AAG calls off fplilty vote oil Gore by Donna Cody

The ,: Academic Affairs. Committee Wednesday morning voted unanimously to cancel the scheduled faculty vote on the new Core proposal.

The faculty was to'vote on the proposal Friday during a plenary session.

The proposal, which was first presented by the Core Development Committee earlier this year, has been the source of much controversy.

Proponents of the core proposal say that" the new core curriculum would provide the unity and integration needed in the existing curriculum. According to Italo Benin, assoc. prof, of philosophy, the changes in the new proposal reflect two things. "First, the clarification of the foundation courses and second, it asks for a kind of harmony

between the foundation and the second tier courses," Benin said.::

• Kevin Donohue, chairman:.of the Division of Humanities, shares this con­cern tor greater integration between the foundation courses and the courses in the second tier. Donohue said that the present core program, is "like learning cafeteria style." According*? Donohue, the student in this type of situation does not know which core classes to select or how to "cap off the core experience." '

According to Richard LaPietra, chairman of the C.D.C., the proposed "modes of consciousness"-approach to the. second tier courses would increase the coherency of the core experience for the student: "The foundation courses in­troduce the students to the four modes of consciousness. Beyond that the four modes

are ' not explored,'.' said LaPietra. ."Without follow up, students don't have enough guidance and it might be more consistent if we explored the four modes in d e t a i l . " ••••••••: :':.~. •.->.;.• \

Other faculty members concerned with the core issue agree that there is a need to change the existing program. However* many of them do not agree with the proposed modes of consciousness ap­proach. -

Some opponents of the proposal feel that the new core will not satisfy the needs of the students. "The proposed core has no sense of what the problems of our students are crying for," said Peter O'Keefe, asst. prof, of history. "The present core still has larger possibilities than the modes of consciousness," O'Keefe said. : Beth Goldring, asst. prof, of in­

terdisciplinary studies, also objects to the

four modes. "The modes themselves are a • highly technical, specialized instrument," said Goldring.."They should not be the grounding for what purports to be an introduction to undergraduate education."

Both opponents and prdponents recognize a need for the faculty to un­derstand the proposal more clearly. "The faculty has a right to demand what they teach be fully intelligible to them," said Goldring, "and our students have a total and inalienable right to demand that we .understand what we are teaching."

Thomas Casey, asst. prof, of philosophy agrees with Goldring's concern! "I don't think that the proposal is sufficiently understood by the faculty and if it isn't sufficiently understood by the faculty, I don't know how we would hope to have prospective students and their parents understand it, "said Casey.

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v Volume 26, Number19 Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. April29,1982

Funds sought for televisions by Jennifer Grego

As part of a continuing effort to make the on-campus dorm lounges more suitable for social gatherings, the Inter-House Council has been raising money to use toward the purchase of televisions for each of these lounges, according to Assistant Dean of Students fr. Richard LaMorte. ^"Tpc^lounge is a part of the living-en--"

•' virohments." said LaMorte.. "JjVhen special events are televised, if there were TVs in the lounges, a mob could get together and not have to worry about the amount of noise and chaos as you would in an individual room."

According to LaMorte ' and IHC President David Skrodanes, the televisions would cost between $2,200 and $2,800.

The IHC has raised between $500 and $600 toward this goal by sponsoring a Resident Advisor Slave Night, a mixer, and a raffle. .-••• . Although the purpose of the IHC is not to raise money for itself or social events, according to LaMorte, Dean of Student Affairs Gerard Cox said it was appropriate

_ for the council to enhance the social life in the dorms.

LaMorte is considering ways to raise the remainder of the money. He said, "What I've seen work in other places, is getting TVs that have already been used and use the money we have to refurbish them. The only other possibility I can conceive of is to have a raffle that would involve not only the students, but the community at large. We would have to clear that with the college." '.'- :

According to Skrodanes, the yearly allocation the IHC receives from student government is not enough to work with. "I'd like to see the IHC have its own ac­count, but the trustees are against.it because it would add to the cost of tuition," he said.

To handle the money shortage, LaMorte said, "What I'd like to do is try to not wait until we have the whole amount needed. If we install the TVs gradually, people would be more encouraged and the possibility of getting it done is better."

"The TVs would be mounted off the ground," said LaMorte. "In Campagnat we could attach them under the study booths. We spoke to maintenance in September but they have to get back to me on how they would see doing it."

"Those booths are totally useless right now," said Skrodanes. "With the increase in the amount of students on campus and over crowding of the library, we need more areas to study."

LaMorte said the problem with an en­deavor like this is that "students can get discouraged because it takes so long to see results." He hopes to have three televisions installed by Sept.

One to One

Pony rides were just one of the many activities sponsored by the Psychology Club at the "One to One Day" held last Friday for disabled children and adults.

(Photograph by Grace Gallagher)

Murder at Marist: The real story by Laurie Lovisa

On Feb. 18,-1975, Shelly Sperling, 17, Mahopac, lay dying on the floor of the cafeteria's food service office at Marist College.

Moments before, Louis O.Acevedo III, 20, Mahopac, a former boyfriend of Sperling, had entered the cafeteria. Shortly after 6 p.m. a report of shots being fired summoned town police to the college campus. Sperling was found dead.

The'Sperling murder has become part of Marist folklore. Like most folklore it is laced with fact and fiction. Rumors that have flourished in the last seven years are varied. Some say she was killed by a man under the influence of drugs. Others say she was murdered by a shot to the head.

What follows is an attempt to set the record straight through eye witness account and reports that appeared in the Poughkeepsie Journal, Feb. 19,1975.

At 5:45 p.m. Louis O. Acevedo entered the cafeteria with friends to have dinner. Acevedo, then a student at Dutchess Community College, accosted the Sperling girl and a friend and chased them into the cafeteria's food service office. There were three male employees on a break in the office. With a .32 caliber pistol one of two shots were fired at one of the employees as they fled with Sperling's friend.

Sperling was alone with Acevedo. Two more shots were heard. Police flooded the cafeteria but hesitated entering the office. They believed the girl was being held hostage.

When police finally decided to enter the room, they found Sperling dead on the floor. She had been shot twice, once in the shoulder and once in the side.

Xavier Ryan, associate professor of philosophy at Marist College, remembers well the Sperling murder. "I knew and became very good friends with Shelly because she was in the Science of Man program,".said Ryan. "Walking across campus, Shelly made a point of always being in the company of others," he said. "She feared Acevedo coming after her."

Ryan said that several months prior to the murder, Acevedo had assaulted Sperling. "He and Shelly were down by the river when Acevedo picked up a rock and threw it at her," said Ryan. "After Shelly was struck, she managed to calm him down and persuade him to bring her to the hospital. She was a.remarkable girl," Ryan said.

According to Assistant District Attorney Jim O'Neil, Louis O. Acevedo is presently in the Harlem Psychiatric Center, Dover, N.Y.

Immediately after the murder of Shelly Sperling, Acevedo was taken to the Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Center where he was found mentally incompetent to stand trial.

"Our theory is that the murder was premeditated," said O'Neil. "We believe Acevedo knew and understood fully what he was doing up until when the trigger was pulled. After that he went into a catatonic state."

O'Neil said that psychiatric reports reveal no evidence that Acevedo will be mentally fit to stand trial in the near future. "At this rate, he could be in the mental facility for the rest of his life."

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What Met game? Last Wednesday — or was it Friday? —

no, wait, I think it was a week ago Thursday. Well, anyway sometime in the last month there was a bus trip down to a Mets game that was sponsored by.CU.B-. No one knew about it, but C.U.B. gets credit for spon­soring it, and that's what counts'. - \ ;•-.-.; \ guess we shou\d have never expected to know about it. After all, keeping secrets -'.-•"' seems to have become a popular past time on the Marist campus this year. The secrets that C.U.B. members can tell us must be among the best..

Somehow they arranged to gain access to money that sent three students and Betty Yeaglin to Chicago for a week in order to book acts for C.U.B. events next year. It's hard to comprehend that it was necessary to send four able-bodied students just to be exposed to talent that.is later hired for activities that no one knows about. One of the three students that went to Chicago will be the president of next year's C.U.B. Good luck!

Oh, by the way, the other two students who went to Chicago have ended their in-volvment with C.U.B. for next year. Oh, well, I'm sure that they all had fun in Chicago booking all those wonderful acts that we enjoysomuch.

Let's face it: Some C.U.B'. events are successful. Every once in awhile some Marist students will turn out, but, on the whole, the attendance at a CU.B.-sponsored event is poor.

The reasons students don't show up for these events could be numerous, but there are a few that have been cited recently. Students sometimes just aren't aware of C.U.B. events that are taking place. If the event is publicized, it usually isn't until a couple of days before the event.

Sometimes, however, the event is publicized enough, yet students still fail to show up. This leads us to the second possible reason: Students have absolutely no desire to attend the event. Sure, Mozart

on Fifth is a talented group, but doesn't anyone in C.U.B. realize that Marist students just aren't going to be turning out in droves on a Wednesday night to see Mozart on Fifth? I wonder how much the group charged C.U.B. for the performance?

The third possible reason is apathy, but that's not only a worrvout excuse, it's' flat -out untrue. If the\event appeals to a decent number of students, as it should, then you can be sure that the students will turn but.

What ever happened to a concert? I guess a concert is too big a proposition for such a conservative group as C.U.B. You ban bet that a majority of Marist College would have turned out for a concert. Maybe it's hot wliat C.U.B. wants in a school function, but it will gather students together! No one will ever find out who said "no" to a concert. That's just another secret C.U.B. members have hidden from the students.

So the year's coming to an end. Remember your favorite C.U.B. event. Did you have a good time? Now remember The Ultimate Road Trip Mixer. C.U.B. officers didn't want it to be held, but they finally gave in.

Let's all look forward to next year. After a week in Chicago there should be lots of great events lined up for the students of Marist. C.U.B has to take some chances, and maybe we'll get some good events for next year.

Take the chance of putting on a concert or something else that would normally be considered too big for Marist College. The basketball team gets enough of our money so Marist can get a name. Sponsoring a big-name band in concert can also help Marist to get its name spread around. Besides, the students might even enjoy it.

River Day was held this week. Almost every student knows about River Day. Do -you know when the C.U.B. picnic is being held? I think it's some time soon. I wonder what kind of entertainment we'll get there.

Readers Write All letters must be typed triple space with a 60 space margin, and submitted to the Circle office no later than 6 p.m. Monday. Short letters are preferred. We reserve the right to edit all Jetters. Letters must be signed, but names may be withheld upon re­quest. Letters will be published depending upon availability of space.

Moynihan on aid Editor's note: The following

letter was received by Ray . Bargstrom in response to a letter about proposed student aid cub. Dear Mr. Bargstrom:

Thank you for writing about the massive reduction in federal student financial aid programs included in the President's fiscal year 1983 budget. I share your concern and will fight these proposals, which would reduce

, finding by 46% from the.current, ' level. Our students are our future, and we simply cannot afford to put that in jeopardy.

Under the President's plan, major changes would be made in the law authorizing the Guaranteed Student Loan program. These changes include barring graduate and professional students from borrowing under the program, and making it more difficult for all students to qualify for loans. In addition, students would have the amount of their loans reduced by 5%, and repayment would be much more costly due to changes in the in­terest rate changes on such loans. Graduate and professional students who need aid would be expected to borrow under the Auxiliary Loans to Assist Students program <ALAS), which carries a 14% interest rate and no in-schoql interest subsidy.

Most of the other proposed changes would be achieved through reducing the budget for various major student aid programs. Pell Grants, which go to needy students, would be reduced by 28%, and no new funding would be, available, .for

the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants program or for National Direct Student Loans. The College Work-Study program and assistance to students in the health professions would be sharply reduced as well.

I have a long history of in­volvement with these programs. In 1970, it fell to me to draft the Presidential Message to Congress which led to the creation of what we now know as Pell.- Grants., , Since my election to the Senate, I have participated in drafting and supported legislation expanding and improving programs to benefit students. During last summer's debate on the budget, I proposed amendments to restore funding to both the Pell Grants and Guaranteed Student Loan program.

The proposals advanced in the President's fiscal year budget represent a devastating attack on higher education. If enacted, they would wreak havoc on the budgets of many colleges and universities, and would make it difficult, if not impossible, for hundreds of thousands of students from low and middle income families to attend higher education. The education provided by our colleges and universities is the single most important investment we make in our nation's future. I can assure you that during the debate on these measures in the Budget Committee and on the Senate (f-floor, I will do all I can to see that these programs are fully funded.

Sincerely, „ , . ... . Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Judicial board To the Editor:

In response to a recent letter to the editor 1 would like to clear up a few questions concerning the Judicial Board which according to at least two members of the student body is not doing its job. First of all blame should not be put on the board since all we did was to report to the C.S.L. (namely Jim Muzikowski) that one of the elected positions of the board would be open at the end of this year. The organization that is responsible for the petition of which you inquired is the CS.L. and just as any elected position on this campus elected members of the Judical Board are required to submit a petition. The reason the Judicial Board has taken no action is that no complaint has been filed with the C.S.L. that has been referred to us yet. The question of the ability of the member in doubt to be placed on the ballot, should probably be directed to the election board or the C.S.L. itself.

In hopes of setting your minds to ease the reason the Judicial Board has not met this year is because there have been no cases brought to the C.S.L. that have been referred to us. For the Judicial Board to work students must come to us; we are not a

detective agency and do not go in search of injustices to correct.

May I suggest a course of action to rectify the problem that is your concern? Even if blaming the Judicial Board was justified a letter to the editor was not the correct way . of handling the problem. I suggest you prepare a case against the newly "elected" member and request of the C.S.L. that the Judicial Board be con-

"vened to review the case. Now if your allegations are true, then

• there may be an opening on the Judicial Board and perhaps one,

; if not both of you gentlemen, would be interested in running for that position in light of the fact that you seem to have a very keen sense of right and wrong.

In closing I would like to say that if anyone, including the writers of the letter concerning this matter, has questions about the Judicial Board I will be happy to answer questions or allow you to see a copy of the article of the Marist College Student Govern­ment Constitution that pertain to the Judicial Board. Thank you for your concern and I am. sorry that you had to get your answers this way.

Sincerely Richard M. Dougherty

Chairperson Judicial Board

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Inside look on the news

by Janet Lawler

Sue Simmons, popular co-anchor for NBC's top-rated programs "Live at Five" and "News 4 New York" ad­dressed the Poughkeepsie Chamber of Commerce at a standing-room-only affair last Wednesday morning, where » she humorously discussed the mixed reviews her career has received in television news.

Sue Simmons' career began some 10 years ago. She started as a reporter in New Haven, Connecticut. Eventually, moved on to find work in Baltimore, Washington and then finally returned to New York, her home territory. She joined the NBC news team in December 1979. Immediately, the "heat" was on.

Blacks weren't too sure of what to expect, and some white viewers were skeptical of the "new girl in town," not to mention threatened colleagues who suddenly had valid reason to fear for their jobs.

Simmons is the first to admit the climb to success wasn't easy. Simmons

•is as stunningly attractive as she appears on television. The good-looks were often an obstacle rather than a blessing.

"I used to have- to apologize for decent looks," Simmons said un­pretentiously. "They take me more seriously now."

According to Bob Teague's recent book, Channel 4 went as far as to tamper with the studio lighting so that their hew anchorwoman would appear . "darker skinned" on TV. .;.'-

"I t 's highly competitive,'.' she warned. "It doesn't matter if you're white, black, male or female. It's a tough business," she said. "I paid my dues reporting for over 7 years.'' •

Sue Simmons "Sometimes I'm misunderstood on

TV," she said. Sue Simmons style is unique and refreshing as the Poughkeepsie guests •..-. constantly reminded her. They claim she brings "life" to the news: Up until recently, most . anchorpeople stared at the telepfompter like wind-up dolls.

Simmons did encourage a college education for students /intending to enter broadcast journalism. Although, Simmons does not hold a degree. .

"I don't worry about that now," she said. "David Brinkley doesn't have a degree either. I learned by wtirking.''

When asked what news .events touched her emotionally while an­choring, Simmons recalled several. • "The. shooting of the Pope was in­tense;" she said. "Somedays it just builds up...One night we covered the stories about the three nuns killed in El Salvador, the Stouffers fire, city crimes...After the'show, I just wanted to put my head down on the desk," Simmons said.

The Poughkeepsie Chamber of Commerce was impressed by their guest speaker. Simmons was gracious and obliging in signing autographs, meeting tongue-tied students and loyal viewers.

' 'This was fun,'' Simmons said of Her visit to Poughkeepsie. "I've got to get back to work, though." she added before leaving for New York City to take her seat on "Live at Five."

Bierne gets special-effects unit by Brian Kelly

The Bierne Media Center recently an­nounced that it will be lent an advanced special effects unit from a small Massachusetts electronics company.

The • Space Station SST-282 Digital Special Effects Unit, which was presented by Ursa Major Electronics of Belmont, Mass., is currently the most advanced special effects unit available. in the broadcasting and recording industries.

When it arrives next fall, the unit will be used mainly in conjunction with classes such as Radio Broadcasting and Television Production. "It won't simply be lent out to students who wish to experiment," said Production Technician Scott Badman. Badman, as well as the rest of the Bierne Media Center staff, said he was excited over the unit. "It will be a major addition

to the audio recording facility here," said Badman. "We hope that it will serve as a creative motive for students in related fields."

According to Badman, when the unit is used with a music synthesizer it can make just about any sound imagineable, from a telephone ringing, to the voice of Darth Vadar.

Marist is one of five schools that was granted the unit under a loan program set up by Ursa Major. "I had written to Ursa Major and asked them for a demo tape to show students what a device of this type could do. Along with the tape, I received an application form and a letter informing me of the loan program," said Badman.

, "It all happened kind of unexpectedly." The cost of the unit is approximately

$2,000. It will be delivered this fall and will remain at Marist for one semester:

Discussion of rape on prevention

by Dawn Oliver

Rape and rape prevention were the topics being discussed by both men and women in Cl^ampagnat's second floor lounge last Wednesday evening.

The subject was the focus of an informal question and answer session conducted by Jean Craven of the St. Francis Crime Victim Center and Detective Alfred W. Smith of the Poughkeepsie police department. Smith addressed the legal definitions and. Craven spoke about prevention methods.

"There'are two reported rapes in Poughkeepsie a year," said Craven, "but actually there could be dozens not reported. Most women are afraid of mistreatment by the police." Smith replied, "We only have one female police officer and she's called in whenever she's on duty. I myself have spoken to some of these women — most of them are willing to talk."

Craven cited some preventative measures 'such as parking your car in a well-lit area, not walking alone and always locking your car door as a some common sense means for preventing rape.

"Over 50 percent of ail rapes occur in a woman's own home or apartment. Most

times it is someone the woman knows -there's been some kind of previous con­tact," said Craven. She advised that women "be sensitive and aware of what is going on around you."

Smith encouraged-women to contact the police department immediately if a rape should occur. "We have to go to the scene of the crime to gather evidence," said Smith. "Rape is one of the most difficult crimes to prove. If there's no substantial evidence, the charge is brought down to sexual misconduct. There's a big difference in the sentence."

When faced with an actual situation, Craven advised the students against self-defense. "He has the advantage - he's already thought out what he's doing," she said. If self-defense is to be attempted, however, it should be done at the outset of the attack according to Craven. "For self-defense to help, it has to be an instinctual reaction,'' she said.

After the program had concluded, Craven said that the turn out was very good. "I was encouraged by the interest, not only in our remarks, but.by the students' concern about how to protect themselves." Smith agreed and said, "If they ask questions, it shows they were listening. I think it went very well."

Murray reflects on Africa by Grazia E. Lo Piccolo

Very little of the food can be eaten. The water is not drinkable.. There is little refrigeration. The electricity goes out all the time. The temperature is in the 90's. The air conditioning doesn't work. There is no television in certain areas, no radio and rto hot water.

These are some of the conditions that Dennis Murray, president of Marist College incurred in his trip to Lagos, Nigeria in Mid-April.

"It Was a rugged trip, but it was a fascinating opportunity to go to a country that is still in its state of development," said Murray.

The five-day trip was sponsored by the American Institute of Management, a group which is endorsed by the State Department that publishes material and sponsors lectures and seminars for businesses. The trip enabled Murray to lecture on planning techniques to Nigerians representing government, educational institutions and private business.

Of all the countries he has been in Murray said the ..contrast between the developed and the underdeveloped segments of the Nigerian society is greater than anywhere else in the world. "Some of the buildings you see are as modern as any high-rise in New York City, and then

around the corner you find people who live in shacks and in their native garbs."

Murray, who has lectured in Europe, Singapore, Hong Kong a""nd China, regards the lecture in Nigeria as the most enjoyable in terms of its people even though the conditions were rugged. "They are charming and jovial people. They laugh freely and they joke with each other," said Murray, adding that they are very bright and dedicated people who want their country to merge as a leader in Africa.

Last November Murray gave the same lectures to the people of China. He said the similarities and differences between the people of China and Nigeria can be readily seen.

"The commonality was their fascination with America. Both groups were very interested in American way of life, management and values," said Murray.

In contrast, he said the culture, the history and the attitudes are extremely different. Pointing out that the Orientals are much more formal, while the Nigerians are more open and less formal. Murray attributes the latter to the difficult con­ditions that the Nigerians have had to overcome.

Murray has been asked by the American Institute of Management to lecture in South East Asia this summer but he has not yet decided whether he will go.

The Holocaust: A survivor's horror story by Terri Ann Sullivan

"People must be sick to say there was no Holocaust; let me tell you there was a Holocaust, and you can't imagine how terrible it was," said Anna Teich, a Holocaust survivor, while speaking to Marist students, faculty and members of the Community last Thursday.

Teich, a native of Czechoslovakia, lost her entire family during the Holocaust, which took 6 million Jewish lives overall. Teich spoke not only of the horrors of the Holocaust but also of the luck and coin­cidences which enabled her to survive.

Using slow, soft speech, Teich described how .her family was rounded up and transported to the Ukraine with many other Jews in 1941.

"We were lodged in a warehouse and had to do all kinds of work," said Teich. "Eventually people were put in groups to be brought into a field and shot. My father, my mother, my sister all perished there."

Teich escaped by coincidence and hid in the woods .until she managed to go back to Budapest. Teich said, "I would walk in the woods, I can't tell you how long. In the day I hid — all around me the war was going on."

When she got back to Budapest, Teich was put in a work camp after three months in the hospital. "We were under guard day and night," said Teich, "and had to sew military uniforms."

She explained how she lived in a small room with 17 other females with no bath or shower. They received no mail, ho visitors and were not allowed to go out anywhere. "I was there one year — maybe longer," shesaid. ' ' . - ' • . ' • •

Teich got out of the work camp arid was given six months leave when a lawyer friend proved she has a heart condition. "They gave me two cigars to smoke and some pills before the cardiogram. It said I was very sick," said Teich.

Teich went on to describe" Nazi per­secution of the Jews and how ghettos were formed. She managed to avoid this by posing as a rionrJew. "I attended church and wore a cross," said Teich. She ex­plained how Jews purchased papers, in­cluding birth certificates and pictured identification, under assumed names. Teich said, "I was fortunate. T knew a young man and he offered his sister's papers."

Teich was captured in 1944 and placed in a concentration camp. Again, Teich

managed to escape, this time during an air raid.

"I stepped on a dead body and looked down and saw it was a nurse," said Teich. "I stripped her @Iothes and took her pocketbook and went back to Hungary."

At this time, Teich and her friends made contact with the Yugoslavian underground and began working full time toward saving other Jews.

"It was a time when hundreds of thousands of Jews were being rounded up in ghettos," said Teich. She described how soldiers marched people through the streets every day and lined them up at the Danube River and shot them. "Three to four years later the Danube was still washing up the bodies," said Teich.

Teich came into contact with Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who devoted all his efforts into saving Jews from Nazi hands. She explained that Sweden was neutral and that the Swedish and Swiss consulates began handing out visas for Jews to escape with.

Teich said, "Raoul was a skinny, quiet, peaceful man; he approached the Gestapo with a voice I didn't think could come from him."

Wallenberg, according to Teich,

organized homes for the Jews to live in. She added that he followed the cattle trains every day with credentials for the victims in his hands and demanded their release. "One day I went with Raoul Wallenberg half way to Auschwich," said Teich. "You see there were people who helped us — unfortunately, there wasn't enough."

Teich closed her lecture by saying, "You were never safe; you were always on the run. There was never a peaceful moment — you got so trained you could almost smell as SS man," said Teich.

The lecture, which was part of Marist's commemorating National Holocaust Week, was begun with a short introduction by Marist College President Dennis Murray. Murray welcomed especially members of the outside community and explained, "We ask the students here at Marist to be committed not only to making sure these tragic days would not happen again, but also to erase the prejudice and hate in society which lead to it," said Murray.

After Teich spoke, Rabbi Zimet con­cluded by saying, "Although it is not easy for the survivors to speak, they know they have a duty to talk — today more than yesterday," said Zimet. "The Holocaust was not a big Jewish lie — but a sad truth."

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SUMMER

DEPARTURE PROCEDURE

All students are expected to leave their residence hall by 11:0f> P.M., Friday night. May 14, 1982. Any student who has a f inal exam earlier than Friday is expected to leave the residence hall by 11:00 P.M. that same evening. . : —

The last meal of the term wi l l be Lunch Friday, May 14.

On or by the 14th of May, rooms must be cleaned: all belongings must be taken home. Anything left in the rooms wi l l be discarded. Your departure directly affects the ability of students and professional residence staff to complete their work and move toward their own vacation plans; therefore, you a re to leave the residence halls in an orderly fashion a f ter your last exam. Remember that the fol lowing factors wi l l be central to any decision on al lowing a student to occupy a room in Marist residence halls for next semester, even if you have registered:

1 .Vacating of room on day of your last exam. 2. Condition of room at departure (cleanliness & lack of damage.) 3. Turning room key into the Resident Director after room is vacated.

Trash bags wi l l be distributed by the R.A. to each resident by May 10th. The fol lowinq is a schedulefor trash removal: -

A semester exit inspection card must be completed and turned in to the R.D. wi th room key prior to departure in order to avoid 'cleaningcharge's. "!' ' ' " ' '""'" f - ' - ' • • --'•-•<>«

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FD student wins contest by Donna Cody

When fashion design major Linda Zemba entered the America's Next Great Designer Awards contest, she said she could not even conceive of winning. Now, she can conceive of achieving a ten year dream.

Zemba, 18, the first place winner in the design .contest sponsored by the In­ternational Ladies' Garment Workers Union, said, "I want to be a designer. I've wanted to be a designer since I was 8 years old."

"When I entered, I told everyone I was entering for my own satisfaction," Zemba said, adding that now designers will know who she is and it will be easier for her to enter the fashion industry.

A freshman at Marist, Zemba said she entered the contest because it really in­terested her. "I've never entered a design contest before, just art contests," said Zemba. "This was a chance to see how well I could design."

Zemba said she first heard about the contest in Sept. from David Leigh, director of the fashion program at Marist. She then spent approximately three months com­

piling the required 24 sketches of garments, ranging from children's wear to bridal gowns. "I must have done 100 sketches or more," said Zemba. "Mr. Leigh helped me to. refine my designs-he offered suggestions."

According to Zemba, she will receive a Certificate of Design Recognition, a monetary prize of $250 and attend a citation ceremony to be held in New York City in the near future. "Now I know how somebody feels that's just won a sweep­stakes or a million dollars," said Zemba. "I was so happy, I was in tears. I couldn't believe I'd won!"

Originally from Easthampton, Conn., Zemba said she was very much involved in art clubs and art contests during her high school years. "I was involved in what was available, mostly the drawing end. This is the first design contest I've been in," said Zemba.

Zemba said she chose Marist after she was unable to attend Parson's School of Design in New York City. "I really like it here-it's helped me a lot," said Zemba. "There is competition here, but. it's not vindictive. You can share ideas and everyone helps everyone."

Marist fund approaches goal by Mike Sciannamea

With the aid. of student volunteers, the Marist Fund Drive for 1982 is approaching its projected goal of $172,500 in total gifts.

As of this date, the total amount raised exceeds $164,000, with June 30 marked as the completion of the drive. The targeted goal marks an increase of 23% over the 1981 drive".

According to Marist Fund Director Ron Zurawik, the drive is intended to gain financial support from various groups for the college. These funds will be used to help pay for the new Lowell Thomas Com­munication Arts Center, as well as to alleviate some of the operating expenses that tuition does riot pay for. The various

groups who contribute to the fund include alumni, parents, businesses and cor­porations and trustees.

Most of the money donated is unrestricted, meaning that the person sends a donation with no strings attached. If a donor is employed by one of the 800 companies that match employee gifts to educational institutions, it provides the college with more funds without doing any soliciting.

The student volunteers are involved with phone-a-thohs, where a student calls a prospective donor off a list provided by the Registrar. "Over the past three years that we have conducted phone-a-thons, a variety of student.groups have been in­volved," said. Zurawik.

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Talk is cheap, the saying goes~and talk about education may be particularly devalued today. Our rhetoric about the nature and lofty purpose of liberal education swells along with our uncertainty that anyone is listening. So let me opt for economy, in the interest of credibility. Here are four brief statements that have stuck with me, stuck to me-- like nettles. Around them my thought on what teaching is, collects; from them, increasingly, my practice proceeds. Perhaps in their passionate concision they may suggest the habits of mind and heart which education should nurture:

1. "We go to college to get one more chance to learn how to read." (Robert Frost)

Frost isn't talking only, or even prin­cipally, about remedial reading— he had taught at Harvard prior to saying this. Reading involves considerably more than word and concept recognition and accurate paraphrase. A good reader enters into the mind of a writer, participates in the writer's search for meaning, stands alert to question and to seek understanding, arid above all stands open to transformation at the most fundamental levels. "You must change your life," says the German poet Rilke, in the stunning last line of one of his sonnets. In some way, all the classics, secular and religious, say that to us, and it is the job of the teacher to reveal the high stakes for which we are playing in the act of reading.

2. "Education tends to make a straight-cut ditch out of a free-flowing, meandering brook." (Henry David Thoreau)

Thoreau sobers me. He reminds teachers that, however valuable the classics, there is no single set of books and no sequence of instruction in them, that can infallibly make a person "humane." Curricular are means, not ends; and the subject of education is pre-eminently the subject himself, in his capacity for insight and creation. The teacher has to discern the current of interest in a student, unblock the impediments to the free flow of curiosity,; and tolerate— no, cherish— the wayward­ness of the stream's forward motion. That

•calls for patience and humility (more than I can usually muster); but brooks finally are more delightful to behold than ditches.

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Now pitching: Steve Eggink by Paul Palmer

Wouldn't it be nice to have to choose between playing not one but two pro sports? If you had your choice between

. baseball and basketball, which would you choose? For Steve Eggink the choice was easy-he'll do both.

Eggink, a sophomore from Eugene, Ore., played in all 26 Marist College basketball games this year. He averaged 6.9 points per game as a sub. But there is another side to his athletic ability that not too many people know about.

Eggink was an All-State in both basketball and baseball during his junior

- ,year, at Marist High School.- He, was selected to play basketball in his senior year. But as Eggink puts it, "I wanted to play everyday and in baseball I was a pitcher so I wouldn't play every day."

He decided to go on to college first to get his education, rather than try his hand at pro baseball right out of high school. He also had several offers to play college baseball as well - as basketball, but he couldn't play basketball in college if he

' played baseball. He decided to play college basketball and summer baseball.

"I would've missed the excitement," Eggink said about-playing baseball arid giving up basketball. "This summer I am going to two camps for pro-baseball teams and seeing what happens."

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by Kathy O'Connor

-With only a one point lead, LaSalle College beat Marist in the overall points standing to win the President's Cup Regatta last Saturday.

The battle between Marist and LaSalle began in the very first race of the day. In the men's varsity four race, LaSalle beat Marist by only one half a second with a timeof6:09.

In the women's varsity eight race, LaSalle was expected to give Marist a tough race, but the Marist women pulled ahead to win in front of Lowell and LaSalle.

LaSalle once again showed their strength in the men's novice eight race, winning with a time of 6:41.2. Marist placed sixth in that race with a time of 7:25.7. . For the second time that day, Marist was robbed of a victory by a half of a second. The men's light-weight four race was won by SUNY Maritime in 8:05.7 ahead of Marist in 8:06.1.

Marist placed third in the women's novice eight race with a time of 9:34.6 behind Lowell's 9:15.8 and Manhattan's 9:32.4 finish.

LaSalle, with a time of 10:59.3, finished strong against Marist in the women's light­weight four race, to continue with its' slight lead in the overall points standing. LaSalle then followed this victory up with a win in the men's light-weight eight race. -However, Marist did not stop, and won the women's varsity four race with a strong finish of 10:45.2. Skidmore was second with a time of 11:35.4.

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men's novice four race to win in 9:55.4, leaving Marist behind to finish in 10:02.8.

In the final race of the day, the men's varsity eight, Marist and LaSalle were up against each other again to battle it out for first place. LaSalle finished in 8:13.5, forcing Marist in to second place in a time of 8:32.5.

It was a battle the entire day for Marist. "If we had a boat in the men's light weight eight race, or had won four races, we might

have come out oh top," said Marist Crew Coach Larry Davis. "Or if we had won the race against LaSalle which we lost by only a half a second, we could have gotten the points and won overall," he added.

Davis said he was pleased with the overall performance of his team. "The women's varsity eight and four boats did a good job," he said, "as well as the men's varsity four."

"The novice boats had a tough time, but

have showed an increased improvement throughout the season," said Davis.

The crew team has one more chance to improve its times before the Dad Vail Regatta on May 7 and 8.

Saturday they will travel to Conn, to race at Lake Waramug against Trinity, Williams and Ithaca Colleges.

The Dad VaiL Regatta held in Philadelphia, is the small college cham­pionships.

Marist staff members run in Boston marathon byKenBohan

After nearly 24 miles and three and a half hours of running, two miles from the finish line can seem as close to home as the moon and not much easier to reach.

At the 1982 running of The Boston

Marathon Glen Marinelli, Marist's trainer, and Dick Quinn, the assistant athletic director, reached that finish line despite unseasonably high temperatures, Quinn in 3:46 and Marinelli in 3:41.

Quinn, who needed an intravenous injection of a saline solution to replace lost

body fluids and get his body temperature back to normal (as did overall winner Alberto Salazar), said he collapsed upon finishing the race adding, "If it hadn't been for Glen I probably wouldn't have finished."

Marinelli said they drank a sufficient

Lacrosse team raises record with wins by Joe Pared

Marist lacrosse improved its Knicker­bocker Conference record to 4-1 after wins over Fairleigh Dickinson University and Stevens Tech at Marist this past weekend. Marist plays at Southhampton this af­ternoon in a non-conference game.

Marist, now 4̂ 3 overall, played to large crowds on Friday and Saturday as students and parents took advantage of the beautiful weather on both days. On • Saturday, Marist defeated Stevens Tech 13-10 behind the offense of attackers Lou Corsetti and Dave Naar. Cprsetti, the team's leading scorer, made six goals and Naar added five of his own as both made fine offensive runs all afternoon. Ted Loughlin and John Lennon scored the other two Marist goals. -'

Stevens, trailing early, came on strong in the second half and cut Marist's lead to 10-8 when Lennon scored his goal. It was the lift the team needed at that point. "I'm

very proud at the team today," said Coach Ted Peterson. "We really pulled it together when it got close."

The Marist mid fielders played well all _ day, both offensively and defensively. Charlie Downey, Greg Smith, and Pete Jackson were especially active for Marist. Jackson particularly has, played well all season. The defense, after letting a few. passes get inside, looked shaky but_. tightened up when the game got close. Pat Derico, probably the most consistent Marist defender this year, again led the defense. ••. • ;--.. -•.-.' -'

In Friday's 15-1 win over. Fairleigh Dickinson, sophomore goalie John Petacchi was called on for his first start of the season. "I was a little nervous before the game," Petacchi said later, "But the defense was really playing well and the early offense carried us."

On, Friday, Marist played man-to-man defense for the first time this year and Fairleigh Dickinson didn't score until there

were only a few minutes left in the game. Everybody on Marist got in the game and played steady in front of Petacchi all af­ternoon.. "After I made the first save, I settled down some," said Petacchi, who added that losing the shutout was "no big deal." -

Against Fairleigh Dickinson Marist played without mid fielders Danny Costello (charlie horse) and Ted Loughlin (sore ribs) and defenseman Ken Shore (bad ankle). Shore has missed the last three games because of his injury. The team came together, however, and played extremely well as a unit while taking control of the game early. Chris Bastian and Mike O'Connor both had excellent games scoring two goals apiece.

Marist has three games remaining this season. After today's game at Southhampton, Marist plays Dowling at home in the last conference game of the year oh Saturday and then finishes against Siena next Tuesday.

amount of water before and during the race but Quinn, as well as many others, just were not used to that kind of heat. Regarding his own apparent lack of trouble with the heat Marinelli said, "I just take the heat better than some."

Quinn and Marinelli started running together last summer when Marinelli arrived.-to .' take0;.the-' traiher; -''.{position. Marinelli said he's been running forabout six years. He said he originally started to . lose weight and has kept track of every mile he's run giving the total as 8,290 miles.

Marinelli, who before coming to Marist, trained. with John Waters, the assistant trainer for the New England Patriots of the National Football League, suggested the idea that he and Quinn run The Boston Marathon saying to Quinn, "Let's give it a shot." So in November the two began to point towards Boston.

Iii November they ran five miles a day six days a week. They slowly increased to 50 miles a week incorporating runs of between 18 and 24 miles once a month.

Having previously decided to run together Marinelli found himself holding back a little when the heat started to get to Quinn. Without the heat Marinelli said he felt that 3:15 or better may have been in reach. Both runners said the longest miles of the race were the last two. "At least six different people within a 15 minute range told us just two more to go," Quinn said, appearing tired just at the thought of it. He added as if to verify himself, "Go tell Glen 'just two more to go and your home' and see what he does."

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By Bill Travers

It's the big race for Marist. It's-the day that Marist can boast the Hudson River as their "home field." The weather was perfect, the water was calm and Marist was edgedbut of winning the 20th annual Presi­dent's Cup Regatta by only a nose. It was a success, but for one crew member it was a disappointment.

"It just wasn't the same this year," said Barbara McMahon, sophomore crew member, "the season, had gotten off to a slow start, and it is ending the same way."

The Marist crew team'continue to rise at 5:30 a.m. every morning and row the cur­rents of the Hudson. It starts early in the fall and continues until early May.

"We train in the fall to build up for the spring season," said McMahon. "We are especially gearing up for the Cup^ Regatta and the Dad Vail Championships. .

To prepare for the spring schedule, the crew team spent a week in Florida for spr­ing training. "We had a lot of trouble, down there," said McMahon. "We lost a few motors and a few of our boats broke."

The trouble though, had just begun. "The cold weather really hurt us when we got back," said McMahon. "We lost valuable water time and the docks weren't put in until a few weeks ago."

McMahon and three other members of the Lightweight 4 event lost their first race but captured victories in their final two in the Regatta. "It felt really great to win those two races, but the intensity that was present last year was missing," said McMahon. "Last year we won a race and after docking we were presented with medals. There was a big presentation by President Murray. This year we received a cup, but not individual ones."

Last year besides Marist, 10 other

schools came to the competition. Another crew regatta was scheduled in New Jersey the same day this year, so LaSalle, SUNY Maritime, Lowell, Manhattan and Skid-more were the only teams to compete at Marist. The overall winner in New Jersey received $1,000.

"It's been a hurting season all in all," said McMahon. "Not only was the turnout for -the Cup disappointing but the whole season has been. We have a tight budget this year, and each person is expected to spend $3 or $4 on gas for our away races." ; The crew teams' budget is $9,000, but

after purchasing boats and oars it doesn't leave much more for other expenses. "I really don't like the idea of paying money

_for gas," said McMahon. "But if that is what it takes to be out on a river to row, I'll pay it."

The dwindling budget also had an affect on the Cup atmosphere. "Last year there

was a big breakfast in the boat house before the races," said McMahon. "This year there was barely anything for the event that is supposed to be so big. I didn't even see President Murray. It was very disap­pointing. Maybe I was just expecting too much this year at the Regatta. I've been waiting all year for this race. I love to row on our own river."

The day ended with Marist finishing a close second. "All in all the Regatta was a success," said McMahon. "But it would have been better if more teams came and there were more festivities. Also, there is nothing like getting an individual medal for your efforts after a victory, that's what I really miss."

That would have made getting up at 5:30 every morning that much more worthwhile.