Vol. 4 No. 5, November 30, 1967 - James A. Cannavino Library

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.VOL.4 NO. 5 MARIST 'COf.LEGE. POUGHKEEPS1E NEW YORK 12601 , NOVEMBER 30; 1967 \
To: Extend_ Responsibility
Top Fr6§h Eieqtion^ New Changes Proposed
For Student Judiciary
By Bro.-Frederick Brand
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The _problem of discipline a- "the principle of'students judging De Sogra,' his ideas were explained.
The powers of the
mong^Marist students is m a students. Joseph Brosnan, President
of 'the Student Council, Student, Judiciary would be ex-'
stage of serious reconsideration.
There is-a, large possibility of declined to- make a statement tended to consider all discip-^.
some' disciplinary matters^concerning'
students being judged by -exact format- will - need much both on and off campus. Matters
Although, both were" in favor, the linary cases concerning stuJents,
TERRY M00HEY~
JOHN MAUSKAP . other students.
thought by the above. Mr. Wade of'a very serious measure can
is-very much in favor of an open be recommended to' the College
__The Freshman""Class flocked to the.polls on Tuesday, November .- ..The"reasoning behind the pro-" discussion with-the student body Disciplinary-" Committee, which
* 21 to elect their class and.student goverment officials..
posal is^torextend->,the ^realm .pf_ ' in an attempt to discover their presently contains three students
student responsibility to 1 the area - feelings on the subject. along with the faculty. They are
the Presidents of .the Student
In a two-man Presidential race - ""
of discipline. In thisivay it becomes
-more the responsibility of
Judiciary, the Residence Board
~ Terry Mooney overwhelmed his T>o*»wi^*ifi*»rv - A shed
opponent Merwyn Romeyn. «— Mooney
participated in the student
of conduct he desires in the
rermaneniy
SXSKVU every student to decide what sort
In an interview with Charles .and the Senior Class.
government at Mount- Saint Michael
'Academy jnjthe Bronx. At
student body.
For Election
Plans For Joint
Marist- he is active in the BusinessTand,Booster-Clubs
as well ', Commission been decided on, opinions of the
—Although no definite plans have
ias„ me-; Gaelic- Society. Terry^,
three people"most directlyinhopes
to Guide.therClassof ',7}
of the- was ^elected -^nissioner forgone year. By the
class Treasurer.' He garnered time, the new commissioner-has
- slightly'".ore-,votes than his op-" enough experiencetorunanelec--
Impressed tyith
Marist .Structure
I - When -' a person donates a pint
of blood, his name will^be addedto
the. KsitJ of donors. This covers
the]donor and his-immediate
-family.throughoutthe continental.
United States.^ Each member Will
receive a ( membership card*for
identification. Students and fa?
culty-from 18 to 59 years of-age
are "eligible to donate." The don-"
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At'the conference of students
>ponents' rom Buckley and Tom tion efficiently his term of office" and student leaders, "which was
Ferrer a. Eisenman>> from" Saint ~is over. The next commissioner held •at_Siena_.College, T tHe"ad-'
Joseph's High* School^in Trumbull^'Connecticut,
wants" "fresh­
m
takes over the pos'itionwitinittle'" varfced.sfructure^of Student J Government -was the Marist - very. _ or.must be in good health and be
or no knowledge of what must be u^ •?? f^we-^A 8 »an Kuff-" examined by a hospital technicimen
unity through,strong leadership.'-'
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;done. ^Under theseconditions it
_. - ner, ^student-government^Vice- aii at the time"of donation.
is
the exceptional person who ~ President- said,- "in a sense, I ^ * •- ' -
can operate properly.
was--4istening,to people Jiscuss j_„The bank will consisfoMm- '
, - ^ =-- ^ _ * things-that we ^'already had.*' mediate donors^ and a reserve,
Lou, Belby ^is • now the class
^-Corresponding Secretary. Larry
-•^Basifico and John KUlgallan lost~
this hotly contested election. Belby
is' from >BerganXathqlic iii
oradell, New'Jersey. -At'Ber-^
ygan he was J an hbjior^roll stu-^
dent for four years. ' At the"
"college he is active in Intra-s
mural soccer and football, and
is a member of the Theater"
" Guild. Prior to the election Lou
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fMr. John Gartland deft,center) and'.Dr. Jonn-

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Pass Fail...
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Should we pass
Pass system?,."* •>
the -Fail system at the- U, or should we fail the
For just as many years as we have had an ineffective S.G. at MOTH,
we have, likewise, had the pleasure of entertaining a student body
, which parallelel me Council. Suddenly, Arthur's Table has under-'
gone a'transformation - the Student Government now houses a sriiall.
group of thinkers. The time has come to discover the thinking pot- v
ential of the student body.
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There is a proposal of the newly formed Student Academic Committee
to have MOTH initiate a new grading system'-that of pass/
fail in the area of elective courses. These courses, if approved by
the^administration (and we see no-reason for a thumbs, down from the
U's bureaucracy), will give the student a chance to gain credit without
jeapordizing his index. With any kind' of luck, and it shouldn't
take too much, the U might conceivably go to a complete pass/fail
system before we realize it.
This proposed grading system is in keeping wittrthe current trend
of MOTH'S accent upon, the individual student After a shaky kickoff,
the system of responsible attendance is on its way to an ultimate
success. At present, we are standing on the soft turf of responsible
attire, but there have been few cases of abuse in that area to date.
Logically, it would follow mat the student body would take up the
cause of pass/fail, and, if the results of the two most recent experiments
in student responsibility are indicative of the academic
maturity of MOTHmen, pass/fail should yield those same affirmative
results. .- ,
If you have been sitting atop your mountain' of indignation waiting
for someone to start "rolling that ball downhill', and', we are address-,
ing those MOTHmen who cry for action and once they have it don't
know what to do with it, if s time to join the Pepsie generation. The
administration has been confronted with a chunk of'student initiative
(and word has it that they've been waiting for it) and all that is left
is to have the student body open its collective mouth. Pass/fail is
staring you in the face, MOTH. If you want it, write a letter to someone,
talk to your campus politician, or shoot'the breeze with one of
your teachers and work it into the conversation. '
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From our "seat of wisdom," we seethefrosh and '70-as the group
to benefit most from pass/fail; consequently, those two groups should
make their intentions known. The administration is waiting for»the
students to answer. So, it's the bottom of the ninth, and you're at
bat. What's it going to be? - an RBI or another called third strike?
...And Evolution
Now that the Vikings have-completed their first successful season
in the win-loss columns, congratulations are, urkloubtedly^in order.
The players began their training back'in /August, and the results are
everywhere to be seen. So to our valiant warriors in red and white,
we generously tip our collective hats. ^ — /
And, lest we forget the multitudes of enthusiastic gridiron supporters
at the U, we offer a well-earned pat on the'back to MOTH's
rooters who proceeded at (each home game to tip their collective
minds. Just "as .the squad on the field went through many hours of
tedious practice before attaining the proficiency displayed between
goal lines,, so too, our: staunch men in the bleachers (along with
their~~shadows, Gypsy, fliram and Bud) became more and more .apt
at what the undergraduate 1 -mentality .terms the ^"horror show". ^
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- We're not gingto lecture upon the proper use of alcohol,_so if ^
any of you out there in ','blow-your, -mind land" are becoming
discouraged at the thought of sermon, forget it.
reports, and that's what we intend at this point.
A newspaper"
The home stand .began with the / annual tilt against Iona; alcoholic
consumption-above average; temperment of tne'stands- moderate.
Homecoming brought Fairfield to Riverview; cbnsumption-
X plus one; temperment-rising. Then came the "second half" of
tiie season with Providence; consumption-still X plus bne; temperment-running
the periphery of the debuach. And then the coup
de grace against Canisius; consumption-again,, X-plus one; temperment-out
and out "gross". __ A
Rather than plow through the many sordid and revolting descriptions
of what took place^at Riverview, lef s just say, for the
sake of propriety (not to mention the resulting shock vhich might
be engendered) that our, fellow MOTH men "blew their cookies'* -
in the stands, on the stands, over the stands, around the stands,
and ultimately on top of their fellow, enthusiasts. ^_' .
LefferVTo
Advisor's Non-Role "No Small
' Dear'Editor:
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^Challenge"
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Lest' the readership of/The
Circle receive a false impression
from the over-simplified and
hence erroneous Editor's' Note
appended ta Mr. Kelly's letter
in the last issue; I would like to
explain just a little more fully,
my-role, or perhaps I should say
non-role, with regard to.the
paper. . Several years' ago the
President 'appointed me Moderator
of the newspaper, men known
as The Record. This function was
unsatisfactory to all concerned,
since it implied a degree of adt
ministration-faculty censorship.
< Then, about two and a half years
.ago, in a three-pronged discuss-
'ion among the • President, the
then-editors, and myself, it was
- decided that my "role was to be
solely advisory.
', -. In the intervening years I have
made my position, as I undert
stood it, clear to each'succeed-,
ing editor, INCLUDING Mr. Slattery.
To each of the editors I
pointed out that I am not a censor
and that I have no control over
either editorial policy or the
paper's content. Positively, I
indicated that I would endeavor to
' "advise" the editors of the possibility,
of slander, libel,! halftruths,
smear techniques,- and -
what-have-you in upcoming controversial
editorials or articles.
mean a great deal in their lives,
In order to perform this "advisory"
function Irequestedeach
and it must be ttie personally
/initiated search for wisdom.and
succeeding editor-to permit me"
'"not the mere accumulation of"
to read—BEFORE PUBLICAT- ,
• ION-rarticles mat might in his
- sterile facts. They are the ones .
eyes >'be^ considered controver- ,*
who will attend a lecture on Karl
siial.^ Until this year the editors*'
'MarXf'or. meJ31aine~Amendment, ^
unhesitatingly complied with my
--who-will be at ease-listening to
request. The fact is, however,
the-Mid-Hudson' Philharmonic,
that duringjthe editorship of Mr>
who will be totally engrossed
Slattery I Have not seen a single '
watching the Vikings beat Providence,
in short, those who seem
word that has appeared 'in The
to think and act- a rare balance!
i Circle before publication, hundreds
of which I believe to be not
only controversial, but also bordering
on the slanderous, the
Many,have experienced a very
libelous, the vindictive, and cerc
tainly the. irresponsible! - v -
Therefore, I can perceive that
one of twojpossibilities have occurred^
either the Editor did not -
regard numerous pieces that have .
been published in The Circle as v
controversial, or he does not re- -
gard me as the paper's advisor.
Since I cannot conceive that he is
so vobtuse 'as l- to believe the"
former, I must conclude that the
latter is the, case. Moreover, I
am led to this 'conclusion by the .
fact that my name as adviser has
been dropped from all of this
year's numbers of the paper,
(I am grateful for this.) - * _
Finally, I would like to repeat"
here what I have several^ times
stated 'recently to members of
- the faculty, namely, .that I have
in my own mind disavowed all
advisory responsibilities with
regard to'the present-administration
of The Circle.
Sincerely,
George J. Sommer
Ed. Note: In speaking with Dr.
Sommer, we . noted misgivings
within the staff itself, the dif- -
ficulty of having one member see
everything which was slated for>
publication, and other, internal
problems of The Circle. - Con- '
ceding mat Dr. Sommer has not
had the opportunity to read our
copy; and admitting that he was
in no s manner related or pre-
' viously acquainted, with the articles
published, we have requested
that he remain with The Circle
in die capacity which he has explained.
Dear Sir: The sentiments^expressed
in this letter have been '
^prompted by several experiences
. I had during the past week. Specifically,
one was the announce-
-ment concerning the'formation
• of, a Student Academic Com--,
mittee. This article-in the last
- issue of The CIRCLE gave rise
to a number of very stimulating
discussions about the academic
life at Marist College. "."" -
One of- the primary objectives " ignored {a.valuable leaven thattowards
which -Marist College . should phe~day

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