Vol. 52 No. 16 , April 15 , 1999

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The Hudson Valley's Perfect Thyroid hosted a festivallast Friday at The
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Marist baseball wins
two and loses two over
the weekend, pg. 16
the student newspaper of. jSferist College
VOLUME #52 ISSUE # 16
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APRIL 15,1999
Greek Week a
successful event
byTEVISORENSEN
Staff Writer
Photo courtesy of Melissa Novick
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 schoolLeft: Cara Bicking of Sigma chartered sororities and fraterSigma Sigma takes part in nities here at Marist.
Greek Week.,.
Members from the four sororiAbove: Gina Lozito and Amy
ties, Alpha Sigma Tau, Kappa
Burke of Sigma Sigma Sigma
Kappa Gamma, Sigma Sigma
in a pieêating contest.
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
...pleaseret?GREEK, pg. 4
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 accountingfirmsin 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
WEEKLY POLL
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Marist offers
sufficient housing
options?
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Marist students.
We gathered input
from students, but
more importantly
accounting firms in
the New York area
and the business advisory board/»
a
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 ariverview.
Also, within Fontaine will be
the Office of College Advancement, which supports the fundraising efforts of the College
and includes the areas of
Alumni Affairs and College Relations.
The building is named for
This academic facility will reMarist President Emeritus
Brother Paul Ambrose, FMS, place the original Fontaine Hall
whose family name is Fontaine. built by the Marist Brothers in
At the ground-breaking, Presi- the 1950s.
dent Dennis Murray recounted
—Chris Grogan
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
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blocks. The main entrance has
P.M. Rain
two-story soaring windows set
hi: 61°
behind four slender columns
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that echo the columns of the two
adjacent academic buildings,
Community.
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Dyson and Lowell Thomas.
Features
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The entrance way to the*new
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building will have a stepped
courtyard where students and
Opinion
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faculty can gather.
Sports...
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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 collectingpledges 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-AThon committee, KC Skolnik at
X4476, or the President, Tilli
Andrews, atX4545.; •"
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
What is your favorite
springtime activity?
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 trePsychology Club
Be a buddy for a day! The Psy- mendously. Security was notichology Club will be sponsor- fied and the athlete was transing its annual One to One Day ported to St. Francis Hospital for
on Wed., April 28. Find them treatment.
on the Dyson Green from 9
The Upper Hoop Parking Lot
a.m. to 2 p.m. If there are any
questions, please contact Jason will be cleared of all resident
vehicles for Riverfest preparaatX4694.
tions. Drivers are being asked
to
keep their vehicles clear of
Poughkeepsie Institute
the
lot from Wednesday afterThe Poughkeepsie Institute
noon
to Friday night, around 10
will sponsor a community disp.m.,
when the clean up efforts
cussion on race and ethnicity
should be completed.
on Thurs., April 15 at 7 p.m. at
the Family Partnership Center.
Construction workers drilled
There will be a screening of an auger through a cable, sevthe Institute's recently released ering telephone and fire alarm
film, "Four Faces of lines in Townhouse Blocks "H"
Poughkeepsie." A panel of four through "M" on Wed., April 3.
people of different backgrounds The telephones were out of serwill then lead a discussion that vice until Sat., April 10. The line
includes the Institute's report, connecting the fire alarms to the
"Race and Ethnicity in security office was fixed within
Poughkeepsie," as a starting 36 hours, during which;time a
point.
security officer was positioned
in the North End to watch for
any problems.
/ like to walk along
the train tracks."
Jaimie Bierwirth
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,
SEGA
sometime before April 9 at 2
Join us in celebrating Earth
Afirealarm in the Chapel was p.m., when the larceny was reDay'99 on Wed., April 21. There set off by an extinguished ported to security officers.
will be free t-shirts, posters, and candle smoke at 8:20 p.m. on
food. A lecture by environmen- Sun., April 14.
A dented fence was reported
talist Franny Reese will be given
April 9 at 7 p.m. by the resion Thurs., April 22 at 11 a.m. in
Aggravated harassment, this dents of 29 Beck Place, where a
the Performing Arts Room in the time by e-mail, was reported at van had backed into it while
Student Center. The lecture will 11:30 a.m. on April 9 by the parking in the Beck Place Parkcover the Storm King Mountain victim's roommate. The room- ingLot.
affair and its influence on the mate read a slanderous e-mail
environmental movements.
A runaway Chevrolet Blazer
message, falsely accusing the
jumped a curb and crashed into
a fence surrounding the baseballfieldon Sat, April 10 at 3:50
p.m. Minutes before the inci-.
dent, the truck had broken
down on Route 9, where the
FRIDAY:
SATURDAY:
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
windy
showers
partly cloudy
up, so as the two pushed the
hi: 53°
hi: 56°
hi: 58°
truck and down the incline, the
lo:39°
lo: 37°
lo: 40°
truck began to roll faster and
eventually got away from the*
two students. The Blazer barSource: http://www.weather.com (The Weather Channel)
reled towards the relief pitcher's
Drinking
outdoors.
Ryan McCollum
sophomore
mound, sending a pitcher running towards centerfield.During the truck's getaway, the
driver's friend fled the scene and
is still unidentified.
Sit outside and enjoy
the warm weather,
• and. better myself
academically."
Amy Martin
"sophomore
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 MidRise Parking Lot.
A Yeung Ho II Chinese food
delivery person's car was left
unlocked while delivering an-
Weekend Weather
i LittleRock,' Ark. ^ A federal
judge ruledPresidentClihton in
contempt of court Monday for
"giving "intentibnally false?' testimdriy.'about his. relationship
with/Monica Lewinsky, during
questioning in the^ Paula Jones
sekud; harassment case.' ':'•', ;.
J t h e 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 theformer 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 lookingfitbut slightly
wobbly.
Hundreds of spectators
cheered when the three-ton tank
of water that covered his seethrough coffin was lifted and
Blaine sat up and smiled.
. "I saw something very prophetic ... 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
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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 Journalism 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
Contest offers
students chance
to live in NYC
Students worldwide have
the chance of a lifetime—to
live in New York City, rentfree. 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
Circle graphic/Amanda Bradley
EHS student residence for the
global issues," he said.
summer of 1999 in New York
Clarke said he also wanted to City. Second and third prizes
take advantage of the technol- are one month's free housing
ogy offered here at Marist.
and two week's free housing,
"It would be a crime not to take respectively. In addition to the
advantage of the technology first tier.of prizes offered by
that we have available here," he EHS, CollgeCard is offering
said. "It gives students an op- students a chance each week
portunity to use the basic con- during the contest to win a
cepts of journalism and weave $300 book scholarship.
in technology at the same time."
The Zip McClick contest
Students' beats range from will feature a new set of quesEntertainment to Central tions each week. Students
America, with a little bit of ev- have the opportunity to enerything in between.
ter the contest, once
Sophomore Jaime Tomeo, who weekly—giving them four
is currently covering U.S. chance to win. When contescourts, laws and crime, said she tants submit their answers,
thinks this an excellent chance Zip McClick will immediately
for students to gain experience. grade the answers, letting
"I think that it is a good op- students know whether .they
portunity to get published, it qualify for a chance at the
provides us with a background grand prize.
and an introduction to web jourNew York City is a huge atnalism," she said.
traction to those who study
Students have often remained theatre, art, and music, or who
in touch with their contacts af- come to the city for summer
ter the project is over, something internships.
that Tomeo said she thinks is
All contestants must be at
invaluable.
least 18 years of age, currently
"The contacts that we obtain enrolled in college or a senior
can definitely be helpful to us in high school and have a valid
not in the beginning of our ca- email address. Transportation
reers, but hopefully throughout to and from New York, meals
our careers," she said.
and tuition are not included in
the prize package.
News
APRIL 15,1999
GREEK: Relay events, talent show
and tug of war challenged sororities
continued from pg. 1
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.
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, fundraising.
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
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 selfrule 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 modernday 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.
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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.
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
APRIL 15.1999
Features
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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
' Gharripagnat into '24'H6ur Quiet
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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 cur- "hangs out."
Access to
rent Leo resident Jen Stewart. Donnelly, the deli, a Chinese
She said she likes the bigger takeout, a pizzeria, and of course,
rooms that Mid-Rise has, and, McCoy's, were other perks of
while she enjoys living in Leo, living in West Cedar.
wanted to try something differ. Senior Nadine Simon, while
ent from the typical "dorm life" not on a current search for
that Champagnat would have where she would like to live next
provided.
year, reflected on where she has
Gregory and Benoit is often me lived on-campus for the past
forgotten sophomore housing. four years.
But for the people that have
Starting in Sheahan, she's
lived there, they know mat even lived in Mid-Rise, Old
in the smallest and oddest Townhouses and currently reshaped rooms, there can be a sides in the New Townhouses.
great deal of fun.
She said she finds Mid-Rise
Junior Dianne Tynan, who and the New Townhouses very
now resides in the Old similar. They both have big
Townhouses, said she enjoyed rooms, are cleaner and newer, as
well as the best bathroom sether junior year in Gregory.
"There was only one washing up (with the toilet, shower, and
machine and it was hot in there, sink all separate).
but I definitely liked it," she
Trie Old Townhouses also
said.
brought forth a pleasurable exDespite how far away from perience for Simon and her
campus Gartland Commons housemates last year.
seems to be, junior Mike
With a larger common area
McCarthy had mostly words of than other places on campus and
praise for this Marist housing.
the porch off the back, there
Especially with the recent was plenty of space for hangweather conditions, he said that ing out with friends, whether
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; ev- Refrigerators are a perk in
eryone gets together and the townhouses, Gartland
and West Cedar
from the inside or out.
But, no matter what the majority 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-thecounter medications might help
as well.
"There are products that the
student can buy over-thecounter 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."
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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.
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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-
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.
For more information or to
purchase tickets for any of these
events ic'*».»*- —
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Andrea's Top Ten Column
RECIPES OF THE WEEK
BARBECUE BURGER
SOUTH CAROLINA 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
In a medium mixing.bowl, combine the
ground beef, salt, pepper, liquid smoke and
1 tablespoon of the barbecue sauce. Mix well
and set aside. In a medium frying pan, heat
the oil and saute the chopped onion. When
browned well, remove from the frying pan
and combine with the ground beef. Mix together well and form into four to six patties.
Place the patties on a grill or broiler. Baste
' with remaining barbecue sauce while cooking. Serve on a bun with a slice of raw onion.
4 to 6 servings
pounds ground round or ground chuck
11/2
cup chopped pecans
1/2
small onion, chopped
1
teaspoon salt
1
teaspoon ground cloves
1/8
5-ounce baby-food jar strained peaches
1
tablespoon brown sugar
1
teaspoons cider vinegar
2
teaspoon ground ginger
1/8
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.
Top ten reasons to go out this weekend
Getting to
know.....
Brendan
Leach
by RICHARD SHUTKIN
Staff Writer
Brendan Leach is a sophomore
in Midi ise. He is an art history
majorfrom Freehold, NJ
10. It's Bo Laragan's birthday.
9. It's time to relive spring break.
8. It's time to try your new fake ID.
7. Marist is playing the same movies for the millionth time.
6. Yoirgot a booty call. ,
5. You found spare money in a pair of jeans you haven't
washed for months.
4. You need to get away from your roommate from hell.
3. You need to forget about papers and finals.
2. Only four more weekends to go out.
1. You're horny baby!
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.
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is envious of your great idea. Hold
your tongue when it comes to a
neighbor.
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a big help to you and make you feel
more fulfilled.
Sagittarius
Your schedule this week is going to
be really busy. Try to keep your calWhat an exciting week. But don't
Lea
endar close at hand so you don't miss,
let an argument with a close friend
an important occasion. Don't forget A tough week isn't an excuse to be ; ruin it for you. Go ahead and bask
, your promise to family members. •:•' such a grouch at work. Leave your in the glory! You deserve.it with all
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better. A change of attitude can be a
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boost to morale and productiveness. Gapricarn
Be as productive as possible and set
a good example for coworkers. FinYou do this every year. And once ';
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again, you have waited until the last
before you move on to the next ma- Is there something you have found minute to do your taxes. It's time •
jor project. In the near future, expect mat you don't like about yourself? you changed.the way you handle
an old friend to contact you. It will Maybe it's time to do something about your taxes and get them done be-.
it. Changes can't happen overnight, fore the last minute'. Avoid idle gosbe wonderful catching up.
but you can make an effort. Take a sip going around at work.
breakfromthe everyday routine and
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celebrate spring.
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Are distractions interrupting you?
Maybe you should step away from
Before you go through with your
Libra
them so you can concentrate and get
activities this evening, remember it's
things done. Even though you have You have a lot going on this week. almost April 15, and your taxes are
some cumbersome projects to get Get it out of the way so you can en- . due. Make sure all your records are
done at home, it should turn out to be joy a special weekend. Avoid risk in order and your tax forms are comfor a while. Don't get into any risky pleted before you get involved with
a great weekend.
investments, and it would be best for something else.
you to stay away from gambling or
CancEr
playing the lottery.
Pisces
It would be very beneficial to you
and your peace of mind if you find Scorpio
Conservatiyeis your key word this
week. Be conservative in your ideas
ways to cut some of the demands on
your time. Think about some changes This is the week to be more assertive at work. Off-the-wall will not imin your personal goals; that might be when trying to push your pet idea or press superiors who are set in their
ways. Be careful how you deal with
money, too. A "sure thing" might
not be so "sure."
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The views expressed on these pages are not necessarily those of The Circle
CONGRESSSHALLMAKENOLAW-ABRIDGINGTHEFREEDOMOFSPEECftOROFTHEPRESS
Student defends Catholics on campus
W\CVNG WAV T O G
FAST K>R K^...
Marist senior questions
Fitness Center access NRHH "Of the Month"
for college alumni
students recognized
Editor:
I am a senior at Marist and I can say that it has been a fantastic four years. I
Editor:
met a lot of people and made a lot of friends. I enjoyed using the facilities such
The members of the Marist College'Red Fox Chapter of National Residence Hall
as the pool and the McCann Fitness Center. Since I'm graduating in May, I had
Honorary (NRHH) would like to congratulate and recognize the "Of the Month"
hoped to come back to the fitness center once in a while to use the weight room.
award winners for the month of February. The recipients were each nominated by
But wait! Alumni are not allowed to use the weight room! I am unwelcome after I their peers for outstanding contributions to the Marist College community during
graduate.
the month of February. Please extend congratulations to your peers for a job well
After graduation, I am going to be expected to give donations to support Marist done!
College for the rest of my life. The policy that bars alumni from the weight room
Student of the Month: Lisa Rizzo, 616 Leo Hall for her work with Global Outis a little arrogant and I think should be changed. I do hope there is someone out reach and Habitat for Humanity. Executive Board Member of the Month: Joy
there who can find a satisfactory reason as to why this policy should exist.
Hogafi, Leo Hall RSC Secretary. Spotlight ofthe Month: Seth Tyminski, SGA
Upon further investigation at other schools around this area, I found that
Elections Commissioner, NCC of the Month: Kate Crisafi, Marist College's
Vassar and Mount St. Mary College offer a more competitive policy regarding
National Communication Coordinator.
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alumni's use of the weight room. Both grant their alumni full access to their
If you would like to nominate a student, staff member, or a program, for "Of the
weight rooms. They feel it is the least they can do for their alumni since their
Month Recognition," please see any NRHH member, RA, RD, Mentor, or the
dollars are responsible for the school's growth and continued existence.
Housing Office for a nomination form. Forms must be submitted by the first day
Marist's policy makes me feel downright unappreciated. After all, I thought a
of the following month.
school was there to support its students and alumni — not the other way around.
Charles John May
senior
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Nauss, Meghan O'Shaughnessy, Kerry Tighe, Nicole Wittsciebe.
Congratulations!
Sisters of Sigma Sigma Sigma
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the root of all evils? Thetraditidns of Catholicism are of ten
pointed to as oppressive towards homosexuals, yet there is
In our society, with the advent hardly ever mention of the fact
of the political correctness and that the Archdiocese of New
taboo subjects that constrain York, a Catholic organization, is
our opinions to the bare mini- among the leaders in providing
mum, it is disheartening to dis- health care for people with the
cover that the protective liber- AIDS virus. There was also no
ties of some groups do not extend to other groups, Catholics
among them.
Cardinal
John
I found it particularly disturb- O'Connor,
arching that in "Student questions
Marist's level of tolerance to- bishop of the diocese,
ward gays" (Debra Alfano, April is
an
outspoken
1,1999), the writer chose intolerance towards the Catholic leader against vioChurch as the medium through lence towards homowhich to express her disgust sexuals.
with the issue of homosexual
treatment on campus.
As the old saying goes, "Two mention of the fact that Cardiwrongs don't make a right." nal John O'Connor, archbishop
Why is it acceptable to bash the of the diocese, is an outspoken
Catholic Church continually as leader against violence towards
byNIKBONOPARTIS
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, heterosexuality as the norm." Oh. Well
that may be because heterosexuality is the norm. If memory
A rant can't move a rubber tree
plant, but it can sit well in The Circle
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 andjust be
Tara Quinn an idiot.
CBMONEDitOS
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
As I attempt to finish my jun- to creep me out. I started enviior year at Marist, I would like sioning MY biography summed
to think of this semester as the up into an hour of old pictures
most memorable. After all, what
is the most memorable zeppelin
(save Led)? The Hindenberg.
The most memorable vessel of What was the most
theWhite Star Line? Titanic. memorable vessel of
My most memorable semester?
the- White Star Line?
Spring'99.
•
My most
Everyone hits the proverbial, Titanic.
(or literal in some drastic cases), memorable
semespower line or iceberg here and
'99,
there, but not everyone can vent ter?Spring
about it in a column. I think of
people with columns as the sort and interviews with friends and
that feel that they have to prove acquaintances. It basically said
something. I just want to prove that I sat around and watched
that I am not just another dumb OTHER peoples' Biographies all
college student soaking up my day and really never had the
parents' hard earned cash to go time to do anything of my own.
to college and complain about In short, I was a loser.
It bugs me that people talk
inadequate cable services. No.
I am just another dumb college about TV characters like they
student soaking up my parents' live next door, but neglect
hard earned cash to go to col- people next door like they are
lege and complain about inad- just a bunch of stupid people
equate cable services who hap- getting paid too much to expens to have a column. So there. change snide commentary and
Actually, having never expe- ponder petty problems.
Not only that, people watch
rienced cable at home, I must
admit that I am overly content all kinds of talk shows and ads
with the services to the point about losing weight and staythat I have missed class to catch ing healthy. The number one
the end of Northern Exposure. killer of Americans today is
I never really watched TV in alienation. Sure. .Why do
high school because my sister people have coronaries? They
held a monopoly on the tube eat too much fat. Why do they
that would put Wal-Mart to eat too much? They are bored
shame, not to mention that I was and lonely and look to televi-
The Jersey side
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 ofjamming 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 gayness.
In regards to the "Maristesque" 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
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 tofillit. 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 havetodo 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 tofillspace
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
awayfromwhat 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...
Op-Ed
April 15, 1999
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/ând
"Idlewild Airport," riot out of ignorance, but just to show that
v
you know the old names.
...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.
THE CIRCLE
PAGE 10
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 allegoryjn 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
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.
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 homeThe
made music echoing throughout Doug Guar.inof(a.k.a.
Spindoctor)
is
a-sophomore
campus. At the same time,'there
is something equally distaste- journalism major from East
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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'rrriarice 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
The high
price of'Cruel
Intentions'
byALEXHEINEMAN
Staff Writer
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.
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.
Reunion at The Chance and
Indecision at Goney Island High
byOflUSKMJDTSEN
Staff Writer
-
rtoreyour
Hyde Park
229-0330
APRIL IS. 1999
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-
Further Indecision at Coney Ission.
Along with old favorites, the landHigh
band also played some new
Indecision played another
material as they returned home
from their European tour with show in New York this weekend
Sick Of It All. Artie Philie, the at Coney Island High on Sunnew vocalist for Indecision de- day.
Around 400 kids came out for
scribed some of the differences
between shows at in Europe as the show, some standing out in
the rain, like me, in front of the
opposed to home.
"The crowd's always a lot doors. The floor was packed
different. Sometimes you get and the crowd filed all the way
older kids, sometimes younger. down past the bar since Coney
In England, there were more Island High is really only supposed to hold around 200 people
skins at the show."
As always, the band closed at maximum occupancy.
with the song, Hallowed Be Thy
The opening act, Voice Of
Name. Other crowd favorites Reason, showed up at the zero
included Shadowboxing and hour after getting lost in BrookPurgatory.
lyn. Since they were late, they
Indecision recently released only had time to play a half set
a new EP with some new mate- but they still managed to start
rial as well as older songs with off the show on a positive point.
Artie doing vocals. On Friday,
Following them was Long
April 16 they will be playing at Island's Overthrow. The deDeja One on Long Island with struction on the floor was at its
Leeway and several other worst during their set. This is
bands.
probably because some of the
If you have not seen Indeci- crowd followed them from home
sion live yet and plan to, expect to show their "strong island"
a furious pit because this Brook- pride. The only injury I noticed
lyn hardcore band generally in- during the pandemonium was a
cites the crowd into an old fash- ...please seeJM)EOSIOS,pg. 12
ioned slobber-knocker.
THE CIRCLE
THE-CIRCLE
*A & E ~
APRIL 15,1999
Totally
Theatre
by RACHAEL VOLLARO
Staff Writer
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.
6
PAGE 12
Simpsons' 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 trekto 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
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 ,
Pho'n finm I O X onluir
for students. Reservations can
'The Simpsons' continues to reign supreme in today's
be made by calling the box ofcartoon world despite competition from 'South Park .'
fice at 486-4648.
it is more "disgusting-offen- episode, something the.creatprs
' 110 In The Shade? opened
sive."
Anyone has ever of the show must be very proud
on Broadway in 1963, the same
watched the show can attest lo • of... 'The Simpsons' contains
season that the Broadway hits
that, with episodes centering on more of the topical dialogue that
Hello Dolly! and'Funny Girl'
. such"taboo subjects as alien anal . makes each new episode sucopened. It is the story of Lizzie
probes, homosexual hand-pup- ceed. The simply, hilarious reCurry, a western prairie vestal,
pets, and a-stillborn fetus at- verse stereotypes "(see:; Apu)
doomed in her heart to be a spintached to its mother's head. and pop-culture references
ster and convinced that she is
The show makes no attempt'at make the show a consistent winplain. Her two brothers, Jimmy a political agenda other than to ner. While 'SouthPark' will conand Noah, along with her likoffend at all costs. And offend . tinue to thrive as long as Kenny
able, sensible father, H.C. are
i t d o e s . Ori'ohe particularly finds a new, way to getniassa. straining to get her married. The
.witty jnstance.jjapanese.vpl- ....xjedât^melpbint in,ey,ery
most likely husband for Lizzie is
leybail commentator rendered show, "The Simpsons' "will out
File, the elusive, taciturn sherhis impression of Americans by last them.'
iff, but he claims to want none
opening his eyes wide and say- . Matt Grocning's new series
of her.
ing "Do you have any non- ; 'Futurama' follows in the tradiInto the picture steps
dairy creamer?" Pure genius. . tioh of "The Simpsons,'' but preStarbuck, a jaunty, high step. 'South Park' is the choice of sents a more,involved plot.
ping con man who pries $ 100 out
a new generation of ECW wres- 'Futurama' has the chance to be
of H.C. claiming he can save the
tling-loving-violence freaks. a cartoon that evolves with time
crops and cattle and the
The appeal of a character that .over the course of a few sea-,
parched summer land by makdies in,a new, and moire violent sons, which is 'The Simpsons'
ing rain within 24 hours. Lizzie
fashion in every episode is only serious., shortcoming.
knows Starbuck to be a.phony
something '.The Simpsons' sim- .Maggie will probably never say
and a liar; however, the persuaply cannot rival. However, a a complete sentence, and Bart
sive young dreamer awakens her
.best.., , . . .
. •.
• . single.two-minute clip of 'Itchy, will probably always be in the
to love and tenderness and in, 'South Park' has its memo- , & Scratchy' remainsmore vio- . fourth grade, but would you .resistence that she is desirable. In
rable moments, but on the whole .. lent than an entire 'South Park' ally want it.any other way?..
the end, when Starbuck loses
his own belief in himself, it is
restored by a miracle, rain, for.
the first time in his life.
Queen City Stage Company inNancy Auffarth will portray tern Christopher D A. Betz constarve myself for the entire day ging for mercy, your miserly
the character of Lizzie, Roger tributed to this article.
so that I may visit Noah's for thriftiness convinces you that
by CARLITO
ten cent wings. I have eaten you are ingesting the bargain of
Staff Drunk
wings at all of the Marist bars the century. So ultimately, you
By now most of you should and can honestly say that scarf down the entire plate of
wings only to regurgitate them
have realized that my article in Noah's offers the best
To be completely honest, it minutes later.
took the stage.
last issue's Circle was complete
...continuedfrom pg. 11
I believe die Renaissance
A similar set to the one on hogwash. That means that it does not really matter who's
bloody nose on the lead singer. Friday, only with more intensity was not factual. I know hog- wings you eat because if you Pub is also a Monday night hot
Victory's new talent, Grey got the crowd riled up. Once wash is an outdated term but are like me and„yoirt>rder 60 spot for wings-and if you enjoy
Area followed with a lighter set again, injuries seemed to non- who are you to judge me for my wings, after the first dozen your an abundance of fraternity
taste buds are numb. After 30 slaves flocking to the same lobut still kept the crowd alive. existent with the exception of a prehistoric vocabulary?
The lead singer announced half- few bruises on some of the more
Anyway, since I am an alco- the nauseating rumble in your cale, then by all means check it
rowdy
dancers.
way through their set that Kid
holic and will remain one until I stomach grows and although
... please see CARLITO, pg. 13
The night concluded with a drop dead from cirrhosis of the your digestive system is begDynamite would not be showing up due to the lack of a bass- powerful set from Ignite. Com- liver, I have acquired a sixth
ing out of California, Ignite has sense for being able to spot
ist.
- Stepping up to the capacity found a new home in New York quality bars. Here at Marist, the
crowd next was the growingly after recently signing to TVT selection of bars is quite limited
popular Fahrenheit 451. ~Defi~ Records. They seem to fit well and well, to put it bluntly, they
nitely knowing how to play off in the New York scene and will all pretty much suck. But, one
the crowd, they put on an awe- definitely be around more often. must utilize what they are given
Surprisingly at the end of the and that is where I come in.
some set that encouraged unity
This article will consist of a
as opposed to random, sense- night there were no stretchers
less acts of violence among the or major damages to club de- critique of Marist bars and a
spite the efforts of those that nightly recommendation of
fans.
Violence has always been climbed on the ceiling's rafters. which bars to frequent on evpart of the shows and always That happy little bit is the per- ery night of the week. Let us
start with Monday, shall we?
will be which was demonstrated fect end to the night.
Monday is the night that I
Info at www.yvreck-age.com.
when Brooklyn's Indecision
Carlito's art of bar-hopping
INDECISION: Brooklyn
band plays two shows in NY
Movie Quote of the Week
"There's nothing more
exhilarating than pointing out
the shortcomings of others, is
there?"
—Randal in 'Clerks'
PAGE 13
APRIL 15 1999
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.
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
This Sat.i April, 17, there will be a
benefit concert atSUNY, New
Paltz.
Bands will include Perfect Thyroid, 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 midnight. This may be Who Cares'
last performance eyerl
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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
to be deflowered by any slobbering drunk.
out. I realize many Circle readOn Tuesday nights they
ers may be in fraternities or so- have a very interesting special
rorities, so if I offended you by that they refer to as the
calling you a bunch of mindless "Bladderbuster." Basically you
slaves, too bad. I have got a drink urine out of a tap for a
pen and a voice and if you do quarter a cup until someone
not like what I have to say, turn uses the bathroom. This type
the page.
of special actually prods people
In a society where females to wear diapers to the bar. Many
are constantly complaining people do not and this is exemabout equality, they have en- plified by the permanent odor
dured favorable treatment in one emanating from the base of the
respect. The "Lady's Night" bar, which is a combination of
phenomena is one event that excreted nitrogenous waste and
feminists have failed to piss and vomit. This preposterous game
moan about. I do not under- of "damage your prostrate gland
stand it. They want chairmen for a cheap buzz" is played in
to be called chairpersons, so unison with N'Sync wannabes
should "Lady's Night" instead that degrade themselves on the
be called "Person's Night?" Karaoke machine. The scene is
Anyway, there is one bar that, laughable for the first three minafter serious lobbying by utes, but I am eventually filled
Marist's Gender Equality Club, with rage when witnessing this
has equalized the sexually bi- blatant lack of vocal ability. If
ased bar industry by instituting you go to McCoy's on a Tuesday night, bring a gun to elimia "Guy's Night."
Tuesday nights at Brady's nate annoying Karaokeers.
As far as I am concerned,
Public AleHouse gives guys
one free drink with every pur- Wednesday night does not exchased one. It is not exactly as ist. I am sure people go out but
benevolent as "Lady's Night" where they go, I do not know
specials but it is a small step in and I do not care. Thursday
mankind's race towards gender night is a big night out at Marist.
equality. The down side to hav- The Renaissance Pub, also
ing a men's night is that only known as Renny's, and the Cacmen show up. If I were homo- tus Club are the two hot spots
sexual, Tuesday nights at on Thursday nights and they
Brady's would be like Christ- both have similar drink specials.
mas, and although I have You can get inebriated at either
thought about becoming a bar with seven dollars in your
switch hitter, I think I will stay pocket. Most of the people
reading this article are probably
right where I am.
McCoy's is conveniently lo- not old enough to get into the
cated across the street from Cactus Club and that is a shame
Marist, which is good news for because it is an entertaining mix
all you freshmen that are not old of Marist students and shady
enough to drive. This bar is locals. If you go to Renny's on
generally a pedophile feeding Thursday night, you will ineviground and a haven for fresh- tably get drunker than you anmen girls that would eagerly like ticipated and end up dancing to
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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?
...continued from.pg. 12
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, hiphugging 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.
THE CIRCLE
Sports
April 15.1999
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 (3r7) 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'season.
Baseball Boxscore vs. Fairfield GM2 Saturday
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Baseball - 4/15. @ Lehigh 3 p.m.
4/17 @ Siena (DH) noon
4/18 @ St. Peter's (DH) noon
Recap of National League pre- not heard of any of the players with excuses to have the day off.
4/21 Home vs. Rider (DH) noon
dictions last week: Chipper they were getting in return. That
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 dingerfriendly 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.'second 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 jumprightinto 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
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MAAC Baseball Standings
North Division MAAC
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Rider
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Fairfield
Manhattan
St Peter's
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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
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 playfirstand 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
OVERALL
Siena
12 2
LeMoyne
9 3
Marist
6 4
Niagara
7 6
Canisius
4 10
South Division
8 3
5 7
5 9
5 9
2 10
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Sports
April 15,1999
PAGE 14
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 Manhattan 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
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 nohitter 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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Canisius 12
Women's Lax - 4/6 Lasalle 20, Marist 5 4/8 Fairfield
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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.
April 15,1999
Quote of the Week
THE CIECLE
Sports
"It was nice tofinallybe rewarded for our efforts." -Jim
Mekovitz on the lacrosse
team's comeback victory
PAGE 16
Baseball team steals two winsfromStags
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 doubleheader 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
thefirstinning 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
throughtfireeinnings, 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.
Circle photo/Jeremy Smith
Marist baseball won a thrilling doubleheader against Fairfield..
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, however, 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.
home Toscano for what proved doubled in Easton, and all of a
to be a much needed insurance sudden the tying run was on
run.
second and the go-ahead run
In the top of the seventh, was at the plate in the form of
Fairfield finally got their bats Paul Macchio. Olore then sumgoing as catcher Sean Easton moned up all he had left and
singled to open the inning. A struck out Macchio looking to
strikeout and a ground ball later, end the game.
Third baseman Jimmy Willis the Red Foxes were one out
As good as game one was,
beat out a bunt with one out in away from victory with Easton game two may have been even
inning and advanced to third on on second base. Second better as Marist came back
shortstop Jeff Tafuto's single. baseman Christian Jung then
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
Circle photiVJeicmy Smilli
bunt single. Willis then doubled
.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 69 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, scatteringfivehits 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 75.
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 thefirstgame 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
RBIfromHarris, 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 thefinalframe, falling one
run short of tying the game.
After all was said and done,
Harris paced Marist by going 23 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.

Vol. 52 No. 16 , April 15 , 1999

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