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APRIL 29;l999
named
new editor
by CHRIS GROGAN
News Editori The Circle will be under new
management next year. .
Patrick Whittle, the current A
& E editor, will be taking over as
editor-in-chief beginning in
September. According to him, he
is looking to continuing the quality the paper has achieved recently.
"The Circle has come a long
way this ______
year," he .
said. "The
quality of
editing has
really im^
proved and
physically
Photo courtesy of Tim Massie
it's just a
Marist Singers, seated upper right, watch as the Pope enters St. Peter's Square during the canonization ceremony in Italy. lot more atWhittle
tractive."
Whittle grew up in Fair Haven,
Mass. and attended Bishop
Stang High School in North
by KRISTINA BRTTO
Marist Singers, said it was a
Dartmouth, Mass. He was acStaffWriter
truly unforgettable experience.
tive on the school newspaper
"It was a privilege to be there
and played on the varsity socThe founder o£ the Marist and was a peak experience for
cer team. He said he has fond
- Brothers has achieved the high- the Singers," she said. * •.
memories of his hometown.
Russell accompanied the
est honor given by-the-Roman
"Fairhaven, the town I grew
group of 52 Singers, who held
Catholic Church." -'". .
up in, is a suburb of New
Brother-Marcellin Champagnat fundraisers to help lower the
Bedford," he said. "The probwas canonized April 18 in the cost of the trip. Although
lem is that New Bedford absoVatican City. The Marist Sing- ' fundraisers helped, the stulutely reeks of fish 24 hours a
ers and several other Marist of- dents paid for the remaining
day."
ficials, including President Den- cost. Russell said they would
Whittle, who is currently a
nis J. Murray, attended this have liked to take more students,
news correspondent for his
monumental event. The delega- but were limited.
hometown weekly newspaper,
tion spent the week" before the Keri Dixon, president of Marist
has had much experience as a
canonization in Italy and partici- Singers, said she loved every
writer for The Circle. He has
raoto courtesy ot iim Massie
pated in other events affiliated minute of the trip and was
Keri Dixon, Diana Koserski, Matt Vinceguerra and Craig worked as a poller, staff writer
with the canonization.
Murray sing for the Pope as he arrives at St. Peter's Square. for
Laura Russell, director of the ... please see SINGERS, pg. 4 '
...please see WHTTTLE, pg. 3
W7k
Marist sings at holy ceremony
18&EKLYPOLL
Did you have a _
good school year?
YES
NO
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This is an unscientific survey taken from 100
Marist students.
Mr. Rogers to make
Marist his 'neighborhood'
byJEEFDAHNCKE
- StqffWriter
Plans for the 53rd annual
Marist College commencement
have been finalized, and they
promise to produce a beautiful
day in. the neighborhood!-.
Photo courtesy ofTim Massie
It has been confirmed that this
Rogers on cover of Esquire
as "American Hero" of 1998. year's graduation speaker will be
Fred;RogersV the host of the
popular children's program Mr.
Rogers' Neighborhood. Graduation ceremonies are scheduled
for May 22 at 11a.m. on the campus green.
Tim Massie, chief college relations officer, said that Rogers
is a true role model and is very
... please see ROGERS, pg. 4
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What are your plans
for the summer?
Ah overturned, portable saniThe Marist Band will be hav- tation enclosure and broken
ing their Spring Ensemble in the folding table were left in the
Nelly Goletti Theater on May 3 wake of Riverfest on April 16.
at 3 p.m. The following groups Numerous students were observed vomiting as they
will be performing:
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injuries were reported.
Brass Ensemble
Flute Ensemble
Two off-campus females filed
Handbell Choir
assault charges against one anString Ensemble
other after slapping each other
on
Fri, April 16 at 7:25 p.m. The
Some of the selected pieces will
two were supposedly arguing
be:
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Lincolnshire Posy
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English Folk Song Suite
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intruder,
who
was
also
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be having its annual Take Back
the Night March on Sun., May West Cedar resident and an ex2 at 8 p.m. Meet them in the Ro- boyfriend of the female resi-Stephanie Koutsares
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evening, Peter Amato, associate dean of student affairs,
English Department
promptly banned the argumenOn May 7 and 9, at 2 p.m. and tative student from campus.
7p.m. respectively, Dr.
DeAngelis' Capping Class will
Security officers were called
present "English Under Cover," about excessive noise in a
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Goletti Theater at Marist Col- apartment was complete with
lege:
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extinguisher with complimentary
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Psychology Club
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(Colorado killers had big
plans '"
LITTLETON. Colo. - The two
students who killed 13 peopleat Columbine High wanted to kill
at least 500 others, attack nearby
homes and then hijack a plane
and crash it into New York City,
investigators said Tuesday.
Authorities also weie questioning an 18-ycar-old girl about
whether she purchased two
guns used in the rampage.
Jefferson County Sheriff John
Stone earlier told reporters the
goal of the killers, Dylan Klebold
and Eric Harris, was to strike
during the busy lunch hour to
go for "a big kill." "
But sheriff's depaitmenl
spokesman Steve Davis said the
gunmen's diary indicates that if
they survived, they wanted
more.
"They wanted to kill 500
people, hijack a plane and take
it to New York City," Davis said.
"If in fact they were able to cairy
out the entire plan, theie could
have been quite a bit more damage and quite a few more fatalities."
Asked why the gunmen were
thinking of New York, he said:
"I have no idea. Maybe the density of population, for all I
know."
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make predictions
upcoming miUenium
Marist hopes
for best when
2000 arrives
byDOUGLASDEISS
StajfWriter
The year 2000 is going to bring
many changes according to several Marist College Students.
Some changes deal just with
us; here at Marist, while other
changes deal with predictions
to come for the world.
Freshman Ryan Finger said he
hopes for solutions to problems
that have begun this millenium.
"I hope to see that we will all
work together to make progress
in eradicating the problems that
we have made this century," he
said.
According to Finger, he would
like tosee another Renaissance.
"I would like to see my grand
children experience a Renaissance, that would be cool."
Concerning the world, many
students take issue.with some
big problems that everyone is
forced to think about: war and
disease.
In response to war, sophomore
Scott
Garret said he has high
Many dead in Serb TV
hopes
for peace in the future.
bombing
"Many countries are going to
join NATO in an attempt for
BELGRADE. Yugoslavia - world peace," he said. ./..
Families, friends and co-workFellow sophomore Kyle Wood
ers of six victims of last Friday's said he wants to live to see an
NATO attack on the Serbian
Television building gathered
Monday in downtown Belgrade
to pay their last respects.
Covered with lilac blossoms,
the wooden coffins of the six
employees were laid in front of
the City Morgue Chapel. Hun- .... continuedfrom pg. 1
dreds wept among the crowd of
about 1,000, who gathered in
A & E, Assistant A & E Editor
heavy rain.
"Although all 7.000 of our and his current position as A &
employees were a target, death E editor.
unstoppably came to claim our 3 Whittle is involved in other
colleagues that perished," said activities on campus other than
TV director Dragoljub the newspaper. He is a member
Milanovic. As for NATO, "ulti- of the political science club and
mately, the hand of justice will vice-president of the Society of
find them as will the curses of
the loved ones of our col- Professional Journalists club.
According to him, he came to
leagues."
Marist
for several reasons..'
A NATO missile struck .the
"I
like
the small size, the fact
headquarters of Serbian state •
that
it's-hands
on and the techtelevision last Friday, collapsing
nology
in
the
classroom," he
two floors and Happing some
employees inside.
said.
*
On Sunday. Serbian TV reReading and writing are two
leased the names of six that'it of Whittle's favorite pastimes.
said were pulled from the ruins. He said he always can find the
Ten others are missing and pre- time to read.
sumed dead. Of 18 injured, four
"Kurt Vonnegut and George
remain hospitalized.
Orwell are two of my favorite auNATO says Serbian television
was a legitimate military target thors," he said.
Whittle, a junior journalism
because it spread "'propaganda"
about the alliance's campaign to major, said his career aspirations
force President Slobodan involve advocacy journalism.
Milosevic to accept a peace
"My goal is to someday be the
plan for Kosovo.
opinion editor for a major newspaper such as The Boston Globe
—compiledfrom Associated Press or New York Times" he saidAmanda Bradley, current edi-
end to disease.
"I think that they are finally
going to find a cure for AIDS
and cancer," he said.
Junior Mark Smith goes out
on a limb stating, "The United
States will once again rise to
greatness as Y2K sends the
third world and rogue nations
into the dark ages."
Many students think the
world of sports will undergo big
changes, including sophomore
Michael Ferraro..
"The three players who will
carry the NBA into the next cen-
WHITTLE: Editor looks
forward to next year "s paper
"Mygoalisto someday be the Opinion
Editor for a major
newspaper such as
The Boston Globe
or
New
York
Times,"
Patrick Whittle
tor-in-chief, said the newspaper
will be in good hands.
"Patrick was a qualified candidate," she said. "He will do a
fine job next year."
Editor-in-chief is not the only
position being filled next year
ort The Circle staff.
The new opinion editor will be
Mike Bagnato, while Jeremy
Smith will take over as photo
editor. Nik Bonopartis will be
taking over for Whittle as A &
Eeditor.
. '
News, sports, managing and
features editors will continue in
the same capacity next year.
tury are, Tim Duncan, Vince
Carter and Jason Kidd," he said.
In regards to our rights, Jeremy Doran suggests some
drugs will become legal to purchase.
"We are going to see the legalization of marijuana," he said.
Fellow commuter Michael
Craig said he hopes he will be
able to travel to school faster,"
he said.
"The Speed limit is going to
be increased," he said.
Focusing on Marist, junior
Heather Suydam said she predicted problems for upcoming
classes.
"Graduating classes are going
to have the tough problem of
dealing with being the Class of
00, or the Class of 01," she said.
Suydam also said that students
are going to be thinking they are
losers because of the 00.
Fellow junior Becky Valk does
riot make a prediction at all. According to her, claims that the
world will end in eight months
are untrue.
"Nostradamus states that July
99 marks the end of the world,
so nothing is going to happen
in the year 2000," she said.
Students show unity in tragedy
by CHRIS GROG AN
News Editor
Shock and an outpouring of
sympathy over the tragedy in
Colorado have blanketed the
country, including right here at
Marist.
Last Tuesday, Columbine
High School turned into a war
zone when two students
opened fire in a crowded cafeteria and library. In the end, 14
students and one teacher perished in the hail of bullets and
homemade bombs.
Many students here feel that
what happened last week is a
wakeup.call. ,..,,, ,.,,. ; .,
Jennifer Taylor, sophomore,
said she feels this is a time for"
the country to reflect oh. how
society is raising its youth. .. ,
: "I believe thjs.tragedy is a reflection of the violence in our
spciety,"-she. said.: "It shows
how this problem is escalating."
Marisa Sanders, sophomore,
said she thinks more intervention is heeded in schools today.
"It's an atrocity that these
people had to lose their lives in
order for us to realize the extent
of problems the suspects had,"
she said.
The entire Denver area, including radio and television stations,- observed 30 seconds of
silence on Tuesday at 11:21 am.
That was exactly one week to
the minute from the time the
shootings began.
On Sunday, Marist held its
own moment of silence for the
victims, of Littleton, Colorado.
Students gathered in a circle*
with candles lit to recognize
those who died. Prayers were
said and students vowed to put
a stop to violence.
Brian Lachcr, sophomore, said
he was amazed at the amount of
students who showed up:
"It makes me really proud that
I go to a school where they are
concerned about a tragedy like
this and show support," he said.
, Colleen Byrnes said she was.
also surprised at the turnout.
"I was amazed at how many
students showed up at the moment of silence," she said.
Other students said they did
not realize the extent that this
event has impacted students
here. Meghan O'Geary, sophomore, said she was. happy for
the support shown here.
"I'm glad students showed
unity in this tragedy," she said.
Allison Clough, junior, added
that this killing spree had fat
ranging effects.
"I found the vigil to be extremely effective," she said. "I
was surprised to see the turnout considering it happened
away from our community."
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Earth day raises awareness
by CHRISTY BARR
Staff Writer
:
Photo'cburtesy of John DeGtlio
. Photo couittsy of Tim Massif
Guitarist Karen Merker, Jen Miranda.Crystaj Jager, LaiireHe
Weurz and Tara Sullivan sing at the Vatican City residence
of Ambassador Boggs.
The members of S/rensand Time Check pose with AmbassadorCorrine C^'Bpggs, tie U S .
Ambassador to the Holy Cee. Ambassador Boggs will receive the,Freedoms Medal this
fall and is the previous recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill medal. Back row:: Katie
McQuade, Chris Yapchanik, Mike Seaman, Chris Nelson, Ryan Kessler, Jen Bummarn Joel
Cordenner Front row: Kristina Newell, Jen Miranda, Ambassador Boggs, Gina Montoro,
Matt Vinceguerra, Jill Critchly.
SINGERS: Popeajtliongaudience
... continued from pg. 1
glad she had the opportunity to
gQ.
',.'..
"It was an amazing experience
for everyone, especially being
so close to the Pope," she said.
During the week they were in
Rome, the Singers performed to
both public and private audiences. A performance in St.
Peter's Square as well as a worldwide Marist. gathering were
..among.^highlights'ofthe,trip.
: The day before the canonization, there was a worldwide
Marist event with delegations
from each Marist affiliated area.
Russell said the Singers were
received well in Rome: >. \---g,
"We represented the entire u
We represented the
United States when we performed our two songs and re- entire United States
ceived a standing ovation," she when we performed
said.
our two songs: and
Dixon said the event was one
of the most memorable experi- received a standing
ences of the week.
ovation."
"It was my favorite because it
was such a great honor to repLaura Russell
resent the United States in such
a noteworthy event," she said.
:..,...>;•- director
The Singers also received the
honor of performing with the.
Sistine Chapel Choir in Latin on
the day of the canonization.
"We found out the night beAccording to Russell.the infore that they wanted us to pervitation was an unexpected welform with them;" she said. "We
come.
Photo courtesy of John DeGilio
Matt Vinceguerra, Jon Pisani, Chris. Yapchanik, Chris Nelson
and Kevin Boyer performing at the Ambassador's residence.
were up late practicing and
learned the song in Latin so that
we.cpuld perform it the follow,ing;d'ay.": < : ; : v^.'-'.: ; , -iV,.
The.dayjpf the canonization
the Singers performed in front
. of St. Peter's Square and were
only 20 feet away from the Pope,
Russell said.
Rob Amodeo, Marist Singer,
said that he could not believe
he was that close to the Pope
;
and was able.to sing in front of
"Being in the piesencc of the
Pope-was
extremely
;
magnifieent,"said Amodeo.
ROGERS: Speaker best Spina receives 'Intern of the Year' award
represents ideals of Marist
Stacey Spina, a senior psy- Poughkeepsic and at the Communicationally Handichology/special education ma- Dutchess County Board of Co- capped Children (TEACH)
jor from Paisippany, N.J., IC- operative Educational Services method of instructing seli-conceivedthe 1999 Marist College (BOCES) in Salt Point.
tained classroom setting.
... continued from pg.l
lutein Student of the Year
During her internship at
Spina also currently ser\es as
Award.
Hagan Spackenkill Elementary a substitute teacher in both Ar
happy with the selection;
The award, given by Marist's School, Spina integrated com- lington and Spackenkill schools
"The man you see on TV is "Many of the stu- Center for Career Ser\ ices an- puter-based instruction into
districts and is a member of Althe man you see in real life," dents grew up with nually since 1993. recognizes a lessons in conjunction with a
pha Chi National Honor SociMassie said. "We are very lucky
giaduating senior for outstand- grant awarded by Media One ety. She has a 3.7 grade point
him."
to get him."
ing achievement in experiential and U.S. One Foundation. average and has been on the
Arrangements to get Rogers
which includes in- While atBOCES, Spina assisted Dean's List every semester
Tim Massie education,
began last September, and plans
ternships, co-op. externships, students with multiple disabili-" The Center for Career Services
will be officially finalized next
chief relations officer and student teaching assign- lies, autism and severe commu- also presented the Marist Colweek.
nication impairments. She lege Inicrn Employer of the Year
ments.
It is another in a long list of
Spina served as a student taught six-year-old students Award for 1999 to Central
The ideals Massie spoke of
honors and awards that have
teacher
at the I lagan Spackenkill using the Treatment and Edu- Hudson Gas and Electric in
been bestowed upon the 70-year are excellence in education, Elementary
School
in cation of Autistic and Poughkeepsie.
old Rogers, who has hosted his dedication to the principle of
well-known television program service and pursuit of higher
human values. According to
for the past 33 years.
Massie,
Rogers reaches all three
In 1994 he received the Eleanor
of
these.
Roosevelt Val-Kill medal. He
The man known for wearing
also won a 1997 Emmy award for
outstanding performer in a cardigans and white sneakers,
while at the same time watching
children's series, and has
received honorary degrees from his trolley roll off towards the
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ties including Yale, UCONN and provides a speaker whom many
of this year's graduates spent
Boston University.
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Sewage, pollution and land
preservation were all topics of
this year's Earth Day celebration.
Earth Day, which first began
in the spring of 1970, was observed on April 21 this year.
The Marist College chapter of
Students Encouraging Global
AwareneSs (SEGA) coordinated
the festivities.
During activity hour, SEGA
held informational tables arid
gave away free T-shirts, food
and posters in front of the Rotunda:
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Carrie Swail, vice-president of
SEGA, said the informational
tables included animal welfare
and vegetarianism along with
local environmental groups.
"The Scenic Hudson arid
Hudson Cleanwater environmental groups both had informational tables," she said.
Paul Jendrzejczyk, president of
SEGA, said the group was also
selling reusable mugs filled with
day went well, but do have ideas people there," she said.
fresh squeezed juice for $1.
Jendrzejczyk feels there needs
"The idea is for students to on improving next year's celto
be more tables addressing
ebration.
take these mugs to the cafes and
Kristin Harvey, freshman issues of concern on campus.
Cabaret instead of using the'
"We need to try to find solustyrofoam cups they offer," he SEGA member, said there were
tions
for.problems on campus,
•plenty
of
things
people
could
said.
such
as
recycling," he said.
take
part
in,
but
she
hopes
next
According to the Wilderness
According to Jendrzejczyk,
Society's web page, Senator year will draw a larger crowd.
"We could use more publicity this year there was more supGaylord Nelson first began
to
draw in more people," she port from local organizations,
Earth Day back in 1970.
but the event would have gone
said.
"The objective was to get a
over better if it were held on the
Swail
said
she
also
would
like
nationwide demonstration of
weekend.
concern for the environment," to see more of a turnout.
"We would have had a better
"I thought it went well behe said. "Earth Day achieved
turnout
if it was the whole day,
cause
it
was
a
very
nice
day,
but
what I had hoped for."
notjust
activity hour," he said.
I
would
have
liked
to
see
more
SEGA members agree that the
Black week successful for
entertaining and educating
evening wear. Music was provided by DJ H-Bomb of "Music.
on the Move."
Jizelle Andrews and Tisha
Murray were the coordinators
:•:• The recognition of different of the show. They have been
cultures is very important, to~a plahhiri'g the whole show since
lot of students on campus.
December.
••'<,. Black week was a big help in
Until the night of the show,'
accomplishing this .by being a they spent their time writing lethuge success.
terSi calling people, following up
It lasted from April 18 to 24 on calls, visiting stores and takand the Black Student Union ing free advertising in order to
organized all of the events.put the show together. :
Edward Antoine, president of
Andrews said she thought the
BSU; said the whole year turned most important thing about the
put well for BSU, along with the show was all the hard;work
week..;,' •' ;;
"Wehad a good year," he said.
"We couldn't have done it without m e : b p a r d l " ' :
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Real World; Sari Francisco" on
MTV eariie to speak about fcarnpus" diversity bri the 19th. : •
' A play was' performed on the
20th called "Womyri with
Wings." It was a show about
issues that women face including abortion.' It was also about
"riiotivating self-confidence-in
" wbirien. '
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On the 21st, "Nyabingi" was
held which rneans "Night of Expression." This involves a talent show corisisting of riiusic,
poetry and comedy performed
by students;
The "Def Comedy. Jam" was
held on the 22nd and.featured
two comedians named J.B.
Smooth arid Rob Stapleton.
About 100 people came to the
show.
The BSU Fashion Show was
held on the 23rd. Clothing from
The Gap, Dress Barn, Dress
Barn Woman, World Wide
Clothing, American Eagle, JT's
House of Style, Finishline,
Mandee, The Unit Men's and
Women's Clothing, and Royal
Tuxedo were modeled. C.C. New
York Hair Design and Tiofia's
Jewelers were also sponsors.
The show consisted of casual,
sports, club, business and
by RICHARD SHUTKIN
........ Staff Writer
people did for the show.
"The models really showed the
commitirierit'they put in," she
said: ;.."•
. ShemetaLake,oneof the models for the show,'said she was a
little nervous at the beginning
but got more comfortable towards the end of the show.
: 'T.Ayas nervous at first but the
more I wentout, I became more relaxed," she said.
Lake also said she thought the
show was a good experience.
"The fashion show was an
overall success because of the
amount of people there and the
Antoine said he thinks it's imexcitement shown by the
portant to have Black Week.
crowd," she said.
"It is important to represent
Murray said she would like to
thank everyone for coming out our heritage on this campus and
to make people aware that we
to see the show.
"I would like to thank Bob are on campus," he said. "It is
;
Lynch and Rich because they also important to dotirings so
we're so patient arid they worked that African Americans can feel
good with us," she said. "I comfortable ori this campus."
Antoine said that everyone is
would also like to thank DJ Hwelcome to join BSU.
Bomb."
"BSU is a family, notjust a
On the 24th the Cultural Dinner Dance was held. James club," he said. "We want all
Rusch, junior, was chosen to be races to join."
BSU king and Jihan Herndon,
freshman, was chosen to be
BSU queen.
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AsEditor-in-Chief for this year I
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all this year's editors and writers.
Thanks for the memories. It's been
fun. Best wishes to this year's
graduating seniors and next year's
Circle staff.
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strongly to the knowledge that is reserved
for just you no matter
how much prying
tempts you to let it all
out. Playing hard to
get will encourage,
your pursuers and
make them believe that
what you hide inside
is the unobtainable
prize.
•
CANCER: Song and '
laughter spills out the
doors of your home
and brightens the
whole neighborhood.
Smiles will flow into
every nook and
cranny like warm butter on bread. You'll
see your neighbors in
a new light and in a
way that transforms
the often mundane
daily interactions into
.'Conversations' you
look forward to having. New things and
ideas capture your attention, filling you
with an eagerness, to
learn. Trusting others
comes easily arid they
will easily trust you in
return.
LEO: A domestic imbalance casts a long
shadow across the
rest of your day. It may
feel dark and gloomy,
but remember that
there wouldn't be any
shadows at all if it
weren't for some form
of light. Seeking the
s'ource may allow you
to change the direction of it's reflection.
The pull of family can
exert a powerful and
not always welcome
influence. It may be all
in the way that you
choose to receive the
interaction. This may
be your best option at
the moment.
VIRGO: Enjoy what
you now have before
letting your ambition
drive you onward. It
will serve as the foundation from which to
move forward. Just
because something is
easy for you doesn't
mean that it has no
value. You just may .
have the skills that the
job requires so the
whole process moves
smoothly. You may
feel restless, though,
without a challenge in
the forefront of your
experiences.
LIBRA: Today you
are thinking about
money—specifically,
how to get more of it.
Your thoughts will be.
consumed by dollars
and the plans that may
result in allowing you
to live large. Complex
processes are prone
to small but tragic
flaws. For this reason,
take the time to work
out all of the kinks and
to make sure that all of
the mechanisms are
working with each
other. Define the details and work on a
smaller scale until you
know what you are
doing.
SCORPIO: You have
the keen ability to be
true to yourself. You'll
find that you have no
patience for those
who hide in disguise,
trying to fool themselves and everyone
else. Know that you
have every right to be
proud of your desire
to match your actions
with .what you feel is
moral in your mind and
heart. The difference
between love and infatuation
Sincerely,
Amanda Bradley
Editor-in-chief
Marist Singers applauded
Horoscopes
ARIES: You may have
some moral issues
with what is happening around you today.
Your inclination is
likely to be introverted, but know that
the situation may
change the moment
you take a stand. Step
up on your soapbox if
you really want to see
a shift in the environment in which you find
yourself. You have
the potential to turn
things all the way
around. If you accept
people's weaknesses,
you will begin to see
their strengths. .
TAURUS: You are a
volcano of emotions
today, and don't be
surprised if there are
onlookers who find
the situation fascinating. The heat of your
words as they flow
freely will spark feelings strong in intensity. Passionate language may be all that
lies between you and
some inappropriate
behavior. Listen to
your heart and let your
words mirror what you
find. Popularity will
present itself as an issue and you have the
power to decide exactly what role it will
play.
GEMINI: Today could
find you as the target
of an investigation.
You may feel as if
there is a car trailing
you at all times or a
spy behind every corner. It's nothing serious, but someone has
a definite interest in
your secrets. You may
be more intriguing
than you ever knew
possible. Hold on
Have a great summer everyone
and see (most of) you in the fall!!
immediately obvious,
although separating
or combining the two
could make for a fun
experience.
:
SAGITTARIUS: If
your stride falters or
your sparkle, fades,
don't worry; your
light has not fully
gone out. A power
surge may have .
forced your electricity
to momentarily dim.
Do your best to rely
on your reserve generator. Sagittarians in
high profile positions
may suddenly become self-conscious.
Remember that you
are no different man
before and turn to
your
reassuring
thoughts. Withdraw
and take a quick deep
breath before the uncomprehending lose
their patience with
you. Move slowly
and try to pinpoint the
reason for your sluggishness.
CAPRICORN: You
get along wonderfully
with others. You'll find
mat you will click in
every interaction and
enjoy the moments of
conversation you encounter/Everything
you need is exactly
where it should be
when you reach for it
Everything has a
place and a purpose
into which you will
find that you have insight. All the factors
are aligned for an important decision that
you have to make.
Take them in the order
in which they present
themselves and be
sure to consider the
bigger picture in the
process of putting it
all together.
AQUARIUS: Purely
and simply, your raw
emotions chafe at
you. It is down to the.
nitty-gritty and the
bare essentials. You
may_feel.sure.uiat everyone around you
knows exactly what
you are dunking. You
are likely to have an
audience for all of
your emotions. Try to
keep your deep feelings with you in the
privacy of your dressing room. Reserve
center stage for the
most positive feelings
you, can muster. Be
reassured -that there
will be a chorus and
an orchestra to support you. The audience also wants you
to do your best, although they may also
act as critics as they
observe.
PISCES: Think big
thoughts today and
let your words form
those
cartoon
bubbles over top of
your head. Speak with
your hands and let
your expressions tell
the true tale. You may
feel like you are wandering through the
clouds, but know that
these are where you
are more likely to discover your dreams.
Throw old ideas out
the window, along
with anyone who still
believes in. them.
Wish them well as
they soar in their own
way. Keep moving, or
your feet will fuse to
the ground. Use the
restless feeling that
you feel inside as a
way to keep your
forces fanciful.
Editor
My wife; Barbara and I would like to thank the Marist Singers for making our
40th anniversary trip to Rome such a pleasant success. Their performance at the
Marist Brothers' Worldwide Youtfi Festival on Sat., April, 17 was truly outstanding and a source of pride for all of us from America. With the thousands that filled
the huge Paul VI Audience Hall to capacity with "Maristi" from all over die world,
and where North Americans were but a tiny fraction of the Marist family, you
could tell from the clamorous applause mat tiiey enjoyed the Marist College
Singers too.
Their performance at the home of the Vatican Ambassador, Lindy.Boggs on the
Friday evening set die perfect tone for the celebration that brought us together in
Rome. We both felt Marcelliri Champagnat would be pleased to see what his work
had produced.
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Inappreciated, we have placed 35 digital pictures for Marist College Singers to
enjoy on uie Marist College mainframe. They can be downloaded by Anonymous
FTP from uie account EN10.J Some of the "unedited" pictures can be viewed at:
http://maristb.marist.edu/~EN10/@httpd/index.html.
John F. DeGiiio
school of science
Professor extends thanks to Marist community
Editor
.
My family and I would like to thank the many members of the Marist community
fortiieir words ofcondolence during the time ofmy mother's deatii.
It has been a very painful time for us, but the kind thoughts and actions of so
many have helped greatly.
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Barbara Lavin
Newly chartered fraternity welcomes members
Editor
Congratulations to the Delta Iota Chapter of Phi Kappa Sigma. Initiated the 23rd
of April, 1999, the Phi Kaps are officially recognized by their International Office
as.a fraternal organization. After more than, a year of hard work, these men now
plan to be a strong arid productive organization here at Marist College for years
tocbhie.-/
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Congratulations to these new Brothers of the Phi Kappa SigmaFraternity:
Trevor Arguin, David Bober, Damien Choma, Daniel Coriboy,Joel Cordenner,
Robert Duda, Lyle Flagg, Richard Forcellati, Kevin Gianni, Brian Groark, Robert
Henry, Christopher Jackman, Christopher Koehler, Jesse Kupec, Patrick LaCroix,
KrisLaliberte, Stephen LapolK Benjariiin Leeson, Richard McCormack, Michael
Mercer, Thomas Mirabella, Mark Morici, Michael Morris, Thomas Myers,
Christopher Reed, Christopher Rowland, Michael Seaman, Wm. Douglas Smith,
Tomothy Soloman, William Stahl, Adam Sturges, Timothy Timone, Douglas
Wilderotter.
Kevin Gianni
Kappa Kappa Gamma initiates new sisters
Editor
The Zeta Chi chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma would like to welcome the
Lambda class. The new initiates are: Colleen Barrett, Katie Brown, Heather
Calanan, Jill Cristadoro, Erin Hayes, Sharon Kennedy, Nicole Kulik, Kerrie
Mendez, Anne Perkins and Alison Stec.
Congratulations girls.
Jacqueline Baker
Reader rebuts editorial
Editor
Two of die PBS specialists analyzing die Columbine HS tragedy were honest
enough to opine mat a "spiritual emptiness" is part of uie cause. ("If PBS
doesn't do it, who will?")
I did not appreciate Tara Quinn's remark about Graceland being "the place
where Jesus was born." Such humorous or malicious bashing of the Catholic
religion has become pervasive recently in the media, slowly frittering away the
moral fiber of society.
Rivulets become rivers mat lead to Littleton oceans.
Bro. Joe Belanger, fins
Graduating senior offers parting words
Editor:
Well my four years are up here at Marist College, and for two of those years I
was an editor for The Circle so I figured mis would be my last time to write an
editorial so here goes.
I could do the typical senior thing and say how happy I was for four years here, and so
on and so forth, but I will spare you. .Instead, I will let some of you in on some things that
have kept me sane in my most stressing moments and made those goodtimesa lot better.
First, on crossing Route 9, there is a very sirhple and inexpensive way to cross
uie street without being hit by a car (and I am not talking about building a bridge
•for the students or eliminating the right turns on red law). All you guys and girls
have to do is look left men look right. If you do that, you will see if there is a car
coming and tiiat will let you know that it is not die right time to cross the street.
Next, get to know your teachers. The more you get to know them, the better
they will treat you. The same goes for advisors. All of you who complain that you
did not get into any classes, me better you know your advisors, the easier it will
be for diem to get you into the classes you want to take. They also can give you
some good advice on some other tilings going on in your life that do not deal
with classes. Take spring break trips, study outside a lot, climb the trees on
campus (not drunk please), take pictures of you and your friends, get dressed up
on Halloween, laugh, play practical jokes on your friends (and when one gets *
played on you do not hold a grudge), and have FUN!
You only have, at most, three years left, so make the most of it because after
college, you have to deal widi health-care, insurance, and dating sober women.
So this is it, enjoy, good-bye, and I am looking forward to a sober senior week.
Ha, you see that is funny!
Av
Joe Scotto
senior
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Photography Editor
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Business Manager
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29,1999
CIRCLE
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Op-Ed
The views expressed on these pages are not necessarily those of The Circle
C ol o r a do mass a er e: we
should have seen it coming
by CHRIS KNUDTSEN
In the wake of the Colorado
massacre, many have been saying how big of a shock this is to
our society. Why? Was this
really that big of a surprise?
Like the students in Colorado,
the majority of us has grown up
in high schools in middle class
communities and would probably like to think that it could
never happen in our hometowns. Obviously now we can.
Almost every high school has
the group of outcasts. Sometimes they are "freaks." Sometimes they are just normal kids
who never assimilated into the
popular crowd. Almost "every
high school treats them the
same.
There is almost always the kid
who has his backpack thrown
into the showers after gym.
The
kid who has his lunch tray
knocked over every day. The
kid who hears the constant insults and threats.
Yet as a society, we act surprised that somebody^ somewhere, somehow'snapped.
Somebhe'should Have'"seen"it
coming.
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While this isn't meant to excuse what happened, it does
bring iis a step closer to understanding how this happened. If
we are lucky, it may bring us a
step closer to understanding
how to prevent it from ever hap^
pening again. But that doesn't
seem likely.
Already the media has been
held accountable for the
"Trench Coat Mafia." Musical
artists such as Marilyn Manson
and KMFDM have already been
criticized for somehow influencing the students to go on a killing spree. This is very reminiscent of the suicide case blamed
on Judas Priest several years
ago.
After the double suicide in the
past case, the parents of the
dead went on a moral conquest
against the band and the music
scene as a whole.. What the
parents' supporters seemed to
overlook was the role the parents diemselves had in the tragedy.
The two teenagers killed themselves while listening to 'Judas
Priest in their parent's garage...
while smoking pot and drinking
beer. Maybe the parents should
have been more aware pf what
their children were doing in their
own house.
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Maybe the parents of the
• "trench coat mafia" should have
paid a little more attention to >
what their children were doing
in their spare time. Maybe they
should have checked to see
what the teenagers'were building in their garages.
But they were middle class,
and this kind ofJhing is only
supposed to happen in the inner cities ... right? Human nature isthe same no matter what
class you are in. In all actuality
the situation would have been
handled swiftly in an inner city
school by security and local
police.
But they were middle class,
what could have driven them to
this point. Money and possession means little if the parents
did not actually raise their children. Being wealthy does not
put a person on a moral high
ground or in a perfect life (although many people seem to
believe that it does).
; Another reason why we will
probably see this happen again
is because rather than learning
how to deal with the situation,
people become more paranoid
and. aggressiye against those
that they, see as different.".,.
There will be more hard looks,
more insults, etc. ..the problem
will not go away or.getbetter..
It is highly ironic that there
was a "moment of silence" for
the victims of me tragedyjbe-:^
cause it was silence thaftel: the
tragedy occur. Rather than
mourning the event and bowing our heads in silence, we
should focus our efforts on preventing a similar outbreak from
happening.;
.Another misconception of the
media is that they are portraying this as a random act of violence. There was nothing random about this at all, it was
planned, calculated and eventually acted out. It was not a
spur of the moment idea. It had
been building over time and festering until it could not be contained anymore.
Rather than looking for a
scapegoat, society should try to
find.ways to prevent another
incident by trying to understand
why it happened and what could
be done to change it.
There is no single cause. It is
a combination of several factors
that could be improved upon.
They were a bunch of kids who
got picked on a lot and nobody
seemed to have tried to help
them. Their parents obviously
did not know what was really
going on in their lives. .':'.'
.But "we.are.so shocked that
something, like tiiis could hap^
pen." We should have seen it
coming.
ChrisfK}iudtsen;is a freshman
communications major frorn
East I slip, NY.
Student learns value of life\ love
by TRACYDEPASQUAI ,E
Recently, I rediscovered the
importance of family.
Growing up, my cousin and 1
were inseparable. People
would'often mistake us for sisters because we share such a
remarkable resemblance.
For different reasons. I had
not seen her in a couple of
.years. She had since gulton
engaged and planned to marry
in six months. I had not had
the privilege of meeting her
fiancee. The first time I saw
his face, I was kneeling down
in front of him as he lay in his
"coffin. . . « ' ! . ? . , , " . . .'.'
I saw my" cousin for the first
time and years and it was as if
I was looking back at an image
of me across the room. By
complete coincidence, w e .
looked almost like twins. We
even had the same haircuL For
ah instant I was taken back to
when we were little, it was almost as if time had stood still.
The moment I hugged her, it
was jf I was seven and she was
10 and she was walking me to
my first grade class or teach-
^2.r
it
ing me how to ride a bike. She
had always been there for me,
and now it was my turn.
I hugged her for what seemed
like forever, afraid to. let'go.
Afraid to return to the present,
and wanting so badly to return
to when we were little, when our
She said she could
be blissfully happy
with the love of her
life for just few short
years. ' '/'.'•-• [ •' ;'•.'-u;
biggest struggle in life was de-;
cidihg what we wanted to wear
to school. I could not help but
thinkhqw unfair-it was. .1 should
be hugging her in her wedding
dress in October." She;should
be wearing white; not black." T
do not know which is-wdrse:
someone gone so young," or
someone so young left behind.
"It.was like a scene out,of a*
movie. Unfortunately, if was
painfully real. As the bagpipes
played Amazing Grace, we had
all stopped and waited. Waited
'He not busy being born is busy dying."
-Bob Dylan
for her to leave his side. It was . thenvproperly, and you truly.,
possibly the hardest thing I . . mean tfiem, then they are the
have ever seen.
U-- three ^easiest, words you will;
It taught me one of the great- - ' •ever say.,-.-,-••'. ' >••" ^ - s ,..'/>'".•,
est and most important les-;.'. . - Mypousihptovedthat tomeU.
sons 1 will probably ever learn. .Life ds truly shdrt; We need Even though he died at t h e ' not be-depressed,*for there-is '
young age of 27 of a brain an- - ,. nothingwe can dp about it*We ;•••
eurysm. theie was something '.' just have to live every day that '.
that my cousin never men--.; way. we choose to? aridif some-.
tioned to her family. No male
thing bad. happens/ the'hwe''."
member of his family lived past
move'on/ Because we have?the age of 46 because of a hechosen our. own paths, and al-,
reditary kidney disease.
-though it.will be painful for &.She said that she could marry . while,: it was.because it was someone who couldjiye until .•. once wonderful. That is what
80 and maybe she would.be . we must never forget , ' ' " - . "
happy;- Orshecouldbebliss; Sofif therejs someone you
fully happy with thelpyeof her .-•' •love'and have nottold, .tell'''
life for just few short years. It- . them: I am not saying you
was ithe. bravest-thing T h a d , shouldiprofess your loye;. to
ever heard. It gives you some- themxJustgivethema riug'or,
perspective to hear the unselfa kiss. Hold their hand when
ishness of..that statement:
theyleast expect it. Do some• '.- :Sp in the end, love, is really ='. thing nice for mem for ho reathe only thing that matters.. It , son.- But never be in the position to wonderif they know.
does, not matter what land of
loyeitis. The love of a friend,
,of.a parent, or of a significant
other. God's.greatestgiftis that
of the ability to love and to be
Tracey Depasquate is a junior comloved. We use those threelittle
munications major from Windsor
words in vain. But if you use
Locks, CT.
For Tara Quinn's 'The Jersey
Side,' and Bill Mekrut's 'Political
Scene,9 see Inner Circle page 3.
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i byCHRiSKNUDTSEN
Staff'Writer
Student urges
peers to 'Take
Back the Night'
byERICATAYLOR
"He began following me - he
dragged me over to a playground under a slide where he
forced himself on top of me."
It happens at night, it happens
during the day. It can be a vicious rape or it can be grabbing
and groping. It can be voyeuristic stares or sexual comments.
Sexual violence is any act (verbal and/or physical) which
breaks a person's trust and/or
safety and is sexual in nature.
"I have an empty hole in my
heart and have forever changed
as a person."
Whether or not there are
physical scars, sexual assault
can be, and often is, devastating to a woman's psyche. She
can experience flashbacks,
panic, attacks, insomnia, nightr
mares, uncontroilable'shaldng,
suicidal thoughts. She can be
haunted by. feelings'. of guilt,
self-loathing, humiliation, fear,
mistrust, depression, anxiety,
anger, despair. There can.be an
allijConsumihg J e s i r e SoVgfet
cleatfand gainlsdme'seMblahce
of control.
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'Ttpok the longest sjiowerl
have ever takenih my life:" 1
The recovery time varies for '
each woman, lasting from
months to years, .but for many
it is a lifelong struggle to pick
up the pieces, get strong, become w h o l e / / ' ~ / : :
"He will never know the constant pain that I feel and the fear/'
; The lasting legacy of violence
is'its'ability to. devastate and
damage'theverycdmpblsitidrydf
a person's sbul^Thecourse of a
. life can bedrastically altered in
a matter of minutes.
"Forever I will be jailed in my
dwhmind." !
''•It is a violation of a woman's
basic rights to have to "constantly feel at risk for unexpected
assaults" on her safety "and her
person. Thisris what Take Back
the Might is-abouf.
Anyone who supports and
belieyes in creating a world
where .women can experience
the safety and sanctity they
deserve are welcome to participate in the Marist College Take
Back the Night March—May 2
beginning at 8 p.m. in the Rotunda. We will claim our right to
safety on the Marist campus
and then hold a Speak Out for
female survivors of sexual violence and assault.
"My advice to anyone who
has been sexually assaulted: let
it out. There
is more room on the outside than
the inside."
Personal stories taken from
The Survivors Page:
www.stardate.bc.ca/survivors
'a
*: '.• ILagwagon hea'dliheH »at
A11,
; Trarnps; accompanied, by,
Eatei Generation, ind Writch
kike,Me b.h Sat.-;, ^.pril 24: *^ii
Despite the'pdppy nature of
the show, some of the misled
teeny-boppers managed to get
violent. The rest of the crowd
seemed to enjoy themselves
mough (except for the two kids
who were throwing up in the
corner for most of the show).
Wretch Like Me started the
night off with a brief ihtro from.
Guns and Roses which was
highly amusing (and surprising
that they could play that many
different chords). The rest of
meir set was energetic but fairly
repetitive which left a lacking
feeling after their half hour set.
On the surface Wretch Like
Me seemed to be another popposer-punk bands that have
been becoming increasingly
popular as of late. However, after'flipping through their CD
* (which I would not have actually bought but it was: free), I
found (hat there lyricsarebotH
comical arid somewhat controversial/
• ' ••••••••<•••
One song-on tiieir CD, Homo,
has lyncs such as "There's a
ably the best band at Tramps
that night, they should have
been last but Lagwagon had
higher billing.
.-.
All played a strong, if somewhat brief, set,including Mr.
Coffee which many of the fans
had been waiting for. During
All's set, the floor opened up
into two separate pits. One area
was for those who actually
wanted to dance and the other
for the angry little teeny
boppers out to prove themselves.
Closing the night was
Lagwagon who played a surprisingly lively set. Even
though they are a very poppy
band, they still had a lot of energy and managed to get everyone involved. •
At the end of the set
Lagwagon played a brief rendiPhoto courtesy Epitaph Records
/4//played second bill at Trampslast weekend with Lagwagon. tion of Come All Ye Faithful
which was highly amusing but
little homo in all of us." Wretch crowd-surfer grabbed onto the
would have been better if they
Like Me could possibly find pipes and lights dangling from
had played it for a longer period
themselves a fan favorite, but the ceiling.
of time.
also runs "the risk of becoming
. Eventually the security got
Upcoming shows at the
yet another corporate punk tired of watching the lights get
Tramps
includes the record reband, which is the topic of an- kicked as each climber kicked
lease
party
on May 30 for H20,
other song on their CD, 'Punk the light set. Before All came
with
openers
Kill Your Idols,
!
Rock is Business.'
/
on stage, security rriade an an- andMadball. Bouncing Souls
".;' The amusing trio of Latex riduriceriierit'that all climbersGeneration came next.: Their would be ejected, which did are also holding a record release
show at,Tramps during May.
second song,
Dddd^Wasa nothing to stop anyone.
Surprisingly, Stiff Little Fingers
Communist was the highlight of
:.'AH'is basically the Descen- will also be coming to Tramps
their &t:°Af/that p o i r i t ^ f i r s t dants• 'plus Chad Price. Arguduring the summer. •
matures
CD,astep
byADAMKOWALSKI
Staff Writer
A spiky-haired punk walks in
to his local independent record
store on a sunny afternoon.
He walks into the store and
' sees 'Cheating at Solitaire' by
Mike Ness, lead singer and
songwriter of punk legends 5ocial Distortion. He had heard
about this and had heard that it
was not just anomer Social D
album. He looks at the back and
sees an album description with
words such as rockabilly, blues,
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getiiithe 'Wagon
S
AnotherVoice
TJLEIL
'Cheating at
oiid Social D
and country. He sees confus- Dylan's Don't ThinkTwice. But
ing band names such as this album is very different from
Creedence Clearwater Revival anything he has ever done be. and Johnny Cash. He pur- fore. That is obvious right frorn
chases it anyway figuring that die first track, a very dark calm
. the description is just exagger- nine called The Devil in Miss
ating... well he is wrong.
Jones. But is this a sign of the
After nearly 20 years as front- end. for Social
Distortion^.
man for one of the most influen- Mike Ness going to spend the
tial punk rock bands ever, Mike rest of his life making albums like
Ness goes back to his roots for this, right?
s a solo album he has been wantFear not all you punks out
ing to do for years. Some songs there.
do at times sound like stripped
According to Mike, "This is
down Social D songs such as just a break, after two and a half
Rest of our Lives, Dope Fiend years of touring we just took a
Blues and the cover of Bob break between albums. It was
just the perfect time for me to
do this."
. One of the largest surprises
on the album is the guests mat
Mike brought into the studio
with him. Misery Loves Company is a song that Mike does
with Bruce Springsteen. Apparently Bruce is a huge Social
D fan (I swear that is not a joke).
Telling their voices apart is actually a struggle at times. Crime
Don't Pay has dark rockabilly
guitar work done by none omer
than the ex-Stray Cat and MTV's
king of swing Brian Setzer. The
guitar work is uncharacteristically.dark for Setzer and fits very
well with the attitude of Mike
Ness.
Just like Social Distortion
songs, Mike brings very deep
and personal lyrics. He sings
about everything from blown
Movie Quote of the Week
McDougal: Henry, why do
you have me doing all this
grunt work? Vm a
columnist!
Henry: You're not a
columnist. You're a reporter
who writes long.
- from 'The Paper'
chances at lov&(Rest of our
Lives and If You Leave Before
Me") to his drug addiction, or
as he puts it, "dying twice a
day" (Dope Fiend Blues, Ballad of a Lonely Man and the title
track). He also puts forth some
of his best guitar work yet and
writes songs that will appeal to
even the hardest of Social Distortion fans while keeping well
entrenched in his country and
rockabilly roots.
Now I was skeptical when I
bought the album. I thought the
description was exaggerated.
But you know what the weird
thing is? I really do not care
that mis is not a punk rock album. The songs are catchy and
no matter how offended you
may be at Mike's betrayal to his
punk rock throne, you cannot
help but find yourself singing
diese songs to yourself all day
long. The music manages to
sound like a country song while
having this odd resemblance to
something that should be heard
from the center of a swirling and
violent pit. Mike captures the
essence of country, rockabilly
and punk and forges them into
a new direction. Mike Ness did
not change, he just visited new
territory for a little while. So go .
pick up 'Cheating at Solitaire'
and watch for him to come near
you this summer. For more info
check
his
website
at
www.mikeness.com.
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\
The Final
Totally
Theatre
byRACHAELVOLLARO
StajfWriter
The Marist College Council
on Theatre Arts concludes its
fortieth season this weekend,
with Shakespeare's 'Much Ado
about Nothing.'
Performance dates and times
are tonight and tomorrow night
at 8 p.m., and Saturday May 1 at
2 p.m. in the Nelly Goletti Theatre. There is also a performance
Sunday May 2 at 2 p.m. outside
in the Student Memorial Grotto,
weather permitting. For those
who don't know where the
Grotto is, it's the stone memorial near Donnelly^ This performance marks the first outside
show in the history of MCCTA.
Ticket prices are $7. general admission, $5 faculty, staff &
alumni, and $3 students. There
is no charge for Sunday's performance, but donations and
blankets to sit on are encouraged. Tickets can be reserved
by calling the MCCTA box officeatx3133.
'Much Ado about Nothing'
is
considered
one
of
Shakespeare's most witty and
romantic plays. The true Director Victor Small said it's
Shakespeare's merriest look at
love.
Megan Williams, a stage
manager for the production, said
the audience should expect the
true essence of the Bard.
"It's a smart, intricate plot,
with a dynamic cast," she said.
Karen Gumaer, also a stage
manager, said that if the audience pays attention to' what is
going on, on stage, it's a very
funny show.
"The true comedy of
Shakespeare is evident to the
audience," she said.
The cast and crew of Much
Ado have been working towards this performance for the
last three months. According
to producer, Bryan Delaney, the
cast has put their heart and souls
into the production.
The Marist College Council
on Theatre Arts recaps the 199899 season, the following weekend with its annual Banquet
Awards Ceremony. The ceremony starts at 7 p.m. in the
Nelly Goletti Theatre and is free
and open to the public.
For more information call the
MCCTA box office at x3133.
Rachael Vollaro will return as
The Circle's Theatre columnist
in Fall, 1999.
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THE
THE CIRCLE
APRIL 29.1999
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LaButeis
director
to watch
Alien conspiracy
enkindled
new solar system
by PATRICK WHITTLE
A&E Editor
'The truth is out there' might
not just be the catch phrase of a
popular sci-fi series.
The recent scientific proof of
a distant solar system is fuel for
the legions of scientists, researchers, citizens, and some
<,' would say weirdoes, who make
a case for the existence of extraterrestrial life. Theories continue to mount on top of each
other, each new one more baffling than its predecessor, about
subjects including crop formations, cattle mutilations, abductions and autopsies.
But is this really valid scientific research? Is this news oris
it entertainment? And who are
these people, who spend each
waking moment of their lives
generating these theories? Perhaps that is the most challenging question.
Alexander Collier, a selfTproclaimed expert on the subject, is
a 30-year-duration "UFO
conductee." He claims to be
spreading a message given to
him by alien "contacts"_in
Collksviiie,lL,'ini994. " "
"There are well respected and
credible civilian personalities
associated within the aliens and
UFO scene," Collier said.
"Some are self-proclaimed experts in the field, others include
ex-government with UFO stories and the rest comprise of
abductee accounts."
Belief in life on other planets
has been the subject of film and
television since the mediums
were invented," but serious belief in extraterrestrial entities
started becoming part of mainstream media in 1947 when a
rancher supposedly came
across the wreckage of a spacecraft in Roswell, NM. Accord-
ing to a surprisingly respected
conspiracy theory, the U.Sl
Army Air Force cordoned off
the area surrounding Roswell
and removed all evidence.
Robert Hastings was supposedly present at a UFO sighting at an Air Force Missile base
in Montana in March, 1967. He
believes that the government is
very much aware of the conspiracy to keep alien species
under wraps.
"Now I would like to emphasize, I am not condemning any
government agency for its participation in programs of secrecy
related to the UFO phenomenon," Hastings said. "However, my honest and sincere
opinion is that the public has a
right and a very definite need to
know the facts."
The theorists may actually
have the majority on their side.
According to a survey conducted
by ' www.
Alienlnterview.net, 67 percent
of the population believes that
"contact groups" exist. On the
other side of the coin, 64 percent believe that extraterrestrials pose a serious global threat.
Only 32 percent are sure that we
are the only intelligent species
in the galaxy.
- -•A 'contact group' is what
experts call one of seven possible personalities under which
a human can encounter alien life.
These include EBE's (Extraterrestrial Biological Entities),
Telepaths (psychic aliens) and
HomoSapien2/(a hybrid of a
human and alien being. Confused yet? Subjects including
the lifestyles, socialization,
physiology, biology, and spacecraft technology are all explored
by the self-appointed "alien authorities'' who have dedicated
their lives to alien research (and
seem to have a great affinity for
posting every new "discovery"
on the World Wide Web). '
Photo courtesy Thomas McDonough
A recently discovered new solar system has alien lovers abuzz.
Speculation about alien conspiracy is alive and well on
today's college campuses.
Some major universities have
"alien societies" comprised of
students with an interest in the
extraterrestrial sciences.
Marist
College
in
Poughkeepsie, NY, has its own
share of alien conspirators and
speculators, including Senior
Criminal Justice major Justin
Chase.
"I think it's good that we are
expanding what we don't know
about our universe;" Chase said
iri lieu of the recent disclosure
of an undiscovered solar system. "The universe is too big
for us to be the only planet with
life."
Nearby Pine Bush, NY, is the
UFO capital of the eastern
United States. Pine Bush is a
town where a local barber named
Charlie claims to have been abducted by aliens.
Pine Bush resident James
Babiarz said that although he is
not a proponent of conspiracy
theories, Pine Bush is alive with
UFOlogy.
"There are places you can go
(in Pine Bush) where UFO culture is very much alive," Babiarz
said. "One of the many activities us bored Pine Bush folk
have found is UFO watching."
Of course, some conspiracies
stretch too far to be considered
for anything other than humor
value. Alien activity database
www.Area51.upsu.plym.ac.uk
keeps an archive of all accepted
conspiracy theories to date.
Exactly what it takes for an alien
conspiracy theory to become
"accepted" is questionable.
The theories read like the
titles of Ed Wood Sci-Fi flicks
that did not make the cut:
"Farrakhan and UFO's," "The
South African UFO," "Project
Moon Dust," and "Hackers Take
On the UFO's" are displayed for
public viewing.
Whether military intervention, alien abduction or government conspiracy is the case, one
thing is.forjsure:. scores of
people are dedicating their lives
to revealing the truth about this
interplanetary imbroglio.
So what does Milton William
Cooper,, author of the famed
"Cooper Document'.' ("The Se-:
cret Government: UFO Activity
in the U.S.," a study published
nationally in 1989) think about
the future of alien conspiracy
theory?
"It should be obvious by
now that something sinister and
terribly wrong is going on involving the government and the
UFO phenomenon," Cooper
said. "Weall must band together
and expose it now."
Or something like that.
byALEXHEBVBEiMAN
StaffWriier:
•: With two very controversial,
arid to be quite frankj.vile films
in release Neil LaBute is heading straight for the top. .
,; The middle aged Mormon
director released his. first feature
film in 1997, 'In The Company
Of Men.'The film was not only
indulging to watch, but at the
same time gave you so niuch
depth into the two main characters in the film that you had to
watch it again.'In The Company
Of Men' surrounds the dull life
of two co- workers who decide .
to get back at all the women that
have ever hurt them by ripping
through the emotions of a deaf
secretary. Sounds pretty cruel
does it not. The lead in the film
(Chad), played by first time actor Aaron Eckhart, gave an Oscar worthy performance to say
the least. Eckhart's performance
as a psychotic male ego is so
convincing that at one early
screening of the film a woman
approached Eckhart outside the
theater proceeding to say "I
hate you!" Eckhart responded
by saying, "You mean you hate
my characterright?"the woman
simply replied "No I hate you." ~
Not bad your first gig, Aaron.
Take it as a complement, .you are
quite convincing.
LaBute's next film, 'Your
Friends And Neighbors,' was
released last year and received
much the same critical acclaim
as 'In The Company Of Men.'
'Your Friends And'Neighbors'
is just as appalling as 'In The
Company of Men,' constituting
in my mind how superb of a
writer and director LaBute is.
This film depicts the lives of
several couples and one bachelor who cannot seem tofindthe
fight person, but attempt to do
so by sleeping"with who ever
comes their way, including the
spouse of a friend. The film
stars Ben Stiller, Jason Patrick,
Aaron Eckhart (this time not so
revolting, though just annoying) as best buds on the surface, but underneath showing a
horse of a different color. Jason
Patrick gave the performance of
his career in this film whose
character was such a despicable
person that you just had to love
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him.
:
LaBute's next film 'Nurse
Betty'starring Chris Rock is due
out this summer. I am interested
to see if LaBute changes his
writing style in this film due to
its studio budget and wider distribution. Let us hope not. To
sum up LaBute's talent in one
word; he is a genius. He gets to
your deepest emotions with his
work making you so angry at the
characters in the film that you
have to tell someone about
them. LaBute'is an excellentfilmmaker, if you get a chance pick
up 'In The Company Of Men'
and 'Your Friends And Neighbors' they are both at video
stores now. Just one bit of advice though, unless you are in
the mood to get dumped, do not
watch them with your girlfriend •
'Silent Hill' worthy video game fodder
by CHRIS NAPIERSKI
Staff Writer ..
^r
From Konami.the company
that made the hit game Metal
Gear Solid, comes a tenifyingly
bold new adventure game.
Silent Hill is a fresh horror
experience, which is welcomed
during the long wait for the next
Resident Evil game. There are
few horror adventure games on
the market and the Resident Evil
series is the top among them.
However, Silent Hill has added
some competition. While Resident Evil was a brain-eating
zombie bloodbath, which'was all
about blowing up whatever
moved into tiny pieces, Silent
Hill has taken a new approach.
The purpose of Silent Hill is to
scare in every way imaginable.
The main character of the
game is a normal guy named
Harry Mason. In the opening
clip Harry is driving down a road
with his daughter, Cheryl. They
are on their way to spend summer in the resort town of Silent
Hill. As they near the town, a
person steps in front of Harry's
jeep. He swerves and blacks
out. Upon awakening he sees
the now sinister looking town
of Silent Hill looming before him
and that Cheryl is missing. He
must now adventure into this
bizarre place and find his daughter.
The programmers of this
game have done a lot of research in the horror field to
make this game scary. They use
about every trick in the book.
Silent Hill isfilledwith a constant fog to keep your vision to
a minimum, so that you can hear
that there is something nearby
but you can not see it until it is
almost on top of you. Another
oddity of the town is that it is
snowing even though it is summertime. Things like this accompanied with a nerve-racking
soundtrack, random loud
noises, and somedisturbing*
scenery make the game unique
initsfield.
Harry Mason is also a unique
change to these types of games.
Usually the heroes of these
games are police officers of
some sort and have training in
several weapons, which they
can then use to obliterate whatever undead phenomena come
their way. Harry is supposed to
be a common man, who does not
have much knowledge of firearms. There are pistols, shotguns, etc. in the game but that
does not mean Harry can use
them well. Harry will need to be
' close to whatever evil he is aiming at in order to hit it. This feature although annoying at times
when an enemy appears only a
few yards away and Harry still
misses, does "make the game
more realistic.
On the positive side, Silent
Hill is a spooky game that offers good chances of frightening the player in some way The
story is confusing, complex and
has four different endings. The
town of Silent Hill is massive and
hours of fun can. be spent exploring its many streets and alleys.
On the negative side, the
graphics are not as crisp or detailed as they were in Metal Gear
Solid. The music while eerie gets
boring very quickly and there is
a lack of variety of enemies. The
weapons" also seem to have a
lack of force. I know that the
shotgun.would do more damage
than the pistol, but it sure did
not look it when I hit something.
Overall Silent Hill is something different to keep us busy
while we wait for the next Resident Evil.
April 29,1999
PAGE 11
What's on Tap?
3 v
With the NBA season coining - one of:the conferences elite the West have been through
to? a close, I thought it fitting that teams, but it is unlikely that and are a likely candidate for a
I give my two cents as to who could put together the consis- first round upset if they are not
you should expect to come out tency needed to make it to the careful.
of the playoffs with the first non- NBA finals.
V The Lakers should be a lot
Bulls championship since 1995.
In the end, I see a downright better than they are, and a case
In the East I would expect the nasty seven-game final series could be made, they .will turn
Indiana Pacers, to really step-iip between the Pacers and Heat their jets on in the playoffs and
theirplay after a lack luster regu- with the Pacers coming out on make a run. The problem with
lar season which many people t0P-.
that is the same thing has been
expected them to dominate.
said the last three years and it
With so many teams changing
has not happened yet.
coming
multiple players over the last Anyone
Kobe Bryant and Shaquille
year, the Pacers nucleus of out of the West be- O' Neal do not seem to get along
Reggie Miller, Mark Jackson, Rik
with each other, and Glen Rice
Smits, and the Davis boys have sides the Jazz will does not seem to get along with
stayed together and that should be a surprise.
the idea of playing defense, so
be a big help in May and June.
it could be an early exit by the
Do not count out the Miami
Lakers.
Heat, however. The Heat should
While the Blazers have started
'The Western Conference is
have home court throughout the not as wide open as the East, strong and faded lately, the
Eastern Conference playoffs, and anyone besides the Utah Spurs have done just the oppounless they collapse down the Jazz coming out of the West will site.; San Antonio started just
stretch and the Pacers or Or- be a surprise. The two-time de- 6-8 to open the season, but
lando Magic catch fire. The fending Western Conference have gone 26-4 over the last 30
Magic are an Eastern Confer- champs are battle tested and games to make a run at home
ence best 19-4 at home, so home injury free, two of the most im- court throughout the playoffs.
court advantage would benefit portant factors when trying to The Spurs have a young star in
them the most.
reach me finals. If the Jazz steal Tim Duncan who does not have
The Atlanta Hawks also could home court from the Portland playoff experience, but David
give the top teams in the con- Trailblazers they will be almost Robinson and the rest of his
teammates do, so the Spurs
ference a run for. their money, unbeatable.
but a season-ending injury to
The Blazers have been regu- could surprise.
forward Laphonso Ellis prob- lar season wonders and were an I would love to see a Jazz-Lakably ended any chance they had unreal 27-6 at one point in the ersfinalsmatch-up, but I do not
at makiriga'run into trie''finals: season. They have gone only think it is going to happen. InUnderestimating the under- 6-5 since then, however, and i* stead a less exciting five game
achieving Knickscbuld also be their primarily young team could series between the Jazz and
a problem;foria potential first be wearing down^ Arguably the> -Spurs with the Jazz taking the
round opponent like the Heat; most talented team in the league, West, and eventually the NBA
The talented Knicks have the Blazers have not been- - Championship with a six game
enough fire powertoknock off through the wars other teams in series win over the Pacers.
Baseball. -"4729 Home vs"; Wagner 3:30 p^tf
' 5/1 @ Canisius (DH) 1 p.m.
fi ;T5/2; @ Canisius (DH) 12:3Q:pm: '•'"?
51A Home vs..St. Francis, NY 3:30 p.m.
Softball - 4/30-5/2 MAAC Championships TBA
Men's Lacrosse - 5/1 @ Lafayette 1 p.m.
Women's Lacrosse - 4/30 Home vs. Siena 4 p.m.
5/2 Home vs. Albany noon
Men's Crew - 5/1-5/2 New York State Championships
Rome, NY @ Delta Lake
Women's Crew - 5/1-5/2 New York State Championships Rome, NY @ Delta Lake
Men's Tennis - 5/14-5/16 NCAA Regionals TB A
Tough Trivia
Who was the last person to hit four home runs in
a Major League Baseball game?
Last week's question - Who is now the active career points
leader in the NHL after the retirement of Wayne Gretzky ?
Answer - Gretzky's former teammate Mark Messier will be the
active scoring leader with 1660 points.
L
Marist Scoreboard
Baseball -4/21 Marist 4, Rider 0 4/21 Marist 4,
Rider 0 4/22 Marist 17, Monmouth 5
President's Cup in his memory.
4/24 Marist 11, LeMoyne 3 4/24 LeMoyne
An excited team of Marist
3, Marist 0 4/25 LeMoyne 6, Marist 5
Women launched their shells on
4/25 Marist 15, LeMoyne 2
what most had said was the
Eight rowed a very strong race
by MELISSA WILLIAMS
Staff Writer- . • ' * once again proving that they are
not a team that goes down withThe Marist Women's Crew out a fight. A war raged beTeam has faced many challenges tween the Manst Women and calmest racing water they had
the Women from Delaware, and' seen in years or their entire rac- Softball - 4/20 Marist 2, Siena 1 4/20 Marist 1,
this season .
Coming into the spring with a with each stroke a seat length ing careers for that matter.
Siena 0. 4/23 Canisius 5, Marist 4 4/23
The race included teams from
significant decrease in team- was gained or lost as the battle
Canisius 6, Marist 2 4/24 Niagara 2, Marist
mates, each remaining rower has commenced down the 2000- UCONN, Army, RPI, Geneseo,
1 4/24 Niagara 5, Marist 4
and Vassar. As the race started,had to bring it up to the next meter course
The Freshman/Novice Eight Marist and UCONN fought for
level to prove that they can still
be champions Often viewed as won their heatjmdkadvanced to a lead position as they headed Men's Lax - 4/21 Boston College 7, Marist 6
the team of coxswains by other afinalcompfco*tiori.'la^rpn in the down the course. Following
4/24 Providence 7, Marist 6
schools, time and time again day /Though medals 'Were not closely behind was an Army
they have proven that size does received, the wqmen, came crew trying not to be defeated
not matter A lot of power trough with some tough expe^ twice on trie same river. The Red Women's Lax - 4/18 Marist 17, Canisius 9 4/21
Vassar 17, Marist 10 4/23 Howard 15
comes out of these ladies whose nence gainedjand ainew~vert- Foxes had their strongest race
Marist 12
hearts and desire to win are far geance^to unleash trjelfollow- yet this season pulling harder
ingiveek1at4he,Pfesj.d'ent's Cup with every stroke and not loslarger than any other team
ing sight of the UCONN Eight
The season got off to a shaky Regatta
Manst College and the Friends that stayed right along side of
start with the first race being
cancelled due \o_ inclement of Marist Rowing were pleased them. The infamous 5-0, a hard
weather conditions. The follow- to again welcome all visiting fifty strokes that is pujled halfing weekend the Lady Red" competitors, their families, all way through the race, proved
Foxes faced Army' at home. returning Marist alumni, and to be a valuable weapon for the
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the
competition
and
races. The Women's Varsity
Eight battled through tough the battle for the Herbert J: hundred meters with everything
23 15
Siena
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waters arid finished with a win- Haight Trophy, named after the they had left.
18 12
LeMoyne
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ning time of 7:09 against Army's president of the MidrHudson
The final results of the race
23
19
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were: UCONN 6:18, Marist
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Niagara
9 12
also emerged victorious with.a tion.
6:25.6, Army 6:28.9, RPI 6:35.67,
time of 9:04 oyer Army's 9:24."
The mounted silver cup is a and Ganeseo 6:35.76. Vassar
10 23
Canisius
5 17.
The Freshman/Novice girls also fitting monument to Mr. Haight, was disqualified for crossing
had a hard fought, competitive a man who devoted a majority over lines.
race.
of his time to scholastic and
On May 1 st and 2nd they will
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Rider
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On April 10th, the team headed collegiate rowing in the.Mid: venture to Rome, NY to take part
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to Camden, NJ for the.firstan- Hudson area. Following Mr: . in the New York State Rowing
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Fairfield
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nual Villanova Knecht Cup In- Haight's" death in 1969, a group Championships and they end
vitational Race. Battling against of friends decided to honor him ; their season with the esteemed
20 24
Manhattan
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strong winds andfiercecompe- by naming the trophy awarded Dad Vail Regatta in Philadel32
S t Peter's
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tition, the Women's Varsity to the overall champion at the phia, PA.
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Baseball team
on
7-2week
by THOMAS RYAN
Sports Editor
.
Circle Photo/foe Scotto
7-2 week has the Red Fox baseball team in the thick of the MAAC regular season race.
Softball fading mto the clai-kness
after losing four straight games
byJEFFDAHNCKE
StaffWriter
*& -
The regular season came to a
screeching halt last weekend for
theMarist College softball team,
and now it must waitand see if
a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship appearance is in its future.
The Foxes dropped their final
four contests of the year last
week, finishing up 16-19 overall
and 7-7 in the MAAC.
.The ;500 conference record
left Marist tied widi Niagara and
Manhattan for the fourth and
final spot in the conference tournament, which will be held May
7-8 on the North Field. Both
Niagara and Manhattan have
MAAC games remaining, so it
has turned into a waiting game
forthe Foxes.
: The four consecutive losses
came on the heels of a streak
which saw Marist capture five
victories in six games. However/
last Friday Canisius swept a pair
from the Foxes, 5-4 in game one
and 6-2 in game two.
The next day it was Niagara
taking two, as they defeated
Marist 2-1 and 5-4 in the doubleheader.
Marist traveled to Buffalo to
take on Canisius, and they
started the afternoon on a high
note.
After Jesse Rosenhahn led of
the bottom of the fourth for
Canisius with a homerun, Marist
came out in the fifth and exploded for four runs.
The scoring started when Melissa Tucci doubled home Maria
Saracino and Kat Cheski to give
Marist their first lead of the
game.
Jenn Hanson knocked Tucci
home with a double of her own.
The Foxes added the fourth run
of the inning on another RBI
double, this time by Rachel
Ammons.
But Canisius began to chip
away. It picked up a run in.thc
bottom of the fifth, before tying
the score in the sixth on an Amy
Dodd RBI single.
It would not remain tied for
long, however, as Marist pitcher
Melanie Kasack was touched
up in the final frame for another
run, this time by a Raquel
Alvarez single down the left
field line.
Kasack took the loss for
Marist, giving upfiveruns, three
of which were earned, and 11
hits. Genevieve Garcia got thewin for Canisius, as she pitched
a nearly perfect three innings in
relief of starter Erin Crowley.
Game two was not much better, as this time Kasack was
roughed up for six earned runs
on 15 hits.
The Canisius scoring all came
in the third, fifth and sixth innings, as they picked up a pair
ofrunsineach.
The offense was sparked by
Alvarez, who drove in runs in
each of those three innings on
her way to going 4-4 on the day
with three RBI.
Lynn Stoczynski had three hits
for Canisius.
So that brought the Lady Red
Foxes to nearby Niagara on Saturday. In the first game, Kasack •
settled down and returned to
her old productive form, giving
up only two runs over six innings of work.
However, the offense was silent, as Niagara hurier Christina
Martin held Marist to one run
on two hits as she went the distance.
Marist led for thefirsf.five innings, 1-0, as a result of a first
inning single by Amanda
Koldjeski.
Kasack was strong until the
sixth, when Stacy Pino finally
got the Purple Eagles on the
board with an RBI single.
Pino then came around to
cross the plate when Randi
Lawton, who was 3-3 on the day,
singled her home.
Marist was unable to respond
in its half of the seventh, giving
Martin and Canisius the victory.
So the Foxes looked to salvage at least one .win for the
weekend in game two, and for a
good portion of the game it
looked like they would do just
that.
Marist picked up runs in" the
first, third, fifth and sixth innings, yielding a 4-1 advantage
going into the final frame. The
offense was led by Saracino,
who went 3-3 with an RBI. In
addition, Koldjeski produced an
important fifth inning home run
to lead Marist..
But the seventh inning still
remained, and the Purple Eagles
promptly loaded the bases on a
pair of singles and r a hit batsman.
That set up Joidie Bowers for
a little late game heroics, as she
doubled off Kasack and cleared
the bases, thus tying the game
at four.
The next batter, Desi Prezioso,
doubled home Bowers, and the
possibility of a Marist" victory
disappeared before their own
eyes.
Martin took the win in relief,
while Kasack took her fourth
loss of the Lady Red Foxes road
trip.
Now the Foxes await the results of Niagara's and
Manhattan's final games.
Niagara will take on first place
St Peters on Saturday, followed
by a clash with Manhattan on
Sunday.
The Marist Baseball Team is
heating up-at exactly the right
time.
With a 7-2 record over their
last nine games, Marist is in
prime position to make a run at
the Metro Atlantic Athletic
Championships held May 13th16th at Dutchess Stadium in
Fishkill,NY. •
: Leading the Red Foxes mis
year at the plate is left fielder
Anthony Cervini.
The junior co-captain leads the
Red Foxes with a .533 slugging
average, 48 runs scored, 11
doubles, three triples, and four
home runs. He is third on the
team with a .359 batting average and is second with 60 hits
and eight stolen bases.
Joining Cervini in punishing
opposing pitchers is first
baseman Anthony Bocchino.
The freshman leads the team
with 36 runs bated in and is second in doubles, triples, home
runs, and total bases. He is also
fourth on the team with a .355
batting average.
Rounding out Marist's hitting
machine so far this season is
center fielder Ryan Brady (.389
BA, 38 runs, 61 hits) and DH/3B
Kevin Wissner (36 RBI's, 11
doubles, 4 home runs).
Marist's big three in the rota-'
tion, Doug Connelly, Kevin
Olore, and Kevin Perrucci have
been, inconsistent, but when
they are on they can be very
good.
Connelly leads the starters
with seven wins, a 3.03 ERA,
and 67 strikeouts.
Perrucci has the lower ERA,
but Olore has more wins (4) and
more strikeouts (57) than his
freshman teammate.
_"
" While it was the hitting that
• carried the team during the beginning of the streak, the pitching is what helped them sustain
it
Following the Red Foxes demolishing of St Peter's, the Red
Foxes came back with two 4-0
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' supplement for the incoming
staff members and editors to
gain experience in producing a
newspaper.
"Rugby is two brutal 40
minute halves of all-out
action." - Jessica Spencer,
women's rugby
victories over the Rider Broncos in a double-header. In game
one, Olore pitched a complete
game two-hitter to get the win.
Jimmy Willis had a home run
and three RBI to lead the Marist
offense.
.
In game two, Perrucci followed Olore's performance with
a complete game four-hitter
while striking out eight. Right
fielder Tim Bittner had two hits
and a RBI for the Red Foxes.
After destroying Monmouth
the following day, the Red Foxes
had a day off to prepare for four
games over the weekend against
LeMoyne, the team currently
ahead of them in the standings.
Connelly started things off
right for Marist in game one as
he gave up only tiiree runs in
seven innings as Marist won
.1.1-3.
Game two proved to be the end
of Marist's six-game winning
streak, however, as the Red
Foxes were blanked 3-0 by the
outstanding pitching of
LeMoyne's Jamie Steward who
gave up only threehits in seven
innings.
On Sunday the teams split as
well. Game one saw Marist lose
a tough 6-5 decision. Olore got
the loss going the distance and
giving up all six runs.
Marist hit starter Ryan Victor
hard, but relief pitcher Chris
Marsh pitched two innings of
scoreless baseball to pick up
the win. Brady and Anthony
Ambrosini each had two hits for
Marist.
,
The Red Foxes got back on
track in game two with a 15-2
laugher. Perrucci picked up the
complet game win while striking
out three.
Brady was again the hitting
star as he put together a perfect
5-for-5 day, which included four
RBI's and two runs scored.
Cervini had three hits and
scored four more runs for
Marist.
The Red Foxes continue play
this weekend when they play
back-to-back double headers at
Canisius.
Lax suffered its second overtime loss to the Friars in three years,
Supplement to the student newspaper of Marist College
APRIL 29 rtQQ
VOLUME 52, ISSUE 18
Women's Rugbj^ just haviiig fun
>-' K -ft S ,
of their players. Rebecca
Strunk, who was a key component to the team's success in the
After completing a spectacufall, broke her foot and is out for
lar fall season the Women's
the season. They then went on
Rugby Team is back in action
to lose four heartbreaking
again this spring.
games by very close margins,
The fall season was a very exand all away from home.
citing time for the team. In OcThe first loss came on the road
tober, they captured the Metroin early April, to nearby rival
politan Union II tournament title
New Paltz College, by the difat Stonybrook University for the
ference of only one score. The
first time in the history of the
team then traveled to
women's team here at# Marist.
StonyBrook University, two
After this thrilling victory, the
weeks ago to participate in a
team advanced to the Northeast
tournament that was taking
Championship held, at me Uniplace there. This tournament
versity of Massachusettswould be the site of the women's
Amherst, where they finished
next three losses. The team
impressively in fourth place.
played three games in one gruEven more excitement came in
eling day, and was defeated by
January when the team learned
Oswego, Southern Connecticut,
that four of its members had
and New Paltz once again. All
been chosen to represent Marist
three games were decided by a
on the Metropolitan NY Ail-Star
margin of one score.
Team. Amanda Parrillo, Alison
The spring season has not
Riguad, Jessica Spencer and
brought
the same success as the
Photo courtesy Bccca O'Ncil
Rebecca Strunk all completed
fall season did, but the season
tremendous seasons to earn a The Marist Women's Rugby team (Top L-R) Janet Huntington, Allison Riguad, Crystal is not over yet. The women will
spot on the team of only 21 girls Rauen, Jessica Spencer, Coach Sean Morrison, Jody Waters, Becky Strunk, Jody Mirto, be traveling to Drew University
chosen out of 12 colleges in the (Middle L-R) Diane Bonsignore, Jessica Holden, Meredith Kamp, Sarah Griffune, Mandy for their final game of the spring
NY area. These accomplish- Parrillo, (Bottom L-R) Becca O'Neil, Megan Sauers; deannine Kilbride, Leeann McNally.
this Saturday. Here they will be
ments were all great strides for 25 women this season, and what that she loves playing rugby ery minute of it."
looking to •finish the semester
one of the newest teams here at is even more amazing is that all here at Marist because of the
Things have not been going strong, and carry that over to
Marist. :
the women on the team have uniqueness of the sport.
well so far this spring though, the fall season. With only five
The women's team was estab- learned the game here.atMarist.
"Women's Rugby is two bru- as the team has faced fierce graduating seniors, they are a
:lished-'at-'-Marisr in 1996, and '^Nonebf the team members had tal 40 minute halves of all-out ' competition in their off-season. young team with their sites set
since then'they have made tre-" ever played rugby before com- action," said Spencer. "Where The first setback came early in on another advancement toward
mendous steps towards excel- ing to college.
else can you find 30 girls tack- the semester when the team suf- the championship in the fall.
Captain Jessica Spencer says ling each other and loving ev- fered a devastating injury to one
' lence. The team has grown to
by JAMES J.LIETO
StaffWriter
irr\ -
5
s top salaries SGAdiniierquestioned
from president's office
by PATRICK WHITTLE
'•Editor
' A c c o r d i n g to the Office of
President DennisJ . Murray, the
13 highest paid employees ar.
Marist College, received
$1,346,075 last year. ., ^"'_ '"''
President Murray .w^as the
highest paid at $234;200. He
said he does not set his own
salary, and the job of deciding
his earnings is given to the
Board of Trustees.
"(The Board of Trustees) has
a committee that evaluates my
performance every year,"
Murray said.
Murray said mat his salary
is compared by the Board to the
president's salaries at similar
institutions like Quinnipiac College , Sacred Heart University
and Rider University. Budget
size, the amount of time holding
the position and the complexity
of the job are all taken into consideration.
Roy Merolli, the Executive
Vice President was the second
highest paid at $ 132,132. Following Merolli are Artin
Arslanian, the Dean of Faculty/
Vice President of Academic Affairs, who made $125,770, and
Anthony Campilii, the Vice
President of Business Affairs,
who was paid $105,500. Gerard
Cox, Vice President of Student
Affairs, .was paid $98,886.
' H a r r y Wood, who is no
longer employed by Marist,
made $97,984: Shaileen Kopec,
the Vice President for College
Advancement,'earned a salary
of$95,000.
The remaining five employees do'not hold office positions
at Marist. Tom Daly, the Direct
tor of Physical Plant andJBuilding Programs, made $97,254.
Onkar Shafma" Professor of
Computer Science, was paid
$92,175. Guy Lometti, Dean of
the School of Communication
and the Arts, made $90, 461.
Reginetta Haboucha, Dean of
the Division of Humanities,
earned $89,323. Finally, Lee
Miringoff, Professor of Political
Science, made $87,390.
Miringoff's salary is augmented
by his position as director of the
Marist Institute for Public Opinion.
Murray said that the /early
salary is based on the position
that the employee holds within
the college. For example, a professor of Management or Computer Science makes more than
a professor of Humanities or
Political Science.
"Everyone both on the faculty and administration works
very hard for what they are
paid," Murray said. "I believe
everyone here would make more
in the private sector, but they
stay in education because they
; believe in the work that is being'
done here at Marist College." '
:
-Acborditig toMurray, little
- would change in regards to salaries if Marist College were
changed to Marist University.
He said that although Marist is
technically a university because
it offers graduate course and
possesses the necessary size
and technology, the college
would leave any decision about
the name of tire college up to
the alumni.
"There are schools like Boston College, Providence College
and Dartmouth College that
keep the 'college' in their name
because of tradition," Murray
said. "I would like to see our
college associated with just one
name, Marist, that people could
associate with excellence and
tradition."
Murray, who was involved in
the name change process at his
alma mater from Long Beach
State College to Long Beach
State University, said that
changing the name would not
cause any major changes within
Marist. He added that the possible decision to change the
name of the Division of Humanities to the School of Humanities is up to the faculty.
by CHRIS GROGAN
News Editor
There has been some questions about the latest Student
Government Association transition dinner.
The transition dinner marks the
handing over of powerfrom one
administration to the next. This
"year, SGA'-president Colleen
'McCulioch handed over the
"feigns to Ryan Hunter.
•'. The dinner, which was held at
Christos Country Club in
Poughkeepsie.lasted two hours
and recognized SGA members
and club leaders for their role in
student life at Marist
, In the past, club leaders were
"invited to the dinner, but often
xdmplaihed'that the event was
boring andtoooriented towards
the SGA students; ,, , •
According to McCiillocn, in
previous years', some club leaders who had attended.felt that
. there were too many inside jokes
that the majority of those in attendance did not understand.
"The Student Government is
a tight knit community, so there
were many insidejokes told during previous dinners that many
did not understand,", she said.
"So we listened to feedback
from 'last year and tried to cut
down on that part of the event"
This year SGA tried to make
the dinner an event to recognize
all club leaders, according to
Hunter.
"Last year club leaders
weren't really recognized, so it
was changed this year," he said.
Exiting Executive Vice Presi-
dent John Svare defended the
event.
"Since October, I have been
working to make the transition
dinner a celebration of club
achievement," he said.
"Through, the feedback that I
have/eceiyed, Ithink.we have
accomplished just that*'.
.' There were still some com/,plaints\ffom blub leaders this
yean Thosewho went felt it. was
unfairthat members of the SGA
received clocks, while club leaders only received paper certificates. .
McCulioch said that traditionally members of the SGA have
always received gifts for their
work.
"In essence, being a student
representative is much like having a congressional position
because it's a full, time job," she
said."
McCulioch added this year
was the first year that club leaders were recognized with certificates.
"We did not mean to dwarf the
club leaders," she said. "We traditionally give gifts to members of the SGA."
McCulioch indicated it was up
to individual clubs to Tecognize
their leaders with gifts. Accord- •
ing to her, the money for the
SGA member gifts is budgeted
into the SGA yearly budget.
According to Hunter, there is
another dinner for executive
board members only. That dinner, which is held with Marist
President Dennis Murray, is a
much smaller event.
THE CIRCLE
APRIL 29.1999
THECH&
SUPPLEMENT2
Carlito's last stand
Bazongatron. When the three
join forces, they become hostile and rabid. Bazongatron
feeds on marsupials, which is
the reason die opossum popumy blatant defiance towards
lation in the Hudson Valley has
byCARLITO
journalistic integrity, The Circle
be setting a positive example for plummeted in recent years.
tolerated me and I can't for the
Staff Graduate
Jeremy Smith and Joe Scotto
his peers but instead, is feared
life of me, figure out why.
and loathed by all students that have a secret that nobody else
When the" Gender Equality
; Thefirstarticle I ever wrote
knows about They are broth- for The Circle was an honest, Club attempted to oust me from
liveinGartland. - '
He and his roommate, ers that were abandoned by fairly objective review of a Rage these pages, The Circle supHuMarist Dan Tyburski were their parents at birth and raised Against the Machine concert. ported me although they probarrested a month ago for solicit- by a pack of saber-toothed ti- Did I say honest? Because I ably detested my writing. I
ing sex from a warthog: The gers.' It did not take long for should have said boring.
would like to thank The Circle
warthog turned out to be Gary them to develop an appetite for
After that article, I concluded staff, Modele Clarke and anyColeman who has been work- blood. Last week, they were that objectivity- and the role it body else that defended my ideing as an undercover detective wrestled down by twelve secu- plays in journalism has a crip- als, as warped as they may be. I
for the past four years. Rumors rity guards after mauling a pling effect on the creative guess I should thank Thomas
have been circulating that woolly mammoth on the campus mind; it suffocates the only Jefferson for the first amendMurray and Tyburski kidnapped green and stabbing passerby's thing that has ever set me apart ment because that is the only
Gary Coleman, slaughtered him with the beast's tusk. One of from mainstream society and governmental literature that acand drank his blood in a psy- the students killed in the inci- this lack of expressive oxygen tually supports a heathen like
chotic attempt to unify them- dent was fellow HuMarist Nick was boring the *$@! out of me. myself.
selves with the soul of the co- Foster. In their animalistic state,
So I came to the realization
Although he is no longer at
they did not even realize that the that as a writer for the Arts and
medic god.
Marist I would like to thank Jim
Junior member Paul Diala body they were mutilating be- Entertainment section of a Dzieznski for allowing me to
used to be good friends with the . longed to their close friend. sparsely read paper, I would break from the convention conaforementioned until several Nick Foster was 20 years old have to do something different fines ofjournalistic format The
weeks ago when atrocities oc- when he died and he was hung to peak the interest of my read- person on The Circle that I
curred that forced him to termi- likeabrontosaurus. May he rest ers as well as myself. Maybe would like to thank the most is
..
nate their friendship. Diala is in peace.
other people would have chose my editor, Patrick Whittle. > This
.The above article may be to improve the quality of their year, he gave me uninhibited
the only African American
member of the group and that \ Shocking to some of.you. I writing or adhere to a stricter creative freedom to write whatwas never an issue for anyone know; I was.flabbergastedjwhen journalistic integrity but I chose evejLchose, regardless of how
in the group except Dan and I discovered all of this 'about to take a different route.
risqu6 it was. He endured the
Jon. In a drastic attempt to trans- people I thought I knew fairly
Instead of writing mundane wrath of the Gender Equality
form their friend into a hphkey,' well. Despite the^fciets^that I••''_. movie reviews every week and Club and; even suffered the
-. they sunk his head in a tub of have just dbcjo^dito^y^u^thej -coveringthe_A^Bisection with^bruntfbfijmeSrespohsibiUry iprM.^0.
sulfuric acid.' Diala barely sur- HuMarists will be having their the slightest modicum of legiti- printing offensive comments
vived the incident and after ex- Big Show on Tuesday, May 4 in macy, L opted to tackle the is- that I had written. The ordeal
cessive cosmetic reconstruc- the Nelli Goletti Theatre. Al- sues that really matter in life and cost him several friends^and for tion, he now looks like Boris' though the show starts at 9:30, did so ,in a thorough, that, I willVe'eterhally sorry.' I
doors open at 9:00 and you had indiscriminatory fashion. In the never thought I could take a likYelstin.
better
get there early because past two years, I have offended ing to someone with such
At first glance, the three female members of the group ap- the last several shows have or insulted virtually every en- strong moral fiber and an eter-'
pear to be innocent and" inca- sold out (sold is not an accu- tertainer, gender, style and cul- nal abstinence from alcohol, but
pable of destruction, but after rate word, admission is free) and ture.
I did. Although things did not
minor snooping, I found out ex- several hundred students were
Why? Because it is fun. In work out for us romantically, I
actly what they are capable of. denied entry. The show is for a world that is exhaustively con- will always love you, Patrick.
Jaime O'Neil, Meagan Verone immature audiences only and if cerned with being politically
The Circle is a newspaper
and Stephanie Marks are the you are easily offended, keep correct, I-found pushing the and since Marist College is void
organic equivalent of Voltron your @$$ at home.
envelope to be quite pleasur- of worthwhile news stories to
that goes by the name
able. You heard me correcdy, I report, a majority of them conenjoy ticking people off and sist of sedating subject matter
doing so is an easy task to ac- regarding the construction of
complish.
the new library orthe.cutthroat
I love it when strangers ap- strategies involved in SGA elecproach me and compliment me tions. That is where I came in. I
on my writing, but I love it even wanted to give readers somemore when someone walks up thing unconventional and jourunderstanding of layout design do this, it is necessary to print to me and calls me an obnox- nalistically nonconformist to
that I would like to take further any opinions students offer me. ious pig. I love the fact that standard newspaper format.
with The Circle.
Marist is in desperate need of every fraternity at Marist would Whether it was laughter, resentAfter being at Marist for ah active outlet for their ideas; love to bludgeon, me to death ment, or anger, I wanted my readthree years; I have seen and this,campus is not nearly as ex- and the fact tMt the feminist ers to experience tangible emoheard from many opinionated pressive as its potential. If our population abhors me is so grati- tions.
students. In dorm rooms, bath- fellow students flexed their opin- fying, I am almost sexually
Invoking laughter was,alrooms, lunchroom(s), as well as ionated muscles more often, we aroused just thinking about it
ways my primary motive and I
outside of rooms, there are stu- would all come.out of Marist
Perhaps I pushed the enve- wrote in a manner that I found
dents with an energetic attitude with a far superior learning ex- lope a bit too far in the contro- amusing. I realize this is not a
about their belief. Debates and perience.
versial "Joy in Sobriety" article. humorous entry but I have been
arguments will always arise,
I am currently in need of a Maybe I did cross that line, but trying to amuse you people for
whether the topic is basketball, Senior Political Columnist (or if I did it is not my fault I am years so I am afraid that I have
teachers, sexual frustrations, or more!) to write weekly. Anyone simply the product of a society exhausted my finite chasm of
Swedish death metal. I remem- else interested in writing an that breeds desensitizatipn so I sarcastic commentary.
ber my family environment as a opinion-based column discuss- can not be held responsible. I.
Anyway, it has been an inyoungster as one giant, never- ing whatever they like can call blame democracy and the free teresting couple of years and I
ending argument. Though it me at X4376 or email me at expressionism that it endorses want to thank you for allowing
may have gotten ugly at some KX8C. I plan to write a column so inv retrospect, Thomas me to broadcast my psyche in
points, overall, the free-flowing each week, which, in some Jefferson is ultimately to blame. cathartic bursts of print. I
discussion over ideas and ide- people's minds, might be called Thanks a lot Tom.
would like to extend the utmost
als yields comprehension in a humor. And if that is not
Most of what I have written of gratitude to everyone that
thoughtful atmosphere.
enough, I have worked with has been either facetious jabs has ever supported or compleIt is this type of atmosphere comic strips enough to be con- at the idiosyncrasies of 90s cul- mented me. And if there is anyture or maniacal ramblings from one out there that I have, not
I would like to create in the Op- fident in publishing them.
Again, thanks for the oppor- my tumultuous mind. Aside offended, please confront me
Ed section of The Circle. lam
challenged with the need to dis- tunity to have this job. I wish from my first article, I have never about it so that I may rectify the
cover ways to elicit students' the best of luck to everyone else attempted to portray myself as situation.
Peace and God bless.
opinions in a forum that will working on The Circle for next anything that even remotely re.reach, all students., In or,def to 'jear.' Peace.
sembjed a: journalist.',. Despite,',/..*
Sings praises of
MCCTA's HuMarists
.byCARLITO
' Staff Investigator. . '
For my final article in The
Circle, I thought I would shock
the world by writing a legitimate
slice of investigative reporting.
The target of my investigation
is MCCTA's HuMarists, of
which I was formerly a member.
Although I was with the iiriprovisational/sketch comedy troop
for two years, I did not know
them as well as I thought I did.
I decided to investigate the
members of the group after receiving a phone call from the
group's newest member, Nick
Waldsheutz. He called me in a
state of panic to tell me about
the initiation ritual that he was
forced to partake in and Iwas
appalled.
He informed me that senior
member Mark Montgomery
brought him into a room that
was occupied by a baby llama
and a full-grown yak. Nick was
then forced at gunpoint to nurse
the animals despite the fact that
he is a non-lactating male. Years
ago, Montgomery; attempted ta
violate me as well. Although' he
insisted that reciprocal; spanking amongst full grown men was
commonplace within the
HuMarists.Tran out of the room
screaming after he pulled down
his pants and whipped out a
ping pong paddle.
After finding out about
Nick's occurrence, I set. out to
verify if the group was involved
with any other paganistic,
beastialic activities and surely
enough, they are. Junior member and RA Jon Murray should
New Opinion Editor looks
to take Op-Ed to next level
byMICHAELBAGNATO
Opinion Editor
Greetings.... I, Michael
Bagnato, have been chosen as
the opinion editor for next year.
Though I had not seen it
coming, the opportunity presented itself to me and I decided
to go for it I would like to thank
Tara and Pat for their gutsy decision to choose me after much
deliberation. A question on
many of our minds is, "Who is
this dork?" I would like to answer thatrightnow.
To all those who forgot, my
real name is Michael Bagnato,
but call me Michael for short. I
was born in Norwalk, Connecticut: a large, diversified suburb,
forty-five minutes away from the
city. I am a Multimedia major
with an Art minor, entering my
fourth and, hopefully, final year
at Marist I am interested in design for web pages, newspapers
and rriagazjn.es.. I have, a good.
Bids us fond farewell
APRIL 29j 1999
SUPPLEMENT 3
"error"
The Jersey side
Tara Quinh
o«NiONH>rros
This column has always documented 30 minutes of thought
flying through my head while I
stare at the keys of a Donnelly
computer. I admit, I still cannot
type without looking at the
keys. Anyway, itjust hit me that
this is going to be the last time I
am going to be staring at these
keys and I am kind of wishing
that was because I learned how
to type without looking, not
because this is my last column.
I kind of feel that I experience
an intimacy through this column
that I rarely find in real life. Here
we can just drop our silly
shields of snobbery, haughtiness, self-inflicted solitude, and
insecurity. We can transcend
cliques, jockdom, dorkdom,
bitchdom, and abercrombie and
fitchdom.' Oh, jeez, I am getting
kind of emotional-1 am not worried about tears, though, it is just
this god-awful runny snot -that
is about to... •
Okay lam back. I really have
a tough time getting overly sentimental without blowing it- my
nose that is. Oh, and please, no
innuendo intended. Some
people might say that my writing is laced with more Freudian
slips than Anna's armoire. Of
course, that is a complete
phallacy.
Last week's column was titled
"The end of an error." I admit
that I was more concerned with
a catchy title than its veracity,
or even how true it is. I did not
mean my years at Marist were
an error, I just meant that I was
going to start listening to, rather
than discrediting my thoughts.
Discrediting myself was my error.
Telling my parents that I was
. leaving Marist was the hardest
thing I ever had to do. Sometimes people do not realize that
it is more difficult to reject something or someone than it is to
be rejected. It is hard to think
about how you have the power
to offset others' perceptions of
you and themselves and even
inflict pain. However, the pain
of an honest rejection bears no
comparison with that of a lifetime of deception.
Yes, well with all of that saidand that little paragraph sitting
above this one means a lot to
me, I would like to say that I
believe in Marist College. I believe in the steps that it is taking to become a better place. I
believe in the professors, students, and staff who have been
working together to make such
great projects as the Praxis Minor and Habitat for Humanity
become a reality while I have
been here. I also cannot over-,
look the new library, not only
because it is pretty damn big,
but also because it will be an
excellent resource.
I believe that the problems that
Marist faces, such as a lack of
diversity and intolerance are
not a reflection of the college
itself, but a reflection of the ills
that plague oursociety at large.
I believe that Marist can work
on.these problems within the
community and bring the results along. A degree is only as
valuable as the work one has put
into it The funny thing is, as
strongly as I believe in Marist
College, I believe that I want to
be elsewhere. That is the only
reason why I am leaving Marist
However, I am kind of bummed
that I will miss out on the new
Home Depot next year. I really
dig that plastic grass that
people put on porches and
pools. I always dreamed of buying some, along with those synthetic silk flowers. I wanted to
put them on my dorm room floor
to give the room a more funky,
psychedelic-outdoorsy look.
On an even lighter note, I
would like to get back to our
usual broadcast, which is already in progress.
...which is why I that if I were
to get married, the whole deal
would probably have to be in a
bowling alley. I mean, a bowling alley is just like those big
banquet halls only-guests do
not have to sit there and get
obliterated, they can bowl too.
Sure, people would scoff and
think it was just soo tacky, but
those are the folks that I would
not want to come anyway.
I would not want an engagementringeither. I would rather
have a dog. I know. Dogs die,
but I once dropped a ring off a
train platform. It is kind of hard
to do that to a dog and a dog
can sort of duck under the platform if a train comes. Wedding
rings are dumb too. I have been
told that if I get married that I
ought to wear aringso that I do
not look available and have to
worry about scores of menhirting on me. Um, well I am" not
exactly wearing aringnow, and
I do not have that problem. Why
should I expect such when I am
older and more decrepit?
You may call me a cheap date.
It is not like that at all. I am just
not for sale.
Tara Quinn was the Opinion
Editor of the Circle. She is a
junior communications major
from Teaneck, NJ..
The pride of Rhode Island Out with old, in with new
campus. McCulloch had this to
offer in response.
"SGA moved to put Public
Service Announcement comAfter 380 days, one full term, mercials on campus television,
senior
Colleen McCulloch ends lo heighten awareness of issues
and confidence.
her
term
as Student Body Presi- facing the community." she said.
As I neatthe moment when I
dent
and
junior
Ryan Hunter will
McCulloch said she plans on
will drive down Route 9 for the
take
over.
making it to Washington, D.C.
last time as a Marist College student, I am startled by the fact ' Accepting this position and all by the time she is 25. working in
that I am actually looking for- it entails is an enormuus respon- a political lobbying or research
ward to leaving. I never thought sibility. The Student Body firm. According to her, a longI would feel happy about all the Piesidcnt acts as a liaison be- term goal she has is to pursue a
indecision and uncertainty that tween the school administration career in law or public service
comes with a diploma. However, and its students. McCuIioch. a as either an elected or apthere is strange comfort that communications major and po- pointed position.
Hunter, a junior majoring in
comes any time a period of wait- litical science minor, said that
Political Science and minoring
ing is over -1 am finally facing was her favorite part.
"I enjoyed working with the in philosophy, said he hopes to
niy destiny. We run from the
students
at Marist the best," bring about some closure to
prospect of facing reality, but
she
said.
some of these issues that stunow mat I am on the threshold,
McCulloch said she is proud dents are concerned about.
I am annoyed that I must bother
The concerns at the top of his
with final exams. Every time of what her administration has
accomplished,
both
internally
list
include working with the dinsummer has rolled around, I have
as
weii
as
externally:
According
hail on reexamining the meal
been happy to leave because I
knew I was coming back. Now, ing to her, by working together plans, community "service
I am happy to leave because I people ..can overcome a great project involving Poughkeepsie
Institute, meeting with the new
know that I am never coming deal of adversity. . . .
1
club officers and stressing the
"Together,
as
a
team,
we
adback - in the capacity of a stu
vocated for a safe passageway point that students are always
dent
The setting sun shines its across Route 9, convinced se-?. welcome in the SGA office. *
"I am really excited about this
last dimming rays on our lives curity to.add additional lighting
on
campus
and
pavethegravel
position
and am grateful to the
as Marist students. I think the
:.walk
by
the
library
construction
students
of-Marist College for
luster of our shining moments
site;"
she
said;/"We
passed,
a
electing
me
as the best candias a student are faded in comtext
bopkprice
awareness
bill
to
date,
for
this
position," he said.
parison to the next stages of life.
Hunter said he plans on conThe polluted Hudson will al- encourage professors to be
ways chum, and bubble by the considerate of the cost of books tinuing programs started by
sewage plant that serves as an to .students. We also estab- McCulloch. He also caminvisible marker for our campus. lished, an academic incentive paigned to put the student back
What we take away from this reward for students who receive into Student Government After college, he is hoping to atplace remains with us - that is deans list high honors."
tend
law school in either New
Internally,
changes
were
made
fond memories of good times
York
or Washington, D.C.
to
the
Student
Government
conwith good friends, the confiFor now, Hunter has some
dence to succeed, and perhaps stitution, in hopes to make SGA
tough shoes to fill. McCulloch
a few unpaid parking tickets. more functional.
"We
added
an
amendment
reoffered
some advice to hopeThat's all, folks. Goodnight.
quiring
all
senators
to
go
to
RSC
fully
help
her replacement
And may the Schwartz be with
and CSC meetings on a regular
"I would advise him to focus
you.
basis, McCulloch.explained. on the true needs of the student
"We also established 'Students body, listen to what the students
Bill Mekrut is a senior PolitiSpeak' which is a process for have to say," she said, "and stay
cal Science/English double
responding to a student con- away from any sort of political
majorfromLincoln, RI. He will
cern in a timely manner."
games that have a tendency to.
be attending Law School at
An
issue
brought
up
by
'Stuoccur in the governmental
American University next year.
dents Speak' regarded safety on- -.arena*XbyJAMlETOMEO
Asst. News Editor
Bill Mekrut
POUtiCAl
COlUMNBt
A long time ago, in a galaxy
far away, I was a freshman.
It was the end of the world
as we knew it when we attended
our first orientation session at
Marist. If I remember correctly,
the first orientation meeting
was a talk by Frank Maduri
about sexual misconduct.
Those were the days. I lived in
Leo Hall, and Brother Tom, our
mentor, insisted that we "relax
and have a beer" on our first
night at college. Brother Tom
started a trend that September
mom. I remember thinking: This
is great! I'm in a room full of
fellow eighteen-year-olds, and
a member: of the clergy is suggesting we should go out and
drink!
A thoughtfully written reflection on four years of college life
has typically found its way ori'tbthe pages of The Circle around
this time of year. Unfortunately,
I never paid attention to them,
so I am not sure how this is supposed to work. The only thing I
am sure of is that AI Gore will
not be our next president As
far as a reflection on college life
is concerned, I think each of us
who graduate should realize
that, arguably, the four biggest
years in our lives are about to
:
come to a close.
Our ideologies have forrhed
during these years, and we will
carry with us a worldview that
matured while we called
Poughkeepsie home. Since we
are'in the twilight of our college
career, I would rather look forward than wallow in the negative memories that could easily
be exhumed. Our complaints
about the security guards and
the stench from the sewage
plant are a distant, memory. In
our future is the ability to make
manifest all that we have done
in college. If we have regrets,
and look back wishing for something different it only motivates
us to cultivate the future. Our
fond memories provide security
The Circle would like to
thank everyone for making
1998-1999 such a great
year! We wish Tara, Bill,
and all exiting staff members the best of luck in their
future endeavors!
„>,„,- v„ j t.
THE CIRCLE
SUPPLEMENT4
APRIL 29,1999
New A & E editor internews
by NIK BONOPARTIS
:
'~?yfA&E>Editor;
: •
Tavis Werts, trumpet player
for Reel Big Fish, comes clean
about ska" music, life on' the
road, being a musician, and the
trademark Reel Big-Fish sar•; casm in this interview • aV the
,; Theater ,,.: in.
3 Chance
Poughkeepsie.rr:;<••, ,;• , -::
NB: My first question is, why
do you rock so hard?
-TW: Because of Carlos.
NB: That's the only reason?
TW: Yeah, because of Carlos.
NBlOk...,. -.•..,...;_..
NB: Your second album has a
lot more texture to it, with the
guitars, the vocal harmonies,
and the horn section. Did you
spend a lot more time in the studio with the}second one? .:.
TW: Yeah, we spent more time
writing all the songs, but the
main mihg is, we wrdte'all these
songs right before.we recorded
; them, whereas'with 'Turn The
Radio Off' most of the songs
were written two or three years
before the album was made, and
we were still a pretty bad band.
NB: So that made a lot of the
difference?
TW: Yeahj we just got better
: and learned how to write better
songs, and they were fresher
goinginto the studio. We had
played them so many times [the
.old songs] that with half of them
we were sick of them before we
even went .into the studio.
NB: A lbtibf bantls are reluctant to put a label on their music, and most people would say
you're ska, but people like
Moon Records have openly criticized you as a rock band with
horns: How would you classify
yourselves?
TW: We're a ska-pop band. I
mean, a lot of pur songs are more
rock and roll, but Moon Records
• can kiss my @$$. ; '
NB: Can I quote you on that?
TW:"Uh-huh.r Definitely. ~V ?
£
" N1&. What £ lot of%nsreally
. like are that your songs are usually^funny"and prertyupbeatV E»o
• ypirplan them that-way or do
they just come out like that?/
TW: Weil, Aaron (Barrett)
- writes all the lyrics, arid he usu :
ally "writes abbut stuff lie's
pissed off, about. When he
writes'about stuff'.'he just gets
really s^rcasticl and when you
"put lyrics matafe really "sarcastic with happy, poppy music, it
just comes out kinda funny. But
they all come from us being
pissed off. _* NB: ireacTsbmewnere that you
guys wrote the chorus for
Scott's a Dork and planned to
change it, but you never did?
TW: Well when we first started
playing the song, we needed
something that would fit there,
and that fit, so we just started
singing that, and we thought we
would change it, but we just
never thought of anything better.
NB: What was working with
Coolie Ranx like?
TW: We toured with him a lot,
actually, with the Pilfers.
NB: I caught that show in Port
Chester, NY with.you and the
Pilfers.
NB:
Thank You For Not' ers, Hepcat, the Pietasters,
Moshing is another fan favor- - Spring Heeled Jack. ite, and everyone knows a guy TW: Well the problem with
like you describe, in a wife Moon is that they will do abso, beater and Doc Martens beat- • lutely nothing to push their
ing on little girls in the pit, it ac- bands on radio or TV or any kind
tually happens here a lot. Was of commercial success, because
this meant to be humorous or they want to stay on the' underangry"or just a little of both?
aground. And so all the bands
TW: It was mostly just to make- on that label who are really good
fun of all those guys, 'cuz we and want to be commercially
really don't want them to mosh. successful, want, to be able to
The first time we recorded that make a living playing ska, have
and put it on a 7" we called it In all moved on. Hepcat went to
The Pit, then we'd play it and Hellcat, and they're trying to
all these guys would start a big push them tojadio. Dance Hall
pit to it, and they just didn't get Crashers are on MCA. Moon's
it. So we changed the name to a cool label, I mean they do some
Thank You For Not Moshing good stuff, but on the business
hoping a few more people would side of it, they don't quite get it.
get it, but I don't think.ihe^ dp. They're. trying too hard to be
NB: In an interview ori WRRV an indie label I think, and that
Aaron was asked how he wrote ends up hurting a lot of their
such catchy tunes, and he said • bands.
%;_'..
Ke stole all the hooks he hears NB: I think what;a lot of fans
,
photo courtesy MOJO records
ReelBig Fishs Tavis Werts shared a soda and his feelings with Nik Bonoparb's. on the radio. Is mere any truth perceive as the problem is that
to that or is he just joking again? they talk about unity in the ska
TW: Yeah, I think that was the
TW:.
[Chuckles] Yeah, there's a ? scene, then go on and criticize
. first show we played with them, TW: Ummm ...[Laughs] I don't
little bit of truth to that We cre- other ska bands^ "
kno\v
if
we
were
"discovered"
and we ended up touring with'
atively borrow stuff from other TW: Oh yeah, as you said there
them a-lot after that. It was fun by him. But, yeah, he saw us
bands occasionally.
have been tons of things I've
having something that different, play in a club in Riverside. He
you know, because none of us saw us and asked our horn play- , NB: Does moving away from read where they absolutely hate
ska on your new record reflect us. They pretty much hate any
could have done anything like ers to play on his album.
NB: Was that'Hangups?'
the way its faded commercially? band that doesn't try and sound
that.
TW:
No.actually
the
first
alTW:
No, it really had nothing like the Toasters, and any band
NB: Did you collaborate on the
song or did Coolie write it?'-' ;'•'• bum. And Scott arid.Dan played to.do with that, it was more just that leaves their label. They'll
TW: The song, we already had all the horn parts, and through our tastes changing and the • stick around* because they still
written, and we just played it as that Mojo heard us and then way we wanted to play it. And do have some good: bands, on
. .part of it was just that there are their label. But they've never
an instrumental all the time, and they signed.us. ., •
; sq many bands playing the style been a big label and never will
NB:
Have
you
ever,
heard
of
a
we said "Hey, you should do
some toasting over this", ahd- band called the Hippos? ., ...; • we'didjon ;Turn The RadjaQff;';
and we didn't want to sound like NB: This isn't on my sheet, but
so he came in and ended up writ- TW: Uh-hiih.' ' " '
ing an entire song over. i t : NB: A lot of people say you : them, so we just wanted to keep ; ... does anyone ever mistake
sound almost exactly like each. our own sound.
Ricky, your tour.manager, for
[Laughs]
'•,"".";'
•;••>, . . . . . '.'.-.
NB: What other bands do you. •' David Schwimmer?
NB: On the outtakes of 'Why o t h e r .
Do They Rock So Hard?' you TW: Yeah, they copy us a little. think are done for? A lot of TW: [With a grin] Occasiontalk a lot about getting girls and; • We've been playing with them people say Moon as a'label is ally. He looks a lot like him. For
stuff, and in join The Club, the for a while. They're another re- done with their mass exodus of some reason they; call him
talent - the Dance Hall Crash- Chachy. [Shrugs]
.
lyrics are along the same lines. ally cool band.
Do you guys attract the ladies
as musicians?
TW: [Laughs] No. We don't
get any.
NB: Really? .
TW: [Laughs again] The girls
that we could get are like, 14 and.
none of us wanna go to jail.
NB: It's those all ages shows,.
not have been able to attend (he world. But, after fourteen
byKATRINA
high school as a result of her years .of school I realized that
. e h ? ' , ; ' » ' . . . ,:.-.'...; ; . ^ . .
FlfCHSENBERGER
decision to be confirmed in the there is more to Germany than
TW: Yeah. we play all, ages ,
Features Editor
church. Also, their lives would WW]I, Nazis, chocolate, and
shows since, most of bur.'fans
have been totally differerit:'It is r beer. I live in a countiy where
are under 21, but it just kinda
Karen Schultz is a communi- hard for me to believe that in my you have to pay taxes to own a
works out that all the girls who
really like- us are.;14. Not. that cation radioATV/film major cur- mother's lifetime that such- , dog, have a radio, TV. or phone.
there's, anything \yrprig,with rently spending her junior year, things occurred!
Where stores close at 2 P.M..
After spending Christmas with on Saturday and, have no Sunat Philips-lfniversitael in
being 14...
. ; ., ._, ., .•
NB: It makes them ineligible for Marburg, Germany to better her my relatives in eastern Germany day hours. Where workers gel
German and learn more about I understand the "German" personal days to go„to the docyou guys,r
TW: Right.
J , . . . .-.,". the world. Since September she things my grandparents do. I tor or get official papers proNB: What about being on the has been learning what life in stood on the street staring at the cessed because it takes so much
road. Is it strange waking upin- Geimany is like as she reaches house in which my "grandfather . time running around for signaa different city every day and forjthc world beyond.her .was bom and walked the streets tures and stamps. ...
backdoor in Allenlown, Penn- my mother walked as a child.
being basically nocturnal?. „
It never occurred to me that
As I sit in my room here in capitalism impacts my life in
TW: It was for a while, but now sylvania.
Marburg and reflect on my life America so much. I now see
we're pretty much used to it. It's
in
Germany, I appreciate the life socialist Germany in a different
actually kind of fun, waking up
In 1958 my grandparents,
and having no idea what's go- mother, and uncle escaped from 1 am able to have in America.
light and understand that the
ing on outside. Of course this East Germany by going on vaWhen I boarded the plane for people have freedoms, but their
morning we all woke up and it cation and never coming back. Frankfurt in September I was lives are vastly different than
was raining so we just all stayed It is hard for mc to understand excited to get out of the U.S., to those of people in America.
in bed.
what it must have felt like to see and experience something
I am sometimes frustrated at
NB: In the great city of leave the life, culture, and lan- new, something different. And the bureaucracy of it all, and the
guage you know, to come to over five months later, not only fact that there the customer isn't
Poughkeepsie.
TW:. This is actually the sec- America where everything is so have I learned more about my- always right But Ijust grin and
self and my family while improv- remember that America is my
ond time we've played here. I different.
Just this week I received a let- ing my German, I have learned home and will always be no matcan't remember who we played
with, it was a long time ago, like ter from my grandparents, tell- all the things about Germany ter where I am. I appreciate
a year and a half, two years ago. ing me how they are happy with that my textbooks and tour, what I once took for granted and
NB: There's a rumor that you their decision to leave Germany books never told me.
I am glad that my grandparents
guys were discovered playing for the freedoms of America. If
When we learn history in took the risk for a better exista small club by John Feldman of they would have chose to stay . school we focus on America enceand became Americans.
in Germany my mother would and then move on to the rest of
Goldfinger. Is that true?
God Bless America.
Features editor brings
greetings from Germany