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the student newspaper of. jSferist College VOLUME #52 ISSUE # 16 http://www.academic.marist.edii/circle APRIL 15,1999

Photo courtesy of Melissa Novick

School of Management changes^ curriculuin Online program first in NY State

by CHRIS GROGAN News Editor

There are some minor changes planned for next year that will alter the curriculum in the School of Management.

A revised Accounting curricu­lum with changes in the re­quired courses will go into ef­fect next semester, according to School of Management Dean Gordon Badovick.

"We gathered input from stu­dents, but more'importantly ac­counting firms in the New York area and the business advisory board," he said.

An Information Systems course will be added due to fa­vorable input from'school advi­sory sources.

There have already been some modifications to the school, in­cluding a new minor in Business

a We gathered input from students, but more importantly accounting firms in the New York area and the business ad­visory board/ »

WEEKLY POLL

Do you think Marist offers

sufficient housing options?

YES NQ 68

Greek Week a successful event

Photo courtesy of Melissa Novick

Left: Cara Bicking of Sigma Sigma Sigma takes part in Greek Week.,. Above: Gina Lozito and Amy Burke of Sigma Sigma Sigma in a pie^eating contest.

byTEVISORENSEN Staff Writer

It is rare when many different campus groups get together for a week-long event.. However, April 6 through April

10 marked the ninth Annual Greek Week, bringing together members from all the school-chartered sororities and frater­nities here at Marist.

Members from the four sorori­ties, Alpha Sigma Tau, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Sigma Sigma

Sigma, and Kappa Lambda Psi, along-with the two fraternities, Alpha Phi Delta and Phi Kappa Sigma, participated in friendly competition throughout the week.

Assistant Dean of Activities and Conferences, Steve Sansola, said the week's activi­ties were a great success and really helped to reinforce the meaning of Greek Week.

'The purpose of Greek Week

...please ret? GREEK, pg. 4

SEE RELATED STORY, PG This is an unscientific survey taken from Marist students.

32 RY, PG. 5 taken from 100

Gordon Badovick Dean

School of Management

Administration. According to Badovick, this is a much more attractive minor than it previ­ously had been. -

"Very few students chose this minor in the past because it re­quired 33 credits, which is a lot for a minor," he said. "There are now less required, courses, which makes this a much more attractive minor because it is compatible with students in majors outside the School of Management."

Badovick said he is also ex­cited about the launch of the online MBA program at the be­ginning of this semester. This is the first MBA program to be online in New York.

A number of alumni have ex­pressed interest in this pro­gram," he said. "In essence, a student could complete this de­gree from anywhere in the world."

The online MPA program is

... please see BUSINESS, pg. 4

Circle photo/Jeremy Smith

Ground breaking for the new building took place on Feb. 17.

New Fontaine to open next spring Construction on the site of the

new Fontaine building" is pro­gressing.

Ground was broken Feb. 17 on the 33,685 square-foot building that will house the Division of Humanities. The Marist Insti­tute for Public Opinion will also be there. -

Fontaine Hall also will contain four general purpose class­rooms, two seminar rooms, a conference room and a multi­purpose room with a river view.

Also, within Fontaine will be the Office of College Advance­ment, which supports the fund-raising efforts of the College and includes the areas of Alumni Affairs and College Re­lations.

The building is named for

Marist President Emeritus Brother Paul Ambrose, FMS, whose family name is Fontaine.

At the ground-breaking, Presi­dent Dennis Murray recounted highlights of Brother Paul's 69 years of affiliation with the Marist Brothers, including his many contributions to the Col­lege.

This building will be con­structed of pale grey limestone blocks. The main entrance has two-story soaring windows set behind four slender columns that echo the columns of the two adjacent academic buildings, Dyson and Lowell Thomas.

The entrance way to the*new building will have a stepped courtyard where students and faculty can gather.

This academic facility will re­place the original Fontaine Hall built by the Marist Brothers in the 1950s.

—Chris Grogan

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Habitat for Humanity The Marist College chapter of

Habitat for Humanity is having a Build-A-Thon on Sat., April 17. The members plan to work on the house from dawn until dusk. Each member has a spon­sor sheet and is collecting-pledges to support the con­struction.

The goals of the fund-raiser are to raise money for the con­struction and to get a good por­tion of the house built on this day. If anyone would like to make a donation, please contact the chairperson of the Build-A-Thon committee, KC Skolnik at X4476, or the President, Tilli Andrews, atX4545.; •"

Psychology Club Be a buddy for a day! The Psy­

chology Club will be sponsor­ing its annual One to One Day on Wed., April 28. Find them on the Dyson Green from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. If there are any questions, please contact Jason atX4694.

Poughkeepsie Institute The Poughkeepsie Institute

will sponsor a community dis­cussion on race and ethnicity on Thurs., April 15 at 7 p.m. at the Family Partnership Center.

There will be a screening of the Institute's recently released film, "Four Faces of Poughkeepsie." A panel of four people of different backgrounds will then lead a discussion that includes the Institute's report, "Race and Ethnicity in Poughkeepsie," as a starting point.

SEGA Join us in celebrating Earth

Day'99 on Wed., April 21. There will be free t-shirts, posters, and food. A lecture by environmen­talist Franny Reese will be given on Thurs., April 22 at 11 a.m. in the Performing Arts Room in the Student Center. The lecture will cover the Storm King Mountain affair and its influence on the environmental movements.

Weekend Weather FRIDAY: SATURDAY:

showers

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windy

hi: 56° lo:39°

partly cloudy

hi: 53° lo: 37°

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m YOUR OPINION

One dozen packages of candy were stolen by tilting the vend­ing machine in Leo Hall on Sat., April 3. A security officer on pa­trol reported the larceny at 9:55 am

Within the week of April 5-9, four vehicles with fraudulent parking permits were found on cars in the West Cedar Parking Lot. The owners were identi­fied and parking privileges were revoked: j .,„'*•-

. A female athlete twisted her ankle-while playing softball on April 6 at 5 p.rri: on the North End athletic field. She awoke in pain the next morning and saw that her ankle had swelled tre­mendously. Security was noti­fied and the athlete was trans­ported to St. Francis Hospital for treatment.

The Upper Hoop Parking Lot will be cleared of all resident vehicles for Riverfest prepara­tions. Drivers are being asked to keep their vehicles clear of the lot from Wednesday after­noon to Friday night, around 10 p.m., when the clean up efforts should be completed.

Construction workers drilled an auger through a cable, sev­ering telephone and fire alarm lines in Townhouse Blocks "H" through "M" on Wed., April 3. The telephones were out of ser­vice until Sat., April 10. The line connecting the fire alarms to the security office was fixed within 36 hours, during which;time a security officer was positioned in the North End to watch for any problems.

A fire alarm in the Chapel was set off by an extinguished candle smoke at 8:20 p.m. on Sun., April 14.

Aggravated harassment, this time by e-mail, was reported at 11:30 a.m. on April 9 by the victim's roommate. The room­mate read a slanderous e-mail message, falsely accusing the

What is your favorite springtime activity?

/ like to walk along the train tracks."

Jaimie Bierwirth sophomore

Drinking outdoors.

Ryan McCollum sophomore

Sit outside and enjoy the warm weather, • and. better myself

academically."

Amy Martin "sophomore

on-campus resident of being HIV-positive.

Members of Marist's com­puter services helped to track, the message electronically. It eventually turned up a commer­cial terminal in Australia, ex­plaining the 13-hour time dis­crepancy on the mailed mes­sage. The victim of the e-mail had previously been to Austra­lia on an internship.

$70 in cash was stolen from a Sheahan Hall resident's room, sometime before April 9 at 2 p.m., when the larceny was re­ported to security officers.

A dented fence was reported April 9 at 7 p.m. by the resi­dents of 29 Beck Place, where a van had backed into it while parking in the Beck Place Park-ingLot.

A runaway Chevrolet Blazer jumped a curb and crashed into a fence surrounding the base­ball field on Sat, April 10 at 3:50 p.m. Minutes before the inci-. dent, the truck had broken down on Route 9, where the driver was told to push it out of traffic.

The driver and his friend pushed the car off the road into Marist's south entrance. The driver's side door had been closed and the window rolled up, so as the two pushed the truck and down the incline, the truck began to roll faster and eventually got away from the* two students. The Blazer bar­reled towards the relief pitcher's

mound, sending a pitcher run­ning towards center field. Dur­ing the truck's getaway, the driver's friend fled the scene and is still unidentified.

A Yeung Ho II Chinese food delivery person's car was left unlocked while delivering an­

other order, and returned to find a $30 order stolen from the front seat. The larceny occurred at 6 p.m. on Sat., April 10 in the Mid-Rise Parking Lot.

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Judge finds Clinton in :c6ntempt:"pf.court'^rl': "•• I 'AV'C, ' / , ! , > ~.. - - -'.'- •'- -'.' \ - V i LittleRock,' Ark. ^ A federal judge ruledPresidentClihton in contempt of court Monday for "giving "intentibnally false?' tes-timdriy.'about his. relationship with/Monica Lewinsky, during questioning in the Paula Jones sekud; harassment case.' ':'•', ;.

J the judge's, finding, a civil rather thari criminal ruling, or­ders Clinton to. pay Mrs. Jones "any- reasonable expenses in­cluding attorneys' fees.caused by his willful failure to obey this court's discovery orders." U.S. District Judge .Susan Webber Wright.said she, would.delay, enforcement for,30 days to give Clinton an opportunity, to ask for a hearing or file a notice of appeal. . • ",. ' •

The ruling stemmed from Clinton's sworn statemenLin the Jones case that he.didnH have a sexual relationship with the-former White House intern'.

Wright said in her ruling, "The record demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that the-president responded to plaintiffs' questions by giving false, misleading and evasive answers that were designed to obstruct the judicial process."

"The court takes no pleasure whatsoever in holding this Jnation!s {president- in' contempt of court," the judge said. ; , .

Magician survives being buried alive

New York—Seven days after he entered a transparent coffin set six feet into the ground, ma­gician David Blaine was helped out today looking fit but slightly wobbly.

Hundreds of spectators cheered when the three-ton tank of water that covered his see-through coffin was lifted and Blaine sat up and smiled. . "I saw something very pro­

phetic ... a vision of every face, ever}' religion, every age group banding together, and that made all this worthwhile," he told the crowd. . ; ." ; The shirtless, tattooed magi­cian donned sunglasses and "stepped,unsteadily out of the coffin, aided by security people, and was taken to! a doctor for a checkup: " ; ' ;„ , -'--'-S-...- .,-" The coffin had given him only, about .six; inches of head room and two inches on each.side.. . '".Blaine has insisted the subT terraneah sojourn was not a publicity, stunt—lie has a tele-; vision special. „ scheduled Wednesday on ABC -r- but a test of will. His hero, Harry Houdini. planned a similar feat but died in 1926 before he could perform i t \

NATO mulls Kosovo protectorate

Brussells, Belgium—Saying hundreds of thousands of ,:

displaced civilians are facing starvation, Secretary of State

..: please see WORLD, pg. 4-'

THE CIRCLE News PAGE 3

CANDIDS

Circle photo/Joe Scotto

Girls enjoy the nice April weather outside of the Old Townhouses last week. Don't expect to catch many rays this weekend, rain is forecast until Sunday. But don't worry because... April showers bring May flowers!

Journalism class joins forces with former professor

byPATRICKKEMPF Staff Writer

Marist students know that the college is expanding with all the construction, but many do not know the college has gone worldwide.

The Marist World Watch is a student based web page created four years ago by G. Modele Clarke, professional lecturer. It gives analysis of, nonbreaking news, but of what is going on in the world around us. Each member of Clarke's Jour­

nalism II class is given a beat at the beginning of the semester and students must then estab­lish contacts with experts on the area and also residents.

The Spring 1999 version of the World Watch has a differ­ent twist to it. Marist students will write the articles and then send them overseas to England where a class taught by former Marist Professor Missy Price will add designs and the com­puter layout.

Price teaches graphic commu­nication at Staffordshire Univer­sity in Trenton on Stokes, En­gland. She said students in her class design and upload the ar­ticles that Journalism II students email.

According to Price, the big­gest obstacle has been the com­munication hurdles that stu­dents face through email.

"The biggest problem is one of communication, the US stu­dents and the UK students don't seem to be emailing each other like they should, to de­velop that sense of 'We're in this together'," she said. "I'm sure that as the end of the se­mester rapidly approaches they will be in greater contact." Clarke and Price came up with

the idea while at a conference

Marist World Watch is at: www.academic. marist.edu/ modele

where Clarke was presenting a paper that he and colleague Randy Hayman had worked on.

With this new addition to the process things are looking up for the Marist World Watch. Clarke said he has a few visions that he would like to see come true.

"I would like to have the Marist World Watch be recog­nized as a news forum, eventu­ally attracting prominent experts doing research on a particular topic," he said.

Clarke had two goals in mind when he established the site. The first was to increase stu­dent awareness. • "I wanted to give students a global perspective and force them to become more aware of

Circle graphic/Amanda Bradley

global issues," he said. Clarke said he also wanted to

take advantage of the technol­ogy offered here at Marist. "It would be a crime not to take

advantage of the technology that we have available here," he said. "It gives students an op­portunity to use the basic con­cepts of journalism and weave in technology at the same time."

Students' beats range from Entertainment to Central America, with a little bit of ev­erything in between.

Sophomore Jaime Tomeo, who is currently covering U.S. courts, laws and crime, said she thinks this an excellent chance for students to gain experience.

"I think that it is a good op­portunity to get published, it provides us with a background and an introduction to web jour­nalism," she said.

Students have often remained in touch with their contacts af­ter the project is over, something that Tomeo said she thinks is invaluable.

"The contacts that we obtain can definitely be helpful to us not in the beginning of our ca­reers, but hopefully throughout our careers," she said.

Contest offers students chance to live in NYC

Students worldwide have the chance of a lifetime—to live in New York City, rent-free. Competing to take a bite out of the Big Apple is easy and it's oh the Internet.

Educational Housing Ser­vices, Inc., (EHS), College Club and CollegeCard are sponsor­ing the Cyber sleuth Zip McClick contest, April 12 through May 9 on the Internet at www.studenthousing.org. The grand prize for the trivia contest is free housing in an EHS student residence for the summer of 1999 in New York City. Second and third prizes are one month's free housing and two week's free housing, respectively. In addition to the first tier.of prizes offered by EHS, CollgeCard is offering students a chance each week during the contest to win a $300 book scholarship.

The Zip McClick contest will feature a new set of ques­tions each week. Students have the opportunity to en­ter the contest, once weekly—giving them four chance to win. When contes­tants submit their answers, Zip McClick will immediately grade the answers, letting students know whether .they qualify for a chance at the grand prize.

New York City is a huge at­traction to those who study theatre, art, and music, or who come to the city for summer internships.

All contestants must be at least 18 years of age, currently enrolled in college or a senior in high school and have a valid email address. Transportation to and from New York, meals and tuition are not included in the prize package.

APRIL 15,1999 News PAGE 4

GREEK: Relay events, talent show and tug of war challenged sororities

Photo courtesy of Melissa Novick

Photo courtesy of Melissa Novick

Above: Ryan Moore of Sigma Sigma Sigma partici­pates in a relay event at Greek Week. Left: Melissa Novick par­takes in a pie-eating contest The four sororities on cam­pus donated all proceeds toward the Big Brother/Big Sister organizations of Dutchess County.

continued from pg. 1

is to give the Greeks a chance to come together and really de­velop a sense of unity through participating in fun activities," he said.

Some of these activities in­cluded a pudding eating con­test, scavenger hunt, dart con­test, billiards contest, swimming relay, volleyball tournament, ice carving, a number of relay events, a tug-o-war and a talent show. However, Thursday was special for another reason, fund-raising.

According to Sansola, all six groups were asked to pick a fund-raiser to hold on campus Thursday with all proceeds go­ing to the Big Brother/Big Sis­ters organization of Dutchess County. To go along with those fund-raisers, Kappa Lambda Psi sponsored the campus blood drive, which brought in both

Greeks and non-Greeks. Sansola said the fund-raising

is important because it not only brings the Greeks together, but is also a contribution to the community.

Sansola also said the talent show went over very well. Some 300 people attended the event put. on by the four sororities. The two fraternities did not par­ticipate but did attend the event in support of the women accord­ing to Katie Tower, a member of Alpha Sigma Tau.

Tower said she thought the . most exciting time of the week was the fieldeventsheldSatur­day on the Campus Green. All six groups participate in a vari­ety of races and -throwing events such as a three-legged race and an egg toss. Tower said the day was a lot of fun.

"It was great to see everyone together having a good time," said Tower, "It really showed the unity of the entire Greek com­munity," she said.

World Briefs continued ... Madeleine Albright and NATO allies considered establishing a protectorate to shield Kosovo from Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's forces.

The still-developing idea, taken up Monday at a closed session of the North Atlantic Council, likely would be coupled with lefusing lo allow Yugoslav troops in Kosovo and would

provide a way to support self-rule after a settlement of the con­flict.

Evidently united on keeping up their bombing campaign, the 19 NATO foreign ministers pon­dered ways to get help to the estimated 700,000 people Albright said could perish in the province.

But Albright turned down an appeal for weapons from a rep­resentative of the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army. A senior U.S. official said she told Jakup Krasniqi said any move to arm the rebels in defianceof a U.N. arms embargo on all sides in Yugoslavia could weaken sup­port for the ethnic Albanians.

Marist delegation to celebrate Champagnat's canonization A delegation of Marist College

administrators, faculty, students and alumni will attend the can­onization of Blessed Marcellin Champagnat, founder of the Congregation of Marist Broth­ers of the Schools, in Vatican City on April 18.

For 52 Marist Singers and their director, Laura Russell, it will be an especially momentous trip.

The students have been in­vited to sing for Pope John Paul II and U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Lindy Boggs, and will represent the United States at an international festival cel­ebrating the life of the new Ro­man Catholic saint.

They will also sing during the prelude leading up to the can­onization ceremony in Saint Peter's Square, before a crowd of international pilgrims ex­pected to swell to a quarter mil­lion people.

"For our students, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," said Marist President Dennis J. Murray. "These young men and women already have a reputa­tion as one of the top collegiate choirs in the country. In Rome, they will not just represent Marist College, but their coun­try as well. They are our college's best ambassadors," Murray said.

Marist Brothers Provincial Brother Patrick McNamara and theMaristBrothers Generalate in Rome requested the Marist Sing­ers to represent the United States at their Champagnat Festival, which will be held in the Paul VI Audience Hall in Vatican City the night before the canonization.

The Generalate also asked the Singers to perform before the Sunday liturgy to welcome the tens of thousands of people from six continents who will at­tend the ceremony.

"The Singers are just count­ing down the days to Rome," said Marist Music Director Laura Russell. "They see this opportunity as a gift, and they are preparing for what will be the biggest performances of their lives."

The Singers have been raising money for the trip and have re­ceived generous financial sup­port from me college and the Stu­dent Government Association.

They will be accompanied by 10 chaperones, including ac­companist Dr. Ruthanne Schempf, guitarist Karen Merker and several parents and Marist staff members.

The Singers will perform "The Lord Bless You and Keep You" by Peter Lutkin for the pope, and several Latin hymns during

the canonization prelude. The Marist Chambers Singers

will mix classical and popular pieces for the reception at Am­bassador Boggs' residence. "Time Check," the men's a cappella group, and "The Si­rens," the woman's a cappella group, will also perform.

Among the official Marist del­egation is 85-year old Brother Paul Ambrose Fontaine, presi­dent-emeritus of Marist, and the person considered the modern-day founder of the college.

"All my life I have been pray-. ing for this moment," said

Brother Paul, who joined the Marist Brothers 69 years ago. 'To again be in the presence of the Holy Father and to see Blessed Marcellin Champagnat added to the roll of Roman Catholic saints is the fulfillment of a dream for all of the Brothers."

Brother Paul is also looking forward to seeing the various Marist Brothers from Asia, Af­rica, Europe, and North and South America who were edu­cated at Marist College and ei­ther went back to their home countries or accepted assign­ments in foreign missions oper­ated by the Marist Brothers.

The Marist delegation left for Rome on Monday and will re­turn next week.

Fellow Alpha Sigma Tau mem­ber Rachael Vbllaro said the en­tire week was a positive experi­ence for everyone involved.

"It promotes friendly compe­tition and Greek unity," she said.

Overall, Alpha Sigma Tau earned the most total points for the week out of the sororities. Kappa Kappa Gamma came in second and Sigma Sigma Sigma and Kappa Lambda Psi tied for third. In the fraternity division, Alpha Phi Delta edged out the newly chartered Phi Kappa Sigma.

Sansola said that the tie be­tween the two sororities was a great example of the unity de­veloped during Greek Week. According to him, when me two groups were asked if they wanted a play-off, the two dis­cussed and agreed to remain tied.

"That was a great sign of sportsmanship," he said, "bring­ing out the best in people."

BUSINESS: Undergraduate program looked at next for modifications

... continued from pg. 1

scheduled to begin in January 2000.

Badovick warned that while most students go into the online degree program thinking it will be easier, those who have done it, disagree.

"Some think it's easier, but it's really just the same degree pro­gram offered on campus here, just enhanced for online use," he said. "It's the same program, but students taking it said they find it more intense and chal­lenging."

A combined BA/MPA degree program was also a major initia­tive begun this semester. This track saves students time and money because it shaves a year off a traditional masters degree

course track. Badovick said this was possible due to some course overlapping. This pro­gram is geared towards students who want a career in the public sector.

As part of the modifications, a new faculty member will be joining the ranks of the School of Management. William Brown is leaving Babson College to join Marist next semester as an as­sistant professor of human re­sources.

Even with all of these minor changes occurring throughout the school, there are also much larger plans in the works, ac­cording to Badovick.

"We're totally looking at all undergraduate business majors, meeting with students to get their input," he said.

Appointments for the 1999-2000 Student Government Association

Executive Board Executive Vice President: Christopher Urynowicz Vice President for Clubs Affairs: Louis Totino Vice President for Academics: Beth Methewson Vice President for Student Life: Amanda Pike Parliamentarian: Kirstine Dunne Elections Commisioner: John Shibles Director of Public Relations: Michael Taylor Chief finance Officer: Rebecca Valk Executive Secretary: Linda Fakhoury

Senate ;. Resident Senator: James Defalco ResidentSenator: Priscilla Seaburg CommuterSenator: Michael Craigg Commuter Senator: Michael Craigg Senate Secretary: Jaime Semerad

Judicial Branch Chief Justice: Caroline Davis Resident Justice: Ryan Henry Resident Justice: Jenny Sinrilus Resident Justice: Micheal Stanick Commuter Justice: TBA

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It's time to choose housing again by JEN GLOVER

Staff Writer

With housing forms due soon, Wed., April 21, the time is now for Marist College freshman, sophomores, and juniors to de­termine their housing plans for next year.

Current freshmen have the option to apply for upper Champagnat, Mid-Rise, Benoit, Gregory and, for a select few, Gartland.

Sophomores and juniors can opt to live in these residences, as well as the old and new townhouses, Talmadge or West Cedar.

There are a number of consid­erations that an individual or group must take into consider­ation when choosing their resi­dence hall pfchoice.

Next year the third floor of Mid-Rise is intended to be al­cohol, smoke, and drug free and will be called "well-being sub­stance floor housing."

The Office of Housing and Residential Life is also attempt­ing to convert the ninth floor of

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However, if these are not the options that you are looking for, selecting housing can be diffi­cult.

Is there an advantage to liv­ing in Mid-Rise over Gregory? West Cedar or the Townhouses?

To find out what Marist Col­lege students prefer, a number of students offered their opin­ions on where they live and have lived.

Many freshmen apply for housing in Mid-Rise for their sophomore year.

The same holds true for cur­rent Leo resident Jen Stewart. She said she likes the bigger rooms that Mid-Rise has, and, while she enjoys living in Leo, wanted to try something differ­ent from the typical "dorm life" that Champagnat would have provided.

Gregory and Benoit is often me forgotten sophomore housing. But for the people that have lived there, they know mat even in the smallest and oddest shaped rooms, there can be a great deal of fun.

Junior Dianne Tynan, who now resides in the Old Townhouses, said she enjoyed her junior year in Gregory.

"There was only one washing machine and it was hot in there, but I definitely liked it," she said.

Despite how far away from campus Gartland Commons seems to be, junior Mike McCarthy had mostly words of praise for this Marist housing.

Especially with the recent weather conditions, he said that a number of people bring out their lawnchairs and blankets, providing its own sense of com­munity. • •;

'';'-'• "We Have a very niceview of the Hudson and sunsets," he said. "I go out and watch the sunsets every night."

The girls of West Cedar's P-1. agree that the other side of the road is the place to be.

With new furniture, a dish­washer, and two token ring con­nections per room, there are ad­vantages, if you don't mind crossing Route 9.

They also said that, "having the common area out front is really nice." On nice days; ev­eryone gets together and

"hangs out." Access to Donnelly, the deli, a Chinese takeout, a pizzeria, and of course, McCoy's, were other perks of living in West Cedar. . Senior Nadine Simon, while

not on a current search for where she would like to live next year, reflected on where she has lived on-campus for the past four years.

Starting in Sheahan, she's lived in Mid-Rise, Old Townhouses and currently re­sides in the New Townhouses.

She said she finds Mid-Rise and the New Townhouses very similar. They both have big rooms, are cleaner and newer, as well as the best bathroom set­up (with the toilet, shower, and sink all separate).

Trie Old Townhouses also brought forth a pleasurable ex­perience for Simon and her housemates last year.

With a larger common area than other places on campus and the porch off the back, there was plenty of space for hang­ing out with friends, whether

Refrigerators are a perk in the townhouses, Gartland and West Cedar

from the inside or out. But, no matter what the major­

ity of Marist students say, the best place to live is merely de­termined by what you make of it

and who you live with. So, don't forget to make your

decision and hand your hous­ing forms into your Resident Di­rector from April 19 to April 21.

Jon Murray and DanTyburski hangin' out in Gartland

Circle photos/ Joe Scotto

West Cedar is one of the many options for housing

Springtime means allergies for many byMOLLYMCMANUS

Staff Writer

Spring has finally come again. The sun is shining, the air is

warm and the flowers are bloom­ing.

Although most Marist stu­dents take advantage of the sea­son and all it has to offer, some students dread this time of year.

This is because it is also al­lergy season.

Jane O'Brien, director of Health Services, said many stu­dents come in complaining of allergy-like symptoms in the spring.

"Some of these symptoms would be itchy, runny eyes, na­sal congestion, scratchy throat, and post-nasal drip which is a dripping sensation in the back of the throat," she said. "These symptoms can advance to more serious symptoms, such as dif­ficulty breathing, wheezing of the chest and even hives."

Senior Laurel Nylen said that she suffers from some of these symptoms in the spring.

"I get itchy, watery eyes, sneezing, itchy throat and puffy eyes," she said. "I usually take anti-histamines for them and that works."

According to O'Brien, there are three different causes for al­lergies.

"They can be caused by some­thing you came into contact with, such as soap, or perfume. It also can be something you ingest, such as food, and the other category is inhalants, which are what we commonly see in the spring," she said. "In­halants are things we breath in, like mold, pollen and pet dan­der. They are things we inhale. Allergies actually are the body's response to an irritant."

O'Brien also said that allergies are a response to an irritant that is in everyone's make-up.

"Bodily systems work differ­

ently. Some people can be around these substances and not have a problem. Other people are very bothered by them," she said. "If someone doesn't have an allergy at the moment, that doesn't mean that they can't develop an allergy. The changes in a person's body can make it so that you develop allergies later on in life."

O'Brien said that students from urban areas are more likely to develop allergies while at Marist.

"Students who aren't from this area are exposed to some irritants they have never en­countered before because they are found mainly in the Hudson Valley. The student does not realize this and think that they have a cold," she said. "If these symptoms last for more than five to seven days, that is when we would say that you may have an allergy to something and it isn't a cold."

If students think they may be suffering from allergies, there are some steps they can take to alleviate their symptoms.

"You can go to your family doctor or to a dermatologist. They will do some skin testing and see how you respond to see if you have an irritating re­sponse to the test," she said. "Health Services has many stu­dents come who receive allergy injections. That is something we administer here."

Christine Bartholomay, a stu­dent at Marist, said she has never been tested for allergies, but went to Health Services to be treated for allergy-like symp­toms.

"I've never been tested for them, but I went to Health Ser­vices and they said I did have allergies," she said. "I had a cough, a constant tickle in my throat and burning eyes."

O'Brien suggests that stu­dents be extra cautious when

pollen counts are at their high­est points, to relieve their al­lergy symptoms.

"Pollen is in the air at its high­est percentage in the early morn­ing hours between 5 and 10 a.m. If a student likes to go out run­ning and they are bothered by seasonal allergies, they should probably put off running until the afternoon," she said. "Try not to keep windows open. If possible, use air-conditioners and humidifiers, or anything else to keep the air clean."

O'Brien said that over-the-counter medications might help as well.

"There are products that the student can buy over-the-counter to help reduce symp­toms. They will make the stu­dent feel more comfortable," she said. "I would recommend that you look for a product that doesn't have anti-histamines, which sometimes can cause drowsiness."

APRIL 15.1999 Features PAGE 6

Lots to do a t "] ^yi ;'-iiiL^ ie.;'-gjpi Bp^ by CHRISTY BARR

Staff Writer

There's plenty to do at Marist College this spring.

From The Cherry Poppin' Daddies concert to catching a Red Fox baseball game, there is always something going on.

And the warmer weather means that students can start heading outdoors for baseball, frisbee, or just to relax and get a tan. ';_;-..

Sophomore Cindy Cameron said she enjoys the warmer weather for a few reasons.

"I like running outside," she

said. "It also makes crew more fun when the weather is warm."

Steve Pasquariello, also a sophomore, agreed that warmer weather is more enjoyable.

"My friends and I like to play roller hockey outside," he said.

Junior Laurie Hooper said that after a long, cold winter, this warm air is appreciated.

"After you're stuck inside all winter, it's nice to be able to go out and have fun," she said.

With the warm weather in mind, here's what's going on at Marist this spring: :'

The Red Fox sports teams have a busy season ahead of them. You could support them by checking out a baseball, soft-

Getting to k n o w . . . . . B r e n d a n Leach

by RICHARD SHUTKIN Staff Writer

Brendan Leach is a sophomore in Midi ise. He is an art history major from Freehold, NJ

What's your favorite kind of day?

A wai m, but not hot, day where you arc occupied with stuff that's not too important.

What are your goals in life?

To get a job where I don't have to wear a .suit.

What do you think are the best things about Marist College?

I love the lieautiful campus and TV-12.

What do you like in a person?

I like people who are honest and don't worry about what other people think about them.

What don't you like in a per­son?

People who are dishonest and conceited.

What makes you happy?

When there are no responsibili­ties that I have not taken care of.

ball, tennis, lacrosse or rugby game.

April 12 to 17 is Latino week. On the 15th there is Latino danc­ing, on the 16th there is a Latino theatre production and on the 17th there is a trip to a Latino restaurant.

SPC comedian Tim Young will be performing on April 15.

The class of 1999 River Festi­val (21 and over) and Marist by Moonlight will both take place April 16.

The River Festival will be dur­ing the day and Marist by Moonlight will take place at night.

If you like The Cherry Poppin' Daddies they will be here along

with opening act Stretch Prin­cess for a concert on April 17.

April 18 to 24 is Black week. Ticket sales for the Class of 1999 Senior Week will also take place then.

Mohammed Bilal from MTV's The Real World will be on cam­pus April 19 in honor of Black week. : \

On April 20, there will be a performance Of 'Womyn with Wings,' a show about women's issues.

The Nyabingi talent show will take place April 21.

The Festival of Student Plays will take place April 22 to 25. -

'The Def Comedy Jam' will take place on April 22.

On April 23; the Black Student Union will host a fashion show.

College Activities is hosting a trip to Great Adventure on Sat., April 24.

The fashion departments 13th annual Silver Needle Fashion show will take place Thurs., April 29. There will be day and evening performances.

MCCTA will be hosting per­formance of "Much Ado about Nothing" Thurs. April 29 to Sat., May 1.

Marist Singers Spring Concert will be held on May 2.

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RECIPES OF THE WEEK BARBECUE BURGER Barbecue and hamburgers go together like fresh air and sunshine. 11/2 pounds ground round or ground chuck 1/4 teaspoonsalt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 •- tablespoons liquid smoke

(hickory or mesquite) 1/2 cup of your favorite barbecue sauce 3 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 small onion, chopped

Hamburger buns Onion slices

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' with remaining barbecue sauce while cook­ing. Serve on a bun with a slice of raw onion.

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In a medium mixing bowl, combine the ground beef, pecans, onion, salt, cloves and 3 table­spoons of the strained peaches. Mix the ingredients together well and form into four to six patties, depending on preferred portion size. Broil or grill the patties until they are almost done to your taste. In a small mixing bowl, combine the remain­ing peaches, brown sugar, vinegar and gin­ger. This mixture will add a nice light glaze. Baste the burgers with it while they finish cooking.

Hries Your schedule this week is going to be really busy. Try to keep your cal­endar close at hand so you don't miss, an important occasion. Don't forget

, your promise to family members. They are counting on-your help and" support. : - ;, '-••';

Taurus Be as productive as possible and set a good example for coworkers. Fin­ish a project that's been lingering before you move on to the next ma­jor project. In the near future, expect an old friend to contact you. It will be wonderful catching up.

Gemini Are distractions interrupting you? Maybe you should step away from them so you can concentrate and get things done. Even though you have some cumbersome projects to get done at home, it should turn out to be a great weekend.

CancEr It would be very beneficial to you and your peace of mind if you find ways to cut some of the demands on your time. Think about some changes in your personal goals; that might be

a big help to you and make you feel more fulfilled.

Lea A tough week isn't an excuse to be

•:'• such a grouch at work. Leave your family problems at home: Your'co- • workers will really appreciate it, and • everyone will start working together better. A change of attitude can be a boost to morale and productiveness.

Virga Is there something you have found mat you don't like about yourself? Maybe it's time to do something about it. Changes can't happen overnight, but you can make an effort. Take a break from the everyday routine and celebrate spring.

Libra You have a lot going on this week. Get it out of the way so you can en­joy a special weekend. Avoid risk for a while. Don't get into any risky investments, and it would be best for you to stay away from gambling or playing the lottery.

project. Don't let a coworker's opin­ion get you down. It's likely he/she is envious of your great idea. Hold your tongue when it comes to a neighbor.

Sagittarius What an exciting week. But don't let an argument with a close friend

; ruin it for you. Go ahead and bask in the glory! You deserve.it with all the hard work you have.been doing lately. Don't forget the special oc­casion ahead for a relative.

Gapricarn You do this every year. And once '; again, you have waited until the last minute to do your taxes. It's time • you changed.the way you handle your taxes and get them done be-. fore the last minute'. Avoid idle gos­sip going around at work.

Rquarius Before you go through with your activities this evening, remember it's almost April 15, and your taxes are

. due. Make sure all your records are in order and your tax forms are com­pleted before you get involved with something else.

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THE CIRCLE

Op-Ed PAGE 8 CONGRESSSHALLMAKENOLAW-ABRIDGINGTHEFREEDOMOFSPEECftOROFTHEPRESS

W\CVNG WAV T O G FAST K>R K ...

Marist senior questions Fitness Center access for college alumni Editor:

I am a senior at Marist and I can say that it has been a fantastic four years. I met a lot of people and made a lot of friends. I enjoyed using the facilities such as the pool and the McCann Fitness Center. Since I'm graduating in May, I had hoped to come back to the fitness center once in a while to use the weight room. But wait! Alumni are not allowed to use the weight room! I am unwelcome after I graduate.

After graduation, I am going to be expected to give donations to support Marist College for the rest of my life. The policy that bars alumni from the weight room is a little arrogant and I think should be changed. I do hope there is someone out there who can find a satisfactory reason as to why this policy should exist.

Upon further investigation at other schools around this area, I found that Vassar and Mount St. Mary College offer a more competitive policy regarding alumni's use of the weight room. Both grant their alumni full access to their weight rooms. They feel it is the least they can do for their alumni since their dollars are responsible for the school's growth and continued existence.

Marist's policy makes me feel downright unappreciated. After all, I thought a school was there to support its students and alumni — not the other way around.

Charles John May senior

Sorority welcomes new sisters Editor

Sigma Sigma Sigma would like to welcome: Sari Conway, Amanda Grieco, Amanda Hrincevich, Jesseca Kelly, Jessica Lansing, Susan Mancini, Jennifer Nauss, Meghan O'Shaughnessy, Kerry Tighe, Nicole Wittsciebe.

Congratulations!

Sisters of Sigma Sigma Sigma

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NRHH "Of the Month" students recognized Editor:

The members of the Marist College'Red Fox Chapter of National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) would like to congratulate and recognize the "Of the Month" award winners for the month of February. The recipients were each nominated by their peers for outstanding contributions to the Marist College community during the month of February. Please extend congratulations to your peers for a job well done!

Student of the Month: Lisa Rizzo, 616 Leo Hall for her work with Global Out­reach and Habitat for Humanity. Executive Board Member of the Month: Joy Hogafi, Leo Hall RSC Secretary. Spotlight ofthe Month: Seth Tyminski, SGA Elections Commissioner, NCC of the Month: Kate Crisafi, Marist College's National Communication Coordinator. i

If you would like to nominate a student, staff member, or a program, for "Of the Month Recognition," please see any NRHH member, RA, RD, Mentor, or the Housing Office for a nomination form. Forms must be submitted by the first day of the following month.

Cathy Reavey Lane Mentor Upper Leo

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Op-Ed PAGE 9 The views expressed on these pages are not necessarily those of The Circle

Student defends Catholics on campus byNIKBONOPARTIS

In our society, with the advent of the political correctness and taboo subjects that constrain our opinions to the bare mini­mum, it is disheartening to dis­cover that the protective liber­ties of some groups do not ex­tend to other groups, Catholics among them.

I found it particularly disturb­ing that in "Student questions Marist's level of tolerance to­ward gays" (Debra Alfano, April 1,1999), the writer chose intol­erance towards the Catholic Church as the medium through which to express her disgust with the issue of homosexual treatment on campus.

As the old saying goes, "Two wrongs don't make a right." Why is it acceptable to bash the Catholic Church continually as

the root of all evils? Thetradi-tidns of Catholicism are of ten pointed to as oppressive to­wards homosexuals, yet there is hardly ever mention of the fact that the Archdiocese of New York, a Catholic organization, is among the leaders in providing health care for people with the AIDS virus. There was also no

Cardinal John O'Connor, arch­bishop of the diocese, is an outspoken leader against vio­lence towards homo­sexuals.

mention of the fact that Cardi­nal John O'Connor, archbishop of the diocese, is an outspoken leader against violence towards

homosexuals. I tried, but can­not seem to find the connection between Catholicism and the unfair treatment of gays.

Additionally, last week's edi­torial took up the issue of the "imposing" of Catholic beliefs on campus. Courses such as "Marriage and Family" are op­tional. If you do not like them, you do not have to sign up for them. No one is going to drag you kicking and screaming to a classroom where views are not your own. I do not think it is a bad thing to have God present on our campus, whether it is through the classroom, clubs, the chapel, or other forms of prayer. We could use more of it.

I would also like to quote a portion of the article which read: "There is an endless list of sce­narios that preserve, heterosexu-ality as the norm." Oh. Well that may be because heterosexu-ality is the norm. If memory

A rant can't move a rubber tree plant, but it can sit well in The Circle The Jersey side

Tara Quinn CBMONEDitOS

As I attempt to finish my jun­ior year at Marist, I would like to think of this semester as the most memorable. After all, what is the most memorable zeppelin (save Led)? The Hindenberg. The most memorable vessel of the White Star Line? Titanic. My most memorable semester? Spring'99. •

Everyone hits the proverbial, (or literal in some drastic cases), power line or iceberg here and there, but not everyone can vent about it in a column. I think of people with columns as the sort that feel that they have to prove something. I just want to prove that I am not just another dumb college student soaking up my parents' hard earned cash to go to college and complain about inadequate cable services. No. I am just another dumb college student soaking up my parents' hard earned cash to go to col­lege and complain about inad­equate cable services who hap­pens to have a column. So there.

Actually, having never expe­rienced cable at home, I must admit that I am overly content with the services to the point that I have missed class to catch the end of Northern Exposure. I never really watched TV in

high school because my sister held a monopoly on the tube that would put Wal-Mart to shame, not to mention that I was

one_pf those people who" asso-_ ciated television with the down­ward spiral of humanity. I know. I was a pretentious idiot. In my college years, I have learned to shed that pretension and just be an idiot.

Speaking of which, earlier this year, I used to really dig A&E. I liked Murder She Wrote and that Biography series, until it started to creep me out. I started envi­sioning MY biography summed up into an hour of old pictures

What was the most memorable vessel of the- White Star Line? Titanic. My most memorable semes­ter?Spring '99,

and interviews with friends and acquaintances. It basically said that I sat around and watched OTHER peoples' Biographies all day and really never had the time to do anything of my own. In short, I was a loser.

It bugs me that people talk about TV characters like they live next door, but neglect people next door like they are just a bunch of stupid people getting paid too much to ex­change snide commentary and ponder petty problems.

Not only that, people watch all kinds of talk shows and ads about losing weight and stay­ing healthy. The number one killer of Americans today is alienation. Sure. .Why do people have coronaries? They eat too much fat. Why do they eat too much? They are bored and lonely and look to televi­

sion for companionship. Jn turn, the television tells you to spread love with Skippy, so you raid the kitchen cabinet and run back to the TV, smothering peanut but­ter over Wheat Thins. You sit down just in time to see an ad with a person like you who is bored like you until he or she opens up a can of beer... This column is not going the

way I planned. I have a way with dealing with that. I return to my self-deprecating roots, which bring me to such a low that everything seems good. Quite advisable. At this point in the semester, I am kind of wondering if my lack of dili­gence in handing in schoolwork may be mistaken for a form of civil disobedience in protest of boring assignments. Probably not. Anyway, I found myself stuck in a rut (or was if a groove?) at a meet on Saturday.

People who do not run track might wonder what motivates runners to run. I think it is the same reason why people shoot up. I mean, the act of jamming a needle in your arm does not look like much fun and neither does running around a track in high winds, rain, heat, or gener­ally any other sort of weather. However, there is a certain eu­phoria associated with both, and if you stop doing either, you feel like crap.

Sometimes, I think too much when on the track. I used to do this a lot in high school, and my coach would run out into my face and tell me to stop "writing that novel" or she would shout out 'Tara, get out of page 63 and

Please seeRANT, pg. 10...

serves me correctly, gay mar­riages are not legal in any state within the continental United States, with Alaska and Puerto Rico rounding it out. If yo'u want to have gay marriages, go to Hawaii, but please do not condemn the Catholic Church as the tyrannical oppressor of gay-ness.

In regards to the "Marist-esque" phrases like "This is so gay," mentioned previously, you are going to find common

phrases that are offensive to every group. No one stops to think when we commonly use die phrases, "God-dammit," and "Jesus Christ" for emphasis in everyday conversation. I would like to think our creator deserves more respect than that.

Finally, I would like to say that I am a Catholic, and proud of it. Catholics are a group just like every other, and should be treated with the same respect as any group.

"The sad fact about the modern American city like Poughkeepsie is that there is none of the strength and all of the ugly pettiness. Dismal streets, dismal lives. Thou­sands of drunkards in bars.

V -Jack Kerouac 2/25/49

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Spiiidoctbr encouters risque business in Sheahan bathroom

byDOUGGUARINO

: "It looks like a nipple," mut­tered Aaron in obvious dis­gust as he stared at the nearly unidentifiable object lying on dorm bathroom counter. - Aaron, along with the rest of Sheahan Hall's first floor resi­dents had gone nearly the en­tire academic year without a soap dispenser in their bath­room, never mind actual soap with which to fill it. Now, in an apparent act of unprecedented generosity, the Marist house­keeping crew had blessed this group of young men with what appeared to be a plastic blad­der filled with blue-green hand soap. Projecting from the side of the

bladder was a rather profane looking spout like object. To the more depraved occupants of the bathroom, it might have appeared to be some sort of phallic symbol, or a cow utter to those whose minds fall somewhat short of the gutter (which category I fall into is ir­relevant). Had the Sheahan bathroom actually been equipped with the technologi­cal wonder that is a soap dis­penser, one would assume that this "nipple" would have been

used to insert the soap blad­der into it.

Ah, dorm life. Now I know what the few

people who are actually read­ing this column are thinking right now: What the hell does this have to do with anything? Is this just a creative attempt on behalf of this self pro­claimed "Spindoctor" to bash Marist's budget management (or lack there of) once again? Or is this just a way to fill space in a copy desperate Circlel

For the purpose of this par­ticular edition of my column, I will ignore the fact for over $20,000 per year Marist should guarantee simple sanitary ne­cessities such as soap in dor­mitory bathrooms. Instead, I will focus my attention (and hopefully yours) on one of the most peculiar of all social phe­nomena: dorm life.

It's kind of funny when you think aboutit. A bunch of ran­dom post-teenagers thrown into a building together far away from what was formerly referred to as "home." Al­though they all have may have different backgrounds and beliefs, they all must leam to

Please see SOAP, pg. 10...

April 15, 1999 Op-Ed PAGE 10

Tarn's* Advice

to or not people Uke ypu much

Unfortunately; people are not always holiest about how much they like you. A lot of times they are spineless liars who. do hot want to say how much they detest you to yourlace. The foUow-, ing is by no means a complete list, but it may be help "push you in the direction of some day becoming a person who someone else might not hate too much.

You know no one likes you if...

...when a professor asks how much time is left to class, you automatically round UP to the nearest 5.

...you STILL like Alanis Morrisette.

...you start every sentence with "My therapist says..."

...when someone suggests you park next to a blue Ford, you point out that it is actually a blue Mercury.

...you use British spellings and you are not British. '

...you can always top eyeryorie else's story, even if it involyes a massive, quantity of hyperbole and complete fibs. V'.-

...you iise outdated terminology Like tfDatsun," 'Jnucular/^and "Idlewild Airport," riot out of ignorance, but just to show that you know the old names. v

...you call "shotgun" two days in advance.

...you cry at awards ceremonies because you didn't get any.

...you cry at McCoy's because you didn't get any.

RANT: Editor can thinJc ana chew gum simultaneously sometimes (suppose*

...continued from page 9

onto the track." That could have helped me last Saturday...

"Hey Tara, what are you?" I ask myself.

"I am a runner, leave me alone, I am running a race."

"A runner?' HA! A glorified doormat- is that not what a run­ner is? You are just a long door­mat laid out vertically."

"Stop that, I run track." "Oh, okay. So you run around

in circles, eh? Know the differ­ence between a.groove and a rut?"

"Urn, I think they are the same."

"Physically, yes, they are pretty similar. If you run around in circles enough you could be in either one. It is all about atti­

tude. The way you are thinking is shoving you right into a rut and that rut wouid just as soon be a groove, provided that you get your head together. It is just like life. How is school going, kiddo? Are you in a rut or a groove? It is up to you. So scrape yourself up the floor and get it together. The only differ­ence between a glorified, door­mat and an athlete is what you makeit."

Okay, so if you missed the al-legoryjn there, you missed the boat. If that boat was anything like the most infamous of the White Star fleet, consider your­self lucky.

Tara Quinn is a junior journal­ism major/English minor from Teaneck, NJ. -'•••

SOAP: Spindoctor gripes again

...continuedfrom page 9

survive amidst bad odors, poor ventilation, second rate plumb­ing, and above all else, the hor­rors of laundry. , Perhaps I am getting a bit deep with what at first glance appears to be sucha simple subject. But there is something unmistakably beautiful about a group of fel­low residents gathering to­gether outside Benoit and Gre­gory on a sunny day to jam with guitars and congas, their home­made music echoing throughout campus. At the same time,'there is something equally distaste­ful about someone who was once a "friend" when they were a vulnerable first-semester

freshman, passing you by in the hallway with not as much as a friendly glance. ..

Some may complain that this is not a valid topic for the pages of The Circle, but I doubt that there are many college students who can not relate to it in one way or another (to commuters I offer my most heartfelt apblo- .

•gies)>-: Either rway The Spindoctor has once again suc­cessfully filled up some' space with text, relevant or not. My editors can thank me later.

Doug Guar.inof(a.k.a. The Spindoctor) is a-sophomore journalism major from East Islip, NY. He can be heard on WMCR (88J FM)on Sunday nights at 8:30. "

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Matrix' a futuris byNKBONOPAKIIS

Staff Writer

What is trie Matrix? Wouldn't you like to know? And so would Keanu Reeves.

; The only thing that could -haniper the box-office debut of this futuristic smash was the movie trailer, which ran on TV and theatres across the US. The trailers were hawking the movie as the next great sci-fi thriller and featuring Keanu mouthing his trademark "whoah," .remern- -brance. of' his steilar perfo'r-rriarice in'Bill andTed's Excel­lent Adventures.'. But this movie is on acbmpletely differ­ent plane than Bill and Ted. You could say it is unearthly.

Enter the year 2199, which looks an awful lot like 1999, and for good reason. .In 2199, after the advent of Artificial Intelli­gence, or AI, the robot race smartened up and waged war with humans, claiming the Earth as their own. Mankind counterstriked, putting a perma­nent layer of cloud over the Earth's atmosphere to block the machines from using solar power. But the robots found a much more potent energy' sourcethan the sun, enslaving the human race by hooking them up to a mysterious machine - the Matrix - which puts the mind at rest while fabricating a dream world almost identical to 20th century earth. It is in this

Photo from Rolling Stone

Keanu Reeves' new vehicle 'The Matrix' features great acting and special effects.

dream world that Neo (Reeves), a senior programmer for a re­spectable software company by day and super hacker by night, comes ever closer to discover­ing the secrets of the trap he lives in. He catches the attenr tion of Morpheus, a man of leg­end; who has .escaped the snares' of the Matrix; and soon' he is on a quest to break the boundaries of reality that bind him in the dream-like computer world. All the while they are being chased by a Tommy Lee Jones-looking "MIB" called simply "Agents," computer

sentience in the guise of human bodies.

What makes Neo so special is that Morpheus considers him to be "The One," the prophesied savior foretold by "The Oracle" to save mankind from machines. Neo must first undergo the clas­sic character formation frpm in­nocent5 and ignorant "to mature -and wise! V / • '

'The Matrix' is deep. Con­sidering that the most notable philosophical line in the film is "There is no spoon," you might think otherwise. But 'The Ma­trix' encourages us to challenge

our common perceptions of the world, and take an understand­ing deeper than reality. The plot and acting are well comple­mented by cinematography and special effects that make the world of 'The Matrix' credible. Every detail from the pyrotech­nics to the smallest bullet flying by are flawless. - - ; -

I highly recommend 'The Matrix.' In fact I liked it so much I am going to crank out the stars for the first time and rate like a pro: I gave The Matrix **** out of five stars.

Reunion at The Chance and Indecision at Goney Island High

byOflUSKMJDTSEN Staff Writer -

Leeway returned after sev­eral years of silence on April 9 at The Chance. They found that time had not erased them how­ever as the remaining crowd wit­nessed the revival of one of the oldest hardcore bands around.

Their revival is a testament to the lasting power of the hardcore scene, showing that people are not forgotten after the spotlight is gone.

A large portion of the crowd probably did not realize that they were not at a regular hardcore show, they were in fact at a metal show with some hardcore bands. Some might not know where the line should be drawn in between the two, but a definitive line does exist.

The overflowing machismo led to a plethora of thrashing teens but not to a fight. During the few incidents that a fight seemed evident, either fellow members of the crowd or secu­rity would quickly break the feudingpairaparL-.'

The night started with the

opening act, Dynasty. Killing timeat the end of their set, they left the crowd with a cover from One For One and then let the next act, Mercy take the stage.

Mercy played a heavy set, and despite the occasional pauses, left me with a positive first impression. Following them was Painmask, featuring a new vocalist in the roster.

One of; the more amusing events of the evening was when Painmask played a distorted version of No Sleep Till Brook­lyn by The Beastie Boys. Dur­ing this song, The Chance seemed about ready to give way under the weight of the stomp­ing fans.

The highlight of the night came after Painmask when In­decision took the stage. The Brooklyn hardcore band played another intense set as always, seemingly working together in an even tighter unison with their new vocalist Artie Philie, for­merly of Milhouse, who has been with the band for a little under a year.

Following Artie is Rachel, also from Milhouse and cur­rently playing guitar for Indeci­

sion. Along with old favorites, the

band also played some new material as they returned home from their European tour with Sick Of It All. Artie Philie, the new vocalist for Indecision de­scribed some of the differences between shows at in Europe as opposed to home.

"The crowd's always a lot different. Sometimes you get older kids, sometimes younger. In England, there were more skins at the show."

As always, the band closed with the song, Hallowed Be Thy Name. Other crowd favorites included Shadowboxing and Purgatory.

Indecision recently released a new EP with some new mate­rial as well as older songs with Artie doing vocals. On Friday, April 16 they will be playing at Deja One on Long Island with Leeway and several other bands.

If you have not seen Indeci­sion live yet and plan to, expect a furious pit because this Brook­lyn hardcore band generally in­cites the crowd into an old fash­ioned slobber-knocker.

Further Indecision at Coney Is-landHigh

Indecision played another show in New York this weekend at Coney Island High on Sun­day.

Around 400 kids came out for the show, some standing out in the rain, like me, in front of the doors. The floor was packed and the crowd filed all the way down past the bar since Coney Island High is really only sup­posed to hold around 200 people at maximum occupancy.

The opening act, Voice Of Reason, showed up at the zero hour after getting lost in Brook­lyn. Since they were late, they only had time to play a half set but they still managed to start off the show on a positive point.

Following them was Long Island's Overthrow. The de­struction on the floor was at its worst during their set. This is probably because some of the crowd followed them from home to show their "strong island" pride. The only injury I noticed during the pandemonium was a

...please seeJM)EOSIOS,pg. 12

The high price of'Cruel Intentions'

byALEXHEINEMAN Staff Writer

When I went into the theater I had no desire to buy a ticket for this movie.

I was basically forced into seeing it, but surprisingly I am glad I did. 'Cruel Intentions' is a great Film. The first picture from director/writer Roger Kumble is in theaters now. The movie stars Ryan Phillipe as Sebastion, a young rich Man­hattan socialite who is always on the prowl for his next piece of tail. His stepsister Katherine, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, is his most desired conquest, but Katherine (although just as devious as Sebastion) has yet to give in.

When the- film opens Sebastion is presented with a bet. The circumstances: if he can get Reese Witherspoons's character (Anette, an aspiring Model from Kansas, who hap­pens to be a virgin) in the sack then Katherine will give him "what he's always dreamed of: herself." Sounds pretty good, but there are severe conse­quences: if Sebastion fails, he must hand over to Katherine the keys to his mint condition clas­sic Jaguar. Sebastion, who re­fuses to be beat by any woman, takes the bet without hesita­tions and the games begin. At first Anette is very stubborn and hesitant towards Sebastion, but it is not long before she gives in to his snobby charm. The two begin to spend a great deal of time with each other and Sebastion's "intentions" which were at first cruel began to change. He begins for once in his life to feel love for someone besides himself. All is not well though. Katherine finds out about Sebastion's feelings and plans to sabotage the relation­ship just to save face. I will not give away the ending, but it is quite good. If you do see the film a feeling of dejavu may present itself, do not feel alarmed- this is not the first time this story has been told. The movie 'Dangerous Liaisons' starring John Malcovitch and Merrill Streep has the same plot line. The only difference is the setting. 'Dangerous Liaisons' takes place in 18th century France, 'Cruel Intentions' is set in contemporary Manhattan. If you have not seen 'Cruel Inten­tions' do not rush out of your house to catch it before it leaves theaters, but definitely see it on video. It is worth the three bucks.

APRIL 15,1999

T o t a l l y Theatre

THE-CIRCLE * A & E ~ PAGE 12

by RACHAEL VOLLARO Staff Writer

For as long as this column has been written, the author has never expanded beyond the the-. atrical arts at Marist College. This being brought to.the atten­tion of the author, it is a wrong that is about to be corrected.

The Queen City Stage Com­pany presents the musical, '110 In The Shade, ' directed by Donald Brenner. Production dates and times are April 16,17, 23 and 24 at 8 PM and April 18 and 25 at 5 PM at the Vassar Brothers Institute Theatre. Ad­mission is $ 17 for adults and $ 15 , for students. Reservations can be made by calling the box of­fice at 486-4648.

' 110 In The Shade? opened on Broadway in 1963, the same season that the Broadway hits Hello Dolly! and'Funny Girl' opened. It is the story of Lizzie Curry, a western prairie vestal, doomed in her heart to be a spin­ster and convinced that she is plain. Her two brothers, Jimmy -and Noah, along with her lik­able, sensible father, H.C. are

. straining to get her married. The most likely husband for Lizzie is File, the elusive, taciturn sher­iff, but he claims to want none of her.

Into the picture steps Starbuck, a jaunty, high step­ping con man who pries $ 100 out of H.C. claiming he can save the crops and cattle and the parched summer land by mak­ing rain within 24 hours. Lizzie knows Starbuck to be a.phony and a liar; however, the persua­sive young dreamer awakens her to love and tenderness and in­sistence that she is desirable. In the end, when Starbuck loses his own belief in himself, it is restored by a miracle, rain, for. the first time in his life.

Nancy Auffarth will portray the character of Lizzie, Roger

Rauthburri will be'playing, the part of Starbuck,- and Lance Phillips and Richard Lloyd Scott

• will be playing File and Noah respectively. .

Auffarth has done extensive theatrical work ranging from Broadway, Off-Broadway, na­tional tours, regional, stock din­ner theatres and national com­mercials,'TV, and films. She di­rected this season's 'The Glass Menagerie' and has appeared in such shows as 'The Miracle .Worker,' 'Rumors,"She Loves Me,' and 'Ruthless!' with the Queen City Stage Company. . .

Roger Rathburn has ap­peared on the popular ABC soap opera 'One"Life To Live' for 11'years as Dr. Bennett.'-Rathburn was seen in the Broad­way revival of 'No, No, Nanette' for which he won a Theatre World Award.

Lance Phillips and Richard Lloyd Scott both come from New York City, however most of their work has been done in re­gional theatres in California. They both have recently moved back to New York..

The Queen City Stage Com­pany is a professional non­profit organization^ .which has been performing at-various lo­cations in Dutchess County for over 19 years. Their last two productions, were Tennessee Williams' 'The Glass Menag­erie' and 'A Greater Tuna.'

The Queen City Stage Com­pany employs actors under con­tracts approved by the Actors

,. Equity Association, the profes­sional stage actors union. Though the company often casts local professionals, three performers and the director en­gaged in this production are guest artists working out of New YorkCity.

Queen City Stage Company in­tern Christopher D A. Betz con­tributed to this article.

INDECISION: Brooklyn band plays two shows in NY

...continuedfrom pg. 11

bloody nose on the lead singer. Victory's new talent, Grey

Area followed with a lighter set but still kept the crowd alive. The lead singer announced half­way through their set that Kid Dynamite would not be show­ing up due to the lack of a bass­ist. - Stepping up to the capacity

crowd next was the growingly popular Fahrenheit 451. ~Defi~ nitely knowing how to play off the crowd, they put on an awe­some set that encouraged unity as opposed to random, sense­less acts of violence among the fans.

Violence has always been part of the shows and always will be which was demonstrated when Brooklyn's Indecision

took the stage. A similar set to the one on

Friday, only with more intensity got the crowd riled up. Once again, injuries seemed to non­existent with the exception of a few bruises on some of the more rowdy dancers.

The night concluded with a powerful set from Ignite. Com­ing out of California, Ignite has found a new home in New York after recently signing to TVT Records. They seem to fit well in the New York scene and will definitely be around more often.

Surprisingly at the end of the night there were no stretchers or major damages to club de­spite the efforts of those that climbed on the ceiling's rafters. That happy little bit is the per­fect end to the night.

Info at www.yvreck-age.com.

6Simpsons' vs. 'South Park': the battle wages on

by PATRlCKWHrnUS A&E Editor

Everyone watches television for the same purpose: to be en­tertained.

The sad fact is that when wc, the viewing populous, are in the mood for an offense cartoon, our options are sorely limited. In the past we could only make the trek-to the local video store and rent a copy of 'Fritz The Cat.' To­day such there are number" of unrepentantly offensi\c car­toons on prime-time and late-

: night television, hut two of them tower ovei all the rest: 'The Simpsons' and 'South Paik.'

; You might be thinking to ypxjrseJf, "But Patrick. 'The Simpsons" does not offend any­one unless they really do find the phrase 'Eat my shoits!' im­pious." Let us take a closer look, shall we. . ' "The Simpsons' is what you might call "smarttoffensive." Take for example the episode in which Reverend Lovejoy trashes gambling as the eighth deadly sin"and then invites,ey'-' erybne to come to church bingo night.:Tn the teh'seasbns it has aired'on FOX; 'The Simpsons' has lanced every conceivable institution that people' hold sa­cred: church; school, patriotism, conservatives, liberals, doctors and lawyers have all been tar­gets. Then there are the less sacred things that Matt :. Groening and crew roast, like the police system and big business. In one memorable episode, the show managed to make a mock­ery, of both environmentalists. .(Lisa) and people, who exploit the environment (Mr. Burns). Equal opportunity satire at its .best.- ., , . . . . •. • .

, 'South Park' has its memo- , rable moments, but on the whole ..

Pho'n finm I O X onluir

'The Simpsons' continues to reign supreme in today's cartoon world despite competition from 'South Park .' it is more "disgusting-offen­sive." Anyone has ever watched the show can attest lo that, with episodes centering on

. such"taboo subjects as alien anal probes, homosexual hand-pup­pets, and a-stillborn fetus at­tached to its mother's head. The show makes no attempt'at a political agenda other than to offend at all costs. And offend i tdoes . Ori'ohe particularly

episode, something the.creatprs of the show must be very proud

• of... 'The Simpsons' contains more of the topical dialogue that

. makes each new episode suc­ceed. The simply, hilarious re­verse stereotypes "(see:; Apu) and pop-culture references make the show a consistent win­ner. While 'SouthPark' will con-. tinue to thrive as long as Kenny finds a new, way to getniassa-

.witty jnstance.jjapanese.vpl- ....xjed^at^melpbint in,ey,ery leybail commentator rendered show, "The Simpsons' "will out his impression of Americans by opening his eyes wide and say­ing "Do you have any non-dairy creamer?" Pure genius.

. 'South Park' is the choice of a new generation of ECW wres­tling-loving-violence freaks. The appeal of a character that dies in,a new, and moire violent fashion in every episode is something '.The Simpsons' sim­ply cannot rival. However, a single.two-minute clip of 'Itchy, & Scratchy' remainsmore vio­lent than an entire 'South Park'

last them.' . Matt Grocning's new series

; 'Futurama' follows in the tradi-. tioh of "The Simpsons,'' but pre-

sents a more,involved plot. 'Futurama' has the chance to be a cartoon that evolves with time

.over the course of a few sea-, sons, which is 'The Simpsons' only serious., shortcoming. .Maggie will probably never say a complete sentence, and Bart will probably always be in the . fourth grade, but would you .re­ally want it.any other way?..

Carlito's art of bar-hopping by CARLITO Staff Drunk

By now most of you should have realized that my article in last issue's Circle was complete hogwash. That means that it was not factual. I know hog­wash is an outdated term but who are you to judge me for my prehistoric vocabulary?

Anyway, since I am an alco­holic and will remain one until I drop dead from cirrhosis of the liver, I have acquired a sixth sense for being able to spot quality bars. Here at Marist, the selection of bars is quite limited and well, to put it bluntly, they all pretty much suck. But, one must utilize what they are given and that is where I come in.

This article will consist of a critique of Marist bars and a nightly recommendation of which bars to frequent on ev­ery night of the week. Let us start with Monday, shall we? Monday is the night that I

starve myself for the entire day so that I may visit Noah's for ten cent wings. I have eaten wings at all of the Marist bars and can honestly say that Noah's offers the best

To be completely honest, it does not really matter who's wings you eat because if you are like me and„yoirt>rder 60 wings, after the first dozen your taste buds are numb. After 30 the nauseating rumble in your stomach grows and although your digestive system is beg­

ging for mercy, your miserly thriftiness convinces you that you are ingesting the bargain of the century. So ultimately, you scarf down the entire plate of wings only to regurgitate them minutes later.

I believe die Renaissance Pub is also a Monday night hot spot for wings-and if you enjoy an abundance of fraternity slaves flocking to the same lo­cale, then by all means check it

... please see CARLITO, pg. 13

Movie Quote of the Week "There's nothing more

exhilarating than pointing out the shortcomings of others, is

there?" —Randal in 'Clerks'

APRIL 15 1999

THE CIRCLE PAGE 13

set to conauer the world byDOUGGUARINO

Staff Writer

Few people can envision a time when dancing skunks will rule the world.

Perfect Thyroid fans can. This past Saturday night,

Perfect Thyroid hosted one of their trademark "Viva Diversity" shows at The Chance in Poughkeepsie after returning from what have become routine tour dates at Walt Disney World's Pleasure Island in Or­lando, Florida. The Hudson Valley based band plans to use this performance, along with a guest appearance on WPDH the previous morning, to launch what Chris "Skunk" Hanson re­fers to as their plan to "conquer the world."

Although Skunk (lead vocals and trumpet) could not disclose all the details of their quest for world domination, he did offer some clues, which included Per­fect Thyroid's possible return to the annual "A Day In The Gar­den" festival in Bethel, NY, as well as the "Grassroots Festi­val," near Ithaca, NY.

"Some of [the details] involve us playing some pretty big shows," said Skunk. "We're also working on new material. Our plan for the next few weeks to record a three or four song demo because we have some people waiting for new music from us. Our ultimate goal is to put out a new album on a major label."

Some of this new material, including the songs, Gypsy, Short Attention Span, and Asy­lum, were the highlights for fans in a crowded Chance Theater. In addition Perfect Thyroid played several fan-favorites off of their previous three albums ('Kiss The Mammoth And Run,' 'Which One Of Us Is Me?', and 'Musical Barnacles').

A few of these songs had to be slightly reworked since the band is currently playing in the absence of a trombonist. Fans were treated to more solos than usual from guitarist Joe Brooks, keyboardist Jen Polcari, and saxophonist Mike Bove, while drummer Chris Snykus and bass­ist Jon Stern held down funky rhythms. The final result was

crafty blend of more than dahceable ska, funk, hard rock, swing, and blues.

According to Skunk, the band is in the market for an ad­ditional horn player, either in the form of a second saxophonist or a new trombonist, and said that personality will be a major determining factor as to who is chosen.

"We're not too worried about it," said Skunk. "We're able to play as the band that we are, but the [songs] were written to have another horn player. We would like to have one as soon as pos­sible, but we don't feel as if we can't play our shows without one."

On Friday morning, the now six-piece band made a guest appearance on WPDH, where they performed semi-acoustic versions of Asylum, and Short Attention Span, live on the air.

Skunk said that he is appre­ciative of the support WPDH has given Perfect Thyroid over the last seven years.

"Those guys have always been good to us," he said.

At a "Viva Diversity" show that also included the instru­ment-based hip-hop of Mastas of the Universe, and the jazzy rock of Arcoda, The Schemat­ics took second billing.

As usual their highly ener­getic set got the crowd moving, perhaps too much in fact as crowd surfing pre-teens made The Schematics' witty ska/ swing somewhat less enjoyable then usual for slightly more civil college folk.

Dave Merril, trombone, said that despite the fact that The Schematics''sound is predomi­nantly ska, the band has many diverse musical influences, and that it is reflected in the way their musical style tends to change several times within a single song.

"I think the cool thing about us is that some of us weren't bom and raised on ska," said Merril. "We all bring our own styles to the table."

The Schematics are currently awaiting the completion and re­lease of their fist complete al­bum on CD.

For more info check out www.perfectthyroid.com.

Edge-Fest Coming to New pdltz * * ^ k * * * * ^ * * * ^ * * * * * * * * * ' * * i ^ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ' * . * * *

This Sat.i April, 17, there will be a benefit concert atSUNY, New

Paltz. Bands will include Perfect Thy­

roid, Pound/Who Cares, The Sche­matics, What's Your Problem

Brim, and others. The first act will go on at approximately 4 p.m. The festival is scheduled to end at mid­

night. This may be Who Cares' last performance eyerl

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Photo by Doug Guarino

Perfect Thyroid performed at The Chance on Friday and are set to play New Paltz Saturday.

Something to think about tonight by PATRICKWHrTTLE

A&E Editor

Here is a quick list of ques­tions to ask yourself when you are on the dance floor of your favorite bar or club or choice this weekend.

Do I really like this music, particularly at a volume that

thoroughly impedes conversa­tion?

Would I be having a better time if I was sitting at home watching 'Mystery Science Theatre 3000' right now?

Do I prefer the taste of just as unhealthy yet nonalcoholic drinks, such as Hawaiian Punch and Autocrat Coffee Milk?

For Communicatios majors: Do I feel I only Communicate with other people when I am at the bar?

For Business majors: Is go­ing to the bar the only Business I have to attend to this weekend?

Where is my mother tonight? Do I really value this guy's

opinion?

CARLITO: Columnist serves up advice ...continued from.pg. 12

out. I realize many Circle read­ers may be in fraternities or so­rorities, so if I offended you by calling you a bunch of mindless slaves, too bad. I have got a pen and a voice and if you do not like what I have to say, turn the page.

In a society where females are constantly complaining about equality, they have en­dured favorable treatment in one respect. The "Lady's Night" phenomena is one event that feminists have failed to piss and moan about. I do not under­stand it. They want chairmen to be called chairpersons, so should "Lady's Night" instead be called "Person's Night?" Anyway, there is one bar that, after serious lobbying by Marist's Gender Equality Club, has equalized the sexually bi­ased bar industry by instituting a "Guy's Night."

Tuesday nights at Brady's Public AleHouse gives guys one free drink with every pur­chased one. It is not exactly as benevolent as "Lady's Night" specials but it is a small step in mankind's race towards gender equality. The down side to hav­ing a men's night is that only men show up. If I were homo­sexual, Tuesday nights at Brady's would be like Christ­mas, and although I have thought about becoming a switch hitter, I think I will stay right where I am.

McCoy's is conveniently lo­cated across the street from Marist, which is good news for all you freshmen that are not old enough to drive. This bar is generally a pedophile feeding ground and a haven for fresh­men girls that would eagerly like

to be deflowered by any slob­bering drunk.

On Tuesday nights they have a very interesting special that they refer to as the "Bladderbuster." Basically you drink urine out of a tap for a quarter a cup until someone uses the bathroom. This type of special actually prods people to wear diapers to the bar. Many people do not and this is exem­plified by the permanent odor emanating from the base of the bar, which is a combination of excreted nitrogenous waste and vomit. This preposterous game of "damage your prostrate gland for a cheap buzz" is played in unison with N'Sync wannabes that degrade themselves on the Karaoke machine. The scene is laughable for the first three min­utes, but I am eventually filled with rage when witnessing this blatant lack of vocal ability. If you go to McCoy's on a Tues­day night, bring a gun to elimi­nate annoying Karaokeers.

As far as I am concerned, Wednesday night does not ex­ist. I am sure people go out but where they go, I do not know and I do not care. Thursday night is a big night out at Marist. The Renaissance Pub, also known as Renny's, and the Cac­tus Club are the two hot spots on Thursday nights and they both have similar drink specials. You can get inebriated at either bar with seven dollars in your pocket. Most of the people reading this article are probably not old enough to get into the Cactus Club and that is a shame because it is an entertaining mix of Marist students and shady locals. If you go to Renny's on Thursday night, you will inevi­tably get drunker than you an­ticipated and end up dancing to

a horrendous musical selection. Guys, I wish you could see yourselves dancing to "Brown Eyed Girl" in hopes that it will enhance your sex life.

Last Thursday, me and a friend, whose name I will omit out of respect for his anonym­ity (I have one friend and his name is Mark Montgomery), decided to wear dresses to the Cactus club. I wore a sheik, hip-hugging black dress and to be completely honest, I did look very sexy. Several guys actu­ally bought me drinks and I got a glimpse of how the other sex lives. Needless to say, I went home alone.

After visiting either of these bars, it is important to go some­where else for a nightcap. The Fox Hole is the most popular late night bar and although I abhor its' closed quarters and the mo­notony of its crowd, I basically live there. They do have a very friendly staff and weather per­mitting, a cozy outdoor deck. If you can leave this bar when it closes and still walk upright with no assistance, that is quite an accomplishment.

Friday nights at Marist are extremely boring so I usually just rent Steel Magnolias and stay in with my friend Mark. Saturday nights there is only one place to be ... "Sexy Satur­days" at McCoy's. If you have no business near a dance floor but still choose to dance, this is where you belong.

I hope my assessment of the local bars has been informative and that it will aid in your edu­cation here at Marist. Remem­ber to drink irresponsibly and know when to say you will have" another drink. Also remember to say it loudly so the bartender will hear you.

April 15.1999

THE CIRCLE Sports PAGE 14

LACROSSE: Donohue lights it up during two big MAAC wins

...continued from pg 15

One of the highlights that added to the victory was the an­nouncement that Paul Donohue won Rookie of the Week hon­ors in the MAAC as well as the ECAC Reebok Division I Men's Lacrosse Rookie of the Week.

Donohue is currently leading the MAAC in scoring, ranking first in assists and fifth in goals scored. •;•-•

After a terrific win against Manhattan, Marist found itself at 11-6 disadvantage against Canisius at the end of the third quarter and it looked as if the team had lost its newly found fire. Instead however, Marist rallied

back by scoring seven goals in the fourth quarter and won the game in dramatic fashion as Jim Mekovitz scored the winning goal to give the teama 13-12 vic­tory. Mekovitz and freshman Vinny

Penn scored two goals and reg­istered two assists, while AJ. Derose won fourteen of seven­teen face-offs to lift Marist to

the victory. The biggest factor in the win

however, was the play of Mike Candellaihgoal. Candellawho had seen little playing time this season, entered the game mid­way through the third quarter and registered eight saves while only allowing one goal in the pivotal fourth quarter.

Behind Candella's exceptional play in goal and the scoring bar­rage that Marist registered, the team5walked away with one of its most impressive and impor­tant victories, as they now have a chance to finish the regular' season at .500 in the conference. Jim Mekovitz said he was glad

to finally have the team's hardwork payoff.

"Even though our record doesn't reflect it, we've played hard all year and have never given up," said Mekovitz. "It was nice to finally be rewarded for our efforts."

Coach Matt Cameron was im­pressed with the victory.

"It was a great effort by all the guys to come back from a five goal deficit and win the game.

This is something we can use to build on for the remaining five games," Cameron said. ."

The next three games on the lacrosse team's schedule are all ones that have major pride fac­tors involved.

Siena, Boston College, and Providence all. beat the Red Foxes last year, and the team is looking to take revenge for those losses.

Cameron said this was a chance to salvage the season.

"Although we did not want to be at the point we are at now (3-r7) we still have five games left to reach the .500 mark and that would be an accomplishment," • said coach Cameron.

If the team continues to play the way they have the past two games, and keeps the heart and determination that they have shown all season, five consecu­tive wins is not only obtainable but expected.

The Red Foxes next game is home against Boston College at 3:30p.m. on April 21. It will be the final home game of the'sea-son.

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Baseball Boxscore vs. Fairfield GM2 Saturday

Fairfield University 5 (12-15,5-7)

Name(Pos) - AB R JimLopusznickcf. 5 0 CristianJung2b 5 2 Paul Macchio c............ 3 0 TomLopusznickrf....:..;. 4 0 MattFratturellilf....... 5 0 RyanBittnerlb 4 0 Kevin Toohill 3b.. 4 2 Sean Easton dh.. 4 0 Eddie McCrann ss. 4 1 RyanHoIstenp. 0 0 Jim Gale p................ 0 0 DaveCatelottip..... 0 0 Totals..........;..... 38 5

HRBIBBSOPOA 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.

0 0 2

1 0 1 3 5 0

1 0 2 0 0 3 3 0

3 2 2

10 0 1 2 0 0

0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 16 25 11

MaristCollege 6 (14-12,6-2)

Name(Pos) AB R HRBIBBSOPOA Anthony Cervinidh/2b... 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 Ryan Brady cf.....„...... 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 Anthony Bocchino If. 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Anthony Ambrosini c...... 2 1 2 0 0 0 7 3 Michael Lockerypr. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BenCuetoc.............. 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 Philip Toscano rf......... 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 Kevin Wissner lb.... 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 Steve O'Sullivan 2b/3b.... 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 Jimmy Willis 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 TimBittnerph... 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 ChuckBeehtelph. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 JeffTafutoss.. 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 Doug Connelly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DeanPuchalskip 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals ::;.-. 31 6 10 4 5 4 27 7

Score by innings: R H E

Fairfield University Marist College

001021001 - 5 9 0 010000302 - 6 10 3

Note: 1 out, 2 runner(s) LOB when the game ended.

E - Toscano, O'Sullivan, Willis. DP-Fairfield 1. LOB-Fairfield9,Marist7.;, 2B - Toohill, Easton, Ambrosini. 3B - O'Sullivan. HR-Jung. SB -Macchio,T.Lopusznick,Toohill, Ambrosini, O'Sullivan. CS-TLopusznick. SH - Tafuto. SF - Toscano.

Fairfield University RyanHolsten. Jim Gale............ DaveCatelotti

Marist College Doug Connelly....... Dean Puchalski

IP H RERBB SOABBF 6.1 5 4 4 4 2 21 26 2.0 4 2 2 1 2 9 11 0.0 1 0 0 0 Q 1 1

IP H RERBB SOABBF 5.2 7 4.2 .3 12 25 28 3.1 2 1 1 0 4 13 13

Win-Puchalski 1-1. Loss-GaleO-1. Save-None. PB - Macchio, Cueto 3. BK - Puchalski. Start: 2:25 Time: 3:00 Attendance: 125

MAAC Baseball Standings North Division MAAC OVERALL

Siena 12 2 LeMoyne 9 3 Marist 6 4 Niagara 7 6 Canisius 4 10 South Division

Rider 8 3 lona 5 7 Fairfield 5 9 Manhattan 5 9 St Peter's 2 10

16 11 14 7 9

14 6 14 12 16

15 12 12 16 12 17 13 20 7 23

April 15,1999

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Sports PAGE 15

Off Campus Report by Thomas Ryan

Recap of National League pre­dictions last week: Chipper Jones MVP, Kevin Brown Cy Young, J.D. Drew Rookie of the year, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles win their divisions and San Francisco wins the Wild Card. The Braves to win the NL. With so many names to choose

from,.selecting an American League MVP is not an easy task. Ken Griffey Jr., Juan Gonzalez, Frank Thomas and Mo Vaughn are contenders every year with the numbers they put .up sea­son after season. Three great young shortstops will.be in the hunt as well in Derek Jeter Nomar Garciaparra, and Alex Rodriguez. My pick though is Baltimore's Albert Belle. Belle has the potential to hit 50+ home runs again playing m the dinger-friendly Camden Yards. The determining factor could be which player puts his team on his shoulders and leads them to the playoffs, like Sammy Sosa did last year in winning the NL MVP.

With all due respect to David Wells, Chuck Finley, and Mike Mussina, the AL Cy Young vot­ing looks to be a two horse race. Current Boston Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez and ex-Red Sox ace Roger Clemens appear ready to go neck and neck down the stretch for the award. Clemens has a slight edge pitching for a team that will probably get him more wins, but Martinez is younger and is only in his.'sec-ond year in the AL so that will help. Look for Martinez to win it by a nose.

The AL batch of rookies does not have the star like the NL looks to hav&in Drew, but they do have a nice solid bunch. Second baseman Carlos Febles of the Kansas City Royals has good speed and is already play­ing everyday with the departure of Jose Offerman. Detroit cen­ter fielder Gabe Kapler looks to be headed to the minors, but if Brian Hunter continues to struggle at the plate for the Ti­gers, Kapler could be up in no time. Oakland features another ROY candidate after Ben Grieve last season in the form of Eric Chavez. The sweet-swinging lefty will jump right into the mix for the A's this season as their starting third baseman. Seattle fans were not happy with the Randy Johnson trade to Hous­ton, primarily because they had

not heard of any of the players they were getting in return. That will change this season: Freddy Garcia was the prize of the trade as it turns out and could be the Mariner's number one starter by the middle of the season. If Garcia continues to pitch as he has thus far he could be in line for the award. .

(Albert) Belle has the potential to hit 50+ home runs in the long ball friendly Camden Yards

There does not appear to be too much mystery surrounding the AL East in 1999. The Yan­kees basically bring everyone back from their 114-48 World Championship team, except they replace a very good pitcher in Wells with a great pitcher in Clemens. Injuries appear to be the only possible downfall of this club, and even then GM Brian Cashman has a deep farm system to fall back on. The Ori­oles again played millionaire musical chairs in the off season., They lost Roberto Alomar, Rafael Palmeiro, and Chris Hbiles biit brought in Belle, Delino DeShields, Will Clark and Charles Johnson to replace them. This strategy-usually does not work, but the Orioles have three solid starters in Mussina, Erickson, and Guzman and should compete for the wild card. Do not count put Boston either. The Red Sox lost Vaughn but still have a solid offense with Jose Offerman Garciaparra, and John Valentin at the top of the line up. Martinez is an ace of aces, but after him the rota­tion is shaky. Tom Gordon is developing into one of the games best closers. The Toronto Blue Jays have the young talent to be a contender for many years to come, but there might be too many good teams in the division for them this season.

The AL Central may be even more of a sure thing then the East. Cleveland posts a lethal starting nine day in and day out that could put up 10 runs in a blink of an eye. Kenny Lofton, Manny Ramirez, and Jim Thome are three of the players that make opposing pitchers come

with excuses to have the day off. If the Indians are going to com­pete with the Yankees, however, they will probably have to add a pitcher like Curt Schilling to go along with young guns Bartolo Colon and Jaret Wright. If anyone from this division is to challenge for even a wild card it could be the Detroit Tigers, despite the slow start. The Ti­gers have two good young pitchers in Justin Thompson and Brian Moehler, and some fineyoung hitters in outfielder Juan Encarnacion, first baseman Tony Clark, and second baseman Damion Easley.

That brings us to the West where three teams figure to be

"battling to the end of the sea­son. Anaheim improved greatly over the winter adding Vaughn to play first and replacing Dave Hollins with rising star Troy Glaus at third. When Jim Edmonds and Gary DiSarcina return from injuies the Angels pose a balanced offensive attack that has little weakness. The pitching is solid at the top with Chuck Finley the number one starter and Troy Percival com­ing out of the bullpen. It does lack depth, however, and a trade is not unlikely later in the year. The Rangers are very similar to the Indians in the fact they have a scary batting order but just have not had the pitching the last three years to make a run at a World Series. Rick Helling and Aaron Sele are coming off ca­reer years, and if either of them drop off in production Texas could struggle. When you have what many believe to be the best player in baseball in Griffey, any­thing is possible. While Jay Buhner returns from injury for Seattle, Rodriguez suffers one and is out about a month. Then his replacement, Carlos Guillen, also suffers a knee injury and is out for the season. The Mari­ner pitching staff better turn it around quick from last season or Seattle could be out of the hunt early.

AH things being equal I see the Yankees, Indians and An­gels winning their divisions and the Orioles pulling out the wild card. Also a Yankees run through the playoffs to their third World Series in four years, and a showdown with the Braves. This time though, the Braves pull it out in a series that will go all seven games.

Lacrosse wins two in a row byPETERMOYLAN

Staff Writer

With a season filled with a number of heartbreaking losses, the Marist Lacrosse team is be­ginning to finds its footing. The Red Foxes have had a number of close games slip away at the end, but now after winning back to back games against Canisius and Manhattan last week, ev­erything is starting to come to­gether at the most important

time of the season. . . . Before entering the Manhat­

tan game, Marist held a 0-4 record in the MAAC, and was looking to add a conference vic­tory to their record. The team jumped out early with a 3-1 lead at the end of the first quarter, and a 6-1 lead at the half. Mike Dunn had a career day with four goals and helped keep the mo­mentum in Marist's favor. Joe Aniano and Paul Donohue chipped in with 2. goals and!

assist apiece, and Jim Mekovitz registered 2 goals as well. The offense looked very sharp with their speed and passing, while the defense played equally well limiting the Manhattan to few scoring opportunities.

P.J. Wilson played a great game in goal, and when all was said and done the Red Foxes walked away with a 13-6 victory.

...please see LACROSSE, pg. 14

What's on Tap?

Baseball - 4/15. @ Lehigh 3 p.m. 4/17 @ Siena (DH) noon 4/18 @ St. Peter's (DH) noon 4/21 Home vs. Rider (DH) noon

Softball - 4/15 Home vs. St. Johns 3 p.m. 4/17 Home vs. Iona noon

4/18 Home vs. Fairfield noon 4/20 Home vs. Siena 3 p.m.

Men's Lacrosse - 4/2i Home vs. Boston College 3:30 p.m.

Women's Lacrosse - 4/15 @ Sacred Heart 4 p.m. 4/17 Home vs. Niagara 11 a.m. 4/1.8 Home vs. Canisius noon 4/21 @ Vassar4p.m.

Men's Crew - 4/17 President's Cup 7 a.m. @ Marist

Women's Crew - 4/17 President's Cup 7 a.m. @ Marist

Men's Tennis - 4/15 @ Quinnipiac 3:30 p.m.

Women's Tennis - 4/18 @ Rider 1 p.m. 4/19 Home vs. Sacred Heart 3 p.m.

Tough Trivia

What team holds the record for the most con­secutive losses to start a Major League Baseball season?

Last week's question - Who was the only pitcher to throw a no-hitter on opening day? •

Answer - Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians pitched a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox on opening day in 1940.

Marist Scoreboard

Baseball - 4/7 Marist 4, lona 1 4/8 Marist i 5, Iona 10 4/10 Marist 4, Fairfield 3 4/10 Marist 6. Fairfield 5 (9) 4/11 Manhattan 6, Marist 1 4/11 Manhattan 7, Marisl J

Softball - 4/6jMarist 3, Quinnipiac 1 4/6 Quinnipiac 3, Marist 2 4/8Stoneybrookll,Marist9 4/8 Marist 14, Stoneybrook 13

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Men's Lax - 4/6 Marist 13, Manhattan 6 4/9 Marist 13,

Canisius 12

Women's Lax - 4/6 Lasalle 20, Marist 5 4/8 Fairfield * . : ; • " " , ;•;••• 1 6 ^ 1 •;••;•

Men's Crew- 4/3 VarsityEight Marist 6:03, Army 6:11 Varsity Four Marist 7:21, Army 7:31

Women's Crew- Varstiy Eight Marist 7:09, Army 7:18 Varsity Four Marist 9:09, Army 9:24

Men's Tennis- 4/7. Marist 7, Wagner 0, 4/9 BC 6, Marist 1 4/11URI5, Marist 2

. Stat of the Week

The Marist Softball Team has split each of its last four double-headers.

THE CIECLE

April 15,1999 Sports Quote of the Week

"It was nice to finally be re­warded for our efforts." -Jim Mekovitz on the lacrosse team's comeback victory

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Baseball team steals two wins from Stags byTHOMASRYAN

Sports Editor

Things are finally starting to click for the Marist Baseball Team.

Since the last issue of The Circle the Red Foxes played 10 games and went 7-3 over the stretch, including a double-header sweep of the Fairfield Stags on Saturday afternoon.

In the first game of that doubleheader the Red Foxes squeezed out a 4-3 victory thanks to the pitching of Kevin Olore. Olore rebounded from giving up two unearned runs in the first inning to hold the Stags to just one run in the seventh and final inning the rest of the game. Olore registered 11 strikeouts in the game while walking four. Fairfield pitcher Steve Colcord

held the Red Foxes scoreless through tfiree innings, but then gave up a run in the fourth on a Kevin Wissner double and a Phil Toscano single. Colcord got out of the inning without any fur­ther damage but the Red Foxes got to him again in the fifth.

Third baseman Jimmy Willis beat out a bunt with one out in inning and advanced to third on shortstop Jeff Tafuto's single. Anthony Cervini then followed wim a single of his own that plated Willis and tied the score at 2-2. With two down in the fifth and Colcord about to es­cape another jam, Anthony Bocchino doubled home Tafuto to give the Red Foxes a 3-2 lead.

Marist then made it three in­nings in a row in which they scored as they got another run in the sixth. Toscano walked with one out and advanced to second on Steve O'Sullivan's bunt single. Willis then doubled

Circle photo/Jeremy Smith

Marist baseball won a thrilling doubleheader against Fairfield..

home Toscano for what proved to be a much needed insurance run.

In the top of the seventh, Fairfield finally got their bats going as catcher Sean Easton singled to open the inning. A strikeout and a ground ball later, the Red Foxes were one out away from victory with Easton on second base. Second baseman Christian Jung then

doubled in Easton, and all of a sudden the tying run was on second and the go-ahead run was at the plate in the form of Paul Macchio. Olore then sum­moned up all he had left and struck out Macchio looking to end the game.

As good as game one was, game two may have been even better as Marist came back

twice to again nip the Stags, this, time by the score of 6-5.

It was Marist who actually got on the board first thanks to a double steal on the part of O'Sullivan and Anthony Ambrosini that allowed Ambrosini to score the first run of the game. Fairfield came back firing, how­

ever, scoring one run in the third, two in the fifth, and one in the sixth inning to grab a 4-1 lead. Starting pitcher Ryan Holsten

held the Red Foxes in check through six innings allowing only the one run on three hits, but that all changed in the sev­enth. Toscano opened with a walk and Wissner followed with a single. After a fielder's choice, pinch hitter Tim Bittner singled to score Toscano and cut the lead to 4-2. With Holsten now removedforreliever Jim Gale, the RedFoxes went to work. Tafuto sacrificed O'Sullivan and

Bittner to third and second, re­spectively. Gale then uncorked a wild pitch that allowed O'Sullivan to score and put the tying run on third. Cervini was then walked and Ryan Brady followed with a clutch two-out single that tied the score and sent the game to extra innings.

The game remained tied until the 9th when Jung led off with a homer. The Red Foxes needed one to keep the game going in the bottom of the inning, and instead got two runs to end it. O'Sullivan opened with a triple

and was squeezed home by Tafuto who beat, the bunt out for a single. Cervini singled Tafuto to third which set the stage for a great ending. Brady, who tied the game earlier with a single squeezed in Tafuto to end the game and give the Red Foxes a 6-5 win. •

Unfortunately for'the Red Foxes, they had to come back the very next day and play an­other doubleheader. This time they were on the wrong end of the broom treatment. Manhat­tan easily swept the double dip 6-1 and 7-1.

The Red Foxes next game is today at Lehigh beginning at 3 p.m.

Circle photiVJeicmy Smilli

.but then lost twice on Sunday afternoon to the Manhattan Jaspers to again even their record at 14-14 on the season.

Up land down year so far for Marist softball

byJEFFDAHNCKE Staff Writer

Win one, then lose one. That seems to be the pattern

for the Marist College softball team, which, after splitting each of its last four doubleheaders, is now 9-12 on me season.

Most recently, the Red Foxes split a pair ofgames with Rider. Melanie Kasack improved to 6-9 on the season in game two against the Broncs after guid­ing Marist to a 2-1 victory. In game one, Kasack also figured into the decision, this time on the losing side of things, as Marist fell 4-2.

The Marist victory came de­spite only three hits by the Foxes. .The game was knotted at one through four innings. In the fifth, an Amanda Koldjeski sacrifice fly scored Kelly Becker, who led off the inning with a walk, with the go-ahead, and

winmng, run. Jenn Hanson started the game

for Marist but was replaced af­ter the first inning by Kasack. Kasack then went six scoreless innings, yielding four hits while striking out four. In game one, Marist fell behind

2-0 in the third inning. Michelle Peel, who went 2-3 in the game, knocked in the game's first run. That was followed three batters later by a Kelly McKenna RBI double.

The score remained un­changed until the seventh be­fore Kerri Harris led off the final frame with a homerun. Kat Cheski then reached on an er­ror. After Maria Saracino grounded out, a Melissa Tucci double scored Cheski and tied the game.

The late rally was not enough, though, as Rider opened the eighth with three consecutive hits. The third of these hits, a

double by McKenna, scored two Broncs and won the game for Rider.

Kasack went all eight innings in the loss. Danielle Lake also went the distance for Rider, scat­tering five hits in picking up the win. Last Thursday, Marist traveled

to Stony Brook for a pair. And keeping with the trend, they came home with one win and one loss.

Game one saw the two teams combine for 29 hits. Marist led 5-0 after three innings. A Kerri Harris two RBI single high­lighted a four-run Marist third.

But Stony Brook exploded in the fourth. Kasack surrendered, seven runs on seven hits in the inning, putting Marist behind 7-5. The scoring was far from over,

however. Michele Gosh led off the fifth with a single, and men stole second. Gosh eventually

scored when Cheski reached on an error. Maria Saracino drove in two more Foxes with a single that scored Cheski and Koldjeski. Marist tacked on another run in the inning, put­ting them back on top, 9-7.

In Stony Brook's half of the fifth, three more runs came across, putting the Foxes be­hind 10-9. The Marist bats had exhausted their potential for the game, and mat would prove to be enough for the Stony Brook victory.

In the loss, Koldjeski and Gosh each had three hits. Har­ris and Saracino, along with Koldjeski, each had two RBI.

Kasack took the loss for Marist, giving up 11 runs and 17 hits. Of Marist's nine runs, only one was earned.

If the first game looked like a slugfest, it was only a preview of game two. Marist was victo­rious in the second contest, edgingouta 14-13 win in agame that saw 34 base hits.

The Red Foxes scored four runs in the first, highlighted by a Harris double that scored two. It was quickly a 6-0 Marist ad­vantage after one and a half in­

nings of play, as Harris drove in another run with a sacrifice fly and Saracino produced an RBI single.

Stony Brook struck back in the bottom of the second, scoring four runs on four hits. Then Marist promptly scored four more in the third, fueled by three RBI from Harris, who tripled.

Marist maintained the lead the rest of the way. The score was 14-8 entering the last half of the seventh when a late Stony Brook rally threatened to send Marist home winless.

Stony Brook picked up five runs in the final frame, falling one run short of tying the game.

After all was said and done, Harris paced Marist by going 2-3 with six RBI. Koldjeski went 3-4, including a homerun, with three RBI and four runs scored. Saracino had four hits.

Despite surrendering 13 runs, five of which were earned, Hanson picked up the win for Marist and improved to 2-3 on the season.

The Foxes are in action today at the North Field when they take on the St. Johns Red Storm at 3 p.m.