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THE CIRCLE V, December 6,1984 Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y Big cuts maybe Meaa for fiiiandai aid ...... J«V. by Susan Brunner affected by- such a cut, not ex-' 1 half — to $100 billion by 1988. '. In a public announcement last- Supplementary '-*' Educational - ' week,- U.S. Budget -• Director- , eluding students at Marist." Opportunity and National Direct' However, the federal Office of •' Although the federal budget, According - to., Director.. of.. Management and Budget has David Stockman said that 20 to, Loans, which ' are' all funded' •.25 federaf programs >yould have" for fiscal year'1986 is'not due for, Financial "Aid at Marist-Karen through the federal,government,' projected steady increases,in the .Congressional < approval ' until, -Atkin, 80-85 percent of students'! deficit through 1988. The office to be eliminated and'rriariy others said Atkin. ^'•'v(\"z -^ ^-rfci cut back to meet Reagan's goal. January, rumors on Capitol Hill at the college receive some type of ' The • Tuition*. Assistance ' has also-projected an estimated are, reporting cuts in federal assistance to coyer the $5,360 cost Program, - Regents Scholarship \ deficit for this fiscal year to be at Ozer said that "education has .financial aid programs of up to 40 of tuition for a single academic and the Higher1 Education Op­ least $200 billion. been slated to be cut since 1981. percent, according to Kathy Ozer, year. Room and board costs are portunity Program are all After his re-election last Congress, which^ must approve Legislative Director of the an additional $3,200. financed by New York State, for month, President Reagan an­ the budget before it may be National Student Educational A large percentage of Marist nounced that a drastic reduction enacted, has rejected cuts in Fund in Washington, D.C. state residents. 'students receive rnoney from , Reports last week indicated in the federal deficit was one.of education repeatedly since 1981. A substantial number of college programs such as Guaranteed his immediate goals of his next that the budget cuts were a means Continued on page 9 students across the U.S. would be Student Loans, Pell Grants, of cutting the federal deficit in term. r A THE CIRCLE V, December 6,1984 Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Volume 30, Number 9 Phone investigation uncovers credit card abuse at Marist by Amie Rhodes ed. know the breakdown of calls 'Robert Heywood, director of made from each floor in Leo. Illegal credit card charges housing, said that he first learned However, she thought that the totalling approximately $15,000 of the telephone misuse in early company had been able to track have been discovered in Leo Hall, November when a New Jersey down specific people because the according to Marguerite Pakozdi, lawyer, representing the company numbers they called were linked residence director of the freshman involved, called to notify Marist to their names. area. ' -_' - , of the problem. Pakozdi said she wasn't sure Heywood added that he im­ Heywood stated that there is a. how students got the credit card mediately referred him to possibility that "students could number, which was abused Marist's lawyer, Paul Sullivan. " face legal action. He said, "Using -throughout the dorm. The name Sullivan.'was not available for .the credit card is not.a wise.idea of the agency to which the credit comment. ' • -* simply because it is illegal and the ..card belongs has riot been disclos- Pakozdi said that she did not -calls can be traced." ; ' - For game fanatics, irises /A:>*«ir ni?* a#^ ---- >--«--- V*.*:,-,. -•'•',*}%&•'.>'\ ' by Karen Crouse -\ fantasy role-playing game for by Bonnie Hede -[—•. - t The Rev. Richard LaMorte cur­ •vTrle report-radds-that ?ahl ad- rently serves as the assistant-dean four to eight players. The .ministratiye.3:position^' severely.- - ' It's all in the mind. -dungeon master (DM) sets up a The problem of a having a of student affairs.and the campus limits;the ti'me^ the chaplain -can single person serve simultaneous­ chaplain, positions he also held at' i ' Wizards, battle axes, bolts of - world based on - medieval .devote to Campus Ministry. Cam-, lightning, golden dragons. and technology and society. The DM ly as a college administrator and the time of the report. Some pus -Ministry is defined in the as campus chaplain — a subject students this semester have raised stinking cloud spells. creates the universe, the political report:as "the_fostering,of per: And it!s all part of a growing system,' cities, towns and the of recent controversy at Marist — questions about possible conflicts sonal religious-growth" and as "a was raised officially, in a 1981 interest at Marist in the fantasy creatures that populate the land in LaMorte's dual roles. religious expression of a worship-; role=playing game called self-study of Campus-Ministry. President ' Dennis Murray is where the fantasy will take place. ' ping,',believing, loving and sear-. Dungeons and Dragons. ' Each , player prepares a ; The document, which was sent scheduled to meet with a group of ching community." anonymously to The Circle, is students before the end of the This-game offers players a character and takes'it intoTthe en­ part of a self-study report Marist semester to discuss the issue. "The church has been free to be chance to get away from the pro­ vironment which the DM has set put together in preparation for church, 'X the report states'. ."At blems- of everyday life and to up. The DM states the specific the college's 1981 examination by The 198J report states: "Cam­ Marist College, Campus Ministry ."relax,- said Daniel Hutto, presi­ goals for an adventure and the a team from-the Middle States pus Ministry personnel, who.at dent of the Marist Red Dragons', a players carry it through during Association of Colleges and the same.time hold positions of must be free to be and do Campus club for those interested in "play­ the course of play. Universities, an accrediting administrative responsibility, can Ministry. It should enjoy the. ing D & D. "Youcan become a The game is governed by rolls group. easily compromise, and are very same kind of freedom and .self- hero and defeat evil while exercis­ of specially designed, dice, which governance as.that is responsibly ing your imagination to the determine what happens to each The report recommends that a often perceived as compromising, fullest," said Hutto. campus chaplain not be permitted the autonomy and integrity of enjoyed by the faculty for "their character. A character proceeds to hold a full-time administrative Campus Ministry goals and pro­ part in the academic life of the Dungeons and Dragons is a Continued on page 2 position. grams." college." Straight from the Fox's mouth . Editor's Note: The following Thanks with a capital T for the in '79. I came in when Steve story was submitted by the Marist great experience, coach. , Smith was a freshman. mascot, the Red Fox, who is a Somehow, my suggestion that There have been so many Marist junior in his other life. Marist create a mascot back in exciting moments in the past six 1979 got back to Petro, and he seasons that I can't possibly by The Red Fox relayed the message back to me squeeze them all into one article. that the job was mine. I was a I'd have to write a book. Cer­ I used to think the San Diego mere sophomore in high school tainly one of the most grueling Chicken was a jerk. I .couldn't back then, so the idea of being games for me was the double figure out how anyone could be chosen mascot of a Division I overtime loss to Mercy College crazy enough to dress up in an basketball team was rather mind- back in.the 1980-81 season. The animal suit arid run around like a boggling. I'll never forget the game was played at the McCann fool during sporting events. -^ night of my first game. I just sat Center, and I vividly remember " So here I am in my sixth year as" in the living room chair with all our center, Moose Timberlake, .the Marist College Red Fox. Six the lights out and tried to chase hitting a top-of-the-key bank shot years. of • Hard sweat in the away all the butterflies that were as the buzzer went off in equivalent of a heavy fur coat in . throwing a party in the pit of my regulation to send it intoOT. By all kinds of heat. It's been quite stomach. Believe me, it was an the end of the second overtime, an experience the past few years. all-night bash for those but­ we had lost by three points, and I How many other 20-year-olds can terflies. ' was one tired fox. say they've spent more than a The 1981-82 season was quarter of their lives doubling as a I've been through it all in six memorable in that it was the first fuzzy animal? years. I've seen players, coaches NCAA Division 1 season ever for Looking back, I have few and many others come and go, In Marist basketball. We made a regrets.- The man probably most fact, with the exception of the name for ourselves that year by .responsible for my tenure as the radio broadcaster for the team, having two 20-plus scorers in Fox is former Athletic Director Robert Norman (who's also the Steve Smith and Dary] Powell. and head basketball Coach Ron Internship Director at Marist), Smitty was an All-American that The Red Fox in action. Petro. And if this paper ever I'm the only person left this year makes it to Alaska, I'd like to say who travelled with the team back Continued on page 8 t ,Pa0O 2 THE CIRCLE - 0«c.
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