's influence.
Swift's sister influences him as
much as the Three Stooges, which
may explain some of his behavior.
From diving into a giant mudpuddle with his coach's new sweats
on, to wearing a bumper sticker
stating, "I'd rather be golfing at
Woodhaven Golf Course," during
the Hartwick Cross Country Invitational, Swift has accomplished
the bizarre with a flair.
"He's an enigma," said Colaizzo. "At first, you think he has an
apathetic attitude, the next thing
you know, he's moving to a new
level. He can turn it up and maintain his edge."
"Swifty goes through a
metamorphisis. When he steps to
the line, he's so laid-back, he's
never nervous, but when the gun
goes off, he changes, he attacks,"
says Murphy.
...see SWIFT page 11 •
this year. Not bad for someone
who wasn't going to run in college.
Fortunately, Swift ran into Murphy his freshman year. After
recognizing the family name, Murphy persuaded Swift to run.
During his first season, Swift led
Marist to its top finish in the conference meet, a respectable 28th.
However, he had only begun.
Over the summer, Swift found
the motivation he had been lacking
in his younger sister Liz.
He became her personal trainer,
running her in excess of 600 miles,
a distance that covers the coastline
from Maine to New York City, and
he ran it with her, five to eight
miles a day.
They developed a special bond,
and their new-found success has
been in tandem.
She won the Connecticut class
LL cross country championship
while Swift established himself as
one of the top runners in the Northeast Conference.
Articles about Swift's sister
adorn the walls of his dorm room.
The men's lacrosse team is still
searching for a winning formula.
Having played eight games in the
1992 season, the youthful Red
Foxes are still searching for their
first win.
Last Sunday, Marist continued
its season-long slump by wrapping
up an 0-3 week with a loss to
Bucknell University, 23-4.
The Red Foxes youth led the way
offensively as freshmen Larry
Adams, Mike Marra and Randy
Walter tallied a goal apiece to lead
the attack.
Senior Jason Beatrice also added a goal to balance the charge.
Marist Head Coach Tom Diehl
said his team worked hard, but
Bucknell was just too strong.
"Bucknell's depth and ability
overcame us at the end," he said.
Last Thursday, the Red Foxes
were defeated by Canisius College,
19-9.
Senior co-captain Scott Zalucky
led the Marist attack notching four
goals and one assist.
Once again Adams was on the
scoreboard chipping in with four
goals of his own to balance the
charge.
Diehl said the Red Foxes were
unable to convert on the offensive
end when it mattered.
"We didn't cash in on our opportunities," the second-year coach
said. "They (Canisius) did."
Last Wednesday, Marist dropped a 19-4 decision at the hands of
SUNY Stonybrook.
Seniors Chris Retcho and Dave
Sobolewski joined Adams and
fellow freshman Bryan Boettcher in
the scoring column as each player
tallied one score.
The Red Foxes were not overmatched by Stonybrook and played
hard throughout the game, Diehl
said.
"They (Stonybrook) weren't
much better than us," Diehl said.
"We played hard-and hung in there
with them. The score was not indicative of the game."
Diehl said that there are different
reasons why the club can not get on
the winning track.
"The losses aren't related to each
other," he said. "Every game it is
something different. It's just not
coming together."
Diehl also said that although the
team is working hard, it's hard to
keep a high level of intensity and
work ethic when a team's losing.
Spring is in the air, but wins are missing
Close your eyes and think about
Spring for a minute.
No doubt the picture you paint
in your mind is a joyous one. You
can see the trees coming to life after
a long, dismal winter. You can hear
birds chirping and people laughing
while they enjoy themselves
outdoors.
Spring means happiness.
It makes people cheery and fills
them with life as they enjoy the
fresh air, cool breezes and
sunshine.
Now close your eyes and think
about Spring sports at Marist.
Not a pretty sight is it.
As of yesterday morning, the
baseball, softball, lacrosse and tennis teams have played 40 games,
winning a mere eight contests. Simple arithmetic means the Red Foxes
are 8-32 — not exactly something
to write home about.
There are some factors to consider. The obvious is the baseball
and softball teams are competing
for the first time in school history.
However, the baseball squad
(3-11) has had opportunities. The
Red Foxes recently dropped four
games by just one run. Art Smith's
club has just not put together a
balanced pitching and hitting
performance.
The softball team (2-10), trying
to recover from a disastrous performance against Rutgers, has made
to many mental mistakes all
season.
The lacrosse team, comprised of
many underclassmen, has yet to
win a game in eight tries.
Tennis anyone? The men's tennis team is having the best season
for any spring team thus far. Jim
Parady's club is 3-3. Not bad (note
sarcasm).
Granted, the baseball and softball teams aren't going to win a
league championship for some
time, but I doubt anyone thought
it would be this bad.
The lacrosse team is facing some
stiff competition, but right now
they are doing a good imitation of
-
For whatever reason, the "major" sports just aren't getting the
job done.
Maybe the cheerleaders should
Thursday
start lining the river to root on the
Morning
crew or the sailing club.
Perhaps they could surround the
Quarterback
pool and cheer on the swimming
teams dr crowd the Civic Center
and support the hockey club.
MIKE O'FARRELL
Now that I think about it, the
"basketball season must be so
the women's basketball team's skid depressing for the cheerleaders that
at the beginning of the winter they don't want to go through it
again in the spring.
season.
The tennis team has always been
Can you blame them?
competitive and it probably always
Here
are few rambling thoughts
will. Head Coach Jim Parady has
brought enthusiasm to the pro- while wondering who would make
gram, but what is going to happen a good candidate for president of
when football season starts? Is he the Mike O'Farrell Fan Ciub:
I don't want to hear it Yankee
going to be able to devote his time
fans. Talk all you want about
to the team next year?
beating the Rocket on opening day
Losing seasons are nothing new because it will never happen again.
to Marist Athletics.
The basketball teams are in a
Rollie Massimino is an odd
slump and the soccer team has had choice to take over the UNLV
its share of problems.
basketball program. Not because
he is not a good coach, because he
is. The problem is people in Vegas
are used to 56-54 at halftime, not
at the end of the game.
Forget Laettner, forget either of
the Hills, Bobby Hurley is Duke
basketball.
Look out Chicago, the Celtics
are on a roll.
The National Hockey League is
still on strike. Does anyone care?
Damn, I forgot to order
Wrestlemania on pay-per-view last
weekend. That's OK though, I'm
sure the headlining match in
Wrestlemania IX will mark the
return of Hulk Hogan.
I can't wait until I attend my first
game of the season at Fenway Park
— the only place to watch a
baseball game. If you haven't been
there, you haven't lived.
I honestly thought Jerry Brown
would win the New York primary.
Mike O'Farrell fe The Circle's
sports editor.