Vol. 34 No. 16, March 31, 1988

INSIDE:
Spring Break, Bristol, Conn., style — page 7
What the freshmen really think — page 10
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Volume 34, Number 16
Dorms
may get
telephones
New Thomas
question: Is
insulation safe?
by Cheryl Sobeski
Fiberglass insulation, which has
been linked in some tentative
research to lung cancer and other
diseases, was installed in three
classroom walls in the Lowell
Thomas Communications Center
earlier this month.
At the time the fiberglass was installed, college officials were aware
that questions had been raised
about its safety, but had assurances
from the manufacturer that the insulation did not pose a health
hazard, Mark Sullivan, executive
vice president, said when contacted
this week by The Circle.
Administrators have since decided to get a written statement from
the manufacturer —- the CertainTeed Co. of Valley Forge, Pa.
— on the product's safety before
the insulation is placed in the rest
of the Thomas center, Sullivan
said.
The insulation was installed as
an experimental measure to reduce
noise levels in classroom 207, said
Edward Waters, vice president for
administration.
The insulation has been successful in soundproofing the room,
by Bill Johnson
but insulation of additional
classrooms has been delayed until
the college is certain the product is
safe, Sullivan said. Officials expect L.<*
to decide whether to continue in- A „,_•;..>J<I
sulating the building by the end of j 'JBiT^"
the semester, he said.
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In addition to contacting the
manufacturer, Sullivan said he
plans to discuss the safety of
•fiberglasswith "outside sources."
Marist did not consider using an
alternate insulation because of the
reputation fiberglass has as the
most effective soundproofing, said
Sullivan, who pointed out that the
product is widely used elsewhere.
A front page article of the Feb.
26, 1988, issue of The Wall Street
Journal — which appeared one
week before Maxist.;installed its
fiberglass insulation— stated that
fiberglass insulation is undergoing
extensive research as a possible
cancer-causing agent.
The synthetic fibers, already in
wide use as building materials and
insulation, are being employed as
substitutes for asbestos, a known
cause of cancer and other serious
illness.
Now, recent studies of the health
Showdown
in Po'town
. C. Vernon Mason (left) and
Rev. Al Sharpton led approximately 70 demonstrators in a
march across the Mid-Hudson
Bridge last week in protest of
the on-going Tawana Brawley
investigation. See story on page
5.
(Photo by Matt Croke)
Continued on page 2
Hairstylist is on the cutting edge
by Maureen McGuinness
Alfie Wiel is a typical hair
dresser — if you consider typical to
be both hair stylist and carpenter.
"It looks funny oq your income
tax when you write your occupation carpenter/hairdresser,'" Weil
said.
A native of Poughkeepsie, the
29-year-old Weil has spent the past
10 years renovating houses and cutting hair.
Weil entered the family business
of carpentry after high school
because he enjoyed the intricate
work that was done.
"I used to help my grandfather
when I was a kid," Weil said. "1
used to love to go down in the basement and turn on the big table saw
and make things."
Weil wanted to try something
new, so at the urging of a friend he
went to beauty school in New York
and found his career taking off.
Weil was an assistant at David
Daines on Madison Avenue for six
months and then was able to build
up his clientele by cutting hair professionally for a year.
It wasn't easy to understand
Weil's career choice for some of his
family.
"I remember coming home and
telling my father I was quitting my
job," Weil said. "He said why are
you quitting!' and I told him I
wanted to be a hairdresser."
According to Weil, his father
asked him if he were crazy but now
March 31, 1988
Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
"he's O.K."
In 1981 Weil's wife Christine, a
fashion designer, decided to start
her own line of lingerie. The Weils
moved from New York to
Poughkeepsie and rented space in
the Main Mall. With the help of his
father, Weil built-studios for both
Christine and himself. In 1984, the
couple left the Mall and Weil went
to work at Jonsef by Vassar College and commuted to New York
a few times a week to keep his
clientele there.
While working at Johnsef, a
customer asked him to restore their
old Victorian home, so Weil and a
friend started working on the conversion of the third floor of the
house into an apartment.
Weil enjoyed the work and
decided to do carpentry full-time
and hair part-time, but he said it
became difficult to practice both
careers.
"We would be involved in
something and I would look at my
watch and say well I have to go. I
have to do hair cuts'," Weil said.
Weil realized that he had to
Alfie Weil, a former carpenter from Poughkeepsie, has given
up bis saw for a pair of scissors.
(Photo by Maureen
McGuinness)
choose one job to continue professionally and he chose hairdressing.
"I'd still be doing it (carpentry)
if I didn't love hair so much," Weil
said.
The differences between the two
jobs are obvious but Weil enjoys
both because they allow him to
work with his hands. The table saw
and the shears are his artistic
mediums — a way to create.
Weil would like to start building
up his clientele again and really
concentrate on hair. His experiences in both fields have shaped
his ideas on what type of salon he
would like to have.
"The ideal situation is small
rooms where people can have
privacy," said Weil.
New York salons tend to have
specialists — one person cuts the
hair, another bhe perms hair and
someone is a colorist. Weil said he
would eventually like to see that
happen here.
Weil's immediate future includes
doing the model's hair at the the
annual fashion show sponsored by
Marist's fashion program.
Weil attributes a lot of his
business to Carmine Porcelli, director of the Fashion program at
Marist. When Weil decided he
wanted to get back in hair full time,
his wife contacted Porcelli.
"Carmine has been institutional
in getting me this busy," Weil said.
"He's the one that recommended
me to the girls in the fashion
program."
The college is considering proposals to offer telephone service in
dormitory rooms for the first time
next year, according to Carl
Gerberich, vice president for information services.
If one of the proposals is approved, students living in all dormitories
and in Benoit and Gregory houses
would find their rooms wired for
phone service. College officials
continue to discuss whether Marist
would provide the actual phones or
leave it to students to make their
own arrangements with New York
Telephone.
The proposals are part of a
three-step plan under which Marist
would wire the rooms for computer
access to the coHege's main frame
.and for expanded television service
as well as phone service."
Gerberich said he would like to
make telephone service available in
each room by September. Expanded television and computer services
would be offered sometime later.
When the project is completed in
the South End, the new television
and computer services would be
brought to the Townhouses and
Gartland Commons Apartments,
which are already wired for outside
phone service.
Before any action is taken, a
final proposal must be approved by
the president's Cabinet, made up of
the college's senior administrators.
Approval by the board of trustees
may also be required, Gerberich
said.
Currently, the school is considering two proposals and would have
to accept one within the next
month to wire the dorms by
September,
according
to
Gerberich.
Gerberich said he was unable to
estimate the cost of the project.
Peter Amato, assistant dean of
students, introduced the idea of
telephone service in the rooms to
other administrators last summer.
However, he said he doubted
phone service would be available by
the fall.
"I'm skeptical we can get (all the
dorms) on line in September," he
said. "We're trying to take a big
leap in communications ability
here."
Amato said the phone system
could be the first step in an expansion of telecommunications
systems on campus over the next
three years. Individual rooms could
have phones to make on-campus or
outside calls. A computer network
originating from the main frame
could link dorm rooms and offices.
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5 p.m.
After Class
Housing Notice
Finnish Ballet
On Thursday, April 7, the Finnish NaAll campus housing will close today at
6 p.m. for the Easter break. Classes will tional Opera Ballet of Helsinki will perform
conclude with the 4:10 time slot. The last at the Bardavon 1869 Opera House in
meal served in the cafeteria will be lunch. Poughkeepsie. Their performance of "La
Fille Mai Gardee" will begin at 8 p.m. For
more information, call the Bardavon at
Entertainment
473-2072.
The Kinks
Ray Davies and the Kinks will make a
special small-arena performance on Satur"Macbeth" Japanese-style
day when they hit the stage at the MidThe Acting Company will perform the
Hudson Civic Center. The band is travell- Shakespearean classic "Macbeth" using
ing in support of their latest album. For the ancient Japanese arts of Kabuki at the
more information about this 8 p.m show, Bardavon 1869 Opera House on Sunday,
call the Civic Center at 454-5800.'
April 10, at 7 p.m. For ticket information,
call the Bardavon at 473-2072.
Dragnet
The 1987 comedy "Dragnet" will be
shown in Campus Center room 249 on
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. The showing of
48 Hours
this Dan Ackroyd and Tom Hanks spoof of
The
CBS
News
program 48 Hours
the 1960's police drama is sponsored by
presents an inside look into the NCAA
the College Union Board.
men's college basketball championship.
The show will focus on the multi-million
dollar industry and national craze that has
grown out of the game. In New York City
the program can be seen at 8 p.m. tonight
on Channel 2.
Workers dealing with fiberglass
have shown a higher rate of lung
cancer than normal; however, it is
just as likely other causes such as
family history or smoking were to
blame, according tp The Times.
Officials of the $3-biIlion-a-year
fiberglass industry told The New
York Times that fiberglass was different from asbestos in that the
fibers are thicker and do not
penetrate the lungs as deeply and
tend to dissolve in human tissue
before thev cause tumors.
To date, no regulation of
fiberglass insulation has been instituted by the Labor Department's
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration because the scientific evidence does not yet warrant
regulation, according to a
spokeswoman for OSHA's New
York City office.
Nonetheless, manufacturers of
fiberglass have decided to revise
their technical data sheets to state
that studies have found their products might cause cancer to protect
themselves from future lawsuits,
according to Owens-Corning
Fiberglass and the Manville Corp.,
two fiberglass makers.
In August 1987, Owens-Corning
began distributing brochures to its
workers and customers advising
them to wear long-sleeve shirts and
gloves when handling the insula- tion. The Manville Corp. pledged
in September I98"7 ro pay court
costs for customers vho are sued
over alleged health problems
because of exposure to fiberglass.
A memorial service for economics.professor Gregory Kilgariff will be held Tuesday in the Chapel at 1 p.m. A reception with
Professor Kilgariff's family will be held in
the faculty dining room following the
service.
Support groups
She's stitching up a presidential original
by Beth-Kathleen McCauley
Fashion Design major Linda
Reip is taking a one-credit independent study in dress making.
However, you won't see her work
coming down the runway at the upcoming Marist fashion show. It will
be there, most likely right in the
Alcoholics Anonymous
A meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous is
open to all members of the Marist community who feel they have a problem with
alcohol. The meetings are held every Friday at 11:45 a.m. in Lowell Thomas room
201.
Open House
The Higher Education Opportunity Program will have an open house today at 3
p.m. in the Fireside Lounge. The theme of
the program is "Turning Possibilities into
Realities."
Insulation— rS" JUST DESSERTS
CAFE
Continued from page 1
histories of workers who make
fiberglass, as well as tests on
laboratory animals, suggest that
fiberglass may also impose a health
threat through the inhalation of
airborne fibers.
The presence of fiberglass insulation in three of the walls in
classroom 207 was confirmed by
Waters and Sullivan.
Students and faculty using 207
can see the fiberglass insulation
through a four-inch Hole on one of
the walls about three feet from the
floor. A row of students' desks is
alongside the wall.
Since 1977, research by the National Cancer Institute has led some
scientists to suspect that because
fiberglass fibers are the same size
and shape as those of asbestos, they
too could penetrate deeply into
ilung tissue, and remaitts&exefSausving cancer tumors^mkriung illnesses, according to a front page
article of the March 15, 1987, New
York Times.
However, scientists have stressed that more research still needs to
be done, and, to date, the final verdict on the effects of fiberglass insulation is not in yet.
Laboratory tests indicate that
under certain conditions fiberglass
causes cancer in animals but there,;
is no conclusive proof it causes *
cancer in humans, according to a
Dec. 23, 1987, article in The Wall
Street Journal.
Memorial Service
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Weight Watchers is offering an eightweek program for members of the Marist
community at a cost of $58. To register or
for further information, call the Health Services Office at ext. 270.
ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS!!
•Would you like to reduce the costs of your education for the next semester?
•Would you like to gain valuable work experience?
•Would you like to provide needed social and educational services to children and others in the
community?
Jvlarist's Community Service Program is
looking for students who will be able to
spend about ten hours per week next
semester working with non-profit community
organizations. In return, those students will
be able to earn up to $500 in tuition credits.
If interested, please apply as soon as possible by calling either Philip Koshkin at Extension 201 or Deborah Bell at Extension
516.
REQUIREMENTS:
1) No major disciplinary history
2) Ability to work independently
3) Computer skill with IBM PC is
essential
4) Flexible work
schedule/dependable
5) One of these assistants will work
extensively with the assistant
director with summer
conference group
Apply by Wednesday, April 8th
at the Housing & Residential Office
Campus Center Room 270
(See Robin Will)
Senior Linda Reip will tarn one credit this semester for the dress
she is making for Marilyn Murray — President Dennis Murray's wife.
(Photo by Bob Davis)
Thank
You*
Thank you kindly for a great season!
Let's do it all again this summer!
As the debate season draws'to a
close, Marist is primed for national
competition, according to Jim
Springston, director of debate.
The two teams of Mike BuckleyTony Capozzolo and Vanessa
Codorniu- Tom Nesbitt will travel
to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., today to
compete in this weekend's national
competition.
Marist's good showing in the
past four competitions earned it
eighth place nationally and placed
the team second only to Cornell
regionally.
Four Marist teams traveled to
Richmond Va., last weekend to
challenge 16 teams including Duke,
William and Mary, Cornell and
Clemson.
Marist was the only school to
earn three places in the quarterfinal rounds, which was also a first
for the team in varsity competition,
according to Springston.
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be to check length and make any
last minute adjustments. Mrs.
Murray will also be wearing the
dress April 9, at a Board of Directors dinner and Porcelli said
hopefully the dress will be completed two days before the dinner,
but definitely by the ninth.
the dress will also serve a real function." Porcelli compared this to
making a dress to fit a standard
model's size and figure.
Also, a sponsor would take the
financial burden of making a dress
off the student, said Porcelli.
"It can be very expensive for the
Fashion student earns credit for
making Mrs. Murray's dress
Reip submitted six sketches to
Mrs. Murray, from which she picked the one she most liked.
Mrs. Murray paid for the
material and obviously the dress is
hers, according to Porcelli.
Porcelli said he hopes to have
more "sponsors" for his students
in the future.
"Custom making a dress is a
learning experience. You are dealing with a person who is real and
The idea came from Mrs. Murray
at a Christmas party
students," said Porcelli. "They
usually have to buy all the materials
themselves."
Although Mrs. Murray won't be
modeling the dress in the show,
Porcelli said Reip will be
acknowledged in some way for her
efforts.
"I'm excited about the dress,"
said Reip as she sat with pieces of
the dress spread out around her.
"Mrs. Murray has been very nice
and Mr. Porcelli and Ms.(Sue)
DeSanna have helped me a lot."
DeSanna is a fashion instructor.
When asked if she was disappointed about not being able to
keep the dress she made and
designed Reip said: "It's really hers
(Mrs. Murray's). 1 just want to take
a picture of it."
The team of Nesbitt-Codorniu .
went 5-1, only losing to William
and Mary and placing second in the
preliminary round. They advanced
to the quarter finals.
All totaled, Marist won 11
trophies, a team-high for any one
weekend, according to Springston.
"I was very proud of all the
teams," said Springston. "They
did much better than I expected.
We made a good showing in the
South."
Marist sent two teams to the
Junior Varsity national championships at George Mason University
in Fairfax, Va., March 11.
Marist's top team of Buckley
and Capozzolo finished fifth out of
the 46 teams that were represented.
Marist's other showing in
Virginia came late in February .and
was its first good showing in the
South, according to Springston,
who took two teams to William
and Mary in Williamsburg. Va.
Corrections needed
for junior audits
by Michael Kinane
THE
ting the school when she wears it,"
she said. "Since 1 don't have
anything in the show, I'm glad I
was picked."
Carmine Porcelli, director of
fashion, said he feels it is a great
opportunity for Reip as well as a
true to life advertisement for the
department.
He said: "It is wonderful for Mr.
and Mrs. Murray to encourage the
students in this way. They have
taken such an interest in the department and it really is a great support
for us."
The idea came from Mrs. Murray at a" Christmas party, last
semester. Porcelli said Reip was the
obvious choice for the project.
"Linda is extremely talented,"
he said.."It is that simple."
The dress is strapless with a three
tiered, white organza, fitted bodice.
The skirt is black silk four-ply
crepe and comes approximately to
the knee. There is also a cropped,long sleeved matching jacket
also made of white organza.
Reip, a who received an " A " at
midterms for her work so far on
the dress, has had two fittings with
Mrs. Murray. The final fitting, will
Marist debaters
look ahead
to nationals
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front row accompanied by President Dennis Murray. Reip was
chosen to make the dress as a
special project for Marilyn Murray,
wife of Marist's president.
Reip, a senior from Succasunna,
N.J., said she feels honored to have
been chosen for this special project.
"Mrs. Murray will be represen-
Mistakes that occurred on the
junior academic audits will not
hinder students registering for
classes, according to Theresa
Ryan, the assistant registrar.
"It's not going to be different
from any other registration,"
said Ryan of class registration
that ended yesterday. "Each
year we have some students who
are unaware of their standing in
regards to what classes they
need."
A mistake in computer programming is the cause of the errors and changes must be made
in the programming of each major's audit, according to Ryan.
"There's some fine tuning
that needs to be done," said
Ryan. "Some majors are all
kinds of messed up while others
only need some minor
kadju istments."
A major hindrance to this
year's audit process has been
that this junior class is the first
to receive audits that contain the
new Core/Liberal Studies requirements which Ryan
describes as complex.
"The Core is so new that
students are finding the audits
difficult to read," she said.
An audit response form was
sent out to each junior along
" with a sheet that explains the
audit so that students with questions could write to the
Registrar's Office.
"It (correcting the mistakes)
is just a matter of realizing
where the errors lie and making
additions and deletions," said
Ryan.
The changes will be made and
there are plans to send updated
versions of the audits home to
the students over the summer,
said Ryan.
Outdoor
education
Taking advantage of the warm spring weather, computer
science professor William Joel brought these students outside
for their class meeting.
(Photo by Bob Davis)
Despite new volumes. Library
remains short of growth goal
by Wayne O'Brien
As many as 5,100 volumes will creased annual funding for The 56,000 square feet, McGinty said.
be added to The Library's collec- Library from $40,000 in 1981 to The extension, costing an estimated
tion this year, according to John $238,000 in 1987, the collection still $3 million, would probably be addMcGinty, director of library does not measure up to the Middle ed to the side of The Library which
States proposal.
services.
faces the Hudson river. The funEarlier this month, a team of in- ding for such a project would have
Five new rows of shelves have
been installed in the lower level of spectors from the New York state to come from grants, McGinty
The Library in the former media education department criticized said.
productions room in anticipation The Library for being understockIn April, he also plans to add as
of the additions and the wall which ed and short of space, McGinty many as 100 new periodical titles
separated the room from the rest said. However, the team praised to the Library's current collection
of The Library was opened during The Library's audio-visual of 850. Eventually, he hopes to incollection.
the midterm break.
crease the number of titles to 1,450,
The state education team was he said.
"We can jump from being a
substandard library to being an conducting a periodic review of
In anticipation of crowding durabove average one in five years," Marist's degree-granting programs. ing the week of final exams, The
The Library's collection of Library will add 12 tables in April.
McGinty said.
While the projected addition is 110,000 volumes is inadequate, ac- The reference index tables will be
an improvement over the 4,800 cording to McGinty, who has ask- moved to the opposite wall to make
books bought last year, it still falls ed for a doubling of the book- room for additional group seating.
short of 10,000 additions per year, buying budget and funds increases
Though The Library has become
suggested by the Middle States in other areas.
computerized to a certain extent,
Much more space will be need- McGinty said the system has yet to
Association of Colleges and
Schools review team when it ed for the 100,000 books McGinty be fully integrated. He said he
says Marist needs if it is to catch would like to replace the card
audited Marist in 1981.
Middle States evaluates institu- up with libraries of colleges of catalog with an on-line public actions to ensure that they meet similar size. In several years, Marist cess system which could be used by
may enlarge The Library to twice students from any terminal on
academic standards.
Though Marist has steadily in- its present size, from 28,000 to campus.
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Marist women form
own campus group
Down in
front
Dependable
Ford
by Ken Hommel
by Mark Miller
A new women's group has been
formed on campus to give female
students a forum in which to
discuss their ideas on a variety of
subjects.
Meeting every Tuesday from 1 to
2:20 p.m. in Byrne residence, the
group was started at the request of
a few upperclassmen who wanted
a group for talking about issues
relevant to women.
"This is not a therapy group,"
says Yvonne Poley, a counselor
and a leader of the group. "It is
merely a discussion group."
Poley leads the group each week
with fellow counselor Lynn Cunningham: The. two function as
leaders, suggesting topics of discussion and starting off the talks each
week.
"We talk about things like:
What is success?j identity issues,
relationships, interpersonal problems, family relations, choices
and how to make them, needs and
how to meet them, patterns of
communication, many things,"
You're in a foreign country.
You don't know the language
and it has been years since
you've walked the streets of
France. It's only been a few
hours since your arrival and
already your wife is missing.
What will you do? What will
you do?
It would seem true to the title of the latest Roman Polanski film, that one would be
"Frantic." But, when the lead
is Harrison Ford, can it take
anything less than a pit of
snakes to unnerve you? This
time, Ford is looking for a
witness rather than protecting
one. He plays an American cardiologist on a working vacation
in Paris where his wife is abducted from their hotel room.
Ford finds himself dealing with
the language barrier, unfamiliar
surroundings
and
the
authorities who think his wife
has simply gone off and found
a new tango partner. Yet, the
groundwork and clues behind
the abduction are blatant from
the beginning of the film. Soon,
Ford ferrets out a smuggler
(Emmanuelle Seigner), who also
has a stake in the kidnapping. They join forces at Ford's
insistence, but eventually
become a team. Seigner's
naivete and sexuality seem
straight out%of.a dubbedjuoYie^ y'o
o n^-la rff»n ight-«=xable*~*Sh e>deservedly remains Ford's pawn
during his desperate search.
While the film's direction is
slick at first, "Frantic" doesn't
keep you on the edge of your
seat like "Fatal Attraction."
Whereas the latter film grips
you
with
visual
and
psychological tension, the
former relies on presumed emotion. Fo'rd'is the epitomd'of in*- "
tegrity in His passion for" his wife'
and her safety, but he shows
control even without his whip
and fedora. He finds clues and
contacts as more and more
French citizens speak English
and offer assistance.
You do become enthralled
because you really cares what
happens to Ford, even if you
don't doubt his abilities. When
Ford blows up at an unhelpful
embassy official or cop, you can
empathize but, soon enough, he
is calm and collective. And,
unlike Michael Douglas'
"fatal" flaw, even Seigner's attraction doesn't cause Ford to
stray from thoughts of his wife:
His wife, played by Betty
Buckley in the most unusual
casting since Franklin Cover.of
"The Jeffersons" landed a role
in the prestigious "Wall
Street", is seldom seen during
her abduction. So, it is difficult
to understand the anguish she is
going through.
One scene that does strip Ford
of his emotional armor takes
place on a call to his children
stateside. While not informing
them their mother is missing,
you can imagine the lump in
Ford's throat as he experiences
both the sadness of his loss and
the joy of hearing his daughter's
voice.
Ford has definitely found his
niche as a dramatic yet realistic
leading man. Unfortunately,
Polanski promises a frenzy and
delivers a linear, thinly plotted
story by making the abduction
a random one that Ford has to
solve rather than a personal |
vendetta he must resolve
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says Poley.
Each week a specific subject is
suggested for the next week. The
group then has a week to think over
the idea and how it relates to them
and their life. At the next meeting,
each woman is given the opportunity to share her ideas. However, the
subjects are not set in stone: According to Poley, the discussion usually touches on many issues.
"The problem we have is with
getting people here," says Poley.
"People are shy. They feel
awkward in a situation as undefined as a discussion group. They're
not exactly sure of what they'll
find. Once people come here they
really get involved." But Poley emphasized the problem is getting
people initially into the group.
There is a limit of ten people to
the group which adds to the intimacy. All discussions are
confidential.
"We're very careful to be supportive and non-judgmental. This
is not a confrontation group," says
Poley.
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Supporters of Tawana Brawley, the Wappingers Falls teen who alleges she was abducted and sexually abused by six white men
in late November, attempted to block the entrance to the New York State national guard
armory in Poughkeepsie for two days early
last week, vowing to prevent the grand jury
investigating the case from meeting.
New evidence also surfaced in the case last
Thursday when Brawley's school books,
which it is believed she had with her when
she was allegedly abducted, were found scattered over several desks in Roy C. Ketcham
High School in Wappingers Falls.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, a Brooklyn civil
rights activist and spokesman for the Brawley
family, led the protest which began Tuesday,
March 22 on the Highland side of the MidHudson Bridge. At noon, about 70 protesters
marched across the middle lane of the Hudson River span — closing it for about 50
minutes — and proceeded up Church Street
to Market Street, where the armory is
located.
The protesters surrounded the front entrance to the. armory, the site of the grand
jury hearings, and refused to let people into
the armory. Sharpton said this action was
necessary to prevent suspects in the case from
receiving immunity for testifying before the
grand jury.
While Brawley's supporters, mostly black,
were protesting outside the armory, a mostlywhite counter-demonstration began on the
opposite side of Market Street. The groups
began taunting one another and Brawley's
supporters went as far as waving money in
front of a black woman who was among the
counter-protesters, saying she had been paid
to heckle them.
Despite heated verbal confrontations,
there was no major violence and just one
man was arrested. Derrick Jeter of Brooklyn,
an acquaintance of Michael Griffith of
Howard Beach, was charged with disorderly conduct when he tried to break through
a police barricade and into the armory.
After a six-hour break during the night,
the protestors were back Wednesday at 7
a.m. On the second day of protests, a
63-year-old man, who claimed to be legally
blind, was arrested when he got into a scuffle with a state trooper. The man was pushed to the ground. He first refused to go to
the hospital, but after consultation with C.
Vernon Mason, one of Brawley's attorneys,
went to Vassar Brothers Hospital in
Poughkeepsie, where he was treated and
released.
The protestors, many of whom were from
Brooklyn, left peacefully early Wednesday
evening. However, they vowed to return
whenever the grand jury is scheduled to
meet. Sharpton said, "They will not convene
over our arrested or dead bodies."
The discovery of Brawley's books, which
showed no signs of weather damage, could
be a tremendous help, according to investigators. It is not known at this time who
put the books in the classroom, but investigators said whoever put the bfidks'in'the
classroom knows what really happened during the four day period Brawley was missing. Brawley disappeared on Nov. 24.
Investigators have resumed questioning
Traynor Kirby, the 18-year-old Poughkeepsie man who gave Brawley a ride to
Newburgh the last day she was seen. He
denied removing the books from the car they
used. He was arrested Nov. 26 when police
discovered the car he was driving was stolen.
Although Kirby had been questioned earlier,
investigators are now intensifying their
questioning.
In an unrelated incident, three black
female students at Ketcham, the last school
Brawley went to, began harassing a white
female student Wednesday morning for the
remarks she made concerning Brawley the
previous night on the Morton Downey Jr.
show, a talk show based in New Jersey. The
white student, known only as Vicky, called
Brawley a liar and said she was "no Miss Innocent" on the show. The police were called to the school but no arrests were made.
. In a report aired last Thursday on WTZATV in Kingston, students interviewed denied
there was any racial tension at the school.
Mason and Maddox, have refused to let
Brawley testify or talk to investigators, saying authorities are trying to cover up the incident. Brawley alleges that one of her attackers displayed a police-like badge. Mason
has said that Steven Pagones, an assistant
district attorney for Dutchess County, was
Photos by Matt Croke
Above left, a protester at the rally outside the National Guard Armory in Poughkeepsie waves a flag
as a sign of unity amongst the
demonstrators. On their way into
the city, the protesters were
escorted by members, of the New
York State Police (above). Derrick
Jeter, in handcuffs (directly above),
was arrested for disorderly conduct
after he tried to break through the
police line and into the armory. To
one of the six attackers.
After beginning an investigation in early
December, Dutchess County district attorney
William V. Grady disqualified himself
because of an unspecified conflict of interest.
Poughkeepsie 'awyer David Sail was then
the left, Rev. Al Sharpton has
become the spokesperson for the
family of Tawana Brawley. A city
of Poughkeepsie police officer attempts to hold his ground as one
of the demonstrators confronts
him(below left). In the insert
below, demonstrators cry out in
order to have their views heard.
Below and to theright,a police officer tries to calm one of the
demonstrators.
named special prosecutor in the case but
stepped down less than 24 hours later, saying the case was too sensitive for any local
lawyer to handle.
Governor Mario Cuomo then named Attorney General Robert Abrams special prosecutor, who in turn selected his assistant
John Ryan to handle the case. Mason and
Maddox said this was unacceptable because
Ryan had no history in cases involving
racism.
Abrams agreed to handle many of the
aspects of the case himself, but that did not
satisfy Mason and Maddox, who wanted him
to handle all aspects of the case personally.
The two civil rights lawyers are now calling for a new prosecutor to be appointed.
editorial
Marist, after all we do represent
one third of the student population
and therefore one third of the tuition and college activities fees that
support The Circle.
In regards to the "Who's Who"
insert in the same edition, Bill
Johnson stated that Carmen Lyon
is the president of the Adult Student Union (ASU). That is not
true, David White is the president,
Carmen Lyon is the CSL representative. Just for your records David
White is a black male adult student
and Carmen Lyon, is a white
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people don't take the time to read
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United States in exercising their the
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and the majority feel that their vote underexposure.
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March 31, 1988- THE CIRCLE • Page 7
They have tans, but I have Nikes
Student apathy
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To the Editor:
It is unfortunate that Chris Landry narrowed the article on Big
Blue communications interns in the
Feb. 25 Circle to the Dutchess
County IBM plant sites.
I am an IBM intern working 40
hours per week at the United States
Marketing and Service Group in
Ryebrook, NY., which happens to
be the corporate headquarters for
communications at IBM. I guess
this oversight by The Circle is just
another example of how narrow
minded the publication is.
Being an adult student at Marist
has been compared to being treated
like Cinderella by her stepmother.
It is about time The Circle
recognizes the adult population at
Page 6 - THE CIRCLE - March 31, 1988
good on last shot
This year was my last chance to
experience Spring Break, a week of
moral-less, collegiate, reckless
abandon, so I naturally grabbed
the opportunity and ran.
My trip started with an elderly
travel agent in Hyde Park,
hereafter known as Mistake-#1.
After seemingly endless negotiations, my group decided on sunny
Daytona Beach, Florida as the site
of our last hurrah before reality, in
the form of our impending entrance into the job market, reared
its ugly head.
The Mistake booked us a flight
on dependable Eastern Airlines,
and our trip was promptly delayed.
"We're missing a piece of equipment," announced our captain.
"It's on its way over now and we'll
try to get it hooked up as soon as
possible."
I wanted to ask the captain if he
wouldn't mind taking the plane up
alone for a test run, just to make
sure this new part was working,
before lifting my friends and me
40,000 feet off the ground into the
not-so-friendly skies. But time was
of the essence, so we threw caution
to the wind and boarded the plane
four hours after our scheduled
departure.
The Mistake did a fine job with
our hotel reservations as well.
When we had to step around the
numerous vomit/beer stains on the
hall carpets, we knew we were
booked for a week in paradise.
Being a hop, skip and a jump
away from Orlando, we drove over
to the Magic Kingdom to spend a
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Michael Kinane
Beth-Kathleen McCauley
Tim Besser
day with Mickey and the gang at
Walt Disney World. Much to our
dismay, the Disney characters were
sparse that day. Minnie Mouse and
Capt. Hook were kind enough to
put in an appearance, albeit brief.
One member of our group claims
he saw Tigger (of Pooh fame), as
well. Being that he was selfish in
not sharing Tigger with the rest of
us, he has been branded a character
hog' and has been duly ostrasized
by the rest of the group.
While in Daytona we made sure
to take advantage of the fabulous
nightlife. One evening we observed quite an interesting individual
(possibly of the male gender, but
don't quote me on this one.) He
was dressed in a black leather vest
with jeans and biker boots, but of
particular interest was his hair. He
looked like he was wearing a
Phyllis Diller wig backwards, with
a shoulder length ash blonde hair
weave attached at the neck. He addrewrl one of his friends as, "Mr.
Metal, Mr. Mean, Mr. Mean
Machine," while the other was
simply, "Mr. Metallica." This trio
would have made for a fascinating
study on the merits of brain
surgery, but my friends and I just
did not have the time.
Our last days in Daytona were
spent sunning and riding mopeds.
Although the Atlantic was an inviting 55 degrees most of the week,
we declined to frolic in the surf.
Aside from the obligatory firstdegree burns, did I gain anything
from this trip? Sure, I spent a lot
of money and my travel agent's
plans reflected her advanced years,
but I met many fascinating
characters (both in and out of
Disney World), and I spent a week
of quality time with my friends. I
honestly wouldn't have traded last
week for anything, barring the
availability of half-court seats at a
Boston Garden play-off game, of
course.
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by Wes Zahnke
Spring break in Bristol. Ah, a
thought that would have
Shakespeare foaming at the mouth.
It was tough to get reservations
anywhere in the town that lies in
Connecticut, between Beantown
and the Big Apple, but I had connections at a local bed and
breakfast.
Yes, mom promised me my old
room.
I arrived in Waterbury, Conn.,
where my ride dropped me off, and
soon found myself shopping with
my parents in Bob's.
Bob's, for you non-nutmeg state
members, is only Connecticut's
favorite store to shop in for clothes
and apparel.
I laughed a sinister laugh as I
thought of all those throngs of college students developing skin
cancer, as I casually sauntered
about, in search of hi-top Nikes.
Mom suggested we dine at a
"nice" restaurant.
I scoffed at this and recommended Wendy's. Big Classic, large
fries, and a large Coke. It was good
to be home.
By 7:30 p.m., I was hanging out
with Heather Locklear, poolside, in
a dream that had eluded me the
previous mid-term week.
This is the point of the break
where I began the rationalization
process that inevitably comes about
when one doesn't go away for
break.
I concluded that snuggling was
probably the equivalent to guzzling, down in Lauderdale.
Snuggling is the art of professional sleeping. I have, in a relatively short period of time, mastered
this craft.
With my ego realligned, I slept
like Larry Bird plays hoops:
invincibly.
Saturday and Sunday were blurs,
as I fought off both fatigue and a
bout with a virus that had plagued
me throughout mid-terms.
I managed to feebly lift the
remote control from the TV and
make several trips to and from the
kitchen.
Free food, 24 hours a day. Is
there anyone that went away that
could boast this? To the best of my
knowledge, no places were running
week-long, free-food specials.
So, with just two full days gone,
I already had established myself as
one of the better snuggler/remote
control operators on the circuit,
eating for free, and gotten not only a free pair of hi-top Nikes, but,
since I acted quickly, Mom and
Dad also sprung for a brandspanking new pair of Softball
shoes.
Was I missing the sun, girls and
booze? Well, there was always my
CD player.
I had a few live concerts in my
room. No one special, just Pink
Give me
Floyd, U2 and The Police, to mention a few.
It was really casual, no loud
crowd noises, or spilled beer on my
sweats. Just me and the band.
Monday was the day that this
camper went to confirm that his
summer job was still intact. H.P.
Hood wanted me back. There was
some talk of my becoming executive vice-president in charge of
marketing, but those reports are
still unconfirmed.
H.P. Hood is the number one
dairy in New England, the region .
that consumes more ice cream than
any other region in the entire
country.
I am employed at the Newington
plant, which specializes in the production of milk shake mix for fast
food restaurants, buttermilk mix,
and aerosol whipped cream.
On Wednesday, I was to take the
mandatory
pre-employment
physical.
This did not excite me. I know
that they have a job to do, but the
idea of a strange man touching me
in vulnerable areas of my body did
not do wonders for the old psyche.
I conceded that a physical by a
strange, bikini clad coed sounded
a little better.
Generally speaking, I don't mind
trips to the doctor's office. The exception to that rule is when I have
to wait.
The office that I was going to
doesn't believe in scheduling appointments. First come first serve,
that's the way it is.
I figured that the earlier I arrived, the earlier I would leave. I was
wrong, as I had to wait some two
and a half hours before I could see
the walls of the examination room.
I'm not an expert on the subject, •
but 1 would think that it should
take longer than 30 seconds for a
complete physical. Apparently this
doctor was from a different school
of thought.
My fears of genital intrusion
were soon alleviated as he took my
word on the status of them and introduced me to the fast food
equivalent of an examination.
I could have sworn I heard him
say, "Would you care for some
dessert with that?" as I walked out
the door.
This was the first night that I
went "out." A rendevous at Saint
Joeseph's College for Women was
set. I was apprehensive yet optimistic about the excursion.
It was very uneventful and
doesn't deserve any further
mention.
Saint Patrick's Day proved to be
the best day/night of the week.
It started with lunch in Hartford,
complete with green beer, then I
segued into the viewing of a practice session at the Hartford Civic
fmm^jt/if^
Center, where the opening round
of the NCAA tournament was on
tap.
The evening culminated with a
party at Southern Connecticut
State University, with the Marist
kids taking on all challengers and
faring quite well on the drinking
scene.
Not that I was taking part. I am
not 21.1 was merely observing the
behavioral patterns of humans
while intoxicated. I was actually
working on a research paper.
The next two days were blurs, as
I had some snuggling practice to get
in.
Finally, the week had come to a
triumphant end as the thrilling
climax occured with the family party celebrating Grandma's 80th
birthday.
Everyone came out, including
Aunt Leni, to feast and watch
Grandpa jump out of a cake. What
a crazy time.
I wearily hopped on the train
Monday morning and soon became
engulfed in a novel. I was wholly
satisfied and content.
So, as I arrived back on campus,
without a tan, I noticed how many
of "them" had tans.
But, how many of "them" have
new Nikes?
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College students drink beer.
"Beer is good," they say.
Others say, "Beer bad, wine
cooler good."
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suit
Guys who drink wine cooler get
punched in their eye by guys who
drink beer. (Note that this is irrelevant to this column, but I just
thought I'd toss it in)
Beer makes college students
drunk.
To get drunk, college students
pour beer into their stomachs and
intestines until they either laugh
repeatedly, cry repeatedly or vomit
repeatedly.
Initially people cry, laugh and
vomit only on weekends. Then a
realization sets in: Heck, beer can
be poured into the stomach any old
night of the week — or any old day
• of the week for that matter.
People pour beer into their
stomachs each day and night for
different reasons.
"1 become less inhibited," is at
the top of the list. Many become
so less inhibited' that they kiss
sweaty people whom they've never
spoken to or noticed before. The
less inhibited and sweaty kiss each
other in dark corners of dark
taverns.
The next morning they give their
friends the same explanation they
give every weekend: "I poured 100
beers into my stomach last night
and I don't remember a thing."
They lie.
Still others drink to forget. To
forget that their muscles are small;
to forget that urinating is best done
in a toilet and not on cars,
wallpaper and people; to forget
that automobiles should only be
driven on the road and not on other
cars, wallpaper and people.
There is a small minority,
however, who drink beer because
they like the way it tastes. I once
knew a fellow who put Shaefer on
corn flakes. He enjoyed an occasional beer. He also enjoyed an occasional 14 beers.
Despite the bad rap beer and
drunkeness receives from certain
groups, beer is a reasonable thing.
What if beer were milk? Imagine
people around a bar holding small
cartons of milk. How would one
smell if one had milk spilled on
them and they couldn't change for
three hours. Would girls be more
attractive with little white milk
mustaches? Would bars stock Oreo
cookies instead of pretzels? Could
quarters be played with milk, or
would it be too tough to find the
quarter. Is a milk called a brew' or
a pasteurized?' The questions are
endless.
One couldn't get drunk by pouring twelve milks into their stomach
either. They would only vomit.
Something tells me milk isn't going to be the next fad drink at
Marist. (Again, my keeness of insight prevails.)
In closing, I don't know what 1
can say about beer that hasn't
already been said by some
uninhibited individual lying
tongue to tile in some sleezy gin
mill. For them, "Beer is good."
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A look at where your $40 activity fee goes
by Keli A. Dougherty
Have you ever wondered what
happens to the money you pay
.every year for the student activity
fee? Who gets the money? And
how is it divided up?
The $40 fee paid each semester
by full-time students actually gets
divided up four ways, according to
Betty Yeaglin, director of college
activities. The fee brings in
.$220,000 a year. (Another $10,000
comes from a $10 fee paid by parttime students.)
The first $30 is divided into
thirds: one each going to the
McCann Center, the College Union
Board and the Council of Student
Leaders' Financial Board, which
then distributes the money to the
clubs and organizations.
"Any chartered club or
organization may submit a proposed budget to the Financial Board,"
said Jennifer Peifer, chairperson of
the Financial Board. "From this
proposed budget the Financial
Board decides whether to approve
or disapprove these requests."
There is also no set maximum
that a club can receive. The money
can be used for for operating expenses, refreshments and lectures.
The money may not be used for
alcoholic beverages, refreshments
at meetings, partisan political activities or charitable contributions.
The College Union Board, which
receives a second third of the first
$30, is responsible for college programing. Its allotment for
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87-'88 funding
$470
Accounting Society
Black Student Union
2585
Class of '90
690
Class of '91
75
Class of '88
1629
Class of '89
750
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Commuter Union
2905
Computer Society
743
Criminal Justice
95
Emergency Medical Societjt 25
Forensic Union
350
Gaelic Society
344
Inter-House Council
75
International Students
50
Investment Analysis
130
Literary Society
1638
Student League
3995
MCCTA
4222
Marist Singers
1251
Adult Student Union
1736
MCTV
2500
Psychology Club
910
Equestrian Team
338
Rugby
190
Sigma Phi Epsilon
457
Social Work Association
193
Hispanic Club
3146
Student Academic Comm
931
The Circle
17,650
Reynard
4743
WMCR
9858
Volleyball
1402
Total — 69,143
1987-1988 was $55,000. The
various committees that make up
CUB then negotiate among
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themselves about how the money
will be spent.
"After the Financial Board
decides, their recommendations are
then brought to CSL who review
them," said Peifer. "Once the
budgets with approved allocations
are returned to the clubs or
organizations, they are given a
chance to grieve to either Financial
Board or CSL on anything they
don't agree on."
The other $10 of the $40 that
each student pays is divided and used for CSL's operating expenses,
student football and basketball
tickets, the Hockey Club,
cheerleaders, the Ski Team, intramural sports and programing by
the Activities Office , according to
Yeaglin.
CSL uses its money to pay for
the Activities Fair, Homecoming,
the End of Year Transition Dinner
for the old and new CSL officers,
elections, meetings, the Thanksgiving Student-Faculty Social and Student Government Awareness
Week.
Alum to speak about post-grad life
by Use Martin
Seventeen years ago, Bill O'Reilly was playing football, writing for
The Circle, and getting an education at Marist College. Today he is
an ABC News Correspondent and
a columnist for the Boston Herald.
He will return to speak to the
Marist community on April 12.
In a recent telephone interview,
O'Reilly said that he plans to address students about their expectations after graduation. He said
there is a difference between the
college student today and the college student of the 60's and 70's.
"When 1 was in school, the value
system was a lot different than it
is today. We didn't look beyond
the next year. We were just there
to go to college," he said.
"Nowadays, it seems to me that the
kids' eyes are four or five years
down the road."
Peter O'Keefe, professor of
history, was a teacher and friend of
O'Reilly's and has kept in contact
with him over the years. "Bill came
,
tand their feelings aren't unusual.
j'.'Thereis a. range of. grieving •
techniques.' The' prbces's'is different' •
for everyone," Fries said. "There
is no one way to do it. That is why
people may think they have
feelings of grief."
Students, not .the counselor, will
be the ones whd'provide the helps
according to Fries. Fries will be
present only as a facilitator. "I will
help the group become comfortable
talking about loss," she said.
The students can ask questions,
offer solutions or just listen, Fries
said.
"This is a low-key type of thing.
For students who experience the
death of a friend or relative, being
able to understand and talk about
their feelings may be a hard
process.
Now a Marist counselor hopes to
make it a little easier.
Barbara Fries, a staff member at
the Counseling Center, has formed a support group for students
The participants are not required to
dealing with grief and for those
do anything," Fries said. "The
who want to help grieving friends.
students will get from it what they
The group meets every Wednesneed. That may mean finding a
day at 7:30 p.m. in the Byrne
special friend, someone to listen to
Residence lounge.
"In our society there is a code
or talk to. Even if they do nothing
for when people can be supportive.
that's OK, too. 1 respect anyone
They go to the wake or funeral,
who comes even if they don't
send flowers or bring food for a
participate."
couple of weeks," Fries said. "A
person who has lost someone,
Fries said the group setting is an
whether it is a relative or friend,
ideal way to get support. "1 believe
feels that loss longer than those
in this approach of having others
weeks."
Fries said the grieving period is something wrong with them," Fries help," Fries said. "If you connect
difficult for most people because said. "This is a self-help group, a with someone it can make a
they have unresolved feelings and way to process grief. Ultimately the difference."
don't know how to talk about members of the group will provide
According to Fries, the group is
those feelings.
the support needed to understand open to anyone and is confidential.
Fries said she saw a need for the
support group after two Marist
students were killed in automobile
accidents in January. A similar
group at Vassar College has been
successful, she said.
"People don't think of college as
Dinner in the Campus Center Cafeteria
the time to deal with this," Fries
said, "especially on campus where
life goes on. Parties, studies, all
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continue. But these people who feel
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college as the
time to deal
with this,
especially on
campus, where
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O'Keefe said that there was no
communications program twenty
years ago and even if there was,
students probably would have
opted for the liberal arts program
because that was the thing to do.
When O'Reilly graduated from
Marist in 1971 with a bachelor's
degree in history, he taught English
and history at Monsignor Pace, a
Marist High School in Miami,
Florida.
O'Reilly said that his plan for
post-graduation was never a priority until senior year. "1 was busy
worrying about the Army and Vietnam. It wasn't that important to be
financially successful," he said.
According to O'Keefe, "It was
an option that the kids had that
wasn't unusual — more to do
ly do what they want to do because
there is none of the political game
playing that goes on at some of the
larger universities. "1 enjoyed
myself immensely at Marist. But 1
don't think I would have enjoyed
myself as much if I was concerned
with making fifty grand and owning a Mercedes," he said.
When O'Reilly went abroad to
England during his junior year, he
wrote a story for The Circle about
the differences between students in
O'Reilly has anchored Good England and students in America.
Morning America News, World At the end of the story he wrote:
News This Morning, as well as "I just wish there could be a
local newscasts in Boston, New universal student. A student who
Bill O'Reilly.fTViofo courtesy
York, and Connecticut. He began would try to cope with the world
of the Public Information
his first year at ABC News with 25 he lives in instead of fleeing from
Office)
stories on World News Tonight it. A student who would question
with Peter Jennings and 20 spots values and see the need for change
but who would also value other what he has, the right to criticize,
on the Weekend News.
"1 think the thing 1 respect Bill people's opinion instead of looking to.object, etc., is more than what
most people have. And finally, a
for most is that he had the courage down on them.
student who would work not only
to trust and follow his own instincts
"A student svho would build for himself, but for others. For livand he had the confidence to move
ahead with them," said O'Keefe. things up and be very, very sure ing only by yourself brings frustraO'Reilly said the beauty of before tearing something down. A tion while living for others brings
Marist is that students can basical- student who would realize that happiness."
something to feel their way around
rather than rush into things."
O'Reilly went on to obtain a
master's degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University.
According to O'Keefe. "He always
did his own thing. He was a gogetter, the kind of kid who knew
where he was going and didn't
stand around and wait for things
to happen. He made things
happen."
Fashion students prepare for the big show
Last Sunday was no exception.
"When you turn off the lights at
"I was here from 12 in the after- the end of the night it can be
noon and I'll probably be here un- spooky,"
Somma
said.
til
11
tonight,"
said
senior
Karen
"Sometimes
you
feel
like
you're
in
At the front of Donnelly 240 —
otherwise known as the fashion Somma, a fashion major from the Twilight Zone and they're watroom — is a dress form wearing a Holmdel, N.J. "But, that's not bad ching you."
T-shirt which reads, "Marist considering sometimes I don't get
To ensure the privacy of any live
Fashion Department Supports Safe out of here until after two in the
models, who may be in for a fitting
Sex.... Because We Don't Have morning."
most of the windows are covered
The Time."
Carmine Porcelli, director of the with plastic. Porcelli said, "It
fashion program, said, "It's a would also look very peculiar for
With the Marist fashion pro- home away from home. The magic
gram's show, featuring the second happens in this room, there is a lot people walking by to see the forms
and not understand what they
annual "Silver Needle Awards," of creativity and intensity."
are."
three weeks away this slogan rings
The room has six sewing
true more than ever. The event is
The rules in D240 are: no drinkbeing judged by designers Bill machines, two large work tables, ing, no eating and no smoking.
Blass, Mary McFadden, Oscar de and fifteen forms, which are ..Despite, this, students .said cpffee
„,mannequinrlike figures used to fit - 'and other "caffeine "armies 'ar6 a t
,1a Rentaand Marc Jacobs. .
garments.
must. Music, which is permitted, is
another must.
J.R. Morrissey, a senior fashion
Much of the preparation for the
show is done in D240, preparation major from Northport N.Y. said
which is often done late into the he named his form "Babe" and
34 Printer's
ACROSS
night, on weekends and even over considers it a companion. "I
measure
always talk to my form," he said.
Spring Break.
35 Mine excavation
1 Paid notices
by Joseph O'Brien
Counseling Center starts group
for students dealing with grief
by Nancy Bloom.
in from a generation that thought
highly of the general education.
Kids coming in during the sixties
thought of a liberal arts education
and didn't have any specific ideas
beyond that," he said.
A fashion student pins a halffinished creation to a form.
(Photo by Bob Davis)
A little club with big-name acts
YOU ARE INVITED
TO ATTEND
A CREATIVE
PRESENTATION
By
TOM MURRAY
Actor, Poet and Recovered Alcoholic
He will share his personal experiences
and a dramatic acting portrayal of the
Welsh Poet Dylan Thomas.
On
Tuesday, APRIL 5th, 1988
7:30 p.m.
In
Campus Center THEATRE
•
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•
by Chris Landry
Before Mick Jagger headed for
Japan on his solo tour this March
he wanted to play a small club
away from New York City. Some
place with a warm and secure
atmosphere.
Jagger's manager, Bill Graham
carried out his wishes. Graham
found out through three concert
booking agencies that Jagger
should take his band to
Poughkeepsie to play The Chance.
Jagger did not play earlier this
month because of his drummer's
back injury but other stars such as
Eddie Money and Huey Lewis have
in the past and will continue to.
How does such a small club bring
such acts to Poughkeepsie's Main
Mall?
One factor is that The Chance
has such a rich history and tradition as the perfect small theater to
perform in. The Chance has always
had mainstream acts. The Police
played there in 1977. The theater
holds up to 6000 and its 30-foot
ceiling and attractive architecture
provide intimate shows. Its worst
seat is fourteen rows away, owner
Peter Francesa said.
Francesa, a Poughkeepsie
businessman bought the club at a
bankruptcy auction in 1980. As the
owner of the antique shop at
Bridge City Auction he became interested in The Chance's architecture. He spent $750,000 to restore
it.
The Chance opened in July, 1981
offering rock, jazz, and folk music
as well as a bar and dinner. A fire
in the early morning of May 29,
1984 closed The Chance for two
years. The fire, caused by arson,
destroyed the west wall and ceiling.
Francesa said he knew the day
after the fire he would restore the
Chance. He sold his cross-town
restaurant, Noah's Ark, and used
his knowledge of antiques to direct
architects and builders.
'There was no way an arsonist
would take the Chance away from
me," Francesa said. "I became
obsessed in rebuilding the place."
The Chance reopened on Nov.
26, 1986 with restored architecture
and new $2,000 French paintings
on its walls. Before an after the fire
Francesa has used smart and fair
business to land popular acts.
"I've been doing business for
five years and have established a
repport with concert agencies,"
Francesa said.
While many clubs cancel shows
because of poor ticket sales The
Chance holds their shows even if it
loses money, Francesa said.
"I'm a person of my word,"
Francesa said. "My staff takes care
of the people that come here."
Tammy Sloan, the stage
manager, said that she and the staff
make The Chance enjoyable to perform at. After taking care of the
show's technical aspects, they make
sure that the band has something
to eat and drink at all times.
Problems with performers do
happen. Bob Goldthwait, the comedian of Police Academy fame
wanted tables set up on the dance
floor in front of the stage. The
Chances'
refusal
makes
Goldthwait's return unlikely, Sloan
said.
But according to Sloan these
problems are minor. "We've been
able to handle most anything that
comes around. You come to expect
the problems that go along with the
business."
Usually the hospitality is ap-
preciated and helps draw acts.
Sloan and other staff members
sometimes get to know their guests.
After their two shows last month
the rock band The Hooters joined
The Chance's staff at the bar for
several hours.
The Chance's location also lures
bands to Poughkeepsie. It is not far
from New York City, Providence
or Boston.
"We're (The Chance) close
enough to New York City to book
the good acts and far enough away
so we're not competing with the city's business," Francesa said.
"We go through about eight or
nine tapes a day," Somma said.
"I'd go crazy without my
Walkman in here," said Morrissey.
"Even though we play music in
here there is only so many times
you can listen to Whitney Houston
tapes.'-'
Even though Porcelli said, "The
room has become a wonderful environment," it does have its
drawbacks.
Jackie Sayegh, a junior fashion
major from Brooklyn, N.Y. said,
"Sometimes when you're in here
working for a long time you feel
like jumping out the window."
Not to worry however, there is
only a foot and a half drop.
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39 Pitch
40 Seed
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52 Bard
53 Learning
54 Superlative
ending
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56 Pitcher
57 Female ruff
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8 Embryo flowers
12 Unit of Latvian
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13 Encourage
14 Region
15 Wine cup
16 Writing the '
news
18 Tear asunder
20 Dillseed
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22 Metric measure
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27 Towel
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30 Rent
31 Running
32 Lubricate
33 Genus of cattle
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2 Wet
3 Bogs down
28 Preposition
29 Hasten
30 Piece of cut
timber
32 Manage
33 Nod
Rolling Stones' best new
American band of the year, The'
Bodeans, filmed their appearance
on the David Letterman Show in
the city in late afternoon before hitting the stage at 11 p.m. that night
in Poughkeepsie.
Francesa also believes the variety of acts and shows catoring to
different age groups adds to the
clubs popularity.
"We have an act if you're red,
white, black, or blue," Francesa
said.
Last weekend the 60s music of
Dr. Hook , the rock opera of the
Roaches and a reggae band offered
the variety.
To ensure variety Francesa
books most of the acts himself. The
booking agency gives him a list of
acts. After choosing an act the performer's contract is sent and if
terms are met the act will come to
The Chance.
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9 Swiss canton
10 Lair
11 Sink in middle
17 Concerning
19 Maiden loved by
Zeus
22 Be ill
24 Babylonian
deity
25 On the ocean
26 Depression
27 Vast throng
4 Fruit cake
5 Presidential
nickname
6 Leave
7 Rock
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11
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38 Tart
40 Move sidewise
41 Near
43 Paid notice
44 River in
Germany
45 Comfort
46 Ceremony
47 Health resort
48 Cover
49 Legal matters
50 Before
C O U f S t PRSSS SERVICE
Answers
to last
week's
puzzle
Francesa pays anywhere from
$1,000 to $8,000 per act. He paid
Eddie Money the most last year —
$32,000 for four nights.
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The beauty of intramurals
Registering
takes on
a new look
by Helen Gardner
by Chris Barry
Spring
finally
arrives
/
4.
The Registrar's Office changed
the format of the course advisor for
the fall 1988 academic schedule
from the old newspaper style to a
pamphlet-sized one in order to cut
costs.
Jacquelyh Moriarty, the assistant registrar, said that the old format cost over $4,000 to print compared to $1,600 needed to print the
new style that was made available
to students after spring break.
"We wanted a new style that was
more cost-effective and yet provided the same service to the
students," said Moriarty. "The
old style was a much more appealing to the eye but was not as easy
to carry as this one."
The new advisor measures 4.5 in- '
ches wide and 9 inches long compared to the old advisor that was
several pages long and measured
about the same as the Daily New*.
The new advisor was designed by
Moriarty and Joy Becker from
Southern Dutchess News in Wappingers Falls.
It is modelled after the pamphlet
style used by Quinnipiac College in
Hamden, Conn, which Dr. Louis
Zucarello brought to Mortality
after visiting Quinnipiac's President John Lahey, a former vice
president at Marist.
Chris Pasquali, a freshman computer science major from Newton,
N.J., likes the new format. "I like
it better tha n the big paper," he
said. "It fits in your notebook and
when I was checking the courses
that I wanted to take, most of the
courses are listed on the same
page."
Besides the size, the new format
lacks the timeslot sheet and only
lists the course descriptions for the
new computer information systems
concentration and any special
topics course because most course
descriptions are available to
students in the 1988 catalog. It still
includes the listings of the
core/liberal arts requirements for
all classes the academic schedule
for the fall semester and winter
intersession.
Although students in general had
a positive reaction to the new advisor, they still had complaints
about the registration process.
Pasquali said, "I don't think a
lot of students knew that we had
to pick up the course advisors and
do our schedules by March 30."
Kathy Liebert, a junior business
major form Manhattan, N.Y., said
that the course advisor should include the course descriptions for
students that can not find their
catalogs. "There's also not nearly
enough courses offered at the right
times," she said. "A couple of the
courses I need are offered at the
same time and day."
Moriarty said that Marist will
probably remain with this format,
at least for the next few years.She
said, "This year's advisor was a
trial run for us. I think that onlce
we get accustomed to the format,
we can make the process a little
cheaper and the advisor more
useful to the students."
Spring has sprung and Marist
students have broken out their
shorts and T-shirts to soak up
the sun.(Photo by Bob Davis)
Some teams look sharp, mat-,
ching right down to the stripes
I on their underwear. Other
I teams look like they were in an
I explosion at a thrift store.
What are the freshmen really like?
Marist typically attracts high
school seniors with grade point
averages in the B to B- range, acby Ellen Ballou
cording to the data. Compared to
Every year incoming freshmen
the national results, fewer Marist
are
bombarded with forms to fill
students come from the top and
out. What are your interests and
bottom of the class.
hobbies? What kind of person are
Personal statistics show that
you?
What do you want to major
Marist freshmen are less selfin? The flow of questions is
confident academically as well as
endless.
socially. They spend more of their
Every other year, however, one
leisure time socializing than with
extra form is added to all of the
personal interests and hobbies.
rest: the Astin survey.
They also tend to drink more
This year's freshmen parsocially and cheat on exams more
ticipated
in the survey last fall. As
than the norm, according to the
compared to the national norm,
survey.
Marist stacks up pretty close,
The students are typical in that
60 percent intend and want to especially in the reason for attending college in the first place — to
marry, and they believe it is accepr
table to live together before mar- make money.
"I decided 1 wasn't ready to go
riage. The freshmen are not well into work," said Linda Gallagher, a
formed on AIDS and have the "it
can't happen to me" attitude, the freshman from Brooklyn, N.Y.
"To get a better career you have to
survey shows.
go
to college."
Sixty-eight percent listed Marist
At first Kim Riordan of North
as their first choice of colleges, and
25 percent listed Marist as their se- Andover, Mass., looked like an exception to the trend. She said she
cond choice.
was majoring in English, but she
The survey covers a broad range wanted to get into law — not civil
of questions, everything from "Are or criminal — but corporate law,
you a twin?" to "How do you where the big money is. "Today
characterize you political views?"
••College hopping." public service and a philosophy of life were
the trends and goals of college
students 15 years ago. Today,
freshmem are more interested in
financial success, according to a recent national survey.
The annual study by the
American Council on Education —
known as the Astin survey —
shows that 71 percent of this fall's
freshmen entered college "to make
more money."
The statistics are based on questionnaires completed by 209,627
freshmen at 390 two- and fouryear institutions, one of which is
Marist. The college participates
every other year.
For the most part, Marist is close
to the national norm for four-year
private institutions, but there are a
few distinctions.
Marist attracts more white and
fewer minority students that the
norm. Students at Marist are also
more likely to come from larger,
comfortable middle-class families,
according to Dr. Marilyn Poris,
director of institutional research at
Marist.
Compared to the national norm,
more freshmen at Marist are attenOne question asks how frequentding college with the hope of ob- ly one engaged in certain activities
taining a good job after in the past year, including drinking,
graduation.
copying homework from other
About one-third of the freshman students, cheating on a test, feelclass has declared business as a ma- ing depressed or using a personal
jor. "That will be higher," said computer. The students are also
Poris, "because of the percentage asked about their family
of freshmen who have not declared background.
a major and will decide on
business." The national average at
Marist also includes questions
four-year private institutions is pertaining solely to the college. The
about 20 percent.
fall '87 freshmen strongly believe
There has been a national decline that Marist should provide intellecin the number of computer science tually stimulating extracurricular
majors. While Marist computer activities, maintain high academic
science enrollments have declined,
the college still maintains a higher
than typical enrollment.
Nationwide, the proportion of
art, humanities and social science
students remains small. Freshmen
are also entering college with less
background in art, music and the
biological sciences.
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one must be competitive to get a
job," said Riodan. "One really
needs to get a degree to get a good
job."
Still, some freshmen have decided that making money isn't the
most important thing in their lives.
"I want to be a film director,
because I want to make films that
mean something — that is, to teach
people something worthwhile,"
said freshman Tara Parker from
Dover Plains, N.Y.
"It is rewarding to touch a cord
in students so that they see there is
more in life," said Dr. Peter
O'Keefe, associate professor of
history who also teaches freshmen
philosophy and ethics. "I try to get
them to think subjectively so that
they can see that what is on the inside also is very important."
O'Keefe said financial well-being
still comes up in the course discussions most often, but through some
of his lectures students begin to see
success can be a result of the subjective self.
director, Alexander Astin. It was
started nationally about 15 years
ago, according to Poris, when
"college hopping" was the trend.
Students felt by attending many
colleges they were benefiting more.
But this led to sky-rocketing attrition rates at some institutions.
Astin tried to profile incoming
freshmen so institutions could compare their students with a national
norm. The survey helps colleges see
changing trends, address students'
needs and retain enrolmment, according to Poris.
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They also believe, but not that
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structured
interest
groups
available, maintain a strong
women's athletic program,
separate dorms by class and
facilitate faculty-student contact
outside the classroom.
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serious students.
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A scan of the gym during intramural games will reveal
everyone from former high
school all-stars to uncoordinated armchair quarterbacks.
First, there are the pure
basketball players. Guys who
really know how to play the
game. Just put a ball in their
hands and watch them go to
work.
You'll also find — well, for
lack of a better word — slobs.
They are overweight, dress
poorly and smell funny. Their
daily diet of pizza and beer have
done quite a number on their
respitory staying power, as they
need a breather after only watching their teammates during
tipoff.
Finally, there are the quiet,
consistent contributors. Guys
who might not have all the
talent in the world, but still give
it a shot. They might have been
bench-warmers in high school
but they still like to play the
game.
There is a true beauty about
intramurals. You don't have to
be great. You don't even have
to be good. You just have to
want to play the game and have
fun. Even if you do stink.
The old rivalry: NY vs. Boston
The class of '91 looks at life
by Ellen BaJIou
THURSDAYS ARE HOT
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There is nothing else in sports
quite like collegiate intramurals.
Take intramural basketball,
for example. More than some
highly-recruited, scholarship
players brought here for the
purpose of developing a
nationally-known name for the
school, the intramural program
consists of a hodge-podge of
players possessing varying
degrees of talent.
Some teams have elaborate
game plans, having strategies
worked out for every possible
scenario. Other teams' game
plan is just to try to score more
points than their opponents.
But all the teams have one
thing in common. They're there
to have fun. Even the worst
teams are still trying to have
fun. (If not, then they must
derive extreme pleasure from
public humiliation.)
I
The arrival of spring brings with
it the beginning of the baseball
season. As a Bostonian, this time
of the year makes me dizzy — I see
visions of Bucky Dent popping a
fly ball over the wall in Fenway
Park and Jesse Orosco triumphantly hurling his glove info the air.
It is difficult enough being from
Boston and going to school in New
York, but the nausea felt while
listening to a New Yorker imitate
the way l say "Marty Barrett" is
still surpassed by the sight of the
replay of a ground ball rolling between the legs of Bill Buckner.
Because Marist, which is obviously in Yankee/Mets territory,
attracts a substantial amount of
Red Sox fans, the emotions of the
intense rivalry are alive and well.
Most experts agree that the
rivalry started with the sale of Babe
Ruth from the Red Sox to the
Yankees in 1920.
Ruth, at the time already considered the best in the game, was
sold to New York for $100,000.
Boston fans can still hear the
laughter echoing from Yankee
Stadium.
Since the sale of Ruth, the two
cities have been involved in many
pennant races and the 1986 Red
Sox/Mets World Series added even
more fuel to the fire of the rivalry.
As opening day approaches,
both' cities' fans are preparing to
verbally abuse one another.
With the exception of the question of whether or not the Red Sox
choked in the 1978 pennant race
(some things are undeniable),
Boston and New York fans agree
on very little.
Jon Petrucci, a Met fan from
Waterbury, Conn., could not
watch the 1986 World Series with
his roommate, a friend since high
school, because he was a Red Sox
fan.
"You know the rivalry is intense
when you can live with someone
and eat meals with them but you
can't watch a baseball game
together." Petrucci said.
Al Thompson, a Yankee fan
from Ticonderoga, N.Y., says for
him. the rivalry is intense all year.
"It's like the last game of the
World Series everytime the Red
Sox and Yankees meet," Thompson said.
Tension such as this leads to one
thing — arguments. There are two
problems with being a Boston fan
in theses arguments. You are grossly outnumbered and historically
speaking, you don't have much of
a case.
Frank Haverkamp, a 20 year-old •
commuter, told me how he once
saw a Red Sox fan get mauled by
an entire section of drunk fans at
Yankee Stadium.
Somehow, I felt I knew how that
Boston fan felt. I think all Red Sox
fans can relate to how that human
punching bag must have felt.
I
Chris Ciampi, Petrucci's roommate, said he felt outnumbered
during the 1986 World Series.
"It was one of the loneliest experiences I've ever had," said the
Red Sox fan from Waterbury,
Conn. "It seemed as though
everybody was against just a handful of people."
Many New York fans admit they
actually feel bad for Red Sox fans,
who have only a poor championship record for support and a seemingly endless army of people
against them.
"My feeling towards the Red
Sox and their fansMs not one of
hate, it's one of pity," said Steve
Melz, a Met fan from Wyckoff,
N.J.
"I think that it's an absolute
miracle that the majority of the
Red Sox fans didn't commit suicjde
after the Worid Series. But considering their history, I guess
they're used to it by now," Melz
said.
As a Boston fan I am not sure
which is worse — losing to New
York teams or being pitied by their
fans.
The loss to the Mets in 1986 was
emotionally devastating for many
Red Sox fans.
Jim Moshovos, a sophomore
from Wethersfield, Conn., had
bought a bottle of champagne for
the '86 Series. He never opened the
bottle.
There are unopened bottles of
champagne all around the Boston
area. Someday they will be opened. Many people — myself included — hope they're at Marist when
it happens.
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Page 12 • THE CIRCLE - March 31, 1988
'Voice of Marist' steps down
by Joe Madden
After I7 years of announcing
Marist basketball games on the
radio, Bob Norman has decided to
hang up his headset.
Norman, director of Marist's internship program, said he is retiring to be able to devote more time
to his family and towards the internship program.
Norman, who began spotbroadcasting for the Red Fox football team in .1961, started doing
basketball games in 1971. "Some
of my most cherished memories
have been broadcasting Marist
basketball games, I'm really going
to miss them," he said.
Coming to Marist at the request
of Brother Linus Foy, then the
youngest collegiate president in the
country, Norman's job encompassed public relations, sports information, teaching English and
broadcasting.
Norman has been around since
the Red Foxes' basketball games
were played at Our Lady of
Lourdes high school in Poughkeepsie. "I wore quite a few hats when
I first came to Marist, but my
favorite hat was broadcasting,"
said Norman.
As he sat reflecting on the past
in his office in the Lowell Thomas
Communications Center, he said
there was one thing that always
stood out in his mind — the MaristSiena rivalry. ,
He said he remembered one
game when the te nsion was so high
a fight broke out between mascots.
Norman's son Jim was the Red Fox
mascot at the time.
"1 didn't know whether to keep
on broadcasting or try to break up
the fight," he said. The fight was
resolved and the Siena Indian
mascot apologized for getting car-
ried away, according to Norman.
He said one of his favorite events
of the year were the alumni games.
"I used to really love seeing
everyone come back, most of them
with a wife and kids," he said. "I
would look forward to it every
year."
The highlight of Norman's
broadcasting career, he said, came
during
Marist's
first-ever
N.C.A.A. tournament bid during
the 1985-86 season. "I think that
was when Rik Smits realized that
he was really a special basketball
player." .
"I've seen things come a long
way at Marist. We've really hit the
big time now, you can't even get a
seat anymore — but I've already
got mine for next year," Norman
said with a smile. "I wanted to
leave.while I was on top, I feel like
a stamp collector who has just lost
his collection, it was like my
After dropping opener,
lax squad pummels Pace
by Joe Madden
The Marist College lacrosse team
bounced back from a frustrating
season-opening double-overtime
10-9 loss to Kean College last week
and trounced Pace University 17-5
last Saturday at Leonidoff field.
The Red Foxes face off against
SUNY Maritime at 3:30 p.m. today. On Tuesday they played the
Indians of Siena College. Results
were not available, at.press .time.
Against Pace, Bili Drolet led the
Red Foxes with two goals and five
assists while Mike Daly and Pete
Cleary added six and five goals
respectively. Daly's six-goal performance fell just one goal short of the
Marist record — set by his brother
Tom in 1986.
Mike Malet, head lacrosse
coach, said he was a little weary of
the Setters entering the contest. "I
really didn't know what to expect
before the game except that they
had two victories coming in,"
Malet said.
Earlier in the week the Red Foxes
faced Kean College. Kean was
favored entering the game and is
considered by many to be the
favorite to win the Knickerbocker
Conference, according to Malet.
The. Red ,Fpxes jujnped out tp;an
early 8-4 lead but eventually fell in
double-overtime.
"I thought that we had a great
team effort," said Malet. "I think
our guys realize now that we can
play with anyone. It's going to be
quite an interesting year."
Malet said his only worry now is
keeping his squad geared toward
winning games, not towards personal achievements. The coach
praised defensemen Jon Cannon,
Pete Cleary and Rob Naylor as well
as goalie John Blake.
"John really kept us in the game
in that first quarter," Malet said.
"After losing Chris Reuss I think
a few people were worried about
our goalie situation, but not any
more — Jon can really handle
himself in the cage."
• Injuries,.to defenseman Bob
Cowie and mid-fielder Todd
Jesaitis, both seniors, hurt the
squad's chances for victory, Malet.
said. "Bobby has a lot of influence
on the field — I mean losing a twotime all-conference player has an
inpact on any team)" said Malet.
Mid-fielder Tom Donnellan led
Marist with three goals.
Bob Norman
hobby."
As Norman swiveled in his chair
in Lowell Thomas he acknowledged both the Marist players and
fans. "They've really been
(Photo by Mark Gottcent)
something to be proud of," said
Norman. "It was just fantastic to
be a part of the whole scene, I've
enjoyed every minute of it."
Marist's 'forgotten' team
Editor's note: Due to an editing er- which also makes sure the team
ror, an incorrect \crsion of this abides by the rules governing clubs.
story appeared in a recent issue of
"This yeai we worked with the
The Circle.
athletics office," said Flour. "They
gave us some money too."Flour
by Beth-Kathleen McCauley
said she plans to write a letter to the
The Marist College women's ski athletic department requesting a
team finished third in its division coach.
— only five seconds behind the
Financial support is not the onsecond-place team and the regional
ly problem, according to other
championship.
The ski team, which officially team members. "I don't think
only has club status, is the "forgot- anyone on campus knows we comten" team on campus, according to pete for medals," said 4-year
member Laura Murray. "It's sad
Florence Flour, captain.
"Although we are part of the because we give up our weekends
National Collegiate Ski Associa- to represent the school and no one '
tion, we don't have a coach or of- seems interested."
ficial team status at Marist," said
"We have great team spirit,"
Flour, who represented Marist at said Christopher Zicarelli, a
the regional championship..
sophomore. "We don't get any real
"If we had a coach we could all support from anyone else," he
make it to regionals," said Flour, added.
"Right now we are competing
Flour said she hopes-the paragainst teams that practice weekly.
ticipation of the athletic office and
We just show up and ski."
The team receives most of its a fund-raising raffle will help more
funding from the activities office people take an interest in the club.
Soccer team wins two, ties one
during weeklong Jamaican tour
by David Blondin
The prescription read: Take one,
relaxing, fun-filled week in the sun
of the Caribbean island of
Jamaica.
The doctor was Howard "Doc"
Goldman, Marist's soccer coach,
and the patients were 18 members
of the Red Fox soccer team. The
'There is a great
difference
between
playing here
and there.'
Heads up!
Marist rugby player Charles
Mooney goes up for the ball in
practice last week as Andrew
Israel looks on.
(Photo by Mark Gottcent)
squad went to Jamaica during
Spring Break and managed to come
away with a 2-0-1 record.
The squad played three teams
from the province of St. Ann's, tying Brazil, 2-2 and beating St.
Ann's bay, 3-1, and the Golden
Kickers, 2-1.
It was the first time Marist had
played outdoors since the end of
the season last fall.
"The difference between indoors
and out, is that you get a true
bounce," said senior Kevin Segrue.
Soccer in Jamaica is as popular
as baseball is in the United States.
"There is a great difference bet-
ween playing here and there," said
senior Kevin Segrue. "The crowds
understand the game better."
"The crowds were not biased,
they just wanted to see good soccer," said junior Bill Kenny. "They
cheered when they scored and when
we scored."
"I was surprised how well we
did," said senior Gerry Sentochnik, "with soccer being their
main sport."
Both players and coach were
very relaxed, said Tom Haggerty.
"Everyone just went "out to have a
good time," he said.
Goldman was happy with the
results of the trip, said Kenny. It
brought every one together as a
team and as friends, he said.
The players said the Jamaicans
were individually better skilled than
the Red Foxes, but Marist played
much better as a team. "We were
very offensively creative," said
Kenny.
"They have a different style of
soccer," said Segrue. "They didn't
have the team concepts that we
had."
According to Marist players the
average attendance at the games
was nearly 1,000 people.
The first game was against Brazil
and was played in the middle of the
day in 95-degree heat.
Marist players said they felt they
should have that game. A goal
scored by Haggerty was erased
when the referee ruled he had
entered the zone offside. It was a
call heard frequently by Marist.
"The referee used offside calls to
prevent a blowout," said Kenny.
"The first and third games were
really good, the competition was
much quicker," said Haggerty.
"The second game was more like
a pick up game. The gamefieldwas
like cement."
"There were two good teams,
they were very quick and fast,"
said Sentochnik. "The second
game we played was much more
physical."
For seniors Segrue and Sentochnik, it was the last time they
would play soccer for Marist.
"I would work harder," said
Segrue about what he would do differently if he had a chance to
change anything.
"I'm happy with my career at
Marist," said Sentochnik. "I'm
happy with the trip."
Marist will play outdoors this
spring, but Coach Goldman does
not let the seniors play in the
spring.
The team now awaits the start of
the season next fall with the hope
that the positive attitude and sense
of team unity resulting from the
trip will carry over.
All 18 people did everything
together, Haggerty said. "It made
everyone closer and better
friends."