Vol. 30 No. 19, April 18, 1985

mmm i! Volume 30, Number 19 Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. April 18,1985 Marist to honor Smith Newscaster is 3rd Thomas winner By William Hare Post. He was recently named education editor. • vHoward K. Smith, retired an- The selection of Smith was • chbrman for ABC News, has been made by a a committee of seven , named this year's recipient of people, including Sevareid and Marist's Lowell Thomas Award Lowell Thomas Jr., said Lahey. to be presented at the Helmsley Thomas, who died in 1981, Palace in New York City on April gave his last major address as the 26. keynote speaker at Marist's 1981 The award is given to com commencement exercises, when munication leaders who have he also received an honorary made significant contribution to degree from Marist. the field and have lived up to the Known mostly for his work at high standards of broadcaster ABC, , Smith was " also the Lowell Thomas, according to moderator for two presidential John Lahey, vice president of col debates: the first Kennedy-Nixon lege advancement. Past recipients debate in 1960, and the Carter- have been Eric Sevareid and Reagan debate in 1980. David Ng Walter Cronkite. Numerous awards have been , In addition to- the Lowell bestowed upon Smith, including a In 1941, he joined CBS as a war Thomas Award, the Alumni . Peabody Award and an Emmy correspondent and remained with Communication Arts Internship award for the documentary pro the network for 20 years. n Award will be presented to 1980 gram " The Population Explo Throughout the war he covered graduate David Ng. The award is sion," as well as two DuPont four different armies, as well as given to a graduate who has made Commentary awards, six- the Nuremberg War Crimes significant progress in his .or her Overseas Press Club awards, and Trials. In 1946, Edward R. Mur- "career.* Last year's recipient was 17 honorary doctorates from row appointed Smith his suc Allison McCarthy," "who works in universities in the U.S. cessor as CBS's Chief European public relations for WABC televi ' Born May 12, 1914, in Ferri- Correspondent. / sion in New York. day,.La., Smith graduated from Smith joined ABC in 1961 to' I „" ;Ng*,.-26,'was-hired by. the New Tulane University,', then won a write, edit-and narrate the weekly '* York"-\Postr, bhel" month after' . Rhodes" .Scholarship, to Oxford • television-program called "News gtaduatiqn-as"a<gefieraj assign- University.-^He began his_career.as - and Comment.'.' For, seventy ears , jr?* m^t^reporteni'ancl-fiwas-'.lateh '''a^hewspaperjfnan'. 'for - the - ,New^ he served as co-anchorman of the "assigned 'to;thV~pbHce'beat. In Orleans ;Item,'; then:"joined^the "'• "ABCtvening News.?'., " - **' 1 Howard K. Smith 1984 Ng was sent to China where - United Press and later the New ' In addition to reporting _the '. i he wrote a five-part series for the York Times. Continued on page 2 River D^y may meaii no Senibr Week A visit to maximum security Editor's note: staff members of The Circle men were among the brightest and most articulate By Mary A. Wall- tion of requirements from the Christine Dempsey, Lou Ann Seelig, and The I have met. Although The Monthly is not directly Circle adviser David McCraw visited Green tied to the college, some of the men on the staff .j , housing office, campus security, If the senior class does not meet food services and college ac Hiyen Correctional Facility to meet with are taking courses and earning a degree. specific River. Day guidelines set tivities, Manzi said. Senior Class members of The Monthly, Green Haven's news "Put any one of them in.<a three-piece suit, and ' by the administration, Senior President Jim Murphy has been magazine, to exchange ideas about their common you'd never know he was'a convict," I thought. Week will -be canceled, : in given the list and must meet all interest. Seelig's account follows. But I couldn't shake the uneasy feeling that these dividuals * participating in the the requirements or the senior men had done something horrible in the past. event will barred from graduation class will face'penalties. ' ' - Thirteen iron gates clanked shut behind us on One of the student-prisoners who was waiting in and may be arrested at "the event, .' ' The guidelines are as f ollows: - - the half-mile walk through echoing cement the Marist office said later: "It's good for people according to Gerrard Cox, dean '" — the class must'obtain" a full- hallways leading to deep into "the inside," as like you to come and get to know us a little. You of student affairs. day liquor license from the Town prison is called by inmates. find out we're just people. We just made one At,a meeting Tuesday,.college • of Poughkeepsie. j"•" A few corrections officers smiled as we passed mistake. That's all." Is through checkpoint after checkpoint, but per administrators outlined specific — liquor must be,served in a I-have to admit, I was very taken by the in guidelines, "that the senior class controlled area "whereby the en sonal warmth does not pervade Green Haven Correctional Facility. ' . mates' eloquence and the tragedy of imprisoned would have to meet in. order for trances and exits are monitored. minds. But you don't go to Green Haven for the college to sanction River Day, — the class must provide per- At the end of the half mile of cold concrete is a floor of classrooms resembling Marist East and stealing bubble gum and you don't get 25 to life xaccording to Terri'Manzi, assis ' sonnel to serve the liquor and to for kicking a dog. tant coordinator of college ac- the college's Green Haven division offices. ensure that minors are not served. 1 tivities.- — the class must provide When we arrived, the prisoners were busily We did learn a lot from each other. If nothing _The guidelines are a combina- students, staff and ad sweeping the meeting room and arranging the else, I learned that inmates are human beings V ministrators, who agree not to furniture for us. Warren Harry, Green Haven with feelings and thoughts just like the people on i drink, to oversee the event. student government president; who was there as a the outside. Their world has become the space link for the Green Haven students, apologized for behind the enormous stone walls topped with gun V, — food must be served all day. not being ready and welcomed us with a broad — no kegs or beer bottles will turrets, the^ damp, cement hallways filled with Inside smile. echoing footsteps and rooms closed with iron be allowed by the river's edge. Members of the staff came in, introduced ;! — the traditional early morning bars. And, like people everywhere, they are learn themselves with a polite handshake and began ing to make the best of their situation. 0 The Circle wake up must not involve asking us about The Circle. damages to the dorm's. At 11 a.m. the men had to leave us. It was time ' > We exchanged copies of our newspapers and to count the prisoners, and we, too, had to leave. — River Day must have specific began to discuss staff organization. Sue Ryan opening and closing hours. The men again politely shook our hands, smiled The Circle, I explained, is made up of students and scampered off to be counted — like elemen takes office Murphy is optimistic about who have a professional interest in journalism. tary school kids to homeroom. •—page 3 meeting the guidelines. He said, he The staff changes every year. We again trekked the half mile through echo i; has already applied for a liquor The Monthly, Editor Larry White explained, is ing chambers on our way to the outside. I felt license and submitted a proposal a group of men assigned to it as a job. They have happy, to have met the inmates and was even Editorial: to the administration "to show no real professional interest in'Journalism arid tempted to smile, but we were passed by a man that it's going to be an outdoor- most are serving life sentences. being escorted through the hallway by a correc Apartheid function that's going to be con He explained that The Monthly is subject to ex tions officer. Neither was smiling as the inmate and Marist trolled enough where the liquor treme censorship, although not all prison publica slid his shoulder against the wall. board is going to permit wine and tions are; before the paper is published the prison Thirteen electromagnetic gates later, we were —page 4 beer in that area." administration demands to see it and may censor out of the prison and could again see the 30-foot Manzi raised concern about the any part. stone walls that separated the "inside" from the Murray's plan amount of time left in before the I realized then that they hadn't asked us there "outside." I looked at the gun towers, then at the event. "There's still the question to gain insights on reporting techniques. They rolling hills surrounding the facility. And I realiz considered about time. Can the senior class just wanted someone to talk to. ed that the men'we had just shared time with V organize this" all before River After only a few minutes, I forgot I was sitting might never see the fields which surround this — page 7 Continued on page 12 among convicted murderers and rapists. These Green Haven. ,Page 2 • THE CIRCLE • Apr. 18,1985, *Apr.

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