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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2003
THE CIRCLE845-575-3000 EXT. 2429
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Marshall U arepretty smart
Unlimited service andfree long distance is areality to 500 students atMarshall University. pg. 4
Hey, I didn’t buythat!Guard yourself againstidentity theft. You neverknow what could happen.pg. 4
No shame in slacking offEnjoy your sweatpantsand procrastination techniques now, beforeyou get in the real world.pg. 6
No such thing astoo much JohnMayerHis live album, “AnyGiven Thursday” pumpsout two cds worth ofrocking hits. pg. 11
Married byAmerica... nowthere’s an idea.
Or not. Reality televisionhas become a plague toour western culture. pg. 11
VOLUME 56, ISSUE 16
THE CIRCLEThe student newspaper of Marist College
Weekend Weather
ThursdayPartly sunny.Highs 25 to 35.
FridayMostly cloudy.Snow showers inthe evening. Highs25 to 35.
Sunday Mostly cloudy withsnow showers inthe evening. Lowsnear 20, highs 30.
SaturdayPartly cloudy, witha chance of snow.Lows 10 to 20 andhighs 25 to 35.
Seniors honoredwith a win.In his final home game,Nick Eppehimer dropped20 points in the men’sbasketball victory overIona. pg. 12
by Alissa BrewStaff Writer
The science career panel andluncheon, held on Wednesday,Feb. 19, 2003, was one of themany panel discussions organ-ized this year. The Center forCareer Services has providedMarist students with opportuni-ties in each of the schools for achance to meet professionals intheir field for the past four years.
Since September of this year,Career Services has planned apanel discussion for the schoolof management and business,computer science, and the schoolof social/ behavioral scienceamong others.
Career Services’ focus is tobenefit students by having themask the panelists questions abouttheir line of work, salary, andwhat they should do as studentsto prepare for future job opportu-nities. Many of the panelists areMarist alumni, the most recentbeing Katy Harrison, a medicaltechnologist and graduate of theclass of 2000.
Desmond Murray, assistantdirector of field experience said,
“The students really look to them[alumni].”
Murray points out that Maristalumni are more apt to under-stand the process a junior or sen-ior is going through at this pointin their academic career, becausethey just went through it them-selves.
Other panelists included JohnMcGinnis (class of ‘97),Scientist at Wyeth Research, PhilGaylor (class of ‘95), ProjectManager at ApexEnvironmental, Inc., JonathonChurins (class of ‘98), ProjectFacilitator at Dutchess CountyWater and Wastewater Authority,Todd Antenucci (class of ‘97),Associate Scientist at Vantico,and Dori Kerner, Patient/FamilyLiaision at the JointReplacement Center, St. FrancisHospital.
Another benefit of attendingthe career panels specific to yourmajor is that companies alsolook for interns. The exhibitorfor the science panel was BrianManley, a technical center man-ager at Sygenta Inc., who waslooking for six students to fillintern positions at his company
during the summer. Not only is this a good experi-
ence for the student, it is also anopportunity for a future job posi-tion at that company. Studentsare encouraged to talk furtherwith the panelists after the dis-cussion in hopes of getting abusiness card or even submittheir resumes.
Murray said that it’s “like arelationship.” Students that areaggressive enough can come outof these meetings with a mentor
or a job. The process of network-ing helps to ease the transition ofgetting out of college and intothe workforce.
Only a few students had beenselected by their professors toattend the luncheon that was heldbefore the panel discussion.Those students were DianaMateus, Kim Lauria, PaulTekverk, Nirvani Persuad, GeysaAristy, Dawn Tschudy, andChristine Palombo.
Among the others who partici-
pated were professors of the science department at Marist. Thepanel discussion that was heldafter in the Performing ArtsRoom was open to anyone whointerested.
Even if you are not ready tosubmit a resume just yet, it is agood idea to check out these dis-cussions. It can give you a feel asto what opportunities will beavailable to you when decidingwhat career is right for you.
Science joins list of panel subjects
by Cassi MatosCo-News Editor
In an effort to educate studentsabout why 60-80 percent ofAmerican people are unhappywith how they look on a day-to-day basis, Yvonne Poley, aMarist College counselor, gave alecture on body image this pastMonday, Feb. 25. Alpha SigmaTao helped promote the lecturein honor of National EatingDisorders Week.
Poley’s work has been devoted
to finding out “why so manypeople express that they areunhappy with how they look orhow they feel like they look.”
According to Poley, a person’sbody image refers to his or hermental representation of his orherself. It includes not only thevisual image that people carry,but how they feel about it. Slideswere shown depicting peoplewho are happy with their bodies.People who are comfortable withthemselves have a good bodyimage and this can be seen
through the way they move aboutin their bodies.
Body image also takes intoaccount all the messages peoplereceive about body image overthe course of his or her lives.Some of the messages peoplereceive about their body’s comefrom the media. Some of thenegative images that the mediasends to people are that they aretoo fat, too curvaceous, too puny,or too plain.
However, Poley pointed outthat most images seen in the
media are of people who do notactually exist. Most pictureshave been airbrushed to makemodels look better. By doingthis, the media sends a false sym-bol of what is healthy and good-looking.
Research has shown that mostwomen seriously underestimatewhat men find to be attractive,and men overestimate whatwomen find to be attractive.
While Poley admits that it isnot a bad thing to be concernedwith how we look, she said, “the
problem is when looks becomemore important then who we are,what we know and can what wecan enjoy and share.”
She offers this advice: try notto compare yourself with others.Use your mind and body to dothings that matter to you.
The same lecture will be pre-sented again next week onMonday, March 3 at 12 p.m. inthe PAR.
Counselor provides lecture on body imageYvonne Poley discusses why many people today are unhappy with their looks
The Center for Career Services hosts science career panel and luncheon
Marist Money now accepted at Applebee’s
PHOTO CREDIT/ MELISSA MOZZA
by Cassi MatosCo-News Editor
Are you sick of the dining halland the Cabaret? Marist Collegeis happy to announce that as ofMonday, Feb. 24, Marist Moneywill be accepted at theApplebee’s Neighborhood Barand Grill, across the street onRoute 9.
Sophomore Jason Chrzanowskisaid this was a good move for
Applebees. “It is the best thing Applebees
could have done. It will bring alot more business,” saidChrzanowski.
The Marist CardOffice and theDivision of StudentAffairs has also statedthat additional mer-chants will be added tothe Marist Money pro-gram in early March.Students will be able to
identify all retail locations accepting Marist Money by theMarist Money logo stickeraffixed near their cash registers.
When students use their cardsat these locations they will
be required to sign areceipt and will be given acopy for their ownrecords, much like the useof a debit or credit card.
Sophomore Brian JoseMangan said being able to
use Marist Money off-cam-pus is easier.
“Applebees will get more busi-ness because it is more conven-ient than carrying around cash,”said Mangan.
Cardholders may not purchasealcohol or tobacco products withMarist Money.
As of now, only the bill can bepaid using the card and tips mustbe paid in cash. However, theMarist Card Office is working ongetting this included as part ofthe Marist Money transaction.
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Antenucci, McGinnis, Churins, Harrison, Kerner, and Gaylor discuss their ideas and answer questionsfrom th audience.
Indian Point: Too close for campus comfort by Alex Panagiotopoulos
Staff Writer
September 11 was a day thatnot only made us grieve in thepresent; it made us uneasy aboutthe future.
It is believed that Osama BinLaden is still alive, and his
'recently released audio tapes'suggest future attacks on theUnited States.
As the government proclaimsthe possibility of an imminentterrorist attack, the countryremains at a heightened state ofalert. Speculation about the nextpossible terrorist target has
turned the gaze of the lowerHudson Valley to the IndianPoint nuclear power plant inBuchanan, NY.
Unfortunately, it seems as ifIndian Point is ill prepared for aterrorist attack. Marist Collegeis only 30 miles away from theplant, falling into the "Peak
Injury Zone" in the event of ameltdown.
Freshman Eric Ashmontexpressed concern about theIndian Point situation.
"Its scary to think about, espe-cially because its out of myhands," Ashmont said.
Greg Morse echoed Ashmont's
concern, considering the proxim-ity of the power plant.
"It's a scary thought to be soclose to a potential disaster,"Morse said.
The New York Times reportedthat several guards who work atthe plant said that they are spread
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Men’s Swimming andDiving team continuetheir dominance.The team captured their8th MAAC title with ease.pg. 12
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The CircleJennifer C. Haggerty
Katherine SlautaManaging Editor
Paul SeachSports Editor
Lauren PennaCopy Editor
James SkeggsOpinion Editor
Dan “Tease Me” RoyLayout/Community [email protected]
Matt DunningA&E Editor
Cassi MatosCo-News Editor
Courtney KretzCo-News [email protected]
Karla KleinBusiness Manager
Megan LizotteFeatures Editor
Joe GuardinoDistribution Manager
G. Modele Clarke Faculty Advisor
The Circle is the weekly student newspaper of MaristCollege. Letters to the editors, announcements, andstory ideas are always welcome, but we cannot pub-lish unsigned letters. Opinions expressed in articlesare not necessarily those of the Editorial board.
The Circle staff can be reached at 575-3000 x2429 orletters to the editor can be sent [email protected].
Security Briefs
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Alex HouseFriday, March 7, 9:00 p.m.
Come see this comedian in the Cabaret and enjoyfree food and drinks along with a lot of laughs.
Body Image and Eating Problems inour World Monday, March 3, noonIf an eating disorder haunts you or someone youknow come to the PAR on the third.
Electronic Moviemaking auditionsThursday, March 5, 11:00 a.m.
Student movie producers are looking for actors. Soput your acting cap on and come to Lowell Thomasroom 210 with a prepared monologue.
Majors FairWednesday, March 5, 11:00 a.m.
For all you misguided and lost children, theCabaret is hosting an event to tempt your majorsweet tooth.
Meridith LeVande Wednesday, March 5, 9:00 p.m.
Come experience the cool tunes of this folk singerin the PAR. She’s a nice blend of Blondie, LisaLoeb, Beatles and... a touch of Natalie Merchant.
Foreign FilmThursday, February 27, 7:00 p.m.
Amores Perros, the latest Spanish Foreign Film willbe held in the PAR.
“The World of Writing According toAdriana Trigiani”
Tuesday, March 4, 7:30 p.m.Television writer, producer, and author of the BigStone Gap Novels will be the center of attention atthe Spring Honors Lecture in the Henry HudsonRoom, Fontaine Hall.
Greek CornerSigma Sigma Sigma would like to welcome theAlpha Beta class. Congratulations to...Kara Dominick Katie FresloneMegan Glinkin Megan HernandezJennie Mende Jackie MitchellMichelle Rosbozom
EventsCalender
Compiled by Ed Williams IIIStaff Writer
Tuesday Feb. 18The big snow storm thatrocked the campus last weekbrought out the trusty Maristsnowplows to try to tackle the19 inches of snow dumped onus. There was a minor acci-dent in the Riverview parkinglot though, as one of the plowsslid into a Jeep. There wasminor damage to the Jeep andthe snowplow remainedunscathed in the incident.
Tuesday Feb. 18The smoke alarm in the OldTownhouses A-block soundedat 10:32 a.m., providing fur-ther evidence that Maristshould invest in bringing theFood Channel to their list oftelevision channels. The alarmsounded because one ofMarist's culinary wizards triedto get their bacon extra crispy,but instead wound up withbacon that was extra charred.
Wednesday Feb. 19Who likes to party?Champagnat kids like to party.Champagnat made an earlybid to hold onto their dormlead in alcohol-related inci-dents when a student stum-bled back home at about 12:30a.m. The student was unableto swipe and had temporarilyforgotten how to say hisABC's. He was allowed to sitin the breezeway to sober upbefore retiring to his domicilefor the evening.
Wednesday Feb. 19Just 15 minutes later at 12:45a.m., Leo chimed in with theirfirst incident of the week asthe entry officer in the fresh-man dorm noticed a hint ofpot fill the air upon the stu-dent's arrival. A search of thestudent's backpack uncovered
a bong, which was promptlyconfiscated. No marijuanawas found, however.
Wednesday Feb. 19There's a saying that goes,"the world is your canvas."Someone narrowed thatexpression down a bit and feltthat the cafeteria was theircanvas as they plastered thecafeteria door and neighbor-ing stairwell with some graffi-ti, and the artist remainsanonymous.
Wednesday Feb. 19An alarm sounded signalingto the officer on-duty inMarian Hall that there was aproblem with one of thesmoke detectors at 5:15 a.m.The officer went to investigatethe situation, and found locat-ed the room where the prob-lem originated. A student inthe room claimed that thesmoke alarm had fallen fromthe ceiling on its own. A chairwas found directly underneathwhere the alarm had fallenfrom, but security took thestudent's word for it.
Wednesday Feb. 19The attack of the Marist snow-plows continued at about 4:45p.m. A snowplow slid intoanother car, this time a whiteNissan, leaving the vehiclewith minor damage to the dri-ver's side front door. Onceagain, the snowplow remainedunharmed.
Friday Feb. 21Midrise was the site of anoth-er alcohol confiscation at10:00 p.m. Two guests tried togain entrance into the dormwhen security searched one oftheir backpacks, and uncov-ered 18 cans of Bud Light.
The alcohol was confiscated,and the two guests wereescorted off campus.
Friday Feb. 21The fire alarms blared in theold townhouses again, thistime in the C-block at 9:38a.m. Burnt food was the causeof the smoke, and FairviewFire Department promptlyresponded. Perhaps these stu-dents should stick to cereal forbreakfast.
Saturday Feb. 22Security was greeted by theRD on duty at 1:11 a.m., andhe came bearing gifts. Wellnot gifts, exactly, but he had26 cans of Miller beer thatwere confiscated from LowerWest Cedar Q-block. This isLower West's first appearancethis semester for an alcohol-related incident.
Saturday Feb. 22Leo Hall gets another tick onthe stat sheet. At 1:25 a.m. afemale student stumbled backinto her dorm and failed to usethe ever-so-complicated swip-ing mechanism, and alsoproved to have an alcohol-induced speech impediment.Fairview Ambulance took herto St. Francis Hospital forobservation.
Saturday Feb. 22A half keg was discovered inthe basement bathroom ofBenoit at 10:00 p.m. The kegwas all by its lonesome, andall of the residents deniedownership of the beer dispens-ing apparatus. Since no onefessed up to owning the keg,security said, "it was taken tothe lab for prints." Stay tunedfor results of the investigation.
Saturday Feb. 22As baseball spring training isbeginning to get underway,the beer pong season is in fullswing and going strong. Agrueling contest was brokenup by security in Upper WestCedar X-block, though, at10:48 p.m. Two unauthorizedvisitors were forced to leavethe campus, and the beer pongequipment was confiscated. Amake-up date has not yet beenannounced for the contest.
This week's alcohol and drug-related incidents shows aminor shake up in the overallstandings. In a relatively slowweek, Leo edged out all con-tenders with two incidents thisweek, which also moves theminto a tie with ChampagnatHall for the semester lead.Stay tuned next week as therace heats up.
Rob McGuinnessWire Editor
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SWeekly alcohol or drug-related incidents tally bydorms:Leo - 2Champagnat - 1 Benoit - 1 Midrise - 1 Lower West Cedar - 1 Upper West Cedar - 1
Semester's total of alco-hol or drug-related inci-dents by dorms:Champagnat - 8Leo - 8 Marian - 4 Sheahan - 3 Benoit - 2Midrise - 2 Upper West Cedar - 2Lower West Cedar - 1 Donnelly - 1Gartland - 1
A Marist student hasreceived international atten-tion on her work concerningthe new trend in Internet vot-ing.
Trisha Woolley, anInformation Systems graduatestudent will present herresearch paper “I-Voting: ToHave or not to Have?” this
May in Philadelphia.The paper explores the
application of the Internet topublic elections and electronicdemocracy in the UnitedStates.
As stated in her research,Woolley said, “One wouldthink that by the 21st Centurythe most technologicallyadvanced country in the worldwould be able to accurately
count votes.” It also examines the relation
between customers and busi-nesses.
The project began in 2002while Woolley was enrolled inthe course InformationSystems Policy for her BS inInformation Systems. Afterdebating various issues withher research, Woolley workeddirectly with associate profes-sor Craig Fisher to create her
final formal paper and submitit to the InformationResources ManagementAssociation (IRMA) 2003International Conference.
“This is a great example ofStudent-Faculty research thatled to a nice paper beingaccepted at a conference,”said Fisher. “It is a win-winsituation for the student, thefaculty and Marist College.”
by, Katherine SlautaManaging Editor
Student to present I-Voting paper in Philidelphia
Indian Point: Too close for comfort for Marist ...from covert o ot h i na n dinade-quate-l ytrained
to fight intruders. In the case ofan aerial assault, most commer-cial jetliners are large and fastenough to penetrate the five-foot concrete walls that protectthe nuclear reactors, and theburning jet fuel would beenough to overcome the con-
tainment systems. A report filed by independent
consultant James Witt pointedout many flaws in the emer-gency plans that would be usedin the event of nuclear melt-down. The radioactive materialspewing into the atmospherewould create a "Peak FatalityZone" for 17 miles around theplant, with a "Peak Injury Zone"for 50 miles around.
Freshman Heather Walkewiczexpressed disbelief at the possi-bility of a terrorist attack
impacting the Hudson Valley."I can't believe terrorists could
affect us here," Walkewicz said."I thought that stuff only hap-pened in the cities."
The evacuation plan onlyaccounts for people within 5miles of the plant, but it wouldbe necessary to evacuate all 20million people living in the met-ropolitan area and the lowerHudson Valley to avoid pro-longed exposure to nuclear radi-ation. This happens to be themost densely populated zone
with a nuclear power plant inthe United States. When askedfor his reaction this information,freshman Dan Butler said that itmade him, "very, very scared."
The possibility of a terroristattack has also become a majorargument in the fight to get thenuclear power plant closed.
Freshman Ryan Wimmer sug-gested energy alternatives.
"Maybe they should think of anew power source that's a littleless deadly to us," Wimmer said.
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GUEST PASS POLICY CHANGE?DENIED
Support Your Student Government
You may or may not know that Student Government submitted anew Guest Pass Policy over a year ago. This policy was aimed ateliminating the $3 fee, as well as making registration much moreefficient for the student. Rather than going to Housing days inadvance, one could get the pass right at the front desk when theirguest arrived. Student Government was told by the StudentAffairs office on a number of occasions that the policy would gointo effect. Specifically it was to begin September ’02 which waseventually DENIED. It was then to begin January ’03, butonce again was DENIED. A proposed online Guest PassPolicy was also met with heavy resistance. These small stepswhich we had hoped would lead to larger changes in the policywere denied. How are we supposed to move forward when weare DENIED at the first step?
You want to know why this policy was DENIEDSo do we!
Call Student Affairs at x 3515
By Caron AlarabOregon Daily Emerald
(U. Oregon)
(U-WIRE) EUGENE, Ore. — On Jan. 25,an unidentified female University ofOregon student was called at her residencehall room by an unconfirmed company andasked to provide a slew of personal infor-mation for financial aid purposes.
After becoming suspicious of the caller’sintent for the information, the student can-celed her credit cards, restricted her bankaccount access and reported the incident tothe Eugene Police Department.
But in the opinion of Department ofPublic Safety officers, EPD officers andthe Federal Trade Commission, post-inci-dent actions are not half as important aspublic awareness and prevention methodswhen it comes to potential identity theft.
“It’s a big epidemic,” said EPDCommunity Service Officer ErikHumphrey.
Considering identity thieves can use per-sonal information for everything fromopening new credit card accounts to buyingcars, Humphrey suggests safe-guarding allforms of information that could possibly beused in the crime.
“A Social Security number is the flood-gate,” he said. “If someone has multipleforms of identification, it’s much worse.”
The Federal Trade Commission offers awealth of advice on what to do to preventidentity theft as well as what to do if vic-timized. Concerned individuals can takeseveral measures to minimize their risk,including ordering credit report copiesfrom each of the three major credit bureaus,avoiding the use of personal informationfor account passwords and shredding dis-carded statements and receipts.
Other recommended actions include car-rying only needed identification informa-
tion,paying attention to bill cycles andproviding a Social Security number spar-ingly. In the event of information misuse ortheft, the victim should take three stepsimmediately: contact credit bureau frauddepartments, close all endangered accountsand file a report with local authorities.
Besides financial burden, Humphrey saididentity theft could jeopardize a victim’sentire future by causing lingering problemsresulting in a horrible credit history.
“There are several prongs to identity theftand its consequences,” he said. “Thereneeds to be a heightened awareness so thatindividuals are not so trusting in giving outtheir information.”
DPS Associate Director Tom Hicks said asupposed representative of a company calledClout, which claimed association with anorganization called National Universities,contacted the victimized University student.The unidentified caller, described as a person-able male, first asked the student to confirmher address and phone number, then to pro-vide more personal information to determineher eligibility for financial aid, Hicks said. The
stu-dent, somewhat suspicious, asked the caller afew questions before she provided him withher date of birth, her income from the pre-vious year, her social security number andher mother’s maiden name, Hicks said.
“Mother’s maiden name should be a redflag,” Humphrey said. “If someone triesthat, contact EPD right away.”
Hicks said the closest match to the namedorganization is the National UniversitiesCommission, but DPS has not been able toconfirm if Clout is a true company. In theevent others receive similar calls, Hicksadvised students to ask for a written requestfor the information. He added that a legiti-mate company should be considerate ofone’s decision to refrain from giving outinformation over the telephone.
Identity theft victims are advised to file acomplaint with the FTC’s Identity TheftHotline by telephone at 1-877-IDTHEFT, bymail, or online atwww.consumer.gov / id the f t .
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Marshall U. to issue cell phones to studentsBy Dustin R. Opell
The Parthenon (Marshall U.)
(U-WIRE) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. —John Marshall Commons, to be com-pleted in August at Marshall University,will feature cellular phones for residentsrather than the traditional landlines.
Students moving into MarshallCommons, the university’s newest resi-dence halls, will be the first in the nationto use mobile phones instead of landlinephones.
The Department of Residence Services
contracted West Virginia Wireless toprovide a free mobile phone with unlim-ited local calling and unlimited long dis-tance to each of the 500 students movinginto Marshall Commons.
Joseph Whitt, information systemstechnician, has been working on the 30-page contract for more than a year now.
“This will revolutionize the way high-er education deals with telecommunica-tions all across the country — andMarshall is the leader,” Whitt said.
Because Marshall is the first college totry using mobile phones instead of land-line phones, it was decided to “test” it
out on Marshall Commons first.At this time, nothing is being done to
include the other six residence halls oncampus, according to Whitt.
“It’s unfair because that’s a great lux-ury all students should have,” BrittanyLacy, a freshman international affairsmajor from Bluefield, said.
Whitt looked at a number of localwireless companies and said WestVirginia Wireless offered the best planfor students. He said the cellular phoneswould end up being cheaper than thelandline phones.
“If a student has a friend in California,
they can stay on the phone 24 hours aday, 7 days a week, at no additionalcharge to the student,” Whitt said.“What better way is there for students tohave a 24-hour access line to friends andfamily?”
Each student will receive the same cel-lular phone, a Nokia 3190. The packagenot only offers the unlimited local call-ing and unlimited long distance, but alsohas caller identification, call waiting andthree-way calling.
“I’m excited and can’t believe it at thesame time,” Kellie Corey, a freshmancriminal justice major, said. “I spend alot of my money calling home. This willhelp out a lot.”
Students can take the phones any-
where and call anyone at anytime forfree, but they will have to pay for anydamages made to the phones.
“These cell phones belong toMarshall, so we’re going to pay thebill,” Whitt said. “But, if a student wereto damage a phone, he or she will bebilled the exact cost it takes to replacethe phone.”
Marshall Commons is expected toopen in August and the cellular phoneswill be available to students at that time.Although Whitt said most studentsalready know how to us a cell phone,residence services will offer a class atthe beginning of the semester explainingthe functions of the phones and theresponsibility of each student.
500 residents to enjoy unlimited mobile service
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By Keren HendersonKentucky Kernel
(U. Kentucky)
(U-WIRE) LEXINGTON, Ky.— If some students get theirway, the University ofKentucky’s visitation policy willbe thrown out for a more liberalone.
A survey conducted byResidence Life found that 66.25percent of the approximately1,500 hall residents whoresponded tothe survey saidthey prefer a24-hour, sevendays a weekpolicy. Another27.12 percent said they prefer a24-hour weekend visitation poli-cy. Only 5.65 percent of respon-dents liked the current policy.
The survey results came just intime for the Visitation PolicyAdvisory Committee to incorpo-rate the findings into their report.The committee, appointed inNovember 2002 by Vice Presidentfor Student Affairs Patricia Terrell,is a week away from a final recom-mendation.
Randy Gonzalez, assistant tothe vice president for studentaffairs and committee chairman,said student opinion is a majorconsideration.
“Clearly, I don’t think we could
ever go forward with a change ina policy like this without studentsupport,” he said.
Jim Wims, director of ResidenceLife, presented the survey resultsto committee members in lastFriday’s meeting. He said that anyform of 24-hour visitation waspreferable to the status quo.
Student committee membersfrom Student Government andResident Student Council said thesurvey results were a good repre-sentation of what students want.
“Because of theresponse (stu-dents) gave, wewill probably seea broader pro-gram,” said NoahFriend, a
Resident Student Council mem-ber.
Other major concerns are safe-ty, parent opinion and the suc-cess of 24-hour policies atbenchmark institutions.
During last week’s meeting,Gonzalez reminded the commit-tee that its purpose is to makerecommendations, not a policy.
“We will not have an outcomethat is a policy,” he said. “Thepolicy will become what PatTerrell decides.”
Students will know if theirpreference for 24-hour visita-tion becomes policy by March1, the deadline for Terrell’sdecision.
‘66.25 percent of the approx-imately 1,500 hall residentswho responded to the surveysaid they prefer a 24-hour,seven days a week policy’
UK students seekingliberal visitor policy
Pearl remembered at Stanford, across worldBy Sara Ines Calderon
The Stanford Daily(Stanford U.)
(U-WIRE) STANFORD,Calif. — Last Friday markedthe one-year anniversary ofthe death of Wall StreetJournal reporter andStanford University alumnusDaniel Pearl, Class of 1985.
Memorial services wererecently held throughout theworld in New York, Los
Angeles, Toronto, London, Paris andJerusalem to commemorate Pearl, who wasthe Journal’s South Asia bureau chief.
Pearl was killed in Karachi, Pakistanafter being abducted in January 2002while writing a story about Richard Reid,who was billed “the shoe bomber.” OnFeb. 21, 2002, the State Departmentrevealed that Pearl was dead after itreceived a videotape from his kidnappersthat documented his execution. Three menwere later sentenced to life imprisonmentand one man to death for the kidnappingand murder of Pearl.Communication Prof. Henry Breitrose, who
taught Pearl when he was a communicationmajor at Stanford, commented that journal-ism has become a more dangerous profes-sion. “Journalism is no longer a privileged profes-sion, in the sense that journalists were oncethought to possess a certain amount of immu-
nity,” Breitrose said. “It’s made journalism amuch more dangerous profession, whichmeans that . . . what the public will know willbe managed by both our government and ourenemies.”
After Pearl’s death, an anonymous alum-nus established an endowed fund in theDepartment of Communication to com-memorate his work and ideals. The DanielPearl Memorial Fund was established asan endowed undergraduate scholarshipwith a preference for students majoring inCommunication.
Vauhini Vara, a junior majoring in interna-tional relations and minoring in economicsand creative writing, is the first Daniel PearlMemorial Journalism intern. She will workin the Hong Kong foreign bureau of theJournal this summer.
Daniel Pearl
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Follow these rules to become a slackerby Aubrey Roff
Staff Writer
One of my friends has this shirtthat says "slacker" on the front.Personally, I think that everyoneon campus should own one.
College is the only place whereyou can be a true slacker and getaway with it. I mean, whenyou're home, your parents canmake sure you do the things you
need to get done. When you're inthe so-called real world, you'reobligated to do things you other-wise wouldn't. But during thesefour years, besides classes,you're not obligated to do muchof anything. This, of course,leads to the slacker syndrome.
So, what defines this disorder?There are many obvious charac-teristics. First, clothing. In highschool, I never would have wornsweatpants anywhere but gym
class. Now, I haven't worn jeansto a class before eleven since thefirst week of freshman year. Myroommate was forced to do laun-dry after she ran out of pajamapants and hoodies. She ran out ofsocks, and instead of washingthen, just bought more.
Second, free time.Hypothetically, free time inbetween classes and weekendscould be spent doing homework,or even doing something rela-
tively productive, such as clean-ing your apartment, or runningerrands. Or it could be spentwatching the entire third seasonof Sex and the City. Usually, Ipick the third choice!
The computer is the next dis-traction in the "slacker" lifestyle.How many away messages canyou check to avoid doing work?You could definitely download aDave Matthews bootleg insteadof cleaning your room. You
could IM your roommate, who issitting across the room from you.You can look at Coach bags andpretend you can afford them.
Fourth, doing pointless things.You have a paper due tomorrow.You could write it. Or you couldgo to the mall just to "lookaround." You could go toMarina's and get a chicken roll.You could go to somebody else'sroom, just too see what they'redoing…and stay for three hours.
So if you're not already a slack-er, be one. Download South Parkepisodes instead of doing yourmath homework. Rearrange allthe student pictures on your wall.Watch just one more 80's movie.Play Snood. Lay around on thecouch for an hour, and then makethe decision to get up and dosomething…like change youraway message.
Study shows a third of students switch schoolsby Paul Filice
The Daily Aztec(San Diego State U.)
(U-WIRE) SAN DIEGO -- Areyou a transfer student or havefriends who are? If so, you're notalone. Transferring to differentcolleges is common. A recentstudy by the U.S. Department ofEducation found that almost athird of college students transferto another university beforegraduating.
The study -- which is part of areport called, "DescriptiveSummary of 1995-96Postsecondary Students: SixYears Later" -- followed morethan 10,000 students who began
college in 1996. At San Diego State University,about 50 percent of studentsentering the university each yearare transfers, Ernst Griffin, assis-tant to the associate vice presi-dent of academic affairs, said.
About 22 percent of freshmenleave SDSU at the end of theirfirst year, Sandra Cook, execu-tive director of enrollment serv-ices, said. In 2001, 70 percent ofthose who were academically eli-gible to return went to anotherschool.
Why do students choose totransfer?
"There are probably as manyreasons as there are students,"Griffin said.
A major reason is that manystudents in California start in
community colleges, so theyhave to transfer to a four-yearschool to earn their degrees, hesaid. Also, personal factors,financial situations and academicconcerns play big roles in whystudents transfer.
Some students may feel SDSUis too big for them, Griffin said.They may feel disconnectedfrom the university or wantsomething the school doesn'thave.
The study also found that 11percent of students have takenclasses at two schools concur-rently. At SDSU, many stu-dents take classes at communitycolleges simultaneously becauseit may be cheaper or more con-venient, Griffin said. However,the educational experience stu-
dents receive at SDSU should besuperior to one at a communitycollege, he said.
Some students take classes atSDSU and UCSD simultaneous-ly and have the advantage ofbeing able to see the differentways the schools approach edu-cation, Griffin said.
Students transferring from onecollege to another may havetrouble adjusting to the school-work or the surroundings of anunfamiliar environment. SDSUspends several million dollarseach year to help students adjustto various aspects of college life.
"The way a student can succeedin a big university or any bigorganization is finding a way tomake it theirs," he said.
Students should get to know
their faculty personally, he said. "Transferring from a JC to
SDSU or any university is a bigmess because there are so manydifferent requirements you haveto fulfill," said Kamran Syed, acomputer engineering juniorwho transferred to SDSU afterattending a junior college forabout three years.
"Every counselor has differentadvice for you."
SDSU offers academic andcounseling services to help newstudents. While no programs arespecifically designed for trans-fers, the Faculty/StudentMentoring Program offers class-es to assist them, Cook said.
It's difficult to accommodatecurrent students and new transferstudents with advising, she said.
SDSU tries to give transfer stu-dents an evaluation of their cred-its within their first semester.Then they can use the Web Portalonline to get a degree audit any-time to keep track of theirrequirements.
"I would encourage all transferstudents to go to the transfer ori-entation," Cook said. At orientation, which usuallyoccurs in June, transfer studentsmeet their faculty advisors. Ifstudents have questions, theyshould always ask and neverassume anything, she said.
Students should also contactthe Advising Center to see whenthey can have their transcriptslooked over, Cook said.
Nothing’s off limits at Brown UAccording to Onion editor
by Joshua S. EdwardsBrown Daily Herald
(Brown U.)
(U-WIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I.- In the fictional 130-plus yearhistory of The Onion, the satiri-cal newspaper has poked fun atthe Hindenburg disaster, theKennedy assassination, and --more recently -- the Sept. 11,2001, terrorist attacks.
"There's nothing really off-limits," Editor-in-Chief RobertSiegel told a crowd of nearly500 Brown University studentsMonday night, adding "but onlyif it has a point."
There's nothing funny aboutlast week's West Warwick firethat claimed 97 lives, he said.
"We want to be able to makefun of people and still be like-able," Siegel said.
With headlines like "SpecialOlympics T-ball Stand PitchesPerfect Game," Siegel's favorite,the Onion has blurred traditionaldefinitions of comedy.
In fact, the newspaper's eightstaff writers "don't fit the typicalcomedy writer profile," Siegelsaid. Senior Editor Carol Kolbworked in a nursing home atone point. Others worked in a
liquor store, sandwich shop andbank before becoming comedywriters. Writer Todd Hanson"came to us from the world ofdishwashing."
Typically, Siegel said, comedywriters "go to Harvard and havea brother who writes for 'TheSimpsons.'" Onion writers, onthe other hand, are "Midwestslackers."
Siegel said he is the loneexception. After graduating witha degree in history from theUniversity of Michigan in 1993,the New York City nativemoved to Madison, Wis., whereThe Onion was founded in1988.
The close-knit staff, many ofwhom are friends from college,meet every Monday to pitchpotential headlines.
"We operate on the principlethat quantity makes quality,"Siegel said.
Each writer brings 25 funnyheadlines to the meeting. Forevery 50 or 60 headlines, one isdeveloped into a story, he said.
With headlines such as lastweek's top story, "N. KoreaWondering What It Has to Do toAttract U.S. Military Attention,"The Onion frequently tacklesweighty issues with pointedhumor.
Onion articles must either befunny or "funny and kind ofmake you think," Siegel said,adding, "It's not OK just tomake a point, because that getspreachy and heavy-handed."Siegel said the formula is "onepart cutting social satire withone part strategically placednaughty words."
"What makes it work is thatit's true," he added.
In fact, the precarious blendof truth and humor has been thesource of some confusion. InMay 2002, a Chinese newspaperran a story based upon an Onionarticle headlined, "CongressThreatens to Leave D.C. UnlessNew Capitol Is Built."
Such miscues are not unusual,Siegel said. Most of the newspa-per's e-mail is from outragedreaders who don't understandthat The Onion's news is satire.
"We find that most of ourreaders are depressingly dumb,"he said.
Others may intellectualize thepaper too much, Siegel added.Cornell University now offers acourse entitled, "Politics at theEnd of History According toThe Onion."
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Fort Drum, N.Y. - After reading my last submis-
sion, the editors suggested I justtry to describe what a typical dayon the base at Fort Drum is like.After sitting down in front of thekeyboard, I have concluded thatto describe any of this experi-ence, or my time here, as ‘typi-cal’ is hard.
I found was that writing an arti-cle for a newspaper, even Marist,that describes our training orprogress, and what we do beforea possible deployment, puts my
fellow soldiers, including myselfin danger, as far as security isconcerned. We had a class, or abriefing, as we say in the militarythat let us know the limits todealing with the press, especiallyin this sensitive situation. Youwill probably notice on televi-sion interviews, the soldier’sanswers are a bit vague.
As far as the training is con-cerned, there is a huge emphasison the threat of nuclear and bio-logical chemical attacks from the“enemy.” We need to meticu-lously maintain our protectionmasks and we always wear themin a carrying case strapped to thehip, even to the bathroom. It gets
annoying very quick but it is nec-essary. Randomly the com-mander will scream out, “GAS,GAS, GAS,” we are required tohave our masks on in less thannine seconds, and if you fail todo that, you are dead. Prettyserious stuff!
I have had over 20 shotsadministered, and I think I amimmune to just about everything.It is funny when you go to getthem, big tough Army guyswincing and pacing, dreading theneedle. So I guess I am protect-ed, as the training and everythingthat goes along with it ensuresthat.
We also had to qualify with our
primary weapon, the M-16. Thattook about two weeks of goingout to the ranges. The standard isto hit 23 out of 40 pop-up silhou-ettes at distances of 300 metersaway. Not everyone is a ‘crack-shot’ like yours truly, so gettingeveryone qualified was a longprocess. It was unbelievablycold and windy on my day ofqualification. You have to laydown on your stomach in a proneposition, wait for the targets tocome up, and try to hit them.
Our range was not maintainedwell and I found myself layingdown on a sheet of ice. As I fin-ished shooting, a powerful gustof wind came down off the range
and spun me around like a top. Ihad my weapon in my arms, andunderstandably, that caused quitea stir. Rest assured my platoonsergeant (the guy who is incharge of me) took me asideafterwards. He ever so gentlyexplained how important it is tobe aware of your surroundingsand have control of yourself witha weapon at all times. Pretty sureI will not make that mistakeagain.
People ask me where I amgoing, and I still do not know. Iknow I will be heading out soon,and will hopefully still be able tocorrespond with The Circle. Igave the editors my address here,
and anything sent to me will beforwarded to wherever I go,which was another question Ihave been asked. I do not expectanyone to send anything, but ifso, just send a picture or some-thing. I really should have takenmore pictures my first semesterthere at Marist.
Thanks for reading, I miss youall and I will see you in the fall.Keep your fingers crossed!
By Andy JoyceWar Correspondent
A typical day in the military at Ft. Drum
It seems hard to believe, but inone of the most industrializedcountries in the world, fuelprices are still on the rise.
The average price that driversin the U.S. paid for gasolineincreased 5.3 cents a gallon overthe last week, which is the sev-enth highest on record.
Diesel fuel is also in danger oftaking automobiles off the roadsince those numbers have alsosoared to a record high. Somegroups believe that fuel priceshad risen higher than that whichcould be justified by a rise incrude oil prices, sparking an
investigation by the FederalTrade Commission.
The price for regular unleadedgasoline averaged $1.66 a gallon,up 54 cents from a year ago.This is the highest level sinceearly in June of 2001, based on asurvey given by the EnergyD e p a r t m e n t ’ s E n e r g yInformation Administrationcompiled last Tuesday.
How is the average, working-class American going to affordeven getting to work if the risecontinues? They will have towork just to pay for getting towork, not to mention the damageit will do towards their otherexpenses.
Crude oil prices, which account
for 40 percent of the gas prices,are up primarily because of themarket’s fear that a U.S.-led warwith Iraq would disrupt the sup-ply of oil from the Middle East.How obvious is this?
Obviously, if we are dumbenough to go to war with Iraq,we may see prices skyrocket toover $2.00 per gallon. I knowthat many others like myselfwould boycott by not driving,making the gasoline companiescringe at the thought of losingtheir customers.
I can remember back to notmore than a couple of years agoin my home state of Vermontbeing able to fill my car up fornot more than $12, and that was
when it was on empty. How Iwish we could go back to the daywhere gas was $.99 per gallon. Inever even paid much attentionto the rise and fall of gasolineprices before this year, because Inever really drove my car muchexcept to my summer job.
But now that I have my car atschool and need to fill up on amore regular basis, it seems sick-ening to me every time I can onlyget 5 gallons for almost $10.That’s not even half a tank in mysizeable car.
I hope that our fearless presi-dent, who seemingly has all ofthe answers, sees what his pre-cious little war is going to do toour economy. Does it take some-
thing like rising gas prices tohave us rally around the anti-warfeelings? I would hope not, butin our close-minded, conserva-tive America, something reallyneeds to go wrong before anyonespeaks up and tries to implementchange.
This really makes me sad,because in our supposedly freecountry we need to be so conser-vative and cower in fear thatwhat we say might go against ourall-knowing leader.
To conserve gas and help theenvironment, carpool withfriends.
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America has a long legacy ofoppressing minorities, a dark factof which most of us are aware.The highest manifestation ofoppression comes in the form ofpublic policy, perpetuated by thegovernment for the explicit pur-pose of making life difficult for,or restricting the rights of, a par-ticular group. Some historicalexamples of this systematicexclusion and marginalizationare fairly obvious, whether it isracist policies to prevent AfricanAmerican participation in gov-ernment, specific exclusion ofAsian minorities in the 19th andearly 20th centuries, or thepropped-up patriarchy of thecountry that to a large extent stillexists today.
Yet, would it surprise you toknow that a new system ofoppression has just begun tomanifest itself in our lifetimes?One would think that as a liberalsociety that purports to lookstowards progress and equality,such targeted and effectiveoppression would be immediate-ly called out by the so-called“progressive” elements of oursociety. But this particular groupof individuals (of which many ofthe readers of this article are like-ly a part) has no organizeddefense. The ACLU has notrisen to defend the rights of thesemillions of Americans, as it has
in the past for any number of vic-tims of inequality.
In fact, government is doingsuch an effective job of wipingout this minority in America thatall levels of our Federal systemare allied in the inquisition.Moreover, those same “progres-sive” public elements are eitherkeeping silent, or have outrightjoined the State’s crusade toostracize and dehumanize mil-lions of Americans. What’sworse, the Evil Empire ofFederalism has so effectivelymanipulated the public and pri-vate sectors on this issue thateven this particular minority’slargest supporters have turnedagainst them in a multi-milliondollar ad campaign, extortedfrom corporations by the inquisi-tors.
Give up? The minority is cig-arette smokers.
The System of OppressionThe media and government
want you to understand thatsmoking cigarettes is bad. Fine,I think just about everyone willconcede that. The focus of thiswork is not to lay the blame ontobacco companies for instillinginto their products addictivedrugs like nicotine. That wasvery bad and they should nothave done that.
My argument is that what thegovernment (and society) isdoing to cigarette smokers isinfinitely worse. Never before
has such a well-organized, wide-spread, and well-received sys-tematic exclusion campaign beentargeted at a group of Americans.Many might think that I’m over-stating this problem to get atten-tion and whine because I smoke.I think that’s the most ignorantthing I’ve ever head, and here’swhy. Cigarette Prices
Rich people smoke, but so dopoor people. Mayor MichaelBloomberg in New York recentlyacted to make the price of a packof class-A cigarettes as high as$8.00 in the city. Elsewhere,prices are not quite as high, butare nevertheless at least compa-rable to the minimum wage.Rich people can afford to paymore for cigarettes and tobacco,because, well, they’re rich. Poorpeople on the other hand cannotafford to pay more for cigarettes.Many will say that they shouldjust quit and not have to pay forcigarettes at all. I say that argu-mentation implies a forcedchoice on millions of low-and-middle class Americans. Raisethe price of cigarettes soobscenely high so you can forcepeople to quit? What happenedto freedom of choice in thiscountry? If people don’t want toquit, government policies aregoing to run them straight intothe poor house! So much for allof the liberal reformers whopreach about assisting the poor
by supplementing income; theseare the same people that facilitatethe stealing of this moneythrough higher tobacco taxes!
Public ExclusionPerpetuated by the government
through its forced settlementswith Tobacco companies, thepublic now regularly receives adcampaigns targeted at gettingpeople to stop smoking. Theseads portray cigarette smoking asdisgusting, undignified, andunhealthy. I’m not going to rantabout the quality of these com-mercials, although a particular adwhere three young Americanslive in a cesspool of an apartmentand are all grossly overweight,eat next to roaches, yet abhor theone roommate who smokescomes to mind. I think smokingis the least of their problems.Instead, what is the impact thatotherwise intelligent ad cam-paigns have on the public per-ception of smoking? It appearsto me that the media and govern-ment have allied to dehumanizesmokers. One cannot smokeindoors in public places like din-ers in New York any longer, forexample. Second-hand smoke isa problem, but then again, so islabeling a minority as “others”who are inferior and stupidbecause they smoke. Maybe wecould just install some good ven-tilation systems. It is popularnow for smokers to be viewed asidiots who are killing them-
selves, and the implication to thisis not dissimilar in principle toany other exclusion in our histo-ry.
The Hypocrisy of theGovernment
This argument has two parts.First, the classic argument manyadvance in defense of tobaccoproducts is that much ofAmerica’s early prosperity wascontingent on the crop. Thisarticulation works for mebecause not only is it generallycorrect, at least in its attempt topoint out the legacy of govern-ment support of tobacco, but it isa simple on-face reason to rejectthe sudden shift in governmentpolicy from pro-tobacco to anti-tobacco in the face of economichistory. The second part of theargument is admittedly morerhetorical, but still valid. TheState made a ton of money off oftobacco companies throughoutthe latter half of the 1990s thanksto major class-action lawsuits,especially those headed by stateAttorney Generals. Where didthis money go? Does notAmerica have larger problemsthan a large segment of the pop-ulation that chooses to do some-thing? It looks to me like thegovernment is more concernedwith launching policies that willbe popular with non-smokers atthe expense of smokers, simplybecause people agree that smok-ing is bad. As for the rights of
cigarette smokers, nobody reallyseems to care. Besides, should-n’t we use money like the fundsextorted from the tobacco com-panies for things like faminerelief, tax breaks, education, andsocial programs?
I smoke. What should I do? Fight for your right to choose
of your own free will what youlike to do on your own time. Donot let your peers ostracize youor label you as “dumb” simplybecause you smoke. Fightagainst the government-backedcampaign to marginalize you.One day, people like MikeBloomberg will go too far andthe smoking public will reallycoalesce around this issue. Butno real progress will be made(politically) until the “rich” por-tion of the smoking population isseriously affected by risingtobacco prices. By then, the“poor” smoking population willbe in deeper trouble than italready is.
So, maybe working throughpolitics isn’t the answer in theshort-term. I think it is timesmokers of this country unitedand stood up for the right tosmoke. We won’t blow smoke inyour face to rub it in, and we willrespect your desire to not have todeal with second-hand smoke.All I ask in return is the right tochoose.
By Scott PerrellStaff Writer
Oppression is more common than you think
The international communityfaces America with both admira-tion and contempt. As students,we have been taught that theUnited States is both thestrongest and freest nation in theworld.
Although there is truth in thisclaim, there is a danger inbecoming so proud as to forgetour own faults. Contrary to pop-ular belief, most in the interna-tional community do not hate us
for our freedom, rather ourwastefulness and habit ofdeploying military forces wherethey need not be.
When we position militarybases in foreign lands such as theMiddle East simply to appeaseoil barons, we appear as bullies,eager to show off our militarysuperiority.
When we drive fuel inefficientvehicles, throw away literallytons of food, and produce at leastdouble that in un-recyclablegarbage, we show the world that
we only care about living incomfort and vanity. Most do notrealize that our consumptionpractices are not ecologicallysustainable, something under-stood by most in the scientificcommunity.
If we do not conserve now,there will be a day in the not-so-distant future when the govern-ment will regulate how muchfood each person is allotted.These are the same people whotax us into the ground, write usspeeding tickets, and give us a
census so they can track ourevery move like we were on areality show, do you really wantthem regulating food? I’d rathereat one less steak and drive a carthat got 28 miles to the gallon.
It was only 100 years ago thatwe forced Native Americans offof their lands and unofficiallydeclared war on them since theywere “savages.”
It was only 50 years ago thatmost Americans didn’t acknowl-edge Japanese as human. Thebottom line is that we have made
mistakes and should be aware ofthat before we dictate what thepolicies of other nations shouldbe.
The French should do what isright for the people of France, theSaudi’s should do what is rightfor the people of Saudi Arabia,and our government should dowhat is right for us. I do notknow what exactly that is, butbeing as wasteful as we are can-not be morally right nor is it log-ical.
We must confront our own past
of mistakes before we tackle newdemons. We sold weapons toSaddam and Osama, and look atwhere that has gotten us. Weshould be watchful of our gov-ernment and make sure we arenot arming another tyrant in our“war on terrorism.”
Let us remember we are a chiefauthority in the world on mostissues, but with great powercomes great responsibility.
By Greg ParisStaff Writer
To Whom It May Concern: I wish to express an opinion
about a very pertinent topic, onethat has been on my mind forover a year. Unity day is Sat.,March 1, - a campus event inwhich various clubs and organi-zations gather for the purpose ofcelebrating diversity here atMarist.
This year’s slogan, taken fromthe John Lennon song “Imagine”requests that we “imagine all thepeople living for all the world.”In previous years, the event hasbeen characterized by a similartheme: ‘Unity throughDiversity.’
Both of these statements reflecta positive goal - of recognizingand even celebrating differentcultures and organizations at thecollege. I think this is a nobleconcept and I admire the funda-mental ideology behind it, how-ever I believe that there are seri-ous stumbling blocks impedingprogress toward this end.
First, white, upper-middle classstudents clearly outnumber thosefrom other ethnic and culturalgroups. Although the Higher
Education Opportunity Programdoes an adequate job of recruit-ing students from a variety ofcultural and ethnic backgrounds,many of these students (oncethey arrive at Marist) associateonly with those members of theirown group.
Look around and you willnotice this phenomenon almostimmediately. African Americanssit with other African Americans;Hispanics and Latinos sit withother Hispanics and Latinos;Caucasians clump together withCaucasians. In fact, most peoplecan count on one hand how manyfriends they have from a differ-ent cultural group. (I’m noexception - I only know oneAfrican American very well andI don’t have any Latino friends).
This phenomenon is not limit-ed to the student population,however. When was the last timeyou had a course taught by aJewish professor? An AfricanAmerican? An Italian? AnAsian? Can you name them?How many AfricanAmerican/Asian/Hispanic/Jewish professors are full-time faculty
members? Why aren’t theremore?
Secondly, I have another ques-tion to add to this list. Are wetruly a diverse community? Itseems that every year whenUnity Day arrives, people neg-lect to ask these questions.Instead, everyone begins utteringnice little slogans such as “UnityThrough Diversity” and“Imagine all the people living forall the world.” We like to makeourselves feel good by utteringthese pleasant sounding phrasesand wearing T-shirts with theselogos.
Yes, Marist must be diverse, wesay. Look at all the various clubsand all ethnic groups. Look at thekaleidoscope of skin color andthe appealing mixture of accents.
Then we return home to ourdorm rooms and make hypocritesof ourselves. No, I can’t associ-ate myself with that girl/guy.He/she is weird! He/she asksdumb questions, like ‘How do Ishave in the shower?’ and he/shewashes his/her clothes in theshower. He/she lives vicariouslythrough the television. He/she
dresses like a dork. He/she talksfunny. He/she must be a retard.He/she is not the Marist ideal.(All of these statements containthe gist of peoples’ remarksabout their housemates and oth-ers living with them who arelearning disabled or from a dif-ferent culture).
Perhaps this kind of behaviorinhibits us from “breaking out”and getting to know others. Itmay even account for the reasonwhy African Americans mostlysit with other African Americansand why Caucasians clumptogether with other Caucasians.
I assert that we are only foolingourselves about being ‘unified bydiversity.’ Indeed, it would seemthat it is just the opposite - we aretorn apart by differences. This isbecause we somehow seem tohave acquired a one-dimensionaldefinition of a two-dimensionalconcept.
Diversity is not just about thepresence of different groups.Certainly, that is one importantaspect. But what is accomplishedmerely through the existence of agroup or the celebration of its
existence just for one day? It islike watching that new pint of icecream melt simply because youdon’t recognize the flavor andare too afraid that you will dis-like the taste.
Diversity is also about embrac-ing those who are different. It isabout more than just one daywith a feel-good slogan.
It is about mastering youruncertainty and personal inhibi-tions by sitting next to aCaucasian, an African American,a Jew, or learning disabled stu-dent and saying, “Hi. I don’tknow you, but I would like tobecome your friend.” It is about365 days of breaking loose fromthe social prison and taking aleap into the unknown.
Leo Tolstoy said, “Everyonethinks about changing the world,but no one thinks about changinghimself.” Indeed, instead of just“imagining” a diverse communi-ty at Marist, or celebrating theideal of a multi-racial campus,LET’S DO IT. Let’s make it hap-pen.
Diversity starts in every dormroom, in every suite, in every
h o u s e ,in everyclassroom, and even the cafete-ria.
It starts with you. It starts withme. It starts the moment we letgo of our distorted, often inaccu-rate views of the handicapped,the mentally ill, the learning dis-abled, black, white, Indian,Asian, Latino, and yes even thatperson who lives under your roofwho is just very different fromyou.
My challenge to the Maristcommunity is this: become uni-fied and diverse, one roommate,one housemate, one classmate,one professor at a time. Onlythen will “people live for theworld.”
Imagination will only get us sofar. To reach the finish line, YOUhave to run the race, or as ancientChinese philosopher Confuciussaid, “The journey of a thousandmiles begins with a single step.”
Sincerely,Ann M. Metz
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Letter to the Editor: Unity Day on campus: Imagine
(U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -People just don’t make the effortto do anything right anymore,and it’s starting to irritate me alot.
Sport utility vehicles have beena favorite target for tree-huggersfor years. Liberals have beenbashing them because SUVsconsume lots of gas and are hugemonsters on the roads. Theyseem to be getting bigger everyyear as well; remember when theGrand Cherokee used to be big?Now, mainstream SUVs are get-ting even bigger with vehicleslike the GMC Yukon and ToyotaSequoia.
To add to the bad press, Dr.Jeffrey Runge, an administratorfor the National Highway TrafficSafety, said he wouldn’t let hiskids drive an SUV if it were thelast vehicle on Earth. Those arepretty bold words from such animportant official.
If environmentalists are goingto hate SUVs, they should dis-criminate fairly. The main com-plaint against SUVs is that theyguzzle gas. This isn’t true in allcases. Sure, the Hummer H2 getsmileage in the low double digits,but the Subaru Forester gets arespectable 27 mpg on the high-way, which is just one mile lessthen a Ford Taurus.
The arguments that many anti-SUV people have just don’t hold.
It’s true that some SUVs guzzlegas but there are vehicles thatguzzle just as much gas if notmore. The Ford F-150 is themost popular vehicle sold inAmerica and it gets a horrendous15 mpg. However, I don’t seeanyone accusing those drivers ofsupporting terrorism or destroy-ing the Earth.
Also, SUVs aren’t any moreharmful to the Earth then othervehicles. Plenty of them meet thegovernment’s low emissionsstandard and many even exceedit. I’m sure they produce morecarbon dioxide then a Civic butany vehicle with a big enginewill produce lots of carbon diox-ide. What about LincolnTowncars? They don’t have animble four-cylinder engine;they’ve got a monstrous V8engine that sucks up gas as well.SUVs are slowly evolving intomore efficient vehicles. In theearly ‘90s they were based ontrucks, but more of them arebeing based on car platforms.Aside from better handling andcomfort, they provide bettermileage. SUV sales continue toclimb, but any report will showthat traditional SUV sales arefalling while SUVs based on carplatforms are climbing.
It’s true that SUVs are moreprone to tip over compared tomost cars. This isn’t a safetyflaw; SUVs have a special capa-bility to drive over rough terrain,and the tradeoff is reduced han-dling. This is no different from a
sports car which is meant to han-dle very well but not designed tohandle rough terrain.
The blizzard that left the coun-try paralyzed shows how easy itis for us to be held hostage byMother Nature. Officials fromcities all over the country werecalling on SUV drivers to assistin transporting critically-illpatients or key personnel to hos-pitals. I didn’t notice anyone in aToyota Prius helping out. Thefact of the matter is that we needSUVs. Aside from transportingpeople and luggage, SUVs canhandle terrain better then mostvehicles.
There are a lot of arrogant SUVdrivers who feel they’re all-pow-erful and unfortunately find outthey’re not after they flip anSUV. This is not because of apoor design in the vehicles —this is because people drive theSUV outside of its capabilities.Lots of SUV accidents can beattributed to the fact that peopledon’t make the proper adjust-ments when they transition fromcars. However, we can’t expectautomakers to inform drivershow to use their own vehicle. Noone accuses Porsche of usingpoor designs every time some-one crashes their car becausethey were driving it too fast.Environmentalists have goodintentions but their rationale iswrong. It’s unfair to pick on acertain type of vehicle whenthere are lots of other vehiclesthat pollute more and guzzle the
same amount of gas. I realize noteveryone needs an SUV, but howmany people truly need a V8 or ahuge car? Their arguments aren’tthat strong, especially since theircriticisms can be applied to somany other vehicles.
If people really want to makeour world healthier, they mustfocus on the big picture. Asidefrom just attacking SUVs, goafter other big cars. Or on agrander scale, attack excesses inour daily routine that can be cutback to help the environment.
By Vijay RamanavarapuThe Lantern (Ohio State U.)
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(U-WIRE) SOUTH BEND, Ind.— John Mayer, one of the fewgenuinely talented pop stars ofour generation, sure does seem tohave a lot going for him.Although he claims that“Something’s Missing,” it sure ishard to figure out what. He has ahit album, a Grammy as ofSunday, a massive following ofdevoted fans, a sense of humor,smarts, charm and a new releasethat is sure to please.
Recorded in Birmingham, Ala.,during his last tour, Mayer’s newtwo-disc live album, Any GivenThursday, gives a generous help-ing of tunes for those who arejust simply not satisfied withMayer’s limited catalogue.Offering three previously unre-leased songs, a cover of thePolice’s “Message in a Bottle”and a partial cover of JimiHendrix’s “Lenny,” as well asfan favorites from both “Roomfor Squares” and “Inside WantsOut,” this album is a much morediverse and intimate offeringthan any of his others.
Unlike many artists who turntheir performances into largeproductions that do not varyfrom city to city, Mayer focusesmore on improvisation, encour-aging fans to tape shows and fol-low him on the various stops ofhis tour. Each song on Any GivenThursday is slightly differentfrom the original, but these
changes create the flow that is socrucial for a live show. Thealbum is one cohesive unit,meant to be enjoyed in full, notby skipping around to listen toindividual tracks.
Any Given Thursday has a dis-tinctly acoustic sound, withoutall of the expendable popstylings that give “Room forSquares” somewhat of an “easy-listening” feel. Mayer’s jazz andblues influences are perhapsmost evident on this album,especially during the instrumen-tal solos added to the songsspecifically for live perform-ance. These jams give Mayer anopportunity to show off his gui-tar skills that are sometimes neg-lected in the polished studiotracks. His guitar ability mostclearly registers during the longsolo of “Covered in Rain.”Clocking in at 10 minutes, 25seconds, it is the longest song onthe album.
After listening to Any GivenThursday, it becomes obvious tolisteners that Mayer thrives onlive performance. He updates hissongs, fully invoking the flexi-bility that performing live has tooffer. Both “3x5” and “WhyGeorgia” are greatly improveddue to the addition of long teas-ing instrumental intros. The song“83” benefits from a partialcover of Cyndi Lauper’s ‘80s hit“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.”And “Your Body is aWonderland” has a magnificentjam in the middle.
Listeners who have not yet
been fortunate enough to seeMayer live in concert, willunderstand why they need toafter hearing Any GivenThursday. Each concert is anexperience, and this album givesa glimpse of what that experi-ence is like. Very rarely does analbum come along of such quali-ty, in which every song is not justgood, but probably someone’spersonal favorite.
Although “St. Patrick’s Day,” afavorite from Room for Squares,is regrettably absent from “AnyGiven Thursday,” the albumdoes a nice job of capturing thebest that Mayer has to offer, andis a must-have for any fans’ col-lection.
By Emily TumbrinkThe Observer
(U. Notre Dame)
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John Mayer won the award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Your Body Is a Wonderland" atthe 45th Grammy Awards given out in New York City.
Any Given Thursday wasrecorded live at the OakMountain Amphitheater inBirmingham, Alabama, onSeptember 12, 2002.
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COMMENTARY: Reality TV may prove to be downfall of Western CivilizationBy Brett MeeksCavalier Daily (U. Virginia)
(U-WIRE)CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. —It’s 8 p.m., do you know whereyour children are?
Well, of course you do.They’re in front of the brainremover, watching the finale of“Joe Millionaire.” And whynot? So is the rest of thedepraved populace in our ill-natured country. We can’tbegin to solve our own prob-lems in life, so we watch otherpeople’s on TV in a shallowattempt to make ourselves feelbetter about our own patheticlives.
Reality TV has been sweep-ing Europe for the past severalyears. It all started with thegrowing interest in tabloids —you do remember Diana, don’tyou? The Euro-trash were allover it: “Hey, my life sucks,let’s look at someone else’s.”So some damnable beast decid-ed one day, “Maybe this wouldwork on TV.”
BOOM!Now we are all glued to the
screen watching some con-struction worker choosebetween a slut and a brunettewith a butt-chin. Why do wecare about this? Perhaps it isanother American way ofescaping the grim realities thatsurround our every day lives,or maybe it is something muchmore crooked. Something wejust don’tknow yetabout ourspecies.
MTV’s“Real World” and “RoadRules” were perhaps some ofthe first to subtract IQ pointsfrom our already lackingskulls. But even those showsbegan to lose subscribers towhatever new version of recy-cled garbage Fox was airingthat week. In a feigned attemptto win back audiences, MTVrecruited a couple of verypromiscuous ladies to join theshow — immediately, theyhave their audience back.Unfortunately, MTV is not thePlayboy channel, and male
interest in the Las Vegas pent-house orgies soon faded.
“Ripley’s Believe It or Not”is yet another one of these hor-rifying TV slots that plague ourmonitors — the list goes on. Ifwe can’t get enough entertain-ment out of watching Joe-the-idiot get it on with the blondeone in the bushes, surely someother channel will be showingrebroadcasts of police chases
or peopleh a v i n gnear fatalaccidents.
It willonly be a little bit longerbefore the relatively undiscov-ered videos of public execu-tions and horrendous travestiesthat are readily available forthe novice Internet user todownload become the newthing for all of us to watch. Butit won’t stop there. We willeventually, if still traveling onthe same path we are now, wantto witness all types of realities.We will be a parallel of theReign of Terror in the FrenchRevolution, publicly executingwhoever happens to be there so
that some a-hole producer atFox can buy a new Rolls for hisarrogant trophy wife. And whynot? I mean hell, we are con-tributing to this madness. Wefeed on this type of harsh real-ism because we simply can’tget entertainment from doinganything else. We watch, theratings increase and the showsbecome more and more ridicu-lous.
Ancient Romans did enjoywatching murders daily in theColiseum, but we all thoughtwe were a little bit more civi-lized than them. Maybe wewere at some point, early onthe Darwinian scale. But some-thing seems to have slippedfrom our grasp on evolution.We have become beasts again,and are subject to extermina-tion by the other life forms onthis planet that live in realityrather than watching it througha glass tube.
And the audacity of whoeverit was who coined “RealityTV.” I’m sure every bit of it isreal. My ass. We all know thatthere has to be some producerback there telling the people to
re-do the last emotional out-burst so it will look a littlemore dramatic. And these pro-ducers have all just won themost recent spot on every psy-cho’s hit list. They had to pullthe Fox trick, didn’t they?They had to sell us on thecliffhanger, and we had to fallfor it, because watching thesepathetic displays of insolencehave made our level of realiza-tion slip a little under par — somuch that we can’t tell they aregoing to screw us. No, we alltuned in to see the finale, andall they gave us was a recap ofthe entire course of events andhinted at the surprise nextweek. So we got mad, but aweek later, opened our mouthswide again in a blank simian-esque stare wondering deepinside which tramp will be thelucky one to figure out she hasbeen chosen by a liar.
So now that it is all over.They have a new series: willthe couple last? Oh, golly gee!I hope so, don’t you, Opie?Well I’m sorry, but perhapsyou haven’t noticed that realityaround us doesn’t have time for
this drivel. If it is realism youare seeking, watch the damnnews — we are about to go towar and the Western Alliance iscracking. Wake up people! Getout of your dreamy fantasywhere Fox is king and ABCtries to catch up with a groupof bad singers with highlightsin their hair. Start paying atten-tion to your own life and quitworrying about someone else’sthat you will never enter.
Some evil force lies in themiddle of this new TV craze.Before we know what hit us wewill be lying, ten years or sofrom now, in a pile of rubble,smoke billowing from ash-cov-ered ruins where suburbs usedto be, watching a handheld TVon which the newest episode of“Public Executions for PeopleWho Like to Watch Reality” isairing, ignoring the chaos weourselves have created. Don’twatch “Married by America,”or ABC’s “Are You Hot?”Instead, try to lower yourdosage of lithium and grasp ahold of what matters: your life.Not the guy’s on TV.
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Women’s basketball team prepares for rivals Siena
Every great story has an enemy.The same can be said of every
great sports league.Baseball's Major Leagues fea-
tures the "evil empire" of theNew York Yankees. Shaq andKobe have combined to form ahated dynasty in professionalbasketball. And even with recentfalters the Dallas Cowboys arestill despised by most footballfans, despite being dubbed"America's team". MetroAtlantic Athletic Conference(MAAC) Women's basketball isno exception to this rule, with anevil empire of their own: TheSiena Saints.
On Fridaynight theM a r i s tw o m e n ' sbasketballteam willv e n t u r enorth toLoudonvilleto playSiena. Intheir firstmeeting ofthe year theS a i n t scrushed theRed Foxesby 31-points onFebruary 9in the McCann Center.
Siena's Empire has dominatedthe MAAC for over five years.
The Saints have won four of thelast five regular season titles andthis season they are in secondplace. In the last three seasons(counting the current one) theyhave lost just six times.
Junior guard Vicki Wancel saidSiena's history has given themimmediate respect.
"You want to beat them everytime you play them just becausethey are so hyped up, which theydeserve," She said. "I just wantto beat them and prove to themthat we are a lot better than thelast time we played them."
With Siena playing the roll ofEmpire, their star Gunta Baskohas played the roll of DarthVader. Basko ranks in the topfive in points, rebounds, assists,steals, and blocks on Siena's all
time totalslists, theonly suchSaint everto claimthat. Shehas wonthe MAACplayer ofthe yeara w a r dtwice, andthis seasonshe is theonly playerto rank inthe top tenin theMAAC in
all five of the afore mentionedcategories.
On Friday night the Foxes willbe looking to turn Basko's Darth
Vader into nothing more thanDark Helmet, and Siena's EvilEmpire into nothing more than abunch of Spaceballs.
The Red Foxes have not beat-en Siena since December 111995, and have not scored 60-points on the Saint's defense intheir last seven meetings. Notto mention the most recent 69-38 Siena win this season. Butfor the Red Foxes all those sta-tistics only translate into fuelfor the fire they hope to setablaze in Loudonville.
In any sport played by eithergender, when Marist meets Sienathere is never love lost. JuniorKerry Sullivan said that rivalry issimply magnified after theFoxes' previous loss.
"We're definitely big hugerivals of Siena, so we're justgoing to want to come right outand destroy them, and definitelyget revenge for the last time,"Sullivan said. "We know itsgoing to be tough going in there,it's a hard gym to play in and it'sa tough team, but we just have togo in there with confidence andkind of use the loss that we hadlast time as just motivation tojust come out and just work ourbutts off and hopefully we'll beable to beat them up there."
Vicki Wancel said the loss onFebruary 9 should not be takenas a definition of her team.
"Every team knows they couldalways have an off day or a badday," Wancel said. "It's justsomething that you really need torebound off of and learn fromyour mistakes. You cannot dig
yourself in a hole and blameyourself."
In their last game the top teamin the MAAC, Manhattan, nar-
rowly defeat-ed Marist 72-63. For muchof the gamethe Foxes ranstride forstride withthe Jaspers,and even helda halftimelead of 38-37.But Maristwould runinto a droughtlate in the sec-ond half,a l l o w i n gManhattan topull away.
Maristfought hard throughout thegame, playing just as well in the2-3 defense as they had all year,but the combination of using apredominantly seven player rota-tion for the first time of the yearand having to chase Manhattan'sRosalee Mason, the nation's fifthleading rebounder, off the glassall game eventually took its tolland manifested itself into lategame fatigue.
Stephanie Delpreore led theMarist scoring with 18-pointsand she also swatted four Jaspershot attempts. Sullivan had 15-points on five three pointers,Captain Maureen Magarityscored ten while collecting 6-rebounds, and SophomoreKristin Keller scored seven-
points and collected nine-rebounds which tied the gamehigh total. For Manhattan, Mason scored
18-points and nabbed 9-rebounds, while Tiffany Schettigscored a game high of 20 on sixthree-pointers, five of whichcame in the first half.
Despite the lack of productionin the win column, Sullivan saidthe close loss to Manhattanserves as a boost for the Foxes.
"After that loss we weren'thappy but we weren't upsetbecause we played so hard andwe played well and we showedhow strong we are," Sullivansaid. "Taking that loss and howwell we played, we're going togo up to Siena with a little moreconfidence."
To defeat the Saints, Maristwill need an abundance of con-fidence. In addition to the aforementioned Siena star Basko,they also boast the two-timedefending MAAC coach of theyear Gina Castelli, perhaps thetop point guard in the confer-ence Erica Anderson, and lastseason's 6th person of the yearpost player Liene Jansone.More than any other Saint,Jansone dominated the Foxes intheir first meeting.
Following the game HeadCoach Brian Giorgis said histeam did not do as good a jobguarding Jansone as they haveagainst other big post players thisseason.
"We didn't get the double teamsthere in time," He said. "Whenwe were doing it right we could
come back and run the zone, butthey came out the way they didin the second half and hit a cou-ple of perimeter shots and wejust panicked."
If Marist plans on getting themonkey of their losing streak toSiena off their back they willhave to defeat the Saints athome on Senior Night. It is afar cry from the easiest taskthey could be asked to do.
The Foxes are 7-9 in theMAAC conference, in a four-way tie in fifth place withCanisius, Fairfield, andLoyola. Both Canisius andFairfield will play one of theirfinal two games against anunder-500 opponent. Maristwill play Siena on Fridaynight, and then Saint Peter's,the third ranked team in theconference, Sunday in theMcCann Center. The RedFoxes will need to win one ofthose two games if they wouldlike any chance at the fifth orsixth seed in the conferencetournament.
Sullivan said, however, that inthe MAAC tournament seedingis not as important as how youplay once you get there.
"Any team can beat any teamso seeding really doesn't meananything," Sullivan said. "We'dlike to be seeded higher becauseobviously the lower we are thebetter off we are and it justshows how much we'veimproved, but playing-wise theteams are pretty even."
by Mike BenischekStaff Writer
Captain MaureenMagarity scoredten points andsix reboundsagainstManhattan lastFriday."You want to beat them
(Siena) every time youplay them just becausethey are so hyped up,which they deserve. Ijust want to beat themand prove to them thatwe are a lot better thanthe last time we playedthem.” -Junior guard Vicki
Wancel on Marist vs. Siena rivalry.
Tennis team improves to 9-1Six players go undefeated in singles play Next up for team: exhibition in Montreal
For Pat Hofer, the men's tennismatch against Vermont wassweet revenge. For the rest of theteam, it was the most victoriousweekend ever playing inVermont.
Led by Hofer and David Slater,the tennis team defeatedHartford 6-1, FairleighDickinson University (FDU) 7-0and Vermont 7-0 to improve to 9-1 overall on the season. Overall,six players went undefeated insingles play.
"This is the most successfulweekend ever at Vermont,"coach Tim Smith said. "PatHofer had his best week of histhree-year tenure at MaristCollege."
The first victory for Hofer
came against Hartford's PedjaZdravkovic, 3-6, 7-6(5), and 7-6(4). Zdravkovic, ranked 16th inthe region (which includes 84teams), defeated Hofer in theirprevious three matches.
After Hofer's down to the wirematch against Zdravkovic, hisnext opponent was Alex Sarri ofFDU. Fortunately for Hofer, thematch was quicker than the first,with Hofer cruising to a 6-4, 6-4victory.
Hofer's final act of redemptioncame against home-court teamVermont's Zigko Knegovic win-ning in straight sets 6-4, 7-5.Knegovic defeated Hofer lastyear in straight sets.
In an exciting match, DavidSlater went to three sets withAngel Rubio 6-7, 6-4, 10-7 in thesuper tiebreaker set.
Martin Aldorsson played nearflawless tennis, never giving up a
point in a 6-0, 6-0 sweep overRodrgio Avila.
The team returns to the courton March 8, when they travel tothe University of Montreal forthe first time.
by Paul SeachSports Editor
Pat Hofer had an amazingweekend at Vermont, defeatingthe 16th best player in theregion in Vermont, leadingMarist to a 9-1 record overallthis season.
Men’s basketball victorious on Senior DayEppehimer and Bennett combine for 35 points in final home game
In the homefinal game oftheir collegiatecareers, the RedFoxes' seniorswent out with abang.
The MaristCollege Red Foxes (11-14,7-9)topped the Iona Gaels (15-10,10-6) 75-74 in a thrilling seniorday match-up in the MetroAtlantic Athletic Conference(MAAC). Nick Eppehimer andDavid Bennett combined toscore 35 points in their last colle-giate home game.
Eppehimer had 20 points, hit-ting two important free throwsdown the stretch. Bennett had 15points, and hit the two from thecharity stripe that put the RedFoxes in the lead to stay.
In the last 1:22 of the game, thelead changed four times, eventhough the Red Foxes did not
connect on a field goal in thefinal 4:56. The Red Foxes led forthe majority of the game, takinga 33-29 halftime lead, and lead-ing by as many as eight points inthe second half.
The Gaels had a chance to winin the near the end of the game,possessing the ball with less than10 seconds remaining. CourtneyFields took the ball to the baskettrying to give the Gaels a come-from-behind win on the road.Chris Handy denied his shot,swatting the basketball deep intothe crowd, leaving 0.3 secondson the clock. The Gaels wereunable to convert with little timeremaining.
Both teams shot free throwsextremely well throughout thegame. Marist hit 23-24 and Ionahit 20-24 from the line. The sen-ior combination of Eppehimerand Bennett went 16-17 on freethrow attempts.
The only other double-digitscorer for the Red Foxes wasBrandon Ellerbee, the sopho-more guard from Plano, Texas.
Ellerbee had 10 points in thecontest. Eric Siegrist scored ninepoints and had a game-high sixassists. Handy had eight pointsand eight rebounds to go alongwith his game saving blockedshot.
Ricky Solliver led the Gaelswith 19 points and dished out 6assists. Steve Burtt, Jr. andMarvin McCullough tossed in 11points, and Steve Smith andFields had 10 points each. Fieldsalso led the Gaels with 12boards, recording a double-dou-ble.
Marist is now 6-0 in SeniorDay games since joining theMAAC conference in the 1997-1998 season.
Nick Eppehimer has 990 pointsfor his career and will shoot forthe prestigious 1,000-point clubin the Red Foxes' final twogames. His first chance to reachthat mark will be February 28when the Red Foxes return toaction against Canisius inBuffalo, New York.
by Anthony OlivieriStaff Writer
Men’sBasketball
Men’s Swimming and Diving win eighth MAAC title
The Marist Men's swimmingand diving team won their eighthstraight Metro Atlantic AthleticConference (MAAC) title lastweekend.
Finishing with a total of 961.50points, the team easily won thethree-day event. Rider placedsecond with 798.50 total points.
Ricky Kapusta scored victoriesin the 400-yard freestyle and 50-yard freestyle events. Michael
Guman tallied 254.65 points inthe one-meter dive to finish infirst place.
Matt Castillo set a new schoolrecord in the 200-yard butterflywith a time of 1:52.58.
The team has won 10 confer-ence titles in 24 years and withtheir eighth MAAC title, Maristowns the most conference titleswins in the MAAC by one pro-gram.
The next challenge for themen's team is the ECAC champi-onships on February 28. The
University of Pittsburgh willhost the event. News and Notes:12 members of the men’s and
womens’ teams were named tothe MAAC All-Academic teamTuesday. To achieve this honors,student-athletes must maintain aGPA of 3.20.
by Paul SeachSports Editor Upcoming Events
Friday, February 28Men's BasketballCanisius MAAC7:00 PMBuffalo, NY
Women's BasketballSiena MAAC7:00 PMLoudonville, NY
MAAC EventsFriday February 28Women's SwimmingECAC CHAMPIONSHIPS11:00 AM@ UPITT, Pittsburgh, PA
Men's SwimmingECAC CHAMPIONSHIPS11:00 AM@ UPITT, Pittsburgh, PA
Marist CollegeSaturday, March 1BaseballOld Dominion1:00 PMNorfolk, VA
SoftballYale1:00 PMNew Haven, CT
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