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

i Page 16 • THE CIRCLE - May 3,1984,Living through 'soph slump'byJoeLezoliIt's marked by depression andapathy, and it goes by manynames, but many prefer to call itsimply "sophomore slump."According to Stephen Bentley,upperclassman mentor at Marist,the condition, which he has seenyear after year, seems to stem froma student's growing confusionabout the direction of his or herlife."You get back from summerbreak, suddenly you're asophomore and you're having tomake progressively more difficultpersonal and academic decisionsyou know will affect the rest ofyou're life," Bentley said. "Theconfusion many times leads todepression and apathy, whatwe've labeled 'SophomoreSlump'."Although college life may aggravatethe situation, Bentley saidit doesn't cause the problem. "It'sthe identity crisis most of us gothrough at one time or another.Who am I? What do I want to dowith the rest of my life," Bentleysaid. "The problem may be morepronounced this year because wehave most sophomores groupedin Champagnat, but I don't thinkthe problem is any worse or moreHang glidingtakes offby Elizabeth LeakThe ability to fly in the purestsense of the word — without thehelp of a machine — is impossible.Yet hang gliding, a rapidlygrowing sport in the area, enablesa person to experience the mostfree form of flying. Its popularitystems from the ideal conditions ofthe Shawangunk Mountains ofUlster County.. T. J. and Mary Young own theAerial Techniques hang glidingschool in Ellenville, 30 miles fromPoughkeepsie. According toMary Young, hang gliding is asport for people who like to havefun and be outdoors."We get a variety of people ofall ages with very differentlifestyles," Young said. "The onlyrequirement is that you be inrelatively good shape."According to Young, thisdoesn't mean physical strength.Rather, a person needs stamina."Hang gliding requires a lot ofrunning," Young said. "By theend of the day, you should be exhausted."The safety of hang gliding isdependent on good judgment. It's"just as safe as the pilot makes it.If you go out on a day when thewinds are blowing too hard, or itsa hot day with a lot of thermals,you risk getting hurt," Youngsaid. "It's very dependent on theweather. For a beginner, the windshould be 10 miles per hour orless."Aerial Techniques offers threepackages deals for beginners.Package One is a one-day. course.For the price of $75, the studentreceives two hours of outdoorclassroom training. The basictechniques to control the gliderare learned through groundhandling and simulation. The studentthen pilots six to eight slow,controlled flights.Package Two takes three 'tofour days to complete and includes25 to 30 flights. The cost isS150.Package Three takes five to sixdays to complete and includes 50to 60 flights. The cost is $200.Young noted that this is ideal forthose who want more flights, butcan't afford their own equipment.After 80 to 100 flights from thetraining hill the pilot is ready totake off from the ShawnagunkMountains at an elevation of1,100 feet, Young said, "anddiscover what it's like to reallyfly."widespread than before."Bently said having mostsophomores in Champagnat maybe helpful in solving the "slump"because it focuses greatercampus-wide attention on theproblem.Denise DeVitis, sophomoreclass president at Marist, said shethinks the "slump" is the resultof an emotional let down anddisillusionment students gothrough during sophomore year."For most kids, freshman yearis a lot of fun. You're out on yourown for the first time, you'remaking new friends, going to parties,and your classes, for themost part, aren't very difficult. Ihad a great time," DeVitis said."When you return as asophomore, you're expectingthings to be the same, but, they'renot. People aren't seeking you outas much because you're not thenew kid on the block any more,and the excitement and x enthusiasmyou had before diesdown. The novelty wears off."Besides that, classes get moredifficult, and you're continuallyfaced with more difficultacademic decisions you're expectedto make on your own. Itcan really get you down, but thejuniors I've talked with this yearall assured me that everyone goesthrough it and beats it," she said.Betty Yeaglin, coordinator ofcollege activities at Marist, saidshe believes this year's"Sophomore Slump" might bemore noticeable than those ofother years because last year'sfreshman class was very active."It's odd. We're talking aboutthe same class of students who,last year, was one of the most activefreshman classes we've everhad. This year they've donerelatively few things," Yeaglinsaid. "The apathy and lack ofdirection may have something todo with the class's leadership."•, DeVitis said she and herclassmates tried to scheduleevents several times, but in mostcases met with nothing but frustation."We wanted to do a-lot ofthings, but every time we tried toplan something on a weekend,there was always something elsegoing on; and you know you can'tschedule social activities on weeknights," DeVitis said. "Evenwhen we did get a time and aplace, by the time we finished cuttingthrough all the red tape, welost our enthusiasm."Making a future career choice,according to Mary Wall, a Maristjunior majoring in communications,is what helped her to overcomethe "slump.""When I finally decided onpublic relations, life became somuch simpler. I think it was theconfusion that was causing mydepression and apathy. It was thesame with a lot of my friends. Thecrisis seems to come to a headduring sophomore year," Wallsaid. "How can you feel happyand enthused about anythingwhen you have no idea as to howyou want to spend the rest of yourlife?"According to Gerald Cox, deanof student affairs at Marist,"Sophomore Slump" is a periodof apathy and uncertainly most, ifnot all, young people go throughon the road to adulthood."It's as normal and natural asthe arrival of spring, and I'd sayat least 95 percent of all youngpeople go through it at some pointin their lives. It's actually apositive sign of growth andmaturity," Cox said. "They keyto overcoming it is to get involvedin school activities that help youlearn more about different professions,talk problems over withfriends and college staff - andfaculty, ''•- and .''keep in .mindeveryonegoes through it 'andthings will get better."Marist College Bookstore3rd Annual StudentAppreciation Day SaleSomething for^everyone atdiscount prices!May 9th thru May 11th10 a.m. • 7 p.m.Come in and see us!(cAcademyI WINE & LIQUOR26 ACADEMY ST.PO'KEEPSIE, N.Y. 12601Tel. 452-4110Congratulations Seniors!IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDINGSUMMER HOUSING 1984Summer Housing is available for Marist Students who are:Attending Summer SchoolParticipating jn InternshipsWorking on CampusAll summer students will be housed in Leo Hall. The rate is $8.00 per person per night.The cafeteria will reopen on July 1, 1984. Prices will be available at that time.Any student, interested in securing summer housing must register in the Housing Officeby 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, 1984.Summer room charges must be paid to the Business Office prior to check-in.CHECK-IN SCHEDULE - Leo Hall LobbyMini Session I, Campus Employment, Internships - 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Sunday, May 20, 1984.Evening Class Session - 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Sunday, June 3, 1984.Mini Session II - 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Sunday, June 10, 1984Students registered for summer housing must vacate their current rooms on or beforeMay 11 as scheduled.Storage space is not available on campus prior to summer check-in.Continued from page 5duce in such a way as to be morethan the sum of their parts, likethe laws of nature producing lifeand love, or the parts of the being "of ourself producing a personality.The definition of Apocalypticis simply the future and propheciesabout the future undergoingfulfillment.Each votary association mustelect from among themselves aleader and a co-leader. Thisemissary and this co-emissarybecome the Emissarian Team tohelp lead the association, because"important' biological objectscome in pairs," as Dr. Crick andDr. Watson learned during theirfamous discovery of ttte doublehelix around 1950 as an adjunctto this coming system. The "grideffect" of this new system beginsto surface as the majority of eachassociation begins to express itselfthrough the synergetical organizationin a constitutional manner.Second integer of new systemWhat I have just barely explainedto you is really how thebasic salts and the basic sugars inDNA, like opposite parties in apolitical system, becomesynergetically bonded in a "gridsystem" to produce more than thesum of their parts — miraculousresults! Who would deny that our.human bodies are naturalmiracles from a supernaturalsource, that Almighty Wondersomehow behind all the Scripturesof humanity in the world.- NEED CASH? 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This is course is doneby amendment of the Constitutionsynergetically (that is,through the associations that areengendering as need be) so thatthere is a smooth transition.Eventually, the strength of theassociations will be constitutionalizedand Enumeratedthrough the Congress in America;and, in other countries, throughthe congressional tantamount.History will be taking care of allthat, I'm not worried.Although votary associationscan and will officially fluctuatefrom 750 to 1500 people, the idealnumber is 1000; and this idealnumber is the very definition ofthe Apocalyptic term "millennium."So as these millennialunits arise and become necessarily"constitutionalized, Apocalyptictimes will be coming in, and pre-Apocalyptic times will be goingout along with those worriedquestions of Jennifer Nash andlots of others.Each Gridarian Synergetic willbe composed of 1000 votaryassociations of 1000 people perassociation ideally but theSynergetic may fluctuate from750 associations to 1500, just asthe associations themselves mayfluctuate from 750 people to1500. 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Here's to the restof our lives together.Love you, Michele.of Apportionment, a questionthat came up repeatedly beforethe courts in .pre-Apocalyptictimes as a preparation for this.History works that way.These figures reveal that therewill be one million people in eachSynergetic ideally; so, howevermany million people there are in aNation, that's how manySynergetics there will be, an easything to remember.Instead of the unilateral andthis one-way governments in pre-Apocalyptic times, what will beemerging is a two-way and thusmulti-dimensional system forApocalyptic times, where the constituentsand their leaders will bein touch with each other throughthe Apocalyptic Votary Associations.Third integer of new systemOnce the Inverse Crucible hasbegun to function in a big way, itwill validate the associations asApocalyptic necessities, and it istime for a synergetical presidencywhich shall be the GridarianAucourancy , of the UnitedSynergetics to help keep it up-todateand in-the-flow with thegive-and-take of other Nations,both pro and con, as history alsoforces them by sheer necessity to"go synergetic" and make worldpeace an Apocalyptic reality, evena Rapture of checks and balancesand a wonderfully invigoratingexperience of every citizen of theEarth, rather than the absence ofwar merely and a bunch of Jennifersworried and their fellowsreacting with violent outburstsagainst people like John Lennonwho sang, "All we are saying isQA