-FEATURES- -SPORTS- Cherry Poppin' Daddies Marist baseball is off to will swing over to Marist. a 7-11 start, pg. 16 Tickets on sale now, pg. 5 the student newspaper of. iS|arist College VOLUME #52 ISSUE #15 http://www.academic.marist.edu/circle APRIL 1,1999 Graduation may be rescheduled Sinking library prompting Marist officials to at this pace, inspectors estimate cancel graduation for the Class that the structure has the pos­ worries officials of 1999. sibility of sliding down the cam­ Apparently not enough geo­ pus green and into the Hudson by APRILFOXX logical inspection was done in in less than a year. Asst. News Editor the area that the library is being Many students were happy to built upon. According to New hear that the new library might The new library is sinking into York State inspector Brad slide down to the campus green. the ground and there is the pos­ Nuefeld, there is a hidden fault One student was pleased that sibility that the upcoming gradu­ line running underneath the the library might be attached to ation could be cancelled. middle of this campus. His con­ the Rotunda in the future. Ac­ In a required state inspection cern is that like the fault lines in cording to him, he is happy be­ conducted last week, New York California, a minor tremor could cause it will eliminate the need State inspectors have found open up the earth and swallow to walk outside if he needs to that over the past two months up the $19.6 million building. visit the library. the foundation of the building Construction workers are still Marist officials did not return has sunken just over 2 inches. hard at work on the building, phone calls, primarily because According to anonymous even though it seems that soon this article is being published on Marist faculty sliufces^mereis, ; all dfthis work done Will be either " Apfiir. Infact, none of this story concern that the library will be underground or underwater. is true at all. Happy April Fools on the campus green by May, Even without an earthquake, Day everyone! Circle photo/Joe Scotto Elie Wiesel, renown author, spoke to Marist students at a BEHlN&mE SCENES lecture sponsored by the Student Programming Council. Wiesel shares concerns on world peace by CHRIS GROGAN Wiesel said the fighting occur­ News Editor ring in Kosovo is because of hatred between two groups and Many people in this country compared it to a passage in the are uninformed as to the effects Bible. of the fighting in Kosovo, ac­ "Whoever kills, kills his cording to Nobel Peace Prize brother," he said. "It's the sin of winner Elie Wiesel. killing you neighbor." Wiesel, a survivor of the Nazi The conflict in Kosovo has concentration camps during been intense since Serbian World War II, spoke to Marist President Slobodan Milosevic ^ ^»*V~ *W* * •* ,- „ - ' Circle photo/Joe Scotto College students on his views stripped Kosovo of its au­ MCCTA's Children's Theater presented "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" March 25 regarding the conflict in tonomy in 1989. Recently NATO 31. Local elementary and nursery schools were invited to a total of 13 performances. Kosovo. ...pleaseseeWIESEL,pg.4 ' Diversity Day turnout lower than expected TStttKLYPOLL byJAIMETOMEO sociation organized the event StaffWriter this year, according to Student Body President Colleen ...... The second annual Diversity McCulloch. Do you think Day attracted fewer students "It was run by a presidential than last year. committee, which was chaired TODAY: Diversity Day was an effort by Caroline Davis and Edward Partly Cloudy restncftrie forward­ that began last year to increase* Antoine," she said. "They were hi: 64° ing of emails? students' knowledge of the di­ in charge of planning every­ lo:39° versity that exists on our cam­ thing and finding the perform­ YES NO pus and to celebrate diversity ers and getting the clubs Community. 2 that this campus contains. It aligned. They did the majority Features 5 68 32 was held last Saturday in the of the footwork on it." A&E 11 Cabaret and Performing Arts SEE RELATED STORY, PG. 4 The day was filled with guest Room. Opinion 9 This is an unscientific survey taken from 100 Circle photo/Joe Scotto Sports 16 Marist students, Jon Murray performs at D-Day. The Student Government As­ ... pleaseseeD-DAX,pg. 3 THE CIRCLE TH£€HKL£ APRIL 1,1999 News PAGE 3 APRIL1.1999 munity PAGE2 Sewer break forces students to Computer virus threatens the country • ev^uate upper townhouses Security IN YOUR OPINION Halo Alto, Calif. - With tens of thousands*.fofv computers byKRISTINABRrrO Briefs thought ttr'be affected already, StqffWriter -( I>I-I/"/«;J hi Si HI! iWevilcj corporations and network secu­ Residents of the H-block rity professionals said today townhouses experienced an that they' were, bracing for the unwanted lesson in a sewage What's the funniest continued spread of the.-"Mel- clean-up last month. SPC issa"; computer virus with the, On March 6, a sewage pipe beginning of the workweek on broke inside the wall of April Fool's joke that has Monday. Marist College Student Pro­ Two students kicking a bench townhouse H-4, according to gramming Council is proud to were caught by a security of­ Over the weekend, computer April Quigley, resident director announce MOJO recording art­ ficer while on patrol from the been played on you? security.firms said they had reT on duty that night. The break­ ist Cherry Poppin' Daddies in Donnelly Parking Lot to the ceived an unusually large num­ age caused flooding and evacu­ concert with special guest. Con­ Sheahan Parking Lot. ber of calls for assistance from ation of the residents of the cert will take place on Sunday, The two vandals were identi­ companies affected on- Friday block, according to students. April 17,1999 in the Marist Col­ fied as Leo Hall residents and and Saturday. Melissa, which is Townhouses HI and H4 were lege James J. McCann Recre­ admitted to the crime. They then carried by e-mail, appears to be those most affected by the ation Center. changed their minds and denied one/of the fastest replicating break. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the any involvement. One of the viruses ever detected. .. Brenda Bertolini, resident of concert begins at 8 p.m. Will call residents said nothing can be - It automatically tries to mail H-4, said that suds around the opens at 5 p.m. Ticket prices for done to them because they were itself from each recipient's ma­ grate in the shower started to Marist students, faculty, and not caught on film. chine to^ 50 other e-mail ad­ form and water started pumping staff with valid ID is $8. One dresses, computer security ex­ out around 7:30 p.m. Bertolini perts said. ' • \ '. ticket/ID. Other college students A Marist faculty member re­ said she called maintenance im­ with valid ID is $12. One ticket/ ceived harassing mail and mediately, but waited 45 minutes ID. General public is $20. All tick­ NATO hopes to stop for someone to arrive. Photo courtesy of Kathcrinc Wright phone calls. The faculty mem­ Sewer breaks in the townhouses left many students' personal items damaged. ets are general admission. ber reported them to Marist Se­ ethnic re-engineering "One man from maintenance Tickets are on sale daily from curity and the Town of Brussels - NATO officials said came and tried plunging the noon to 9 p.m. at the Office of Pougkeepsie Police Department. on Monday that Slobodan drain, but more water kept com­ the whole ordeal. Residents of both formed by Marist, including College Activities in Student " My friend stole my My girlfriend lied to me Milosevic's military campaign ing up," she said. "He said he "It was pretty wretched that townhouses said that resident Papineau. against the ethnic Albanian was going to come back with Cente? 373. For information, call A member of the housekeep­ clothes while I was " / don't do things like and told me she was something like that was floating directors and resident assis­ "Although it wasn't Marist's 575-3279. ing staff walked into one of that." population of Kosovo was some more tools, but took al­ around in our house, especially tants came by to assess the situ­ fault and they did the best they Dress to impress, swing style, Champagnat's 1st. floor men's skinny dipping." pregnant." .. aimed at establishing a Serb- most an hour to return." since it came into the kitchen," ation. It wasn't until 11:30 p.m. could, it would have been bet­ so we can start our own Zoot bathrooms at 6:00 a.m., on only enclave inside the province By the time maintenance re­ she said. that they were definitely told ter to get rid of the mess sooner, Suit Riot! March 26th, to find water spray­ to hold on to after the fighting turned, pieces of waste were Papineau and Dobson said they would have to evacuate for she said. ing from a sink where a faucet ends. coming up with the water and they called maintenance, but it the evening and possibly the Bertolini said she did not feel had been torn off, and a number Stephen Kirk Karen Orifice Jeff Carstens "We have the impression that had spread into the downstairs took them two hours to show following day. If residents could safe with the cleaning done be­ Chess Club of pipes were bent. - freshman freshman freshman there is a campaign under way bedroom and kitchen, according up.