~A&E~ -SPORTS- Extreme Championship A last second field goal' Wrestling left another gave Marist a thrilling 20- packed Mid-Hudson Civic 17 victory over Wagner Center in awe, pg. 11 Saturday, pg. 16 THE the student newspaper of Mvarist College VOLUME #53 ISSUE #5 HTTP://WWW.ACADEMIC.MARIST.EDU/CIRCLE OCTOBER 28, 1999 Students question ease of e-mail use by CHRIS GROGAN But MUSICB, the campus occurred in the summer of 1998." email system, is only one com­ There were recent upgrades News Editor ponent of the mainframe. The completed to complement the Marist is continually touting - current mainframe in use is called new library. When it opens there the technology offered by its the IBM Enterprise Server. This will be 25 small computer termi­ campus-wide computer net­ system has been in use on cam­ nals for student use. These ter­ work, -yet some students ques­ pus since January 1979. minals, all located on the first tion what makes this system so Harry Williams, director of floor, are different than tradi­ good: technology and systems, said tional computers in that they do Joe Cannefelli, a junior, said he mat while the actual mainframe not have individual hard drives feels the on-screen layout could was installed more than 20 years for each. They will all be con­ be better. ago, it is being continuously nected to the mainframe via a "The email system works fine, updated. network. • but why does it look like DOS, "We are constantly working Williams said the computers like it was made in the eighties," on upgrading the software," he will look like small boxes. Ci/rtephoto/JerenCircle^photo/Jeremyr Smith he said. ~ .... said. "The last major upgrade ...please see ISMAIL,pg. 4 LatThe Marist mainframe loane may be facing'as neaiis upgrade soone :.*£;«e£iu3£-sfii& by JAIME TOMEO come available. Asst. News Editor • Director of Financial Aid Joe Weglarz said that the whole pro­ Students who rely on loans to cess was made clear. get them through Marist have "We stated veryclearly.in.the been running into difficulties documentation we sent toTthe with the financial aid office. students and their families that It is not the loan money itself the credit balances they weren't that is causing problems, but entitled to it until the end of Sep­ rather the left over money that tember," he said. --"s enables the student to finan: , ."-vJhe problem arises when cially survive throughout the- ~these students can not gain ac­ semester. cess to their leftover loan money The student loan (Stafford or that is sometimes used'for buy­ ' i Circle photo/Jeremy Smith Perkins) process goes as fol­ ing books. - • 7~1-" 1 - F.W. de Klerk shared his views on human rights and global awareness at McCann. lows. The financial aid office Rosemary Caparel, an adult- receives the check for the tu-' education student, said at the ition. The student then comes very least the college should Former South African in to sign it and they reimburse offer some money. you the difference a week later. "There has to be some way of Students who wish to borrow . working out a voucher system money must fill out the FAFSA president speaks at Marist or cutting a book check. They [federal government applica­ could put a lean on the loan tion] and await approval. A fi­ ture. "It ended in failure. We fectively use peaceful protests. check for $300 for books," she byPATRICK WHITTLE made a 180 degree turn." In a reference to the conflict nancial aid administrator would said. then sign off on that application Editor-in- Chief De Klerk refuted claims that he was witnessed as an interna­ Other students such as and submit it electronically or apartheid is akin to Nazism, tional leader, he warned that Amanda Mazzola, a junior, said via mail to the lender of the stu­ Former South African presi­ pointing to progress that was pursuing peace and social justice they had to wait to purchase dents' choice. It then takes ap­ dent F.W. de Klerk spoke in front made in South Africa during the books. proximately one to two weeks of Marist students, faculty and years the policy was enforced. ...please see De KLERK,pg. 4 to get the refund check to be- "I had to share books with stu­ members of die Hudson Valley He added that apartheid could dents from my class because I community at the McCann Cen­ be a solution to tensions in ar­ didn't receive the money I ter Monday night. eas like Israel arid Palestine, but WEEKLY POLL needed to buy them until later," De Klerk is most noted for his that does not justify "petty she said. actions involving the facially apartheid" and discrimination. INSIDE At nearby Dutchess Commu­ segregating policy of apartheid. "I together with others abol­ nity College the financial aid During his tenure as President ished apartheid," he said. "We TODAY: Do you think that department waited one semes­ he lifted the ban on many politi­ said 'We are going to rectify our ter to make sure that students cal organizations and an­ mistakes of the past.'" hi: 61 MUSIGB needs to who received the loan were go­ nounced that Nelson Mandela Retired from party politics, de be updated? ing to classes. Each semester would be released from prison. Klerk said he considers himself lo:36 after, the money left over from However, critics of de Klerk of­ to be an independent agent who Community. 2 the loan is dispensed a week ten say that he was responsible wants to make a contribution to Features.. .....5 YES NO before school begins. for perpetuating apartheid while civil society. He said that coun­ Opinion 8 81 19 According to Caparel, there he was in office. tries need to be more proactive, have been suggestions made A&E ...11 RELATED STORY THIS PAGE "It's original purpose was to citing the United States as an example of a "well-informed This il an unscientific survey taken from 100 ...please see LOANS,pg.4 bring justice," de Klerk said in a Sports 16 Maria students. press conference before his lec­ community" that is able to ef­ 1 .' ' \ ( * THE (CIRCLE THE (CIRCLE OCTOBER 28, 1999 News PAGE 3 OCTOBER 28, 1999 Community PAGE 2 wmm^m- v •* •* „ „ * Finland', Gonverts 'to. Smart Cards,.>* -.•,'":.;;: •(. -,;.,- Two sororities celebrate CLUB Security "'ty^CKSURQVp;ciKl' f [BULLETINS] Briefs V WithYalf thehype of the im­ ...compiled by pending terror^that Y2K/may bring; it is refreshing when tech­ Scott Neville anniversaries at Marist nology actually works as de­ signed. • - \ - - What are you going to be That is the case in Finland where, citizen's and consumers AST one of KLP still WMCR-FM (Marist College A nonstudent dashed out of are now using personal security Radio) is on the air. Tune to 88.1 a McCann Center locker room for Halloween? tokens; known as smart cards. blggfest on strong after ten anytime between 9 a.m. and on Oct. 11 at 10:30 p.m. with a These.smart cards" are becom­ la.m. to hear the latest in mod­ student's baseball cap. The ing-increasingly* popular and this campus ern rock, punk, hardcore, ska, owner of the hat chased the widely used tools for a new line years here hip-hop, RPM, sports, and thief put of McCann, across of services and applications for news. Any club interested in Route 9, and into the gas sta­ both the private"and public sec­ by CHRISTY BARR by LEE PARK having a public service an­ tion parking lot. A patrol of se­ tor. StaffWriter StaffWriter curity officers arrived on the nouncement broadcast on the Physically, it resembles bank scene and broke up the two in­ air should leave a message for and'eredit cards - intact, it has The Alpha Sigma Tau (AST) Kappa Lambda Psi (KLP) cel­ dividuals who had begun ex­ Program Director Doug Guarino intentionally been designed to sorority will celebrate both its ebrated its tenth anniversary changing blows. Town of atx3132. be of the same size: But what five-year anniversary as a chap­ Oct. 10, making it the oldest so­ Poughkeepsie Police officers makes the card so different is a ter at Marist and their 100-year rority established at Marist. responded and took the non- small, microprocessor and anniversary as a national soror­ A picnic was the main student into custody, charging Watch for the first episode memory, chip embedded in the ity during the month of Novem­ celebratory even that was him with petty larceny. Upon "Everything but the Kitchen card, "which enables the storage ber. moved inside due to inclement checking his background,'the Sink," featuring Montana from of much'nioic data lhah the mag­ weather. nonstudent was wanted on a Founded on the ideals of ide­ MTV's "The Real World" on netic stripes of payment or Senior Anne Marie Bermudez, warrant issued by the Hyde Park als of scholarship and pride, MCTV, Channel 12. "I'd like to go as a "It's going to be Hard, but "I'm going as a giant credit cards. AST began Nov. 4, 1899 in Kappa Lambda Psi's Alumni Police Department. The Hyde Circle photo/Jeremy Smith Representative, said that there The concept of a multi-task Ypsilanti.Mich. The Delta Ep- Park Police were called and tampon." I'm going as my favorite glass cutter (nipple)." Kappa Lambda Psi sisters show off their sisterhood. were many alumni to help cel­ smart caid is more than tcn- silon chapter at Marist College picked him up shortly after.