Record Breaker THE Author! Author! Marist admissions. Jim DeFelice's second at an all-time high.- \ novel due out in July. — page6\ CIRCLE -r page 3 VOLUME 42, NUMBER 7 Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. APRIL 8,1993 Spill sends six seniors scrambling to Super 8 Saturday A heavy gas smell still wafted a baseball bat. "It's a real mess." by MATT MARTIN from the house Monday, as four of The total cost for repairs and Features Editor the students met with Jim Raimo, reimbursements won't be known director of housing; Beth Ruppen- until the all the bills are collected, Marist's recent spell of flooding thal, North End, resident director; but in the meantime, the oil tank took a turn for the worse, when the and Steve Sansola, assistant dean will be replaced by a temporary one six residents of 75 North Road of students, inside the house to to last until graduation. discovered that their basement had decide what would happen next. "We're still waiting to see if in­ struck oil Saturday morning. - "If it had happened six weeks surance will cover the costs," said "Just after we received ah oil from now," said Raimo. "We Sansola. delivery around 10:30 a.m. on wouldn't have had a problem." "It's no one's fault," said Laura Saturday, we noticed a faint gas "These houses are scheduled to Cooney, a senior from Thiells, smell," said Deanna Sapala, a be taken down in a month or so for N.Y. "Hopefully, we'll be able to senior from Valley Stream, N.Y. the widening of Route 9," said move back in." "The smell kept getting worse and Marty Quick, a Marist carpenter. "We're coming back," said. worse, so we called security around "That's if they don't fall down Vitagliano. "As long as it's noon." first." ^ healthy." When .security arrived a few- "Most of the oil was soaked up The group will live at the Super minutes later, they discovered ap­ by the quick dry," said Joe Lofaro, 8 until Easter break, and hopeful­ proximately 200 gallons of home a Marist maintenance worker. ly move back in after the break in heating oil, covering the basement "The rest was soaked up by the cleaner conditions. floor under four inches of wood." "We've always imagined being petroleum. "They'll have this smell till the here for senior week," said Sapala. "At first, I thought it was fun­ house," said Vitagliano. "So, we ray," said Vitagliano. end," said Quick, as he cleared ny," said Janine Vitagliano, a weren't happy with that outcome." In the meantime, the displaced away some of the rotted wood with Matt Martin, photography senior from Belle Mead, N.J. "But Looking for relief, Vitagliano •' students moved into their new this, certainly isn't the way I an­ and two of her housemates went to home, the Supei 8 in Hyde Park. ticipated ending my senior year." talk to President Dennis Murray, "We had piles of stuff, and peo­ An inch-long gap in a seam on then speaking to the incoming ple just jooked at us so weird," said the left end of the 275 gallon tank freshmen at an open house at the Vitagliano. had ruptured during the filling, McCann Center. "We were told to keep all our causing the spill to occur. "He was extremely helpful," receipts," said Sapala. "They of­ The group had to be evicted Vitagliano said. "He told us that fered to pay for everything from from their house because of the we could be wherever we wanted, our dry cleaning to our phone health risks involved, and were of­ and even informed us that we could bills." fered the basement of Sheahan, as call him at home if we needed "Theyhelped us pack, and gave well as the rest of the freshmen anything." .us $60 from housing's petty cash to dorms, or Canterbury, as accom­ "When we returned to; the help us get. started. A guy from modations as long as they split up, house, all the RD's were there, but' maintenance -,even_ brought.'- us^ they were told by housing officials. every thing-,changed; when they cookies, because he,knew we didn't "Our goal is to stay in this knew we talked to President Mur­ have any food," she said. * NYS Senate aims at arming security - Marist opposed Sen. Steve Saland, a Republican- Cromwell, Conn. Leary explained that the "validity ment which will give us backing by PATRICIA FARRELL Conservative from Poughkeepsie, A "police" mentality, according of numbers" was questioned at the whenever we need it," Leary said. Staff Writer . has recently made recommenda­ to Leary, is aggressive,, while col­ conference because Marist had "However, I don't know of such tions for making public and private lege security guards are typically almost 3 times the number of a thing as a completely safe cam­ Although a New York State college campuses safer. pro-active and work with a high burglaries as larger schools such as pus,", adding that,: "because we Senate panel has recommended Leary said that guns tend to visibility towards crime. Notre Dame; In 1991, Notre Dame haven't had any violent crimes it new proposals which would grant create a certain "mentality" among The Senate proposal, known as reported 11 burglaries while Marist doesn't mean it couldn't happen college security officers the authori­ officers, and whether one realizes The Security Information Act for reports indicated 28.. tomorrow." ty to carry weapons on campus, it or not, guns give someone the Institutions of Higher Education, Currently, Marist Security pro­ Joe Leary, the director of safety power to kill, which he does not will take 1 to 2 years before it goes and security at Marist, said he is Nationwide, there is less crime vides 2 outsideofficers and 1 super­ want on his campus. into effect - if at all. visor for each shift, as well as 2 opposed to the idea. "We have the type of people At the nationwide Seventh An­ on college campuses than in their "I do not believe officers should surrounding communities, Leary building guards and 4 dormatbry here that I like in this business," nual Conference on Campus guards, according to Leary. have guns; they are" not needed Leary said. "You can talk to one Crime, held on Feb.3-5, the Stu­ said. While Marist has been for­ here," said Leary. He added that of our people who are retired police In addition, a service is provid­ dent Right to Know and Campus tunate in not having violent crimes, ed by the security office which at larger institutions guns may be officers and they will tell you they Security Act, a federal law, was Leary maintains that students and necessary, but not at Marist. do not want to carry a gun." escorts individuals throughout discussed. Under this law, colleges members of the Marist communi­ campus. However, Leary said that "Your approach to a situation Students agree: "I think it's kind are mandated to publish statistics ty need to think "safety" and be when you're armed and when of dangerous, actually, because if on certain crimes including murder, the service is -rarely requested you're not armed is very dif­ they have a weapon they (security rape, robbery, aggravated assault, reminded that crimes can happen. becuase either the Marist com­ ferent," said Leary. officers) would tend to use them," burglary and motor vehicle theft. "I belive Marist is relatively safe , munity is unaware of it altogether, The Senate Majority Task Force said Greg Cannito, a 20-year-old Adding to the question of arm­ and a whole lot lucky. We are or would rather not ask to be on Campus Security, chaired by political science major from ing security officers at Marist, blessed with a good police depart­ escorted. New program may alleviate financial woes but could reach 100,000 by 1997. Recently, government, students with the Perkins loan McCormick said. "It's a great idea, but the by DOM1NICK E. FONTANA the projected loans for each eligible student don't have to pay anything while in school. loaning plan must be developed more." Senior Editor was about $15,000, decreasing $10,000 since Payments start six months after the student Marist cancelled its community service January, due to budget cuts. graduates from college, having about 10 reimbursement plan due to cutbacks two College students and college-bound seniors Some of the community service tasks years to finish paying. years ago. Harry Wood, the vice president may find they could be eligible for a loan would be tutoring younger students, work­ Students may join the military, the Peace for admissions and enrollment planning, said payment plan, thanks to President Clinton's ing in public clinics, serving on police forces, Corps, or teach in schools with disadvantag­ he hopes the national-service proposal education proposals. maintaining and cleaning. neighborhoods, ed students, according to Stacey. follows through because it makes sense. Last month at Rutgers University, the and working with senior citizens. College- He also said President Clinton should "ex­ "I think it (the national-service) is consis­ president said he wanted to spend $7.4 billion bound students could perform these services pand" on the current financial aid program tent with Marist's philosophy of serving the to finance a national-service plan over the before, during and after they attend college. which came into effect last summer — it community," Wood said. "It's certainly up next four years, calling for students to per­ David Stacey, the College of Mount Saint would help instead of creating more paper­ to par with the college's goals and objec­ form community service in exchange for ear­ Mary's financialaid director ,said the com­ work and problems with an entirely new tives." ning credit to pay for college or job training.