Vol. 53 No. 5 , October 28 , 1999

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OCTOBER 28, 1999
Students question ease of e-mail use
by CHRIS GROGAN
News Editor
Marist is continually touting
the technology offered by its
campus-wide computer network, -yet some students question what makes this system so
good:
Joe Cannefelli, a junior, said he
feels the on-screen layout could
be better.
"The email system works fine,
• but why does it look like DOS,
like it was made in the eighties,"
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he said. ~
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The Marist mainframe may be facing'an upgrade soon
But MUSICB, the campus
email system, is only one component of the mainframe. The
- current mainframe in use is called
the IBM Enterprise Server. This
system has been in use on campus since January 1979.
Harry Williams, director of
technology and systems, said
mat while the actual mainframe
was installed more than 20 years
ago, it is being continuously
updated.
"We are constantly working
on upgrading the software," he
said. "The last major upgrade
occurred in the summer of 1998."
There were recent upgrades
completed to complement the
new library. When it opens there
will be 25 small computer terminals for student use. These terminals, all located on the first
floor, are different than traditional computers in that they do
not have individual hard drives
for each. They will all be connected to the mainframe via a
network.
Williams said the computers
will look like small boxes.
...please see ISMAIL,pg. 4
Late loans eaiise
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by JAIME TOMEO
Asst. News Editor •
Students who rely on loans to
get them through Marist have
been running into difficulties
with the financial aid office.
It is not the loan money itself
that is causing problems, but
rather the left over money that
enables the student to finan:
cially survive throughout thesemester.
The student loan (Stafford or
Perkins) process goes as follows. The financial aid office
receives the check for the tu-'
ition. The student then comes
in to sign it and they reimburse
you the difference a week later.
Students who wish to borrow
money must fill out the FAFSA
[federal government application] and await approval. A financial aid administrator would
then sign off on that application
and submit it electronically or
via mail to the lender of the students' choice. It then takes approximately one to two weeks
to get the refund check to be-
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Director of Financial Aid Joe
Weglarz said that the whole process was made clear.
"We stated veryclearly.in.the
documentation we sent toTthe
students and their families that
the credit balances they weren't
entitled to it until the end of September," he said.
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~these students can not gain access to their leftover loan money
that is sometimes used'for buying books. - • 7~1-" 1 Rosemary Caparel, an adulteducation student, said at the
very least the college should
offer some money.
"There has to be some way of
. working out a voucher system
or cutting a book check. They
could put a lean on the loan
check for $300 for books," she
said.
Other students such as
Amanda Mazzola, a junior, said
they had to wait to purchase
books.
"I had to share books with students from my class because I
didn't receive the money I
needed to buy them until later,"
she said.
At nearby Dutchess Community College the financial aid
department waited one semester to make sure that students
who received the loan were going to classes. Each semester
after, the money left over from
the loan is dispensed a week
before school begins.
According to Caparel, there
have been suggestions made
...please see LOANS,pg.4
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F.W. de Klerk shared his views on human rights and global awareness at McCann.
Former South African
president speaks at Marist
byPATRICK WHITTLE
Editor-in- Chief
Former South African president F.W. de Klerk spoke in front
of Marist students, faculty and
members of die Hudson Valley
community at the McCann Center Monday night.
De Klerk is most noted for his
actions involving the facially
segregating policy of apartheid.
During his tenure as President
he lifted the ban on many political organizations and announced that Nelson Mandela
would be released from prison.
However, critics of de Klerk often say that he was responsible
for perpetuating apartheid while
he was in office.
"It's original purpose was to
bring justice," de Klerk said in a
press conference before his lec-
ture. "It ended in failure. We
made a 180 degree turn."
De Klerk refuted claims that
apartheid is akin to Nazism,
pointing to progress that was
made in South Africa during the
years the policy was enforced.
He added that apartheid could
be a solution to tensions in areas like Israel arid Palestine, but
that does not justify "petty
apartheid" and discrimination.
"I together with others abolished apartheid," he said. "We
said 'We are going to rectify our
mistakes of the past.'"
Retired from party politics, de
Klerk said he considers himself
to be an independent agent who
wants to make a contribution to
civil society. He said that countries need to be more proactive,
citing the United States as an
example of a "well-informed
community" that is able to ef-
fectively use peaceful protests.
In a reference to the conflict
he was witnessed as an international leader, he warned that
pursuing peace and social justice
...please see De KLERK,pg. 4
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WMCR-FM (Marist College
Radio) is on the air. Tune to 88.1
anytime between 9 a.m. and
la.m. to hear the latest in modern rock, punk, hardcore, ska,
hip-hop, RPM, sports, and
news. Any club interested in
having a public service announcement broadcast on the
air should leave a message for
Program Director Doug Guarino
atx3132.
Watch for the first episode
"Everything but the Kitchen
Sink," featuring Montana from
MTV's "The Real World" on
MCTV, Channel 12.
How are our lives affected by
the fact that we live in a society
that is dominated by a market
economy? What are the
strengths and weaknesses of
this form of social organization
and the consumer life-style that
tends to accompany it? If you
are interested in questions such,
as tKese,'then^you shpuldicon-.
sider adding Philosophy of the
Market Society (PHIL394L1J J)
to your spring schedule. The
course will be taught by professor Warren Neill and it will satisfy the CORE/LS requirement
for a course in Philosophy or
Religious Studies.
The Society of Professional
Journalists are currently looking
for new members. Contact Eric
Deabill at K6X9 for information.
The Circle is always looking
for new staff writers and photographers. Leave a message
at x2429.orifZAL if you are up
to the challenge.
If you have a club event or
meeting that you would like
publicized in Club Bulletins,
contact The Circle office at
x2429 or drop the information in
the envelope on the Circle door,
LT211A&B.
A nonstudent dashed out of
a McCann Center locker room
on Oct. 11 at 10:30 p.m. with a
student's baseball cap. The
owner of the hat chased the
thief put of McCann, across
Route 9, and into the gas station parking lot. A patrol of security officers arrived on the
scene and broke up the two individuals who had begun exchanging blows. Town of
Poughkeepsie Police officers
responded and took the nonstudent into custody, charging
him with petty larceny. Upon
checking his background,'the
nonstudent was wanted on a
warrant issued by the Hyde Park
Police Department. The Hyde
Park Police were called and
picked him up shortly after.
What are you going to be
for Halloween?
While on a routine check
Amy Martin
around the new library Sunday,
Oct. 16 at 12:40 p.m., a security
junior
officer found a gouged stone
wall facade measuring roughly
3"xl2'vi Construction workers
were questioned and confessed
to hitting the'wall with an un-°
wieldy backhoe. The construction company allegedly prom- housekeeper were notified and
ised to. repair the facade with- resolved the situation
out any added charges
A gaseous odor overpowered
the 'Sheahan Funk' outside
Sheahan Hall Monday, Oct. 18
at 9:30 p.m. Maintenance workers .were contacted, and
thought it was simply a routine
gas pressure equalization valve,
and left the scene. The odor
continued and Central Hudson
Gas & Electric workers were
contacted. Workers arrived and
repaired the problem by 1:40
a.m., returning the 'Sheahan
Funk' to the predominate stench
on the South End.
, A water leak was reported on
the ninth floor of Champgnat to
security officers Oct. 21 at 12:45
a.m. When security guards investigated, they found a
flooded elevator control room
and private laundry room. The
water had risen dangerously
close to the electrical box in elevator room. A plumber and
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my ID card, and not until then."
The Resident Director was notified, went down to the entry
Aggravated harassment calls desk, identified the adamant
continue to be funny to some- student, and let him return to his
one out there, causing the se- room.
curity
force
and the
An unauthorized guest in the
Poughkeepsie Police DepartTownhouse's
"A" Block Sunment to continue their investigations. Qne recent case in- day, Oct. 24 was advised to leave
volved a female student in campus by security officers, but
Champagnat, who .was con- was found two more times. He
tacted by a supposed 'security finally disappeared after he was
officer' at 10:50 a.m. on Thurs- threatened with police action.
day Oct. 21. The false security
Three laptop computers, valofficer asked for the student's
social security number, which ued between $2,000 and $3,500,
she told him. He then said he have been stolen in the last two
would call back and hung up. weeks from locked and unlocked
Joe Leary, director of safety and rooms. One victim from
security, advises residents to Champagnat and two from Midnot give put any personal in- rise have filed reports with Town
formation over the phone - even of Poughkeepsie Police officers,
if they pose as security offic- who are continuing the investigation of the grand larcenies.
ers.
One unsuccessful attempted
theft
was recorded J n
A Leo Hall resident became
disruptive widr an entry officer Champagnat, foiled by a cable
when he was not allowed to lock.
enter the building without his
An off-campus, 'strong arm'
identification card Thursday,
robbery
occurred at a party on
Oct. 21. The resident promptly
stated, "When football shorts Washington St. Saturday, Oct.
come with pockets, I will carry 23 at 12:45 a.m. A male student
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OCTOBER 28, 1999
"I'm going as a giant
glass cutter (nipple)."
Katie Oconnei
sophomore
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was pushed down into another
individual who reached into the
student's pocket, grabbed his '
wallet, and ran off. The student
called the police, and then his
mother, and then declined police involvement. Forty-five dollars in cash, a Manst ID, a CT
Driver's license, and a
Mastercard were reportedly
taken with the wallet;
Thirty-six people,decided
against stepping outside when
a fire alarm was pulled on
Champagnat's sixth floor Monday:Oct. 25 at 2:17 a.m. All of
the student's names were taken
down for disciplinary action after Fairview firemen responded.
Each room was checked to guarantee no other occupants re
mained inside, causing the other
residents to remain outside until 3:26 a.m. Luckily for the compliant Champagnat residents,
'The weather was mild and dry,'
according to a security guard's
incident report. Upon reentering
the building, one unauthorized
guest was found and dealt with.
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where, citizen's and consumers
are now using personal security
tokens; known as smart cards.
These.smart cards" are becoming-increasingly* popular and
widely used tools for a new line
of services and applications for
both the private"and public sector.
Physically, it resembles bank
and'eredit cards - intact, it has
intentionally been designed to
be of the same size: But what
makes the card so different is a
small, microprocessor and
memory, chip embedded i n the
card, "which enables the storage
of much'nioic data lhah the magnetic stripes of payment or
credit cards.
The concept of a multi-task
smart caid is more than tcnyears-old, but only recently has
it become a reality with the help
of technology.
According to Sara Persyn, a
Tauck Tours director, currently
stationed in Finland, the smart
card is becoming more widely
used and accepted for tiansactionsvwith each passing day. . .
'A great number of public authorities and governmental
agencies, banks, telecommunication operators, retailers, merchants, transpiration companies
and entertainment related companies are aheady issuing smart
cards and many more are joining by the day." she said.
One big draw to the card is the
number of services it can provide Reliable identification, digital signatures, electronic payments and ticketing can all be
done with a smart card. The
hope is that these smart cards
will help to simplify our society
of networked information.
The cards were developed and
manufactured by Setec Oy. A
subdivision, Setec of Finland.
http://www.setec.fi/ is one of the
companies behind the researching and development of the
smart card.
They also speciali7e in security technologies and ottering
security products and sei vices.
Setec-has arranged the cards to
handle* various types of payment systems, personal identification .documents and be a
solution for mobilecommunications. From the very beginning
Setec has been a technology
and. solution provider with
strong focus on applications
and the smart card technology
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A popular brand designed by
Setec is its SetCOS(TM) smart
card operating systems, which
are developed, and offered for
all major applications.
Tulii Andrana, a citizen of Finland, said many people were
skeptical and hesitant at first,
about the idea of having a smart
card, but they have become accustomed to having one.
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Two sororities celebrate
anniversaries at Marist
AST one of
blggfest on
this campus
by CHRISTY BARR
StaffWriter
KLP
still
strong after ten
years here
by LEE PARK
StaffWriter
Kappa Lambda Psi (KLP) celThe Alpha Sigma Tau (AST)
ebrated
its tenth anniversary
sorority will celebrate both its
Oct.
10,
making
it the oldest sofive-year anniversary as a chaprority
established
at Marist.
ter at Marist and their 100-year
A
picnic
was
the main
anniversary as a national sororcelebratory
even
that was
ity during the month of Novemmoved
inside
due
to
inclement
ber.
weather.
Founded on the ideals of ideSenior Anne Marie Bermudez,
als of scholarship and pride,
Kappa
Lambda Psi's Alumni
AST began Nov. 4, 1899 in
Circle photo/Jeremy Smith
Representative,
said that there
Ypsilanti.Mich. The Delta Ep- Kappa Lambda Psi sisters show off their sisterhood.
were
many
alumni
to help celsilon chapter at Marist College
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and will continue it at the 2000 ebrate the event.
was installed on Nov. 12,1994.
convention to be held in Ala"A lot of alumni were up on
The Delta Epsilon chapter was "This chapter has
bama. As for Delta Epsilon's Saturday," she said. "It was
founded when two women,
five-year celebration, plans to great to talk to so many girls who
Monica Hobbs and Susan shown a lot of group
hold a dinner for past and
here before us.
Russello, decided to form a new and
individual present sisters are in progress. were
Because it was alumni weeksorority on campus. At the time growth."
Tara Pray, a current member, end, there were close to seventy
Marist had only two sororities,
said she is excited about the sisters at Marist during the celHeidi
Bliss
Sigma Sigma Sigma and Kappa
ebration.
AST District President anniversary.
. Lambda-- Esi„-.-Hobbs,w.anjda.
»="I am looking forwardtomeet-<.;..CAJ Jen-Ferrisi-KLP's-president,
Russello began to recruit women
ing and getting to know the girls said the event was a definite
on campus to form a new one.
who started the Delta Epsilon success.
Thirty women formed the dation for the chapter to grow
chapter here at Marist during
"With all of the alum coming
founding class of AST.
on," she said.
the celebration dinner," she back, the girls did a lot of netShannan Fales,* one of the
Current AST President, Crissy said. "Being one of the newer working, and a lot of business
founding sisters of AST, said Esposito, said these anniversasisters, I have never gotten the cards were exchanged," she
that the first year was definitely ries are very important to every
opportunity to meet the said.
the hardest because no one sister.
founders."
Nationally, KLP was founded
knew what to expect..
"It's amazing enough that its
AST District President Heidi April 28,1980 atGlassboro State
"There were no rules, no tra- been five years and to think of
Bliss said that the Delta Epsilon College (now Rowen College) in
ditions and everything was all the girls who have gone
chapter has worked extremely Glassboro, NJ. Marist formed its
new," she said. "While we were uirough our chapter, but it's also
hard in the last five years to im- chapter in October 1989, maktrying to build all of this, we had our 100-year national anniverprove itself, and she is very ing it the fourth founded chapto go through initiation our- sary and to think of all the
proud of how the chapter has ter, or die delta chapter out of a
selves."
women who've been in AST grown.
total of five.
According to Jennifer Gomez, through the years is even more
"The chapter has shown a lot
KLP is a local sorority and was
another founding sister, there amazing," she said.
of group and individual the first on the campus. Ferris
was a lot of work to be done in
The National Sorority began growth," she said. "In addition, said that she hopes they will go
die first year.
the 100-year anniversary cel- you have all worked hard to national within a couple of years.
"We basically had to pledge ebration at the 1998 convention, continually improve the chap"Eventually we'd like to go
ourselves and lay a strong foun- which was held in Michigan,
national, but that takes a long
ten"
time."
Currently there are 23 sisters
and one pledge in KLP. According to Ferris, there is a big effort
to recruit more students this
year.
"We want to try to get numbers up and get more girls involved in Greek life," she said.
Currently, KLP is working on
participating with Big Brothers/
Big Sisters and they have recently taken over the campus
blood drive, which will take
place Nov. 11.
Because of die tradition, Ferris
said she is hoping for many more
successful years ahead.
"We're going to continue
having fun, helping each other
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out and being a family away
The sisters or Alpha Sigma Tau gather in the shade to celebrate their 5-year anniversary.
from home," she said.
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is not always as easy as it
sounds.
"Some of the greatest wars
were caused by people who believed fervently-that they were
pursuing truths," he said.
Three points that were key in
de Klerk's speech were the issues of globalization, the failure
of some members of the international community to join in
progress, and the persistence of
racial and religious issues. He
warned that the world cannot
simply allow a "de facto apartheid" to take place.
Another consequential issue
de Klerk looked to expound was
the concept of a "human rights
culture."
"We need a great debate on
how you deal with the issue of
diversity," he said.
Singularizing the economy
and community is a potential
step in the right direction de
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such as assessing the situation
for each individual and putting
an extra lean against the loan
because the students are already paying tuition. A possibility of financial loss keeps the
college away from this decision;
Weglarzsaid.
"We absorb that liability if the
student were to drop out during the first three weeks of the
semester," he said. "Even if they
weren't to drop out completely,
but only to go from a full time
student to a part time student."
However adult-education student and regular undergraduate
students loan information is
kept together. The profile for
an adult-education student*differs from the undergraduate.
Marist's mission has always
been to serve the community.
The School of Graduate and
Continuing Education handles
the admissions of all part-time
undergraduate students, and
full time undergraduate stu-•
dents who are;22 years of age
and over, according tbWeglarz..
"A;Couple/~of challenging"
situations arises when the financial aid office works with the student," he said. "It is a challenging situation for both them and
the college."
As far as the loan checks for
books or leans on the loans,
Weglarz said he didn't have the
authority to say whether or not
it could be implemented.
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still a thriller
t
Klerk proposed. He referred to
South Africa's socioeconomic
crime problem as an example.
De Klerk was co-recipient of
the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize
along with Nelson Mandela.
Although he played a leading
role in the democratization of
South Africa, he said his selection as co-recipient was an unCircle photo/Jeremy Smith
popular one.
The Marist mainframe has its detractors, like stressed students who call it "archaic."
In his press conference before
the lecture, de Klerk said there
is a Marist school in South Africa that is of high repute.
"I feel a certain kinship being
Jessica Clark said she rarely like that."
...continued from pg. I
here," he said. "I am very imuses the.system because it is
Senior Tom Guilmette echoed
pressed by what I see."
"They will actually be smaller difficult.
the comments of Estabrooks.
Marist students and faculty than most laptops," he said.
"Opening a file such as a pic"It's archaic and really hard to
who attended the lecture gave "This saves space and means use," she said. "I haven't been ture will just get you an endless
their thoughts on de Klerk's less maintenance since they will able to use it well so I don't string of codes," he said.
speech.
all run from the mainframe. This bother. It just looks old fashWilliams said that he felt the
"I thought it was a very inti- will also cut down on the amount ioned."
current email system is admate look at the system of apart- of Windows-based viruses"
Other students said the equate. According to him, if a
heid from the inside," said
While, upgrades to the main- MUSICB system has limited student finds the MUSICB sysCochece Davis, Assistant Pro- frame improve speed and ser- uses, including senior Jason tem difficult to operate, they can
fessor of Communication.
vice to the campus, most people Estabrooks.
use Eudora to send and receive
"An Evening with F W de are concerned with the one
"The worst part about it is you email.
Klerk" was sponsored by the thing they could not live with- can't get any attached files There are currently about 12,000
Manst College Student Pro- out-email
when people send them to your MUSICB accounts. Most of
gramming Council.
Many students are concerned Marist account," he said. "To these belong to students* but •
about the ease-of-use factor in open the file, you •have.to.for- faculty, staff, alumni and'a few
the MUSICB system Freshman ward to Hotmail or something guests are also registered users. •
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Features
byKATHERIMESLAUTA
StajfWriter
Pumpkins placed in windows,
cobwebs hanging from ceilings
and paper witches sticking to
doors. Yes, it's that time of year
again, Halloween.
It is time to start creating costumes, buying candy and arranging parties. It is amazing to
think that the very commercialized holiday we celebrate every
October 31 is actually connected to a holy day.
Created during the 9th century,
Halloween falls on the eve of All
Saints Days. All Saints Day is a
holy day created by the Catholic Church to honor the Christian saints. Originally it was
celebrated as a pagan festival
of the dead, however in the 10th
century; it also connected itself
with All Souls' Day on November 2, which is observed to help
purify the spirits of the dead.
Most of the customs of Halloween are based on superstitions from centuries ago. For
example, the jack-o-lanterns we
buy and carve every year traditionally are based on British
folktales about a irian named
Jack O'Lantern who's spirit was
doomed to roam the earth for
eternity. Other traditions including dressing in costumes,
such as a witch, ghost, etc. help
create and represent the supernatural mood of Halloween.
Today, while the actual meaning of Halloween tends to be
forgotten, many of the traditions
are still carried out. A spirit
seems to spread across the
Marist campus as decorations
are placed and activities are organized.
Halloween excitement is definitely brewing. Students are
planning their big weekend filled
with parties, costumes and
memories!
Dawn Filan, a first year med.
Tech student shared one of her
fondest Halloween memories.
"When I was little, I would
have one costume and go out
trick-or-treating, then go back
home change and go out again
to all the same houses," she said.
"I kept doing this all night."
Ted Ebberts, a freshman communications major, said he
fondly remembers himself and
his friends being egged on Halloween.
"The girl who was watching
us told these older kids to get
us and they did." he said.
However, Halloween wouldn't
be complete without somediingscary happening. Lucas Tucker,
a junior Chemistry student said
he recalled a scary memory one
Halloween when he and his
brother were tempted to take a
mask off of their neighbor's
scarecrow. After taking it off,
the scarecrow jumped up and
surprised the two greatly.
"I was scared s@#$less!" exclaimed Tucker.
This weekend, Tucker also
hopes to visit Salem, Massachusetts, a historical area where
witches were once persecuted.
There he plans on dressing as a
Death Rocker, very gothic and
angry.
Besides death rockers, stu-
One of many decorations used at Halloween.
"3Sits''cM~choos^irorira' wide
variety of costumes this year
whether it be creating their own
or purchasing one over the
Internet. There are speculations
as to what the popular costumes
will be this year.
Filan predicts that costumes
from Austin Powers will be
popular.
"I think Dr. Evil and Mini-Me
will be big." Said Filan
Ted Ebbeit however, said he
believes the traditional costumes will outweigh the new
costumes.
"I have heard talk of people
planning to be pimps and
witches." said Ebbeit.
If any student has not made
plans for the holiday, Marist
College is providing a plethora
of activities for students
throughout Halloween week-
plio'o (.mine y of k. unn i I uv.lm.iiU.r.M i
end. Many dorms are holding
holiday parties, as well as other
clubs such as El Arco Iris Latino
and the Black Student Union.
There is even a movie night
planned for those in the Halloween spirit the evening before
Halloween from 4 p.m. until 2
a.m. If there are any questions
as to time or location please call
the College Activities Center at
X3279.
HuMarist's plan for a humorous year,
not only shows but comedic songs also
byEREMBURKE
StajfWriter
photo courtesy of wwmarui edu/~hzto/QhtyxVmccta.html
From their Nov 1998 show:: Jaime O'Neill, Jeremy Smith, Jon Murray, Paul Diala.Mark
Montgomery, Carlito, Dan Tyburski, Meg Fitz, Nick Foster, Steph, and Joey Scotto.
This year is the first in which
the improvisational acting
group known as the HuMarist's
have been considered as part of
the MCCTA (Marist College
Council on the Theatre Arts)
board.
The company was formed almost a decade ago by a group
of Marist students looking to
entertain and have a good time.
Since then its creators have
graduated and moved on to
other acting troupes. The
HuMarist's have been looked at
as an independent acting group
set aside from the theatre arts
genre.
With twelve members, there is
no official board or elected offices within the group. Instead
all twelve students brainstorm
and decide on ideas for their
skits. Each semester they put
on two or three half-hour long
shows and one hour long show
at the end of the year.
Co-director Nick Foster said
that they are also planning a few
off-campus shows in order to
"spread the HuMarist love."
Along with the small performances, the group also travels
to a National College Comedy
Festival every year.
One new idea the group is
working on for this season is
comedic songwriting. They are
hoping to formulate their own
brand of Adam Sandler-esque
music that will leave their fans
in hysterics. This will be in addition to the usual audienceprompted improvisational theatre that has fueled earlier performances.
Not only does this club allow
its participants to have fun, but
it also lends them great experience in the field of comedic acting.
There is no word yet on when
their first show will be.
T H E (CIRCLE
OCTOBER 28, 1999
Features
Aromatherapy relaxes
and smells really^ood
PAGE 6
by JEN GLOVER
StaffWriter
Pet Corner
This is Jen Anderson's dog Moondoggy. In this picture he is
6 years old and he is wearing his "Greyhound Bus" costume.
If you would like a picture of your pet or anything else placed
in this section please leave it in the envelope at room LT 211The Circle office.
Editor's Advice
On getting sick
byKATRINAFUOHSENBERGER
Features Editor .
With the way the weather has been changing lately, you
might find yourself becoming the next victim of the common cold. One day it is hot, the next day it is cold and so onand's6on..Thiscanmakeiteasyfdfsoine6ne'tbgerthe .
•snifflesand develop a meancough.• Living with 10 other
people"doesn't help either especially" when sicknesses
. get passed from room to room. So unless you are someone who actually likes to get sick, here's a few ideas to
keep yourself from catching the next bug.
1. Don't let yourself get run down.- You should get from
six to eight hours of sleep every night. I know it's hard
when everyone else is up late having fun or you have .to
finish a paper for the next morning, but sleep, is.really
important. Not enough rest can sometimes bring down
- your immune system. Also, if you feel tired during the
day, simply take a nap. Sometimes laying down for only 15
minutes can make you feel a lot better. Just don't do it
right before you have class/you might sleep through it.
• 2. Okay this one is really going to be hard but I'll mention it anyway. Try not to go outside with wet hair if it's
really cold. It's not goodfor you plus sometimes it makes
your hair freeze and that is not a nice feeling". If you don't ,
want to blow dry it at least try to towel it off as much as
possible. " " •
, ' • - . , - - .
. 3.1 dontt want to sound like mom, but eating veggies or •
^ just eating healthy in general helps too."It's also good to:
take vitamins: Even if they are only Flintstones vitamins,
take them anyway. It will help.
1 ."
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- 4. Try to bundle up when it's cold outside. I don't care
how good you look in atank-top, don't wear it in 30 de- '
gree weather.
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*."'.'Now, I am" not saying that if you do all this it meansyou
-" will never get sicker m nota'docto'r; These are just a few .
pointers that might help prevent it. If you do get sick here are also a few things thatyou can do that will make y o u . :
feel better. They might not cure you but they will help you
- get through i t
"
,- , '•"; \ _
1. Stay in bed and take advantage of it" If your roommates arenice, ask them to bring you stuff like something "
to*drinkdra'magaztae(itdoesn'thurtto"try).".
"*, , .
2. Drink tea,~sometimesthe heatfrom it can clear up your" -.
sinuses; 'Also drink lots of orange juice because it has
vitaminciniL"
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3. Again wear warm clothes-1 would suggest sweatpants
and sweatshirts because they are soooo comfortable." r
4- Buy those tissues that are really soft- that way you
won't tear up your nose every time you have to blow it.
5. If you have a headache or feel achy all over, investing
in a heating pad would be good too.
- Getting sick can be really hard, especially when you
have classes or a part-time job." Not only that but there
might be a good concert or a party that you want to go to.
, It's really important to take careful ofyourself so you
don't miss out on "anything.
V '- .- V : ; •': -
For many Marist College stu- •.
dents, stress will be running
rampant with exams, papers, and
long nights of cramming ahead.
Stress relievers will be a must.
Today there are thousands of
products on the market that
claim to reduce stress. These
products range from body
washes, to candles, to home fragrance sprays.
Surprisingly, the art of
aromatherapy is nothing new.
Early civilizations in Egypt, India, China, and Greece all usedessential oils, which arefpund
in today's aromatherapy products, for healing both body and
spirit.
Aromatherapy wasn't recognized as a science, however, until
1920 when French scientist
Rene Maurice Gattefosse found
that lavender was quite soothing after applying itto his skin
in a laboratory accident.
Gattefosse then took it upon
himself to learn more about oils,
scentsv and the healing powers j
thatthey held.
' . Now, as: self-awareness and
good: health is adriving factor
.in. a n u m b e r of people's
lifestyles,; aromatherapy has
Some scented candies "are
relaxing and soothing.
.once again become an integral
part of one's well being.
The science has spread'into .'
two distinct categories:
aromatherapy
and
aromacology. The definition of
aromatherapy requires that the
fragrant oils be applied directly
to the skin", while aromacology
is the study of scents and how
they react with the mind in
changing our current state of
feeling.
Using oils extracted from aromatic plants', aromatherapy/•'
aromacology products can be
used as an antibacterial/antiseptic agent; an anti-inflammatory^
. and an algesic (reduces pain).
Consumers'must be aware that
this is only effective if the product contains natural essential
oils. A number of products on
the market claim to be useful for
aromatherapy/armacology, but
do not contain natural essential
oils. These versions, while
cheaper, may not be as effective
in achieving their final goal.
With upcoming exams, what
scents would be most useful for
us to look at? For de-stressing,
researchers recommend lavender and mints, such as peppermint and spearmint. If you need
energy or need to refocus,
fresher scents like lemon and
rosemary tend to be most effective.
. -.•..-.-•
But as most researchers have
found, it is up to each individual
to find out what scent it is that
is most effective for diem. The
scent must be desirable to each
person, so that it can work to its
greatest potential.
If you are really feeling
stressed out, a new product on
the market are car diffusers
which use aromacology to
spread relaxing aromas through
the car by plugging it-into the
"cigarette'lighter. No matter
whereyou are going relaxation
caribe at your fingertips, even
if it is time for midterms.
The King of Beers
Root Beers that is
by PATRICK WHITTLE
Editor-in-chief
Few tilings in life are as refreshing, safe;,and perfect for
all occasions as an ice-cold
bottle of root beer.
Root beer is the soda of
choice for thousands of the
young and young at heart.
Differing from other soft drinks
because it is typically caffeinefree and often includes natural
ingredients (i.e. root extracts),
root beer brings an old-time
feeling that Coke and Pepsi just
do not possess.
Around the.Marist campus,
the easiest brand of root beer
to come across is the classic
A&W. A&W is on tap in the
Cabaret and coffee shops, and
is a favorite among some Marist
students.
"I used to love going to the
A&W restaurants with my
mom and brother and getting
the occasional frosty mug,"
Senior Sean Dougherty said.
"I'd have to say A&W (is my
favorite) for nostalgic reasons,
but going on taste alone, it'd
be Sioux City, but its all good
with the exception of ghetto
Fanta."
Sioux City is one of the innumerable smaller and independent brands of root beer, birch
beer and sasparilla that the
smart shopper can find in delis
and beverage markets across
the country. Big time brews like plaining?
,
Mug, A&W and Hires might be
Root beer has a certain familgood most of the time, but en- iarity to it that Jiarkens back to
terprises like Boylans (which fond memories of picnics,footshould be familiar to Marist's . ball parties, fishing trips, and the
many New Jersey-ites), Olde corisuiription of" countless
Brooklyn arid Dr. Brown's make cheese-balls. It is this quality
the foot beer world go around. that makes indistinct from your
Some companies that are more average soda/
rioted for their alcoholic prodAnd of course, where would
ucts have even taken a step in root beer be without the fqlkthe root beer direction.; Saranac loric rootbeer float (aka "black
and Spanish Peaks (makers of cow")? Senior Kate Kasper was
the incomparable t h u g ' s brave enough to share her fondChoice) both make root beers est childhood root-beer float
that are guaranteed -to turn memory.
heads. Jolt Cola, which is argu"When I was little I thought
ably worse for you than beer, my dad was the coolest So spebrings'usthe crisp yet unfortu- cial cause he taught me how to
nately caffeinated near-perfec- make a root beer float It was so
tion of Pirate's Keg.
original to me," she said. "I
Unfortunately, abotfle of gour- mean what more entertaining for
met root beer (Virgil's for ex- a kid then to putice cream into
ample) can run you upwards of soda and then be amazed when
$1.50 at some establishments- it actually tastes good."
more than the average college
Sophomore Chris Young had
student is willing to shell out for a dissimilar but equal moving
some liquid refreshment. So tale of root beer and good times.
what's a root beer junkie to do?
"It was a hot summer night,
"I'm a traditional A&W fan, August I believe, I had just gotbut being a poor college kid the ten done jamming with my band
Shop-Rite brand tastes just as and I needed something to
good and costs a lot less," Se- quench my thirst," Young said.
nior Rich Gallo said.
"I didn't want to deal with soda,
Indeed, most supermarkets and the water was contamifurnish their customers with a nated, so I turned to my old
root beer product that is cheaper friend root beer. IBC to be spethan dirt, and usually almost as cific."
appetizing. But at a quarter for
Rock on, Chris. And keep the
a twelve-ounce can, who's com- root beer flowing.
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OCTOBER 28, 1999
Features
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http:\\www.champ9,porkchop.net
Here's something a little closer to home- http:\\www:champ9.porkchop.net.
This is the official website of the 9th floor of Champagnat Hall also known as the "pentr
house.
It has profiles on the students who live there and students who think they live there. The
profiles include information on nicknames, birthdays, hometowns, favorite activities, turn-ons
and turn-offs, personal quotes, majors, room numbers, and email addresses. You might even
find a celebrity there.
You can also check out the latest news on the 9th floor. This includes mystery smells, students sleeping through class, and missing bedsheets. You can also get info on birthdays,
playoff games, and movie viewings.
There are also links to other sites such as the Hardcore Basement Fighting League (HCBFL).
Look through the gallery and see a variety of photos from a car to a body part to a poster of
a half naked girl.
A quote of the week is also posted. On the day I looked at the site it was, "We're just friends."
When you do go to this site make sure you sign the guestbook. People from all different
colleges have signed it and there are some pretty interesting comments.
Someone worked hard on this site so I think everyone on campus should see it. Go to
http:\www.champ9. porkchop.net.
Horoscopes
ARIES: Communication comes easily to
x -V*
v N '#1 you, Aries. You won't
find it hard to get your
point across at all. You
are daring and intelligentenough to keep it
short and sweet. The
truth is self-evident,
and bells and whistles
will only lead others to
suspect your motives.
Proposing a plan to
your boss could lead to
big things. You now
have the energy to cut
to the chase. Reach out
to others in every way
possible.
TAURUS: Thank goodness this day doesn't
fall into the boring category. The Moon is
moving
through
Gemini, which allows
your creativity to save
you from going stir
crazy. Your artistic temperament and good
sense of timing save
the day from total me. diocrity. It costs you
nothing to bring high
entertainment value to
friends arid associates.
You are as believable as
you are amusing.
Don't waste any time
when making plans for
the future.
GEMINI: Geminis have
dangerous minds today. Your strategies are
miles ahead of what
anyone else is thinking. Your forward thinking could land you a
major opportunity. Being in the right place at
the right time helps. It's
almost too easy to toy
with your opponents,
just to watch them
dance to your bidding.
Take advantage of a
group meeting to
generate new ideas for
a project you've been
ing. You are intellectustuck with. An intense
ally stimulated by an
discussion could lead
unexpected person or
you down the path of
event. Go with the flow
riches. This is a busy
and keep an open mind.
. day, so make sure you
Say yes to something
take time out to smellyou normally wouldn't
the flowers.
even consider doing,
&\ C A N C E R : As the
you may encounter a
Moon moves through
problem that you can't
%• ¥
the house of Gemini,
solve yourself. It is a
you may be feeling
humbling realization
slightly irritable for no
that you are not the
apparent reason. Missource of all genius. Set
understandings plague
your pride aside and roll
you, even though you
up your sleeves. Condon't mean to cause
centrate on the small
anyone harm. Be very
details of a project beprecise in your word
fore you look at the big
choices. If you can't
picture.
say anything nice,
LIBRA: Use the day to
don't say anything at
communicate with your
all, especially if you
innermost self. Try not
have a tendency to use V M to trap yourself in the
sarcasm. Some people
depths of your mind.
are very literal, and othYou will have no fear of
ers have no sense of
drowning if you bring
humor. If you need an
along a discussion partantidote for the adult
ner. Find someone on
world, spend part of
the same wavelength as
your day with children.
you to have an intense
LEO: People will look
conversation with. Takto you for advice, Leo,
ing intellectual risks is
so get ready to dismuch safer than endanpense some knowlgering yourself physiedge. You hold ail the
cally. Good energy suranswers. Your style
rounds you as you exmakes a bigger impresperience new things
sion than your subthroughout the day.
stance. Sometimes it's
Talking about new
not what you say, but
things could lead to
how you say it. Be essome interesting possipecially compassionbilities. Tonight find a
ate toward someone
new place to eat or see
who needs extra una movie you've been
derstanding. Expect to
hearing about.
be struck and jolted by T^jga SCORPIO: You may
flashes of genius. A
J0-' feel like taking risks,
K
brainstorming session
~'<\ Scorpio, but make sure
goes well, especially if
you know all of the conit involves others.
sequences before takVIRGO: The Moon is
ing a big jump. If you
7%•M , moving
through
must gamble, do it for
r*/\ Gemini, leaving you
the thrill, rather than for
with some unusual surthe slim possibility of
prises. New places and
winning. Remember the
people seem interestdetails while being
5w
Recipe of the Week
Pumpkin Muffins
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 (16 oz.) can pumpkin
11/2 cup.vegetable oil
3 cup all-purpose flour2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp..soda*- .'
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
2 c. (12 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate chips
Beat eggs, sugar, pumpkin and oil until smooth. Combine flour, baking powder, soda, salt and cinnamon. Add
to pumpkin mixture. Continue to mix for several minutes.
Fold in chocolate chips. Bake at 400 degrees for 16 to 20
minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing from
muffin pans. Yields,about 24 standard size muffins.
swept up in the moment.
you get right to the
Be very careful when
point,
dealing with money, esfsl AQUARIUS: Attracting
pecially other people's. ,i "1 someone who seemed
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friends..orjarnily memsweetly
simple,
"bersTPay stffcTattentioiT
Aquarius.
As
the
to what your head says,
Moon moves through
the house of Gemini,
instead of where your
you gain a certain sense
emotions may be leading
of confidence that
you. The cold, hard facts
makes you irresistible.
of business are immune
Romance just happens
to emotion. Don't repeat
without any apparent
past mistakes.
effort. Everyone seems
^ ^ S A G I T T A R I U S : Your
to agree with everythoughts fixate on relathing you say. The
tionships, to the point
magic
is on your side,
where it is difficult to
especially
when you enconcentrate on anything
gage in creative, intelelse. You are the one
lectual conversation.
whose words hold a beSparks
fly between you
ginning or an ending. Do
and
an
unexpected acnot let this power cloud
quaintance. Tonight,
your views. Try to keep
anything is possible. A
busy with other things to
romantic
partner from
take your mind off a
your
past
may turn up
troubling
problem.
where
you
least expect
Things have a way of
them.
working themselves out.
you won't be bored if
PISCES: There may be
you concentrate on what
some communication
needs to be done. Setting ^ V glitches, Pisces, so be
a plan into action may
sure to clear up misunprove beneficial. Enlist
derstandings before
the help of others if you
they get too far. Make
find you've gotten yoursure that someone else
self in too deep.
really heard what you
CAPRICORN. You've
think you just told
been so busy looking afthem. All
suggesKV/1ter everyone else that
tions about improving
you've barely had time
your physical surto think about your
roundings should be
needs. Take the day to
taken seriously. This
unwind and evaluate
isn't a good day to
yourself. Focus on selfmove into a new place
improvement on both the
or make any drastic
superficial and fundachanges. It might be
mental levels. Use exerbest to get decorating
cise as a meditation on
advice from a profesyour place in the physisional before you do
cal world. Fashion your
anything to your perdiet after your own place
sonal space. Fully conin the food chain. Avoid
sider a big project bethe urge to ramble on
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when talking to a family
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byMICHAELBAGNATO
Opinion Editor
Editorials
Catholicism sparks debate at Marist, beyond
Editor,
Another voice on East Timor
Editor,
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The United States is portrayed in the media as merely art innocent bystander in the •
recent electionsin East Timor, in which close to 80 percent of the people voted for
Brenkert's article on Catholicism (The Circle, Oct. 7, p. 10) extrapolates from the independence from Indonesia. This portrayal is not accurate.
limited US situation to the world.
President Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger were in Jakarta the day
Seminaries and convents are thriving in other parts of the world: Africa, South before the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, Dec. 7,1975, and gave the green light
Korea, China among others. The Marist Brothers alone, not counting the Jesuits et for the invasion. U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Daniel Patrick Moynihan,
al., had 11 Brothers killed in the Rwanda conflict: Hutu, Tutsi, and Caucasian. 'The blocked implementation of all U.N. resolutions against the invasion. U.S. military aid
blood of martyrs is the seed 6f Christians." Catholicism may be dying in the hedo- and training of Indonesian soldiers increased following the invasion. The fighter
nistic, consumerist, media-driven, sex-crazed Caucasian society, but this society is jets and helicopter gunships, which bombed and strafed East Timorese fleeing to
only 10% of the world population, which in die very week of October 3-9, 1999, the mountains, came from the United States. The United States has trained the
crossed the 6 billion threshold.
Indonesian special forces, the Kopassus, in counterinsurgency techniques.
And the USA population is only 5% of this world population. We have now
At the height of the atrocities in 1978, when an estimated 200,000 East Timorese
reached an apartheid situation, where 5% think they can dictate to the 95% forever. had been killed out of a total population of 600,000, coverage of this genocide in the
I have seen the South Africa situation rectified in my lifetime, and students will see U.S. media dropped to zero. This fact is from a study by noted MIT professor and
the second situation rectified in their lifetime.
political activist Noam Chomsky. Now, over 20 years later, when Indonesian death
Fear not, Ben! Your Catholicism is hot dying out in the world. Stop by and chat squads are again rampaging through East Timor, another media whitewash of the
(C834). Of course; with friends likeRyan Maraziti calling Carie Pluff's religious U.S. role is in progress.
practice mere "superstition" (The Circle, Oct. 7, p. 16), who needs enemies?
If U.N. human rights chief Mary Robinson wants to be impartial in conducting an
investigation of war crimes in East Timor, then past and present members of the U.S.
Bro. Joe Belanger, FMS
government and the ruling class of the United States, who benefit from the natural
resources and cheap labor of Indonesia and East Timor, must be considered as
Editor,
instigators and propagators of this terrible tragedy. They didn't want a leftist government in either Indonesia or East Timor and therefore caused two of the greatest
The most recent Marist Poll shows Senator Bill Bradley beating Governor George slaughters of the 20th century.
W. Bush in the New York Presidential election. An interesting poll to conduct and
question to ask is this: The Roman Catholic Church teaches voting for a pro- Gary Sudborough
abortion politician such as Bill Bradley makes the voter an accomplice to abortion Bellflower.CA
who, therefore, commits mortal sin. Based on the Catholic Church's doctrinal position on abortion as stated, do you still intend to vote for pro-abortion candidates
such as Bill Bradley? Yes or no.
The institutional Catholic Church and prelates such as Cardinal John O'Connor of
Patrick Whittle
JiIIGiocondo&
ChrisGrogan
the Archdiocese of New York refuse to teach the moral doctrines concerning the
Editor-in-Chief
DougGuarino
News Editor
voting for pro-abortion politicians. This failure of the bishops and priests to each
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basic, fundamental, third grade moral doctrines has rendered the institutional Catholic
Church irrelevant in Catholic's lives.
Katrina Fuchsenberger
JeffDahncke
Michael Bagnato
In the early part of this century, the chancery of the Archdiocese of New York was
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Blessed Virgin Mary in recent communications to a holy Italian Catholic priest, Fr.
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Jeremy Smith
Colleen Barrett &
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As the novelty of MTV's
"Say What Karaoke" begins to
wear off, some Marist students
are devoting extra energy, to
understanding the Marist College 1999-2000 Student Handbook. ;
Senior sensation Brian
Jingeleski described the Student
Handbook as "not just a bunch
of rules." The dashing Communication major was shocked to
find the handbook's spellbinding record of Marist's captivating past.
"I'd never actually read it. But
I was curious, and began to flip
through it. When I continued, I
discovered many interesting
facts. Back in the day, the
Kiernan House .was built by
someone ....^aji^mpjoyee."
Jingeleski continued orTfor several hours, "...and it was that
year that they bought the thirteen acres that are now Gartland
Commons! Hurd" ' ?
Jingeleski was not the only
one to have strong feelings
about the handbook.
"It's bullshit! I don't want to
talk about it!" posits Senior
Steven Palmer. Nevertheless, he
found himself inexplicably
drawn to the discussion. "Wait
a minute, what do you want to
know about it?"
I wanted to just drop the conversation, but suddenly without
warning, Senior Sean St. Clair
entered with a problem—"I want
to withdraw from my class; I
cannot follow the lectures at
all!"
"I think it's too late... The
handbook says something like
... you have to withdraw before
midterms; I forget," replied Senior Michael Bagnato. Oh wait,
I'm Mike Bagnato, that's me!...
whoa!
Steven Palmer rose up, determined—"No, that's wrong
Mike. It says here in the handbook, the deadline was Oct. 25."
"Big whoop, Steve; who
,
Circle photo courtesy of "Drunk Guy"
cares," I muttered. Deep down
Tom Henry (second from left) speaks the ways of the Student Handbook before a delerious crowd.
though, I was glad he had the
Henry's sentiments. "The book tenth page. Then, I tried read- about the handbook.
"real" information.
Senior Tom Henry had still dif- is poorly organized. All the im- ing the book backwards, from
Some students remain ignoferent thoughts about the hand- portant stuff, you can't find it." back to front. This posed an- rant of their feelings about the
Daigle continued, visibly dis- other problem; the Marist Song handbook, but like Palmer,
book. "It's all about, like, after
people get written up...they gruntled, "I think it's a worth- appears a few pages in. I'm no refuse to leave it alone. Senior
musical critic, but I couldn't help Paul Diala left me with this enighave to look-through the Stu- less .,'. piece of trash!" - I agree that the information in finding the song's use of a shifts matic proverb, "Hram... I don't
dent Handbook to find out
where they crossed 'the line.' " me book can be hard to locate: ing pentatonic to lydian modu- know. Get back to me."
The Marist College 1999-2000
But the information inside is all When I looked to find the rule lar structure to be quite catchy!
Student
Handbook. Read it
You
might
be
asking
yourself,
banning
candles
from
campus
.. so detailed. My girlfriend [Se;:
"riibTfMeghari'Ne^fon]"g6f writ ? Vhou'sing? -17got ?lps(fm the "Where can I rind this fdsciriat-* Tagain, forthe first time.
ten up for having a candle, but handbook's myriad of knowl- ing product?! I need to get my
: copy of the Marist College
we couldn't find where the rule edge.
Actually, the truth is, like Se- 1999-2000 Student
Handagainst candles was in the
book."
'•"•:.',V_.'"'K: nior Brian Jingeleski, I couldn't book^" If so, please, calm Michael Bagnato is from
Nelson was not available for get past the handbook's spell- down. Give it some time... sleep Norwalk Connecticut. He is a
comment, but Junior Matt binding record of the school's on it. Don't take my word for it; Senior, arguably considered by
Daigle's attitude reflected captivating past; it begins on the ask other students their feelings some to be a Senior sensation.
Politics tag teamed by wrestlers, actors, millionaires
shortly thereafter. This is the
career that most Americans associate Ventura with: a lewd,
rambunctious
wrestler.
-The face of politics is being
Patrick Buchanan is not a novchanged with the likes of actors,
professional wrestlers, and talk ice to politics. From 1969 to
1974, Buchanan was a Senior
show personalities.
Advisor
and speech writer to
As die November elections
draw near, many political hope- President Nixon. He was an
fuls are dominating the air- unsuccessful, yet determined,
waves, vying for apolitical of- candidate, for the Republican
fice in the nation's capitol. This nomination for President, runnews is rather standard. Except, ning both in 1992 and 1996.
these candidates have virtually Buchanan was a syndicated
little, if any, political history. newspaper columnist and ediThis "new-- breed" stars Jesse torial writer for the St Louis Post
Ventura; Pat Buchanan, Donald Dispatchfrom 1962 to 1966, and
Trump, and Warren Beatty ex- is now a co-host of CNN's
ploding into the political game. "Crossfire" talk show.
The fact that these vibrant figDonald Trump, known to the
ures are actually attempting to world as one of its top developgain a seat in Washington is ers, a casino operator, and proud
worth praise. Whether they are womanizer, has stated his interserious enough to handle the est in becoming a candidate for
responsibilities of a politician or President of the United States.
just entertaining the public is a He stated in a recent New York
puzzlement
Times interview that even
Jesse "The Body" Ventura, though he is a developer, he can
gave up his nickname for poli- handle the responsibilities of a
tics in 1998. But many overlook candidacy. ~
While that's real estate and
Ventura's start in 1991,whenhe
this
is politics, are they really
was the mayor of Brooklyn Park
for four years. Ventura also so different?" he said.
Warren Beatty, recently
served in the United States
Navy for six years. When he known for his film Bulworth, is
was discharged from the navy, an actor who is also entering the
Ventura began an eleven-year race for president. Beatty, who
professional wrestling career has very little political experiby MICHAEL CRAIG
ence, believes he can represent
Americans fairly. According to
a Newsweek article, Beatty at a
Hollywood skull session in
1992, expressed his thoughts on
the sanctity of a representative
democracy. . .
"...Go ahead and speak upi
Speak up for the people nobody
speaks for," he said.
While these men seem very
dedicated to the belief that they
will be exceptional as president,
can entertainers really become
politicians?.
The answer here is Ronald
Reagan.
Reagan began his career as an
actor in 1937 and starred in films
for almost twenty years. He was
the governor of California from
1967 to 1975. Reagan was the
oldest person elected President
of the United States in both 1980
and in 1984. Many still debate
the quality of Reagan's presidency, but there is no doubt that
there were a number of accomplishments during his time in
office; inflation and interest
rates had fallen sharply, unemployment was lower, and the
dollar was strong. Reagan also
appointed several women to
high office, including Sandra
Day O'Connor as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, and Jeane
J. Kirkpatrick as a representative
to the United Nations.
The main trend that is occurring in politics is the redifining
of the criteria that make a politician. Politics are not about the
people anymore; anybody can
become a politician. They just
have to be popular, rich, and
experimental-orjust plain bored
with their current careers.
The John Pi Anderson
Annual Playwriting Contest
invites AH Undergraduates
To Take Part in this One-Act
• Play C o m p e t i t i o n .
Guidelines a n d Applications Are
Available in Rotunda Office 389.
All Student Playwrights Are Asked
To Obtain a n d R e a d l h e Guidelines
Before Writing.
Deadline for Applications is t h e End
of t h e Fall Semester.
Selected Submissions Will Be Used
To Illustrate t h e D e v e l o p m e n t a l
Process of N e w Plavs in t h e
Sorina Theatre Workshop.
: THE ClfKOaE
THE.'CIRCLE
Op-Ed
OCTOBER 28, 1999
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OCTOBER 28, 1999
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Abroad student spreads //a^s ot Aiissie philosophy
byKEVIFEINMAN
I can remember snuggling up
with my mom. Her arms are
around me, and I am snuggled
up against her body with my
head resting on her. The both
of us are under a warm blanket
and watching television. I felt
so secure at the moment. Noth„ ing was a problem; and if it was,
Mommy would protect me and
take care of it.
I am 20 now. When a problem
comes up, I yearn to crawl up
with my mom under the blankets.
But, for some reason that does
not work anymore, maybe because I know that will not make
my worries go away. Honestly
though, at times the only thing
keeping mefromthat is distance.
I am about 1800 miles away from
home.
I am on my own, all by myself
in a different country (a huge
one at that). I felt like a grain of
sand on a huge beach when I
stepped off the plane.
Everything was new, unexpected, and different. The thing
was, even though I was the only
one in my that did not miss the
flight, I was not afraid to be on
Student
studying
my own. I remember;
I
wasn't scared.
When I got
off the plane
and stepped
outside, I took a
deep breath and
thought, "Well,
here I am, age 20,
fulfilling my
dream." I was
about to spend
a year in Australia. Nervous?
Yes.
Anxious? You
bet. Afraid?
photo courtesy Kim Feinman
No.
Kim Feinman peruses through
Australia,
The next morning my new become friends with the other
"family" picked, me up at the Marist students. Geoff and I hit
hotel. I was so excited. When I it off well though; he was my
arrived at my new home, there first friend in Oz. We lived in
was a bouquet of flowers wait- the same town and had heaps
ing for me: a reminder from my in common. I knew I had a friend
boyfriend that everything in him. I eventually got a job,
would be fine (that, and it was and "uni" (Australian for colValentine's Day). I like to think lege) was going great. My inhe sent them as a reminder. I ternship turned out to be incredremember, we went to Bondi ible, and I did not want to leave.
Beach that day. It was one of Then, the other kids from Marist
the most famous in the world. left and went back home. I knew
That day I knew that I would I was definitely on my own.
love it here.
I hung out with my Aussie
A month went past, and I had friends and we painted the city
red. I decided to see all of this
country, so I went backpacking
for a few months. I met heaps
of people, and did things that
would take ages to tell. I fully
enjoyed myself. I also did what
I came here to do: camp and
hike, or bushwalk; in the Australian Outback.
I then decided to see New
Zealand. My boyfriend flew
over and joined me. Together
we had an incredible
snowboarding safari. We went
from mountain to mountain, seeing sonie of the most beautiful
scenery along the way. We
ended
our trip
with
heliboarding.
We then said our sad
goodbye, and I made yet another move from Sydney to
Melbourne. Yet again, I said
goodbye to people mat had become my best friends, and I
moved to another place full of
endless
possibilities.
That's where I am now, in
Melbourne. I love it here just
as much. My knew host family
is legendary, and I have met
heaps of new people. I've met
some new close friends as well.
. It was here mat it hit me. This
whole time has not been easy. I
had those four days I could not
eat due to a stolen ATM number; this was just one of the
many things I have been
through. But, I have realized I
didn't need Mom or Dad. I have
taken care of every problem I
have had. lean do it! lam able
to survive on my own. Other
people doubted me. I was told I
would never make it past a
month on my own. I was told I
would miss all the great things
happening at Marist by giving
up one of the best years of college. Well, if I had to do it all
over again, I would do it exactly
the same. By studying abroad I
have given myself one of the
greatest years of my LIFE!
I have accomplished so much
this year. I have grown a tremendous amount, and I have
realized there is only more to
come. I have also been blessed
with the chance of experiencing
another culture to the fullest.
So, as my year comes to an end,
I cherish each day I have left. I
do not want to leave. I actually
will most definitely move back
here in a few years' time. But at
least I know I can do it. And
there are only more great things
to come!
defends
abroad
chileclure class and acts as a
toui guide on our explorations
or the city and surrounding arLisa Burke's article, "Travel- eas. I'm the art major, and I
ing abroad a bummer." gives spend most days painting or
American college students a sketching. This is the birthplace
black eye. She embodies a nega- of the Renaissance, and I'm retive stereotype that, as an luctant to leave Horence for fear
American college student cur- mat I'll miss a work of art or
rently studying in Italy. I fight some beautiful esthetic discovdaily. I would like to share what ery the city holds. There is so
the experience of international much history and culture here
study has meant to me. My per- It is so completely different from
ceptions are a hit more positive. America, and that is what makes
Maybe it's because I'm writing the experience so good.- '.-'* "* •
to you from sunny Italy, but "If you want American culture
more likely, I see things, differ- you canfind it There is a'lqt of
ently because;\vhilejt is sorrie- American pop music. The
times.easy^to seethe bad, -it McDonald's isbnly'four blocks
takes ah open mind, and maybe from the apartment;- But the
even a bit of courage, to see the ', Mercato Centrale, with all the
good. ' ' . , / <
, r
local shops is only two blocks
I'm living,with three other ; away, and there is no better
Marist students in an apartment place to practice the language
in central Florence! ,We consider than .struggling, to buy beef or
ourselves a modestly.adventur- -: "m'anzo" at-thetmeat stands
ous group. .We enjoyed trying , , there.. Italian opera,grows oh
the local C^anti and experiment- , you, is very romantic, not hard
ing with Tuscan "cooking by ;tofind,and mere are always free
using native fruits, cheeses, concertsan the city if you are
meats, and vegetables:we buy / willingtolook, y '}'~ yJ-fS ,
at the nearby market Each of ,'Mypoint isjhat it's notabout
us has used the opportunity/of ' where! am; but,the attitude I
being in Italy to pursue indi- / bring, with mejhat makes the
vidual interests as we immerse ' differencebehveen"temgbored*i
ourselves in the culture.. We've or,seeing.the.experience of iritried to avoid the "group men- -ternational .traver^as'-an
tality'* so easy to fall mot while opportunity to learria great deal
about the world and .myself.";
studying abroad. s
Anyway, as much as I would
Alex has joined aconversation
love
to continue to share the
exchange to meet Italians and
joys
of
studying abroad and the
improve her language skills. We
weouldn't think of discouraging wonders of Italy, Ihave vocab
her solo treks exploring the to study, and I have to get to
Tuscany countryside on foot, bed early. '"Tomorrow morning
bike, bus, or man. Debbieoever my Florence. Sketchbook class
is going into the Academia to
speaks English on the streets. :,
;
She is taking a Renaissance Ar- --"sketcK David. ' " ~~ • --"""•"
fans
bySCOTTNEVELLE
••-:••
StaffWriter
The band Filter has come a
long way from Hey Man, Nice
Shot, but it seems there new album. Title of Record, is a little
too filtered and has taken a
short bus in the wrong direction. * .'...; ' ^ .,'../, . ; ; , . . '
Filier,headed byex-Nine Inch
Nails' guitarist Richard Patrick,
used to be known for his rocking, alternative anthems, such
asJurassitol (The Crow City of
Angels Soundtrack) and the
Crystal Method collaboratation,
Can You Trip Like I Do (Spawn
Soundtrack). The new Filter
sound has traded some of these
catchy gnashing guitars and
tortured lyrics, for a new loose,
mellow, synthesized sound,
Since the last album, S/io/t
Bus, released four years ago, the
band has dropped an integral
component, Brian Liesegang,
who was a refined songwriter a
arid key player in the band, sharing the programming, keyboarding, and drumming duties with
days, the new and not so im- screams, "You take my money,
proved Filter is moving in the you think you're great, you
direction of a more pop, not-so- think it's funny, I hate your
alternative alternative direction. face..."
They are still mixing some of the
The album does have some
old guitar work with some new other catchy, air-filled songs,
synthesized, mixed electronic such as track 6, Take a Picture,
components, watering down where the strumming guitar
their original sound, lumping plays off Patrick's warm fuzzy
them in with the other homog- lyrics about being a baby. The
enized alternative groups out in screaming during the song, and
the pasture.
the lyrics, "I'm a newborn, kickThe eleven-track album has its ing and screaming," uttered
highs and lows, depending on over and over, leads me to bethe listener's expectations. The lieve he just might be one.
new comer to Filter's abilities
Don't get this reviewer wrong,
may like the new sound, enjoy- Filter is/was a good band, and
ing the opening track, Sand, is branching in new directions,
which is merely a thirty second including a Styx-ish, Mr. Roboto
noise that builds to the charac- synth voice dubbing on Track
teristically angst-filled song, 9, Cancer, which shows the abilWelcome to the Fold. This ity to grow (or regress) musimethod is artistically reminis- cally, which all bands need to
Photo courtesy Filter online
cent of Trent Reznor's work on do once in a while (I guess). Next
The black-clad boys of Filter, hard-stylin'.
Patrick. More importantly, six, Stuck in Here, and track 11, the Lost Highway album, but time, they just need to take a
Liesegang worked with Richard So Cool, which weren't chart not quite as effective. Track 2, better shot at some tighter lyrPatrick to polish some of the less toppers or hard rock, but they Welcome to the Fold, is the first ics, and stop trying to fit in with
single released from the album, the rest of the "alternative"
angst-driven songs into pearls. had an eerie, unique appeal.
Without Liesegang, and the and the only characteristically scene, and get back to what they
This was evident on their combined efforts on Short Bus' track fading memory of Patrick's NIN Filter song, where Patrick's do best.
44
99,
byAMYGRIGGS
byMICHELLESLESINSKI
Recently, a few hundred
people went back intimeas they
walked into the McCann gym. I
was lucky enough to be one of
them. We went back to a time of
high-heeled boots, gray suits,
and mop-topped hairstyles.
You guessed it - the Beatles. It
was of course, not the real
Beatles. It was a tribute to the
Beatles, but do not let that fool
you. It was almost like the
Beatles were really there. In no
time at "all, "Not the Beatles" had
the audience singing and dancing in the aisles to the music of
John Lennon, Paul McCartney,
George Harrison, and Ringo
Starr. "1964: The Tribute" occurred during Parent's; Weekend. Theirmusical set included,
classic Beatles songs such as
Help!, A Hard Day's Night, and
Yellow Submarine. Before we
knew it the evening was over.
This is just one of the many
amazing events mat the Student
Programming Council (S.P.C.)
plans.
Willy Tyler &Lester also came
to visit the McCann gym during Parents Weekend This was
another event carefully planned
and successfully pulled off by
the S.P.C. This comedian and
amazing ventriloquist had the
audience doubled over in laughter, tears were streaming down
some of their faces. Willy Tyler
made the entire audience forget
that Lester was made out of
wood. I think it will always be a
mystery how Lester *"hummed"
while Willy clicked his tongue
and kept the beat Lester stole
the act with his hilarious jokes
and humanlike actions, and the
show was a great success.
These two shows are just a
couple of examples of what
great work the S.P.C. does, but I
have noticed that they never
seem to get much credit. Last
year, before I attended Marist
College, I had the opportunity
to see one of the shows put on
by the S.P.C. I heard an ad on
K104 for the Cherry Poppin'
Daddies. It was held in the
McCann gym; I got agroup of
people together and we went.
Never before had I been to a
concert where I was that close
to the performers. I was slightly
concerned that it would be a
cheesy show, but it was not that
at all. It was professional and
well done. Not only was the main
act awesome, but the opening
act, Stretch Princess, was amazing too. Both groups were
great Not many people were
around at the end, so we even
got to meet the performers.
Stretch Princess has a hit CD,
popular songs that I hear on the
radio, and they even had the lead
song for the movie Teaching
Mrs. Tingle that came out this
summer. I can say I saw them
before they were famous, at one
of theirfirstperformances.
Do you know what happened
on September 18th in the Cabaret? Perhaps if you passed by,
you would have heard the
sound of thunderous laughter
or the cheers of happiness from
the free pizza and soda. On September 18th, I was pretty much
forced to attend the S.P.C. Comedy Club featuring the comedian Joe Materese. There was
only a small audience there, but
laughter filled the room. His
jokes about Marist College, and
how very much there is to do
on Route 9 made the entire audience double over in laughter...
I thanked the person who forced
me to go to that I do not remember the last time I laughed
so hard; I actually hurt myself!
Joe Materese's jokes ranged
from boring family weddings to
roller skating in the 80's, and
from his girl problems to porn.
Yet somehow, we allrelated to
i t :
•'"""•' "•'-"'•''-:
For your own sake, please go
see something the S.P.C. puts
on. Youmightjusthaveagood
time. You can give up McCoy's
or Club X for one night; they
can live. Some of the upcoming
events to look for are the Jen
Chohen band and the comedians Spanky, Eric Garrison, and
Greg Carey. Check the bulletin
boards for flyers on times, dates,
and places.
and most of us do not let MTV
and Z-100 dictate what we
by JOHN SULLIVAN
should listen to, we can try and
StaffWriter
expand our musical tastes in orAlmost 10 years ago a revolu- der to "dig" metal once again.
tion happened in music. During Ok, ok most college students
the mid to late 80's a form of unfortunately listen to Dave
music ruled the airwaves until it Matthews Band and that's
was unceremoniously yanked finc.but hey, as life gets harder
frorri radio rotation by the intru- and we find ourselves hearing
sion of bands such as Nirvana, the Armageddon of our youth,
Soundgarden and Stone Temple graduation, it can be a great rePilots. For me, this changing of lief to listen to Warrant, or Hurthe rock n' roll guard was more ricaneor Winger expel the joys
frustrating than that big fence of haying a good time and parMarist has built around the tying. Forget Beastie Boys or
campus (kids, write the paper house music, or Puffy
(One,one,one) Metal is truly the
with your complaints!)
real
party time groove.
Heavy Metal used to MEAN
something. It was a state of mind
The thing is, its somewhat
- A way to escape the drudgery hard to find the great metal CD's
and toil of the 1980's rat race. It of days past A lot of the comwas a magicaltime.It was a time panies that once put these
where you could see metal groups on the market decided
bands play on MTV or be heard that their time had past and vion VH1 or rock the local civic ciously dropped bands like
.center. ;This all fell apart when Winger and Poison from their
bur age group embraced mopey label. The once successful rock
crapola like all those band had to find refuge with
interchangable Seattle bands smaller, obscure companies like
and so-called "alternative" mu- CMC, Cleopatra and Mausosic like Smashing Pumpkins and leum. The aforementioned muSonic Youth.The term "alterna- sic labels don't have as wide a
tive" rapidly became a misno- distribution as say, Columbia, so
mer because alternative music much of the later albums were
became very much the forefront released overseas (where this
and ordure of the day for most stuff still sells). The older alradio and tv stations. Alterna- bums are now officially out of
tive? More like "No Friggin print so the only few places
Choice." I TRIED to like where an album such as
Soundgarden but they bored Hurricane's 'Slave To The Thrill'
me. Their melodies were messy can be found are low-rent music
and lazy. The lyrics were de- outlets and E-BAY. It's a sad
pressing and whiny and the gui- state of affairs when classics
tars were noisy and irritating. I such as Tuff's 'What Goes
regressed and stuck by the true Around Comes Around' are barock bands that I, and every- sically inaccessible to anyone
body else, has grown up with.
Luckily, now that we are older ...please see METAL, pg 12.
."'
" StaffWriter
, >•
Being, the right wing conser-*
vative thatl am, I find it difficult
to find quality, wholesome entertainment that the whole family can enjoy. Last Friday I
found myself looking for something to do. Having gone to
churchfivenights straight prior
to Friday, 1figuredI would take
a break and look for something
different. I found that at The
Mid-Hudson Civic Center
where KCW came to town.
ECW is rising in popularity,
challenging the "big two,"
WWFandWCW. Surprisingly
enough, F.CW sales through
Tickctmastcr are actually
slightly ahead of WCW; maybe
Cmlc (J.uIojMike "D't«J Bo/" D.i^nJ'o
people arefinallystarting to realize where the real action is. Spike Dudley throws down a spanked Dick.
Unlike the other leagues. ECW
focuses more on actual matches in slapping my neck from be- P.N. News. Hardly even a fair
instead of the drama and story hind- thanks Balls!), took on the match-up, the fans got to watch
lines that have been boring the duo of Supernova and Chris Awesome beat P.N. News from
hell out of me every time I try to Chetti. After destroying them, one comer to another, later comwatch the WWF. The stories they had a second match with ing into the crowd as the fight
are simple and straightforward, two other -chumps who chaK went on. The match ended with
leaving more room for constant leriged them to a "real wrestling an Awesome Bomb through a
action and less acting. ,.
match" without their usual . table. .'•'.""• .
, The firsthourof the event was chairs and hardcore rules. NeedThe.infamous.Sabu took on
a house show,,the second was less tosay, Axl and Balls de- .Taz later in the night the match
taped forme TNN weekly show. stroyed them in .turn, ending the that should have been the main
Openingflie-nightwere Spike mateh. by beating them with event in my opinion. Taz was
Dudley and. some cheeseball chairs just for fun.
greeted with mixed sentiments,
named Diamond, escorted by
Next was a three-way matchup some fans still showing their
Dick. The remaining Dudley of between Little Guido, Super. support, othersjeering and callECW pulled out the victory af- Crazy, and "TheNewFnShow" ing him a sell-out. This is beter hitting Diamond with the Jerry Flynn. Super Crazy was cause Taz will be joining WWF
"Acid drop." The crowd; as al- the first to be eliminated, fol- shortly. The match went back
ways, was on their feet almost lowed quickly by Little Guido. and forth,.but several tables
the entire night, screaming pro-, Jerry Flynn, still sporting tape later Sabu stood victorious.
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tives from the
New York Police Deparlment investigate a crime
and apprehend a suspect. The second half of the
show, the "order," is like a
lawyer show.
Lawyers from the district
attorney's office put on trial the
suspect that the detectives
have apprehended in the first
half. The detectives seldom interact with the lawyers, and vice
versa. Though the premise of
the show was not entirely
unique (the 1963-64 dram&Arrest and Trial followed the same
format), it was unusual, and it
set Law & Order apart from the
pack. However, if the show was
not well done, the novelty of
the concept would wear off
quickly, and Law & Order may
have been as short-lived as its
1960s counterpart. Thankfully,
though, it has since become
clear that Law & Order is anything but a novelty.
The crime that opens each episode of Law & Order is often
brutal, is almost always a murder, and sometimes even bears
a striking similarity to a recent
real-life crime. The personal
lives of the detectives are
rarelydelved into. In fact, they
are hardly ever seen except
when, they are on the;job. Wolf
(who is also the executive producer) focuses the attention on
the crime, and the suspect in the
crime, which is where it belongs.
While investigating the crime,
it often gets a little gritty for the
detectives. There are wrong
turns taken and leads that are
blown, and not everyone is eager to cooperate with the police. Eventually, the detectives
found himself with yet another
new partner,1 Detective Eddie
Jordan (Jesse L.Martin).
• All of these ;cast changes
' have, actually proven to be a
goodthirig:; It has helped to
keep the show fresh. Yes, some
of the cast changes may have
been questionable (many
people were upset when Chris
Noth got fired from the show),
but Law & Order was never
about the characters anyway. It
was about the plots of the episodes. The constant flow of new
characters seems to keep the
writers on their toes, and as
long as the writers stay excited,
the show will stay exciting. It
Photo courtesy NBC online.
doesn't seem like Law & Order
The cast of NBS's Law and Order.
has been on ten years, and
get their man, or who they think new partner in Assistant District
when a show doesn't seem as
is their man. It is never simple. Attorney Claire Kincaid (Jill
old as it actually is, that is a
This isn't Dragnet;, things aren't Hennesy).
good thing indeed. What is also
as cut-and-dry and black-andAt the close of the fourth sea- interesting is that, for a show in
white as one might like. In fact, son, Stone left the district
the middle of its tenth year on
when the "order" aspect of Law attorney's office, and Executive
the air, Law & Order is doing
& Order takes oyer in the sec- - Assistant District Attorney Jack
wonderfully in the ratings, conond half of the show, this McCoy (Sam Waterston); took sistently ranking within the
proves even more to be true. his place. At the end of the fifth
Nielsen Top 20. Also, at the end
The lawyers for the district season, Logan got demoted for of the 1997-98 season, after
attorney's office fight for what punching a politician, and De- eight years on the air, Law &
they believe is a just cause, but tective Rey Curtis (Benjamin
Order finally won an Emmy for
it is not always easy. There are Bratt) took his place as Briscoe's
Outstanding Drama Series. The
often enough twists and turns new partner. At the close of the
in the course of each trial to. sixth season, Kincaid was killed, . show is enjoying great critical
and commercial success. If any
make old Ben Matlock's head and Carey Lowell as Assistant
of you haven't seen Law & Orspin. Also, breaking even more District Attorney Jamie Ross.
der yet, now is the time. The
with the tradition of courtroom Then, after the seventh season,
new episodes of the show air
drama shows, the lawyers don't nothing happened. The cast of
Wednesday nights on WNBCalways win their cases. In fact, Law & Order actually remained
Channel 4 here on campus. If
sometimes when they do win stablefor more than one season.
their cases, they don't always This was not to last, though. At you want to check out some of
the aforementioned previous
feel like winners. There can be a the end of the eighth season,
lot of.corruption in. the world, Ross
left • the'- district' . . cast members,, cable, channel
A&E (located at channel 17
and sometimes justice doesn't attorney'sofficc, and Assistant
here on campus) shows repeats
feel just. Again, like the "law" District Attorney Abbie
aspect, the "order" aspect of Carmichael (Angie season, Law from past seasons three times a
Law & Order presents a grayer, & Order '.sHarmon) took her day: 1 PM, 7 PM, and 11PM.
harsher, and probably more re- place. Finally, at the close of the Whether you go with one of the
old casts or you go with the
alistic courtroom drama than, ninth season, Curtis quit the
current cast, you really can't go
say, Perry Mason. There was a police department, and as this
wrong with Law & Order.
new boss in Lieutenant Anita current tenth, began, Briscoe
Van Buren (S. Epatha
Merkerson), and Stone had a
Danger fan. This is basica) ly the
only difference between the two
groups: Bon Jovi MIGHT get
played on MTV while Danger':
Danger plays in...Japan. Also,
some of the better-known hard
rock/metal groups have gone
:through major group changes,
because of the changing times.
Van Halen lost their lead singer.
Iron Maiden has been in transition for a few years and Bon
Jovi has been reluctant to release a "true" album as of yet.
Danger Danger lost their lead
singer AND a unreleased album
when their label dropped them.
However, the recent release
from DD called Four Tfie Hard
Way with Canadian vocalist
Paul Laine is arguable the best
metal release in the past ten
years. It kicks. I suggest you
pick it up if you want to rock.
Sadly some 80's metal acts
tried to swing with the tides
when the country's taste in music shifted to Alternative (as
Anthrax once said "An alternative to what?"). Danger Danger did a misguided but ok album called Dawn that attempted
to bridge the gap between
Grunge and rock. It just
sounded confused. Warrant,
one the purveyors of Cherry
Pie, started doing albums that
reminded me of a poor-man's
Pumpkins. The most recent CD
from Warrant is called Belly To
...continuedfrom, pg. 11
Belly and, while Jani Lane's vocals are still melodic - the music corner of the arena, even into
itself is distracted and "brainy." the bleachers. Afterwards, JusNobody listens to Warrant to tin Credible came out to go after
think. Other bands such as TNT, Sabu; beating Wm with his staff.
' Kip Winger, Scorpions, and Rob Van Dam, Sabu's occaVain did the semi-grunge thing sional partner, came out to break
too and it just didn't work. The it up, only to be thanked by Sabu
albums bombed and most of the beating him once he recovered.
acts wound up going back to Taz exited solo.
the original sound. InterestRVD, "The Whole F'n Show"
ingly enough SOME metal acts destroyed Rhino, keeping his
did try to stretch by joining TV Championship. The match
completely different groups. was fairly even, but RVD domiORGY, who had the hit Blue nated enough to come out as
Monday, was founded by the winner. Rhino was escorted
Rough Cutt guitarist Amir to the ring by Jack Victory and
Derakh.Rough Cutt is.a kind of Steve Corino, who we managed
legendary LA metal band. Mar- to meet up with earlier in the
velous 3, who had the recent night
hit Freak OfThe Week was origiCorino has been wrestling in
nally Southgang but changed ECW since December of last
their music to Pop instead of year. Prior to that he wrestled in
straight ahead metal. The secret a couple of the independent
is out. Even Third Eye Blind leagues for about five years. He
have hair-metal roots.
has wrestled across the counSo what should you buy if you try as well as in Canada and
want to headbang? I'm not re- Puerto Rico, which he said was
ally a fan of Metallica or more violent than anywhere in
Godsmack or anything like that. the U.S. "Almost every state is
They're ok, but I'm a hair-metal different, different crowds want
consumer. I like bands that are different stuff. Down South
kicking but also have a melodic, they want more mat wrestling...
emotional side. Ballads are cool in Puerto Rico it was just pure
and I like rockers too. Next violence."
week, part II of this piece: The
Trying to bring an old-fashultimate list of great metal
ioned style back to ECW, Corino
bands. Rock on.
tries to avoid the excess vio-
with Mike Thompson
Throughout the course of television history, there have not
been many shows that have retained in their final seasons the
same high level of quality that
they attained when they were at
their peak. This doesn't mean
the shows are bad. It is extremely difficult to achieve the
same level of greatness year after year. This is true for even
some of the best television
shows. One of the best examples
of this fact is Seinfeld. An excellent show, it dropped in quality during its last season. Thankfully, the producers recognized
this fact and ended the show
before the decline became too
severe. Recent examples of
once-great shows that didn't
know when to say "when" include Roseanne and Murphy
Brown. It is rare to encounter a
long-running show that is as
good as it was when it debuted.
Law & Order is one of those
shows. In fact, in my opinion,
the show has gotten even better as the years have gone by..
Law & Order debuted in 1990
on NBC. Created by'Dick Wolf,
the series depicted crime on the
mean streets of New York City
(where it is filmed on location).
However, from the outset, Law
& Order was not a typical crime
show. In fact, the title said as
much. The first half of the show
is in the mold of a cop show, depicting the "law" side. Detec-
Thrill: Metal glory
...continued from page 11
who wants to start a metal CD
collection.
Interestingly
enough, it seems that EBAY (the,
internet item auction) is where
these bands and their rare albums get the most respect.
Hurricane's seminal Take What
You Want goes for an unheard
of 50 bucks...and there's only 7
songs on the cd! And it's used!!
These albums are like gold for
people like me and Joe
Metalhead. Part of the thrill of
listening to the music sometimes is the fact that some albums have to be tracked and
hunted before they can be enjoyed. I got Over The Edge a few
weeks ago and It took me a
whole year to find i t
Some bands survived the great
metal massacreof 1991 -The Year
of Grunge, Bands like Iron
Maiden, Bon Jovi, and Van
Halen have fan bases that
stretch far beyond the usual
temperamental teenagers. However, while these bands still
have major record deals, they
don't sell like they used to in
the 80's. You're more likely to
find 80 Bon Jovi fans on campus then you are one Danger
Snilwapp
vUl Will C
we're into You.
Knudtsen: i?CWmadness
lence, focusing more on just
wrestling. "I don't use chairs,
don't need tables, I don't want
to bleed." He emphasized the
professional aspect of wrestling,
saying that personal grudges in
the locker room are put aside for
the sake of their careers. Corino
mentioned that many of the best
tag teams in history, such as
"The Rockers" Marty Jeanetty
and Sean Michaels, hated each
other but had to work with each
other much like any other job.
He said, "This is how we feed
our families. As much as you
don't like a guy, you still have to
work with them, and that's that."
For all the critics of wrestling,
complaining that wrestling is a
negative influence on society,
Corino emphasized the point that
wrestling is a legitimate career
to sustain a family on. Himself
being a father, he enjoys time
with his family when he is not
on the road wrestling four days
a week.
The highlight of the night was
running into Joey Styles, the announcer for the TNN shows.
Maybe it was because he was
the only ECW employee smaller
than me, or maybe it was because
he said Patrick Whittle looked
like a member of the "Mean
Street Posse." Regardless, ECW
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byJORDANEIBLE
StaffWriter
The Marist women's soccer
team, whose season seemed lost
after going winless in its first 12
games, greatly improved its
chances of a Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
tournament bid by winning its
two contests last week.
The Red Foxes defeated St.
Peter's and Manhattan, bringing their conference record to a
respectable 3-4.
Head coach Tara Nichols said
she is pleased with the team's
progress.
"We're playing Marist soccer
now despite our struggle in the
beginning, but that's past us,"
she said. "We're concentrating
on our last two games to secure
a playoff spot. If we win both
of them, or at least end with a
win and a tie, we're definitely
in."
What started off as a slow first
half against St. Peter's last
Wednesday picked up when
Sarah McTurk received a crossing pass from Jenny Shanks at
the 34-minute mark and scored
the game's first goal, heading it
past Chamaigne Beidler.
Only ten minutes into the second half, Kasey Sibririsz put
Marist up by a pair when she
sent the ball high into the left
corner of the cage.
After continuous pressure on
MAAC Football Standings
.MAAC
spreads will only reinforce our
•
••• .:/
That would be all the scoring chances." ;
of the afternoon, as Marist won
Marist is now 3-12-1 with two
1-0. .-•:',
games remaining. While the
Marist now has 15 conference overall record seems horrible,
goals and 38 total points in the victories in the next two games
MAAG, which could be benefi- will extend the season.
cial if there is a tie for the final
Marist played at Rider yesterplayoff spot;
day, but results were not availCurrendy Fairfield and Loyola able at press time. The season
hold first and second place, re- finale is Saturday at Siena at 1:00
spectively. Marist, Niagara, p.m.
Iona and Siena will battle for the
Captain Nicole Omeck seemed
third and fourth positions.
confident in the team's
In the event of a tie, bids will chances.
be distributed to those teams
"We know our role. We need
with the most MAAC goals.
these next few wins to get a bid,"
"We still have a huge oppor- she said. "Our practices are
tunity for a spot," captain Carie -progressing well and our shootPluff said. "Greater point ing is on target."
s o n .
Young volleyb^
Overall
Georgetown .4-0
6-1
3-1
4-3
Duquesne
goal by Marist, Shanks shot "a
free kick past Beidler, making the
advantage 3-0.
That would be all goalkeeper
Mellanie Nai needed, as she
saved seven shots and produced the team's first shutout
of the season.
The Foxes' next triumph came
two days later against Manhattan. Again Nai stopped all
seven shots, while McTurk
scored the winning goal.
McTurk broke the 0-0 tie 12
minutes into the second half.
Forward Jamie Bierwirth
chipped a solid shot which hit
the right cross bar. McTurk
then deflected the ball in, tallying her sixth point of the sea-
byCLAYNORRIS
StaffWriter
This season has been nothing to brag about for the Marist
volleyball team or its new coach.
3-4
Siena
3-2
Elizabeth Herzner, just two
years removed from being a
3-2
4-3
Marist
four-year letter winner for the
Red Foxes, finds herself a rookie
head coach of a young but tol-.,
3-2
Iona
• .4-3 :'•
ented volleyball team.
Coaching was always in the
back
of her mind in her playing
LaSalle
3-3
2-3
days, but not necessarily where
she wanted to place her future.
As fate would have it, Herzner
St. Peter's
1-6
1-5
is now coaching players that
she roamed the court with not
0-4
Canisius
1-6
too long ago.
"I went through the same
things that they are going
Fairfield
0-0
6-1
through now," Herzner said. "I
guess you could say that it
helps more than it hinders."
Senior captain Jen Parker
agreed.
"She brings energy and feedback, much more than we have
The New York Yankees have won 24 World
been used to in the past few
years," Parker said. "Both of our
Series Charrroionshins. What team has won
new coaches (Herzner as well as
the second-most world titles? '• . •<}•'•'•assistant coach Adam
are very knowledgeLAST WEEK'S ANSWER: The Toronto Blue Jays Andrade)
able and honest."
were the last team to win consecutive World Series titles. Parker and company have
been trying to work out the
kinks so far this season. Their
record stands at 5-17 overall,
and 2-6 in the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference.
Marist split its two contests
last week. They dropped last
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Thursday's match against
energy
Fairfield, but rebounded to de- "She brings
feat Iona on Sunday.
and feedback, much
Herzner said they cannot exmore than we have
pect too much too soon.
"We've been taking one step been used,to in the
at a time, working through both past few year."
team and individual problems,"
she said.
.
„
Jen Parker
According to Herzner, having
Sejiior Captain
a closeJeam is an absolute necessity in volleyball. She beParker said that she just goes
lieves in having a "you can't
beat me" attitude on the court. out there and tries to guide the
Along with mental toughness, team on the court.
the Red Foxes have been con"I've always tried to be the
centrating on serving and block- leader, now I just have the title,"
ing, which are the momentum- Parker said. "It's not all that difswinging equivalents to ferent from past years really."
homeruns and strikeouts in
Going into the season, coach
baseball.
Herzner said she was confident
The coaching staff sees no in her team's chances in the
glaring weaknesses in the team MAAC. Now, with only one
and blames the slow season on conference game remaining and
the team far from the top, it apnot jelling fully as a whole.
To help with the bonding con- pears that a MAAC Tournament
cept Herzner relies on Parker, bid will have to wait until next
Mary Beth Koehlnepp and year.
Trisha Ramey, the three captains
Judging by Herzner's attitude,
of the team, to bring the squad that could be a real possibility.
together and then report to the
"I know it's an old saying, but
coaches.
'practice how you play' is what
Parker said she thinks this is a we will live by as a team, and
good approach.
every game and practice is a big
"We work very well together. one," she said.
All three of us are team oriented
The Red Foxes' next action will
and love to hang out with each be this Saturday when the Manother," she said. "Each one of hattan Jaspers come to town for
us brings a different element of a 1:00 p.m. matchup.
leadership to the team. Trisha • Then it will' be off to the
is definitely the motivator and Harvard Invitational Nov. 5-6, a
Mary Beth leads by example, tournament featuring Stony
both on and off the court."
Brook, Harvard and Dartmouth.
Week?
Football: Saturday October 30, @ : Lafayette 1:00
Men's Soccer: Saturday October 30 @ St. Peter's 1:00
Women's Soccer: Saturday October 30 @ Siena 1:00
Volleyball: Saturday October 30 MAJsJHATTAN 1:00
X-Contry: Sunday October 31 MAAC Championships 10:00 a.m.
Swimming/Diving: Saturday October 30 SETONHALL 1:00
With the 1999 Major League
Baseball Season winding to a
close, here are one man's predictions for the post-season
award winners:
AL MVP: Pedro Martinez gets
the nod over Rafael Palmeiro
and Manny Ramirez. Under
normal circumstances, it is difficult to justify a pitcher winning
theMVP.
However, Martinez's season
was extraordinary. He won 23
games, led the AL in ERA at 2.07
and had 313 strikeouts in 213.1
innings.
A pitcher should only win the
MVP when he dominates the
league. Roger Clemens in 1986
and Dennis Eckersley in 1992
fall into this category, and so
does Martinez in 1999.
In terms of value to. his team,
Martinez also stands out. He
recorded nearly a quarter of
Boston's 94 wins, and no other
Red Sox pitcher won more than
10 games this year.
AL CY YOUNG: The only
question is who finishes second. Mike Mussina?
ALROOKIEOFTHEYEAR:
Carlos Beltran. He hit .293 with
22 HR; 108 RBI, 27 SB, and 112'
R. Beltran alsoaoMed 16 outfield assists.
His season-long consistency
gives him the edge over Jeff Scott Williamson. He recorded
Zimmerman, Brian Daubach, 12 wins, 17 saves, and 107
Billy Koch, and mid-season call- strikeouts out of the bullpen.
up Tim Hudson.
Williamson was a key figure in
AL MANAGER OF THE Cincinnati's remarkable run to
YEAR: Jimy Williams. He has the post-season that fell just
been baseball's best manager for short.
the last two seasons.
Playing on a contender gives
Few people expected the Red him the edge over Preston WilSox to make the playoffs in '98. son and Warren Morris.
Even fewer expected them to
NL MANAGER OF THE
make it in '99 after the loss of YEAR: Jack McKeon over
Mo Vaughn.
Bobby Cox and Buck Showalter.
However, Williams continued No one expected the Reds to
to work his magic with few come anywhere close to 96 wins
household names other than this year. McKeon's demeanor
Nomar Garicaparra and Pedro and handling of young players
Martinez.
explain the Reds' rise.
NL MVP: It was a race all seaHere are the top 5 baseball
son between Chipper Jones and teams of the decade:
Jeff Bagwell. Jones essentially
5. 1995 Indians-won 100 out
wins the award for his perfor- of 144 games, but fell short in
mance against the Mets in a late- the World Series against...
season series in Atlanta. For
4. 1995 Braves - the Braves'
the season, Jones finished hit- only world championship team
ting .319 with 45 HR, 110RBL41 in a decade of NL domination.
2B, and 25 SB.
3.1992-93 Blue Jays - backNL CY YOUNG: A close race to-back World Series tides. Who
between Randy Johnson, Mike will forget Joe Carter's blast to
Hampton, Jose Lima, and Kevin end the 1993 Series?
Millwood goes to Johnson.
2. 1994 Expos-but due to the
Johnson led the majors with strike, we never got to find out
364 strikeouts, and had ah ERA how good they were. They
of 2.48. With more run support,' started to dismantle the next
his 17 wins could have easily season.
.
topped 20.
1. 1998 Yankees - the greatest
NL ROOKIEOFTHE YEAR: team ever?
The Rat Responds
The last baseball season of for 35 games, whereas Palmiero
this millennium is almost fin- played 158.
ished.
For National League MVP my
But before we can forget choice is Vladimir Guerrero. He
about baseball until next Spring, doesn't get a lot of national exthe post-season awards must be posure but the numbers do not
handed out. Here are my pre- .lie,.316BA42HRandl31RBI.
dictions. U - > ; :.'.. •
;
Chipper Jones and Larry
Lets first look at the American Walker deserve some votes, but
League Cy Young Award. In an Guerrero had the most impresera where hitting is dominant sive season of the three.
and itis very hard to find good
The Oakland A's Art Howe is
pitching, Pedro Martinez was my selection for A.L. Manager
amazing and will win easily. He of the Year. His team had a $22.8
won the pitching triple crown in million opening-day payroll.
the AL. He was simply domi- They flirted with the playoffs
nating.
and put together their first winIn the National League the Cy ning season since 1992 while
Young Award is up for grabs. improving by 13 games over last
Mike Hampton, Greg Maddux, season — the biggest increase
and Kevin Millwood have in victories in the league.
strong cases, however, my
One hundred victories. The
choice is Randy Johnson.
first team to make the playoffs
The Big Unit's record looks in just its second season. The
less man dominating (17-9), but biggest one-year turnaround in
that's due to the fact that his baseball history. NL West chamteam never scored many runs for pions.
him. He led the league in
For these reasons, Arizona
strikeouts (364) and ERA (2.48). skipper Buck Showalter is the
Isn't it sweet to come back National League Manager of the
home? Rafael Palmiero must feel Year.
that way, and an added bonus
For American League Rookie
will be the American League of the Year my choice is Carlos
MVP award.
Beltran. He hit .293 and had 22
He had 47 HR 148 RBI and a HRand 108 RBI. Therearemany
.324 B A. Texas would have won other good candidates such as
the division without him, how- Freddie Garcia, Jeff Zimmerman
ever, the team would not have and Billy Koch, but Beltran was
been as balanced without him.
a level above them.
Pedro was the most dominant
As for National League
player in the league, but only Rookie of the Year, it's Mookie
I
Photo courtesy Jill Skotarcxak
Garofola was MAAC Player of the Week earlier in the year.
GAROFOLA: Marist
sophomore second in
conference in scoring
...continued from pg. 14
to get where we wanted to be."
Last year the team consisted
of 14 freshman and this year ten
returned as starters. Garofola
said the young squad has matured quickly because of the ups
and downs of the past two seasons.
by KYLE WOOD
"Last year was rough because
we started out by losing five
Wilson's son, Preston, who will straight before ourfirstwin," the
walk away with the honors. He forward said. "This year we
hit .280 with 26 HR and 71 RBI. started out on a high but we just
Warren Morris had a solid sea- dropped back to back losses to
son (.288 B A15 HR and 73 RBI), Columbia and Colgate."
Garofola's field leadership can
but its Preston's power that will
be traced back to high school
lift him to this award.
where he was a four-year varsity,
starter and elected to the
This week's top 5 will look
all-county
team three times while
at the top 5 individual teams of
breaking the school's record for
the decade.
5) The 1994 Montreal Expos. career goals, finishing with 48.
The Bellport, New York
This team was stacked (AIou,
native's
ability to figure out opWalker, Hill, Wetteland, Grissom,
and others) and we were de- posing defenses reflects one of
prived of seeing October base- his more interesting characterball in Montreal due to the istics. Just ask his parents
about the time they got a new
strike.
computer during Brian's fresh4) The 1997 Florida Marlins.
man year.
They beat the Giants, Braves,
No one in his household was
and Indians, on way to a world
very
computer literate, so the
championship. These were all
novice
Information Systems
teams that they were not supmajor
took
it upon himself to
posed to beat. It was one of the
learn
the
system
and teach his
best teams ever assembled and
family
how
to
use
it as well.
then dissembled.
Garofola
said
the
practicality
3) The 1993 Toronto Blue Jays.
of
the
technology
is
what atThey were the first team to retracted
him
to
the
field
of inforpeat since the '78 Yankees.
mation
systems.
2) The 1995 Cleveland Indians.
"It's more hands-on," Garofola
100-44 in a strike shortened year.
said.
"I think that's what really
Though they lost the world seinterested
me."
ries it would have been interestLearning
about computer teching to see what they could have
nology will take patience, a virdone with a full season.
1) The 1998 New York Yan- tue that Garofola said he uses
when opposing defenses key in
kees.
on him.
114 regular season wins,
"I try to actually keep a calm
which was the second most
ever, and a world championship. head and stay within myself and
not try to do too much," said
Dominating.
the MAAC player of the week
for Sept. 15.
Garofola said he understands
that being a scorer put a certain
amount of pressure on him. So
when the pressure of the sport
begins to mount, Garofola said <.he looks to his coach and mentor, Bobby Herodes,
'
"Coach (Herodes) takes a lot
of pressure off me," Garofola
said. "He's been the biggest
influence on me because he
pushes me, but he also prepares
me mentally."
Yankees catcher Yogi Berra
said that baseball was 90 percent mental and 50 percent
physical. Garofola said his
physical preparation for soccer
includes five to six days of lifting and running in the off season, as well as playing three
times a week during the fall.
"My speed is my greatest asset," Garofola said. "I play with
quick turns with my back to the
goal."
Speed also seems to be professional soccer's greatest asset as well. Through the formation of Major League Soccer and
the United States women's
World Cup victory, Americans
have adopted a love for the previously European dominated
sport.
Garofola said he is proud of
soccer's recent explosion of
popularity and acceptance in
America.
"It's great and well deserved,"
Garofola said. "It's been so
popular all over the world for
years and it deserves this type
of publicity."
The young Marist field general said the growth in popularity is also prevalent among student soccer fans on campus as
well.
"More and more people come
to each (Marist) game," he noticed. "It tells us they are seeing how fun it can be and they
are enjoying it."
Stat of the Week
Quote of the Week
THE CIRCLE
/agner's Rick Senile
I rushed for a school record
1198 yards in Saturday's loss
I to die Foxes.
"I just wanted to do to
them what they did to us
last year." - Richard
Zacchei, Marist kicker
OCTOBER 28j 1999
PAGE 16
Zacchei's latefieldgoal lifts Red Foxes
byPATRICKKEMPF
SlaffWriter
The Marist football team improved to 4-3 by defeating
Wagner in thrilling fashion Saturday as Richard Zacchei's 22yard field goal lifted the Red
Foxes to a 20-17 victory over the
visiting Seahawks.
Zacchei's last second heroics
capped off an impressive last
minute drive for Marist that
started with 1:51 left in the contest and 75 yards between them
and victory.
"I was a litde bit nervous,"
Zacchei said. "I just wanted to
do to mem what they did to us
last year," the sophomore placekicker said in reference to
Wagner' victory over Marist
last year on the strengm of a
last minute blocked field goal
attempt.
What started off as an offensive showcase for born teams
in the first half turned into a de-"
fensive struggle in the second,
as the game winning kick was
. the only points put on the board
by either team.
It looked as though Marist
might be headed for another
heartbreaking loss as Wagner
drove the ball to the Marist 14yard line with undertiireeminutes to play.
However, after the Marist defense held its ground, Matt
O'Connell blocked Garret
O'Rourke's 32-yard field goal
attempt to set up me game winning drive.
After me two team's traded
field goals to start the scoring,
Marist took over on itsown 40yard line wim four minutes left
in the opening stanza. Miguel
Reyes (15 carries, 66 yards) exploded for three big runs to put
the Red Foxes deep into
Wagner territory.
Kevin Chartrand (12-23, 238
yd. 1 Int.) found Brian
Loyzynski, who had three
catches for 100 yards, over the
middle at me 1-yard line. Steve
Weidl punched it in from there.
Zacchei's extra point made it 103.
Wagner wasted no time in responding, putting together an
eight play, 67-yard scoring drive
of its own mat was capped off
in spectacular fashion.
On first-and-ten from the
Marist 25-yard line, Wagner
quarterback Lou Simone was
flushed out of the pocket,
.eluded several Marist defenders and lofted a high-arching
pass that was caught by Chuck
Kinsley in the back of the end
zone. O'Rourke's extra point
tied the score at 10-10 with 12:33
left in the half.
After successive punts by
bom teams, the Red Foxes took
possession at die Wagner 43yard line wim 9:37 left in the second quarter. On third down
Chartrand found Loyzynski
Circle Photo/Jcrciny Smith
Miguel Reyes attacks the Wagner defense Saturday.
again for a 30-yard gain to bring off by his 30-yard touchdown
the ball to the Wagner 8-yard run with 4:07 remaining to close
the scoring in the first half.
line.
The second half was highMiguel ReyesJpok.it in die
end zone from there on me en- lighted by solid defense on bom
suing play. Zacchei's extrapoint .sides of thefield,leading up,to
an intense fourth quarter where
made it 17-10. /~ : ' *
Wagner's Rick Sarille, who ran tempers and flags bom flew befor a school record 198 yards on fore the Red Foxes prevailed.
34 carries, took over on me next
"I mink that it can really help
possession. The senior run- us as a team," Zacchei said. "It
ning back carried six times for builds a lot of confidence going
53 yards on the drive, capped into the next game."
Soccer fallstothinl in MAAC
Circle photo/Jeremy Smith
Adam Searles controls the ball against Philadelphia Textile
the driver's seat of the confer-,
byPETERPALMBERI
ence."
StaffWriter
A week later, Marist traveled
to Monmouth to start a four
Heading into a conference game non-conference schedule.
game againstrivalFairfield, the Chris Zititevitz netted his first
Marist men's soccer team had goal of the season on an assist
only two blemishes on its entire from Patrick McCall.
season.
Brain Karcz added another off
However, a loss to the Stags assists from Brian Garofola and
and two more non-conference Steve Murk. Murk added an
losses dropped the team to third insurance goal off anomer asplace in the Metro Adantic Ath- sist from Garofola.
letic Conference (MAAC) and
DeBrito made four saves in the
brought its season record to 11- 3-0 shutout, his third shutout of
5.
the season.
On Oct. 6, the men hosted
The Red Foxes next traveled
Fairfield for top ranking in the to take on Ivy League opponent
MAAC. Fairfield started off the Columbia University. A goal by
scoring when Barry O'Driscoll Leslie Fitzpatrick and two by
netted a penalty'kick twelve Michael Chirig secured me vicminutes into the game.
tory for the Lions.
Steve Murk then scored off a
Marist men lost its second
pass from Thomas Mullowney game in a row by falling to
to even up me score. O'Driscoll Colgate, 2-0. Dan Rollins and
tallied his second goal of the Brian Giordano provided all the
game ten minutes later to give offense mat was needed for the
the Stags the lead for good.
Red Raiders.
Goalkeeper Carlos DeBrito
"Columbia was one of the bigmade five saves in the 2-1 loss. gest and most solid teams that
The defeat dropped Marist to we played all season," Karcz
5-2 in the MAAC.
said. "They were one of the best
"We were disappointed wim teams we've played."
the result of the Fairfield game,"
The two losses to Columbia
Brian Karcz said. "We were in and Colgate served as an eye
opener for the team, according
to.Mullowney, who added mat
head coach Bobby Herodes let
the team know that it.was not
playing up to its potential during those games.
The team managed to salvage
Lone non-conference-victory
"when.they defeated Philadelphia Textile. Karcz, Mike
Schilling, and Richard Bradley,
who netted the game winner, all
scored in die second half to lead
die team to a 3-2 victory.
"It was important to get back
on the winning side," Karcz
said. "We dominated the game
and created a lot of opportunities to win it."
Mullowney earned the honor
of being named to Soccer
America's Men's Team of the
Week for the week of Oct. 4. He
scored four goals and added an
assist in two MAAC wins.
His stats also earned him the
honor of being named MAAC
and Eastern College Athletic
Conference (ECAQ Player of the
Week for the week of Oct. 4.
"I was happy with the honor,
but it is a team effort,"
Mullowney said. "There have
been two other guys from our
team to get the award, so it just
shows how much our team has
improved."
Marist fell to 5-2 in theMAAC,
which places them in third place
behind first place Loyola (7-1-1
in the MAAC) and second
place Fairfield (6-2 in the
MAAC), wim two conference
games remaining in the season
before me MAAC Championships in November.
The Foxes' next action will
come Saturday afternoon at St.
Peter's at 1:00 p.m. TheMAAC
Championships run from Nov.
2-7 at the Disney Wide World
of Sports complex in Orlando.
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sophomore Garofola has been running over the competition
Garofola guides Red Foxes
towards conference crown
byRYANMARAZITI
StaffWriter
Manst soccer forward Brian
Uarofola is a take-charge player
joth on the soccer field and in
he computer field.
Garofola, a sophomore Information Systems major. ha.s been
he team's leading scorer durng hisfirsttwo years at Marist.
^ast year Garafola started all 17
;ames for the Red Foxes amassing, 17 points (seven goals,
iiree assists) and two gamewinners.
This year Garofola is off to
mother good start, scoring 23
points (nine goals,fiveassists)
and is a big reason Marist is sit
tingat5-2.11-5 overall, and thia
place in the conference.
Garofola said that the turr
around from last year's 4-5 con
fcrcncc record is due to experi
ence
"From the minute I steppec
into pre-season camp, I coulc
feel everyone's confidence,'
Garofola said "But it was s
good confidence because wc
still knew wc had to work hard
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