Vol. 29 No. 20, May 3, 1984 - James A. Cannavino Library - Marist ...

i Page 12 • THE CIRCLE - May 3,1984Four Marist professors will go on sabbatical next yearby Kevin Schulzbe organized and are usually sian modernism, and to develop a time is more productive. It will year at Marist, and he will be onvague. Therefore, Calista asserts, computer program to help optimize the process of education."- .1985 to acquire knowledge andsabbatical leave in the spring ofstudents learn the Russian andsome agencies have difficulties in German languages more easily. Norman, in his 23 rd year at experience in the use of computers,the actual interpretation of the He will spend some time in Marist, will take time off this fall in his ; work, developpolicies, and the result is low efficiency.University archives where he will and times of Lowell Thomas. His adults and develop expertise withBoston with access to the Harvard to research and document the life psychological tests for older"I want to develop ways to finish his work on Baltrusaitis. work, however, will not" emphasizeLowell Thomas as a O'Keefe said he will take com­forms of brief psychotherapy.strengthen the relationship Norkeliunas says he hopes tobetween how policies are started get his writings, which he says are broadcaster.puter courses at Marist so that heand eventually how they are going "biographical and critical in "I want to stress Lowell may develop a way in whichto be implemented," Calista said. nature," published. He says he Thomas as an explorer and seeker psychological tests may be taken"The ultimate outcome is not onlyto implement policies better, make a prestigious and original "It's a story that has never been analyze the information and-writeexpects that this publication will of adventure," Norman said. on a computer which will thenbut to impact the policy makers scholastic contribution, as well as told." , 'a profile.into how important the organizationis in achieving their own Russian literature, history, and his findings produced as a three-O'Keefe said that he will alsoenrich the courses he teaches in Norman will attempt to havedirectives," he said.culture.'•••--. part mini-series for public televisionif he can acquire sufficient stitutions for the elderly v iri orderspend some time in local "in­Calista said he will use existing Norkeliunas will also, try todata and "look at it in a new way" develop a computer program funding. His documentation will "to gain a better understandingas he studies "ways in which which he claims will promote independentstudy, account for Lowell Thomas Communication tion, according to O'Keefe, willalso be available to visitors of the of the older adult." This informa­alternatives are more appropriate"in agency organizationingand allow time to challenge According to Norman, Thomas citizens may "lead a fulfilling lifestudents' different paces of learn­Arts Center.provide insights as to how seniorCalista also plans to study the students to more advanced had many firsts which had in their later years."organization and efficiency of material.nothing to do with broadcasting, O'Keefe said he will also learnhuman service agencies (e.g. The program will first display a such as being the first person to more about brief psychotherapy,agencies for rehabilitation, the video presentation from an attachedvideotape player and upon and south direction, the first per­sessions, takes only 10 sessions.fly around the world in a north which instead of the normal 25-50aged, and mental health) in thestates of Florida, Minnesota andconclusion present a comprehensiontest. ' When the student II from an airplane, and the ing" he acquires from the sabsonto take pictures of World War He said that this self "retool­Connecticut.answers a question incorrectly, discoverer of -Lawrence of batical, will provide him not onlyDr. Norkeliunas, now in his the computer will rewind the Arabia.with personal scholastic growth,21st year at Marist, will take his videotape to the spot where the informationwas given replay that definitely the 20th century Marco development of a psychologyNorman said, "He was but will also prepare him for thesabbatical leave in the fall to completehis research of Jury portion.Polo."degree program at the graduateBaltrusaitis, a major poet of Rus­Norkeliunas said, "With this, Dr. O'Keefe is also in his 23rd level.Four Marist faculty membershave been granted sabbaticals forthe 1984-1985 academic year accordingto Andrew Molloy,academic vice-president.The four professors namedwere Dr. Donald J., Calista,associate professor of sociology;Dr. Casimir Norkeliunas, assistantprofessor of Russian andGerman; Mr. Robert Norman,Associate professor of comn.unications;and.Dr. EdwardO'Keefe, professor ofrsychology.A sabbatical is a paid leave ofabsence given by the college toprofessors who wish to study thelatest developments within theirfields and develop a project whichwill enhance their knowledge andthereby, benefit the students. Sabbaticalsare generally given afterseven years of teaching.Dr. Calista, currently in hisseventh year at Marist, will spendboth semesters next year studyingthe relationship between theorganization and the implementationof policies in public agencies.He explained that laws andpolicies are conceived to satisfythe needs and wants of thepopulation. These policies definethe ideal way that things shouldArchbishopto visitPoughkeepsieby Janet Lawler• Archbishop John J. O'Connorwill celebrate Mother's Day Massat the McCann Center as part ofhis six-week tour of the Archdioceseof New york, where heis spiritual leader of 1.8 millioncatholics.During his two-day visitthrough Dutchess County,O'Connor is expected to encouragereligious vocations forthe youth, speak about the evils ofdrug abuse, and denounce abortion,according to Catholic NewYork, a weekly newspaper.The Mass, celebrated on May13 at 3:30 p.m. in the-McCannCenter, will be one of jubilation,with local Catholics singinghymns, reading Scripture, wavingschool banners and welcomingtheir new religious leader with thespirit of love, according to localpriests.The following is the scheduleArchbiship O'Connor will adhereto:Sunday, May 13 at 2:00 p.m. —a visit with the religious brothersand sisters of Dutchess County atSt. Francis Hospital.Sunday, 3:30 p.m. — celebrationof Mass at Marist College inthe McCann Center.Sunday, 6:30 p.m. — visit withpriests and deacons at Holy TrinitySchool in Poughkeepsie, with adinner proceeding in the gym.' Monday, May 14 at 9:00 a.m.— student assembly for highschool students from DutchessCounty at Our Lady of LourdesHigh School in Poughkeepsie.Monday, 12:30 p.m. — visitwith Southern Dutchess Countyelementary children at Columba'sSchool in Hopewell Junction.Monday, 2:00 p.m. —assembly at St. Joseph's School inMillbrook for Northern Dutchesschildren.Rev. Frank J. Reynolds, pastorof St. Joseph 's church inMillbrook, said the communitychildren are happy to be meetingsoon with the newly installed archbishop.Reynolds met the archbishopa few years ago at awedding."He is a very warm, friendlyman. I remember he made thewedding ceremony very personaland friendly for the couple,"Reynolds recalled. 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Would like tomeet intelligent, singlewoman with similar interests.Write to:Poughkeepsie Journal,P.O. Box XXXX,Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12602Attn: Box XXXX.Smith said, that the ad, whichran for four days, generated onlytwo responses, one of which wasfrom a male homosexual.The other response was from awoman he later met but did notdate. Smith said meeting thewoman was very "uncomfortable.""Usually, even if it's a blinddate, you have something incommon to talk about," he said."This way, you don't knowanything about the person exceptwhat they put in their ad."Smith said he also answeredone woman's ad. He said thewoman told him she had received45 responses.According to Mike Harris,classified advertising manager atthe Poughkeepsie Journal, Smithis only one of many people whohave changed their attitudesabout the personals.Harris said that while such acolumn is acceptable today, "afew years ago it might have beenconsidered not quite right."The Poughkeepsie Journal hasbeen running its personal column,which is called Person-to-Person,for about a year and a half."It was an experiment for us,"said Harris. "There was thepossibility that we would not getany ads."However, Harris said that thecolumn has received "very steadyuse." It has been used"throughout our readers of alltypes" and its use seems to beequally divided among the sexes,he said.According to Harris, thePoughkeepsie Journal "followsthe same guidelines as other areapapers" in accepting personalads."We are looking for somethinghonest, decent and free of innuendoor anything which mayoffend our readers," he said.The Journal has rejected someads, Harris said, because theygave the impression that"companionship may not havebeen all they were looking for:"However, Harris said, it "isn'treally just dating" that people arelooking for. "Obviously, ' themajority are looking for dates butsome are looking for friends," hesaid.tThe Journal allows noreferences to sex other than tospecify male or female. Harrissaid that the paper has receivedno advertisements fromhomosexuals and would have toconsider such an ad "verycarefully" in light of communitystandards.Harris said that specifying acertain race in an ad is permitted,"it isn't illegal. It isn't considereddiscriminatory. It's not as thoughyou are looking to employsomeone or offer an apartment,"he said.The best ads, according toHarris, employ creativedescription. "It is best to be wittyand clever in the wording," hesaid. "Some are very amusing."However, Harris noted that it isdifficult to tell if the advertisersare honest in their description."The ads tend to mention thegood points. That is onlynatural," he said. "Most peopleput on their best face, but itprobably pays to be reasonablyhonest. Otherwise, it is just a bigwaste of time."Harris said, "It's amazing theamount of responses the adsreceive. Many receive a dozen ormore."Smith said it was "kind ofdepressing" receiving only tworesponses.Asked if he would considerplacing another personal ad,Smith said: "I don't know.. Iguess I would have to redo thewording."i May 3,1984 - THE CIRCLE - Page 13*Classified AdsPerson to Person * 00530 YEAR OLD attractive femalewould like lo meet excitingmate between 28 & 35. 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Among those amazed by thesuccess and popularity of thegame is the game's distributor,Selchow & Righter."I have been in this businessfor thirty years," says a DallasSelchow & Righter distributor in arecent Time interview, "andTrivial Pursuit is the biggestindividual game I have ever seen.It defies everything we've hadbefore."Some people believe that the^biggest of the fads are created bythe public itself. "Like theCabbag Patch Doll, I think thedemand for Trivial Pursuitmultiplies because of the scarcityof the game," says DaveDernarest, a Bradlees departmentstore manager in Wayne, N.J."The demand is so great, I think,because there's really no skillinvolved, just a good memory.It's also a very social game."When it was first introduced ata trade show last February,Trivjal Prusuit was overlooked bybuyers as just another obscure,irrelevant board game, and only afew orders were placed. Now, ayear and a half later, a fewmillion have been placed, andmost stores will sell out theirby Michael LowenAfter 21 years at Marist,Andrew Pavelko, former directorof the physical plant, is retiring.Pavelko came to Marist in thefall of 1963. He said he has seenthe school grow to be much largerthan he had anticipated. "Ientire stock in amatterof hours.Trivial Pursuit is the brainchild,of Canadian journalists ChrisHaney and John Abbott, whodecided one rainy afternoon thattheir Scrabble game wasn'tenough. Haney recalls askingAbbott, "Why don't we invent agame?" and an hour later, thebasic structure of Trivial Pursuitwas born.Sold in an elegant pine greenand gold box resembling AfterEight dinner mints, the gametreats its players to 6,000questions in the categories ofsports and leisure, history,geography, entertainment,science and nature, and arts andliterature.To play, participants start atthe "hub" of the board, whichresembles a wheel, and with the'roll of the die, move onto coloredsquares, each color, a differentcategory. When the player answersa correct question, he isallowed to roll and move again.Anywhere from two to twentyfourplayers can "indulge in themind-boggling adventures ofTrivial Pursuit, with a good gamelasting for hours. "There's rarelya game that is shorter than threehours," said Nancy Hofgren,junior, an addicted TrivialPursuit player. "And if it's lessthan that, we play again."The irony of this runaway bestsellinggame is that potentialbackers were reluctant to giveHaney and Abbott their loans."Of course, it was no, no, no,"remembers Haney in a PeopleMagazine interview, f 'But thenthey all came to us later, and we.said no, no, no." -Even without the financialsupport that they desperatelyneeded, the creators weredetermined. They saved upenough cash to manufacture1,000 games and within threeweeks Canadian consumerssnapped them up.But the great demand doesn'tstop in Canada. Toy and hobbystores are being swamped withcalls regarding the game, and onePoughkeepsie chain storemanager refused to talk about it."I'm so sick of this whole TrivialPursuit situation, I don't evenwant to make any comments,"said the manager of Kay-BeeHobby Shop in South Hills Mall,in Poughkeepsie.Because of the rising popularityof the game, the demand forTrivial Pursuit is barely beingmet. And because the game isoften not readily available, thesearch for it can become anadventure. Neither of the. twolocal toy shops had the game instock, but Caldor's departmentstore did. But for some, it's not aseasy as a trip to the local mall.Frank Haugh, father of juniorTeri Haugh, sent away to Canadafor his game."I was at my wit's end trying tofind the game, and I heard of aplace in Canada that was sellingthem. I got my game one monthafter ordering, which was prettygood, considering I paid $60 forit," said Haugh.The" success of the Genus". (basic) edition of Trivial Pursuithas prompted inventors Haneyand Abbott to produce 18,000more questions for additionalcards which can be purchasedseparately for approximately $23.The basic edition of TrivialPursuit is in the area of $30-$40.The additional cards nowavailable include the majorcategories of baby boomer(questions from the 50's to the70's), sports, and silver screen.Trivial Pursuit, whose rivalcompetition is said to be videogames, enjoys several advantagesover the joystick generation'spassion for TV screens andquarters."The pendulum's swingingback from video games. With avideo game, you sit alone in acorner," notes John Nason, vicepresident of Marketing atSelchow & Righter.Along with the charade-likeinteraction that takes place duringa Trivial Pursuit game, comes the*time-honored test of how much aperson memory can be jogged.Adults playing the game obviouslyhave the advantage, butaccording to one .faithful indulges"It's frustrating when thekids know more than you do."John Corcoran of FederatedDepartment Stores in New YorkCity believes that the newtechnology of television hascontributed to the extensivepopularity of Trivial Pursuit."The media has really beenpushing nostalgia lately. EveryPavelko bids farewell after 21 yearsthought the school reached itspeak within these last few years,"said Pavelko. "With the additionalland recently purchasedand the amount of money cominginto-the school, I could see thecampus doubling in both size andpopulation."The land purchased lies behingthe townhouses on the north endof the campus and is beingconsidered for an athletic field.Pavelko is currently assigned toa special project for Marist. He isresearching the history of thecampus and evaluating the statusof the current structures.Pavelko has overseen thedevelopment of all the buildingson campus except those left fromSt. Anne's Hermitage, the formerowner of the college's property.He noted that the area where thetownhouses now stand was once afarm where the brothers grewcrops and raised livestock.Pavelko started working as asuperintendent of Loft buildings^ » -network has a TV Bloopers show,reruns of old shows, and cable TVhas created infinite possibilitiesto show all the old movies," hesaid. "People love nostalgia andreminiscing because it gives asense of youth. We all know howfun it is to walk down memorylane."Financialaid notesStudents interested in pursuinga Guaranteed Student Loan(GSL) for the 1984-85 academicyear are reminded that theprocessing period for their loansmay extend up to ten weeksduring the summer. Thus, toensure timely processing, studentsare advised to submit completedGSL applications and "NeedsTests" to the financial aid officeby June 1,1984.Also, students within one yearof graduation may be interestedin an alternative loan programestablished by the Hattie M.Strong Foundation. Qualifiedstudents may be eligible toborrow up to $2,500. (interestfree) for their final academicyear. 'For more informationplease write to:Hattie M. Strong Foundation1625 Eye Street, N.W.Suite 409Washington, DC 20006in New York City after leavingthe armed forces in 1945. He wasinformed about the opening atMarist by one of his employerswho had spoken to Linus Foy,former president of Marist.Pavelko has lived in Hyde Parkand plans to retire there. "Thereisn't a more beautiful area of thecountry," he said.