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Touchdown m Global Village Senior lands a job ^ ^\ JL HE CNN links us to at the Superbowl Operation Desert Storm page 12 CIRCLE — page 6 IVQLUME 38. NUMBER 1 MARIST COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. FEBRUARY 7,19911 State proposal threatens financial aid In addition, Marist would lose half its state by STACEY MCDONNELL But Marist students may pay even more the college receives will not only hurt the in aid, threatening to affect the rest of the stu than that because of the lost financial aid. stitution, but inevitably be passed on to the Managing Editor dent body. Some of the 893 students who receive TAP, student. At press time, college officials were plan Regents College scholarships or both may Bundy Aid, assistance given to private in Marist students will pay dearly if Gov. ning an all-out effort to'fight the proposal. lose $650 in state aid each year. stitutions based on its number of graduates, Cuomo's proposed state budget is passed in "(The governor) is driving students out of TAP grants would be reduced anywhere will be slashed 50 percent, leaving Marist of July. the private schools and into the public school from $100 to $400 a year, depending on the ficials with a $582,750 hole to fill in next If passed, all students may be hit with system," said President Dennis J. Murray, family's financial situation. The wealthier the year's budget, Murray said. dramatic tuition increases, and New York who said the proposal is unfair and ine family is, the more money it stands to lose. If this aid is lost, tuition will have to be students will also lose some of their finan quitable. "In times of recession, everyone The total loss for TAP aid is $387,506 for increased, said Mark Sullivan, executive vice cial aid. has to pull in their belts, but the cuts do not undergraduates and $6,500 for graduate president. The proposed $51.9 billion budget, which make sense. It costs the state more money students, said Murray. "If (Cuomo's) cuts stand, it's going to cuts $4.5 billion from the whole state budget, to educate a student in the state schools than "The student and his or her family are go pose some very serious challenges to the will slash the Tuition Aid Program (TAP) in private schools." ing to have to weigh very seriously these financial stability of the college," Sullivan fund, eliminate the $250 Regents College Cuomo proposed an additional $500 tui budgetary impacts and their ability to finance said. "It'll force us to look very carefully at scholarships and halt many other aid pro tion increase for State University of New next year's tuition," said Anthony V. Cam- our tuition structure." grams that New York students here use to York and City University of New York piili, chief finance officer. pay tuition and other expenses. Nearly 1,000 schools. Cuomo had already raised those And while cutbacks will strain students' students could be affected. schools' tuition by $300 in December. ability to attend Marist, the reduction of aid ...See BUDGET page 8 • R.A.puts out Renovations looking up Weak budget, recession dorm fire suspend new dorm by DAN HULL by DAN HULL News Editor News Editor A small fire sparked by a lit Plans for a new dormitory, which have consistently slipped from the cigarette tossed in a garbage can top of the college's priority list, are being delayed indefinitely. caused little damage on the second Citing the recession, Gov. Mario Cuomo's proposed budget cuts and floor of Champagnat Hall Tuesday the declining number of graduating high school seniors, college officials night, according to fire officials. have decided to "ride out the storm" for at least a few months before Although the dormitory was making plans for the new dormitory, according to Mark Sullivan, ex evacuated, the fire in Room 216 ecutive vice president.-/; caused minimal damage, said Dick The delays began in 1989 when college officials chose not to renew Dormeyer, Fairview Fire Depart the lease on Marist East and the Charles H. Dyson Building became first ment deputy chief. priority. Plans for the dorm were further prolonged until an environmen . Dormeyer said he received a call tal assessment could be completed. at 10:01 p.m., but the fire had been "It's a decision that still makes sense financially if we know we're go extinguished upon arrival. ing to hold our enrollment and that's our goal," Sullivan said. "But it According to Security's report, doesn't make sense now to take that risk until we have a little bit better fifth floor Resident Assistant feel over the next few months as to how long the recession is going to be." Richard Cota was alerted of the fire In the meantime, Sullivan said, the college will continue to improve and pulled a third floor fire alarm. the Canterbury Garden Apartments for its 355 students residents. Cota and Inderdip Khorana, the Enrollment is important to the development of a new dorm because R.A. on duty, entered the room the number of high school graduates is decreasing. The decline is expected and extinguished the fire. to continue until 1995, said Michelle Erickson, director of the Office of Firemen cleared the building of Admissions. smoke by placing fans in the halls Competition among colleges for incoming freshmen is on the rise. In and opening the windows, addition, the governor's proposed cuts in financial aid may push students Dormeyer said. to less expensive state-funded institutions, Sullivan said. Trie only damage reported was a Gov. Cuomo has recommend the elimination of Bundy Aid, TAP burn hole in a bed sheet caused by grants and Regent's scholarships. an ember while the fire was being Sullivan said a commitment to a new dorm may backfire if enrollment put out, said Tom McClain, assis is not maintained. tant director of the Office of Safe Chief Finance Officer Anthony Campilii agrees that Canterbury is the ty and Security. more plausible investment. Freshmen Brian Tripodo, Ed Circle photo/Mike Rodia "Right now the Canterbury Gardens are an escape valve for us because Keller and Chris Santarelli had Electrician Steve Kondor works on the electrical wiring amidst we have the flexibility to both rent new apartments or to cut back on been smoking in the room when apartments as the need is there or not there," Campilii said. they decided to go to the Campus the continuing renovations of Donnelly Hall. Center, the report stated. ...See DORM page 2 • Students, faculty haunted by realities of war by KAREN CICERO kopowicz's boyfriend of seven months one of the more than 41,000 sorties to Iraq. students about the crisis. In what may be the first war of their "Everytime we (his family) hear that a And hundreds of yellow ribbons are dangl Senior Editor lifetime, these and many other Marist plane was shot down, we're anxious to see ing from doors, lamp posts, cars and even Jim Brady was at the Carrier Dome in students and faculty have loved ones among what kind it was and where it was from," people around campus. Syracuse. Brenda Yesville was on the sofa the more than 500,000 U.S. troops in the Kelly said. "It's frustrating — we always Yesville, a sophomore from Saylorsburg, of her Pennsylvania home. And Kelly Riel- Gulf. From the initial attack 22 days ago to wish we knew more." Pa., wears one everyday to support "her" Iy was listening to an Eddie Money tape in the recent ground skirmishes, they said anx So does Rielly. Classes pull her from away Marine, Micheal Getz. her Long Island bedroom. iety — and often uncertainty — about the from Gulf War Updates and Special Reports, "In our lifetime, I never thought there But on January 16, they all had at least safety of "their" troops intensifies each day, and that has left her all the more anxious. would be a war," she said. "It's hard to one friend or family member in the same sometimes overwhelming them. "I think about the war a lot," she said. believe it's real. Then, I see the yellow bows place — the Persian Gulf. They have become news-a-holics. "I don't pay attention as much in my classes. and ribbons and you can't forget." "My mother came upstairs to get me," "Dan Rather is my best friend," said And when I have time to sit down, the war Yesville's roommate, (Kris) Singer tells her said Rielly, a senior communication arts ma Brady, a sophomore from Wallingford, is the first thing that comes to mind." friend, Jim Landry, all about the ribbons, jor whose older brother, Robert, has been Conn., whose former high school classmate Students have found some useful alter to assure him of the country's support. in Saudi Arabia since Dec. 29. "She told me Rob Smart repairs helicopters in the Army. natives to waiting and worrying. Singer, a sophomore from Gardner, we were at war. I was numb." "I'm always looking for Rob on television, About 70 people attended a 15-minute Mass., says Landry heard about the anti-war The War in the Gulf has hit campus, and but there's a lot of tan bald guys." candlelight prayer service for peace in the protests and told her he was afraid that the it's draining the Marist community. That also hasn't stopped Kelly from try Fireside Lounge Sunday night. Others are Gulf War would turn into another Vietnam. There's concern for Brady's old high ing to catch a glimpse of his son, Michael, writing letters, making care packages and "He's so lonely; he even signs his letters school pal and fellow cross country runner, an Airforce pilot. sending a Desert FAX. Many of the 50 'Love, your lonesome Marine,' " Singer said Yesville's good friend and frequent skiing Although Kelly, chairperson of the Divi students who returned index cards to the Of about the guy she met four years ago when companion and Dr. John Kelly's 28-year-old sion of Management Studies, doesn't know fice of College Activities with the names of they worked together in a supermarket. son. The list goes on: Kris Singer's any details about his son's mission, he their friends or family in Gulf said they "lonesome Marine" and Jo-Anne Pro- suspects^Michael could have flown at least would be interested in speaking with other ...See WAR page 2 • THE CIRCLE, FEBRUARY 7,1991 3 THE CIRCLE ODDS & ENDS FEBRUARY 7,1991 Searching for a book? To see or not to see: 'Hamlet' is a must Check out the computer by JANET DESIMONE which incorporates a perfect blend of wit and melancholy. The intense emotional outbursts If you're one of those people who often that characterize Hamlet aren't overly by BARBARA JOYCE scheduled to be completed next title of Charles Dickens' novel. confuse "thee" and "thou" in Elizabethan ProQuest, a listing of 850 dramatized by Gibson, instead he appears Staff Writer year when all the Library's jargon, don't fret. The most recent screen convincingly as a man whose soul is holdings will be on the computer, business and 445 general adaptation of William Shakespeare's play suffering. Students searching through should make students feel more periodicals, can also cut down on "Hamlet" still could prove to be an in Given Close's stirring past performances, stacks of periodicals or plucking comfortable about looking up in research time. teresting two hours for you. it is astounding that in this film she is a notch through the card catalog may be formation, McGinty said. About one-third of these It's Franco Zeffirelli's turn to take a stab below adequate in her portrayal of Queen able to find the same thing at the And to ward off any confusion, periodicals have articles that can be al directing one of the most frequently stag Gertrude. She is unanimated in her actions, push of a button. the library staff is offering training copied directly from the computer ed tragedies of Shakespeare. However, Zef- spirit-less in her humor and apathetic in her Thanks to software programs in sessions to students and faculty this for a quarter a page. firelli has it a bit easier with this production. delivery. Even one of Shakespeare's most stalled in mid-January, students month. Times are posted in the Students said the new systems First, he can say "cut" and do a scene over well-known lines belonging to the queen can access most of the card catalog Library. not only save them from hunting ten times if necessary; a feat unheard of in come out sounding dry and bland. Close from any mainframe terminal and "The card catalog is so in down periodicals, but they are also the theater. doth protest not enough, methinks. print out magazine articles from a timidating to students, DOBIS will user-friendly. Secondly, he has two of the most desired Regretfully, Zeffirelli chooses to go the few computers in the Library, says take away that feeling," McGinty Marlon Hosang, a senior from actors starring in his film. Mel Gibson much-traveled Freudian route for his inter John W. McGinty, library director. said. New York City, said he found the (thump-thump) portrays the emotionally tor pretation of one of the scenes that takes place About two-thirds of the To access the system from main ProQuest system very helpful. tured Prince of Denmark who is struggling between Hamlet and his mother. Library's books and audio-visual frame terminals, go to the sign on "I like that the articles are right over avenging the death of his beloved The queen is furious with Hamlet for of holdings obtained since 1983 are menu and type 15 at the command in the system, it's a real time father. fending his step-father with a play he arrang contained on DOBIS, an integrated line. Hit enter. The DOBIS system saver," said Hosang. "And once Glenn Close plays Hamlet's mother, Ger ed and confronts him on the subject. Hamlet library computer system and part will appear. you get started, it's pretty easy to trude, who has hastily married her husband's retaliates with stinging judgments and wicked of the S10 million Marist/IBM Dobis users can locate books by use." brother Claudius, alias "the murderer." accusations. There is nothing in Joint Study. The system can also title, author or subject headings. So Thanks to a visit from the ghost of his Helena Bonham-Carter plays Ophelia, Monica Rinaldi, a senior from Shakespeare's "Hamlet" that attributes If you adore Shakespeare, then this movie be accessed through 10 terminals in DOBIS still works even if you Simsbury, Conn., said the DOBIS father, Hamlet is informed of Cladius' wick violence or passion to this specific interac Hamlet's girlfriend whose mind slowly must be seen. But even if you're not quite the Library. In addition, two forget one of the words in the ti ed deed, and promises to take revenge on his deteriorates after he dumps her and she even system is a definite improvement tion, yet time and time again, directors thrive sure what Hamlet is about, check it out Circle photo/Laura Soricelli separate computers in the Library tle, saving students hours of sear over the card catalog. uncle. However, through Hamlet's painful on portraying it with a sexual twist. tually ends up committing suicide. Bonham- anyway; Shakespeare is always easier to contain ProQuest, a new software ching through the card catalog. battle with his conscience, we learn that mak In the film, Hamlet stormed in and knock Carter is splendid as the naive lover turned understand when you see it on film or on the Juniors Laura Perutti and Scott Zalulky explore the library's program, that lets students call up For example, you can type in "DOBIS makes finding a book ing promises are often much less difficult lunatic. That eerie tone she uses to sing those faster," Rinaldi said. "It saves a lot ed his mother around a bit, then thrust her stage. new DOBIS system, an on-line card catalogue, at one of the and print out articles from 501 "tale," and look through the than taking action. onto the bed. Their agitated quarreling was mad love songs as she wanders comatose periodicals. references to find "A Tale of Two of time, you don't have to be pull Gibson is suprisingly enjoyable as Hamlet. around, truly causes chills to cross your Janet DeSimone is a senior majoring in 10 new terminals now available throughout the library. ing in and out drawers." suddenly halted due to a fervid, steamy kiss English. The improvements, which are Cities," in case you forgot the full He gives a sparkling, energetic performance (smack on the lips) between them. spine. makes infinite sense, because we know we're paying more for DORM Canterbury than we need," Sullivan said. "However, it only Traveling students react to Soviet crackdown Up to Date ...continued from page 1 makes sense if we can keep that Sullivan said the new dorm dorm filled." out," Evans said. "Instead, they're not talk Union when U.S-Soviet relations were much tunity to take language classes from native •The Foreign Film Program presents would be self-paying, which means Campilii said the cost to house by MICHELLE DIANO its cost would be covered by the tui ing, they're fighting." Evans also said she worse. He said the only time a trip was Russian professors. Tonight "Wooden Gun," at 7:30 p.m. in Donnelly 245. 355 students in Canterbury runs Staff Writer thought it was ironic that most Americans cancelled was when President Reagan Admission is free. tions of the residing students. $1.6 million annually. When they boarded their plane home from praise Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, boycotted the Moscow Olympics in 1980. Donna Siclari, a junior from Staten • Naomi Tutu, daughter of South African Ar •College Activities will show "Nightmare on However, the college would lose Design plans for the dorm, when "all the people I met hated Gor chbishop Desmond Tutu, will present "Is there money if enrollment declined. the Soviet Union that day, Marist students Keeping the recent violence in mind, Island, N.Y., had the opportunity to study Elm Street V," with free finger food at 9 p.m. which could cost $250,000, were and faculty saw the newspaper headlines and bachev," she said. Norkeliunas said he is waiting to see in what hope for liberation in South Africa?" tonight at "If we were to build the dorm the Ukrainian language on a one-to-one basis in the River Room. postponed because a fluctuating discovered that violence had broken out in Many of these students said they fear the direction Gorbachev is heading. He said, with her teacher. In fact, her favorite part 7 p.m. at Dutchess Community College in the for 500 kids, get out of Canterbury enrollment could change the even get out of the North Road, it Lithuania due to its desire for independence. violence in Lithuania will cause U.S.-Soviet "We will pursue taking (the students) again, of the trip was having dinner with her pro Dutchess Hall Theater. For information, call Sunday dorm's size. The 15 students and two professors had relations to deteriorate — especially since but we will keep in mind their safety." fessor's family in a typical Ukrainian 471-4500, ext. 1600. •"The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing been studying in the Soviet Union as part of Americans have had greater opportunities to This was the 15th year Marist students household, she said. • "Glory," a film which depicts the Civil But the Truth about AIDS," a lecture, will be the annual two-week trip organized each meet the Soviet people recently. .. were given the.opportunity to travel in the War's first all-black regiment, will be shown at winter intersession by Dr. Casirriir To some of the students, the favorite part Soviet Union. Over that period of time, ac This was the second visit to the Soviet given by Dr. Warren Seigel and Dr. David Prin Union for Dr. JoAnne Myers, professor of 6:30 p.m. in the theater. Adjunct professor cipe at 6 p.m. in the Fireside Lounge. Editor's Picks Norkeliunas, professor of Russian. The of the trip was talking with the people. "We cording to Norkeliunas, there have been violence broke out the day before they were basically considered friends wherever many changes in the way the tours have been political science. She said this year the peo Tony Hart will lead a discussion as well. •Foreign Film, see above. ple of the Soviet Union seemed more confi •CUB presents, "David Binder — A Tribute returned home. But because most of them we went," said Tim Smith, a senior major given. •Daryl Hall and John Oates will open their did not understand Russian, the news came ing in political science. Years ago, students were not allowed to dent. "For the past 300 years, they never had to James Taylor," at 9 p.m. in the Theatre. "Change of Season" tour at the Mid-Hudson to them after they had already left the Some said they are also worried this situa visit the homes of the Soviet people, nor a voice of their own," she said. •The Foreign Film Program presents "Angry Civic Center at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 and country. tion would hinder further trips to the Soviet could they roam the streets of the cities Harvest," at 7:30 p.m. in Donnelly 245. Admis are on sale at the Civic Center Box Office and Kickoff the 100-days-til- The violence upset most of the students on Union. "I actually got to see how far we've without a guide. They had to adhere to a Though the recent developments in the sion is free. all Ticketmaster locations or charge tickets the trip, including Tracy Evans, a sophomore gone in our relations," said Wendy Dubin, strict itinerary, he said. Soviet Union have caused much debate, through the Ticketmaster Chargeline at graduation countdown, at the from Yonkers, N.Y. She said she has a senior from Newburgh, N.Y. She said she But today things are much different. "This many of the students are enthusiastic about Friday 454-3388. For more information, call 454-9800. relatives in the Ukraine and was worried is concerned that matters will worsen if our was the first time two Marist professors were returning for another visit. Stacy Stinson, a 21 Society, Friday night at 9 about their safety. countries begin to drift apart. allowed to teach in the Soviet Union," said senior from LaGrange, N.Y. said, "I would •Foreign Film, see above. •The movie "Robocop 2" will be shown in go back in a minute." •Patriotic Pops Concert, sponsored by the the theatre at 8 p.m. Asdmission is $2 with "They should all sit down and work it Norkeliunas has traveled to the Soviet Norkeliunas. Also, students had the oppor Marist Singers, 7:30 p.m. in the Theatre. Ad Marist I.D. Bring a friend and pay $1 each. pm in the new Dining Room. mission: Free with Marist I.D. $3 for guests. •The New Day Repertory Company will pre Coming Events Comedians Irwin & Edelson 'Backbone of the college,' It pays to be funny: sent Athol Fugard's drama, "Blood Knot," at •"Cabin in the Sky," a film and discussion 8 p.m. at the Vassar Brothers Institute Theatre, tofollpw will be presented Monday at 6:30 p.m. will provide entertainment. senior's joke in magazine 12 Vasser St. Admission $12, general, and $10 in" the Theatre. Bro. Donnelly dies at 79 for seniors and students. For more information, . »The Mid-Hudson Civic Center invites you to by RICHARD NASS and February, she said. call 485-7399. "His piece is good because it is attend "An Evening with Anne Murray," Thurs by PETER M. O'KEEFE nelly was "the backbone of the col Staff Writer season-less and we could essential •Comedians Mike Sullivan-Irwin and Dean day, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $22, and can lege." Staff Writer As Matt Ward sat reading a ly use it any time," said Merryman. Edelson will perform in the River Room at 9 be purchased through the Civic Center Box Of Check out Julia Roberts new Although Ward's story was read Brother Nilus Vincent Donnelly, Richard LaPietra, professor of magazine in the food court of the p.m. fice and all Ticketmaster outlets, or charge by Poughkeepsie Galleria Mall, he by more than 28 million people, he •21 Society with comedy acts by Mike phone, 454-3388. who oversaw the construction and chemistry and former Marist said his low-key campus image film "Sleeping With The Brother, said he remembers who overheard a conversation that Sullivan-Irwin and Dean Edelson will be held •The Marist College Singers will present a helped build 8 of the buildings on would be shared with more than 28 hasn't changed much. the Marist campus, died Dec. 19 of made up Donnelly's building "I told the guys in the room next in the small dining room at 8:30 p.m. The show "Love Concert" in the Fireside Lounge oh Enemy." Film opens in area crews. million people. starts at 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14 at 5:30 p.m. Admission is cancer. He was 79. Ward, a senior from Trumbull, door I was going to be in the Digest free. Friends and colleagues gathered Conn., said he had no idea the con and I don't think they even theaters Friday. last week to remember Donnelly, "Students were required to take versation he heard last May, and bothered to look," said Ward. Saturday •The African American Experience, poetry, who had served at Marist for 37 a week off from classes to assist •Marist College and the YWCA of Dutchess later sent to Reader's Digest, would "I'm really happy for him that will be read and expressed in the Fireside years. with the construction," he said. appear in the magazine's "Campus he was in the digest. This is the big County present "The Development of Black "Brother Nilus was literally and "Over the summer Marist Brothers time I guess," said Martin Music in the U.S.A." with guest speaker Chris Lounge on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. Comedy" section. •The film, "Listen up: the Lives of Quincy figuratively one of the key builders teaching at different schools would "I sent it in sometime in June, Camacho, a senior from Yonkers, Calloway, Cab Calloway's daughter. The lec of Marist College," said Marist travel here to help complete the just on a lark," said Ward, who's N.Y. ture/performance begins at 7 p.m. in the Jones," will be shown Wednesday, Feb. 27, at Flea market at the Mid-Hudson project." Bro. Nilus Donnelly 9:30 in the Theatre. President Dennis J. Murray. "It is picture and short profile appeared "I knew Matt was interested in Theatre. fitting that Donnelly Hall, which Donnelly was born on Aug. 2, on page 3 of the January 1991 issue writing but to get something Civic Center, Sunday 10 am to bears his name, will serve as a "Brother Donnelly was very 1911 in Bridgeport, Conn., and of Reader's Digest. published in a magazine like that lasting tribute to his memory." bright and had no formal training took his vows as a Marist brother Ward was notified last is impressive," said Jeff Fitzsim- a radio operator in the United said. "I wouldn't want to upset in construction. What he knew he States. The operator can then patch Rob any more than he already is." 5 pm. Free admission. on July 26, 1928. September that his joke would be mons, a junior from Bradley "Brother Nilus was a very kind, learned from books," said Beach, N.J. WAR the call through to Prokopowicz's In 1952 he was named treasurer published. He also received the gentle and cultured person," said LaPietra. standard S400 reward Reader's Ward received a letter from a ...Continued from page 1 townhouse phone. Inevitably, many said the war Brother Richard Rancourt instruc and construction manager of The only glitch: At the end of has them grappling between their Digest gives for the publishing of Marist Alumnus who wrote from tor of mathematics at Marist. "He Marist, which, at the time, was Italy and congratulated him on his each sentence, you have to say overwhelming fear for the safety of "After World War H, he travel known as Marian College. true, unpublished college stories. "But he still feels as if he has to Friday, Feb. 8 7:30 pm was aiways looking for unique ed across the country buying war Ward's anecdote was selected success. However, few students on "over." their loved ones and their resigna ways of accomplishing things. He protect me. He tells me that he's Prokopowicz, a senior com tion Saddam Hussein must be surplus supplies like tractors, wig- Donnelly received both a from between 1,200 and 1,500 campus congratulated him, Ward there for me. I should be there for in the Theatre had a passion for all things gits and other building supplies at bachelor's and master's degrees in stories addressed each month to the said. munication arts major, makes a list defeated. mechanical." him. I cry when I read his letters of everything she wants to tell Ir cost," LaPietra said. "He was physics from Fordham I Iniversity. Reader's Digest "Campus Com "Most college students don't but I'm not going to tell him that." by so she'll be ready when he calls. (sponsored by Marist College Singers) quite resourceful." edy" section, said Mary Mer- bother with the digest, which is For many reasons, others also At the top of page — "I miss "I hope that Rob comes home," Donnelly oversaw the construc In 1983, Marist rewarded Don ryman, associate editor at Reader's probably why nobody noticed he choose their words with caution. you, over." Brady continued, after looking at PATRIOTIC POPS tion of the Seat of Wisdom Chapel, nelly for his outstanding service to Digest. The "Campus Comedy" was in there. I think that students People worldwide can hear the a scrapbook that reminded him of Fontaine, Donnelly Hall, Cham- Donnelly's zest for building was the college with an honorary Doc read the more conventional But some are wary of getting too not restricted to the Marist campus. section, started in June 1961, ap phone conversations between Pro- sentimental. the good times — the band trip to pagnat, Leo and Sheahan dorms as tor of Humane Letters degree. pears each month. magazines like Sports Illustrated kopowicz and her boyfriend Mar Florida and graduation day — the CONCERT well as Adrian Hall and the While teaching at Central Catholic and Playboy. At least I do "In one of my letters to Rob, I High School in Massachusetts, he He left Marist in 1988 for Merryman and her staff chose to shall Irby. friends shared. "But he shouldn't MUSICAL TALENT FROM THE ENTIRE CAMPUS McCann Center. anyway," said Fitzsimmons. started to write 'Happy New Year' headed the construction of their Florida, and died at the Marist save Ward's story until the January Irby, an Army captian, uses a but then I crossed it out because it's be thinking about coming home. Admission FREE W/Student ID; S3 other guests issue because they usually ex "I don't care who congratulated military radio network to contact He has a job to do." Brother Paul Ambrose, Marist gymnasium which, at the time, was Brothers' Retirement Center in me. I'm just thankful that the story not starting happy for him," Bradv the largest in New England. perience a drop off of winter stories President from 1943-58, said Don Miami. between the months of December was published," said Ward. 4 THE CIRCLE, FEBRUARY 7,1991 THE CIRCLE, FEBRUARY 7,1991 Local judge traces roots of New York legal system When the English settled just south of Poughkeepsie, in by MICHAEL FUREY Westchester and Long Island, they adopted a Dutch con Staff Writer cept that hasn't yet been abandoned. The founders of this state's court system would be proud Arbitration, a hearing in which a third-party makes a deci of its diversity today, said New York state Supreme Court sion that can't be appealed, still frequently occurs in the court Justice Albert M. Rosenblatt in a speech last week in the system today, said Rosenblatt who is one of the justices in Campus Center. the judicial department of state's appellate division. Rosenblatt, a 25-year resident of Dutchess County, also Also a remnant of the past is English Common Law, which discussed the birth of the state's judicial system and how was first used in the state when the English seized the Dutch it shapes current laws in his 30-minute address sponsored settlement. This common law provides the basis of today's by the Mid-Hudson Chapter of the American Society of court system. Public Administration. Stressing the court system's important role in preserving James II, the Duke of York, and his followers broke a peace, Rosenblatt said Americans should be proud of the 50-year Dutch dominance. men and women who established the system as well as those who keep it going everyday. During the takeover, the duke wrote and distributed a "When we act with one another today, we take that for book containing 75 pages of laws. The rules are referred to 1 MILE FROM MARIST COLLEGE granted," he said. as "Duke's Laws," Rosenblatt said. They guaranteed that life, family members or goods would New York state's court system, which will celebrate its not be taken away. 300th birthday this May, has a rich heritage, said Rosenblatt, THR/FTY BEVERAGE- who is working on an historical article about the state's court. As a result, America's culture has evolved. And Poughkeepsie, in particular, was the site fpr the state's "We must be proud of the rich, diverse mixture of ANDROS approval of the U.S. Constitution in the 18th century. Americans we are today," he said. 2ND RIGHT DINER SIDETRACKED The Dutch and English, who settled in the New York area Michelle Tyner, a graduate student in the Master's of BAR I more than three centuries ago, were instrumental to the Public Administration Program (MPA), said she was im SKINNERS establishment of the judicial system and its later success, Circle photo/Dave Triner pressed with Rosenblatt's thorough research of the topic. RT. 9 Rosenblatt told about 50 people who were given the oppor- New York Judge Albert Rosenblatt speaks about "I can't believe he took the time to research this," Tyner tunity to ask questions. the judicial system in Campus Center. said. "He's a very busy man." 187 N. HAMILTON ST., POUGHKEEPSIE Poughkeepsie's Newest Discount Gulf War tensions force cancellation of trips PHONE 454-1490 Beverage Center by AMY ANSON He said the lack of safety, uncer cancelled a trip to the USSR was been scheduled to go, he said. the letter suggested the students Staff Writer tainty of travellers, and the fear of in in 1980 after the Soviet invasion But not all abroad plans affec avoid things like long-distance HOURS: Mon-Tues: 9:00 am-8:00 pm Proprietor-Jon Urban Class of 82 terrorism were the main reasons for of Afghanistan. ting the Marist community have traveling and visiting tourist traps. Wed 9:00 am-8:30 pm While the outbreak of war in the the cancellation of the ten-day trip. A March visit to Great Britain been hindered by the Gulf war. Perrotte said she was not going Thurs-Sat 9:00 am-9:00 pm Persian Gulf has forced the Norkeliunas and 19 Marist has also been put off. Students with the Marist Abroad to tell any of the nine students to Sunday Noon-6 pm cancellation of two overseas trips, students recently returned from the Conditions in the Persian Gulf Program remain studying in come home. the Marist Abroad Program Soviet Union. They traveled to region have forced us to postpone Europe, according to Cicely Per- "It is entirely up to the student (MAP) is still cautiously looking to Kiev, Moscow and Odessa, and he the trip, said John White, assistant rotte, MAP program coordinator. and parents," she said. go ahead with next year's plans, ac said the students felt safe when they professor of history. Perrotte said that she was con So far, only the mother of a stu cording to coordinators of overseas were there. Included in the trip was a stay in cerned about the students' safety, dent in Madrid, Spain, called Per programs. "A few students were apprehen London and side trips to Canter but she felt students studying in rotte, expressing concern for her Dr. Casimir Norkeliunas, sive about the January deadline," bury, Windsor, and Salisbury, said Spain, England and Ireland, were child's safety. fifi associate professor of German and he said, "but we came back on White, who was to act as historian not in any "hot spots" of danger. Russian, was the organizer of a January 13, and the war was not and lecturer. Anticipating a tense situation, Perrotte said students have not spring break trip to the Soviet declared until January 17." Some 20 to 30 people, not all of Perrotte sent a letter to the students written or called to express any WELCOME BACK Union. The -last time Norkeliunas whom were Marist students, had before January 15. Perrotte said concerns or fears. WAKE AND BAKE Class studies in sunny Barbados, SPRING BREAK 1991!! but it's not all fun in the sun SPECIALS" success)," said Scileppi. majors and levels of study. «• CANCUN by KOURTNEY KLOSEN Holding the class in Barbados is "The class broke down a lot of vi> L JAMAICA Staff Writer not only a luxury, it's a necessity age-ism," said Scileppi. "As To most, the idea of a typical Scileppi said. students as old as 60, have par ^Ufc FROM Marist College class in January ticipated in the class." would bring connotations of ice on The different setting allows a ADMIT ONE ADMIT ONE w the Hudson, sub-zero wind chills student the seclusion to develop a Families and spouses also are a and 4:30 p.m. sunsets. new communication skill or per big part of the class and its discus THIS IS YOUR TICKET \ $459 + sonal behavior and test it out on sions, as many accompany their So it must have been the fellow students, other tourists, and student on the trip. DON'T BE LEFT IN THE COLD THIS YEAR! 87-degree temperatures, or the out natives of the island. ALL TRIPS INCLUDE R/T AIR, 7 NIGHTS HOTEL, door swimming pool that clued in Dr. Lynn Ruggiero, Scileppi's TO GREAT SAVINGS! the 17 graduate and undergraduate "A student has two weeks to wife, was a part-time professor and R/T TRANSFERS, PARTIES, students that the class they were practice, to get feedback, and to part-time Mother as they brought DISCOUNTS, ACTIVITIES, TAXES AND GRATUITIES taking was anything but a typical feel comfortable (with the along Luke, their six-month-old (EXCEPT DEPARTURE TAXES) Marist class in January. change)," Scileppi said. son. The class, Psychology of In "(Luke) added a new dimension 77 SUN SPLASH TOURS terpersonal Communication, was to the class," Scileppi said. "It was 1-800-426-7710 offered over Winter Intercession in a good way to break the ice, BUD LOOSE CANS $11.99 CASE (REG. 14.99) Barbados, an island located in the The different setting because everyone wanted to hold JSLJH 1LS Caribbean. allows a student the and babysit." CASE (REG. 11.99) Students in the class learned in seclusion to develop The trip had an element ot BUSCH LOOSE CANS $9.99 terpersonal communication techni adventure too. ques they can apply to their diver a new communica Ish Martinez, the husband of a Marts* Juniors sified careers as well as to their per tion skill or personal student, saved a man from drown MEISTER BRAU Vz KEG $37.99 (REG. 39.99) sonal lives. ing after the man had swam too far behavior and test it from the shore. & Seniors! "I thought it was a practical out on fellow BUD Vz KEG $47.99 (REG. 51.99) class, because we could apply students, other This class in Barbados, although Your Class Ring Is Here! everything we learned to life," said not all fun and games, did provide Christine Martorana, 20, a junior tourists and natives of some free time for island activities. 1 Mew Orders also taken — $25.00 Deposit communication/special education f BUSCH /2 KEG $43.99 (REG. 46.99) major from West Islip, N.Y. he island. Students had the opportunity to Payment for rings ordered in December: learn about the different culture by Cash or Check only. Martorana said she will use her exploring the island by bus and the newly acquired communication sea by catamaran. A tour of a local Seniors - you can pay balance and take your ring. Juniors skills when she begins teaching. Four unsuccessful attempts of "pirate ship," was also very will receive their rings at the Junior Ring Ceremony on the course at Marist prompted popular. Saturday; February 23 or pick up their ring Monday, "I learned how to draw students Scileppi to move it to Barbados ten Students discovered some signifi February 25 at the Student Affairs Office. out," Martorana said. years ago, and it has been suc cant differences from the United One major focus of the class was cessful ever since. States in currency, the postal Pay the balance due on: a contract designed by the students system, the media and driving DATES: February 18 & 19. 10:00-4:00 p.m. outlining their own self- "There were too many outside habits. Yet, despite the differences February 20. 10:00-2:00 p.m. improvement goals, according to influences here." Scileppi said. in customs and a theft of a stu YOU MUST HAVE THIS COUPON Marist Professor John Scileppi, the dent's wallet, students said the class PLACE: Dyson Center coordinator of the trip. was well worth the effort, time, and Students have been successful The classes and its students, over money. For further information, the last ten years, have ranged in FOR THIS OFFER with their contracts so far as three size, age, majors, and walks of life. "I feel very strongly about this," contact Al Meyers (718) 343-6243 have already called to give positive said Lorraine Masciarelli, 20, a progress reports. junior English/communication EXPIRES 2/15/91 Mdke checks payable tojostens. "lam happy when people call Classes in the past have been as major from Wantagh, N.Y. "It ADMIT ONE ADMIT ONE me, after the course is over and the small as four and as large as it was was the greatest experience of my J grades are in, to tdl me about (their this year at 17, comprised of all life in every sense." FEBRUARY 7,1991 THE CIRCLE EDITORIAL FEBRUARY 7,1991 THE CIRCLE VIEWPOINT
THE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Lc I I trio.- - Inmate CIRCLE invites letters Use Martin, Editor Make a difference with service Stacey McDonnell, Managing Editor Karen Cicero, Senior Editor Editor: Editor: This letter is an effort toward I simply want to thank the administration This war may be a long and tedious one. reaching the sincere and open- Chris Shea, Editorial Page Editor Dan Hull, News Editor and staff members from the Office of Stu Along with engaging in discussion about minded individuals 1 know are out dent Activities who have anticipated the Mike O'Farrell, Sports Editor Nancy Petrucci, Business Manager Operation Desert Storm, one very positive there. needs of many during the war in the Persian area where we can direct our energies is Jeanne Earle, Advertising Manager Laura Soricelli, Photography Editor Gulf. toward helping those less fortunate than There are several students, faculty, etc. My name is James Duffy and I ourselves. am in my early 30s. Unfortunate John Hartsock, Faculty Adviser who have or know loved ones who are serv While American men, women and allied ly, I currently reside in a medium ing in the Middle East. The fears and con nations are serving over in the Gulf, let's Jim Savard, Circulation Manager correctional facility, serving a short cerns are heightened as our troops begin to develop ways that we can serve right here in sentence for a non-violent offense. fight on the ground. the United States. There are plenty of com Marist has always been an institution of munity service organizations that serve the As a native New Yorker, 1 am higher learning. Today, we see that it is a city of Poughkeepsie and Dutchess County. left with no family or friends for place for caring. I think it's great that Many exist here on campus. Give us a break students, faculty, and administrators are in meaningful communication with the outside world. While in vited and encouraged to discuss the many If you haven't already joined one of them, carcerated, a man is forced to por issues of war in the Fireside Lounge. do so! I can guarantee two things: First, tray a hard-core image. I need for convenience's sake For people with relatives in the midst of you'll learn a great deal about others and sincere, honest communications to battle, it may offer a haven to openly share yourself while active in Community Service; maintain my soft side. After an extended stretch of classes and school, let alone Marist students from other their anxieties. For others, it may provide the and second, everyone can make a big dif tests, many students look forward to retur states, such as Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Marist community with a place to talk about ference through taking the time to care. VIOL * liS- M\hW/ ^(f^ sVfA^^V pw*« Florida, Utah, Maine, Maryland and West the latest news and the opportunity to gain As a college student, I am hop ning to their homes and families for a break ing this letter will give other from the urgency of schoohvork. Virginia. a new perspective concerning our war against Julie M. Goss Iraq. Senior students the opportunity to corres Those "intermissions," — at mid-term, Why, then, doesn't the college offer pond with someone on the inside Thanksgiving, Spring Break, and especially students and their families that option? reaching out. Christmas and summer — also give students, Most colleges give students more that 24 and faculty, a chance to catch up on things, hours to move back to campus; some even whether they be social, academic, financial allot as much as a week. It's not as if the col The world watches War; James Duffy 89A3041 or professional. lege closes down for the duration of the Pouch 1 And returning to Marist after those breaks break; in fact, there is a considerable number Woodbourne, N.Y. 12788 often means an immediate plunge back into of students living in campus housing; these CNN watches the world that urgency. Each semester, students face students have commitments to sports teams things like changing class schedules, correc or are taking intersession classes. ting discrepancies in tuition bills, and finding jobs. In addition, it is absurd to expect that the A lot has happened since we last spoke. But perhaps the most irritating aspect of majority of students will be able to do the Over the Winter Intersession, as the Inside prison walls, student learns how to start over returning from break is the college's policy following in 24 hours: world's first scheduled war was initiated, the Editor: When the deal was consum education department and noticed Danbury FCI) has given me and maintain a standard of excellence that restricts students from moving back in — unpack hearts and minds of almost everyone in the As I stood up, I could feel the mated, they were arrested and I an office door which read Marist 125 other men the opportunity to to achieve. to campus housing earlier than 24 hours of — clean rooms and/or apartments country turned to the American soldiers butterflies in my stomach engaged was indicted. My three charges College. Since I was a freshman in pursue our post-secondary educa Most importantly, the student when classes start. — buy books 1 fighting in the Persian Gulf War. in full flight. With the posture of were: conspiracy, aiding and abet 'college at the time of my arrest, I tion and get our lives back on the council of MCPC wants to The Administration, in conjunction with — talk to advisors And their eyes turned to CNN. a brave soldier I looked him ting, and use of a telephone for a decided to enroll. right track. Words cannot express establish a working relationship the Offices of Housing and Residential Life, — adjust class schedules at add/drop straight in his eyes and listened in drug transaction. At first I though Marist was the optimism we feel. with the main campus of Marist. Student Affairs, and Safety and Security, — square away tuition bills . Welcome to war in the nineties — where tently. The judge read aloud: I was arrested in January 1990, maybe a small junior college which During its second year of ex They want to be able to share have enforced this most inconvenient restric — sign loan and grant checks events will be reported on television as they ' held without bond, tried and even offered a couple of easy courses. istence, MCPC has proved that knowledge and ideas so that tion for too long. "Concerning the indictment, the — validate I.D.s occur via satellite, and the powerful United States versus Eric Taylor, tually sentenced to 78 months in a I was profoundly wrong. I education in a correctional environ everyone can benefit from the pro It is not reasonable for them to expect, or — go food shopping resonating voice of James Earl Jones will the jury has come to a unanimous federal prison. I arrived at Dan- discovered, to my surprise, that ment does work. It has even pro cess of learning. even require, more than 2,000 students to — find jobs and schedule work hours bring you back from any commercial break. and how many of them are going to go limp decision. Count one, guilty. Count bury Federal Correctional Institu Marist College, was a fully- duced seven laudable men who Yes, we all realize we have a move back into campus housing within 24 Having left out even the most basic daily in the symbolic act of non-violent civil three, guilty. Count five, guilty." tion in July 1990. accredited school which offers a made the Marist College Dean's felony conviction and it will be ex hours of classes resuming. The move back necessities (eating and sleeping are just two) disobedience. Danbury was a nice looking bachelor's degree in business ad List. They are: Adi Tal, Paul tremely difficult for us to com after winter intersession two weeks ago is a Unquestionably, CNN was the television As I turned around to walk with students are also somehow expected to main network that triumphed the most in taking I'm confused. Is the media covering these the U.S. Marshal to the holding prison. From what I had seen on ministration, as well as a para-legal Moran, Jay Hafer, Bruce mand a respectable job once we are prime example, a day that proved frustrating tain their sanity throughout this 24-hour television, I expected to see guards certificate. Thomason, Tony Castlebuono, released. However, with Marist at for a substantial number of the resident advantage of the recipe for mass media suc events or creating them? cells on March 23,1990, two harsh period of chaos. cess (one part technology, two parts hustle). So yes, in television there are drawbacks realities flashed through my mind. walking around with shotguns, tiny I also realized, from that day Kwame Tash, and Ira Neuringer. least we have a chance, right now, students — including those housed in the cells with a toilet in the corner, or forward, that my life was far from Furthermore, the MCPC class to prepare ourselves educationally Canterbury Garden Apartments. CNN was first to report the outbreak of to this "insta-journalism." Many times net First, I was going to jail and se Allowing the students the option of retur war, first to report the SCUD missile attacks works, in the heat of competition, forgot cond, my life was ruined. I was 20 gangs of men who wanted to sex ruined; that in actuality it was just body has elected its 1990-91 student for the achievements of our When classes were set to resume on ning on the weekend — or even 48 hours — on Israel. And having three network cor they were supposed to be the "first to ac years old. ually assault me. I didn't see any beginning and Marist was my key. council representatives. The pur dreams. „ . _ . Wednesday, Jan. 23, students were told they classes begin is not an unreasonable idea. respondents on the air during the initial bom curately report the story" instead of simply of these and I felt much better. My situation is not isolated. pose of this year's student council Eric Taylor could only return to campus after 12 p.m. It all started one year earlier Security is continually patrolling the cam bing of Baghdad was the media coup of the "the first." when I, naively, acted as a broker As I made myself familiar with Marist College Pembroke Campus is to commit itself toward helping Marist student, on Tuesday, Jan. 22. But that Monday was pus, even when school is in recess; and Hous past decade. the institution, I went into the or MCPC (what we call it here in me and the rest of my classmates Federal Correctional Institute, a holiday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), For about two hours at the beginning of for a drug deal between two ing should have ample time to accomodate the war, all the networks reported that Danbury when most people had the day off — the the transfer students, withdrawals and friends. perfect opportunity for those parents who It was the biggest scoop since Woodward poison gas was in the SCUD missiles that hit changes' that create a small shift in housing Israel..This was inaccurate, if not a bit have to drive their son or daughter back to between final exams and Jan. 2. and Bernstein broke Watergate. High adventures in pursuit of a full refridgerator Marist to do it. Criticism that CNN made secret pacts with sensational. Many coupons make you buy so much to But then there are the "tempting items." Even students who are residents of New Let's not be unreasonable; the students the Iraqi government and that the network Also as a result of the fear of being the It was the best glass of orange juice I ever was being used as a personal mouthpiece by save so little. We saved 10 cents when we Food you don't really need to survive, but York have 7 and 8-hour drives back to deserve not to be inconvenienced. last to report a breaking story, the networks had Saddam Hussein can be dismissed as just - , , ^ L bought two 50-ounce boxes of rice. We now deep down you know that life would be so stayed on the air with news almost continual Thoughts sour grapes. ly for the first week of the war. Understan I was so glad we splurged and bought have rice at every dinner. much better if you had them. Quite simply, CNN got the stories many dably there was a lot of time to kill. Citrus Hill instead of the Finast o.j. I pick From The Besides, when you don't have coupons to Things like pop tarts, chocolate milk, of the other networks got because it is the It seemed as though every person in ed the tiny bits of pulp from in between my Shower, With work with, then you have to compare prices, Oreos, doughnuts and cereal you haven't eaten since you were six all cry out to be Reporting on the War most recognizable news source worldwide. Washington D.C. who was even remotely in teeth with my tongue and nibbled on them. Help From which can get confusing. Don't forget, all you need to pick up a CNN Perhaps it was only the best glass of "Which is the better value, the 24 ounces purchased. formed about military operations was The Bed around 2 a.m. each morning. Anything hap broadcast is a satellite dish. It doesn't mat brought in as a "national security analyst" orange juice I ever had because I killed all at $1.39 or 12 ounces at 69 cents?" asked my Dinner items are the easiest to buy, even pening after that deadline has to wait until ter where in the world you are. While CBS, or an "operations expert." my taste buds with Bud tastes the night roomie. if you don't know how to cook them. Editor's the following day, when reporters and editors ABC, and NBC have higher visibilities in this And when there were no experts available, before. A glass of prune juice probably DAN HULL "Is that the iced-tea mix with the hint of "This looks good, sirloin steak," I said. will put a new twist or angle on the events country, they don't enjoy that same status (this was not often) it seemed the poor an would have tasted yummy. lemon, I think we have a coupon for that," "How do you cook that?" asked my which occur overnight. around the world. chormen were on their own. I put the o.j. back and marvelled at the I once saw a guy juggling a banana, an I said. roomie. Notebook innards of our fridge. It was full, surely a orange, a kiwi, a grapefruit, a cucumber and "Oh shut up. I think the 24 ounces is the "I think you boil it," I said. "I don't Instead, our coverage of the War in the And to think, a few years ago everybody It was an understandable, if not sym rare sight. a rutabaga. Obviously this juggling genius know, but we can watch Julia Child on laughed when Ted Turner came up with the better deal," he said. "It should be, it's big Use Martin Gulf will include student and faculty reac pathetic, audience which watched Tom The day before, we had gone shopping and was ready for Times Square. ger." television. She's got a way with roasting tion, features, and news analysis. And as idea of a cable news network. Brokaw call Operation Desert Storm invested $107.68 on our'guts. After playing catch with the fruit and rumps." always, we strongly encourage anyone in the Nowadays he looks pretty good. (But that "Operation Desert Sand." A trip to the supermarket is always a good vegetables, the next obvious stop is the can "Here it is. 'Save 50 cents when you buy Finally we're ready to select a check-out college community to submit their viewpoints could have something to do the fact he's been time. dy bins. It's a ritual for us to try out the two kegs of iced-tea mix with a hint of line. Naturally, you pick the line in which the We don't have a satellite dish and we don't C'mon Tom. What's the matter? Wasn't lemon,'" I read. "Wow, 50 cents!" have special diplomatic relations with the or letters to the editor about the events un fooling around with Jane Fonda, too.) the 2.5 hours of sleep you got the previous It begins right when you walk in the door. chocolate-covered pretzels, the yogurt- person in front of you has few groceries and folding in the Gulf. A few years ago CNN was an experiment; I don't know why this is true, but every covered peanuts and to grab a handful of We moved on to the canned food isle and is least likely to be paying with a check. Pentagon. week enough to substantially allow your had the usual "generic" versus "real" food Once in a while we scoop The Poughkeep- now it's an institution. motor skills to function? That's okay Tom, supermarket in the world has fruit stands butterscotch suckers for the rest of the night. While waiting in line, each of us picks up And as in all of the mass media — whether But there are broader issues arising from we understand. right by the entrance. Next we whip out the coupons to find out debate. Does the Green Giant really know a sensationalist newspaper and reads about sie Journal, but really we're just like any more about corn nibblets than Finast? other weekly newspaper: We don't aim to it be radio, television, newspapers, or the way the media is covering the War in the This phenomenon is responsible for the what we have to buy. Coupons are Donald Trump secretly marrying Jessica magazines — there is debate about what this Gulf. But I guess it's all better than waiting un uncontrollable urge among college males to dangerous because they can justify buying Canned com is canned corn no matter who Hahn, who just happens to be pregnant with compete with the daily newspaper — let sells it. alone CNN. war should be called. Remember in the sixties when protesters til the next day to read the newspaper to find pick up various fruits and throw them to anything. alien mutants. would stage sit-ins and block the streets and out what happened. Aflerall, what appears each other. "Hey, let's get this Coffeemate non-dairy Orange juice, on the other hand, can be We go home and unpack the groceries and As the War in the Gulf continues, The Cir We're still weighing the options: watered down to taste like orange-crayon cle will devote our time to covering it. But entrances to federal buildings? in a newspaper is usually too late to be news, I find it hard to imagine a group of girls creamer," I said. discover the "tempting items" that each of — The Gulf War but too early to be history. entering a supermarket and Jane running for juice. That's why I buy the Super Pulpy us has snuck by the others. we're going to leave the "hard" news stories — The War in the Gulf Those days are have disappeared. Now "Why?" they asked. Premium Deluxe Classic Plus Calcium of the events in the Middle East to the daily So if you'll excuse me, I think I'll end this the grapefruits yelling, "Hey Susie, go "Because we have a coupon for it," I said, For now the shelves are stacked and the — The Persian Gulf War protesters call local media outlets ahead of column here and go see what's on the tube. deep!" orange juice. With all those adjectives, it has orange juice is good, but soon it'll time to newspapers and the broadcasters, just as — The War in the Persian Gulf time and inform them where and when these like it made perfect sense. to be good. most weekly newspapers will do. But guys have no trouble hiking, passing, "But none of us drink coffee," they said. make fools of ourselves again. — Operation Desert Storm protests will take place. juggling and dropping all kinds of fruits and Even daily newspapers can't compete with — The Middle East War They even negotiate with police to deter Chris Shea is the Editorial Page Editor "Yeah, but we have a coupon for coffee Moving on, we picked up the essentials: Dan Hull is The Circle's humor for The Circle. vegetables while on-Iookers curse them under milk, bread, macaroni and cheese and ziti. columnist. television, since stories "go to print" at Bear with us. mine where the activists are going to stand their breath. too," I said. 8 THE CIRCLE, FEBRUARY 7,1991 THE CIRCLE, FEBRUARY 7,1991
ALPHA KAPPA PSI Media center sends Belanger Local recruitment on the rise Marist debaters host film crew to jail returns after despite the Persian Gulf crisis 40-tea m tournament by JOHN COLANGELO auto accident I U.S. Army recruiter in Poughkeep He said, however, the war does by JULIE MARTIN Other crew members were Janet by SHEILA McLOUGHLIN sie, said the Army is like any not have a lot to do with his part Staff Writer Brother Joseph Belanger return Lawler, producer and director, Staff Writer business looking to hire people. of the recruitment effort and peo Staff Writer ed to campus Saturday after being Mike Rodia, a junior communica Danaher, 30, is an 11-year ple are still joining for the finan A television crew from Marist's injured in a car accident on the More people are enlisting in the Six members of the Marist debate team walked away with speaker media center recently went to jail. tion arts major and the first assis veteran and said the Army will not cial benefits and education they can Massachusetts Turnpike Jan. 26. Armed Services since the outbreak honors at the 40-team tournament they hosted last weekend. AK^ The four-member group of tant cameraman and Elizabeth take just anyone. get in the Armed Services. of war in the Persian Gulf, despite Senior Tony Capozzolo and freshman Michele Bafuma led the team Lucido, a senior communication Belanger said he was returning John Pacut, 34, of Milton said students and faculty spent more tougher recruiting requirements, "We want college students just placing second in the varsity and novice divisions respectively. arts major who was responsible for from his home in Lawrence, Mass., he eventually became a sergeant THE PROFESSIONAL than 30 hours filming prison life according to local Armed Services like any other corporation," he Overall, the team performed well, said coach James Springston. But for a videotape which shows the post-production. when the accident occurred, and after joining the Air Force in 1978 officials. said. although three teams could have advanced to the finals, Springston pulled BUSINESS FRATERNITY benefits of working in the Otisville Otisville is a medium security said he was unsure exactly what for mainly financial reasons. happened. He was admitted and Just before Operation Desert Danaher said the most common them out of the competition because they hosted the tournament. Corrections Institution and living prison so only armed guards are "I wanted to provide for my held for observation and tests in a Storm, the total number of U.S. Army recruits right now have com "It's usually considered very tacky for the host team to win their own in Orange County. situated in towers and inmates on pleted at least some college and an family," he said. tournament," Springston said. ly stay there for up to a few years Holyoke, Mass., hospital for a Marines jumped from an RUSH Footage from the eight-minute week, he said. estimated 198,000 to 200,000, said estimated 50 percent have earned a The team is currently ranked fifth in the nation, down two positions tape, which is set to be shown at or until a more suitable facility can bachelor's degree. Slater, on the other hand, said According to Maurice Bibeau, Staff Sergeant Jerry Slater of the the most common reason he has from last semester. more than 500 prisons nationwide be found. Having fulfilled the educational coordinator of foreign languages, U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting heard people give for joining the However, Springston said the team is favored to win the Pi Kapp^ as well as malls and colleges, con The inmates are encouraged to requirements, civilians are not Feb. 5, 9:30 pm CC248 Belanger resumed teaching his Substation in Poughkeepsie. Marine,s is to go to Saudi Arabia Delta speech fraternity's championship at Monmouth College in March. sists of prisoner work, educational take part in recreational and educa automatically taken into the classes Monday. But an adjunct Slater, a 15-year veteran of the and fight. He said the team also has its best chance ever in the national varsity com and recreational programs and tional programs with the hopes that Service. professor, Dr. Rayna Coller, has Marine Corps, said during the Viet petition, to be held at Western Washington University, Wash., in April. Feb. 7, 9:30 pm D248 several interviews. it will allow them to be better suited Slater said recruiters check to see been hired to teach two of his in nam era new recruits required no Slater said people are more This tournament was important for another reason. It was senior cap Making the tape, which was to be a functioning part of a if potential recruits have moral pro termediary French classes for the more than a 10th grade education. patriotic today, comparing the pre tain Anthony Capozzolo's final debate on the Marist campus. federally funded, gave Marist community. blems or prior involvements with Feb. 11, 10:00 pm River Room rest of the semester, Bibeau said. Today's recruits must have at sent support for the American Capozzolo, the only senior on the team, is the first debater to debate students an opportunity to put their "The inmates were all well- the police before any branch of the for a full eight semesters and has won the junior varsity national, the Bibeau said having another pro least a high school diploma and military to that of the Vietnam era, classroom knowledge to good use behaved although some tried to Armed Services accepts them. New York State national and 24 other regional championships. He has fessor teach two of his classes will must also score higher on the Arm and said he would prefer to be in Feb. 12, 5:00 pm D243 and allowed the center to establish conceal their identity, and the Despite this thorough screening also won the University of Rhode Island Spirit of CEDA Award two give. Belanger a chance to ed Services Vocational Aptitude the Middle East himself. a good reputation, said William prison guards were all very process and the onslaught of war, years in a row and received the Sportsman Award. Ryan, editor and executive pro recuperate. "Also, he had an Battery (ASVAB). cooperative in helping us to com both men said they have had no "I got into the Service to protect "I'm going to miss him," Springston said. "Usually good debaters ducer of the project. overload of classes, independent ASVAB is a series of tests that plete our project," said Lawler. trouble finding recruits. my country and I can't do that sit are so bright and talented that their temperamental, but in 20 years of "When I began teaching at But the crew certainly wouldn't studies, and other special projects. evaluates a potential recruit's mathematical, electrical, Danaher attributed this growth ting behind a desk," he said, refer coaching I have never met as nice a person." Marist, it was my intention to make want to stay there. He was very, very busy," Bibeau in recruitment to the support the Open to all said. mechanical and verbal skills. ring to his position as a state-side Tom Kavan, a junior and Capozzolo's debating partner, agreed with use of our facilities in order to aid "Hearing those metal doors slam American people is giving the U.S. recruiter. Springston, and said working with Capozzolo helped him develop his "I'm lucky to be alive. I'm feel outside agencies and this project shut behind you really makes you Staff Sergeant John Danaher, a troops in the Middle East. own debating skills. ing better now," Belanger said. Business majors offered us the opportunity to do appreciate your freedom because "I've learned a lot," said Kavan. "I've seen a lot of the better debators "Wear your seat belt and vote for this and to establish credibility at you can no longer walk around at and Tony is one of the brightest. He sees problems in arguments that the same time." said Rvan. air bags." your leisure." said Rvan. Students miss Sister Eileen's friendship most people don't." Stephen Wood, debate coach at the University of Rhode Island, said move Best said, "We're certainly by HELEN ARROYO Although Halloran's absence he is impressed with the impact Capozzolo has on debators from other will bring an increased workload trying to go on with the same kind BUDGET Staff Writer of spirit." schools, as well as those from Marist. for members of Campus Ministry, "Tony sets an example with his influence in New England schools and ...Continued from page 1 For those new to Campus Kelly Sossich recalls her first it's her friendship that will be miss he has a similar effect nationally," said Wood. "I'll probably be hap Last year Marist tuition rose 8.2 meeting with Sister Eileen Halloran ed the most. Ministry, life without Halloran will harder. pier to see him go than Jim." percent to $8,340. After the in in 1988: While waiting for Halloran "It was disappointing to hear she Capozzolo said the success of the team should be attributed to the hard crease proposed by Cuomo, tuition to finish a phone call so they could was gone because she was a sincere "I don't relish the idea of being without her this year," said Rev. work of Springston and the rest of the team. at the SUNY schools will be $2,150 discuss religious instruction, she friend to the students," said "You definitely need a team effort," he said. "All the success of the per year. suddenly covered the mouthpiece Sossich, a senior from Medford, Luke McCann, the college's new chaplain. "It will be impossible to first semester came from all the research that the team did and the time And according to Marc and whispered, "Celibate men are N.Y. that Jim put in." vanderHeyden, vice president for the worst." Michael Roberts, of Newington, fill her shoes. She had connections it'll take me nine years to Capozzolo will debate in the teams last seven tournaments. Next academic affairs, Marist will have Like many students, Sossich has Conn., said everyone was sadden establish." semester Capozzolo plans to attend law school and has so far been ac to freeze and trim many areas of experienced Halloran's unique ed by Halloran's leave. cepted to Boston College and Boston University. John McAuliffe, this year's spending if the budget is passed. sense of humor and ability to put "A lot of people didn't get to say Springston said he believes the team will retain its national ranking "For the past five years we have people at ease during her nine years goodbye," he said. Campus Ministry president, has also been trying to stay strong. next year even with the departure of Capozzolo. been increasing our faculty," at Marist. But Roberts said Halloran told "We just have a really good group coming up," said Springston. "None vanderHeyden said. "If this budget "I never felt intimidated by her him she hopes to be able to appear "She helped me get through the Free first few months," said the can replace Tony but we are going to have a great team next year." is passed we will not be able to do religious status," said Sossich, a in time for commencement, if not sophomore from Brooklyn, New Juniors Tom Kavan and April Amonica, freshmen Pam Clinton and that." senior from Medford, N.Y. sooner. James Hocking, the recipients of freshmen scholarships for debate, are Halloran, director of Campus With the temporary loss of York. "She was always behind me." expected to perform well. Michele Bafuma, another freshman, and Ministry, has taken an informal Halloran, the Campus Ministry of sophomore Frank Irrizary are also returning. leave of absence from the college ficers have joined together to main Best and McCann have divided due to a family emergency, accor tain business as usual, according to Halloran's directorial respon ding to Gerard Cox, dean of stu Theresa Best, assistant director of sibilities, and Best is working an ex tra day, according to Roberts, dent affairs. She has not set a Campus Ministry. secretary of Campus Ministry. definite time to return. Despite the suddenness of the College awaits historical sites decision by STEVEN SCHMITT historical sights, they would be Brother Kieran Brennan, and St. listed in the National Register, of Speech. Staff Writer Peter's are two of the oldest ficially acknowledging their buildings on campus. They were The state's historical society con historical value. both built in 1870 as part of the tinues to review Marist's applica However, if the sights are denied Beck Estate. tion to have the Kieran Gatehouse historical value and Route 9 is ex and the St. Peter's building panded on Marist's side, the The buildings have served Marist designated historic landmarks. Gatehouse would have to be mov in many ways, including use as stu CoIIege.officials say the historic ed or destroyed. dent dormitories and as ad designation of the two structures The request for historical ministrative offices. would lessen the chance that a state designation was submitted last fall project to widen Route 9 would to the New York State Park and Now, Marist Brother Richard LSAT take land from Marist's side of the Recreation and Historical Society. Rancourt lives in the Gatehouse highway. 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