— NEWS — ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT — SPORTS -— The Circle and Comm Dept. Check out the new A&E section It's a changing of the guard receive the AP wire service. for entertainment news and reviews at the McCann Center -PAGE 2 -PAGE 10 -PAGE 16 Volume 47, Number 1 The Student Newspaper of Marist College September 21,1995 Students enraged over financial aid foul-up by MEREDITH KENNEDY file remained incomplete and he knew I had worked hard to cial need," Fennell said. "I re­ for Financial Aid (MAPP), the Managing Editor therefore they may not have get and maintain my scholar­ gret all the problems it caused." Free Application for Federal been able to receive their schol­ ship." According to Fennell, the cer­ Student Aid (FAFSA) and have Approximately 200 returning arship. ;•'.'. Craig Fennell, director of Fi­ tified letters were supposed to a copy of a parent and student Marist students were wrongly Senior Norie Mozzone has nancial Aid, said he did send the be sent to those who had not federal and state tax return. informed that their merit schol­ maintained and achieved Deans certified letters, but explained completed the information nec­ According to the guidelines arships were not being renewed List status but received a letter that a mistake was made in the essary for receiving aid for fi­ for the four year merit scholar­ during the summer vacation. sometime in early August. mailing process. nancial reas'o'ns.- ship the student's only respon­ The students were each sent "My father went through the "I made a mistake when I was He explained that all need sibility is to maintain a GPA of roof and blamed me," Mozzone sending out notices to those based applicants must complete a certified letter, postmarked July Please see Financial, page 4... 25, that stated their financial aid said. "He was enraged because who received aid due to finan- the Marist College Application Brokawgiven Tasso found not guilty the Lowell in 1993 rape of student Thomas award by DARYL RICHARD the ground outside the Lowell by STEPHANIE SALVATI Editor-in-Chief Thomas building while a fourth suspect allegedly raped her. Staff Writer A Dutchess County jury The three other defendants - NBC News anchor Tom found former Marist student Shane Conry, Kristian Grizelj Brokaw received the eleventh John Tasso not guilty on all three and Craig Morcom - have pro­ annual Lowell Thomas Award charges of first-degree rape of a fessed their innocence since this summer. woman attacked near the Lowell first speaking to police after the On June 7, Marist College pre­ Thomas Communciations Cen­ Sept. 11, episode. sented the award to Brokaw at ter in September 1993. However, according the re­ the Explorers Club in New York The verdict was handed down ports in uie Poughkeepsie Jour­ City. on June 19, after eight hours of nal, when Tasso took the wit­ ness stand during the trial he Marist President Dennis J. See related story, page 3 Murray spoke~at the'award lun­ said his confession was forced cheon, comparing the journal­ deliberation" by'a'jury of seven •by-investigators. istic qualities of Brokaw and men and five women. "I was scared," Tasso was re­ Thomas. Senior District Attorney ported in the Journal as telling "Like Lowell Thomas, Tom Marjorie Smith said it is difficult the jury. "I was terrified of be­ Brokaw's 'nose for news' and to convict most sex crimes. ing arrested. I was willing to do skills as an interviewer have "The law is set up for the de­ anything just not to be ar­ NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw received the 11th annual Lowell rested." brought the major events in re­ Thomas award at the Explorers Club in New York City. fendants, not the victims," cent world history directly into Smith said. Since Tasso's acquittal, there the homes of millions of Ameri­ editor of "NBC News with Tom during Operation Desert Storm. Smith said she would not com­ has been a diverse reaction from cans each night," Murray said. Brokaw." He will mark his 30th Brokaw was the only reporter at ment on why she thought the the Marist community. The Lowell Thomas award, year with NBC News in 1996. the scene who witnessed the jury delivered the not guilty ver­ Director of Safety and Secu­ established by Marist in 1983, Brokaw began his career at falling of the Berlin Wall. dict. rity, Joe Leary, said students recognizes talented individuals KMTV in Omaha, Neb., in 1962. Brokaw is also a long time po­ The trial concluded almost have confronted him with feel­ in the communications field. To He conducted the first exclu­ litical reporter. Since 1968, he two years after the incident was ings of both agreement to great be eligible for the award, the in­ sive one-on-one interview with covered every American presi­ initially reported. disappointment with the ver­ dividual must exemplify the am­ Mikhail Gorbechev. dential election. He anchored According to a testimony that dict. bition, imagination, courage and Brokaw also reported numer­ all of the NBC News coverage, Tasso gave to Town of "Students who have spoken humanity of legendary broad­ ous times from both dangerous including primaries, national Poughkeepsie detectives before to me have expressed anywhere caster Lowell Thomas. and timely locations, such as conventions, and election to the trial, he and two other stu­ Tom Brokaw is best known as the White House lawn, roof­ nights in 1984,1988, and 1992. dents held the woman down on Please see Tasso, page 4.... the sole anchor and managing tops in Beruit and inside Kuwait Students report maintenance problems with their housing; holes in walls & faulty wiring by ELIZABETH BROPBY said he was surprised when he contractor." saw his apartment. However, O'Brien said that Staff Writer "All the air conditioners were pre-season camps, which stay While many Marist students broken, light bulbs were miss­ on campus over the summer, and faculty took their summer ing and there was plaster in the enter rooms that have already break, workers for the Division sink," Krueger said. been checked by maintenance of Physical Grounds were break­ Timothy O'Brien, supervisor and contribute to some of the ing a sweat as they rushed to of mechanical services at damages that exist in the resi­ restore the conditions of the Marist, said all the rooms in ev­ dence halls when the academic buildings on campus. ery residence hall on campus semester begins. Angry students are still won­ had been visited and restored "In addition, there are certain dering if anything had been by the Division of Physical conditions that make restoration done. Grounds. of the rooms more difficult," Students from various resi­ "Over the summer, all the dam­ O'Brien said. "Phosphores­ dence halls, especially the age done during the school year cence from laundry detergent Gartland Commons Garden was fixed," he said. "This is the left on the walls can delay the Apartments, have been com­ first year that all the rooms have re-painting of rooms." plaining about the maintenance been painted, and the batteries Timothy Daly, director of problems they faced when they in all the smoke alarms have physical plant, said Marist moved back to campus. been changed. Any other main­ spent over $60,000 redoing the Joshua Krueger, a junior liv­ tenance of smoke detectors is Numerous students have complained about the condition of their ing in the Gartland Commons, handled by an outside, certified Please see Problems, page 3... housing this year, like this bathroom is Gartland Commons. THE CIRCLE, September 21,1995 THE CIRCLE, September 21,1995 3 told a Senate panel Tues­ Hours after jhe orderwas apr New GuSior the common: cold? ! day he'was a "tuna" thrown [ proved,•'an'FBI sniper killed the SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Sorry, nose, the aching sinuses,.-., New York to "hungry sharks" and un­ wife of white Separatist Riaridy Students react to rape case verdict $2,500 stolen from the food the common cold still has no the sore throat and: all the fairly blamed for the deadly cure. But the next best thing is rest from striking in the firsts Weaver. Weaver's 14-year-old by MEREDITH KENNEDY :vivor had to say in her testi­ siege,while higher-ups son and a deputy marshal also services officie over summer in the works: a simple nasal place. .;/.->; i were never adequately inT Managing Editor When we hear acquit­ mony." .; spray to protect people from The latest approach is in­ and Cj vestigated. Four more col­ died hi the Augi 21; 1992, gun- Task Force, an on campus fight, which- broke out as fed­ Two years after a reported tal it means not by SteVen Lindeman Binotto, director of dining ser­ catching the sniffles. tended to protect vulnerable•'. leagues declined to testify group headed by Staples, pro­ vices, was the first one to no­ If this treatment works out - nasal passages from inva­ on constitutional grounds. eral agents pursued Weaver on rape occurred on campus, and enough evidence. vides three services. Support -S •;; Staff Writer '••'<-\ with the acquittal of the defen­ "A'burglar broke into Marist tice the robbery on Monday and it's still far from proven and sion by the rhinovirus. It Beyond Eugene Glenn told the a weapons charge. for anyone victimized sexually morning." : dants in the case this summer, College's food service office years away from drugstore seems to work - at least in senators that now-sus­ . -Roberta Staples, head or physically, education to pre­ Town of Poughkeepsie po­ shelves - it will be a rare victory chimpanzees.