CIRCLE Volume 49, Number 18 The Student Newspaper of Marist College April 10, 1997

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1 -NEWS- Renovatons wll make dorm more lke home Students take up ther swords and battle t but n McCann PAGE 5 PAGE 4 U2- breaks all rules wth new release- PAGE 13 -SPORTS- Women's lacrosse wn frst varsty home game -PAGE 16 TH CIRCLE Volume 49, Number 18 The Student Newspaper of Marst College Aprl 10, 1997 Crcle Photo/ Krstn Rchard Junors Chrs Jette, Santos Orellana.Tom Hardy, and John T. Wllams made the most of the power outage and used the tme off from class to play roller hocky n the townhouse parkng lot. North End power outage causes annoyance for students bykrsnn RICHARD Edtor-n-chef Mother nature played the bggest joke.on many Marst students'ths-aprl pools day.--~--.- Due to last Monday's snow storm, the old tbwhouses, Lowell Thomas, and Dyson were wthout power from the evenng of March 31 untl approxmately 6:30 a.m. Aprl 2. Fallen trees and downed wres caused more than 100,000 Central Hudson Gas & Electrc customers to lose power, and hundreds of students and professors were among those left n the dark. Some off-campus students and professors dd not get ther electrcty back untl the weekend. Marst canceled classes untl 12:30 Wednesday afternoon, and resdents of townhouses sectons A, B, and C were requred to relocate to other dorms by 7:00 p.m. Tuesday to avod any hazards assocated wth remanng overnght n a resdence wthout power. Many campus phones were also out of commsson, whch made keepng students nformed of the stuaton all the more dffcult. North End Resdent Assstant $ Patrck Mara sad ts was one of the most frustratng aspects of the power outage because communcaton was lmted to word of mouth and sgns. "Beng able to get the nforma- -ton out-wtfoutany-technology made t more dffcult," Mara Marst set up several accommodatons to compensate for some of the aggravaton the blackout caused. Resdents wthout power were gven free meals n the cafetera for the duraton of the power outage. They were also permtted to brng bottles to collect water n the cafetera because the students were not allowed to use ther water untl late Tuesday afternoon. Student actvtes also set up televson sets n the performng arts room for students to watch sports events, soap operas, or any other programs they dd not want to mss, and telephones were set up n the Devnc Lab n Donnelly Hall, at whch students could use ther phone codes. Snce not everyone was able to take two full days off from school work, students were also permtted to study n the rooms on the Please see DARK, page 4... What s the most pressng ssue that needs to be dealt wth at Marst College? Food: 122 Safety/Securty: 101 Housng: 15 Academcs: 3 Clubs/Actvtes: 2 Other: 7 Ve Crcle conducted an unscentfc poll on March 26-Aprl 6. Two hundred ffty students were asked ths week's queston. Student speaker at Baccalaureate wll begn new Marst College tradton by DARYL RICHARD Crcle Correspondant A new tradton has begun at Marst, courtesy, of the senor class. The annual Baccalaureate ceremony, a senor awards event held each year the day before graduaton, wll now add a student speaker to the program. In past years, only faculty and admnstrators spoke at the hourlong event. Student Body Presdent Pat Mara worked on the dea wth Senor Class Presdent Chrs Kadus and members of the graduaton commttee. "I was excted that we can start a tradton where students wll partcpate n the ceremony," Mara "Never before has a student partcpated." Denns J. Murray, presdent of Marst, approved the new addton to the Baccalaureate last week, sayng t wll enhance the ceremony. "The Baccalaureate s supposed to be a tme of reflecton, values, and an opportunty to thnk about the mportant thngs n lfe," Murray 'Ths wll further, the nvolvement of students n commencement exercses." Mara sad t has not yet been decded who the speaker wll be, but t wll lkely be a choce between Kadus and hmself. - He sad he wants the student government connecton because the club's offcers do most of the plannng and nteracton wth the senor class. Kadus sad he agrees wth the possble speaker choces, addng that he and Mara are close wth the senor class and do a great deal of work for them, ncludng plannng senor week events and graduaton actvtes. "The ceremony wll be a lttle more personal [for the students]," Kadus Mara sad havng a student speaker wll also be another way for the Class of '97 to leave ts mprnt at Marst. "We're settng the gudelnes for ms, so t'll be carved n stone for the future," Mara The dea for a speaker, whch Mara sad has been brewng throughout the school year, rocked back and forth between havng the student speak.at graduaton and at Baccalaureate. It was decded that havng an addtonal student speaker at commencement would detract from the valedctoran's speech. Mara sad t wll be decded wthn the next few weeks who the speaker wll be for the ceremony. He sad he wants the fve to 10 mnute message to summarze the last four years at Marst and nspre the graduates. Murray sad Baccalaureate s tradtonally a ceremony honorng about 40 to 50 senors who may receve awards from the college, specfc academc departments, or external organzatons. Ths year's Baccalaureate s on Frday, May 16, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. n the Chape\. Fre destroys Poughkeepse bar Students mourn the loss of popular hangout Crcle Photo/Kmbcrly Showers Crcle Photo/Kmbcrly Shower. The hollow remans of a buldng are all that s left of Nte Cap, a once popular college bar. by KARIN OLOFFSON StqffWrter A late wnter storm brought Poughkeepse a volent end to a very mld wnter. Heavy snows brought down trees, leavng thousands of resdents throughout the county wthout power. However, accordng to Cty of Poughkeepse Fre Inspector Bran Mac Isaac, t was not the storm that brought an end to Nte Cap, a popular Poughkeepse bar. "Two young women who had just moved nto an apartment on the second floor ddn't have ther electrc turned on yet and were usng candles," Mac Isaac "It was just a concdence that they ddn't have power at the same tme as many others," he Accordng to Mac Isaac, the fre department receved the alarm at 4:57 a.m. on Wednesday, Aprl 2 for the fre that started at 67 Washngton St. and spread to neghborng Nte Cap. It took a couple of hours to get the fre under control. Tony Marchese, owner of Nte Cap snce 1976, has been left to deal wth the devastaton the fre left behnd. "It's sad. I'm just happy that no one got hurt. But, at the same tme, t s hard to understand how I could lose everythng n a matter of hours," Marchese told the Poughkeepse Journal. The 160-year-old home n whch the fre started, located adjacent to Nte Cap, also sustaned damage. Heat from the fre caused wndows to shatter and alumnum sdng to melt. News of the fre spread quckly on campus, and many of the students that frequented Nte Cap, ncludng John Burke, sad they were sad to hear the news. A few students even cred whle rememberng all the good tmes they had spent there meetng people and drnkng, wth songs by Blly Joel and Garth Brooks playng n the background. "A lot of people are upset about t," Burke "We're not sure where we wll be gong now," he Nte Cap has been a favorte Please seefjse, page 11...

2 Marst and Beyond Aprl 10, 1997 Arafat says Israel ^declarng war 6 n p 6 ^ ^oworld News Brefs from the Assocated Press Protestors block roads n Northern Pakstan to demand wheat SHAWAR, Pakstan (AP) Polcefredtear gas and beat back protesters wth stcks Monday when a mob blocked roads leadng nto ths provncal captal n the thrd day of protests aganst a wheat shortage.demonstrators hurled stones at shops and homes n the area: Others stormed local markets; many of.whch have been closed snce volence began Saturday n the Northwest Fronter Provnce. There were reports of ferce protests n at least 12 dstrcts across the provnce., Polce arrested more than 30 people. It has been nearly dree weeks snce flour was avalable n Peshawar and surroundng vllages. Local news reports Monday clamed theshortages were not due to poor harvests, but because corrupt offcals sold government wheat stocks to ' neghborng Afghanstan, where food prces have. spraled n recent' weeks. ' Durng the shortage, black market prces n Pakstan have more than trpled. Albana: Poltcal tensons hgh after grenade attack TIRANA, Albana (AP)-One day after gunmen hurled hand grenades at the motorcade of Premer Bashkm Fno, polce and government offcals argued Sunday over who was responsble for the attack. Fno's government blamed polce n the town to whch Fno had been travelng, a stronghold of' Presdent Sal Bersha. But polce blamed the Interor Mnsty, sayng t msnformed them about Fno's travel plans and that s why they dd not provde adequate securty. ' Wth Albana n chaos snce late January, Fno has been travelng around the.country tryng to unte Albanans dvded nto southern nsurgents, who warn. Bersha to resgn; anajhe.presjdencs,. supporters n the north. ' Ongong volence n the south, as well as the attack on Fno's motorcade, shows just how hard t wll be to restore order n a poltcally splt country where almost everyone has a gun. The hand grenade attack apparently was desgned to prevent Fno and hs Cabnet members from vstng Shkodra, a northern stronghold of the presdent. The convoy was just outsde the cty. No one was njured Fno's Socalsts on. Sunday demanded the resgnaton of Deputy, Interor Mnster Agm Shehu, and of other senor offcals they blamed for the ambush. Jury selecton contnues n smokng * * LCKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -Potental jurors, n a wrongful death lawsut brought by the famly of a deceased smoker aganst. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. were questoned Monday about ther smokng habts and ther vews on ncotne and addcton. The orgnal lawsut was fled by Mrs. Connor, who contracted lung cancer after smokng Wnston and Salem cgarettes snce she was 15. It accuses R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., the. naton's second largest cgarette maker, of causng her cancer and falng to nform her of the dangers of smokng. It s the frst lawsut aganst a tobacco gant that alleges conspracy and the frst to seek puntve damages. Connor's sut clams mat when she began smokng at 15, there were no warnng labels on packs of cgarettes. Cancer warnng labels ddn't appear untl ' Camboda says kller of Western hostages stll alve KAMPOT, Camboda (AP) _ Surprsed to learn the guerrlla leader was stll alve, Camboda's mltary leaders pledged Monday to arrest a former Khmer Rouge general accused of murderng three Western hostages. The Phnom Penh Post recently publshed new photographs, dated Dec. 23, of Nuon Paet, dspellng rumors he had been klled by hs bodyguards last year. Three former Khmer Rouge offcers confrmed Monday that Nuon Paet was alve. In 1994, Nuon Paet led a band of Khmer Rouge guerrllas that halted a tran and abducted three men from Australa, Brtan and France. The guerrllas held de toursts three months, then klled them. Top offcals n the Defense Mnstry vsted Nuon Pact's former hdeout Monday near the southern town of Kampot ' "" ' ' C G S S y D'LIP GANGULY NEW DELHI, Inda (AP) Followng an appeal by Palestnan leader Yasser Arafat, the U.N. secretary gen eral sad Monday the General Assembly may meet n an emergency sesson to dscuss the Mddle East deadlock. Arafat sad he sought a meetng of the General Assembly because the Unted States had vetoed two Securty Councl resolutons n 10 days that were crtcal of Israel. Secretary General Kof Annan, attendng a meetng of Nonalgned Movement countres n the Indan captal, sad "t s qute possble" that the assembly would convene n specal sesson. Half the Unted Natons members must agree before the assembly can be summoned to an emergency meetng; he : -"::',':'-':: '-'': ' Arafat, a surprse speaker at the same conference, urged the meetng to support hs call for a General As-, sembly meetng to consder acton to. pressure on Israel to abde by ts oblgatons. : ;..': :- Arafat, speakng as Israel Prme Mnster Benjamn Netanyahu was n the Unted States for talks wth U.S. Presdent Bll Clnton, made no menton of the Israel demand that he take tough steps to end terrorst operatons : aganst Israels...,! : He denounced Israel's heghtened securty measures.and ts plan to buld a new housng project n east Jerusalem, the mmedate cause of the mpasse n Mdeast peace efforts. "The Israel.aggressve measures and acts,.ts. tght.securty measures,..and the mltary mobmza on mposed on the Palestnan lands.are equal to a declaraton of war, not. only on the Palestnan people but also on the peace process," Arafat told the representatves of the 113-member movement.. Arafat sad Israel's plan for more Jewsh housng n east Jerusalem, the Arab sector of the once-dvded cty t captured n the 1967 Mdeast War, was an attempt to "Judaze Jerusalem, evacuatng Arab resdents, cuttng t The Weekend Weather more dffcult for the Palestnans," he Accordng to Vavrna, what makes the stuaton especally dffcult s that the Labor and Lkud Party are evenly splt. Nether party has a clear mandate. Vavrna sad he thnks Netanyahu s gong to change hs poston partly n response to U.S. pressure. "I thnk he would be lkely n the long Is there any hope leftfor the run to soften [hs stance]," he "Of Mddle East peace process? course, f he does that, some people mght thnk he's a trator." He also sad that even though to peces and solatng t from ts Pales- Netanyahu s takng a hard lne stance, tnan surroundngs.". he may eventually have success wth In a speech Monday to an enthusas- the Palestnans. tc gatherng of thousands of Chrstans "Sometmes we see that conservaand Jews, Netanyahu rdculed the Pal- tves, or hard-lners, can sometmes estnan asserton that Israel's decson make deals more readly wth the other to buld a new Jewsh neghborhood n sde than one mght assume," he Jerusalem amounted to a declaraton of Vavrna cted the example of Pres : war aganst the peace process. dent Rchard Nxon, who had a reputa. Netanyahu also sad 75 percent of the ton for beng a staunch ant-commuland on whch Har Homa housng nst and was the frst presdent to recproject was beng bult was owned by ognze Communst Chna. Jews and that Israel, was buldng 10 Another problem s1 that both sdes neghborhoods for Arabs, as well. thnk of the stuaton n black and whte He denounced the Palestnan bomb- terms. ng of a Tel.Avv cafe that followed "The Israels thnk that f the Arabs Israel's decson to construct Har Homa lose, the wn," Vavrna "The Arand called t a war crme. Three.women abs thnk f the Israels lose, they wn." were klled and scores of patrons nvavrna sad the two sdes.need to jured.. look for creatve solutons. He sad, for Palestnan leaders, he sad, were example that more people would lke makng "almost, zero efforts, and at to vst the Holy Land but do not do so tmes zero, and at tmes worse than zero because of the volence. If a lastng efforts to stop terrorsm." peace were acheved, more Amercan Arafat has demanded constructon be tourst dollars would flow nto Israel, halted before peace talks are resumed. whch would beneft both Israels and But Netanyahu sad "we are beng told Palestnans. to pay for the prvlege of not beng Mlton Techman, professor of Enklled. We are not gong to do ths." glsh, sad to have a lastng peace the These latest developments clearly n- two sdes must honor ther commtments. dcated that the peace process has "I would say that agreements have to stalled be kept by both partes," he sad ^That's ^Vernon Vavnna, nterm charjbf the essental f"there s to be any trust" poltcal scence department at Marst Techman sad f the Israel housng College, sad the Mddle East peace pro- project s n volaton of pror agreecess began to break down after Israel ments, then the stuaton has to be Prme Mnster Ytzhak Rabn was as- stopped Techman also sad that the sassnated Arabs have to stop usng terrorsm, Vavnna sad the Netanyahu electon because atmosphere of hostlty s not ntensfed the stuaton even more. gong to allow the Israels to move the "When Netanyahu and hs party won, ; peace process to forward. they were labeled as hard-lners and do some of the thngs that hard-lners Wth addtonal reportng would expect them to do, makng lfe by Laura Myers and Mchael Goot Current Issues Spot- Assocated Press Wrter Today: Sunny. Hgh 41. Low 18 Frday:':;... -Sunny. Hgh 37. Low 23. SaturPartly cloudy. Hgh 54. Low 43. Securty Brefs : THE CIRCLE, Aprl 10,1997 Fashon department prepares for 11th annual Slver Needle Awards tory peces, as well as an overall theme. "There are certan rules and requrestaffwrter ments of those sx outfts. There has to be a knt, a talored pece, evenng wear, The Marst Fashon Department s get- and a dress. Each student has to nclude tng ready to unvel ts newest producat least one of each of the components," ton. Csordas The 11th annual Slver Needle Awards In addton to the fashon department and Fashon Show wll be on May 1 at the faculty, senors are pared up wth promcasper Kll Country Club, formerly the nent New York Cty-based desgners who IBM Md-Hudson Valley Conference Cenhelp gude them through the dffcult proter. cess. Several desgners, ncludng Marst There wll be two performances on May alumn JR Morrssey, have served as de1, an afternoon show and an evenng sgner crtcs for the students and wll be show. attendng ths year's show. The desgner Last year, a total of 748 people attended crtc system s just one element that sets the show, and Elzabeth Csordas, drector the Marst program apart from other of the fashon department, sad she s schools. optmstc about ncreasng that amount. "Each desgner works one on one wth "Consstently, we've been havng over the student, whch s the most unque fea700 attendants at the shows, and every ture of our program, n comparson wth year we pass the prevous year's num- other schools, where they would have one bers," she crtc for the entre class," Csordas Half of the avalable tckets have already Desgn nstructor Sue DeSanna has been sold, and Csordas sadshe encour- been ntrcately nvolved wth the shows ages the Marst communty to attend and for the past 10 years. DeSanna, who nto buy ther tckets whle they're aval- structs desgn students form sophomore able. to senor year, accompanes senors on "For those of you who mss ths year's ther trps to ther desgner crtcs. show, you're mssng the opportunty to DeSanna sad the process begns n Sepsee the talents of future stars ntroduced tember wth an dea. It then progresses for the frst tme at Marst College," she nto a sketch, whch s shown to the crtc, and eventually a garment s created. The show wll showcase the talents of "It's a cooperatve endeavor among the graduatng senors, as well as underclass- crtc, the student, and myself," she men. Nne senors wll be showng collecdesanna sad a tremendous amount of tons of sx outfts they have desgned tme and effort are put forth by the stu-. and created. Members of the junor class dents n preparaton for the show. wll each be ntroducng one garment. The only restrcton for the senor collectons Please see FASHION, page s that they must nclude several mandaby MEGAN ST. JOHN... r r f ^ Fax Servce ~ Sendng $2.00 for frst page $1.00 for each addtonal page NY TIMES BESTSELLERS 25% OFF PUBLISHERS LIST PRICE REFERENCE BOOKS * On Monday, March 31, Dyson, Lowell Thomas, and Townhouses A-C lost power due to the severe weather that ht the area. Power was restbredby Wednesday afternoon. SPECIAL BOOK ORDER SERVICE * On Thursday, Aprl 3, Securty responded to a dsorderly conduct callfromleo Hall. Students were throwng glass bottles out of wndows on the South sde of the buldng. The RD found ten students n one room and sent them back to ther own rooms. COMPUTER SOFTWARE IF IT'S IN PRINT WE CAN ORDER IT! DISCOUNTS OF UP TO 85% SNACKS & REFRESHMENTS FRTTO-LAY, KEEBLER, PEPSI * On Thursday, Aprl 3, a man was found sleepng on Marst property near the new townhouses. He was escorted off campus at 5:30 p.m. He returned around 8:30 and was escorted off campus agan wth threats of beng arrested. * On Frday, Aprl 4, there was a fre on the eghth floor of Champaganat. The fre was found n a plastc trash contaner n the trash room near the boys' bathroom. A lghted match thrown nto the contaner started the fre. The fre was quckly extngushed. * On Saturday, Aprl 5, at 5:05 a.m. Saturday mornng, the entry offcer n Leo Hall called n to Securty that an ndvdual had entered Leo Hall wearng only a T-shrt and appearng to be under the nfluence. Securty responded and determned the man was under the nfluence." The man sad he was on campus to vst a resdent but dd not know the name or where the ndvdual lved. Securty located the rest of hs clothes.near Leo Hall and escorted hm off campus. * On Saturday, Aprl 5, there was a false fre alarm n B7 n the Old Townhouses. CLOTHING CHAMPION, GEAR Crcle Pholo/ Dane Kolod Sal Randazzo, senor vce presdent and worldwde strategc plannng drector for McCann Erckson of NY, stressed the mportance of a brand over a product at a seres of advertsng lectures throughout the Marst campus last Wednesday. Ad expert dscusses gender and the mythc mage at all-day lecture seres by T I M MANSON A&E Edtor Sal Randazzo, senor vce presdent and worldwde strategc plannng drector for McCann Erckson of New York spoke on Wednesday for the Ambassador Program of The Advertsng Educatonal Foundaton. The Ambassador program sends hgh level, experenced advertsng or marketng executves to colleges and unverstes across the country to speak to students and faculty about the advertsng process, ncludng how t fts nto the economc and socal structure and the ssues surroundng t. Randazzo, who spoke manly on the topcs of gender and mythc mage, stressed the mportance of psychc archetypes n one of hs four lectures on Wednesday. "We have to, by psychc archaeology, peel back layers to get to dark places people don't know they have," sad Randazzo. Lam Hayden, a junor marketng major, sad ths means when someone buys somethng, they do not buy the product they buy the brand. "Accordng to an artcle Randazzo wrote enttled Advertsng Bulds and Mantans Brands By Creatng Mytho-Symbolc Worlds, Hayden s correct n hs nterpretaton of Randazzo. "Advertsng transforms products nto brands by creatng mytho-symbolc worlds and assocatng them wth a product," sad Randazzo. Randazzo backs ths up wth examples lke Campbell's, Marlboro, and HarleyDavdson, who have all created a myth of what ther product represents. For example, Randazzo says that for Campbell's soup, the mythc mage s of a mother servng a bowl of soup to her chld on a cold wnter afternoon. Hayden sad Randazzo changed hs whole outlook on advertsng. "I thought t was nterestng because I never looked at ads that way before and how deeply they're embedded n the psyche," sad Hayden. "It showed me how ads really work." In hs last lecture of the day, Randazzo spoke to a large class of advertsng majors. He spoke about personal experence on an ad campagn he recently worked on for Marott Hotels. Randazzo sad that n creatng a blueprnt for an advertsng campagn, one has to fgure out who the artcle s addressng, what to say to that target, and how to say t. Ths s known n advertsng terms as the target, the message, and the executon. Randazzo explaned how the busnessman tradtonally s consdered to be a road warror, but the modern busnessman s not the money hungry type that exsted n the 1980s. "The busnessman of the '90s s the 'Enlghtened Warror' who works hard but s not just about work," sad Randazzo. "Marott s the caretaker to help that warror." So, Randazzo's message for the Marott account became that the Marott wll help you acheve mastery over the busness oflfe. Joe Ddato, a junor advertsng major, sad he thought there should have been more tme for a queston and answer perod. "I had a couple of questons I would have lked to ask, consderng he s a strategy specalst, and I know other people wanted to ask as well," sad Ddato. However, Ddato sad he thought Randazzo was mpressve overall. "I wsh Marst would get more people lke hm to come and speak," he GIFTS, GREETING CARDS...Phs sclpol supples, decets, and more!!! STORE HOURS MONDAY THRU FRIDAY: 9 AM TO 5 PM SATURDAY: 10 AM TO 4 PM *MARIST MONEY* VISA ~ MASTERCARD ~ AMERICAN EXPRESS ~ DISCOVER ACCEPTEDHERE BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR Durng these last weeks of the sprng semester, whether you lve off campus or not, consderaton for the people of the area, n ther homes and n ther neghborhood, s mportant. The Marst tradton ncludes consderaton for and commttment to the well-beng of our local communtes.

3 e THE CIRCLE, Aprl 10,1997 Frends and famly reflect on Dyson's lfe at memoral servce Leo renovatons Wll provde byben AGOES Asst. News Edtor The campus flag flew at halfmast ths past week n memory of Charles H. Dyson, followng hs death on Frday, March 14. A memoral servce was held Aprl 1 at St. James' Church on Madson Avenue to revere the lfe of the 87 year-old phlanthropst. The Marst communty best knows Dyson by the.north End buldng dedcated n hs honor, and by hs famly's nvolvement wth the college. Marst College Presdent, Denns J. Murray, attended Tuesday's 11:00 a.m. servce, as dd many New York Cty leaders, ncludng Mayor Rudolph Gulan. A soprano from the Metropoltan Opera opened the servce, accordng to Murray, and was followed by euloges from John S. Dyson, Dyson's son, Ktty Carlsle Hart, charwomen emertus of the New York State Councl on the Arts, and Frank H.T. Rhodes, presdent emertus of Cornell Unversty. "I feel the loss of a man I greatly respect and admre," Murray Murray sad Dyson led a model lfe, what many would call a real Amercan Dream. "What he had was just brans, ablty, and hard work," Murray "I have great admraton for people that start wth nothng and make a success of themselves." Dyson began hs career as an accountant whle attendng Pace, Unversty at nght. He graduated n 1930, : and n 1954 founded' the Dyson-Kssner : Moran Corporaton, whch became one of the largest prvately held companes n the Unted States. Durng World War II, Dyson served as Specal Consultant to the Secretary of War, and he worked wth the mltary, draftng the Lend Lease Act. He also worked for the Department of the Treasury, and he was made a commander of the Most Excellent Order of the Brtsh Empre for hs war servce. Photo courtesy of Tm Masse Charles H. Dyson, who donated funds to mprove the Dyson Center, passed away on March 14. Hs memoral was held Aprl 1. Accordng to Tm Masse, Marst chef relatons offcer, Dyson was a success n many thngs, but he never lost sght of what was mportant. "He was a self-made man. He started wth nothng, yet he mantaned hs roots n Dutchess County," Masse Dyson mantaned hs roots by fnancally supportng the arts and educaton through the Dyson Foundaton, whch he and hs wfe, Margaret, began 40 years ago. In 1989, a gft to Marst College from the Dyson Foundaton helped buld the Dyson Center on North campus. Accordng to Masse, the buldng was seen as a trbute from Dyson's chldren to ther; parents.. "He nstlled n each of hs chldren a true understandng of communty servce. [The chldren] reflected that sense of respect, for them by gvng some-, thng to the communty," he Dyson generously supported the college over the years, but accordng to Murray, never wth much dsplay. "He was recognzed and respected as a gant n Amercan busness, but he was also admred as a man of quet dgnty Marst provdes servces for students left n the dark...contnued from page 1. thrd floor of the student center. Senor Rafael Al Solomon sad that although students were stuck n a bad stuaton, Marst dd what t could to make the best of the stuaton. "They dd what they could to make sure everybody was safe and secure," Solomon Senor Mchael Kane, however, sad the school should have been aware of the problem sooner and reacted more quckly to the blackout. "They should have at least been aware of the problem and gven us food on Monday," he Mara sad he hopes Marst wll learn from ths experence to be better prepared for future power outages. "They could formulate a plan to be a lttle more ready for [another power outage]," Mara "They could have flashlghts and lanterns to avod usng candles." At a meetng wth townhouse resdents at 3:00 p.m. last Tuesday, North End Resdent Drector Sam Johnson sad restorng power to Marst was a prorty because the secton of campus wthout power s connected to the same power lnes as Sant Francs Hosptal. "One of the postves that we have on our sde s we're on the same lne as Sant Francs, and obvously, Sant Francs' power s essenta," Johnson " Johnson also stressed that Marst could do nothng about the power outage. "Unfortunately, we have no control over the stuaton," he "Central Hudson s dong whatever they can to try and get ; people ppwer." ;.';. ; Asa result of Monday's storm,. -Manst also lost two cable antennas* whch 'affected televson channels "sx,to, and 1 Ton'carnpus. New antennas arrved on Frday and were nstalled over the weekend to restore cable televson servce. and huge generosty," Murray sad n a recent memorandum. In a separate ntervew, Masse agreed, sayng the exact monetary amount of a recent Dyson Foundaton grant for the new lbrary s secret. "Some people seek recognton for a good deed," Masse "One of Mr. Dyson's characterstcs was that he dd thngs quetly.". Dyson s survved by hs sons, Rob Dyson, charman of Marst's board of trustees, John Dyson, Peter Dyson, hs daughter Anne Dyson, 10 grandchldren, and hs second wfe, June Marston Dyson. Murray sad he s confdent the Dysons.wll carry on ther father's -legacy.^,.. _/.,...,; ; "I know Rob and hs famly wll contnue the good work* hs.father's goal of gvng back to the communty," Murray conrfortablehom^ by AMANDA BRADLEY StaffWrter Infrequent heat and hot water, no wndow screens, and agng bath facltes are a part of ever day lfe n Leo Hall.. Renovatons to Leo Hall are scheduled to begn after the May evacuaton of the resdence hall and are to be completed by next Fall. Many" students, such as Susan LaVerda, have stated ther concerns wth the condton of Leo. LaVerda sad that for the amount of money charged for resdng on-campus, the facltes provded should- be adequate. "I thnk the renovaton of Leo.' s a very good dea," she " "Screens, workng heat and hot" water, and redone bathrooms would help a lot. Hopefully, for the amount of money we pay,, we mght fnally have the basc necesstes lke tolet paper and soap n the bathroom." Another resdent of Leo, Kelly McGrorty, sad she had smlar thoughts. "I thnk for the amount of money we pay n housng," our dorms should provde rooms wth heat, wndows wthout drafts and hot water, at all tmes," she "It's about tme ths buldng s renovated because t does not provde a healthy lvng envronment." Whle some resdents focusoh the negatve-aspects of-leo^ pretty good,-but needs, mnor mprovements," he Oertell sad he lkes the sze and tradtonal lvng style of the people per floor, and especally enjoys havng the Stone Lounge ncorporated nto Leo. As a resdent of Leo, Oertell sad he can understand the concerns of the students, but also shares the frustraton of mechancal servces wth regard to the heatng problems n the buldng. Mechancal servces have been tryng all year to salvage an. outdated heatng unt. Ths wll be one of'the man renovatons to take place ths summer "'" \-- Oertellsad he has vsons of a better Leo.- He sad he wants to begn by cleanng"up the' lobbyehtranceby utlzng the desk there" and refreshng the pant job; to make the entry to the buldng more welcomng.'.. Oertell sad he s makng these 'ch"anges to gve Leo resdents.a sense of home. "When you feel good n your home, you functon better and feel better personally," he sad- Scheduled mprovements nclude a new boler, a hew hot water heater, and the renovaton of the bathrooms. Accordng to Tom Daly, Drector of Physcal Plant, thebathrooms.wll be entrely redone. The plumbng leaks wll be fxed and all fxtures wll be replaced. New parttons wllbe nstalled as well as'new lghts., '[ "It (the Leo renovanonsx-wu. ^Mfc'-U..-.^ t I *n fcm flfl "»* *T *- ^Resdent Drector Chrs Oertell" 1^\6eeasly ^cornpa^cftb last year's : sad he had arnore postveloutr'*''' Wrovator of -Champaghat. look'on the buldng. ;.. There wll be no problem meet- V "Overall' (the'buldng)."s, : ng the schedule," he Marst announces annual Who's Who' honorees Marst College released the names of 66 students who wll appear n the 1997 edton of Who's Who Among Students n Amercan Unverstes and Colleges.,' '-; Gerard A. Cox, Vce Presdent and Dean for Student Affars, chared the commttee of faculty, admnstrators and student who chose the college's nomnees. "We are delghted wth ths year's selecton of honorees," Cox "Ths year's nomnees represent a broad spectrum of students completng degree work n 1997." '._.;..; Forty-three women and 23 men wereselected. They come from 11 states. Among the states, New York had the hghest number wth 32 nomnees (10 local).. Among major felds of study, communcaton arts (17), psychology (11) and Englsh and bology, each wth fve, were the leaders. Twelve had been nvolved n some aspect of student government, ffty-four earned academc honors (Dean's Lst), and 41 corhpleted an nternshp. Ffteen completed n ntercollegate athletcs: women's basketball, crew, football, ce hockey, soccer, Softball and tenns. Other sgnfcant membershp nclude rtramurals, Resdent Student Councls, Campus Mnstry, and the Gvng Tree, theatre actvtes, rado or TV and the student newspaper. : Ntasb^ 1907 Whd's Who;Among Students n Amercan Unverstes and Colleges Award Recpents Ellen Maloney.^. Patrck D.Mara ' '.. John McGnns. ErkMolnaro Ncole Motpagn Alyson B. Morlla MchelleM.'Murphy Andreana Nelson Joseph O'Donnell Karr B. Oloffson Chandler D.Owens, II Carolyn Peguero Thomas V. Prvtere Cesar Ramrez, Jr. Rose Raus. Judth A. Red DarylR Rchard Krstn Rchard Jennfer Shuma. Danel R. St Rose ToddStallkamp TanyaLynn.Tag Steven Tedford- Davd TenEyck NcoIeTrupa Dena Ann Van Lenten Drsten M. Watekus Chrstopher M.Webb ElsaCWdmer Mchelle L: Wnters JennfefWuerz" Tmothy Joseph Yates Cyntha J. Zmba Lous Aossa Jessca Alfer Jance Bvona Carolyn Bpwen Mchelle L. Bramch Brgd Buckley Janet M.Cacace Terr Ann Carrozzo Laura Lee Casavant - Vanessa K. Cesare,, Ten Ann Cormer Jessca Lynne Cramer Chrstopher J. D'Autoro Deborah' Debertols. Raul R.DeLe Rosa Matthew Dombrowsk Amy E. Donohue Sandra M. Dougall - James T.Eglt - Peter J. Faustno MelaneFelcano Karen Fusaro Chrystne A. Glchrst Bernadette Goebel Chrsty L. Gronlund Chrstopher R. Kadus Ellen M.Kalaus. Tarda Kemp" Clfden Kennedy Karen H.Landry Todd M. Lang Heather Lynn Lppert Jennfer Legh Malcame THE CIRCLE Room selecton process causes anxety for students by EMILY. KUCHARCZYK StaffWrter Derdre Kennedy and Krsty Yacovone are frustrated. Kennedy and Yacovone, both sophomores, are tryng to fgure out housng for next year. Wth room reservaton forms due Aprl 14-16, both sad they are feelng frustrated about the process. Yacovone, who s applyng to lve n the Old Townhouses, sad the months before the room selecton forms are due s not a pleasant tme of the year. "It's just very aggravatng and stressful, and you feel a lot of tenson and hostlty when makng decsons," she Frendshps, Yacovone added, can be hurt by the whole decson-makng process. "It's frustratng because I thnk that the whole process of decdng who's gong to lve where and wth whom can make or break frendshps," she Kennedy, who s also applyng to lve n the Old Townhouses, sad part of the reason for the tenson between frends s because group members do not talk t over wth everyone n the group. "There's defntely a lot of secrets and msconceptons that go around because people only talk wth one other person and not the whole group," she Accordng to Yacovone, someone not speakng up about hs or her concerns can also hurt frendshps. "People get very offended and hurt by decsons and f a knd of quet person doesn't speak ther mnd, then they'll end up gettng hurt too," she Housng assgnments are.based prmarly,on; number^ of.prorty., ponts a. stu.. dent or "group has. Current Freshman are guaranteed housng,.whle current sophomores, junors, and senors are not guaranteed on-campus housng due to a lack of avalable space. However, f there s a te between two groups'for number of ponts, then room reservaton s determned by whch group handed n ther room deposts frst. Susan Erole, actng assstant drector of housng, sad f a group does not want to splt up the Housng Offce wll try to keep the group together. 0?eatec%e& Aprl 10, 1997 "A lot of tmes, the splt opton determnes wherewe place people," she "If members of a group dd not select the splt opton and they defntely want to stay together and ther prorty ponts aren't enough to get them nto ther frst choce, we'll be lke, 'well, they really want to stay together, so let's try to get them nto ther second choce." Kennedy sad basng the housng selecton on prorty ponts s a good dea. "I thnk the system s more relable based on prorty ponts because f you have enough ponts, you know you're gong to get n," she However, Kennedy sad, f a member of the group does not have hgh ponts, then that person wll feel lke he or she s brngng the group down. "It just makes you feel horrble f you do not have enough ponts," she "You feel lke you are hurtng everyone else n the group.". Another concern s not havng enough people n the group to fll the number of people needed for a partcular resdence. Kennedy sad t wll be dffcult to have someone the group does not know come n and lve wth them. "I'm a lttle worred about someone who doesn't match us because we're all one type of person, one way, and a transfer may not be," she Erole sad students should be as open as possble to the dea f havng a transfer. "I encourage students to reman as flexble as possble when t comes to addng people n mat they do not know," she Erole sad students who are need of a few more people to lve wth should try to fnd people they mght know who need, a place to lve..,,,;.,.=... "I encourage students to do a lot of ther own research," she "If they know of people that aren't n a large group, maybe somebody they take a class wth or know even remotely, they should try : to approach that person or people;": Erole sad the man goal of the process s to make students happy. "We don't want students to be unhappy wth the people they are lvng wth, and really try to avod all of that," she "We want to make students as happy as possble." Lght Up Your Summer 0 ;. at MARIST COLLEGE 0 O o Over 130 Courses! New Meda! Accelerate a degree program I Scence lab courses!, 0 O Tuton dscounts! Reach ^\k. academc goals! Earn 11 semester hours of college credt! Regstraton s currently takng place at the School of Adult Educaton, Dyson Center 127. Stop n today to regster! 1/3 depost requred. Crcle pholo/ Dane Kolod Students practce ther technques n the Sprng 1997 fencng class n McCann. A classc sport of skll remans a popular physcal educaton course by DIANE KOLOD Photography Edtor Fencng s currently generatng much nterest as a sport of hgh skll and cunnng. Fencng, also referred to as physcal chess, s hundreds of years old. It orgnated n Brtan as tranng for more advanced weaponry, such as epee. The fol, a thn, lghtweght sword, s the tranng weapon. The am of fencng s to tran the fencer to am for the torso, whch s the target area. Fencng has-now come to Marst College as a bre credt class, whch s taught every Tuesday n the McCann Center by Chrstna Massala, Provest d' Armes. Massa'a 'sad fencng s a very engagng sport, but one nust master the technques....: "Fencng s a lfetme sport, " Massala "It's fun, but there are some technques one must learn, so ther opponent s not hurt." Massala has been fencng for 29 1/2 years and sad she became nterested n fencng from an Ann Arbor summer recreaton program. "emotonally present, poltcally earnest, Dar Wllams s a bom.. <?! storyteller wth a self-effacng humor, ^ and armed wth a voke that soars and rattles the bones." Chcago Trbune Julen J. Studley Th wt» C^^*^ callfo She has been n more than 90 tournaments. She sad one of her most memorable tournaments was n a town outsde of Detrot n "I have a lot of good memores from that tournament," she "I met some of my best frends there." In 1975, she placed second n the junor natonals. One of the reasons she sad she enjoyed ths tournament s because she learned much about fencng. "They were very good bouts," Massala Massala has also been on the Junor World teams for Greece and the Unted Slates. She has traveled to places, such as Argentna, Mexco, and Turkey. Ths s her frst tme teachng fencng at Marst. She sad she stresses enjoyng the sport, but also learnng the sklls. "I stress n class to learn the technques," Massala Some of the technques the students learn are advance, retreat, dsengage, parry, and lunge. Sophomore Danel Reser, a fencng stu- Pleasesee FENCING, page 6...

4 6 THE CIRCLE, Aprl 10,1997 THE CIRCLE, Aprl! 0,1997 Students^^ create:tradton Students share ther hangover cures wth senor ^lass'gft g.'. '-" e can't- always keep Jn! touch wth alumn j;ahd nluce many-ivy I^gue:schooIs,,we don't have~'an nbult tradton The class of 1997 wll be to gve back,'' Dubuque ' leavng.more than just fond "We- are tryng tbteducate the", memores and a tral of mortar senors before theyjleave that tassels when they-graduate n, graduaton.wll not end ther remay. latonshp wth Marst, but sm. Ths year's graduates have n- ' ply brng t to a new.jevel."sttuted a new dea, called CreThe Senor Class Gvng atng Tradtons.. Project's man focus s on para' few months ago, several tcpaton; and not monetary admnstrators from the Marst value. The goal for partcpaoffce of College Advancement ton was about 15 percent of the approached the Class of graduates. Students are asked wththe dea of a senor class to gve small donatons, whch gft, and the class offcers class offcers have decded to agreed. Ths wll be the frst use towards an alumn room n year a senor class has presented the new lbrary. '. "In the last 10 years, almost a gft to the college. The dea of Creatng Trad-. every buldng on campus has tons was proposed n- a letter been rebult or renovated, exsent out to senors a few weeks cept the lbrary. The senors ago. The packet of nformaton realze that the new-lbrary reexplaned to senors the mpor- ally wll be the cappng stone tance of alumn support for an of campus," Dubuque, The Senor Class Gvng nsttuton to advance and grow. Project has been met wth a Partcpaton n the Marst Fund s an mportant ndcator of generally postve.response alumn satsfacton to prospec- from students. Already, the blood thns out a great deal and tve students to the college. partcpaton level has excould be very dangerous to the Many publcatons, such as ceeded the goal at 25 percent. Senor Heather Lppert sad body. Barron's Best Buys n College A popular remedy among col- Educaton and US News and she lkes that there s no mnlege students s just to keep World Reports Amerca's Best mum amount requred to gve. "For afew dollars, I can have drnkng the next day. Colleges, use ths partcpaton my name nscrbed n Marst Rchards sad there are certan rate to rank colleges. hstory," she drnks that are better to drnk the Patrck Mara, student body next day. presdent, s one member of the Senor John McGnns sad "Bloody Marys are good to commttee for the Senor Class the class gft wll allow hm to drnk because they have tomato Gvng Project. gve somethng back to Marst. juce, celery, and nutrents to put "The dea behnd the senor, "My years at Marst have back; n y^pur body," he gft s to start people contrbut- been fulfllng. It's my way of j-^accftrdng to Rchards, for ng to the" school earler on, sayng thank, you to the school," sornep^>ple,ts almost artual whle they are stll n/ther colto:g1a'ou%he^ne}^day^ j-a- legecareers fohopefully set a,;mccaru\s".^^;v^_^l^^ >y "WeJget up, go to Rennys, precedent to keep gvng," Mara ' Thedeadlnefdrsehbrdonatons s May L A class reprewatch football, and drnk Bloody _ sentatve wll present the check Marys,''he Jennfer Dubuque, the dreceven though there are so many tor of Annual Gvng at Marst, to Presdent Murray at the Baccalaureate Ceremony, and class remedes gong around about sad t s often hard to keep track partcpators wll be recognzed how to prevent or getrdof hang- of alumn n the frst few years at the alumn barbecue durng overs, t s a fact that only tme after graduaton. senor week. can cure a hangover. '. by JENNIFER FEMMINELLA, by GYNA SLOMCBSSKY - - Feature Edtor Sunday mornngs are harmful. That s because Sunday mornngs are usually known as "hangover day." Accordng to Keth Owen, senor fnance major, a hangover s a terrble experence. "A hangover s havng extreme nausea, your head poundng, feelng lke you are stll drunk, feelng dehydrated, and havng cotton mouth," he Melane Berros, a junor fashon desgn major, sad hangovers gve people an uneasy feelng. "You wake up n the mornng feelng cky," she "You just don't want to be awake and sometmes you get sck to your stomach." Saturday nghts are bg at Marst College. Several students hop around the few local bars left standng. But, many students beleve the hangovers. resultng product the next day "I'll wake up really early, lke may not be worth all the money 7 a.m., I'll toast some toast and spent the nght before. drnk a glass of water," she Pat Sullvan, junor advertsng "After that, I wll go back to bed. major, sad that certan parts of It works lke a charm every the body suffer more than oth- tme." ers. Sullvan, who sad he does not "That lttle flap of skn n the get hangovers, sad there s an back of your mouth swells up," easy way to not get hangovers. he "If you keep drnkng water Kevn Rchards, junor crm- whle you are drnkng, you wll nal justce major, sad he agrees most lkely not get a hangover," he "Drnkng water keeps, wth Sullvan. "I always seernto have; sore ^ theblbo'd crculatng. If the blood muscles the day after vgoout^ s crculatrgv therewll be more blood gong to the bran, and n drnkng," he -7 Through the years, there have turn, you won't get a headache." One dangerous remedy s takbeen several remedes that people say cures hangovers. ng asprn before bed, so you do Some say black coffee works. not wake up feelng bad. Alcohol thns out the blood, and so Some say a cold shower. Accordng to Berros, she has does asprn. When both are ngested, the a no-fal method when she gets )e of the week Gyna's hangover cure-all 1 bottle of Advl 4 glasses of water 1 Bg Mac McDonald's from SEIZED CARS from $175. Porsches, Cadllacs, Chevys, BMWs, Corvettes. Also Jeeps, 4WDs. Your Area. Toll Free Ext. A for current lstngs. w Staff.Wrter "'._ Career Quest:Lsten up, unemployed students by AMTELEMTRE Specal to The Crcle roastng on the beach all day and watressng at nght seemed lke a heavenly way to pass the tme, ths year you wll be able to put somethng professonal down on your resume as there s no way to make "sundae machne operator" sound respectable. So, what do you need to know about "Summer Job/Internshp Day?" Well, t takes place on Wednesday, Aprl 16, n the Cabaret from 12:00-2:00 p.m. And, there s a major plus nvolved all employers wll have pad postons. 'Better than casual dress encouraged,' whch means wear somethng your mom would be proud of no shorts, no sneakers, no brks. Also, t s recommended that Aahh sprng has fnally sprung! It s the season of sunblock, dark shades, and wndows rolled down n the car. Tme for stayng out late, wakng up late, and fndng a summer job. Yeah, you knew t couldn't be all fun and games, rght? Well, fret not, dear frends, for t s about that tme of year agan tme for the annual "Summer Job/Internshp Day" here at Marst College. What, you may be askng, exactly s the "Summer Job/Internshp Day?" Well, t s only the best opportunty for you, as students, to meet wth prospectve employers and fnd a summer job or n-...contnued from page 5. ternshp. (And ths opportunty s open to all students, freshmen dent, enjoys the class for many reasons. and senors alke). "I took fencng to learn the art As you know, t s never too early to start thnkng about your of fencng and I've always loved future (Do I sound lke your swords," Reser "It's a mom, or what?), and landng a greater dscplne to learn about key summer job or nternshp n the art of the blade than that of your feld s an excellent way to the gun." get ahead. JeffNovakausk,alsoa sophoand, unlke last summer, when more fencng student, sad he you brng along some resumes. Ths s not mandatory, but rather a strong suggeston. And don't worry f you thnk your resume s less than perfect. Ths s what the Center for Career Servce Offce s all about. Just get somethng on paper anythng and brng t down durng "Walk-In Hours" and get t crtqued rght there on the spot, no appontment needed. So, from one Marst student to another, please take advantage of ths opportunty. It really s a perfect way to talk wth summer employers, a chance not everyone s prvledged to receve. Delnquent Tax, Repos, REOs. Your Area. Toll Free (1) Ext. H for current lstngs. Cty. The town overwhelms; t can heghten my joys and make me weep lkea chld. Smply put, t s everythng. Ths past Frday, I went to the cty for an mportant all-day ntervew. Afterwards, I was absolutely draned. My frend, Ta, took me to Lucky Cheng's n the Vllage. It was one of the many places I have been dyng to go to, especally because I lve n Gesha 10 (G10 n Gartland).. by JOSIE INALDO My house has been dubbed "GeFood Babe sha 10" because half of us are from Asan descent. The rony of t s that none of us are from Japan, where the word gesha Dfferent places mean dffer- orgnates from. ent thngs to me. Places such as Anyway, people have been London, Madrd, Boston..all sayng a lot about the Lower East hold beautful memores for me. Sde establshment. What was But, when I set my eyes upon so specal about ths place, you that famous skylne and I am may ask. Well, the staff prmaamdst the hustle, my heart skps rly conssts of Asan drag a beat, and I know my frst true queens. My curosty was love wll always be New York pqued. I wondered, was t a CLUB BILLBOARD Campus Mnstry took the class for smlar reasons. "I took fencng to stay n shape, and I am fascnated wth weaponry," Novakausk In addton to masterng the technques, one must wear protectve equpment, ncludng a mask, glove, and vest. Massaa sad fencng may be offered agan next year. "I'd love to come back and teach next year," she tourst attracton? Is t done n horrble taste? Would I even be allowed through the door? My fears quelled down a bt upon enterng the place. A typcal Chnese restaurant, a comfortable darkness and chnosere abound, meanng Chnese prnts on the walls and Chnese umbrellas coverng the length of the entre celng. The only aberraton was the motorcycle chck tendng the barn leather regala and tattoos to match. We were seated by 'Madame Woo' the grand dame or what one would call the matrarch of the den. She gracefully led us to our table, clutchng her danty paper fan. We sat near the rear of the restaurant where the 'grls' were hangng out watng for the nght to commence. After I unsuccessfully tred to get over the fact that they were 'he's,' I sat n amazement. To me, aesthetcs s stll aesthetcs, no matter how you slce t. Ta laughed at me when I sad, about a partcular stunnng watperson, "I wanna look lke her someday." You know how grls get, flppng through Cosmo n dsgust, gong, Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. n the Chapeks the Prayer Vgl for Peace & Justce Chess Club ' ' "I hate her. Look, her legs are unreal." I tred to concentrate on the menu. It was just as exotc as the staff. They offer Pan-Asan cusne, whch s a mxture of all the countres n Asa, partcularly along the Pacfc Rm. I was expectng the usual sweet and sour chcken and Lo Men. Was I surprsed - to a degree everythng on the menu was somethng I have never tred before. (And that's sayng a lot comng from me!) Some of the appetzers were steamed mussels wth a gn and Kaffr Lme Broth ($6.95) and Vetnamese marnated and grlled Qual over mesclun greens ($7.95). Some of the entrees read so colorfully: sauteed soft-shell crab wth a Wasab Honey Vnagrette over'greens, crspy noodles and baby vegetables ($19.95). The range of the ktchen was very mpressve, but t does come wth a hefty prce tag. To start, we shared a servng of sprng rolls whch had a hnt of tangy peanut sauce. For dnner, I fnally settled on the broled pork chop and navy beans sauteed wth Bok Choy and Tha Basl served wth Yn Yang, black and whte stcky rce ($14.95). Because we had made early reservatons, we were served n no tme, and our meals were superb. Our server, Anta D. was very frendly and sweet. (You know how much I love beng mothered.) For dessert, I so wanted to ndulge and order 'Imelda's Chocolate Shoe.' It s a lfe-sze stletto made wth a pound of dark Belgan chocolate flled wth a chocoate-grandmarner mousse and fresh raspberres ($34.95): It serves three to four people! I passed on that and chose the Plum Wne Tramsu wth fresh frut ($5.95). Ta and I shared, and t dd not dsappont. In all aspects. Lucky Cheng's was truly fascnatng. The next tme I vst, 1 am gong to ether catch a show or go to the Shangh Sunday Brunch wth Endless Asan Pear Mmosas! I felt lke Alce n Wonderland, or then agan, maybe that s how I always feel when I am n 'my cty.', The Marst College Chess Club conducted the 14th Open Chess Tournament on March 22, Sophomore and Club Presdent,,Sebastan DcVto clamed the frst place trophy, but not wthout stff competton. Sxteen people competed, ncludng freshmen through graduate students and one admnstrator. Everyone scored at least 1 pont. Coach Bogdan Jovcc entered the tournament and ted DeVto at the end of four rounds of regular play. Both accumlated 3 wns and one draw for 3 1/2 ponts. DeVtb won afvemnute playoff, game to wn frst, whle Coach settled for second place.. N. Desa won the thrd place trophy.^"",v~.'.,-~, *. - ",.Informaton Systems professor and US Chess Drector Crag Fsher drected the tournament and was very pleased wth both the turn out and the calber of play..,,., El Arco Irs Latno., ' = Sur! Aprl 13 Coronaton of Latno Kng and Queen.PAR 9:30pm Mon. Aprl 14 Davd Lamb' "Do Platanos Go Wth Colard Greens" PAR 9:30pm '' Tue. Aprl 15 Skylne Productons "Racsm Wthn The Latno Com munty" PAR 9:30pm-\. Wed. Aprl 16 Learn To Dance by Dance Sport Cabaret 9:30pm Thu. Aprl 17 Welfare Poets (tentatve) PAR 9:30pm Fr. Aprl 18 Salsafengue Cabaret 9:30pm Sat. Aprl 19 Noche Cultural $50 prze Cabaret 9:30pm Saturday Aprl 26 Cultural Dnner Dance Casa Mlanese 7:00pm Kappa Kappa Gamma ZX chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma would lke to welcome our newest ssters of the Eta class: Andrea Ben, Candce Bottjer, Ines-Cardona Blar, Danelle DuPont, Bobb Jo Fuller, Dana Gennaro, Legh Golden, Devon Imarso, Chrstne Lubas, Defdre McCarthy, Jennfer Tabano, and Heather Woods. Lterary Arts Socety 3 Housemates Needed For School Year *4 Bedrooms ^Bathroom ^Lvng Room * Ktchen Aprl 12, Trp to Woodstock MCCTA's The Humansts BIG SHOW on Monday, Aprl 14 at 9:30 p.m. n the Nell Golett Theater. Admsson s free. Model Unted Natons Club Students learn the art of fencng GOVT FORECLOSED homes from pennes on $1. The food babe enjoys an Asan feast at Lucky Cheng's n the Vllage Meetngs are scheduled Thursday Nghts at 9:30 n the downstars lbrary study room. Anyone nterested n attendng model U.N. conference n New York Cty ths Aprl 25 to 29 must attend ths Thursday nghts meetng. For more nformaton call Chrstne ext Teachers of Tomorrow From Aprl the Teachers of Tomorrow Club wll be hostng ther thrd Scholastc Book Far. Thousands of your old favor tes and current ttles are beng shpped to Marst! Students Start your own collecton of classcs. Faculty Pck up some books for your chldren's summer readng lst. The book far wll be open from 10 am to 7 pm every day n the Performng Arts Room. Hope to see you there. The house s located on Taylor Avenue For more nformaton, call Jessca at or after May at (914) JOB OPENING: COPY EDITOR The Poughkeepse Journal, an award-wnnng Gannett Co. daly n New York's hstorc Hudson Valley, seeks a news desk copy edtor. Strong copy edtng, desgn and headlne-wrtng sklls requred, as well as flar, creatvty and vson. Wrte managng edtor, Poughkeepse Journal, Box 1231, Poughkeepse, N.Y Or e-mal newsroom@poughkee.gannett.com The Journal values dversty n the workplace. 1 I

5 8 THE CIRCLE EDITORIAL Aprl 10,1997 THECIROR* The Student Newspaper of Marst College Krstn Rchard, Edtor-n-Chef Mchael Goot, Managng Edtor " Chrs Smth, Sports Edtor Stephane Mercuro, News Edtor Tm Manson, A&E Edtor Dane Kolod, Photography Edtor Jason Duffy, Busness Manager G. Modele Clarke, Faculty Advsor Gyna Slomcnsky. Feature Edtor Chrstan Bladt, Opnon Edtor The Crcle s publshed every Thursday. Any mal may be addressed to The Crcle, Marst College, 290 North Road, Poughkeepse, NY Edtoral Storm rekndles old art of talkng In the aftermath of last week's storm, part of the campus was wthout power. It made us realze how vulnerable we are. We have become so dependent on TVs, telephones, rados, and computers. We are almost powerless wthout them because, then, we have no ways of communcatng wth each other. Our socety has become so technologcally drven, that we do not know how to functon wthout t. However, once we strp away all these electronc gadgets, we stll have one thng left nterpersonal communcaton. Before, talkng was so dffcult. People were often separated by large dstances. Now that t s so easy to talk to somebody, the value of communcaton has been degraded. Sometmes, t seems lke we have lost the art of good conversaton. It takes thnkng sklls. Sometmes, we thnk we are communcatng wth other people, but we are not really. We ask people what they dd last nght, what they dd today, what they are dong tomorrow. We do not often explore deeper ssues, such as ther nner fears, hopes, goals and dreams. Those are the types of conversatons that we need to have. We need to communcate wth a person on another level n order to fully satsfy ourselves as human bengs. As crazy as t may sound, t s good to talk to yourself. It does not have to be out loud. It s sometmes good to just st back and reflect on thngs wth one or two thoughts to keep you company. Sometmes, you have to shut out all the exteror voces and what people are tellng you to do and lsten to your nner voce. Then, when you have sorted out your prortes, you can re-jon the group and move on wth your lfe. Talkng s really an art form. Sometmes t s hard to get beyond the basc "small talk." But, however, you have to start someplace. Then, you can move on to talkng about the queston of the meanng of Ufe ': ;; r '; '*: ;"' -{ H^: ; We need to turn the televson set off once n a whle and just chat wth one another. People should take tme to talk about current ssues and problems, ncludng what bothers them n ther lves. Talkng can often prevent a conflct from happenng. Wars have often been started because of a lack of communcaton. Slence s not good. Mchael Goot, Managng Edtor ^=*. ty- Letters to the Edtor may be sent to The Crcle va E-Mal at HZAL, or dropped n campus mal addressed to Te Crcle Please nclude your name and class year. Tle Crcle reserves the rght to edt letters for spacal reasons or otherwse tzftott ojltfowce& "The best way to wn an argument s to begn by beng rght" Letters to the Edtor Western meda coverage of Chna can be msleadng Edtor Frends have sent me several clppngs on Chna snce I arrved here on Aug. 29,1996. I am n Xamen, a specal economc zone, teachng oral and wrtten Englsh at Lujang Unversty, a three year vocatonal school of some 1300 students. Unfortunately, most of the reportng on Chna s negatve: human rghts volatons, Three Gorges Dam runng Chna's hertage, and the relgous persecuton of "underground" Catholcs. These months of daly contact wth the Chnese people, students and adults, have helped me understand both my country and Chna better. Over one bllon people here are very happy wth the development of ther country under Deng Xaopng's "socalsm wth Chnese characterstcs." What's more, they are blatantly proud of ther country, and say so repeatedly. They do not at all understand why the US meda are so ntent on portrayng Chna so negatvely. I beleve t s because our meda come from a pror, that s, pre-judgng, prejudced postons. Chna s Communst, and Communsm has never been any good anywhere; therefore, t cannot be any good n Chna. From the realty I see and hear, ths s not true n the present Chna. The US meda also beleve that a one-party system has, hstorcally, never done lastng good, and has never been democratc. Agan, Chna seems to be, for the present,.belyng that hstorcal fact. There s no other way, for the tme beng, that Chna could make the ggantc progress t s 'currently makng e.g.. nne percent annual,gdptncrease ^undera USA-type Congress. Crses need aumbrtavah leadershp.'successful^ CEOs do not need commttee consensus. Thngs wll change n the course of tme. The 8th Plenum of the Natonal People's Congress ended on March 14. The offcal paper of the country, the Chna Daly, reported n one of the many artcles on ths Plenum that t was the most successful ever because the percent of approval of decsons made was the lowest ever! Ths was taken as a sgn of the growng ntellectual qualty of the 2700 delegates. Approval was stll at a more than 75 percent hgh, but nonetheless ndcated growng debate and opposton. The consttuton of Chna presently bans a second poltcal party, and to start one s treason. I beleve that, n tme, a second party wll naturally emerge. We must not forget that mssonares came to Chna by the hundreds, especally n the wake of Brtsh gunboats that forced opum on the Chnese because the Indan market was declnng. After Hong Kong s resttuted to Chna ths July 1, perhaps the Chnese wll start forgettng the nfamous Unequal Treates dctated by Westen cannons. Then, perhaps once agan, Chrstan schools wll be allowed n Chna and wll not be perceved as colonalst tools. More than one bllon Chnese are eager to learn Englsh. I urge you to spend a year or two some Amercans here wth me are n ther eghth year, so happy are they! teachng Englsh and experencng for yourself the realty of New Chna and the warmth and gracousness of the Chnese. You wll then no longer be msled by a handful of expatrate dssdents played up sensatonally by the Western meda. Brother Joseph L.R. Belanger Help s avalable for sexual volence survvors Edtor The Task Force for the Preventon of Sexual Volence on campus would lke to thank all those who attended the Kate Koestner presentaton on acquantance rape enttled "No/Yes." Your partcpaton helped to make ths program an overwhelmng success, as well as showed how ths subject touches many lves. We are currently workng on a bulletn board that wll exhbt the nformaton collected from the questonnares whch were avalable at the program. If sexual volence has affected your lfe, or the lfe of someone you know, please be remnded that there are professonals and peers on campus who are wllng and able to help you. Please feel free to contact the Counselng Center, located n the Byme House, at extenson I would lke to close by extendng an nvtaton to any and all to attend a 'Take Back the Nght" march on Sunday, Aprl 20, startng at 8:15 p.m. n front of the chapel. We look forward to your partcpaton n ths and future events. Hem Borromeo, Lower Champagnat Mentor and Task Force Member THE CIRCLE OPINION Aprl 10,1997 Heaven's Gate took advantage of modern technology to take advantage of troubled people Its hard to fnd a deeper meanng to the tragedy at Rancho Santa Fe. A socety left Ibehnd n bewlderment ponders me crcumstances that mght lead an exclusve group Ito kll themselves. The world s a cruel place, and f your, father s anythng lke mne, I you have probably heard hm tell you the world s anythng but far. The ablty to I burrow yourself away nto the hoards of people and agences and nsttutons that I cvlzaton creates gets easer every day, and the dffculty of everyday lfe makes -secluson atemptng.alternatv.e.forjsome.. As normal socal nteracton becomes a necessty for work and pleasure, t-seems man streamers uuce for granted that everyone they meet shares n the normal procedures of socal exchange. Our socety forces a self-centered orentaton on us, and we have lttle tme for those acquantances who do not beneft our endeavors. So, cordally, we dsmss the average acquantance wth the percepton that he has busness of hs own to attend, and paths may or may not cross wth ths partcular person, dependng upon future crcumstances. Ths s qute a normal, socetally acceptable method of socal nteracton. Commercals get more creatve every day, but one of my favortes that stopped arng recently featured Denns Leary walkng between computer montors occuped by blankly starng nternet surfers. Leary asks, "What are you dong?" The monotonous reply s, "Just browsng." The advertsement advocates more productve use of the world wde web. "Raw captalsm," accordng to Leary's commercal, would make much more effectve usage of the nternet than "browsng." The relatvely small facton of socal msfts that comprse groups lke Heavens Gaters, Montana Freedmen, Branch Dvdans, and whte supremacsts take advantage of the web for the purpose of combnng forces and recrutng members. Instead of normal socal nteracton, confused or unsocable people may choose to browse the nternet, and durng ther browsng sessons they fall vctm to the emotonally appealng traps left by extremst groups lke the Heavens Gaters. Mult-mllon dollar corporatons, lke IBM or AT&T, do not expect ther commercals promotng the nternet, laden wth the nnocent faces of chldren droppng profound lnes of future euphora, to bolster the efforts of extremst groups. Unfortunately, the KKK web page can nstantaneously lnk a web surfer wth other whte supremacst stes. Applewhte admtted the resurgence of hs cult came about through nternet contacts. To suggest that the nternet s to blame for the mass sucde s absurd; the nternet can only operate as ts human nstructor ntends. The many postve attrbutes of nformaton transfer that the nternet provdes cannot be outweghed by the sparse accounts of msuse. After readng the nformaton about the sucde, I wondered f the nformaton about Heavens Gate would reman a popular cte to browse. Perhaps a lnk has already been made between lp balm and Heavens Gate. I must admt, f 1 was. not computer llterate, and f a I had the tme, I mght have looked for Applewhte's page out of curosty. Bll Mekrut s the poltcal columnst for The Crcle. It happens each and every sprng Ths week, I saw Marst's harbnger of sprng I saw my frst skunk of the season. Though, more tellng of the change n season s the weather. Yesterday, I stopped off on my way back from class to lsten to the brds and the sound of a nearby waterfall. Well, I thought I heard a waterfall, but, I then glanced around. Qute frankly, the dea of a waterfall was not kosher, t was not even n the ball park, but enough talk about hot dogs. (Do you know what ther made of? Knd of lke cold dogs, only nevermnd. I know, very lame). I then realzed I was standng on "a manhole, and I was merely beng serenaded by the soothng babble of the sewer. Ths thought dd not dstract me from takng t all n, though somethng else dd. I have to be the.only one n the cvlzed world, er wat that s a bt of a contradcton anyway, I am at least one of the few blghted wth an llness n these frst days of sprng. It seems I have tred every concevable drug, (Hmm. Every concevable drug? Would that be every drug asde from brth control?), avalable over the counter to at least numb the symptoms of ths vrus. Anyway, not only does sprng brng skunks and dsease, but the sght of the Marst crew team gldng along the Hudson s as manstream around here as the Hudson tself (pun ntended). I commented to one of the members of the crew team on how nce t must to row on the rver. She quckly tred to dslluson me by remndng me of all the grme that s typcally assocated wth the Hudson. As I was unfazed by her persuasons, she fnally added that someone had once found a dead graffe floatng n the rver. She sad I had to thnk that was dsturbng, f not odd. It seemed pretty logcal to me. One would be hard pressed to fnd a lve graffe n the Hudson, as I do not beleve they can swm. Only a couple of weeks ago, most students were walkng to class almost as brskly as the weather tself. But no more. Sprng s here. Another sgn s the frequency of potental members of de Class of 2001 walkng through campus, guded by our peers, the Marst Tour Gudes. Campus tours for potental members of the Class of 2001 lesurely stroll by. Well, I suppose walkng backwards s a lttle less than lesurely. The gudes attempt to perfect ths art of whle jugglng names lke "Champagnat" and "Benot" on ther tongues wth grace that can only be attaned after at least a semester or two at Marst. Even more nterestng are the potental students tryng to hde the embarrassment that mom's nqury about bathroom santaton or co-ed floors and the humlaton that Dad's plad pants brng about. I never took one of those r. -. tours. My parents lke to take me to schools to whch I would never be accepted. I suppose that they fgure f we showed tremendous convcton to the place, admssons would come around and feel oblgated to let me n. If not, Dad could always contest t. After all, he bought a T- shrt. In one such sprng trp to Vllanova, I felt so utterly out of place that I nssted to my parents that my ankle was botherng me and I just couldn't go on wth the tour. Dad suggested that we swng by the athletc tranng room and talk to the traner, whch I found mortfyng. So, I pressed on, and perhaps one nterestng thng, though not very funny, came of endurng that tour. The tour gude, despte the tour parents fervent warnngs, plunged backwards down a small flght of stars. (Yes, she was okay well, n good enough shape to fnsh the tour). Well, despte my seemngly mxed revew of a season, perhaps a result of Robtussn slghtly dullng my senses, I am as grateful as a can of parmesan cheese about the arrval of sprng. Wat, no, that would be "grated." Heck, maybe I'm just as cheesy as that can of parmesan. Tara Qunn s The Crcle's humorcolumst When I was 10,1 mssed out on all the Haley's Comet furor. It had somethng to wth lvng between two mountans and unfavorable atmospherc condtons. Ether that, or there was just a really compellng epsode of ALF on. I forget whch. In any event, snce I mssed the last once-n-alfetme astronomcal phenomenon, I was compelled tcrsee ths~one. When'-I frst caught a glmpse of the comet several weeks ago, I commented to myself how t was a truly wondrous sght. How such a thng could exst n the same unverse as Pauly Shore s utterly bafflng. It was not untl several days later that I began to thnk of the appearance of ths comet as somethng to be dreaded (though not nearly as much as Pauly Shore). Then, I realzed that the problem s not the comet tself, but how the Heaven's Gate cult nterpreted ts presence. It s hard to do much else than feel sorry for them. There was obvously somethng mssng from ther lves f they would sgn up for a whacked-out crusade led by a man who looked lke Lesle Nelsen after a couple of all-nghters. Would any of you sgn up to be sheep to a man and a woman that called themselves "Bo and Peep?" What s probably the most troublng thng about ths partcular cult s that t s not flled wth the knd of msfts, rejected crcus freaks, and former chld actors that one would expect tofndn a relgous cult. Much lke the Doomsday cult that made headlnes n Japan after the gas attack on a Tokyo subway, the Heaven's Gate cult s comprsed of seemngly normal, somewhat successful, average, every day ctzens. Unfortunately, that just makes the whole thng that much more bafflng. As tme went on, the appeal of the cult grew substantally. People from all walks of lfe chose to leave behnd ther jobs, ther famles, and everythng that they had known before, wth the hope that they would be able to htch ardeon Amtrak's nterstellar lne. Wth the advent of nternet technology, t became much easer to reach out to prospectve members. After suckng down gallons of packaged frut juces and caffnated beverages, the Heaven's Gate cultsts sat down to desgn web pages, and to post n nternet groups lke "alt.sucde" and "alt.crazy.bastard.seeks.same." Not surprsngly, ths was ncredbly effectve, as t enabled them to reach the specalzed groups of people they were scourng the globe for. One of the problems wth gettng a look nsde the mnd of the members of the Heaven's Gate cult (whch would probably be about as unnervng as hearng Mckey Rourke's answers to an nk blot test) s that they were dscouraged from communcatng wth ther famles. In fact, there really was not much contact between them n the outsde world. Ths was probably because they knew they were not gong to have to put up wth the hustle and bustle down on Earth for much longer. Besdes, who needs to go outsde when there are epsodes of 'BattlestarGalactca' and 'Space: 1999' to watch? The reports featurng famly members areflledwth stores lke that of Robert Maeder, whose daughter had joned the cult three years ago. Lke other famles of cult members, he receved a handful of postcards throughout the years. Davd Moore, who spent 21 years n the cult, only saw hs parents on two occasons. He stated that contact wth famly members would "tug at hs vbratonal level." Speakng of whch, one of the bggest tenets of Heaven's Gate was that one needed to renounce hs or her sexualty. Apparently, ths was more dffcult for some members of the group, as a sgnfcant number of the men n the cult had been surgcally castrated. I guess f you are dscouraged from ever seeng anyone else, and you cannot even touch the other cult members, you have to fnd some way to releve your pent-up sexual frustratons. For these members of the Heaven's Gate cult, the most logcal thng was to get out the old testcular gullotne. Not that logc s really an approprate concept here. What I cannot fgure out s that f they were no longer gong to need ther bodes, what were all of the quarters for? Just n case the E-Z Pass on the Hale-Bopp comet dd not work? Perhaps ther souls were not as clean as they had been told, and they mght have had to stop at a laundrymat somewhere along the way. It could be that the space shp followng the comet only has publc phones. Or maybe they just wanted to make sure they would be able to play Donkey Kong Junor when they reach the great beyond. Of course, t s probably just another example of what a crackpot plan ths was. For whatever reason, Herff Applewhte, or Bo, or Do, or Don't...whatever he was callng hmself that week, felt the need to drag 38 people down nto the dsturbng hell that he created for hmself. Worst of all, we do not know why he dd t, or just what t was that compelled these people to follow along. Most lkely, we never wll. Chrstan Bladt s the opnon edtor for The Crcle.

6 10 Ths year's sophomore class presdent has accomplshed a. great deal for the beneft of the entre student body. Brent Knapp s the ndvdual responsble for the recent ncrease n the actvtes fee, whch wll allow for more mones to be dstrbuted between clubs and programmng. Ths process began n the fall semester wth Brent's proposal.the CIRCLE,. Aprl 10, SGA NEWS Photo Courtesy of Brent Knapp and fnally came to a successful end at the March Board of Trustees meetng. Currently, Brent s servng hs second term as presdent for the class of Through hs two years of experence n ths poston, Brent has seen hs class become closer together and ncreasngly supportve of events the class has sponsored. One such event was AI.1. NEW INTOKNKTPOhTKY CON HOST Name: Brent M. Knapp Year: Sophomore Hometown: Sdney, NY Major: Poltcal Scence Favorte Band/Muscan: Dave Matthews Favorte Move: "Where the Day Takes You" Favorte Food: Veal Parm Role Model: Mom and dad held ths past Chrstmas. The class of 1999 brought on campus the orphan chldren from Aster Home to celebrate ths holday. Brent has made a profound statement; for the class of 1997 wth hs leadershp n SGA, ard he s confdent that n the next two years;'the class wll contnue to make a dfference n the Marst communty. Poetry enter; the 21st century wth a brand new Internet pncfy ronu-m. vww.pncfry.cnn'. All pucls, puhlncd or unpublshed, arc cncmraped n submt ther poem * for a chance (o v, m moc than$48,000 n cash and pr/«s The deadlne ; U-.r the \v\v North Amercan Open Amateur Poetry Contest s Aprl 3U, The contest>«open to everyone, and entry s FRttE. Begnners are especally en- ' couraucr to cnnp'tc. lor over 250 p/es. lvery poem entered also has a chance to be '. publshed n a dclu\c, hardbound anthology To enter. w In uyyw.pm-try.com. or mal one orgnal poem, n nunc than 20 lnes, and ; subject and M\le to. 'Ihe N.tunul I.har\ of Poetry. 1 Poety Pln/a. Sute 19811, : Owngs Mlls.\ll) MS2 ' 'lhe poet's n.sne and stnv.rl-^ should appear. Entres must be postmarked or sent va the Internet bv Aprl 30.VW. A new contest opens May 1,1997 CYCLISTS NEEDED FOR CLEAN AIR CHALLENGE The Amercan Lung Assocaton s askng people to team up to fght ar polluton! Teams of frends, famly, co-workers, students or others who are concerned about the envronment and the qualty of ar we all breathe are nvted to rde ther bkes or hke n the 6th Annual Clean Ar Challenge on Saturday, May 3,1997 at Collns Park (Moe Road), n Clfton Park. In addton, people wth asthma are elgble to jon the "Asthma All-Star Team" and qualfy for specal ncentves. Indvduals are also welcome to partcpate. The Clean Ar Challenge s a pledge-based bke tour or fun walk to support the ar qualty programs of the local Lung Assocaton. Bcycle routes wll cover 15,25, or 50 mles, and walkers wll hke three mles. There wll be a party, sponsored by Shop n' Save, followng the event. To take part, you need only obtan $25 n pad pledges and pay a $15 regstraton fee, or $ 10 per person regstraton fee for teams of four or more and "Asthma All-Star Team" partcpants. All partcpants receve a one month membershp to Gold's Gym and may wn other przes, ncludng a two-day stay at the Sagamore Resort n Bolton Landng and a $ 100 gft certfcate from Shop n' Save. For more nformaton, contact Joyce Jacobson at LUNG USA or (518) ext Addtonal sponsors of the Clean Ar Challenge nclude: Albany Medcal Center, WTEN/ABC 10, The Rver 99.5 FM, The Tmes Unon, and the Down Tube Cycle Shop. Attenton AH Senor Vocalstst Audtons for Commencement Solo Sngers Needed 1 Mezzo or Bass for Natonal Anthem 2 Of any voce part to sng the Marst College Song Contact the Musc Department to set up an audton ^e-mal'musicdept@marist.edu Audtons close Aprl 22, 1997 PHONE RETURN NOTICE Students are remnded to return ther phones to the help desk n DN 243 from now untl May 2, or from May 5-9, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., to the Performng Arts Room n SC 346. Phones should be neatly packed n ther orgnal boxes, and the orgnal cords should be ncluded. SENIORS: You must return your phones for damage assessment by 5:00 prn. Frday, May 9. You may keep the phone durng Senor Week, provded t s checked out. RAs wll now be acceptng any phones. THEY MUST BE DROPPED OFF AT THE PROPER LOCATION. Roommates wll share the charges for all damages. THE CIRCLE Aprl 10,1997 Seventh annual Holocaust ceremony wllfocuson "unearthng me truth" by KATRINA FUCHSENBERGER StaffWrter Lfe n a concentraton camp. Death all around you. Lvng mnute to mnute, strugglng to survve. Famly members gone. All of the above are. feelngs vctms experenced durng the Holocaust, a devastatng event that occurred more than 50 years ago. Ths year, Marst College s holdng ts Seventh Annual Holocaust Memoral Program n remembrance of all the people who lved through t. The program, "Unearthng the Truth," s beng held on Aprl 17 at 7:30 p.m. n the Cabaret and Student Center. The Marst College Holocaust Remembrance Commttee s presentng the program. The commttee conssts of both students and faculty, one of whom s Dr. Mlton Techman. Techman, professor of Englsh, sad he became nterested n the Holocaust because he lost aunts, uncles and numerous cousns n Poland and Belgum. Also, as a student of lterature, he notced mat lterary works were wrtten after the Holocaust by survvors, and he wanted to know what they were sayng about the great tragedy of our age. Techman sad he hopes the memoral program wll have a postve educatonal effect on the students. "I hope they wll get a fuller sense of the human capacty for evl, a capacryjyhch_as-humanj_ bengs we must learn to control," he "They wll also get, I hope, a fuller sense of the dgnty and grandeur of the human sprt as exhbted by the vctms themselves and by ther rescuers." Accordng to Techman, there are several reasons for havng the memoral program at Marst. Frst, he sad, t ncreases the awareness of the Holocaust as an event of enormous sgnfcance n recent hstory. Second, t remembers the vctms of Naz atrocty to keep mem alve n our memores as a people Htler sought permanently to erase from the earth. Thrd, t recognzes the profound dangers of racal hatred. Last, t recommts ourselves, to our Chrstan and Judac belefs that all human lfe s sacred. Techman teaches a course on the lterature of the Holocaust, whch shows the relatonshp between hstory and the creatve lterature wrtten durng and after the Holocaust. He has also edted a book called "Truth and Lamentaton: Stores and Poems on the Holocaust" along wth hs wfe Sharon Leder. Techman gathered all the materal for the book and t's used n many colleges and unverstes across the country. Techman was responsble for locatng the upcomng program's guest speaker, Irvng Roth, a Holocaust survvor. He was born n Kosce, Czechoslovaka, n 1929 and endured the death camps of Auschwtz and Buchenwald. He came to New York Harbor n Roth now devotes hs tme and efforts to the Holocaust Memoral and Educaton Center of Nassau County. Accordng to Techman, Roth never forgot the memores of the Naz camps and joned n the earlest efforts to establsh the Holocaust Center. There, he arranges the center's artstc and hstorcal exhbts, gves lectures to groups of all ages and produces pedagogc vdeos. He also naugurated the Chldren's Memoral Garden Mllon Pennes Project, and he developed teacher tranng semnars. In addton, as charman of the Speakers Bureau for the Shoah Foundaton, Rom s on the plannng commsson for the 1998 Internatonal Scholar's Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches. Roth also desgned and drected the buldng of the Holocaust Memoral Park at the Shelter Rock Jewsh Center n Roslyn, NY, and he s the Holocaust Center's lnk to the North Shore Promotonal Allance. Besdes Roth, there wll be other presentatons durng the program; Two Marst students, Jesse Stenberg and Av Tzadok, wll speak about what the Holocaust means to them. Students wll also read wrtngs from the ghettos, whch were bured durng the Holocaust and redscovered many years later. The Shalom Sngers wll perform musc from the tme of the Holocaust, and flms about the tme wll be shown n the Performng Arts room. The flms nclude "They Rsked Ther Lves," "The Wave," "The Last Klezmer," and "The Eghty-frst Blow." An award of $ 150 wll be gven to the wnner of the Marst Holocaust Essay Contest. Half of the money wll go to a charty of the student's choce. The essays were based on Ele Wesel's memor, Nght. The program wll conclude wth a candle lghtng ceremony n remembrance of all the vctms of the Holocaust. New nformaton technology major awats state approval byben AGOES Asst. News Edtor Marst s expectng that at least 10 students n the computer scence and nformaton systems majors wll be unsatsfed by the,:end of-thsyear..-.. ^ -. _-. It s hoped that these students wll transfer nto Marst's latest undergraduate program offered next semester, a major n nformaton technology. The department of computer scence and nformaton systems currently offers only two undergraduate degrees to students. The frst, computer scence (CS), emphaszes the theoretcal, scentfc, and mathematcal aspects of computer operatng systems and programmng. Students majorng n CS tradtonally work as systems or applcatons programmers followng college. The second major offered by the department s n nformaton systems (IS) whch has been n place snce Students are taught to analyze and desgn computer systems for busness use. Most IS majors become system's analysts or applcatons managers. Accordng to Jan Harrngton, department char of computer scence and nformaton systems, students majorng n IT wll have a broader range of careers to chose from. "The IT program has a lot of breadth," she "CS and IS have more depth." The reason t has more breadth, Harrngton sad, s because as the Internet expands further everyday, so do the opportuntes assocated wth t. She sad the IT major wll focus prmarly on multmeda applcatons, local area networks, and the World Wde Web. Jobs arsng from the explosve growth of the Internet and smaller Intranets nclude user-support specalsts, network admnstrators, and webmasters. The Marst IT program s modeled after a smlar program ntroduced n 1990 at the Rochester Insttute of Technology. TheRIT program has been a tremendous success wth nearly 800 students enrolled n the major ths year. Marst expects a total of 25 students wll enroll n the degree program next fall: 15 freshmen and 10 transfer sophomores from CS and IS. By 2006, Marst projects 89 students wll be enrolled. Harrngton sad she s optmstc about the degree's success. "We had a great deal of nterest n the department at open houses, and a great porton of [the students] were nterested n nformaton technology," she. gong th"e^re"f6r.qute^a^whle;" 'g^menh^piacefof*marst'sw>. am t's~'a" place I-lke to;go jeve, there jwlfnot'bjs'arythpre">«; -Skowronsk also sad she has' >tnpstojne tavern fofran ndefj-, ; many memores of the^bar, so t fh'fsamounlof nme!?n*6w; : m any [ s'upseftng* that t s not there students'are forced;to fnd a anymore.,-,'.' > '' *»:&-^tt?xhx--2z ~ ;uz- ' "t's.bwowa habt to go mere to hang out. It was a great place to*-go after you've been at the 'other* bars. It was free, unlke, all the,other bars that have a" cbvercharge," she "I'll never forget all the good tmes.i had.there and all the people that I met." Senor JoeAccsaro'sad he, ;J*e:manyj3ther, students,,wul tju t^hafe^to'fnd anothwplace 'to go"*bn:w'eek^rdslv"-'? : r"-.. v ; - ^Atfrst Nyas alttle shocked, I:suppose/:rhaven?t been gong\tb"ere -^bt lately; ;I'guess I svrllvb/gong "to" Noah's'," * Accsano,'v ', JJackeDafragh', a senor Com- ^muneators Major nvolved n,anv nternshp * at WEOK7 WPDH/WCZX, Rado, n 'Poughkeepse, sadshe had a : nxedreactonto the news. - - "was" excted because t was my^fjrst breakng, story that I "covered,for my;nternshp.. I was alsdlsad at.the same tme because twaspne'of the places we have ajwaysehded up at on the.weekends," Darragh Senor Darne Skowronsk, a communcatons major, sad she s very upset about that me bar burned down rght before graduaton. * "I got a call the next mornng Junor Tom Ajello also sad Nte Cap was a good place to go at the end of an evenng. "I am really traumatzed because I have no where to go and sober up before I come home," Ajello The next queston on many students mnds s, wll there ever be another Nte Cap? Km Caldwell, a senor communcatons major, sad she hopes the bar wll be rebult. "Hopefully, t wll be rebult by alumn weekend," she "It's too bad t happened before the senor graduated." "I don't know when or where, but there wll be another Nte Cap," Marchese told the Poughkeepse Journal. Marst fashon majors prepare for Slver Needle Awards ceremony..contnued from page 3. "Every extra mnute s spent perfectng patterns and samples, learnng new technques, learnng how to handle new fabrcs, workng wthn deadlnes, and settng tme prortes," DeSanna The show features awards, but the emphass s on camaradere, not cut-throat competton. "We don't encourage them to ATTENTION! compete aganst each other, but there are awards for best collecton and best garment," sad DeSanna. Senor desgn student Eyoko Robnson sad ths year's show wll reflect the ndvdual talents of the class. "Our class s really dversfed. Everyone has ther own stylzed technques," she "We also have a lot of colors ths year. Everyone carred out ther themes very well." The Fnancal Ad Offce s currently acceptng applcatons for several Prvately Sponsored Scholarshps offered through the college. These scholarshps may be awarded on the bass of academc performance, fnancal need, major feld of study and locaton of permanent resdence, or a combnaton of these tems. A lst of the scholarshps offered and ther elgblty requrements s provded n the Marst College Undergraduate catalog, and t s avalable n the Fnancal Ad Offce. All students returnng for the academc year are elgble to apply. To be consdered for these scholarshps, students must submt the followng to the Fnancal Ad Offce (Donnelly 200) by May 16, A completed APPLICATION FOR PRIVATELY SPONSORED SCHOLAR SHIPS for each scholarshp n whch you are nterested. 2. A letter from you, addressed to the COMMITTEE FOR PRIVATELY SPON SORED SCHOLARSHIPS, outlnng why you feel you should be consdered for the partcular scholarshp n queston. (Note: a separate letter s requred for each scholarshp you are nterested n). 3. A completed SPONSORED SCHOLARSHIP RECOMMENDATION FORM (for each scholarshp) to ensure full consderaton from the scholarshp commttee. APPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICE. \. -

7 12 THE CIRCLE Takng a Closer Look at Sr^jtfT **,** vsv^c,-0ftv > v^'vjf^^yr sh ^. ** 0*v> ~? " X *>\4»*~B Aprl 10, News and Revews ;^;^>»^S^:ra?am«SG^^ Despte naccessablty, Kenneth Branagh's 'Hamlet' s worthwhle by Chrstan Bladt Opnon Edtor It s perhaps one of the greatest shames of the cnematc world n recent years that most of you cannot" get to see Kenneth Branagh's "Hamlet." Not n the sense that most people are turned off by Shakespeare or 4 hour long flms, much less the combnaton of the two. No, the great shame s that the flm, whch opened on Chrstmas day, s stll only playng at one theater n the area: The Sony Pars at 58th and 5th n Manhattan. Sure, the flm wll eventually fnd ts way onto vdeo, whch wll make t less of an endurance test, but the flm wll lose so much when t s transferred to vdeo. Ths s the case wth any move, but, Branagh makes ample usage of ms flm's 70mm flm process. (Most flms are 35mm, so there wll naturally be twce as much of each mage lost). Perhaps ths s because of me two aforementoned reasons why t the flm s not expected to have much manstream appeal, and, thus, the flm has not been wdely released. Whatever the case t, t truly s a shame, as Branagh's flm s an extraordnary work of art. Branagh should be commended for the mere concept of the flm, whch s the complete unabrdged text of the tragedy of me Prnce of Denmark. Of course, the real commendaton should be gven because he has made a truly magnfcent flm. There are numerous reasons for ths, not the least of whch s Branagh's own performance as the ttle character. He conveys Hamlet's emotonal roller coaster n a style that s " --V IV, I I J J AM H,-> k';f>f/ v Vll.j' S WSTIWWW Photo Courtesy of Castle Rock Entertanment Prnce Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh) looks on durng the celebraton of the weddng of hs mother to hs father's brother. remarkably honest. Hs selfloathng at hs own nacton s chllngly convncng. At the same tme, Hamlet's supposed nsanty s delghtful to watch n ths verson of the flm. From the moment that he frst speaks to hs father's ghost, he mmedately begns to exaggerate hs mental state. He becomes "a'delghtfully playful young man, wearng rrasks, makng faces, and over-pronuncaton of words, n hopes to convnce fools such as Polonus that he s really - nsane: He s so mmersed hmself n the role, that he feels Hamlet's outrage at hs uncle that I actu-- ally started to mnk that Branagh'! mght go out. and kll me actor portrayng Claudus, Derek Campus Communty Prayer Vgl For Peace and Justce Every;Tuesday 12:30 p.m.-"1:00 p.m., n the Chapel (Come spend a half hour n prayer for our world) Sponsored by PRAXIS/CAMPUS MINISTRY JacobL (Of course, anyone who saw the BBC Producton of Hamlet where Jacob played the ttle role would probably see ft to kll Jacob.) As Branagh lays on the ground, Jspoutng a self-hatng solloquy, "we actually see the spttle from hs mouth drp onto the ground. As;dsgustng as that may sound,; t s>jeally remarkable: that. Branagh was able to work hm- selfuntoa state where he was so capable of feelng what the character s feelng. "These accolades for Branagh would 1 not be complete f I dd hot commend hs ablty to keep? up wth two of the greatest comc "mnds ofbur generaton: Blly (Sry'star and Robn Wllams. Crystal,' n the role of the gravedgger, s delghtfully campy and ncredbly amusng, and Wllams, as the obnoxous Osrc, adds a humorous touch to the tense sword fght at the clmax of the flm. Branagh very capably nteracts wth both of these characters n such a way that Shakespeare hmself would have been pleased. But, t s not Branagh's role as an actor n ths flm that s solely responsble for makng ths flm so wonderful. Hs work behnd the camera s just as astonshng. The flm uses some wonderful pcturesque outdoor shots that are outstandng on the bg screen. When Hamlet s frst confronted wth the ghost of hs father, t s truly a mystcal experence. The screen s shrouded n mst, the ground shakes, seemngly n an attempt to engulf Hamlet. The ghost's voce s electroncally modulated and amplfed so much that I could not help but be startled as he commands Hamlet to "Swear!" that he wll avenge hs death. There are also several scenes that take place n the man throne room where there are a multtude of extras n the background. The room s just so vsually strkng that t would be nterestng even wthout the massve crowd, or the enormous confett that pours from the celng to celebrate the weddng of Gertrude and Claudus.... [. v.;-;.."/ ;:..,., One. of the; most;compellng. moments, of the flm occurs whle Claudus s n the confessonal. Unbeknownst to hm, Hamlet places hs sword to wthn an nch of hs uncle's head, as he contemplates kllng hm then and mere. The tenson n ths scene s.far more pulse- ; poundng than anythng that I have seen n any of the bg blockbuster thrllers of recent memory, Branagh also makes some ntrgung choces wth hs movement of the camera. There s a scene n the early part of the flm where Claudus s professng hs love for Gertrude where Hamlet s postoned drectly n between them, provdng the obvous symbolsm of Hamlet's dssatsfacton wth the recent events n hs own famly. He wonderfully pans n a crcular moton through all of the characters n a scene, showng us each of them several tmes. These shots are so wonderfully choreographed, and he actually manages to get to close-ups of characters n such a way that t s relevant to the dalogue beng spoken. There are also some nterestng flashback sequences that show us ncdents that have tradtonally only been referred to n Shakespeare's text. The audence sees just what knd of relatonshp Hamlet and Ophela had. There s also a flashback to Claudus's posonng of Hamlet's father, as he lay n hs garden. I was glad to see that he chose to show these thngs, as I've always been rather nterested n the deas that ths ghose could have led to Hamlet, or that Ophela may have msnterpreted Hamlet's ntentons towards her. Branagh's work all falls wonderfully nto place, but t would, have, all been for naught f; the rest of the cast had been poorly" selected. Fortunately, ths. flm has one of the fnest casts to ever assembled for a Shakespearean flm. The cast s wonderful, despte the unfortunate ncluson of Gerard Depardeu. Hs role s blessedly short as Reynaldo, the man Polonus sends off to France Please see HAMLET, page Lose yourself n a.rdle-playng vdeo game by Jm Dzezynsk : ** Vdeo Guy Sprng s here! The weather s gettng warmer, love s n the ar, and lfe s good. What better way to nvte the new season n than -to fnd yourself a good role-playng game and keep yourself up untl the wee hours of the mornng so that t completely consumes your tme to the pont where you drnk sx packs of Mountan Dew to keep yourself alert n case you happen to come across the mystcal orb or magc talsman or what have you. Studes conducted by ths author show that your average RPG takes about hours to complete.-whle not necessarly respected as artstc endeavors by academc nsttutons, role-playng vdeo games do provde elaborate and wondrous worlds where the player can easly lose hmself n the realm of fantasy. Many of the games are accompaned by a beautfully orchestrated scoremn Japan, separate CD's of these soundtracks are sold for non-vdeo game players who just enjoy musc. Among the.gfeat games of all tme; certan ttles stand out from the pack: The Fnal Fantasy Seres, the Ultma seres, the Breath of Fre seres; and Y's Books one and two. Two of the best games out there can be found on the Sony Playstaton and the Super NES. For the Playstaton, Sukoden s the best game out there and the frst superb effort for a 32 bt system. The game brngs you nto a world where you and 108 of your alles battle the "textbook" Evl Empre. You are the leader of the Lberaton Army: The game plays through at a t comfortable pace. You can create a party of sx for the adventure aspect of the game, whle you can control armes of thousands n wars. The game stays nterestng and uses hghly detaled sequences when showng battle scenes. If you love RPG's and own a Playstaton, ths s the game for you. Also, check out Legacy of Kan, where you take the role of a vengeance hungry vampre who slaughters hs kllers only to fnd out mmortalty has ts prce and mat would $49.99 for the CD at any local store. :. -<.' Another A+ game for the Super NES s Breath of Fre 2, sequel to the smash ht Breath of Fre. Perhaps the last great effort for the 16 bt format, BOF2 puts you n the role of the legendary Dragon Clan member (your name here) who must fnd a bevy of anmalstc frends who have to solve the mystery of a strange new relgon spreadng across the land. Those of you who do not thnk these games are legtmate expressons or artstc achevement should know the text verson just the story was over.700 pages long! The game beautfully ntegrates a complex storylne wth great gameplay and detaled quests. Well, there you have t, my deas for a few games to really take up a lot of tme; A word of warnng - rentng these games may make you ether buy them or run up the bll at Blockbuster to $ ( a completely random number of course). Enjoy! - U2 combnes styles to produce muscally nnovatve POP' album Photo Courtesy of Island Records The members of U2 broke all the rules wth ther latest album release, POP. by Erc Bergmann When the members of U2 began work oh POP, ther 11th album release, the frst thng to go out the wndow was the rulebook. And n the tradton of Achtung Baby and Zooropa, ther prevous two releases, they managed to do everythng but renvent the wheel. Only 15 monds after the members of U2 were brought on as "passengers" to Bran Eno's Orgnal Soundtracks 1 project. Bono and the boys recruted ther own passengers fredefnng rock 'n' fol!' Enter Howe B., one of the UK's most nfluental dsc jockeys, and producer Flood, who worked on Achtung Baby and Zooropa.' " A mxture of modern rock, folk, techno, and dance, U2 and ther new studo crew have proven POP to be one of tre most nnovatve and flawless recordngs seen ths decade;..: ' POP begns wth "Dscotheque," the frst rado release off the album. Drven by computer generated techno loops and a heavy bass groove, and backed by Edge's dstorton-heavy gutar work, t s obvous that ths s not The Joshua Tree. Perhaps the greatest leap the band took was "Mofo," me thrd track onp6>p. Wthout doubt, the heavest producton U2 has released, Mofo borrows elements of eurounderground techno found evdent n such groups as Prodgy and Chemcal Brothers. The presence of Howe B. s more evdent on ths track than any other, help^ ng U2 to cross nto yet another realm of musc. The overture of loops and spns contnue through; "Last Nght on Earth" and "Gone." The sounds and treatments range from segments of syntheszer-wound srens to flashes of bass grooves looped over and over agan. AH of ths nterference, and t somehow blends rght nto the background as harmony, complementng U2's melody wth precson. Needless to say, ths s a U2 album and would be ncomplete wthout ther sgnature style of passonate and emotonal songwrtng. The beckonng "Do You Feel Loved" and sultry "If You Wear That Velvet Dress" fll the quota very ncely. No matter how hard Bono tres to escape hs ntense, allurng style of sngng, he always ends up spllng hs emotons all over the recordng console. Yes, t's all n ths onc.sex, love, Jesus, eternty, rock and roll, and "Mam." Along ths journey of sound, the fab four from Ireland spend the eghth track n southern Florda. Well, "? ac'tually! 'they r capture the essence! of the cheesy and tawdry vacaton and retrement center of Western culture, and then put a heavy bass and drum loop behnd t; The fnal product s an nsghtful fve mnutes nto the lves of the wealthy, and those who emulate wealth, leavng a funny yet sour taste n the mouth of the lstener. There s nothng sour about the release of POP, however. The fnal producton s Grammy worthy. Bono, Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. all spent the tme off snce the end of ther 1995 Zooropa tour to expand ther muscal talents and mnds, and worked on such sde projects as Soundtrack releases for Batman Forever and Msson: Impossble. When they returned to the stu-. do, ther sole ntent was n makng the musc they wanted.to make, and only the way they wanted to. Although ths sheddng of nfluence and pressure from the musc ndustry and consumers, seems very arrogant, t nevertheless, has proven to work beautfully. POP s unlke any album currently on the market, and unlke any other project by U2. U2 have brought creatvty to a new level wthpop, combnng old heartfelt emoton wth new styles and sounds. Four stars, two thumbs up, whatever. POP s a true journey nto muscal nnovaton. The C rc 1 e s searchng for dedcated A&E wrters Any students nterested n revewng moves, books, CDs, vdeos, or concerts should contact Krstn at X442&V THE CIRCLE, Aprl 10, Branagh's 'Hamlet' hts the mark...contnued from page. 12. to spy on hs son,. Derek Jacob s far better suted for the role of Claudus now than he was for the ttle role durng the 70s. Charlton Heston's.penchant for overactng has never been as delcously approprate as for the role of the kng n "The Mousetrap"; the play wthn the play Hamlet uses to determne Claudus's gult. Even Jack Lemmon, who may seem lke an unlkely choce for Shakespeare, capably portrays Marcellus, one of the nght watchmen who frst see the ghost of Hamlet's father. The ghost hmself s portrayed by the wonderful Bran Blessed, whom.some of you may recall from "Flash Gordon". In addton to all of the aforementoned talent, there s the manacally evl Prnce Fortnbras, played by Rufus Sewell. But, the surprsng stand-out performance n ths flm s Kate Wnslet, as a confused and tortured Ophela. She domnates every scene that she s n, partcularly after the death of her father. There s an awkward ntensty to the relatonshp between Ophela and her brother, and a dsturbng abusve relatonshp between her and her father, Polonus. Ths was the frst producton New of Hamlet that I have ever seen where I actually dentfed wth Ophela, partcularly as Hamlet yells at her, pontng her n the drecton of the nearest nunnery. Wnslet's portrayal of her nsanty s the fnest that I have ever seen. Ths Ophela s truly a troubled young woman, whose death s touchng and most tragc. That s part of any Shakespearean tragedy, partcularly ths, the greatest of them all. Everythng that happens n the play s unbelevably tragc, manly because t could all have been avoded. There are a number of mnor decsons made by multple characters that would have prevented so much carnage. But, the pont s that t dd not. Because of character flaws such as Claudus's greed, Hamlet's nacton, or Polonus's nablty to mnd hs own busness, the tale of Hamlet s a truly tragc account of one ncdent leadng to the death of the entre royal famly. Wllam Shakespeare wrote ths wonderful story nearly 500 years ago, and Kenneth Branagh s now the frst person to take the entre play and transform t nto a wonderful cnematc experence. It s truly regrettable that so few people wll be able to partake n ths unque cnematc experence. York Cty Board of Educaton SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WE WILL PAY YOUR TUITION! Shape Future Teach New York! The New York Cty Board of Educaton needs qualfed staff n a number of crtcal areas. You may be elgble for a Scholarshp n one of the areas lsted below. 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8 14 INSIDE T H E CIRCLE, Aprl 10, 1997 SPORTS T H E CIRCLE, The Natonal Scene Marst needs to see Red Foxes on the lnks by Marty Snacola 15 Aprl 10, 1997 Softball sts on top of NEC standngs wth a 2-0 record by THOMAS RYAN Sports Wth Smtty Ths past weekend turned out to be extremely productve and rewardng for Marst athletcs. Both lacrosse teams accomplshed frsts ths weekend. The men won ther frst game of the season to mprove ther recoard to 1-4 overall and 1-2 n the MAAC. The women won ther frst game at home as a Dvson I varsty sport. The baseball team took 2-of-3 games aganst Monmouth and clmbed to the top of the NEC standngs. The softball team now shares the honor of beng on top of the NEC wth the baseball team after ths past weekend. The crew team blew Skdmore out of the water on Saturday afternoon at the frst of two regattas of the year held at Marst Indvdually, two Marst athletes were selected as Players of the Week. Women's lacrosse goale Melane Kopf earned MAAC Goale of the Week for her performance aganst Wagner on Sunday. Baseball ptcher Mark Barron earned NEC Player of the Week honors for the second tme n three selectons wth a current. ERA of Although Marst sports had a great weekend and ths was the place to be wth such nce weather as a spectator, I want to touch on a dfferent pont. Wth the weather beng so nce recently, and the upcomng Masters tournament at Augusta ths upcomng weekend, my thoughts have turned to the wonderful sport of golf. Wth golf ganng such popularty n the Unted States, even before sensaton Tger Woods emerged onto the scene, I am surprsed Marst College does not have a golf program. To start off, the program could begn as a club to buld nterest and sup- port. Once the program was establshed, t could advance to the Dvson I level. What's great about startng a golf program s that both men and women can play so that NCAA gender equty rules can be met. Ths would also keep the amount of men's and women's teams at an equal level. It s a shame that there s no golf program here at Marst due to our deal locaton. Marst s surrounded by some great golf courses. There are short courses such as Whsperng Pnes just across Route 9 along wth College Hll. Other longer courses n the nearby vcnty nclude Vassar golf course, James Bard State Park, and the McCann Memoral golf course just south on Route 9. There are also many other courses n the area that could be utlzed. Of course there are gong to be costs connected to startng and mantanng a team but ths could be overcome. I'm sure that a deal could be worked out wth the McCann foundaton that runs the McCann course so that the team could practce and maybe hold home matches there. Wth all the courses n the area I doubt there would be a problem wth fndng a course to play at. The players on the team would have there own equpment. Maybe balls, bags, and shoes could be provded through sponsorshp. Fndng a coach would probably,-; be the easest task snce so many people n the area play the sport. The bggest problem wth the coach s the he/she would not have an offce n McCann. I'm sure ths could be worked out. Startng a golf program would be nothng but benefcal for the school and athletc department. It would brng more local and natonal exposure to Marst College. Ths s a legtmate proposal that should be looked nto for the near future. Even though I would probably just be a spectator, golf would add the extra needed dversty to the Marst Well, the baseball season s just over a week old now, and already we have some good plots developng. Over n the Natonal League, the story has been the Florda Marlns. Despte the nearly $90 mllon that owner Wayne Huzenga has poured nto the bg money free agents, and the $61 mllon, 6 year pact that Gary Sheffeld recently sgned, the key to ths team s somebody who nobody really apprecates. That person s ptcher Kevn Brown. Last year's ERA champon s back at t agan n the early gongs, wth a record of 20, and an ERA of Brown also has 13 strkeouts n 14 nnngs. The potent Marlns offense led by Sheffeld and anchored by Bobby Bonlla should not be a problem, but Florda wll only go as far as ther ptchng wll take them. Lefty Al Leter and rghthander Alex Fernandez gve the Marlns a strong rotaton to go along wth Rob Nen, one of the best young closers n the game. Wth all the money nvested n hs team, Huzenga s hopng that ALL-AMERICAN CANDIDATE UPDATE GREG SCHNEIDER MARK BARRON Mdfelder Ptcher Baseball opponents' on-base percentage low. Monmouth, for example, was only able to post a.384 OBP last weekend. "We have mproved snce our game wth FDU. We have been swngng more and scorng more runs," Szefc TennsMICHELLE HUDSQN Games Played 5 Ptcher of the Week Weeks 1& 3 Ptcher of the Week Once Goals 0.60 ERA '5-1 overall 6 games-5 starts 3 complete games 1 shutout 44.7 nnngs. ptched 26, hts 8 runs 3 earned runs 16 walks 35 strkeouts 0.71 ERA 8-3 overall.727 wnnng % 12, games-11 starts. 11 complete games 4 shutouts 79 nnngs, ptched.47 hts' 18 runs 8 earned runs 27 walks 74 strkeouts : 6 Total Ponts 13...contnued from page 15 Marst s also sufferng from ts share of njures. Santago s havng back problems and Jm McGowan's shoulder problem has crppled Marst's ptchng staff. However, there have been sgns of mprovement recently. The Red Foxes have kept ther After a strng of bad weather canceled what was to be ther frst games up north, the softball team fnally got under way last week, gong 3-3 overall and 2-0 n NEC games. Marst, now 7-7 on the year, splt two games wth the Yale Bulldogs, got swept by St. Peter's of the MAAC, and then swept conference foe Rder on Sunday. Aganst Yale, Mchelle Hudson started both games of the doubleheader, somethng she dd not do at all n her junor season. In the frst game, Hudson gave up three runs n sx nnngs and took the loss for Marst n a 3-1 fnal. Kerr Harrs drove n A n drea Gaglard wth a double to account for Marst's only run of the game. In game number two, Hudson had the Bulldogs number, gvng up only two hts and two walks n complete game shutout. Marst fared only slghtly better on offense, as Harrs scored on an error to accharles May count for the only run of the Sophomore Rachel Amnons contrbutes at bat aganst StPeter's n Saturday's losses at North Feld. game. On Saturday, the Red Foxes three runs, two of them earned, behnd her to lose 6-0 and cap are throwng very well. We're hosted one of ther future con- and Marst lost 3-1 for the sec- off a very forgettable double- just not scorng." There are two thngs that ference opponents, St. Peters. ond tme n three games. Game header. helped Marst after ther losses "We're really strugglng offentwo was pretty much the same, Marst's offensve futlty contnued n game one as Mara as Marst could muster zero of- svely rght now," thrd year head on Saturday: frst, they were not Landolf's sacrfce fly ac- fense. Sophomore Jenn Hanson coach Jonnah O'Donnell conference games, and second, counted for Marst's only run. got touched forsx'runs and the "We shouldn't be losng some of the Red Foxes got to comeback Hudson gave up sx hts and Red Foxes commted three errors those games where are ptchers the very next day and get the bad B aseball beats Mawks; clmb to top of NEC Ptcher Asssts Sports Edtor one can ndeed buy a champonshp. On the flp sde s two teams wth a couple of poor starts. The St. Lous Cardnals, last years NL Central champs, struggled out of the gate 0-6 for ther worst start n ther franchse hstory. The Cubs also got off to a wnless start thanks n part to some horrendous defense. In the Natonal League West, every team s over.500. It looks lke ths dvson wll lve up to people's expectatons and be very compettve. The Dodgers, Rockes, and Padres are gong to battle t out, whle the Gants most lkely wll fall by the waysde before too long. The Colorado Rockes contnue to be the Natonal League's verson of an Amercan League team: short on ptchng, long on offense and homeruns. Larry Walker has exploded wth sx homeruns n hs frst fve games, and s everybody's early canddate to challenge the Roger Mars record of 61 homeruns n a season. Over n the AL, the bg story last week was Roger Clemens' Blue Jay debut. He showed hs new fans just what knd of ptcher he s by gong the dstance, and fannng nne n hs vctory. However, the Jays reman near the bottom of the East n the early gong, and won't wn the ttle f they don't get some consstent offense. In the central, the team mat wll most lkely wn the AL pennant, the Cleveland Indans, newly revamped by the bg trade, have not lost a step and are leadng early n the dvson, whle the hghly overrated Whte Sox are closer to realty at the bottom of the dvson. In the West, the Marners lost two of three to both the Yankees and the Red Sox, and are last n the West, however they are much too strong to stay there for too long. Ken Grffey jons Walker as the other early Mars chaser wth 5 homers n sx games.." Battng.341 average 82 at bats 13 runs.28 hts 18RBIs 10 Doubles 2-2 SB 4 strkouts by PHILLIP W H I T E The Marst baseball team took two out of three games aganst Monmouth n a home and away seres last weekend. Senor Mark Barron and: the rest of the Red Foxes helped the team mprove ts record to "I felt pretty confdent gong nto the thrd game (on Sunday)," Barron However, Saturday proved to be a stalemate for the Red Foxes. Marst won the frst game 3-0 and then lost the second game to Monmouth 8-5. Barron's strong arm, wth a 0.60 ERA, and the combnaton of offensve powers Erc Becker (wth a.323 battng average) and freshman Anthony Cervn (httng.260), proved to be the key factors that helped Marst wn. "Barron, Becker and Cervn helped out, but as a team we dd all rght n ths seres wth Monmouth," Coach John Szefc The frst game seemed to be the best Marst has played all season. "The frst game was our best game all season because we were swngng at more ptches," Szefc Marst was then crusng n the second game of Saturday's double-header, untl the last nnng. The Red Foxes were leadng, 5-3, wth one out n the top of the seventh, when dsaster struck. Becker ptched n the tyng run, makng t 5-5. A few bloop base hts produced two more runs for Monmouth, before the vstors fnshed ther scorng wth an RBI double. Marst came up n the bottom of the nnng, but the Red Foxes could not get anythng gong wth, the, bats, and Monmouth held on for a comeback wn. "We just seemed to have lost our concentraton,, we could not nal the coffn on Monmouth," Szefc ' ; Despte the tough loss, Marst came back on Sunday at Monmouth and won. "We knew we could wn the thrd game, as long as we dd not dwell on our past loss," senor George Santago "If we dd dwell on t, t would kll us." "Monmouth s one of the toughest teams n ; our conference," Barron sad, n a prevous ntervew. Last season Monmouth ted for the league champonshp, and the team s predcted to fnsh second n the Northeast Conference ths sprng. Monmouth also boasts the defendng NEC player of the year, Aragona, who s the ace of Monmouth's ptchng staff. However, Aragona s currently sdelned due to a rotator cuff njury. "Even though Aragona ddn't ptch aganst us, he wll be there n the end when we play Monmouth for the conference," Szefc Please see Baseball on p contnued from page 16 ther; they, lke Wagner, were blanked 7-0 at the Dutchess Racquet Club, the home of the Red Foxes. On Sunday, Aprl 6th, the Red' Foxes traveled to the Unversty of Rhode Island to take on the Rams. However Marst's shutout streak came to an end as the Rams were able to score a pont, and only a pont, n a 6-1 vctory for the Red Foxes. The only loss for the Red Foxes came from Clnt Van Aswegen, who dropped hs number one sngles' match. Marst traveled to Sena on Tuesday, Aprl 8th and were home aganst conference foe Monmouth on Wednesday, Aprl 9th. However, these results were unavalable at press tme. The Red Foxes stand at overall, 2-1 n the Northeast Conference, pendng the outcomes of the Sena and Monmouth matches. The te came on March 25th aganst Fordham. The fnal result of ths contest was 3-3; one of the doubles matches whch wouldhave decded the wnner was not played.as far as ther tough week was concerned, Orellana, who plays n the ffth sngles'...contnued from page 16 MEN'S LACROSSE 1:00 Aprl 20 Manhattan Aprl 13 Wagner Noon Aprl 23 Boston College Aprl 15 Hartford Aprl 16 Manhattan 3:45 WOMEN'S Aprl 19 St. Francs(NY) Noon Aprl 22 Iona LACROSSE Aprl 24 Albany St. Aprl 29 Farfeld Aprl 30 St. Peter's Aprl 12 Nagara 1:00 May 4 LIU Noon Aprl 14UConn Aprl 26MontclarSt. 1:00 TENNIS SOFTBALL Aprl 13 Manhattan Aprl 10 Wagner Aprl I5St.Francs(NY) Aprl 16Hofstra Aprl 20 Mt.St.Mary's Aprl 30 Sena 3:00 3:00 3:00 Noon 3:00 CREW Aprl 19 Presdent's Cup slot for, the Red Foxes, sad the schedule "affected our mental capabltes down to another element, school...t s a mental battle blockng out your other thoughts whle on the court." Orellana went on to add that, despte the tough schedulng, the team s startng to come together. "We're becomng stronger as the days go on," Orellana "The hopes of wnnng the conference become more concrete each day." The next match s aganst Manhattan on Sunday, Aprl 13th at 1:00 p.m. Track- UPCOMING HOME GAMES BASEBALL taste out of ther mouths. That s just what they dd aganst the Rder Broncs on Sunday. Harrs ht a three-run homer n game one, the second of her career and frst on the season, to lead the way n a 6-3 Marst wn. Hudson actually gave up sx hts and sx walks n the game, but her offense and defense baled her out. Hudson needed no help n game two, gvng up just four hts to earn her fourth shutout of the season. O'Donnell lked what she saw from her young team on Sunday, as they dd not carry over ther losses on Saturday. "It was very mportant for us to come out and play well after the way we played on Saturday. It showed alot about us as a team," O'Donnell Based on her work n Florda. Hudson was named Northeast Conference Ptcher of the Week for the week of March 24th. As of March 30th, Hudson was second n the NEC n wnnng percentagewth a record of 7-3 and thrd n strkeouts wth an average of 5.7 per game. More mpressvely, however. Hudson sat 10th n the naton wth an ERA of.55. Marst plays home aganst Wagner on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. and then travels to Provdence Collegeand Unversty of Rhode Island for games on Saturday and Sunday, respectvely. 1:00 the team. "We have strong unty and team chemstry," Wllams "All we have to do s be consstent and stay healthy." The Red Foxes also posses strong team leaders that keep the team focused. Lasker sad the team has one for practce and one for the meets. "Matt Pool s a very bg motvator for all our practces and Pat Casey s our motvator for our meets. The team always gets excted when he runs," Lasker Melf sad the leadershp and motvaton wll come from the senors n general because they have the most experence. Wllams sad he agrees wth ths. "We have a lot of young guys who are freshman and sophomores on our team whch means we look up to the senors for leadershp," he The Red Foxes next meet wll be the Columba Invtatonal n New York Cty on Aprl 12.

9 16 STAT OF THE WEEK: Senor baseball ptcher Mark Barron has an ERA of 0.60 n 44.7 nnngs ptched. THE CIRCLE Aprl 10,1997 QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "It's great to get that wnnng feelng." Greg Schneder, Men's Lacrosse Men's lacrosse captures frst vctory over Sena; now 1-4. by STEVE WANCZYK The men's lacrosse team fnally broke the ce. Last Saturday, the Red Foxes, led by rooke head coach Matt Cameron, came stormng back from a 7-1 defct to overcome the vstng Sena Sants, The wn was Marst's frst of the year, as the team mproved ts overall record to 1-4(1-2 n the MAAC). Junor Stuart. McMllan, the Red Foxes' leadng scorer, and the nnth most prolfc attacker n the naton gong nto the game, talled the frst goal of the contest, early n the frst perod. But then, Sena rolled to seven straght scores, and a full quarter passed before Marst would put the ball back n the net. The Red Foxes' comeback began at 8:40 of the second quarter, wth an unasssted goal from Desmond Doyle. Two goals n the last 30 seconds of the half, one from Chrs Pstello and a second from Greg Schneder, completed a 7-2 run, and made the score 9-8 at the break. Doyle scored two more goals n the second half, and turned n hs second hat trck of the sprng. But the outcome was stll n doubt after hs thrd and fnal goal at 7:35 of the fourth quarter.... y.. Charles May Marst mdfelder Anthony Lucchetto fghts hs way past two Sena players n Saturday's wn. At that pont, Marst had grabbed a lead, and was desperately tryng to hold on to ts two goal lead. Wth 3:18 left n regulaton, Schneder, the team's co-captan, made the play of the day. As the Sants prepared to make a fnal rush, Schneder slpped Women's lacrosse team wns frst home game n Dvson I by RACHAEL VOLLARO After losng to Albany last Frday, 14-6, the Marst women's lacrosse team defeated rval, Wagner 11-9 on Sunday for the team's frst home wn as a Dvson I program. Coach Mara Pechock was pleased wth her team's wn. "Overall, team-wse we played a reasonably strong game. Our offense s startng to clck a lttle better and our defense s playng a lttle bt tougher," Pechock Down 3-0 early n the game, sophomore Lndsay Bennet started the comeback for the Red Foxes. Followng her lead was captan Amy Hoey wth 2 goals and Colleen McMahon whose goal, asssted by Hoey, put the Red Foxes up 4-3. Hoey commented on her team's play. "We were a lttle nervous when we came out today, but we settled down, focused and pulled together as a team." The next four goals of the game came from the Red Foxes. Freshman Allson Occhcone scored three and McMahon ptched n wth one. At the half, Marst led 8-3. Wagner came on strong n the begnnng of the second half, scorng 2 goals n 30 seconds, but Hoey answered, scorng her thrd goal of the game. Pechock was also happy wth the team's play on the other end of the feld. "Our defense had a strong game today. I was really happy wth the performance of every sngle player on the defensve end. Melane gave us some bg saves towards the end of the game, whch helped us stay n t," Pechock "It was a nce wn today." Fnshng the scorng for the Red Foxes was Bennet wth her second of: the game, and Hoey wth her fourth. Wth the wn, the Red Foxes are currently 2-2 n ther naugural season. Next up are'the Sants of Sena on Aprl 9 and Nagara on Aprl 16, both at home. When thnkng about the upcomng games, Pechock looks to me offense. "We need to keep buldng on makng our attack work better and gvng ourselves better qualty shootng opportuntes," she Hoey kept thngs n perspectve. "We don't want to come out wth a bg head, we need to come out just as hard as we played aganst Wagner", Hoey between two Sena defenders, and lept nto the ar to ntercept a pass n front of the goal. Then, n the same moton, the star mdfelder flcked the ball nto the net, for what would be the game wnnng goal. Sena managed to score two morergoals n the fnal mnutes, but the Red Foxes played keep away effectvely as tme expred, and the Sants could not complete the comeback. After the game, the team was thrlled wth the vctory. "It was a great come from behnd wn," co-captan Tm Yates "Probably the best I've ever played n." Schneder.echoed hs teammate's comments. "It's great to get that wnnng feelng. The whole team earned ths gahe. The hustle was there, and we cut down on all the stupd mstakes." Cameron was just as excted about the wn, hs frst as a college coach, as hs players. "It's awesome," he "We were down 7-1 n the second quarter, and just ddn't qut. We kept chppng away untl we got back nto the game. The goal by Greg was an unbelevable play." Schneder also attempted to descrbe hs show-stoppng goal. "I just read hs eyes before he made the pass, and dove for t. Then I took the shot, and t went n." After the 0-4 start, Cameron used a long layoff to nstall a dfferent defensve scheme, whch ncluded more pressure. Due to nclement weather, the Red Foxes only practced the new system twce before Saturday, and t showed n the early stages aganst Sena. "It took us a whle to adjust to the new defense, but t worked out n the end," Cameron explaned. The Red Foxes' four game homestand ended wth the Sena game. Marst takes to the road for the next two weeks before returnng home to host the Manhattan Jaspers on Aprl 20. Tenns team wns three straght by CHRIS JETTE Normally a team that competes n sx matches n a weekmght start to feel.a lttle exhausted.-. ' - Howe.ver, the men's tenns "team s overcomng such a schedule and have put together three wns n a row after suffer- - ng a defeat to.the Northeast Conference's number one team, FarleghDcknsoh.Unversty. The Red Foxes started ther.gruelng schedule wth a-5-2 loss at" the hands of the FDU Knghts. Farlegh Dcknson s, as mentoned before, the number one team n the NEC, but the Red Foxes were able to hang close to the-knghts. Although the Red Foxes lost ths tme, Junor Santos Orellana thnks that the team sent a message that, come tournament tme, Marst wll be able to challenge FDU'for the ttle. ; - One brght spot n the-loss to FDU was the play of Nathanel Ferrs. Ferrs, who s the number two sngles player on-the team, was able to defeat hs opponent-n three sets; n what some-members of the team descrbed as the best played match of the season.. \. The Red Foxes next battled conference rval Wagner on Thursday, Aprl 3rd. However Wagner'was no match for the Red Foxes as the Red Foxes shut out the SeahawksJ-0. For those who are not faml- - ar wth the tenns scorng system, a pont s awarded for every sngles match vctory and a pont s awarded for wnnng two out of three doubles matches: On -Thursday,.every one of the Red Foxes scored a vctory over every Wagner player. Marst next dd battle on Saturday, Aprl 5 th aganst the Gaels of Iona College. However the Gaels could not get a pont aganst the Red Foxes e- Please see Tenns onp Men's track team runs too far by CHRIS O'DONNELL The men's outdoor track team had ther frst "real" meet yesterday at the Trnty Invtatonal n Hartford, CT. Yesterday was the frst of four meets n a short season where the League Champonshps are less than a month away. Junor Mke Melf sad the Trnty Invtatonal was the frst real meet for varous reasons. "The frst race was a very low key race that got the team's feet wet," he "And the Army Invtatonal was a local race for the local runners n the Md Hudson Area, whle the rest of the team was home for Easter vacaton." Senor co-captan, John Lasker sad he had mxed feelng about yesterday's meet. ^ "We ran a decent meet, but the meet showed we stll have a lot of work to do," Lasker The Red Foxes' top performers were. sophomore Ben Hefferon and senor Pat Casey, who fnshed second n the 1,500 run and the 3000 steeplechase respectvely. The team's problems ths year wll be the short dstance runnng snce the Red Foxes are a cross country, long dstance orented team. Plus the school does not provde the proper facltes for short dstance track events lke the 100 meter dash or a feld event lke the pole vault. However, the team strength wll stem from the long dstance events whch revert back to cross country. Lasker also sad Coach Pete.Collazzo only recruts long dstance runners n the frst place. The Red Foxes wll also be wthout the servces of Junor Mke Melf, who has tendonts n both of hs knees. Last year Melf was a major pont contrbutor to the team. Regardless of Melf's loss, sophomore Chuck Wllams sad he had postve expectatons for Please see Track on p