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VOLUME #53 ISSUE #13
http://www.academic.marist.edu/circle
FEBRUARY 24, 2000
Rumors dispelled regarding coffee shop
f/
by DOUGLAS M. DEES, JR. brary may be closing due to a
lack of service, but there is no
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StqffWriter
truth to the rumor accordng to
A rumor regarding the library Joe Heavey, general manager of
coffee shop closing has been Dining Services.
swirling around campus lately.
"Believe me," he said, "it [the
The coffee shop in die James coffee shop] will never close,
A. Cannavino Library will not that portion is an integral part
be closing anytime soon, or even of the library just as much as
at all for mat matter, according the reference desk."
to campus officials.
The presence of a cofIt was suggested mat the li- fee shop in die library was made
known to the students as soon
as construction began almost
two years ago. According to
Heavey, the coffee shop was
one of the big features mentioned in the library's description. It was included as one of
the big attractions.
The coffee shop,
which opens an hour after the
library opens and closes an hour
before the library closes, seems
to have awkward hours to some
students. From Monday
through Thursday, the coffee
shop is open from 9 a.m., to 11
p.m. On Friday, it is open from 9
a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.
to 9 p.m. and Sunday, 1 p.m. to
11 p.m. Heavey said the schedule will evolve as student input
is taken into consideration.
"The hours are weird, we know,
but diey will change once we
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see how the students' patterns
are developing," he said.
Sophomore Steven Hammer
said he would enjoy an early
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MP3 music software could
present legal problems
Circle photo/Mike Hajgh
Joe Statleman downloads MP3fileson his PC.
the internet and the medium is
by NIK BONOPARTIS
the digital music revolution
News Editor
known as MP3.
College students, among the MP3 files are digitized sound
largest groups of consumers in bytes squeezed into a comparathe music industry, have found tively small amount of computer
a new way to get their hands on disk space - so small that it is
popular music, this time without possible to store hundreds,
paying a dime. The method is even thousands, on a modern
computer hard drive. But while
me files are ostensibly small in
the digital realm, current internet
technology makes them inconvenient for the average user to
download. Instead, MP3 techHave you shopped nology has become the stock
and trade of college students
on-line yet?
and other high-speed internet
users across the world, causing
See related story on pg. 6
concern among the recording
industry and those seeking to
YES
NO
curb piracy and copyright in23
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fringement
The MP3 file format has beSURVEY TAKEN LAST WEEK
This is an unscientific svmy tab* from SO come especially popular at
Marist s&daas.
Marist, where a T3 connection
WEEKLY POLL
^allows'users to download files
in a fraction of the time it would
take to obtain the same music via
a standard 56k modem. The problem with MP3 arises in the fact
that because these files are unregulated, floating around freely
on the array of servers available
on the world wide web, record
companies and artists are not
receiving payment for their product. Instead of being sold for
retail in a store, these sound files
are distributed for free by
internet site operators. In the
wake of the Recording Industry
Association of America's recent
piracy crackdown and the arrest
of two Siena students, the popularity of MP3fileshas become a
subject of concern here at
Marist. *
"At thistime,I cannot give any
details on what Marist is doing
to address the issue of MP3 files
and
Napster,"
Martha
McConaghy, Manager of Systems, Network and Operations at
Marist said. "We are studying
the situation and its effect on the
Marist network to determine
what steps, if any, need to be
taken."
The arrival of the newest software for MP3 file transfer, the
Napster Music Community, has
record executives biting their
nails in an attempt to curb the
distribution of illegal MP3 files.
The Napster program allows
MP3 users to network with thousands of others, making virtually
any song available through a
simplified, user-friendly search
device. McConaghy said that
the constant downloading of
large MP3 files through software
programs such as Napster can
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Olonzo Davis, on Feb. 7,2000.
Leaving her critically wounded,
he then killed himself in a nearby
Until recently the problem of cluster of trees.
abusive relationships has genChimere McCrae, 18, a fresherally remained dormant on col- man at Montclair State Univerlege campuses.
sity in New Jersey was shot and
However, three brutal attacks killed on Jan. 21 by her boyhave recently occurred at area friend, Price Hollace. While
campuses Columbia University, Hollace told police that the
Westchester Community Col- shooting was by accident,
lege and Montclair State Univer- McCrae's family reported that
sity, resulting in the death of there was previous tension in
four students. Moreover, the their daughter's relationship
Corporate Alliance to End Part-: withHollace.
ner Violence now reports that
Sally Goldfarb, an associate
"one in :five college students
has reported at least one inci- ...please seeMURDERS,pg. 4
dent of abuse when dating, from
slaps to more serious violence."
Kathleen A. Roskot, 19, a
sophomore on the Columbia
University campus, was murdered in her room by a former
boyfriend on Feb. 6, 2000.
Roskot's throat was slashed
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T\ine into Sports Radio
WMCR - Marist College Radio - Friday - Tuesdsay, 7:00
p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Tunei nto 88.1
for the latest sports talk, sports
updates, and coverage of your
favorite Marist teams. If you
have any questions, call the
Sports Director, Mike Roller at
x4724.
Yearbook Needs You!
Calling all sophomores and
juniors! The yearbook is currently in need of your
assistances with all facets of
production. There is also a need
for people to take on editor positions. Photographs are also
needed. If you are interested
call the Renyard at x2149 and
leave a message.
Chess Club Tournament
The Chess Club has already
been busy this semester with
activities including r a tournar
ment on Saturday Feb. 12th. Joe
DeGraw came in first place, followed by Dan Rosa in second,
andJBrian Wills in third: Future
events include a pizza social,
lessons to foruth graders, and a
tournament against West Point.
General meetings are held every Thursday in DN 236 at 9:15.
Due to technical glitches, acts
of God, and missing security
personnel, security briefs will
not be appearing this week.
Look for them to return in upcoming issues of the Circle. In
the meantime here is a repeat of
last week's briefs.
How have the recent outbreaks of
violence made you more aware of
possible violence at Marist?
A crispy bagel's fumes set off
the fire alarm and caused an
evacuation of students and staff
from Dysonf at 8:45 a.m. on
Thursday, February 10th.
After three nights and a pile
of parking tickets, three cars
were towed from Donnelly Parking Lot early Wednesday morning, February 9th.
Leave it on the field."
A student swinging and twirling glow sticks attached to a
rope accidentally punched the
smoke detector in Marian Hall
and set off the alarm around
11:45 p.m., February 9th.
Katie Wenthren
sophomore
" What violence ? I
guess security is doing
a good job."
Kim Kochem
sophomore
Champagnat came in second
place this week for the amount
alcohol confiscated: Security
confiscated a case of Busch . ... A male.student decided to • female Old Townhouse resident
beer, two bottles of Heineken, ignore a "boot" ticket received this past week. However, this
one bottle of vodka* 1/2 bottle from security on Thursday, Feb- visitor is unwelcome and banned
of BlackHouse Schnapps, one ruary 10. However, Securiry from all residence halls at Marist
bottle of Amarreto, multiple identiified the owner and would College;
bottles of Zima, arid 1/2 gallon like to notify the owner that if
Assistant Vice President,
the car is seen anywhere on
of Absolut Vodka.
Bruce Wagner, had his : vehicle
campus it will be towed.
booted, Tuesday February 7
However, Marian Hall was the
winner this week. Just minutes
A male non resident Marist because he failed to display a
fter midnight on Saturday Feb- student made an effort to visit a parking sticker.
ruary 12, a party comprising of
six Marist students and two visitors had fourteen bottles of various varieties of alcohol taken
away.
Career Services Has Moved
Career Services would like to
remind students of the services
they offer which include: resume
reading, on campus recruiting,
and a different theme focusing
on a major every month. The
Career Center is now located in .
the library Suite 332. For more
Sheehan Hall had fifteen cans
information, call x3543.
of beer and one visitor seized
this past weekend.
Now it's your turn
Calling all Marist students! If
A Champagnat resident atyou have a band, and event, a tempted to give her ID card to a
club, or any other event you visitor in order to enter
would like to see featured in Champagnat Hall at 8 p.m. on
campus corner, contact the Tuesday, February 8th. HowCircle, at x 2429 ovHZAL.
ever, the non-Champagnat resident had a baritone voice, very
short hair, and too much facial
hair to use a female ID card.
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"I think its ridiculoous
that violence occurs so
close to campus. You'd
think secuirty would
drive by the diner once
and awhile to protect
.students."
Mike Stanton
sophomore
A Marist Cheerleader
tumbled;wrong and landed on
her neck during practice on February 10. She was escorted by
Security o St Francis.
Today in History
put a strain on the campus network, causing the system to
slow for people seeking to access the web and e-mail.
"If a few are allowed to monopolize the network bandwidth, that affects everyone
•who wishes to use the network,"
she said. "Recently, some colleges and universities have put
measures in place to prevent the
use of Napster on their network
because of the excessive bandwidth it uses. Marist has yet do
this, but it is not out of the question."
The Recording Industry Association of America shares
those concerns, and measures
have been taken to prevent illegal music from being distributed.
"The RIAA is in a good posi-
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tion right now — we've been
fighting music piracy for a long
time and we know what
works," Frank Creighton,
RIAA Senior Vice President
and Director of Anti-Piracy
said. "As a result, CD plants
are doing their part to clean up
the replication industry and
fewer illegal music sites are
turning up on university servers."
The RIAA has responded to
rampant piracy by sending
thousands of cease and desist
orders to internet sites which
post music files for public
download. The result has been
fewer venues from which to
obtain illegally distributed music.
"We|re finding sites with
fewer songs available for
download, which means illegal
sound recordings are becom-
ing harder to find," Creighton
said.
Despite the fact that MP3 files
have been used for the most part
in illegal distribution, there are
legal uses for the software.
MP3.com is one of the largest
providers of legal digital music
on the internet, and in conjunction with artists has provided a
way for the music community to
legally share samples with
internet users. Yet the permission of recording artists participating in the MP3.com library
has apparently not been
enough to keep the fledgling
company from a lawsuit at the
hands of the RIAA.
"Since inception, MP3.com
has.faced the increasingly aggressive tactics of the RIAA
and its leadership," Michael
Robertson, CEO of MP3.com,
said in a February 7 press re-
lease. "After we get to the bottom of all of their actions toward
MP3.com, we will vigorously
pursue all of our legal remedies."
MP3.com has responded by
filing a countersuit, the details
of which are not yet known.
The RIAA has also slapped
the Napster Music Community
with a lawsuit, citing similar
charges to those in the MP3.com
case. Referring to the Napster
Music Community as a "giant
online pirate bazaar", RIAA senior executive and general counsel Cary Sherman summed up
the charges in a 1999 press conference.
"We love the idea of using
technology to build artist communities, but that's not what
Napster is all about," Cary said.
"Napster is about facilitating piracy, and trying to build a business on the backs of artists and
copyright owners."
The subsequent actions could
directly affect high bandwidth
business and university users,
if the RIAA makes good on its
promise to focus on digital piracy. Martha McConaghy
pointed out that students here
should have a feel for what is
legal and what is not.
"Marist has a clear policy on
the acceptable usage of our network. When a student registers
to be on the network, they are
bound by this policy, which includes statements about the illegal use of software and MP3
files," she said. "It does demonstrate that law enforcement
agencies are now taking such
things very seriously and that
students will be held accountable for their actions."
WMCR goes to the World Wide Web
byLEEPARK
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Marist College's radio station,
WMCR, hasiinally found a way
to boost their signal: broadcasting pn the Internet,
; Plans are underway right now
to broadcast WMCR over the
World Wide Web via a Real Audio stream. As of now, the plan
is to go through a private server
not affiliated with the college.
"The stream can work with any
media player, including Winamp,
Windows media player, and so
forth," said junior Dan Will, who
is handling the technical setup
of the project.
According to Will, who has
his own setup for a Real Audio
music broadcast, the signal will
come through in compact disc
quality.
"With (the Internet broadcast), the radio station will be
broadcast around the ..world,"
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The private server, as of yet
undetermined, will allow
WMCR to broadcast completely legally without any
type of license. The different
servers being looked at are
mycaster.com, live365.com, and
c o 11 e g e m u s i c e o m .
Collegemusic.com seems to be
the favorite, as a Marist alumni
who works there is helping to
set up the program. All of these
servers are free for non-profit
radio stations, like Marist's station, according to Will.
"Collegemusic.com specializes
in traditional college radio," said
WMCR President Ian Philbrick.
"They: send hardware that goes
directly from the rnixer to the
server, so there's a clearer broadcast."
However, since the station
will soon be available worldwide, this means that the
station's student disc jockeys
will have to limit their on-air antics.
"We're being even more strict
with our disc jockeys," said
WMCR Vice President and Pro-
MURDERS: Local college campuses become focus for violence \
affected by the issues of do- port group, a Rape Crisis/Antimestic violence and violent Violence Support Center and a
crime.
For example, Columbia peer counseling service over the
professor at Rutgers Law
University,
where Roskot was telephone.
School who is a specialist in
Sophomore Jonelle Formato
domestic violence research,
says that she was in shock when
claims that college-aged women
first heard about the cases
are the most likely to experience "Women in
their she
at
Columbia,
Westchester Comdomestic violence.
teens and 20's are munity College and Montclair
"Worrien in their teens and
State University.
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tims of domestic violence than tims of domestic viothe
could go out and
older women: College-students lence
than older kill.boyfriends
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may be more likely to accept trawomen.
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unless
there
were
signs to
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they are more susceptible to likely to accept tra- were signs, she should have
done something," she said.
peer pressure to stay in a reladitional
sex
roles,
in
Erika Hanson, a sophomore
tionship," she said.
Communications major, did not
which
the
man
Yalixa Garcia, a sophomore at
about the recent outbreaks
Marist College, has heard about dominates
the hear
of domestic violence.
the recent outbreaks of violence woman .
"I don't think that violence is
on college campuses.
a problem, at least not here at
"It is very disturbing! There is
- Sandy Goldfarb, Marist, because colleges aren't
no need for that to happen, and
Domestic Violence going to publicize things that
it could have been prevented.
positive. The only reason
SpecialistRutgers aren't
There is no need for people to
you hear about it is if the police
react that way if they are upset
Law School
are involved," she said.
with somebody," she said.
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gram Director Doug Guarino.
"They're going to need to stick
to a 'more music' format, as opposed to long spaces between
songs."
The station also plans to
implement a five-second delay
system as a safeguard toprohibit any inappropriate language from reaching the airwaves.
"Pending approval from College Activities, we hope to have
the stream available soon," said
Will.
Guarino also said that the
server will allow 300 people to
log on at one time. This should
eliminate the problem of having
the signal be only 1/8 watt.
Therefore, everyone on campus
and off campus will be able to
hear the station clearly.
"We will have posters and
other advertisements that will
say where the site is, once we
have it up, which could be by
Spring Break," said Philbrick.
WMCR's format will remain the
same, according to Philbrick. Between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., modern
rock is played. From 7 p.m. to 9
p.m., sports and news take over.
Hip hop and dance are played
from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m., and from
11 p.m. until 1 a.m., specialty
shows take place.
Since the station broadcasts 24
hours a day, "mix" CDs run during the wee hours of the night.
SGA Elections
byDQUGGUAMNO
Asst. Managing Editor
Depending on who is elected
President, SGA may be host to
significant changes in the coming year. ;
At this year's Presidential debate, candidates.Ben.Amarone,
Mike Stanick and Sethi Tyminski
were often in disagreement as
to how the problems currently
facing,Marist's student.body
should be dealt with. On some
issues such as student housing
however, they -were in agreement.'. ' , ' :,:/-''• -''• •-' /..
According to Amarone, residential crowding.should no
longer be a significant problem
thanks to current plans to build
additional townhouses.
"Administration has already
taken care of this problem by
building new townhouses past
West Cedar," said Amarone.
"That should alleviate some of
the problems that upperclassmen are having right now."
Tyminski agreed, and said that
the source of die problem lies in
the Admissions Office, rather
than the Housing Department
"The Housing Department is
doing a great j o b , " said
Tyminski. "I think the problem
lies within Admissions and the
. fact that a lot of people want to
. come [toMarist]."
, In a response to criticism that
SGA does not sufficiently communicate with the sbderit body,
Stanick proposed a solution to
increase campus-wide involvement- ' .'
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Townhall meeting where everybody has a. say," said Stanick,
"We. should also employ, t h e
Circle, MCTV,and WMCR texget
the word out. Right now those
are underutilized resources."
As far as what the role of fraternities and sororities should be
on campus is concerned, there
was some disagreement
amongst the three candidates.
Stanick saidbe was skeptical of
the nature of Greek life,
"I think Greek life has some
very negative aspects," said
Stanick. "They are very secretive, arid on a campus this size, I
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think we should know what is
going on. I think the only fraternities we should have on
campus are honorary ones that
recognize academic achievement."
Tyminski however, said that
incidents that caused some of
the Marist fraternities to lose
their charters were in the past.
"What's in the past is in the
past," said Tyminski. "I think
we need to look to the future."
Amafone said that he agreed
COFFEE SHOP:
Rumors put to rest
ing to John McGinty, director
...continued from pg. 1
of the library.
"We do not allow food and
morning coffee to wake him up.
"I'd like to see it staffed be- drink in the library; that is what
fore 8 a.m. classes," he said. "I'd the coffee bar is used for," he
like to get something to drink said. 'The bar ambiance is designed to be a relaxing place for
before I go to class."
The coffee shop serves many a study or coffee break for the
items beyond their trademark students."
Green Mountain Coffee. Other
In the future, there may be
items they serve include bottled several changes to the coffee
beverages including water, tea, shop, according to Heavey.
soda and frapachinos. In addi"Probably, we will try to intion to beverages, the coffee crease offerings in food and
shop serves fresh fruit, pastries beverage, respond to more stuand baked goods. Junior, dent input, and open when
Michael Craig, who works at the people are likely to want things,"
library circulation desk, said the he said.
selection was not bad.
The library is also ready to
"They need more food, more change some things in the fudanishes, more variety, but what ture said McGinty. According
they have is pretty good," he to him, both Sodexho Dining
Services and the Library will cosaid.
While there are not many com- ordinate on usage of hours and
plaints, there is always some in providing food and drink. «
Some students, including
possible food suggestions. Student Body President Ryan Michael Esemia, said they were
Hunter said he would enjoy a content with the coffee shop as
it is.
wider selection.
"It is fine the way it is," he
"Personally, I would like to see
more desert selections, Sodexo said.
Hammer agreed with Esemia
baked cookies, donuts and
that the coffee shop is an intecakes," he said.
To maintain the quality of the gral part of the library.
"I think it is run pretty good,"
library's new furniture, some
rules have been made, accord- he said.
that negative incidents involving fraternities are few arid far
between.
. | .
I think those were isolated incidents, and that those fraternities have paid their dues," said
Amarone.
Campus Security was also the
focus of much debate, with candidates calling for an increase
campus patrols. In addition,.
Stanick said that extending a
fence along the length of Route
9 could also help.
"Personally, I think security
should have more of a presence
felt, especially in.the evening
hours," said Stanick. "A fence
cquld possibly be a solution
since the campus covers such a
wide area."
Tyminski, however, said that
erecting a fence would be taking security a step to far.
The Praxis Beat
byHANNEHKALYOUSSEF
Staff Writer
The Praxis program consists
of people who arc kind enough
to open their hearts in the pursuit of helping those who are in
need. There are many different
kinds of needs: needs range
from volunteers to help build a
house to volunteers to offer
guidance and advise as a mentor to children.
Here is the description of some
of the many possible Praxis
projects that are in existence at
Marist College. One of the all
time most popular is working
with Habitat for Humanity in
building homes for those families who can not afford to buy a
home. The program starts off by
the National Habitat for Humanity Board choosing the family
and the location. Then members
of local organizations of Habitat volunteer to work on the
house in conjunction with the
hired professionals and the family, who need to put in at least
500 hours of labor into the
house as well. All the materials
and labor are donated by large
companies and local people.
The family then gets a low interest mortgage rate from Habitat.
Marist College's Habitat organization built the first Habitat
house in the Dutchess County
area. The Habitat program is
also just finishing a house on
Sunset
Avenue
in
Poughkeepsie. Raychel Grestini,
a senior in the program, said it
has been a positive experience
working with the Habitat for
Humanity.
"It was so rewarding helping
others who are less fortunate
than myself, it gives me a chance
to utilize my talents to help others," she said.
Every spring break Habitat
goes to another state to help
build homes there. In the past
they have been to Kentucky, Virginia and many other places.
This spring break, Habitat will
be helping to build a house in
South Carolina.
Maureen Connolly, a junior at.
Marist, really enjoyed her time
working with the Habitat project
"It's fulfilling lo work with as a
team to accomplish such a extraordinary goal - to actually
build a house," Connolly said.
Another praxis project is the
Clothesline project. This project
deals with the issue of abuse.
This project is literally a clothes1
line that is filled with tec shirts
of many colors and many different sizes. On each of these tec
shirts is a message. It could be
a written letter,.poem, or even
picture. The meanings deal with
issues of abuse. They arc from
women, children, friends, family,
and men who have experienced
or have had a family member or
friend who has been sexually
assaulted, battered or even murdered. This clothesline runs
mi les long and there are so many
shirts that even hung in succession, they are too numerous
to hung up all at once,
Debra Alfano, a senior who
has participated in the Clothes
line project several times said
the Clothesline project pro
vides a voice for those who
have been victims of abuse.
"Domestic violence is a silent
epidemic that our nation needs
to address. The Clothesline
project is a powerful way to help
break the silence," she said.
The Gender Equality club and
. college activities tries.lp^bring
this project to campus once
each semester and it is usually
held on the campus green (in
front of the rotunda) or held
during the annual Praxis Forum.
While this event is going on
they also allow others to make
a shirt that expresses their experiences or shows their support.
'
To contact the Gender Equality .club please" call extension
7154. To join the Marist chapter of Habitat for Humanity,
please contact the president,
Dan Nowlan at x4138, the advisor, Hem Borromeo at x3789, or
leave a message on the club
voice mail at x7910.
the audience was that ninety the time over to having the dempercent of people remember their onstrators show the audience
very first kiss. "I was always some of the kisses in the book.
interested in kissing," he said.
Most of the volunteers had
Mike Russo, Vice President for never kissed before and had an
Student Programming, said that hour of practice with Cane beStudent Programming Council fore the show.
• members saw Cane at a confer- Not all the "couples" were just
ence and knew from the reac- friends or complete strangers;
tions there that students here one couple is actually dating.
would enjoy his presentation.
The students showed the audience everything from a
first kiss to a
vacuum kiss
to a' French
kiss.
Mike
Russo, Vice
President for
Student Programming,
said that getting people to
volunteer
wasn't all that
easy. T h e
members of
Student Programming
Council had
to make a few
phone calls to
friends to finally recruit
all the people
needed.
Brian Close,
junior, said
that being a
demonstrator
was pretty
Random people were willing
to kiss each other on Saturday
night in front of a crowd of a
hundred of their fellow. Marist
students; but they weren't at
McCoys and they hadn't been
drinking.
These twelve students were
willing to volunteer
as demonstrators
for William Cane's
The Art of Kissing
multi media presentation.
Cane has given
this lecture at several colleges and is
an English professor at. Boston College. He has written
several books other
then The Art of
Kissing including
The Art of Hugging
and the Art of Kissing: Book of Questions and Answers.
He also edited a collection'ofq'ubtations
about kissing: The
B o o k ' o f Kisses/
More Than 500 of
the Most Passionate, Romantic, Outlandish, and Wonderful Quotations on
the Intimate Art of
Kissing.
The Art of Kissing
has been reprinted Brian's a little Close for comfort...
into sixteen languages and has "Everyone likes to kiss so we
been published in eighteen figured it would be something
countries. After writing the book good to bring to Marist and
The Art of Kissing he began something a little different," he
giving multi media presenta- said.
Cane filled audience members
tions that incorporate segments
in
on the meaning of different
from the book along with volkisses
and some of the feedback
unteer demonstrations. He has
also appeared on The Today he has gotten since his book
Show, The View arid other tele- was published. For the book
vision and radio stations dis- Cane surveyed 100,000 people
about kissing and the book covcussing his books.
Cane said that he was inter- ers thirty different kisses along
ested in this topic and became with the definitions of kissing
more interested while doing the and the mental thoughts that
are part of kissing. After the
research for this book.
short discussion about the
One statistic he revealed to
book, Cane turned the rest of
Circle photo/Mike Haigh
easy
tO
handle but he was still a little
nervous.
"I was a little nervous because
my parents came up," he said.
Overall, the audience seemed to
enjoy the show and spent most
of the time in hysterics laughing or in shock that these students were willing to participate
in the lecture.
"Very interesting," was all one
audience member could say after the lecture was over with.
Russo said that he enjoyed the
show very much and that the
show went over well.
"Everyone who came enjoyed
themselves," he said.
Tuesday night RAW in the Cabaret
BYSARAHHAASE
Staff Writer
What comes to mind when
you hear the word RAW? Monday night wrestling? The Rock
kicking the creamy filling out of
the Big Show? Or maybe it's
half a tag team throwing half the
opponent on to a wooden table.
Seven years ago however, the
catch phrase RAW took on a
different meaning. In 1993 four
students of Dr. Grinnel's literary
class were randomly placed in a
group for a class project.
Little did Rick Oram, Tina
Tortora, Andrea Murphy and
Christopher Rojek know, that
what started as a group project
seven years ago would end up
being a small still growing on
campus club.
Aside from RAW being nationally known as Monday night
wrestling, RAW is internally
known at Marist as Tuesday
night Reading Arid Writing interactions. What does that
mean?
Well, it doesn't quite involve
any physical wrestling but it
can and may involve written
thoughts about wrestling. Or a
favorite vacation spot, or a pet,
or a friend, or a feeling for that
matter.
RAW simply put is a club that
shows a huge appreciation to
literary art. The purpose of
RAW is to give ANYBODY
who likes to write an audience.
It allows writers to verbally
share their work aloud with others who share the same interest.
Kind of like a coffeehouse.
And as a matter of fact, Tuesday, February 28, at 8:30 p.m.,
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•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••a
•Dear Lusty Lisa:
•
• I like this guy.who lives in
•my building. We get along
"really well, and I think he likes
•'me too. The problem is that I
• think his roommate might like
. m e too. I'm always nice to
•him, so I think he miscons t r u e d that kindness for
•something more. I want to
•pursue things with this guy,
"but I don't want to cause any
•problems between him a'nd
•his roommate.
•
•
anonymous
Dear Lusty Lisa:
1 met this girl through a
friend and I think she's really hot. I see her around
and I want to talk to her, but
I forgot her name. I don't
want to make a fool of myself, and I'm not even sure
if she remembers me. What
should I do?
anonymous
Dear anonymous,
Don't worry. Guys make
fools of themselves in front
of girls all the time; you cer•Dear anonymous,
tainly won't be the first.
•
And it doesn't matter. To
•When it rains it pours, huh?
use a baseball analogy (be•You may go through a
cause baseball and love are
"drought and then all of a
so similar?)', you can't steal
•sudden, you are the object
second without taking your
•of two guys' affection. It
foot off first. Which basi.sounds like a situation to be
cally means that you need
•jealous of, .but. trust,me-it's
to take risks in order lo gain
"not. It's hard because you
something. Ifyou want to
•just want to-be happy, and .
talk to this girl, you risk
•you don't want to hurt anyembarrassment, but you
"body in the process. Some
could also gain a good
•people would look at this as .
friend or something more.
•an ideal situation. You go to
Think about it, what's the
.visit your beau, he's not
worst that could happen?
•there, but his roommate is,
She will reject you. Show
•and you're still in business.
me a person who hasn't
.Of course, I'm not one of
been rejected and I'll show .
•these people. I t ' s hard
you a Marist student who
"enough when the two guys
reads The Nation! We've
•go to school-together and
all been through it, (yes,
•know each other, but their
even me) and it sucks, but
.being roommates makes this
it's apart of life. She should
•situation much more messy.
be flattered that you would
•You firstneed to decide if this
remember her and want to
.relationship is. even worth
talk to her. If she acts like a
•pursuing. If you feel that
stuck-up snob who's too
•there is something between
good for you, don't worry.
•you and this guy, and you
What goes around comes
•need to clarify that, and see
around. Someday, when
"where the two of you stand.
she isn't as hot as she is
•If you see a future with him,
now, she'll be sweating
•you need to let him know
some slammin' guy and
.your.suspicions about his
he'll reject her. The point
•roommate. Then let him take
is, you can't lose if you're
•care or it; you don't want to
in the game. If you swing
.get between the two of them.
at enough pitches, you're
•Heknows hisroommatebet-,
bound to hit a home run
*ter than you do, and he; can
sooner or later.
•handle the situation much
•iriore tactfully." He should
"casually let his roommate
•know that the two of you are
•an item, and knowing this,' Email you relationship
.he'llprqbablybackoff. Look issues and questions of
• o n the bright side- if it matters of the heart to to
"doesn't work put, you always Lusty Lisa @ K8GJ. She
•have his roommate. ,. -- really wantd to help
• • • •'• • • •
that isjust what the PAR room
will be.
RAW interactions normally
meets Tuesday nights at 9:30 in
the old writing center down by
the mailroom. RAW invites
anyone and everyone, whether
you write or not to stop by!
• • • • • • • • •• • • • ••
Bring an original poem, oi
poem by another author that
you particularly like, or even
just a listening ear.
Please see RAWpg. 6...
THE CIRCLE
THE CIRCLE
Features
FEBRUARY 24, 2000
Online shopping: how safe is your credit card?
BYJENWEENTZ
StajfWriter
Picture it: Shopping in the Gap,
and not having to wait on a
single line, or deal with those,
spme what annoying sales associates. And to top off your
glamorous trip to the store you
don't even have to shell out one
penny, just your choice of plastic.
The funny part is, this scenario, which is every shopper's
dream, is no longer that, it is in
fact a reality.^
Shopping online these days
seems to be the craze of just
about every person that owns a
computer, and even those that
don't (where there's a will
there's a way!). But the more
important question to focus on
isn't whether Steve Madden has
your shoe size or whether the
Gap's new spring tank top
comes in blue, but rather, it is
just how safe you are by shopping "incognito".
Thousands and thousands of
Americans, specifically the teenage population, are spending
more and more time clicking their
mouse buttons than actually
thinking about how safe their
credit card numbers are,when
they easily hand them all over
to the online store. It is a wellknown fact that there are ways
to get a hold of passwords, private emails, etc., so why not
credit card numbers?
It is just as easy for a computer hacker to get a hold of
your AOL password as it is for
them to somehow get a hold of
your credit card number. Many
people do not think twice about
giving out that long digit number that in the end purchases a
lot of goods as well as expenses
for them. Some think that such
sites as 1-800-Flowers or
DELIAS.com or even Steven
Madden are safe sites to shop
on, but is it really safe?
Of course most people have
no problem shopping and using their credit cards online, but
it is until some person gets a
hold of this information and then
uses it for their own benefit that
the problems begin.
In a day of age where technology is always improving,
sometimes we look past such
things as our own safety. Sure
shopping online is probably
one of the best inventions
known to man. We can lounge
around all day in our p.j.'s and
not worry about what crazy
thing our hair is doing, while in
fact buying birthday gifts, anniversary presents, or even a
few things for ourselves. It
seems that it's just another reason not to leave the house anymore. Well why should you
when everything you need is
right at your fingertips?
If you do, however, feel the
need to do a little browsing with
your fingers on the keys, then
keep in mind some important
• guidelines. .'•;.
:v ;
First make sure thatyou are
shopping at reputable site.
Make sure that the site is well
known one and not some rinkydink one that has been visited
by about two people.
Second, if you feel a little uncomfortable about shopping
online, then call the company
whose web page you' 11 be looking at to. ask questions. Ask
whether or not they've had any
problems before or if there
should be any reason not to
shop at their site. If you can't
find a number on their web site,
it probably means they are not
too reputable and you and your
credit card should stay clear.
The third precaution you can
take is to make sure you are using a secure Web browser. This
will insure that none of your
credit card information can be
found out.
Finally you should call your
credit card company to see how
much online liability you have.
Some credit card companies
don't offer any right now, and
some offer about $50 on average. For more information you
could also check out sites on
safe shopping, such as
www.thirdage.com/features/
tech/shopping/index.html.
So next time you're not
feeling too hot and your hair is
one ball of confusion, kick back,
grab a cup of coffee, and let your
fingers do the shopping. What's
next virtual fitting rooms?
Snapshots 1f
Three of Marist's most eligible bachelors get together
for an evening of good times , good spirits, and cruising for chicks. Ladies, keep you eyes peeled.
STUDY AND INTERN
ABROAD NEXT YEAR!
Application deadline
for Fall 2000:
For more information andan , .
application visit the office of::
Marist Abroad
Programs
Wehaverelociudto:
Library, Room 334
Internship programs:
Tel: (914)575-3330
E-mail; MeTnatiorjal@rnaristedu
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The average woman kisses 72 men by the
time she gets married; according to a
. GlAMOtiR magazine poll.. ;
LEO
The emphasis today could be
on emotions. Be calm and patient with a person who's easily
upset. This could take up most
of you rday, but try not to get
mad. Take it easy
M
Distinctive programs that .
combine internships in most
majorfieldswith course
work at host institutions.
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GEMINI
Theoretically, this should be a
good day for making money. It
might not turn put quite as well
as you hope. If somebody promises you something that's almost too good to be true.well,
get a clue, and get it in writing.
LIBRA
Others' nerves will be on edge
today, and their feelings will be
close to the surface. The best
way to get on their good side is
toask for moneysaving tips.
Don't just ask, actually do these
"things and save money.
HI
OS
CANCER
Lots of different things will go
quite well for you now. This is
wonderful, especially after the
garbage you've been through
forthe past few days. You could
even makesome easy money.
SCORPIO
You'll be most successful in romance if you're waxing nostalgic with somebody you've
known for a long time. Don't
spend all day playing, though.
Something important must get
done before tomorrow.
Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Easy Recipes
SAGITTARIUS
You may feel that something has
to get done. That's partially because you're being nagged by
your own conscience and from
an actual human being. Romance could be a hassle, too.
Don't plan on getting together
now; you have to work!
AQUARIUS
You're an analytical person. You
can usually figure out whatever
you need to know, through science or logic. Today, that won't
necessarily be the case. You'll
experience pressures that aren' t
easily explained. So, take care,
especially if money's concerned.
Here's a meat-free recipe for the vegetarians out there!
This healthy dish is quick and easy, so even the
busiest student or kitchen incompetents can eat well.
Greatfor breakfast or anytime!
Ingredients:
l/2cupvegetableoil
2 cups Southern-style hash brown potatoes, thawed
8 eggs
2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon sail
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 package (16 ounces) frozen bell pepper and onion
mix, thawed and drained
Quito, ECUADOR
Florence, ITALY
Dublin, IRELAND
MADRID, SPAIN
Also available:
• Aix-en-Provence, France
• Limerick, Ireland
• London, England
. • Monterrey, Mexico
, • Oxford, England
• Quito, Ecuador
Don't miss out on a once in a lifetime
opportunity!!
Directions:
Heal the oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add the
potatoes and cook for 12-15 minutes, or until soft,
stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, in a large bowl,
whisk together the eggs, cheese, salt and black pepper.
Stir in the bell peppers and onion mix, then pour over
the potatoes. Reduce the heat to medium, cover, and
cook for 8-10 minutes, or until the eggs are completely
set. Cut into wedges and serve. Yields 4-6 servings.
L
Blast From the Past:
First weekend raises roofs
*
PISCES
Things move along quickly, with
opportunities and problems
popping up here and there.
You'll hear a lot about what
works.best for others. You care
about them, of course, Let them
know what works best for you!
Off Campus this Weekend
LECTURE
(next to Career Services) ;
WWW. maristedu/mternan'onal
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Vegetable Frittata
b
Leeds, ENGLAND
So hopefully now, a
club that has often been mistaken for a club that has to do
with wrestling, has been cleared
up. Hopefully when you read
signs or hear about an upcoming RAW interactions event,
you will know a little more about
the club. To get the whole idea
though, I encourage you to
record the last half hour of Party
of Five and drop by the old writing center and give RAW a try.
We all have at least one poem
we know is damn good. Why
not share it at RAW INTERACTIONS!
Hor oscopes
VIRGO
You may have the opportunity
to learn something new - and
CAPRICORN
TAURUS
There's quite a lot of behind- soon: This could be a skill or Sometimes you don't want to be
the-scenes wheeling and deal- craft that you can use to improve bothered by a crowd, but today
ing going on. If you want to your lifestyle. Unfortunately, it it could be interesting. You
stay in the loop, you're going conflicts with whatever you're could learn something new.
to have to pay attention/Also, doing now to pay the rent. This You're also apt to encounter
somebody you'd like to know
be respectful to the person most is a temporary condition.
better.
likely to be in control of the situation.
RAWContinued from pg. 5
est.
FEBRUARY 24, 2000
ARTES
This is going to be an emotional
day for some people. You probably don't feel comfortable in
emotional situations. You hate
it when somebody nearby
bursts into tears, for no apparent reason. Make sure it's not
over something you said.
March 15
Senior, Kate Kasper, the student
head of RAW, looks at the club
as a fun interactive way of reading and writing poetry. And I
can assure you that she doesn't
feel that way because of the
position she holds. This started
as a small interest when she
joined RAW as a freshman and
has gotten all that she could out
of the club.
Raw personally inspired Kate to take on new writing styles and techniques. It
sparked an interest in her to
write more often and to try new
literary ways. Not only that, but
it had brought her closer to
people that share a similar inter-
Features
PAGE 6
Beginning February 24 Thursday In Dutchess County:
""Ethics, Justice, Democracy and the Environment: What Do We Owe to Future Generations?" Bertelsmann Campus Center, Bard College, Rtc. 9G, Annandalc. Open
Forum Series
sponsored by Center for Environmental Policy. 7:30pm. Free. 758-7071."
MISCELLANEOUS
Saturday, February 26 "American Heart Walk.
Poughkeepsje High School. Forbus SwPoughkeepsie.
Walk of run, alone or ina'group, this waikalhon is a fun, non-competitive way to help
the American Heart Assn. fight cardiovascular-disease. 8am. $25 minimum donation.
462-3905."
MUSIC ATTHE CHANCE
Fri - 25 ThePushstars w/ 7 East - Paul Byrne & the Bleeders $8
Sat - 26 WDST PRESENTS:
Cowboy Junkies w/ Josh Rouse Doors open at 6:00 $20
Sun - 27 88.7 The Edge Presents:
Dance Hall Crashers w/ Cooter - Flipside - One Man Army
- Doors open at 6:00 $10
Wed-1
Lit w/ 22 Jacks - The Fuzzies
Doors open at 7:00 $12
ART
Barrett Art Center 55 Noxon Street, Poughkeepsie
"It's About Time!" exhibition of clock art by 50 Hudson Valley artists, through March «
4 "Millennium Exhibition" through March 4, 47 i -2550
Editor's note: This is an origi- organized. Although they got
nal article taken /romThe off to a slow start, it didn't take
Circle, September 17,1981. It has long for them to liven up. When
been reprinted exactly, and any the night was over it was a good
grammatical orjournalistic er- time for everyone.
rors are the fault of the editor The Benoit and Gregory party
at that time, not ours.
seemed to have a bit of animosity between them. Complaints
were made about cliques between the houses and the lack
BY JOANNA ROSATO
of food (35 hot dogs between
"I go to parties sometimes un- both houses). Although the
til four, it's hard to leave when music was good and there was
you can't find the door..." (Joe plenty of dancing, suggestions
were given for other parties, inWalsh)
These words rang true once cluding a barbeque or an open
again when Marist's annual bar. All told, residents had a
Welcome Back house parties good time with their friends.
took place on Friday night, Sep- If you didn't enjoy yourself at
tember 4. For some it was a taste one of the house parties there
of campus parties to come, for was a chance to redeem your
others it was more of a reunion, fun at the mixer. Held in the cafbut for all it was the first chance eteria on Saturday night, the
to have a good time on campus. mixer featured music by Opus,
In Sheahan and Leo freshmen (who did everything from Devo
enjoyed popular music and new to Bruce), a cover charge of 25
acquaintances. Beer and wine cents, (where can you beat
was served along with six foot that?), and continuous dancing.
subs (probably the best food Everyone had a great time due
they'd eaten all week). All in all to the energy created by the
it was a good night and in the number of people who atwords of one RA, "the parties tended.
were a success and went over
In retrospect, the first weekwell."
end of the semester was a good
The Champagnat house par- one to get both acquainted and
ties, held in the fourth and sixth reacquainted with each other.
floor lounges, had members of
all four houses dancing, drinking beer and wine and munching on cheese, crackers and This is a regular feature that
cold cuts. Most people had a will now appear weekly mThe
good time but felt the parties Circle.
could have been a little more
THE CIRCLE
FEBRUARY 24, 2000
Op-Ed
Op-Ed
FEBRUARY 24, 2000
The views expressed on these pages are not necessarily those of The Circle
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CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW... ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OR OF THE PRESS...
Parking at Marist
means cruising for spots
For years the parking lot was for
cuss the issue.
Some commuters were upset at commuters. Now it's not. But
I attended the Town Hall Meet- the meeting that they were be- no one seems to want to enforce
ing on parking on Monday and ing picked on because they park the new rules. There are secufound that some problems will in my lot. Sorry, but it's a fact rity guards over by the Lowell
not be solved before I graduate that commuters do park there. Thomas and Dyson Parking lots
in May. I live in the old If all adjunct faculty or people ensuring that only authorized
townhouses. I have a sticker with West Cedar stickers de- vehicles enter the lots. Why
for the townhouse parking lot. cided to park in my lot I would can't the Townhouse lot have a
That does not mean I always have a problem with that too. security guard too? It would
have a spot in the townhouses Stickers are handed out on a save them on all the nasty
lot. Often I return from intern- number basis and when fifteen phone calls I am sure they get
ing, an errand, or work, to find people come into a lot in which when disgruntled students have
the lot full to capacity and sev- they are not authorized to park no place to park.
eral cars parking around the is- problems occur. All the people If I park over in another lot I
lands. I call security. I leave my who have stickers and no spot could be ticketed because my
car in front of my house and wait usually end up parking illegally. sticker does not authorize me to
for a spot. I cannot go far be- Are we blocking fire lanes and park there. AH! Can we ever
cause I need to baby-sit my car other roadways sometimes? win? Or at least not be punished
until someone leaves. I don't Yes. Should we be. No. So for other people breaking the
want a ticket. Security says I give me a the spot I am entitled rules!
can go park in Hoop Lot, but I to and let me follow the rules.
Allow me to propose several
didn't get up before the sun rose The problem is that people feel solutions to some of the parkto get a parking sticker that I jerked around so they figure ing problems. In larger lots, such
cannot use. I am sorry if com- mat they can jerk around every- as McCann, have some rows
muters and other drivers feel one else. "I don't always find a with narrower spots and some
entitled to park in the spot up in the townhouse lot, with regular size spots. My high
townhouses lot. They aren't. so when my friends come to school parking lot had such a
Show me your sticker, let secu- visit, they all park up here. Once : system and it made for more
rity tell you who is^ailowed in ••'V-r6therpeople start following die ^pots'for everyone. People with
which lot and men we can dis- rules, so will I. " We're bitter. compact cars parked in the combyKARENE-SHULTZ
DearEditor,
•
I would like to take this opportunity to voice some of my complaints (as well as
many other students) about some of the lousy policies of this school regarding the
new library. I hope that someone mat is running for student government reads this,
because they willwin if they canfixthese simple little things.
Firstly; why does the library close so early? For the $18 million dollars that we all
paid for that damn building, I'd expect that it'd be opened past midnight. What's up
with that? Do all students suddenly say "Oh, it's midnight, time to stop studying"?
I really don't think so. I think that it should be opened 24 hours or at the minumum
opened until 2:00 am. I mean, it'sridiculus,maybe it's just me but I think that many
other student would agree with me.
Another problem is the babying that goes on in the library. I have heard stories of
these stupid security guards (and the ones without uniforms) coming up and yelling
at students for having cough drops. COUGH DROPS, please! If I'm studying and
one of those people has enough gall to come up and lecture me for that or eating
gum in the library, I will smack them upside the head with whatever blunt object is
closest to me. Did their parents pay for the library? NO but mine did and as long as
I (a 20 year old) can be responsible enough to use a trash can (which I easily can do),
I don't think these people have the right to treat me like I am in 3rd grade.
I wish that this school would use this library to better capacity and make it more
accessible to the students. This library, that Marist is so proud of, is a quite lovely
investment but it's a WASTE OFMONEY, if we can't use it and if there are going to
be people hastling students while they are working. Most students like the new
library and want it to be kept nice and don't want to ruin it STOP treating us as
children and let us study in peace and at whatever hour we want to. I mean, these
library policies are almost asridiculusas the security policies (that might be my next
submission, so I'm not going to even get started).
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byBENJAMINJ.BRENKERT
In a few months Marist's
building campaign will enter its
final phase.- The newly erected
Fontaine Hail will open and professors will settle into their offices. The migration of the
humanity's faculty will provide
much needed space for Marist's
developing music program.
Phase one in the structural development, improvement and
reform of Marist will be completed.
Now, for the twenty-first century Marist must concentrate on
reforming and developing new
programs of study, while at the
same time focusing on "growing up." The great tradition of
Champagnatt and the beautiful
campus must be reinforced by
greater internal reforms. Without added degree programs and
a reform in the Student Government Association, Marist will
continue to be predominately
known as a school for communications and computers.
The time has come for Marist
to offer a Baccalaureate in Music, Masters in all the Humanities, especially those areas
where one can ascertain a
teaching license. Without these
programs and others like them,
i.e. the doctorate in education
or psychology, Marist will continue to be overshadowed by
other contending colleges and
universities. Academics must
take priority! Marist can no
longer attract prospective students with the same old campaign, which stresses the beautiful Hudson Valley or the newly
erected James A. Canovino Library. Yes, these are some of
the reasons for deciding to attend Marist, but the day has
come when Admissions' tours
should emphasize the educational advances and opportunities available here at Marist.
Marist should not be limited to
its current advanced degrees
and faculty should unite in a
campaign of reform and development
The Student Government Association must be reorganized,
centering around an agenda
that focuses solely on improving the conditions of the Marist
student body. The School of
Communications should take
immediate control of the radio
and television station. The radio station should not be run
like a club, nor should SGA control the Circle. The School of
Communication and English
Department must clearly support the Circle, and help free the
Circle from its primitive state.
Honorary societies should be
started through the efforts of the
departments they wish to enhance. SGA should not have
the right to determine which
honorary society Marist accepts or declines. By denying
departments and schools the
right to develop special interest
programs, Marist is continuing
to allow SGA the sole right to
develop and enhance academic
programs. What does the Gaelic
Society and the Circle have in
common. Here at Marist they
are both clubs and poorly
equated as such.
Marist has the potential to be
one of the greatest schools in
the nation, and could quite possibly surpass local schools like
Vassar or Bard in eminence.
Today the structural enhancement is almost complete; tomorrow the focus must be on the
development of academic programs and the redistribution of
SGA's powers and responsibilities. Faculty and students must
unite, for ours is a purpose much
more personalized and integral
to the future academic successes of Marist in the twentyfirst century.
pact rows and other cars parked
in the regular size rows. If I got
to school late and all that was
left was a compact car spot, I
parked in it and was more careful when I opened the car door.
When you came late to my high
school you risked having no spot
and having to park on the street
where you were likely to get ticketed. So we dealt with it.
In smaller lots for resident students, number the spots. Each
parking pass has a number and
it will correspond to the number
of the space. Then security can
see which spots are always
empty and find out who doesn't
have a car on campus and has a
parking pass anyway.
Another idea would be the institution of a traffic court so that
maligned students could have
their cases heard. I know of
many students who wrongly received tickets. Lately though,
security has only been ticketing people in the townhouse lot
parking by the islands, those in
spaces were not checked. I
guess it's too cold to walk
around and ticket people. Tom
McLain, Asst. Dir., Office of
Students need to take
class more seriously
new career. If only for the shear
fact that you are paying to be
I walked into class the other here, you should go to class.
day and the professor was not Since many of the Marist stuthere yet. Since she did not dents' parents are paying for
show up to our class earlier that their children's education, they
week, many of my fellow stu- do not know what it is like to
dents got excited. I overheard spend that much money. This
several students talking about makes it easier to sit back and
how they were hoping that she waste this opportunity for edification.
would not show up again.
One of the students said,
Why is that these students do
"Hey, you remember how she not highly value someming as
had a limp. Maybe something important as an education? An
happened to her." Others went education is the basis for how
on about possible reasons why they are going to live their life.
she was not there. Then one College is a chance for us to
bright, intelligent girl went on learn how to think at an adto say that if the professor did vanced level. If you are edushow up, she would just go out cated, you will be able to make
to the bathroom and not come a difference. People should not
back. .
sit back and get caught up in
As a student interested in my the typical "college life". They
own education, I cannot believe should instead step it up and
that other students would say try to learn. This way, in the
these things. We are being end, they will be able to say that
taught how to teach by an ex- they did something; other then
tremely intelligent professor, sit on their a$$ and hope class
and my classmates choose to would not be held. I do not care
undermine their educational if you are an education major or
opportunity. This class is very a chemistry major. You should
pertinent to what the we will be not be hoping that class would
doing in the future, as it is an be canceled. Instead you
education class filled with stu- should have the drive to learn,
dents that are Psychology/Spe- so in the future you can make a
cial Education or Secondary difference.
Education Majors. By missing
When I am a parent, I know
any of the information given in that I do not want my child
class, the future teachers will taught by someone who was
really only be cheating the chil- not even motivated to learn
dren that they will one day while they were in school. A
teach.
teacher with this attitude could
Is it really that difficult to sit not possibly educate a child to
through an hour and fifteen an acceptable level. Put yourminute class anyway? I know self in the parent's frame of
that many classes can be bor- mind, would you want your son
ing, but this is definitely not or daughter educated by someone. Possibly, I could entertain one that is as unmotivated as
the fact that someone would get the students found in the short
bored in a class that is not di- anecdote provided?
rectly related to their major. If
you cannot sit in a class that is
of the utmost importance to your
major it is time to think about a
byJAREDAVIGLIANO
THE CIECLE
THE CIRCLE
FEBRUARY 24, 2000
PAGE 10
The views expressed on these pages areriotnecessarily those of The Circle
SGA elections are tim^forichaiige
cally take less of an interest in
this annual brouhaha, as we are
on the way into a world where
Campaign season is in full there are more important things
swing. The political virus has in life than getting a ticket for
caught many of us, and what spending too much time in the
better way to feed our collec- mailroom. To any concerned
tive heads than by weighing the parties, I will offer, if I may be
candidate's positions on the is- so bold, my personal convicsues, scanning the daily news, tions on Marist's many "pressattending the primaries, and, ul- ing" controversies.
timately, voting for the candiCONDOMS: Memo to the
date who wears a nicer suit.
, faculty- Marist students have
Whether this year's season of sex. Lots of it. Some on a
political football turns out to be nightly basis, with multiple
more about real change or smil- partners, occasionally at once.
ing rhetoric, one thing is certain. They didn't used to call
This is the time of year that gets Sheehan Hall "cohabitation
us thinking. Thinking about key nation" for nothing. Some seissues like globalization, immi- niors may remember Leo Hall's
gration, campaign finance re- old slogan: "Girls on top, guys
form, and other facts of modern on the bottom- that's the Leo
life that many of us never knew way." It's no secret that Marist
we cared about before. And is a tight community (no pun
then there are the facets of ev- intended), and many of the stueryday life that we all carry opin- dents seem to know each other
ions on: education, tax reform, on at least a name basis after
and my new hairdo. Ahh... tis the first year. The possibility
the season to be civic minded. y for the spread of disease is
And don't look now, but an- more than just a figment of our
other election has already collective imagination. Compassed: SGA elections for Stu- bine that with the fact that
dent Body President. T h e nothing ruins a good college
crafty, compassionate conser- career like an unplanned pregvative Ryan Hunter is exiting, nancy, and you've got two exwith visions of law school danc- cellent reasons to make
ing in his dead. Seniors typi- condoms both accessible and
endorsed on campus.
ALCOHOL: Memo to the faculty, number two- Marist students drink alcohol. Lots of it.
Some on a nightly basis, with
friends, occasionally, into
oblivion. The myth of a "dry"
campus only adds to the hypocrisy that oozes through the many
flawed policies outlined in our
student handbook. The "dry"
campus fallacy is shamelessly
pushed to parents during tours,
to convince them of Marist's
moral integrity. I think my; parents almost bought it. While the
caliber of many Marist student's
moral fiber is nonpareil, the
doubletalk of this policy undermines our college's very mission
statement. A values oriented
curriculum is an excellent idea;
lying to the people who write the
checks is not. To my understanding, a dry campus means no alcohol. The interpretation here
seems to be more like, "register
your party with an RA and then
get wasted- no one under 21 allowed." If we may just allow a
glimmer of reality into the school
policies, we would see that college students are, technically,
adults. Adults need to learn selfcontrol, tolerance, and self-respect. Lift the "semi-dry" rule
and they can learn these values'
there will always be a parking
crunch. Mr. Wagner also said
that some prospective students might not come to Marist
if they didn't allow sophomores and some freshman to
park here. Well, that pretty
much sums it all up for me. It's
all about money. If a student
doesn't come here because the
parking situation isn't up to his
or her standards then I guess
academics aren't first priority
forthosestudents. But if that'swhat Marist wants.;... Wagner
said that it costs nine thousand
dollars per space to build a
parking garage. Pricey! That's
why we just have parking lots
and not garages. But if more
and more people are admitted
you will need more faculty and
student parking. The problem
will not solve itself.
No answers were given as to.
where you should park when
your designated lot is full. We
are waiting to hear. Until then I
will be cruising the parking lot
for a space everyday hoping to
see a tow truck opening up some
spaces. Happy parking!
by PATRICK WHITTLE
PARKING...
cont'd, from pg. 9...
McLain, Asst. Dir., Office of
Safety & Security, said that the
money from tickets goes to the
general Marist fund and the se- ;
curity officers don't work on
commission. But some days
you'd think they did.
Ultimately we need more parking spaces or fewer cars on campus or a combination of both.
Bruce Wagner, of Human Resources, said that Marist is
working on making more parking across Route 9, but if Marist
keeps accepting more people
Karen is a Communication Radip/TV/Film major who is glad
she will not have to search for a
parking spot after May 2000
themselves. Until then, we have
a "damp" campus, and no one
seems interested in serving as
the sponge.
PARKING: People, this is not
an issue. Suck it up and walk
200 yards to from Midrise to
Lowell Thomas, or whatever
grievous hardship the campus'
parking inadequacies have trust
upon you. More cars is exactly
what this campus does not
need, so maybe you might want
to consider leaving your carbon
monoxide-spewing death machine at home. The aesthetics
of the campus could easily be
hurt by more blacktop, be it in
the North End; West Cedar II,
or elsewhere. And no, the college should not have to fund a
shuttle-bus to haul students
across Route 9. That guy from
the Berties' bus freshman year
may be looking for work, but it
is not our responsibility to find
it for him by being lazy, slovenly degenerates.
DIVERSITY: Orperhaps lack
thereof, to beat a dead issue.
The "N"-word flies high at
Marist if you haven't noticed.
Coming from Massachusetts
(the communist state to the
northeast of here), I was not
subjected to too much prejudiced babble growing up. At
Marist, white, middle-class, intelligent students drop the "N"bomb like they drop freshman
Bio. And people wonder" why
we have such an ethnically homogenous student body? A n
outsider might think, not
unfoundedly, that Marist serves
as a de facto bastion for the sheltered, the white, and the ignorant. There are many notable
exceptions to this rule on all
three fronts, of course, and it
would be unfair to classify
Marist as being an innately
prejudiced environment. But
hate-speech can be difficult to
avoid here, and hate-speech
codes are not an entirely unrealistic solution when it begins
to spill over into the general
mindset. Speak what you think,
but think when you speak.
The one-man punditocracy
has reared its (his?) ugly head
once again. Keep your eyes on
die elections, nation- and campus-wide., Be.careful about
who's hands in which you place
our future;.it's the only one :
we've got.
Sorry ladies, ( but Patrick
Whittle's weekly photo could
not be printed due to the fact
that I cannot, get this stupid
computer to work.
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Arts & Entertainment
PAGE 11
Sam Hill Victorious in mmmmsmrm
Marist Battle of the Bands
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byEDWILLIAMSin
Staff Writer
Last Thursday night, February' 14, the Marist Cabaret
traded in their burgers and fries
for drums and guitars as the
Class of 2003 sponsored the
Marist College Battle of the
Bands. The event featured
seven different bands, each of
which had some, if not full,
Marist representation. The
seven bands were given a
chance to showcase about four
of their best songs and then the
three judges would narrow them
down to three bands. The winner of this contest would be
decided by the audience's response.
The first band of the evening
was BTA, and they chose to
cover some Our Lady Peace
songs, including such hits as
"Clumsy" and "4 AM." The
band was comprised of freshmen" Braden Russom, Matt
Migliorisi and Peter Shreve. The
band wasn't very experienced
though. "We've only been to- .
gether for nine days. We pretty
much got together just for this
event," said Riiss6fnT:
' The next band up was Shade
of Blue;consisting''of'sopho-1
mores Joe Fontes and Jay
Petrone. Fontes played bass
while Petrone manned the
drums. They were joined by
Mark Andrzejewski, from Connecticut, on vocals. This band
chose to play entirely original
songs with a punk rock feel to
them. They've been together
for about eight months now and
have played around Connecticut as well as at local clubs and
festivals.
The crowd was a bit mellow,
but next up were The Straight
Cold Players, and they pumped
up the crowd. This cover band
was led by vocalist and guitarist Sam Moorman and included
lead guitarist Luke Glendening,
Chris Matthews on the bass,
and Jason Miller on drums.
These seniors covered such
bands as the Red Hot Chili
Peppers, Lenny Kravitz and an
impressive rendition of Guns N
Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle."
The Straight Cold Players have
been together since last December and have recently played at
The Chance.
^
Just as the crowd was getting
warmed up, it was Sam Hill's
turn to step it up a notch, and
that's exactly what they did.
This band of seniors has been
together for about six months
now and consists of Chris
Matthews on bass, Austin Riley
on guitar, Enzo Pinetti on drums,
Tim Solmon on lead guitar and
Bill Seelig on vocals. They
started with an original song,
"Waste of Time", and then went
on to cover the Police hit, "Message in a Bottle." Then Sam Hill
showed the audience what
they're really capable of and
played an amazing instrumental.
It sounded like a mixture of Dave
un-American in principle anc
practice; it serves to further perpetuate all stereotypes anc
strengthen racial tensions bj
saying that minorities need t
-handout. It also hurts the
workforce it is meant to preserve
because it gives jobs to people
who may not be the best choice
Thus, the product or service
may not be up to par. The
American way is "the best one
for the job." This is the land ol
equal opportunity, not equal results. This is the land of competition where everyone has i
chance to prove their worth.
by CHRIS KNUDTSEN
The melting pot or the salad
A&E Editor
bowl? Americahas always beer
I am twenty years.old. I have, a mixed nation, always will be
not seen nearly, enough of any- Our people should take pride ir
Photo courtesy of Laurie Albetta.
thing yet and I have not yet fully the fact that a diverse mixture
Sam Hill was the fan favorite at Battle of the Bands.
learned how the world around such as ours can make one ol
Matthews Band and Phish, and Holly." They went back to their us works. But I am already tired the greatest nations in history
it had the crowd wanting more own material with "Jean" and of seeing my country run down However, we have every posand more. They closed with a "This Song's For You", and by apathetic and indignant sible microcosm now where
superb cover of Ugly Kid Joe's they closed with a cover of slobs. I am tired of watching groups generally,cluster anc
"Everything About You." Fuel's "Shimmer." It's hard to politicians get paid because adamantly cling to their ok
They've played all over put a label on what kind of band they know the majority of ways. If people love their ok
Poughkeepsie
including Maria's Basement is. Perhaps people are too ignorant to stop culture so much, they can ge
Miller's, Backstreet and The Black puts it best, "Maria's them. I am tired of my country back, because this is America
Chance.
Basement is like a Reese's Pea- losing sight of what it could be. Tradition and pride in one's heriWith a tough act to follow, Jive nut Butter Cup. There's no -- The land of opportunity: yes, tage is crucial, but not to thi
Turkey took the stage and kept wrong way to eat it."
there is an economic inequality point where it overshadows ou
.the crowd engaged, Dressed in
The judges managed to nar- in our nation, as is required in current,status. First and, fore
their Caidor shirts. Jive Turkey row" the s'everi" bands down .to any- open^capitalistic market. 'most,,we are all Americans.
We should consider ourselves
covered Jimmy Hendrix, The three based on sound, vocals, Along with the inequalities
lucky
to li\& in this country, es
Red Hot Chili Peppers and presentation and audience reac- however comes the chance to
pecially
those of us in college
Dave Matthews Band. Al tion. Tlie Straight Cold Play- succeed for every individual.
Vasquez, the bassist, a fresh- ers, Sam Hill and Maria's Base- America is supposed to be the We live in a country that enjoy:
man, was the Marist represen- ment made it to the finals where example of an accessible free an extraordinary high standarc
- tative of the band. Jeff Berner it was up to the audience to de- market where everyone has- a of living. We have politician:
was on guitar and provided vo- termine a winner. The Cabaret shot. Unfortunately there are practically begging us to partici
cals, and Kurt Reifler was on became louder than it ever has people born in a rut that is pale (which few do). But every;
drums. Berner did a great job of before as the audience voiced nearly insurmountable, but for day people sit in their own filtl
interacting with the crowd in their opinions for the top band. the most part people can do their and complain about how unfaii
between songs, and he also got It was a battle between Sam Hill best and reap the rewards. The life is. Wake up. We don't have
a nice reaction when he played and Maria's Basement as the working class has, and always • goose-stepping secret police
the guitar with his teem during audience would n o t stop will be a culture that fights forces chasing us down for curs
a song. Berner said, "Playing screaming for either band. Fi- through life for something bet- ing the government. We don'i
with my teeth definitely hurt, but nally the noise subsided and ter. And some get lucky enough have ethnic cleansing wars. We
, don't have nation-wide despaii
it was worth it." When asked Sam Hill were proclaimed the to break through. .
: or famine. While we don't have
about their .choice of Caidor victors.
But what do we see everyday? , it made, we have the chance tc
shirts he replied, "We got them
This event didn't put itself People leeching off of the.govr
for thirty cents on Clearance together as it took a lot of plan- ernment, some, of which really make this the greatest country
when they were going out of ning and preparation. Erin do need/deserve help, but many in the world, ?Nuff said. "Trr
an American, proud anc
business."
Gardner, President of the Class who are just too lazy to carry
free...rm ah American so don'
Diversity took the stage next. of 2003 said, "The idea was al- their own weightThe welfare.
tread on me/V—Anti Hews.
Led by Bill Boyce, who also ways mere, but we didn't start system is designed to tempohelped organize the event, the planning until around Decem- rarily aid people who are strugband covered "#41", "Two Step" ber. It was harder than I thought gling through hard times, not as Chris Knudtsen is proud to bt
and "Warehouse" of the Dave it would be, especially since it a life-long pay check. Nowl will . anAmerican. Heisasophmori
Matthews Band. Not an easy was my first event. People ex- attack the everrighteouslypro-' Journalism major/Political Sciband to cover, Diversity did a pected me to know a lot of tected affirmative action policy. ence minor.
good job in playing these popu- things that I didn't know, and Affirmative action is wholely
lar songs. The band was com- that was tough.
plete with a saxophonist and
"It was a very big success
violinist along with the tradi- though. Not only was it nice to
tional guitarist, bassist and make a nice profit, but the bands
drummer.
were really great too. The crowd
The last band of the evening was bigger than I had antici- In my CD Player: The Forgotten (Veniyidiyici)
was Maria's Basement. This pated and it was a very friendly
'.-;'."•• •'• !.. The Ducky Boys (No Gettin' Cut;
band has opened for such su- atmosphere. I would love to see
perstar acts as The Spin Doc- the event become an annual
tors, Shades Apart and The Vio- one sponsored by the Class of
lent Femmes. Steve Black was 2003."
the lead guitarist and lone repSam Hill agreed that the proresentative of Marist College. gram was very successful and
He was joined by Chris Trainor should be done again in the fuon drums, Sean Hansen on bass ture: Pinetti said, "Sam Hill beand Jason Casterlin with vocals. lieves the campus should put
In a refreshing twist, they together more events like this
started off with two original one, especially outdoor ones in
songs, "Pretty All Alone" and the Spring. We can all use a
Jack Handey-Saturday Night Live
"Just Monday." Then they cov- good taste of music."
ered Weezer's hit song, "Buddy
Quote of the Week
"It takes a big man to cry, and an
even bigger man to laugh at him."
Arts & Entertainment
February 24, 2000
PAGE 12
on TV King of Queens is the
witft King of GBS Sitcoms
by MIKE THOMPSON
StaffWriter
There's something I should
mention before I begin this
week's eagerly-anticipated review. Last week I reviewed the
WB sitcoms Zoe and Brutally
Nonnal. As you may remember,
I gave them lackluster reviews.
Well, Thursday, Feb. 17, the day
my column was published, the
WB cancelled both Zoe and
Brutally Normal. I'd like to think
that the executives at the WB
somehow got their hands on a
copy of The Circle, but I tend
to doubt this is true. But, you've
got to admit: it is a rather neat
coincidence. And now, on with
the review. This week I chose to
review CBS' Monday night
block of comedies. They consist of The King of Queens, Ladies' Man, Everybody Loves
Raymond, and Becker. After
careful deliberation, I decided
that, of the four, King of Queens
is the best, and Ladies' Man is
the worst.
Let's start things off with King
of Queens, as that is what leads
off the night at 8:00. King of
Queens debuted Jast season and
did well in the ratings. It was
renewed for a second season,
and has continued to do well in
the ratings. The show has a
simple concept. Doug Heffernan
(Kevin James), a delivery man,
lives in Queens, New York, with
«his wife, Carrie (Leah Remini).
Carrie's father, Arthur Spooner
(Jerry Stiller), has moved in with
the young couple, and lives in
the basement of their house.
The simple adventures of the
Heffernan family are what make
up King of Queens. It is fairly
surprising that such a simple
concept can mine-such big
laughs. Doug and Carrie are
genuinely in love with each
other, and the actors have a surprising amount of chemistry.
They don't crack wise to each
other for half an hour, and that's
nice to see. Also, Arthur is not
the typical sitcom fatner-in-law.
He seems to have genuine affection for Doug. Yes, Arthur
frequently behaves like Stiller's
Seinfeld character, Frank
Costanza, but it's not like there's
anything wrong with that.
Each time I watch King of
Queens, I come away laughing,
and.Monday, February 21, was
no exception. The episode had
a fairly simple plot. Doug and
Carrie introduce one couple to
another couple. Soon, the two
couples become good friends,
and Doug and Carrie feel left out
of the loop. There is also an
amusing subplot of Arthur finally getting his hands on some
cereal that he loved as a kid,
only to discover that he now
hates the stuff. I can tell you
that, even at the age of 20, I'm
already beginning to find things
that I loved as a kid but that I
"Friends just
take away
from TV time
anyway;
.??
can't stand anymore. The highlight of the episode, though, is
Doug and Carrie's grand quest
for new friends. There are many
funny lines. One of the best is
when Doug, growing frustrated
with his increasingly futile
search for new friends, says
"Friends just take away from TV
time, anyway/' All in all, King
of Queens is a very good show.
I wish I could say the same for
Ladies' Man, which airs at 8:30.
It's not that Ladies' Man is all
that bad of a show.It's just not
all that good. Ladies'Man stars
Alfred Molina as Jimmy Stiles.
He lives with his wife Donna
(Sharon Lawerence), his two
daughters Wendy (Alexa Vega)
and Bonnie (Shawna Waldron),
and his mother, Mitzi Stiles
Camp
Sussex
(Betty White). If it weren't for
his newborn baby son, Jimmy
would be surrounded by ladies
(hence the title). Also helping
to balance out the testosterone
level is Jimmy's friend Gene
(NewsRadiq's Stephen Root),
who lives next door and stops
by the house frequently. The
show's concept is more involved than that of King of
Queens, but that doesn't make
it a better show. In fact, it's
worse. That doesn't mean Ladies' Man doesn't have its
funny moments. It does. There
were several of them on the episode of Monday, Feb. 21. One
of the funnier moments came
when Gene said, "I'm scared of
widows; they've already killed
once." However, you just wish
there was a higher abundance
of these funny moments. A lot
of Ladies' Man is bland and predictable. It's not a terrible show;
it could just really use some improvement.
Garrett) stops by the house often.
The show is a simple family
show, and that, in my opinion,
is part of why it gamers so much
critical praise. It is a family show
that offers some genuine laughs
without resorting to sexual innuendo. My only problem with
Raymond is that its laughs
aren't as plentiful-or as funnyas they should be. Also, the
squabbling parents-especially
the unbelievably crotchety
Frank-are getting pretty tiresome. There are some very good
moments in Raymond. In
Monday's episode, which was
one of the stronger episodes of
Raymond this season, there
were some especially funny
moments between Ray and the
owner of a comic book shop,
who was played by Paul
Reubens (aka Pee Wee
Herman). While Raymond isn' t
as bad as Ladies' Man, it is similar to the former in that you just
wish it were funnier.
Following Ladies'Man is Everybody Loves Raymond (hereRounding out CBS' Monday
after
called
Raymond). night o' comedy is Becker,
Raymond is the highest-rated which airs at 9:30. Becker stars
show on CBS Monday nights. ,Ted Danson as John Becker, a
It has been the 9 PM anchor of < talented but gruff medicaL docthat night for two years now. It tor. Margaret Wyborn (Hattie
is a critical darling. Knowing all Winston) is his head nurse, and
this, I have sat down and Linda (Shawnee Smith) is
watched Raymond several Margaret's excruciatingly antimes. I have tried desperately noying nurses' aide. When he's
to love Raymond, but I can only not working, John hangs out at
muster up a nice liking for it. I a coffe6 shop with the waitress
think it's amusing, and I chuckle Regina "Reggie" Kostas (Terry
several times during each epi- Farrell) and Jake Malinak (Alex
sode I watch of Raymond, but I Desert), a coffee shop regular
just don't find it as hilarious as who also happens to be blind.
other people do. The show re- John, who has been married and
volves around Ray Barone (Ray divorced several times, has a lot
Romano), a sportswriter for a of disdain for a lot of things in
Long Island newspaper, and his the world. In many ways he's
family: wife Debra (the under- like Archie Bunker from All in
rated Patricia Heaton), daugh- • the Family. That's part of what
ter Ally (Madylin Sweeten), and turned>me.'6ff to Becker when ••
sons Jeffrey (Sawyer Sweeten) the show debuted last season.
and
Michael
(Sullivan John was so angry and bitter,
Sweeten). Ray's parents, Frank he just wasn't much fun to
(Peter Boyle) and Marie (Doris watch. Also, John's opinions
Roberts), live across the street, couldn't be as controversial as
and his brother Robert (Brad Archie Bunker's were, thanks to
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Poemofthe Week
1990s political correctness, so
what John could say was pretty
weak and hardly shocking.
However, this season, the producers softened John up a bit,
while still allowing him plenty
of opportunity to gripe about
things. They have also started
to give more of a storyline to
Reggie, which is a good thing,
as she is an interdsting character. The character of Linda, however, is still incredibly annoying.
She is very much a weak link in
the show. In fact, all of the
scenes in John's doctor's office"
could be improved. Becker has
improved from last season, but
still isn't as good as it could be.
So, in short, the highlight of
CBS' Monday night comedies
is The King of Queens. It is definitely worth checking out. In
fact, it wouldn't be a total waste
of time to check out Everybody
Loves Raymond and Becker too.
Ladies' Man, which is the weak
link in the Monday sitcoms, is
taking a few weeks off, but it will
be back in the lineup soon.
These shows air Monday
nights on|CBS, which is located
at channel 6 here on the Marist
; College television dial.
Mike Thompson is a junior Communications major. When he's not watching TV and then writing his
column about the shows
he.just watched, he's hosting a radio show, which
airs on WMCR (88.1)
Wednesday nights from 11
PM - 1 AM. If you have
any suggestions for shows
you'd like Mike to review,
e-mail
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Arts & Entertainment
bySTEPHENMEROOER
StaffWriter
"Envision this: a lone man in a
haunted room surrounded by
glowing instruments."
From this one sentence found
in the liner notes of Voodoo (released on Virgin on January 25),
one could discover what to expect from D'Angelo's sophomore album, which took five
years to be constructed.
When listening to the nearly
80 minute record, I often could
picture the musician/writer/vocalist/producer in a dark lit studio tweaking and perfecting every single note that escaped
from one of his instruments.
From what the self taught pianist has spoken of in public and
from what comes out of his music, I could also imagine
D'Angelo attempting to become
inspired by music's past when
not honing his craft. When experiencing Voodoo, I not only
felt he had intensively listened
to Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder,
and Jimi Hendrix, but decided
that he carefully studied and
was also sparked by these geniuses and other influences.
In this stylishly produced and
masterfully performed alburn^
D'Angelo played many of the
instruments including drums,
guitar, and Fender Rhodes. But
he was also accompanied by a
group of mostly jazz influenced
musicians, including guitarist
Charlie Hunter, trumpeter Roy
Hargrove, and The Roots'
Ahmir Thompson. With the
grouping of all of these talents,
some of the most inspired and
smooth R&B of the last 20 years
was accomplished.
Though the music's grandiose nature could be compared
to Prince, and D'Angelo's high
Photo courtesy of Virgin Records.
D Angelo provides inspiration in his new album.
use of layered vocals was much
like Gaye, the artist was amazingly able to be musically distinctive in his own right. Rather
than mimicking his musical heroes, he used them as resources
instead. And while implementing them into his art, he made
sure that his own skills and personality shined throughout.
The Line is a solid example of
the most intriguing part of
D'Angelo's music, his vocals.
While the drums were cleanly
and precisely struck and a deep
bass line threaded tfirough, with
the help of multi tracks, a chorus of D'Angelos intricately
blended their voices together.
These sophisticated, emotional vocalarrangements were
not only the heart of The Line,
but was what held the album
together. In each song, while
the band played another slow
paced groove, D'Angelo attempted to reinvent himself by
bringing out another inventive
vocal performance.
Even though his singing was
usually the major part of most
of the cuts, his vocals were usually a little quieter than the instruments. With the combination of the volume of the singing and the fact that the performer intentionally did not articulate every word that came
out, D'Angelo's vocal arrangements strangely showed that he
was an instrument and wasn't
solely a "singer".•••
Throughout Voodoo, each
song seems interconnected to
each other. Even though the
Latin tinged jazz of "Spanish
Joint" didn't exactly share much
in common with the electric guitar, led sensuality of "Untitled" •
(How Does It Feel), the two
songs and their 11 counterparts
all shared the same goal, which
was to produce music that both
expressed soul and craft.
New Age Metal: Rockin'out the Old Timers
byMATTDAIGLE
StaffWriter
"Where have you gone, Axl
Rose? A nation of metal heads
turn their lonely ears to you...
oo woo woo...." Ah, the good
old days: big hair, leather,
spandex, guitar solos. Whatever your impressions of the
past days of rock's metal movement, they are no more. Gone
are the hair bands (who were
only marginally metal to begin
with). Metallica now excels in
covering Bob Seger and Irish
drinking songs. Even Rob
Halford, lead singer of Judas
Priest, poster boy of the metal
generation, all decked out in
leather and chains, has emerged
from the closet to spit in the eye
of metal's misogynist image.
Good riddance, says I.
With this in mind, I sought out
the new crop of hard rockersthe supposed "new metal"
movement that has emerged of
late. The forum? Sno-Core2000,
a four-band extravaganza that
arrived at the Mid-Hudson Civic
Center on Friday. Along for the
ride were Puya, Mr. Bungle, Incubus, and System of a Down.
Heard of'em? Probably not, although they deserve to be free
of the shadows cast by Korn,
Deftones, and Limp Bizkit. So
as I braved the inclement
weather to attend this soiree, I
had High hopes. Well, if you
are hoping to read about how
cool and badass Puya and Mr.
Bungle were, go elsewhere, for
I traveled with my perpetually
late sidekick, Bagnatosan, who
is rather antiropening act (Don't
believe me? Read his review of
the Drbpkick Murphys shdwin
[Issue#10]). Butlsaw.theodier
two bands, which was cool with'
me, if for no other reason except
that they rocked.
Incubus, in a word, is cool.
You should be listening to them,
not Kom, not Fred Durst & Co.
Incubus could best be described
as emo-core: more rap than
Korn, more funk than Bizkit,
more jamming than Phish...
oops. Tough act to beat, those
Phish guys, but honestly, have
you ever heard a metal band
jam? Yeah, well, Incubus pulled
it off. I'm not talking about
eleven-minute long guitar solos.
Nope. I'm talking about a wellintegrated band consisting of a
highly capable DJ, solid rhythm
bass and guitars, and a singer
that plays the bongos, and
djeridoo (that Australian
thingamajig). "The results were
magnificent, trippy, violent, and
ground breaking, all in the same
stroke.
After Incubus left the stage in
search of female snowboarder
chjeks-hey, rock will never
change-I was left to ponder the
meaning of life, the serious
beauty of meditation... and then
I got knocked on my a$$ by a
storm of highschool skater kids.
System of a Down took stage to
the sounds of the "Imperial
Death March." Who were these
guys, anyway? Well, I know
them, but for your benefit, let Lakers and doing drugs. It was
me offer a hopefully accurate pure hedonistic fun. Hell, there
description. Take MTV's Tom was even ample jail bait showGreen. Put him in a dark, damp ing their boobies to the band.
room with nothing more than a
It was at this point I undercrack pipe and a loud stereo set stood what identified "new
to shuffle playing the Dead metal". Gone are the mopey
Milkmen, Henry Rollins, old odes to doom and gloom. The
school Korn, and just for "tiffs" crowd was undeniably young.
and giggles, the Original Cast With the exception of a few holdRecording from Cats. Let sim- overs of the '80s in their leather
mer for 6 months or so, and out jackets and long, frizzy hair, the
steps Serj Tankian, lead singer crowd almost entirely consisted
of System of a Down. Have him of skaters and snow boarders.
form a band, and enjoy. Serves This was a youthful, active
many. Placed before a raucous crowd to whom banging one's
crowd, and System of a Down head was not enough. In fact,
makes up for indecipherable lyr- banging each other was at times
ics with their stylistic showman- not enough for this crowd, as
ship skills. In a loud, energetic the performance became inperformance, I became fully creasingly violent. And, girls
convinced that "new metal" is took a much more active role in
good metal, and that the old stuff the romping. So goodbye, ye
was bad. System of a Down was bands of yore. Like the dinopure energy, very in tune with saurs, you once dominated the
the crowd, and hardly dwelling earth, but now it is time for the
on the pains of being a tortured mammals to exert their influence.
artist. They performed songs
dedicated to the Los Angeles
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FEBRUARY 24, 2000
Lifetime in the water paying off for Dobbins
byMICHAELFERRARO
StaffWriter
Maybe we should have
known when he first entered the
water at eight months old.
Maybe we should have
known when he started swimming competitively at five years
of age.
Maybe we should have
known then that Dave Dobbins
was destined for greatness.
"He's the best male athlete we
have had in our program in our
21 years," said men's swimming
coach Larry VanWagrier.
This past weekend, the
Marist's men's swimming and
diving team captured its fifth
consecutive Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
championship. Marist dominated the competition, amassing the most points in the
tournament's history.
Once again, Dobbins was the
catalyst. The junior was named
the tournament's most outstanding swimmer for the third
consecutive year. His success
is contagious with his teammates.
"His victory is like all of ours,"
said junior co-captain Ryan
Callan. "We feed off each others' strengths to meet our goals
as a team."
Dobbins took first place in the
100-yard freestyle, 200-yard
freestyle and 500-yard freestyle.
He was also part of the relay
teams that finished first in the
400-yard freestyle, 800-yard
freestyle, 200 medley and 400
medley.
As a result of his performance
in the MAAC tournament, Dobbins will again compete in the
Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) championships. It
is a three-day competition that
runs from today until Saturday.
Last year at the ECAC championships, Dobbins placed third
in the 200 freestyle, fourth in the
500 freestyle and fifth in the 100
freestyle. He said that he hopes
to finish in the top three and he
would like to win these events
this year.
However, the competition will
be tougher in the ECAC than it
is in the MAAC. Van Wagner
said that Dobbins should be able
to improve on last year's
rankings.
Dobbins hails from Greece,
NY, which is approximately a
four-and-a-half hour drive from
the Marist campus. His indoctrination to swimming came at a
young age.
"When I was eight months old,
my parents put me in the water," Dobbins said. "They said
I liked it."
Dobbins started to swim competitively at the age of five for a
YMCA team. He said his best
stroke at the time was the butterfly.
While Van Wagner said that
Dobbins is the team's fastest
athlete in the butterfly and individual medley events, Dobbins
does not swim in these events
in championship competition.
After competing at the YMCA,
Dobbins joined a United States
Swimming (USS) club team in
Rochester, about a 15-minute
ride from his hometown.
In high school, he was part of
the swimming team his junior
and senior years. He was the
New York State champion in the
100 freestyle, and he placed second in the 200 freestyle.
Originally, Dobbins said it
would be a great experience to
attend a big college. However,
the relatively small size of
Marist has suited him just fine.
"It is definitely a good school
for me," Dobbins said. "I'm not
a number, and I'm known
around campus, which is nice."
Dobbins is also known for the
several school record times he
owns. They include the 100
SWIMMING: Men and women
both capture conference crowns
...continued from pg. 16
Rider had won earlier in the season in a meet against Marist.
They crushed the Red Foxes,
but it gave them an incentive to
work that much harder.
Honig said she was extremely
with pleased with the performance her swimmers put forth.
"I told the girls either we swim
better than we had all season
and win, or we'll be complacent
and stay where we are," she
said. "I just can't say enough
about how hard we worked."
Some of the key events for the
women's team were the 100 and
200-yard breaststroke. They
had seven women finish in the
top 13 for the 100-yard breast-
stroke and eight in the top 16 in
the 200-yard breaststroke. •
The women also fared well "in
the 100 and 200-yard butterfly
and the 200-yard medley.
The longest event of the competition, the 1650, was also'a
good one for the Red Foxes.
Five girls placed in the top 11
places, and no other team came
close to that depth.
'
A major standout for this team
was senior co-captain Jen
Nafus. She took first place in
the 100 and 200-breaststroke,
and set two new school and
MAAC records with times of
1:06:11 and 2:21:97 respectively.
Junior Erin McGrath won both
the 100 and 200-yard Fly with
times of 58:67 and 2:08:87.
One of the toughest events
for the women all season has
been the backstroke. Their highest seedings in this competition
were ninth and twelfth^ but
sophomore Jen Williams and
junior Shannon Mclnnis
stepped it up to another level
and moved up to seventh and
eight place finishes respectively.
" - Honig was very proud of her
team.
"We were not expected to win,
and no one thought we could
pull it off. But we worked hard
all year long, and our times
didn't show it, but it came together when it counted," she
said. 'This team has more heart
than any other team on campus.
We're out there every day at
6:30 AM working Hard."
What's on Tap?
Men's Basketball 2/24 home vs. MANHATTAN 7:30 p.m.
2/27 home vs. SIENA 4:00 p.m.
Women's Basketball 2/25 ©Niagara 5:15 p.m.
2/27 @ Canisius 2:00 p.m.
Swimming and Diving 2/24-26 @ ECAC Championships
Men's Tennis 2/25 home vs. NIAGARA 7:00 p.m.
Women's Tennis 2/25 home vs. NIAGARA 12:00 p.m.
Men's Lacrose 2/27 home vs. UTICA (scrimmage) 1:00 p.m.
Men's Skiing 2/26-28 @ NCAA Regional Championships,
in Waterville Valley, NH.
Men's Hockey 2/25-27 @ SEHL Playoffs @ Siena
freestyle, 200 freestyle, 500
freestyle and 1,000 freestyle. He
is also part of the record-holding 800 freestyle relay team.
However, one does not
achieve success on talent alone.
Van Wagner and Callan have
both labeled Dobbins a "hard
worker."
In fact, Dobbins swam over
40,000 miles in one week over
the intersession.
"You need to be dedicated,"
Dobbins said. "It's a lot of work,
it's hard, but it's definitely worth
it."
Dobbins also credited his
teammates for keeping him competitive at all times.
"My teammates have an impact on how I practice," he said.
"They're good practice people,
and they push me harder."
Dobbins has also aided the
swimming and diving program
in more ways than simply competing. He volunteers his time
to update the school website,
and he spends several hours per
week helping to maintain the
facilities at the school natatorium.
In the classroom, Dobbins is
a Business major with a Computer Science concentration.
He admitted that his hectic
swimming schedule has some-
lolo Courtesy Manst College
Dobbins has exceled at Marist
times made it difficult for him to
keep up with his heavy class
workload.
"The ECAC and the MAAC
are all about concentrating on
swimming," Dobbins said.
"That's all those four days are:
eating,, sleeping, and swimming."
Is there anything Dave Dobbins can improve on? He said
he would like to work on his
butterfly, and his breaststroke
for individual medley events.
His coach looks at the situation another way. .
"He just needs more time to
physically mature," VanWagner
said. "The only thing I'm unhappy about is that we don't
have him. another/ four years."
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February is traditionally a slow
month for sports. Spring training is just getting underway, the
NBA and NHL are a little past
midway through their seasons
and March Madness obviously
does not arrive in February.
So what is there to write about
this week?
The first couple of weeks of
the NFL off-season have given
me plenty to rant and rave
about. If you are a fan of the
Denver Broncos or the Minnesota Vikings, you may want to
stop reading now.
In Denver, Mike Shanahan is
apparently trying to do anything
humanly possible to shed his
"genius" label. The Broncos
were about $ 10 million over the
cap when the off-season commenced, so it was apparent that
some high-priced players would
be playing elsewhere in 2000.
As expected, tight end Shannon Sharpe departed, earning a
$13.8 million, four-year deal with
the Baltimore Ravens. Sharpe
had stated a desire to return to
Denver, but the economics of
the NFL forced him to go elsewhere.'
So how can a team with this
much cap trouble afford a $28
million defensive end for seven
years? This-player said he
would get 10 sacks this year,
probably ignoring the fact that
he has only 10 sacks in his first
PAGE 15
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four years in the league combined.
Welcome to Denver, Kavika
Pittman. Your mission is to replace Neil Smith and Alfred Williams, both of whom were released. There's no pressure for
him to produce or anything.
Rumors are flying that Steve
Young will join the Broncos.
Why?
First of all, a concussion
prone quarterback is already a
sensitive subject in Denver.
They just went through it last
year with Chris Miller. Young
may be in serious danger if he
ever plays football again.
Second of all, what message
would they be sending to Brian
Griese? Are the Broncos telling him that the quarterback of
the past and the future is not
the quarterback of the present?
That's enough Bronco bashing, now it's time for some vociferous Viking commentary.
After the Rams made the Viking secondary look like Swiss
cheese in the playoffs, the Vikings decided to make some
changes. However, most of the
changes took place on the offensive side of the ball.
First, the team announced that
quarterback Jeff George would
not return nextyear. All George
did was save their season after
Randall Cunningham struggled.
To save money, the Vikings
also cut perennial Pro Bowl
guard Randall McDaniel, and
decided not to re-sign Pro Bowl
center Jeff Christy.
To make matters worse, Christy
signed with last year's division
champion, Tampa Bay. Wide
receiver Jake Reed and tight end
Andrew Glover both fled to New
Orleans.
Coach Dennis Green also saw
both of his coordinators quit.
Defensive coordinator Foge
Fazio took one look at his defense and decided the pastures
would be greener in Washington.
Offensive coordinator Ray
Sherman quit after refusing to
be demoted to wide receivers
coach.
Therefore, Green hired
Sherman Lewis to run his offense and Emmitt Thomas to run
his defense. If they sound like
the guys who werefiredin Green
Bay last month, well, they are.
Thomas is now on his third coordinating job in three years.
The newest story out of Minnesota has Cunningham possibly being released. With George
and Cunningham potentially out
of Minnesota next year, the offense could fall into the hands
of last year's top pick, Daunte
Culpepper.
With the offense they might
have next year, they will need
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HOOPS: Foxes looking
for strongfinishtoseason
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Niagara in the McCann Center.
This game was a far greater challenge for the team, with Niagara
(MAAC) rankings.
The weekend started with a standing at fifth in the MAAC.
But once again the aggressive
nice trip into Jersey City to face
St. Peter's, who has been dwell- play on both ends of the floor
ing in the MAAC basement all helped the Red Foxes secure a
season. The game looked like a convincing 74-66 victory.
The story of this game was
guaranteed win for the Red
Foxes, but with starting point undoubtedly the play of
guard-Seari~Kennedy suffering Kenney. Registering an.asfrom the flu, there was a little tounding 27 points and 10
concern to how the offense boards, the Marist big man put
on a show of offensive moves
would run.
Fortunately for Marist, there that left the fans cheering the
was little need for concern since entire game.
by KYI J£ WOOD
Kennedy registered one of his Adding to his terrific play was
finer games of the season regis- another solid outing from
onship Series).
Obviously the Rangers over- tering 14 points and 10 assists Sonne, who nailed three threepaid for a pitcher that is not go- for an unexpected double- pointers on his way to 11 points
ing to get them over the hump. double. Adding to Kennedy's for the game. Rick Smith also
Another team that will be try- great play was another solid per- continued to play great ball and
ing to get past the Yankees, the formance from Blake Sonne who ended the day with 13 points.
This win brought the records
Boston Red Sox, signed Jeff once again used his three-point
Tassero to a one year, $2 million accuracy to rack up 18 points for for both Marist and Niagara to
8-8 in the MAAC, but Marist
deal. He is coming off of the the night.
Although the guards set the still remained in sixth place.
worst season of his career 5-14
With a winning weekend untone for the game, the Marist big
with a 7.20 ERA.
der
their belt and a different gomen
also
showed
up.
Tom
If Fassero reverts back to his
old ways and can produce like Kenney who has played terrific to-guy emerging every game,
he did in Montreal, this will be a all year, continued his brilliant Marist is looking good as they
significant pick up for the Red season with a solid 15 point per- wind down their season. What
which
was at first might have looked like a
Sox. However, if he pitches the formance
talented team that was out of
complimented
by
Drew
Samuels,
way he did last year, there is a
good chance that he will not be who added 15 onto the sync has now evolved into a
confident group playing great
scoreboard.
around to see the playoffs.
team
basketball.
RANDOMTHOUGHTS
In the end, Marist walked on
As
long
as the team keeps up
The golfing world is in a state the bus with a 77-65 win and a
their
new
found
intensity, there
two
hour
long
trip
in
the
snow
of shock because Tiger Woods
could be good things waiting up
has not won the past two tour- back to Po' town.
When the sun appropriately in Albany when they head up
naments.
Joel Pryzbilla, former center for showed its face on Sunday, there for the MAAC tournathe Minnesota Golden Gophers, Marist was getting ready to face ment
has concluded that it is a lost
cause to play college basketball
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anymore because going to class
was too much trouble for him.
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priority. Unfortunately Joel and
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his father fail to realize this imMARIST
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portant point. It's sad because
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some ho-hum lottery team will
probably select him to be the *ider
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savior of his team and most I^anisius
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likely it will take him at least five
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years to have any significant
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impact on that team.
The Rat Responds
We have reached that time in
the year where sports are in a
lull. There is a lot going on, but
nothing of major importance.
Sure there was the Daytona
500, auto racing's biggest event
of the year last weekend, but
who is really interested in cars
driving around a circle and then
having the winner, Dale Jarrett,
capturing the race; in the most
unanticlimatic way possible,
under caution?
So as far as the other "major"
sports go, basketball and
hockey are languishing toward
the playoffs, college basketball
is getting ready for March Madness and baseball and football
are in the off season.
The Slickster is going to offer
you his thoughts on the football off-season, while I am going: to rant and rave about the
baseball off-season signings.
This off-season is not going
to be remembered for the free
agent signings, but for the three
major trades that took place.
The New York Mets now have
a bona fide ace in Mike Hampton, the Detroit Tigers got a
marquee player in Juan Gonzalez
and the Cincinnati Reds acquired the biggest name in the
game, Ken Griffey Jr.
All of the teams involved in
those trades will benefit, but
there were some free agent
signings that are going to make
or break some teams chances of
making the playoffs.
The Cleveland Indians signed
Chuck Finley for three years,
and $27 million, with one purpose in mind: to beat the New
York Yankees.
Finley is an aging pitcher at
37, who did not have a great
year last year. In the past,
Finley has had great success
against the Yankees, and the
Indians will be counting on that
Not only did the Texas Rangers lose Juan Gonzalez to a
trade, but they also lost they:
best pitcher from a year ago
Aaron Sele. He signed with the
Seattle Mariners for two years,
$15 million.
Sele was 18-9 witha4.79ERA
last year. He is not an overpowering pitcher, but he will give the
Mariners a dependable starter
In addition, Sele will pitch a lot
of innings, thus keeping the
horrible Seattle bullpen out of
the'game.
So what do the Rangers do to
replace their ace? They sign
Kenny Rogers to a three-year,
$22.5 million contract. Rogers
enjoyed his best success with
this team from 1993-95.1 hope
the Rangers will realize that
they have once again sealed
their.fate for losing in the first
round of the playoffs.
Rogers is clearly not the same
pitcher that he was five years
ago. All New York fans, whether
you root for the Yankees or the
Mets, know that he is not a big
game pitcher (see Game 41996
World Series and Game 6 of the
1999 National League Champi-
MAAC Standings
|Tom Kenney averaged 21
1 points and 10 rebounds
J last week, good enough for
[for MAAC Player of the
Week honors. :
FEBRUARY 24, 2000
Quote of the Week
THE CIRCLE
Stat of the Week
Sports
This team has more heart
than any other team on
campus." - Christine
Honig, yvomen's swimming
coach
PAGE 16
Sviiiiiiiiingand diving leave competition in
years," he said. "But since we
have more guys going to the
event this year, I expect to finish higher. Dobbins is also looking to" become the first Marist
athlete to qualify for the Division I national Championships."
But perhaps the biggest story
of this year's MAAC Championships was the women's swimming team. The women came
into the competition as underdogs, and they were gunning
for Rider, the favorite.
"Rider was favored by over
100 points, and we knew we had
to have some great step up
swims to win,".said women's
coach Christine Honig.
After the first day of competition the women found themselves in a bit of a hole, down
40 points to Rider. Then they
stepped it up a notch in the second day of competition and
pulled to within 20.
Finally, on the last day of competition, Marist pulled ahead
and won the MAAC championships with a score of 1015, beating Rider by 27.
Depth was a major key to success in this year's competition.
byEDWBLLlAMSm
Staff Writer
•The Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference (MAAC) was once
again a showcase for the Marist
swimming arid diving teams.
The men's team continued its
dominance this year as it captured its sixth consecutive conference championship. This
was their fifth consecutive
MAAC championship, as they
were in the Metropolitan Swimming and Diving Conference for
their first victory.
Not only was the team victorious, but they reset the MAAC
record for total points scored
with 1221, which was about 500
Circle Photo/MegaA Saucrs
points above second place Swimmers dive into the water Friday at the MAAC Championships, which Marist swept.
Loyola. Out of the 15 swimming
events, the men won nine of conference for the third year in the 200-breast stroke.
in the Eastern Collegiate Aththem, and out of the five relay a row. He has also won the same
Sophomore Justin Burkhardt letic Conference (ECAC) Chamevents, they won four.
three individual events for the put forth a strong showing as pionships this weekend. The
Dave Dobbins, a junior, was last three years.
he won the 1650 freestyle for the ECAC is the largest conference
one of the many Marist
Junior Keith Nichols had an second year in a row. Freshman in the nation and includes over
standouts. He won three indi- outstanding competition as Ricky Kapusta followed the 40 division schools from the
vidual events - the 100,200 and well, winning the 100 and 200 trend of setting records as he Eastern seaboard.
500-yard freesfyles. He was also yard backstrokes. He set a accomplished a new school
Head coach Larry Van Wagner
a member of the 200 and 400 MAAC record in the 200 with a record in the 50-yard freestyle was very happy with his team's
medley relay teams and the 400 time of 1:50:40. The previous with a timeof 21:11. The previ- performance, but is looking to
and 800 freestyle relay teams, all: record.had stood since 1986.
ous record of 21:32 was set eight do well again this weekend.
of which took first place.
;.: Junipr^Aridrew Knuttin was a years ago in 1992.
"The highest place we've ever ...pkaseseeSWMMJNG.pg. 14
Dobbins was named most out- major player too, winning the
The men's team is not done been in the ECAC is tenth, and
standing male swimmer in the 400-yard individual medley and yet, though, as it will compete that's been for the last two
Marist women in basement of
JV1AAC after two more losses
byPETERPALMIERI
Staff Writer;
Circle Photo/Megan Saueis
Tom Kenney battles in the paint Sunday afternoon.
Men's hoops hoping
for late-season surge
byPEIERMOYLAN
StqffWriter
around by exhibiting fast paced,
high intensity basketball on
both ends of the floor, Marist
While most Marist students had a chance to capture two
looked at last weekend as just wins over the three-day stretch
another chance to get down at and solidify their spot in Metro
McCoy'sorbitthe Fox Hole late Atlantic Athletic Conference
night, the Red Fox basketball
team had a different agenda. ...please see HOOPS, pg. 14
After turning their season
For the second time this season, the.Marist women's basketball team is stuck in a fivegame losing streak.
-. Key laterseason losses to • St.
Peter's College and Manhattan
College haye.putthe team five
games below .500, a season low
Last Friday the Red Foxes travT
eled to New Jersey to take on
St; Peter's^ The women trailed
by 14 at the half, shooting just
38 percent from the field at the
break.
However, an outstanding
shooting performance in the
second half helped Marist crawl
back into the game. But 18
points by Lawanda Greene and
an additional 12 by Courtney
Wicks proved to be enough for
St. Peter's, as it held off Marist
by a score of 62-50.
Marie Fusci led Marist with 20
points, while Elisha DeJesus
followed with 13 points and 5
rebounds. Marist also committed 17 turnovers..
Two days later, on Sunday afternoon, the women played host
to the Manhattan Lady Jaspers.
Both teams went into the game
needing a victory; Marist to end
its losing skid and Manhattan
to try and salvage a .500 conference record.
Manhattan broke the game
open in the second half, taking
a double-digit lead with just
under five minutes remaining in
the game. Marist kept the game
close and shortened the lead to
five points.
However, Manhattan was able
to hold the lead and win the
game, 58-49.
The loss put Marist in last
place of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) with
a conference record of 3-13. The
victory boosted Manhattan's
conference record to 7-9 and
gives the team a chance, to
reach .500 by winning the last
two games of the regular season.
Head coach Kristen Lamb attributed the two losses to players not playing in their usual
spots because of injuries, but
also because of die team's inconsistent play. Fusci agreed.
"We're not playing together,"
Fusci said. "We're panicking.
We need to play as a team."
Both Lamb and Fusci feel that
the team is staying confident
and working hard for every
game, but also feel that the players are getting frustrated.
"These are the type of players that don't hang their heads,"
Lamb said. "They are frustrated,
but they're staying confident"
With two games remaining
before the MAAC tournament,
Marist is in last place in the conference. They are one game
behind Canisius, who Marist
will play on Sunday. Lamb feels
"We're not playing
together. We're panicking. We need to
play as a team.'n
Marie Fusci
Women's basketball
that these last two games are
very important for the team.
"Every game is important,"
Lamb said. "No team is to be
taken lightly. We approach every team the same way."
The next two games are important for league standings, but
they do not determine the season for Marist, according to
Fusci.
"We want to win the games,
but we will still try our best to
win the tournament, no matter
what happens in the last two
games," Fusci said.
Lamb is confident that Marist
will end the season on a good
note.
"I hope we can play consistent (in the last two games),"
Lambsaid. "IfwepJayhardwe'il
be competitive."
Marist will face Niagara tomorrow and Canisius on Sunday to
end the regular season.