A trip across a landmark i^ pages Vikings? Courtless Football's THE Women's tennis early years team reacts CIRCLE — page 11 VOLUME 43, NUMBER 3 Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. OCTOBER?. 1993 Marist marches in protest against violence by DAWN MARTIN Anthony Fusar, resident director Staff Writer of Gartland Commons, said in his speech that students should Members of the Marist com-/ remember the lessons of the march, munity took time off from their that the Marist community should regular activities on Sunday night not tolerate violence. to participate in a candle- lit pro­ The final speaker, Roberto test march against violence. Amato, director of the counseling Lynn-Magee, a junior arid se­ center said that the march made a cond' year resident assistant, "powerful statement," and now organized the march because of the that students are past the initial recent increase in violence on the reaction of fear, education can pre­ Marist campus. vent other occurences. Magee said that her intent was Marist College President, Den­ not to protest against the ad­ nis Murray, spoke at the end of the ministration, but rather to give march, saying that he was impress­ students an opportunity to show ed with the event. unity and send the message that '.'Not only was it a great turnout, violence is not welcome on campus. but it was a resopnsible and elo-. "I was thrilled with the number quent statement," Murray said. of-people showing unity and sup­ Murray said that it proved that port," Magee said. "This proves the students are committed to that the Marist community cares." working together. Approximately 400 students and Both students and faculty who faculty members who showed up marched agreed that the march either went individually or as showed unity in the Marist representatives of the 35 different community. clubs and organizations which Daryl Ledyard, director of volunteered their support for the public relations for the event, said march. it was great to see so many people The march started at approx­ come together for one goal. imately 8 p:m., after a few Marchers gather at the McCann parking lot, Sunday "It shows Marist College volunteers handed out candles. The students are empathetic instead of candles were lit while Magee made Circle photo/Matt Martin apathetic," Ledyard said. a brief, statement and led them Margaret Donnelley, a senior liv­ -from the.McCann.parking lot.up the evening,, and. he.showed sup- In his speech, Leary said that- . Rinehart, student-body president,.- ing _Jn _,the ^Cajltejtory^^Garden the wooden stairs behind.Sheahan .port for the entire event and said security has added patroles, and who said that the student govern­ Apartrri~ents7sai3 fhafsliewas glad Hall. ... that it-is important to keep up stu­ started a van service on campus. ment is trying to make the campus that Marist>finallyrhad something The group of students arid facul­ dent awareness. He also said that the student escort as safe as possible. ' like this • because this is what she ty followed Magee around campus "This really is great that students service is available, and improved Rinehart also said that they are thought "college was like before she to hear speakers who offered sup­ keep awareness going," Leary said. lighting around campus is in the evaluating issues of safety and if came. port to the Marist community. "That will unite the community works. anyone has a problem with Joe Leary, director of safety and better." The second speaker was Kent something, to let the SGA know. ...see MARCH page 4 • security, was the first speaker of Quake rocks India; students, Internal reconfiguration faculty find loved ones safe by PATRICIA FARRELL Marist looks to academic structure Staff Writer by JEFFREY J. ROSE The first option consists of a document says that if schools were Staff Writer School (or College) being establish­ established within the college, they Fear and concern were soon put to rest as Indian students and facul­ ed for five specialized areas. would be led by appointed deans, ty at Marist discovered that friends and family in India were safe and Marist's "physical appearance Thescareas would be designated who would be selected in accor­ unharmed after last week's earthquake. may not be the only aspect of the as: Liberal Arts and Sciences, dance with the .college search The quake which hit the state of Maharashtra, India at 3:56 a.m. campus undergoing reconstruction Business Administration and procedures. on Thursday, Sept. 30, has now left an estimated 22,000 people dead in the future, according to a docu­ Public Policy, Social and This would allow faculty and 150,000 people without food or shelter, Indian officals said. ment released by Robert J. Behavioral Sciences, Communica­ members to elect their department The most severe earthquake in more than SO years in India has left Grossman, associate professor of tion Arts and Information chairs and to play a substantive role emotional reactions with Indian students and faculty at Marist with business, and Marc vanderHeyden, Sciences, and Continuing in making decisions that affect friends and family in India. vice president for academic affairs. Education. them and the students. Onkar Sharma, chairman of computer science and math, was reliev­ A report dated Sept. 9 from These decisions would concern ed to find that none of his family or friends in the state of Bihar, vanderHeyden and Grossman curriculum, personnel and budget, approximately' 1,000 miles northeast, were harmed by the quake. He "The current divi­ outlined options for a possible sional has served the col­ according to the academic heard about the quake on his way to Marist the following morning, academic restructuring of the col­ organization document. "I was first worried about my friends and family living over there lege by: lege well. We are now ex­ Departments have also wanted when I heard it on the radio," Sharma said. "It was a great tragedy — Dividing the college into five ploring ways to make established schools within the col­ in India and I am thankful my family is okay." schools of concentration; ourselves better." lege because academic structure Sharma said that although the earthquake measured 6.4 on the — Developing three schools of would be consistent with configura­ Richier scale, there was considerable damage because of weak building concentration and keeping a divi­ — Robert Grossman, tions favored by accrediting structure and poor living arrangements in the mostly poor area of sional structure in four areas of associate professor authorities, the academic organiza­ India. study; of business tion document says. "Most of the people living there are poor," Sharma said. "They — Keep the present configura­ It is very desirable to have ac­ live in mud houses and homes with no rcinforements. The buildings tion of six divisions and a school The second option would credited programs within the col­ have no foundations and there are many people living together." of of Adult Education. establish three separate schools and lege," Grossman said. "It would Sudhakar Menon, a graduate student in computer science, was wat­ "The current divisional con­ keep the divisional structure for the open up what we can offer ching CNN when he heard about the quake. He immediately called figuration has served the college Humanities, Natural Sciences, students. Every institution that has his friends and family in Madras, the capital of the southern state well," said Grossman." We are Mathematics and Social and accredited programs has its own of Tamilnadu. now exploring ways to make Behavioral Sciences. schools. Even though Madras is 400 to 500 miles away from where the quake ourselves better." The three schools established "I think (the college setting up occurred, Menon said friends and family felt shakes for 30 seconds The faculty has been brought up under this plan would be a School schools) is a wonderful idea,", afterwards. to date with the proposals through of Business Administration, School Grossman said^ "I believe it will "1 felt a great relief that none of my family was injured," Menon an academic organization docu­ of Communication and the Arts make the college even better, but said. "This is history for us, we never knew much about earthquakes." ment, written by Grossman arid and School of Continuing the question now is what the facul­ Similiar sighs of relief came from Shobha Chakrapani, a graduate vanderHeyden, and are currently Education. ty wants. There is no right way or student in computer science, who said she was "extremely shocked" expressing their thoughts through Another area that is being wrong way here." and "very nervous" when she heard about the quake. divisional meetings, colloquiums debated is how the faculty should "We are now discussing the CJiakrapani said she quickly called her parents, who live in and E-mail (electronic mail). be governed. positives and the negatives of each Hyderabad, withing a hundred miles of the area immediately hit by The proposals are still in the ear­ According to Grossman, many option," Edward Springer, assis­ the quake, to find that they were unharmed. ly stages ofdiscussion and will be departments have advocated hav­ tant professor of communication, "I have family living both in the Bombay's and in Hyderabad and debated throughout the Marist ing the faculty members elect the said. "With only one faculty was very relieved to hear no one was injured," Chakrapani said. "It community during the semester. department leaders. meeting so far, it. is not clear as to is hard to be relieved though, when so many people have died." According to the, academic The current policy has the ad­ what option would best suit the The last major earthquake of this magnitude to strike India was organization document, the final ministration appointing the divi­ Communication and the Arts in October of 1991, in the Himalayas, leaving 1,600 people dead.