-FEATURES- rSPORTS- St. Patrick's Day is not just' Men's hockey team sea­ a parade and a day of, son comes to^a disap­ drinking, pg.7 .. pointing endj pg.22 the student newspaper of lg|gtrist College VOLUME#52 ISSUE#14 http://www.academic.inarist.edu/circle MARCH4,1999 AST hosts dinner to benefit local girl byJAIMETOMEO Pigmentosum (XP), prevents her purpose was to raise money for StaffWriter . from enjoying the sun at all. research into this rare disease. Marist College sorority, Alpha "The idea is to raise money to Sigma Tau, adopted Mahar and help them with the cost, because Alpha Sigma Tau held a din­ the XP Foundation as their lo­ it is an expensive disease," she ner last week to raise money for cal philanthropy. Each year said. "They [researchers] are a local girl with a'rare skin dis­ they host a charity dinner in the trying to find a cure and a test ease. " _ . - ' Cabaret in order to raise money, to see if kids have it." While most of us take advan­ as well as awareness. This Tickets were sold at a rate of tage of the lazy summer days by year's dinner was held on Feb. $5 for students and $8 for fac­ basking in the sun, six year old 25th at 7 p.m. ulty members and adults. Each Circle photo/Joe Scouo Katie Mahar is sleeping. Her rare Alpha Sigma Tau member AST sorority dinner was a "success in raising money for local girl. skin disease, Xeroderma contributor received pasta and Christy Barr said the dinner's .,. please see AST, pg. 6 Elections show lack of interest byJESSICASMTTH. StaffWriter - . ' " Triisfyear's Student Govern­ ment Association elections did not produce many battles." Nine candidates are running unopposed in the elections for SGA this" year, and there are six positions with no candidates running at all, according to SGA Elections Commisioner Seth Tyminski. Colleen McCulloch, student body president, said she wished there was more involvement in student government. " "I think there's a lack of aware­ ness and understanding,"- she said. "Student Government plays a large role that is closely tied with theadministration. -I don't think-a lot of students understand that." .- . - According to McCulloch, there are actually-more people in the election this year than last, but there are more uncontested Photo couitesy/Sheiry Dingman races this year. A woman is carried out of a camp in Honduras/She is a victim of a hurricane that left many people homeless. Both McCulloch and "Tyminski by CHRISTY BARR stroyed their land.- in need of medical supplies. "Their neighborhood was lit­ said they felt that involvement •StaffWriter - Sherry Dingman, assistant Dingman said the country was erally washed away in the flood­ in SGA has stayed the same Honduras is a mountainous professor of Psychology, vis­ in the midst of cleaning up after ing and mudslides," she said. since last year and arenot sure country with palm trees and ited Tegucigalpa, the capital city the hurricane and there were "Even if they could build an­ why there were not pines, but it is also a country of Honduras, to bring supplies homeless people living in tent other shack to live in they would with nearly a million people left camps on the outskirts of the ... please see SGA, pg. 4 to these people," especially the homeless after a hurricane de- widows .and orphans who were city. ...please see DINGMAN,/>£. 9 Hunter voted student body president byTIMSORENSON defeated current SGA Chief Fi­ ~^*~ ~ •** nancial Officer Rebecca Valk 446 ^fll ^^^^^.1" «2u T ^* Do you feel Marist StaffWriter votes to 329 votes. He took 55,5 gl^^H* \ - The ballets have been SN 4 adequately prepares percent of the total 803 student JSBH ISI^BH ~- ~- TODAY: counted,.the results are in and '^THgSj votes. i^H Windy you for a job after now everyone is back to work. Current Student Body Presi­ ••pr^^•a«ii^' ~ hi: 39° On Thursday night, Student :graduatioii? dent Colleen McCulloch said the ^^^H^^^BNSKH^?* Io:29° Government posted its election elections went well and voter * *^^MHH^9 YES NO results and named Ryan Hunter' turnout was normal. «c ^^^^^^^^^ Community. 2 56 44 the new Student Body. Presi­ "I was aiming for 1000," she HUH^H^HH MHrnHrT Features 7 dent. said, "but as we gdt closer.to A&E 16 Hunter, the SGA Senate the elections, I figured 800 was W^Hfh PLEASESEEREtATEDSTORY,PG.10 Speaker and a junior political. ^f" Opinion... 12 7his is an unscientific survey taken from 100 ...pleasesee ELECTION, pg. 6 Sports 21 Marist students. science major from Long Island, •furrier THE CIRCLE THE-CI8ELE MARCH 4,1999 News PAGE 3 in spring MARCH 4.1999 Community PAGE 2 byKYLEWOOD Will Yankee Stadium get Staff'Writer new name? . ?- .^ '• • ;vv \ • „;„„ --• f; • '% -; ' The; chapel is the latest in a Security long line of construction JN YOUR OPINION /'•NEW YORK — Budweiser projects occurring here at Yankee Stadium? Or maybe Ya­ Briefs Marist. compiled by Scott Neville, hoo! Yankee Stadium. ' The Yankees, in the process "Vision 2000, building a unique American campus," has of mergingjlheir business opera: tions with the New Jersey Nets,; meant a lot of changes in the What are your plans for may be willing—for a price— buildings around campus. The ASTHMATICCONDrnONS Chess Club to change the name of, the new Fontaine academic build­ House that Ruth Built _ " ing is scheduled to be ready for On March 4, the Chess Club A Townhouse "C" Block resi­ the beginning of the fall semes­ will be having a social from 9 dent was having difficulty Spring Break? "Sooner or later, they will be ter. And by the end of this se­ to 10:30 p.m. in the Cabaret. breathing due to an asthmatic interested in it," said Howard mester work should have begun Elections will be held, and pizza' cpndition Wednesday, Feb. 24 Rubenstein, the spokesman for on the waterfront and nature and soda will be served. Also, at 9:50 p.m. She was transported YankecNets. "But they will prob­ areas. the Marist College Chess Club to St. Francis Hospital and later ably will want to determine where they want to place a new Yankee Currently the library is being will be providing leadership to released. • built and the chapel; is exten­ the Youth Chess Club as Stadium, and then they'll deal with all the ancillary issues." sively being remodeled. needed. The Youth Chess Club The chapel is hot being en­ The Yankees' lease to play in Circle file photo meets at the City of larged or remodeled on the out­ Yankee Stadium expires in three Poughkeepsie Public Library A similar situation occurred in side, rather the inside is being New pews,-carpeting and stained glass windows are part of the chapel renovations. on Tuesday evenings. Mid-Rise on Thursday, Feb. 25 years, and the team has talked refashioned./ /;-, of the physical plant office, said at 1:15 a.m. A male resident with about three options: rebuilding add a sense of beauty to the began in January, during winter Brother Frank Kelly, director it was finally time for the chapel WMCR shortness of breath was trans­ the current ballpark,, which chapel as a whole," he said. "It break. So far, while the chapel of campus ministry, said the to be renovated. ported to St. Francis Hospital by opened in 1923 and was exten­ will now be more conducive to has been undergoing these chapel really needed to be re­ "This is the perfect time for us Want the "Odds On Favor­ Fairview ambulance.' sively remodeled from 1974^76; prayer and quiet thought." changes, services have contin­ furbished; to remodel the chapel, with the ite?" Tune into 88.1, WMCR at constructing a hew ballpark Sophomore Doug Deiss was ued. Most likely the stained "This is an excellent thing. new library being built," she 6 p.m. for Wednesday Night near Madison Square Garden thrilled to find out that the glass windows will not be put on the West Side of Manhat­ The pews were in terrible shape said. chapel was being remodeled. into until after the second se­ Sports Beat. For up to the CONSTRUCTTONnFTAYS and we were in desperate need minute stats., scores, and tan; or constructing a new But the major portion of reno­ "For something that is such a mester ends. of new ones," he said. "Every­ vating the chapel has yet to analysis of all NCAA teams A construction foreman re­ ballpark in New Jersey. vital part of the Marist commu­ The chapel should be finished one seems to be pleased with come. In addition to what has and games, as well as Marist ported his crew had unearthed " / am going to nity, it should be kept up and for the beginning of the fall se­ I'm driving down to / am going to the new pews." already been done, there will be and professional sports. a conduit pipe containing elec­ California with the Three Americans maintained, and I feel that this mester and it will fit right in with Along with new pews the new carpeting put down and " You gotta hear it baby," said trical wiring, while excavating Women's Lacrosse Daytona Beach." . Montreal." kidnapped on trip was money well spent," he said. the new library and new aca­ chapel received new kneelers. stained glass windows installed. DickVitale. near the new library at 9:20 a.m. Vigo Bech Rambusch, of demic buildings that should be team." Besides these two major items, Kelly said the new windows Saturday, Feb.