-FEATURES- -SPORTS- Coretta Scott Kiri§ fo Men's soccer team wins speak of husband's legacy third in a row after slow on Oct. 5, pg.5 season start, pg.16 the student newspaper of IM|arist College VOLUME #52 ISSUE # 3 OCTOBER 1,1998 Disabled find construction hhxlereniobility by JENFEMMINELLA cult for her. StaffWriter "There are rock and debris ev­ erywhere," she said. "I don't Crossing at the green is not see these things, and end up the solution for all students. tripping." Most Marist students are in­ Kalyoussef said the library convenienced during this'con­ location has also caused prob­ struction period, but students lems for her. with mobility and visual impair­ "I can't drive or see across the ments are confronted with ac­ road, which makes it impossible cess problems to the temporary - for me to get there on my own," library. she said. The federal Americans with ~ Circle photo/BneCosazza Director of Special Services, Linda Cooper-said the location Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) J of the temporary library is a prohibits discrimination against StvAnne's Hermitage, pictured above, is also known as the Way House. It houses the people with physical or mental . te'rnporaicyloffices.bf 17-Humanities Division faculty, it is located behing Gartland Commons problem. ., » s .disabjlities.in.emplgyinent, gub-. .^.'Crossing Route. 9 is^difficultr; te4 "for students whbTcannot walk licacc'6mmodationsrtransporta- - or maneuver a wheel chair " tion and telecommunications. It quickly, or students with visual specifically states all private in­ impairments,"-she said. stitutions must provide access Hannah Kalyoussef, a stu­ to its programs and services. temp office arrangements dent witii a visual impairment, Cooper said the issue of said the construction has made ... please see DISABLED, pg. 3 Split of division traveling across campus diffi­ pose problems for We are always out in the open, making Marist works to squash some professors contact for the students easier, but it will coming computer bug also impact our productivity. bySCOTTNEVILLE byJILLGIOCONDO ' * StaffWriter Thomas Wermuth StaffWriter -"- -_-,., assistant professor of history People around the world are The HumanitiesJDivision has making big plans for New Year's been separated between the Eve 1999 and the coming of the basement of the Student Center ments.. v , " -"• " -• . .- building was destroyed to make new millennium, but many may and the Way House, leaving Richard Grirmell, assistant pro­ way for the new library, students wake up die next day with more both halves with new obstacles fessor of English and chair of would make social visits be­ problems dian a hangover. and concerns. the division, said he feels there tween classes, but now due to They may turn on their com­ The Way House, also known is still a large amount of unity die Way House's distance from puters and find out meir com­ as St. Ann's Hermitage, has between the departments, even campus, the visits are going to puter thinks it is the year 1900. decrease. been transformed to accommo­ with the physical separation. -However, institutions with Circle graphic/Ben Agoes "As a department there is a lot "Right now, it's more of an date 17 members of the Humani­ computers and odier computer lennium approaches. The prob­ ties Division. These members of intellectual and theoretical amusement," he said, "but soon run systems, including Marist, unity." he said. "We haven't the students are only going to lem is not a bug as it has been are primarily from the English have been working on updating called. Rather it is a glitch in the and foreign language depart- really split" come out if they have to." - meir systems to avoid problems Grinnell said there are draw­ Humanities members housed when the date changes over. ... please see BUG, pg. 3 latoKLYPOLL backs to being so far north on in the Student Center basement Wendy Duncan, director of campus. are worried about die unity of Information Technology, said "It is far from die business, or the division, and tiiey have had her department is currently nerve center, of the depart­ to get used to what some con­ working to make all systems Year INSIDE Has Marist met your ment," he said. "It also takes sider unsuitable surroundings., 2000 (Y2K) compatible. expectations as a longer to get everything to­ John White, assistant profes­ "We have a group from each TODAY: Freshman thus far? gether, making coordinating sor of history, said the close department (in Information Partly Cloudy more difficult" quarters and noisy conditions Technology) looking at their hi: 65° Greg Machacek, assistant pro­ are not conducive to getting section" and upgrading and Io:55° YES NO fessor of English, shares a room anything accomplished. checking systems along with an in the Way House with other "I have to use a walkman just upcoming information session Community........ 2 90% 7% staff members, separated into to tune out die noise," he said. with various offices to find out Features 5 DONTKNOW: 3% small cubicles. what their problems will be," she A&E ." 11 Machacek said that in This is an unscientific survey taken ... please see FACULTY, pg. 4 said. Fontaine Hall, where the divi­ Opinion.. 9 from 100 random Marist fresh Solving this problem has be­ Sports , 16 men. sion was housed before the come more important as die mil- OCTOBER 1.1998 News PAGE 3 WORLD BRIEFS omes new neighbor OCTOBER 1.1998 PAGE 2 Bard holds conference byKRISTINABRITO Space station faces delay StaffWriter Fifty years after the war crimes !ommunit< trials at Nuremberg sought to Russia failed for a third time bring the perpetrators of the to deliver a key segment of a $21 Marist will soon be getting a Holocaust to justice, the inter­ billion international space sta­ new neighbor. News, national community continues tion, causing participants on According to City of to seek methods to enforce Monday to consider a delay of Poughkeepsie Town Planner, internation law and address war Club Bulletins Roosevelt Theatre, Hoyts Galleria 12 its construction. Wilson Shook, a Home Depot crimes. f\>r infnrmaiinn^rall 297-1161 A joint project of Russia, the and Super Stop & Shop will On Oct. 5 and 6, Bard College Route 9 Hyde Park Poughkeepsie United States, the European move into, the Mid-Hudson Global Outreach will hold a conference, "Ac­ 7 Space Agency, Canada and Ja­ Business Park. Konindt) Evening-, 7 O^.11:.^ Ri)iiin(R) I 20.4.-15,- 0:5.9 45 SuiingPriviilL- K>an (R) ] ] .45, counting for Atrocities: Pros- t pan, thestatiori has already en­ The site, rumored to first be a Needs enthusiastic and dedi­ Sat. & Sim M.ilinc^ I 30. 1 W i ..IT 12-25 ecuting War Crimes Fifty Years -' I 30.3:l\5OO,MH.'»O0l.ati.- dured a year-long delay because. Wal-Mart, is being demolished cated students to be part of the after Nuremberg." (.Than Legend (R) ] 2:10,2:23, ll.lX) . the' Russian space industry and brought up to code; Rush Hour il'(i-I3) l-.veninj:*. Simon Kirch (P(.) I 10, 4 00. Global Outreach team. Statesmen, historians, military -150,7 20.9.WkiU'P-IO • missed twoearlier target dates. "The buildings use has been Those who wish to serve: 7 2D. <>4(i S.U.A.S1111 1 15. .'AS 0.45.9:25 L-iiel2.0S experts, and journalists will ex­ Without I.imiLMl'C-13) 12:55 -All of ttieicduntries involved drastically reduced and needs Where: Mexico City &Puerto amine' the legacy of the 3 50. o:.^, 9.201-iic 12.00 Rounders(R) 1 J.-Mi. 3.40.1 Of). in the space^aldpn attended to be^brought up-to new build­ Rico Sh\ Nuremberg trials in the context One Tnu-Thing (K) I-'M.-iiiiiLs. r U50UU-I2 3O Monday's meeting in Moscow ing standards," he said. .... of current international efforts /<<t>.«•>.<(! Sal. At Sun. I 30.4 lX) Kush IImirfPCi-13) 12 00.2 20. When: Spring Break.'' UladeCR) I ().-).4 10.7-10.9:55. and decided that FridayovUl be According to Shook, Western to combat and prosecute war 4 15.7 ^JOmiiUi-l.'' i0 Sponsored by Campus Minis­ IJIL-12 30 the date for a final decision on Publishing owned the building V-fc \ .:^^^Zx^*^JS^fl&~4!$ii^.H!tij<£&i try and Public Praxis crimes and crimes against hu­ There's Something About Oiwlruc Tiling < R) 12 20.3 30, the launch date,.according to and abandoned it 10 years ago. (. lirl." phfilit/llfh ( iK'/yi Contact: Lina Rivas x5136 manity in Rwanda^ Cambodia, MarjOR) Fu-mni's- 7-15. 9 « 6:40.9-^01 jih'12-20 The Parent Trap(P(; i Malinjo the 1TAR-Tas"s*riews" agency. * Since the abandoned building Ghasin Engineering Company bought the Mid-Hudson Business Park. A Home Depot is South Africa, the former Yugo­ Sat & Sun. MutML-c .:1:1s)..' 15 Onl> 1:00.3:55 scheduled to be complete in 1999. Meeting: Sunday. Oct 11, at There's Something About The Russian government has will now bein use, there are con­ slavia and elsewhere. 8 p.m. in the Chapel Mar>(K) I 15.4 05. o 55.9 45, F.UT .\fter(FU-B> I.\cning not been successful in funding cerns about how these new Route 9 and the campus, ac­ concern and was considered in Although many more city resi­ The conference will reassess / iiriiiinrmiiiinn. call 229-2007 l«ik'l2 25 Oiil\b50,9.35Laiel2 2D the construction!of the service businesses would affect the cording to Merolli. the modeling. dents are expected to come to Student Nuremberg's legalistic ap­ module,* which would be used Marist community.