Sunday 13 October 2001
Dear Jaspers,
The jasperjottings email list has 1,044 subscribers by my count.
Don't forget:
Tuesday, October 16, 2001 "Treasure Coast Alumni Lunch
Contact Bill Mathias, '41, at (561)
287-0022
Wednesday, October 24th - Annual Career Fair
Contact Pat Wallace 718-862-7421 pwallace@manhatan.edu
Sunday October 28th – High school students open house
contact Grace Feeney 718-862-7432
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Thankfully the list has not changed.
The 911 attack has the following 17 Jasper fatalities reported on the Manhattan College web page:
Baierwalter Robert '79
Coppo Joseph '75
Duffy Michael J. '93, son of Judge John Duffy '59
Frawley Kevin '90
Gabriel Richard '71, deceased (son of Barbara Gabriel retiree)
Gallagher John '91
Holland Joseph '91, deceased
Leavey Lt. Joseph '77
Lyons Michael J. '93
McCarthy Robert '90
Morgan Richard '59
Moroney Dennis '84
O' Sullivan Timothy '64 (former Director of Personnel, Manhattan College)
Robert Regan '75
Rocha Antonio A. '90
Tobin, John ‘76
Quinn James '99, missing
Any others?
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One of our Jasper Jottings readers has confirmed that William Mulderry (class of '84?) was not a casualty.
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We have a lot of email this week -- 59 messages -- in as of Wednesday. I have included them all -- even the “please sign me up” ones -- so that everyone knows who is connected. Your patience is appreciated. Maybe one good thing out of this tragedy is to use it to reconnect with old friends.
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Please include your class year and school in your email to save my time looking it up. As you can see the records are not very reliable of complete. I suggest that you all look at your record in the MCOLD https://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/MCM/directory.html and update it if appropriate by taking the “View / Update your online directory listing” selection. Also available there is “@alum.manhattan.edu” redirector service disguised as the “Permanent Email” tab. (Hint!?) You can control where your email gets deposited so changing jobs or ISPs doesn’t mean you are “lost”.
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ALL BOILER PLATE is at the end.
Signing off for this week.
It appears that the politicians are demanding a National ID card. After all we in effect have something like it with Social Security Number. It would be little more than something like a national drivers license. And, this will make us so much more secure when the police can stop people and ask for it.
Doesn’t anyone see the slippery slope in this?
Next they will propose to issue separate ID cards for Arab-Americans. Why don't they just issue them armbands with yellow moons of Islam? Then they can round the wearers up and send them to camps for their safety, of course. But we are not Arabs.
Of course, those camps are expensive, so they'll have to be put to work to help pay for things. Extra taxes will be required. And of course more regulations are required to make us safer. I'm sure their systems will be worked out to maximum efficiency by the time they come for the Jews. But we are not Jews. And then they will come for the Blacks. But we are not black. And then they come for the Atheists. But we are not atheists. And then they will come the Hispanics. But we are not hispanic. And then they come for the Catholics. But, oops.
Can’t happen here? We allowed them to do it with Japanese-Americans during WWII. Visit to the Smithsonian. We better stand for our liberties now during this time of fear. Just as the dead old white men did. Remember our revolutionary and pioneer roots. We had better become Arab-Jewish-Black-Atheist-Hispanic-Catholic Americans. Or we could just become plain old Americans. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
By way of a postscript, the U.S. Senate approved far-reaching anti-terrorism legislation late last night, rejecting efforts to limit the measure's impact on the privacy and civil liberties of American citizens. Among it’s provisions is authorization of searches without notification to the targeted individual ("secret searches"), in effect allowing police break-ins to private homes and offices. The administration is attempting to have the House consider the Senate bill in lieu of the legislation drafted by the House Judiciary Committee. Raming it through, thus avoiding the effects of a conference committee version.
Tell your politicians now that we will not trade any liberty for “safety”. IMHO
Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and every way possible, large or small. God bless.
"Collector-in-chief" John
reinkefj@alum.manhattan.edu
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CONTENTS
1 Formal
announcements
1 Jaspers publishing web pages
5 Jaspers found web-wise
0 Honors
0 Weddings
0 Births
0 Engagements
0 Graduations
2 Obits
1 "Manhattan in
the news" stories
0 Resumes
7 Sports
59 Emails
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Rivera, Robert |
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Kelly, James |
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Roberts, Kyle |
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Reynolds, Megan |
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Camp, William |
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Carhart, Bob |
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Carroll, John |
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Cassidy, Richard P. |
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Coleman, Robert |
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Corato, Lou |
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Helm, Robert |
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Higgins, Barbara |
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Hutter, John J. |
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Kaelin, Charles |
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Kelly, James |
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Kelly, Ray |
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Kenny, Stephen J. |
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Kosch, James A. |
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Lanier, Alfredo S. |
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Lobley, Bob |
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Ludford, Joe |
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Ludford, Joseph |
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Lupardo, Debra |
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Mirabito, Bart |
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Morgan, James |
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Moroney, Dennis |
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Morris, Drew |
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Morrone, Melissa E. |
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Mulderry, Daniel |
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Mulderry, Peter |
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Murray, Eileen |
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Naughton, William |
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Nelson, Alan |
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O'Connell, William |
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Oliva, L. Jay |
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Patterson, James |
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Roberts, Brian |
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Roberts, Kyle |
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[FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT JASPERS]
Copyright 2001 Daily News, L.P.
Daily News (New York)
October 7, 2001, Sunday SPORTS FINAL EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 81
HEADLINE: NEW STATE COMMISH WILL PACK PUNCH
BYLINE: BY BILL GALLO
Last Saturday during the festivities at the Trinidad-Hopkins fight, I stopped Ray Kelly, who was walking past the working press. "Are you going to take the job?" I asked. "Yes," he answered. Kelly is always direct and clear - it's either yes or no, never any hemming and hawing.
Now I knew for certain that Kelly, the former New York City Police Commissioner, is about to become this state's new athletic commissioner. My first thought was that he is such a valuable leader, that his talents in these days of hardship and tragedy could be used in other areas of government. But boxing needs this man. He said the job won't keep him from his other duties, such as being involved in airport safety. Kelly comes into this job at a time when the New York Athletic Commission has been at a low ebb. The commissioner's job was once considered an important position, but it's been awhile since that was the case.
In truth, the post was not demeaned by the men at the helm, but by the slow erosion of boxing in New York. For one thing, it was boxing that deserted the city, preferring the bright lights and bigger money opportunities of Las Vegas.
What also hurt was Vince McMahon, the wrestling mogul who asked the courts to decide whether wrestling was a sport or entertainment. When it was ruled entertainment, it was taken out of the Athletic Commission's hands - and there went all that money for the state.
Not only were there few big fights in this town, but no wrestling and therefore, no money for the commission.
The boxing commissioner, as the chairman was generally labeled, was hot stuff in this town years ago. Those who held the job were such "names" as Jim Farley Sr., the former Postmaster General and close aide to FDR, Eddie Eagan, Julius Helfand, Edwin Dooley, Gen. Melvin Krulewitch, Jim Farley Jr., John Prenderville, Jose Torres, John Branca (brother of Ralph), Randy Gordon and Floyd Patterson. The current and outgoing chairman is Mel Southard, who will go back to his law practice. A little-known fact is that, for a very short time, then-New York Secretary of State Mario Cuomo headed the commission.
It was on Jim Farley Jr.'s watch that the commission was stained a bit. Farley was a nice fellow who meant well, but somehow he got into the wrong corner, so to speak.
In 1977, innocently or foolishly, he took trips to Miami, San Antonio and other cities. The trouble was the trips were being paid by the television production that was putting on boxing matches with Don King. It was a high-powered heavyweight series of matches for ABC television.
Although Farley furnished proof that he was not paid for his endeavors, he did confirm that he was provided with air fare, lodging and meals.
Even though Farley said the whole picture of his involvement was blown out of proportion, then-Gov. Hugh Carey expressed "deep concern," calling it a conflict of interest. The entire affair was resolved when Farley stepped down from the post and Prenderville, a former St. Francis College coach, was appointed by Gov. Carey.
Once in a while this city gets a match worthy of selling out Madison Square Garden. Such was the case last Saturday when Bernard Hopkins shellacked the big favorite, Felix Trinidad. Which proves one thing, if nothing else - bring the fighters and the people will come.
Now, a little about the kind of guy Ray Kelly is:
* Graduate of Manhattan College plus Harvard, NYU and St. John's law schools.
* Served in the Marine Corps for three years during the Vietnam War. Recently retired from the Marine Reserves as a full colonel after serving 30 years.
* New York City Police Commissioner.
* As a government appointee, started a police force in Haiti.
* Worked for the Treasury Department supervising the Secret Service.
* U.S. Commissioner of Customs.
Not bad credentials.
In his new undertaking as boxing boss, his No. 1 priority will deal with the health and welfare of the fighter. "We need a robust program," he says.
Kelly will be the second Marine to take this post. Gen. Melvin Krulewitch, a veteran of the Iwo Jima campaign, was the first.
So this Marine has landed, one who has leader quality written all over his face.
LOAD-DATE: October 7, 2001
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College choices of the Class of 2001
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Farid Khelfaoui Manhattan College
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[JR: A future Jasper.]
http://catalog.arizona.edu/faculty/984/alpha/H.html
Hutter, John J (1976), Professor, Pediatrics; BS, 1963, Manhattan College; MD, 1967, State University of New York at Brooklyn
http://www.innerexplorations.com/philtext/ww.htm
William Wallace, OP
Historian and Philosopher of Science
Manhattan College, New York, B.E.E., 1940
http://www.aifs.org/java/US/aifscss/nyc/snyc_u.htm
Manhattan College alumni provide a living example of the remarkable edge its education offers you. A sampling of outstanding alumni include: Rudolph Giuliani '65, Mayor, New York City; Eugene McGrath '63, Chairman, CEO & President, Con Edison; Eileen Murray '80, Managing Director & Treasurer, Morgan Stanley, Inc.; L. Jay Oliva '55, President, New York University; James Patterson '69, Chairman & CEO; J. Walter Thompson, N.A. and noted mystery writer; Anthony Siriani '73, CEO, Cushman & Wakefield.
[Collector's prayer: And, may perpetual light shine on our fellow departed Jaspers, and all the souls of the faithful departed.]
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 11:47:03 -0400
From: A. M. Kenny
Subject: Re: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
I am sorry to tell you that your fellow Jasper, Stephen J. Kenny, '52, passed into eternity on July 14, 2000. I will pray for the families of his fellow alumni/ae.
Copyright 2001 The Denver Post Corporation
The Denver Post
October 2, 2001 Tuesday 1ST EDITION
SECTION: DENVER & THE WEST; Pg. B-05
HEADLINE: OBITUARIES
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Richard P. Cassidy
Army investigator, 78
Richard P. Cassidy, 78, of Aurora, an Army counterintelligence investigator, died Sept. 23 in Aurora. Mass was said Wednesday at Queen of Peace Catholic Church. Interment was in Fort Logan National Cemetery.
He was born Nov. 4, 1922, in the Bronx, N.Y. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Irma Klein. He later married Virginia Moore.
He graduated from Manhattan College in New York.
He served as an Army lieutenant colonel in the Military Intelligence Corps during World War II. He was awarded many medals for his service in the Pacific Theater including the Legion of Merit, Asiatic Pacific, Philippine Liberation, American Campaign, Army Occupation medals for service in Germany and Japan, World War II Victory and National Defense Service.
He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Constance Marie Williams, and Loretta Jean Keenan, both of Bartlett, Tenn., and Jo-Ann Gail, Palm Harbor, Fla.; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
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[MANHATTAN IN THE NEWS OR FOUND ON & OFF THE WEB]
[News1]
Copyright 2001 Newsday, Inc.
Newsday (New York, NY)
October 7, 2001
Sunday ALL EDITIONS
SECTION: SPORTS, Pg. C14
HEADLINE: SUNDAY SPECIAL; Arab-American, Muslim athletes face suspicion in land
of the free
BYLINE: By Michael Dobie; STAFF WRITER
By Michael Dobie STAFF WRITER
THESE HAVE BEEN days of confusion - for some, days of fear.
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, a hot glare of attention settled on Arab-Americans and Muslims around the country. Among those thrust into the spotlight were athletes.
For many who have lived here all their lives, for many who came to this country eager to blend into a larger mosaic, being singled out has been an unwelcome experience. Others have embraced the chance to teach classmates and teammates about their religions and cultures. In the beginning, their experiences mirrored those of all Americans: reactions of shock, disbelief, sadness, anger, mourning for family, friends and strangers. Then came the repercussions.
On the fields of play, everything has been status quo. It's not ethnic background that anyone seems to care about, or a name on the back of a uniform. What has mattered is what's always mattered in sports: the accuracy of a forehand, the strength of a shot on goal, a technique for rushing the passer.
But off the field, the landscape has shifted. Some Arab-American and Muslim athletes have been threatened physically. More have experienced verbal abuse or unnerving stares. Others have seen nothing overt at all.
Nearly all acknowlege a pervasive uneasiness. Will they be treated differently now because of their ethnicity or religion or looks?
"It makes you ponder about what might happen to you," Manhattan College tennis player Ajay Kumar said, "because you never know what you might get."
Life has changed. For Arab-American and Muslim athletes, the nature of the change is different. In conversations over the last two weeks with Arab-American and Muslim athletes throughout New York and across the country, it is clear that they all hate terrorism. They all despise Osama bin Laden. Many know someone caught in the attacks. Some have raised funds for victims. Some have donated blood. None of them knows what comes next.
These are their stories:
A Prevention Plan: Shaving
Sameer Hamood sat in his apartment, dumbstruck, eyes riveted on the television. As he watched the World Trade Center burn, the senior defensive lineman at the University of Toledo felt an awful foreboding. Please, God, he kept praying to himself, don't let it be an Arab, don't let it be a Muslim.
"Because I knew how bad it was going to get," Hamood said. "Even at that moment."
The attacks were the work of Islamic terrorists. And a cycle of prejudice Hamood has confronted his entire life began anew.
"The way that we're portrayed in the media, in the movies, in the news, I feel like it's almost the first thing that pops into the average American head: When you say Arab, they think terrorist," Samood said. "You fight to separate yourself from that stereotype, but an incident like that just confirms that for some people."
Hamood was born and raised in Dearborn, Mich., in a predominantly Arab-American community. His father and most of his mother's family were born in Lebanon. In high school, his team gave line calls and audibles in Arabic. Ethnic insults from opponents were common. At Toledo, Hamood has been proud and patient in explaining his Muslim faith.
Still, as the scenes of devastation flickered on the screen, Hamood went into the bathroom and shaved off his beard. When the 6-3, 270-pounder returned, his girlfriend was startled. "Look at the TV," he said. "All those people have beards."
A week later, Hamood's beard was beginning to grow back when he went to a fund-raising event for rescue efforts in New York and Washington. Hamood was one of several celebrity bartenders donating their tips. All was going well until he tried to serve a customer who took exception to his appearance.
"I don't want a drink from bearded people," the man said. "We're really leery about bearded people."
Hamood moved on to someone else.
He believes America has come a long way from Pearl Harbor and the internment of Japanese-Americans on the West Coast. He's also seen the holes in the wall of a nearby mosque, shot through by an assault rifle. He's being careful.
"You're always going to get those looks from strangers," he said. "But it's a lot more now."
On Second Thought ...
One high school football player from Nassau County, whose parents are Palestinian, spoke openly last week about his recent thoughts and experiences.
The following evening, he called back to ask that his identity be concealed.
"It's not the right time," the player said. "Because of the things that are taking place."
A few days earlier, his father had been shopping at a CVS store when another customer approached and told him to go back to his country. "This is my country," the father replied. The man began pushing the father with his chest until several other customers intervened.
A Citizen in Waiting
The calls began shortly after the attacks. It was family in Morocco, frantic to find out if Abdel Belkouchi was all right.
"They hear something happened in America, they think that it happened to you," Belkouchi said. "They're worried. They call me all the time. They're afraid for me."
Belkouchi is a junior at Hunter College in Manhattan and a forward on the men's soccer team. He arrived in New York in 1993 to visit an older brother and loved the city so much, he never left. He has been a busboy, a waiter, a shoe salesman, a cabdriver. Now he's 31 and a full-time student only three semesters short of graduation. He also is a practicing Muslim who prays five times a day and always before a game.
He knows his family's fears are valid. One friend was assaulted by three men on the day of the attacks and needed his face sewn up. Several hundred Arab students reportedly have left U.S. college campuses and returned to their homes since Sept. 11. Belkouchi, who lives in Astoria, counts the days until he becomes a citizen. He is not going anywhere.
"Look at my look," he said with a gentle smile. "You're not going to tell what I am. But still, it's a touchy feeling. You feel it inside and you don't want other people to get hurt, because what happened doesn't have to do with religion."
Unable to shake his profound sadness, Belkouchi has had trouble focusing on school. Soccer has been a refuge. But there will be no escape from reality when his next visitor comes to town. Whenever anyone arrived in New York to see him, Belkouchi said, their first stop was always the Twin Towers.
Calling Ahead for Security
Two days after the attacks, Abdul Mohammed was crossing a street near the College of Staten Island campus when a car approached. The driver shook his fist, pointed at Mohammed and gunned the car directly at him. Mohammed darted out of harm's way.
A few days later, the emigre from Yemen was working the midnight shift at his family's Staten Island deli when a woman in a passing car pulled over and shouted, "Go home."
Mohammed, a sophomore on the CSI soccer team, declined to discuss the incidents.
"There's a lot of anger around here, there's a lot of resentment," CSI athletic director Harold Merritt said. "I don't want to say it's ignorance. I want to say it's people who aren't aware of the fact that the profiling is not something that's nice. It's not accurate. It's a shame those things happen, but it doesn't surprise me, absolutely not, being an African-American."
The CSI men's soccer team has 10 players who are Arab-American, Muslim or both. They hail from nine countries. One player lost an uncle at the World Trade Center. Another lost a good friend. Their team has become their cocoon.
"What has happened is the non-Muslims, the non-Middle Eastern kids, are being somewhat protective," Merritt said. "From that perspective, there's some learning going on."
Just in case, Merritt calls ahead for road games to make sure security is adequate for his team. If it's not, they won't go. So far, there have been no cancellations.
The Betrayal
Uneasiness has many faces.
For Ashanul Hossain, it is strangers on a train, giving him looks he's never seen before. A Muslim born in Bangladesh and attending Newtown High School in Queens, Hossain understands. He responds with tolerance.
"What if their family members were in that tragedy," he said. "If they want to get mad at me, let them. Let them try to take out their anger. But I never say a word to them. If they look at me, OK. But if they said a word to me or tried to hurt me, I'm like, 'I'm not one of them terrorist Muslims.'"
Hossain is angry at bin Laden. Muslims around the world are suffering because of him, Hossain said, "He makes us Muslims look bad."
A junior, Hossain emigrated about seven years ago. He is a member of Newtown's cross country team. He speaks as he runs, quietly and with grace. But his manner belies the intensity of his convictions. Hossain believes bin Laden betrayed their faith by killing innocent people. Hossain said, "He's going straight to hell."
Hossain wants to see the devastation for himself. His parents won't let him.
"They said, 'Don't go; you never know what might happen. Over there, a lot of people lost their family, friends, relatives. You don't want to be there,'" Hossain said.
Unsettling Stares
Ajay Kumar went.
He was having trouble wrapping his mind around the disaster. The scope was too difficult to comprehend. So he took a train and headed downtown.
A senior on the tennis team at Manhattan, Kumar was born in India and moved to New York in 1994. He is neither Arabic nor Muslim. But his skin is dark.
"Many people looked at me as though they've never seen anything like me," Kumar said. "We were very, very upset about what was going on ... When you see people giving you different looks, all of them are negative, not a smile at all, it kind of makes you think what situation you are in.
"For me to make people happy, I'd have to wear an American flag decal."
Setting People Straight
Words are tricky these days. Reim Nour and her classmates at C.W. Post know better than most.
"Yo, Reim, tell your uncle to stop blowing things up," her friends say. And they all laugh.
Nour, an Egyptian Muslim who went to Post on a track scholarship and now plays for the basketball team, says her friends are just trying to ease tension. She gives them extra latitude. She does not extend the courtesy to everyone.
"People make honest conversation until they find out there is a Muslim around or an Arab around, and then everything changes," Nour said. "No one knew there was a Muslim girl or Arab girl in class that day.
"I'm not a very strict Muslim. The only time I get strict is if somebody insults my religion or talks about my religion or my culture. That's when I start standing up for it."
She did that twice in class in recent days. The first time, a girl said something about the way Muslims and Arabs walk and act and talk. Nour, who often is mistaken for being Hispanic, responded, "I walk like you, talk like you, dress like you. Do I look Muslim? No. We don't look any different from you."
The second incident occurred when a professor told of a visit to London.
"There's too many damn Arabs," Nour recalled him saying. "They had their veils. I got sick and tired of looking at them. So I picked up my Jewish newspaper."
Nour stood up, identified herself as an Arab-American and a Muslim, and said, "I don't think that's very funny." Then she walked out of class. And into the acceptance of her basketball team.
" [They] were the first ones to know," she said. "They were completely supportive."
Nour, a sophomore, believes athletes are more open-minded than people in general. The father of one of her teammates is a firefighter who helped out at Ground Zero.
"We have both points of view on the team and we have the same point of view," Nour said. "What happened should never have happened."
Afghan Family Found Liberty
Revelation About Prejudice
Middleweight boxer Omar Sheika never questioned why people looked at him when he walked down the street. Now he does.
"I've fought a lot on TV," Sheika said. "People used to really stare at me; they'd come up after me. Now it feels like if someone is looking at me, I don't know if they're recognizing who I am or because of my race. What are you going to do?"
Sheika, who lives in Paterson, N.J., is the son of Palestinian emigres. His brother was verbally abused in a doughnut shop in the days after the attacks. Sheika has Muslim and Arab-American friends who were reluctant to leave their houses. He knows one Muslim woman who has uncovered herself in public. He worries about his mother, who will not. Like so many Arab-American athletes, Sheika finds himself suspended between home and heritage.
"It hurt me to see what happened; it was very sad. I knew there was going to be a lot of hate on us now," he said. "At the same time, you can't be ashamed what your heritage is. I'm American, but I'm also Palestinian. I have to be proud of both sides. This is my life."
Sheika has arrived at a deeper understanding of American culture. "One thing I learned from this," he said, "now I realize how it is for African-Americans. Now I know how they feel."
GRAPHIC: 1) Newsday Photo / Daniel Goodrich - Abdel Belkouchi, a forward for Hunter's men's soccer team, prays before a game last week; he said family members in Morocco are "afraid for me"; 2) AP Photo - Sameer Hamood, here making a tackle Aug. 30, said: "When you say Arab, they think terrorist. You fight to separate yourself from that stereotype." 3) Photo by Joe Rogate - C.W. Post basketball player Reim Nour said: "People make honest conversation until they find out there is a Muslim around or an Arab around, and then everything changes." 4) Photo by Howard Schnapp - Tahir Mashriqi, above, was on Afghanistan's soccer team and escaped during communist rule. 5) His son, Mohammed, right, plays for the U.S. under-14 team. 6) AP Photo - Boxer Omar Sheika said: "Now I realize how it is for African-Americans."
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October 9, 2001
ADELPHI BLANKS MEN’S SOCCER, 2-0
GARDEN CITY, NY – Adelphi University scored a goal in each half and went on to shutout the Manhattan College men’s soccer team 2-0 Tuesday evening in a non-conference game.
The Jaspers fall to 5-5-1 while Adelphi improves to 3-5-1.
The Panthers won their third game in a row and earned their third straight shutout while the Jaspers snapped a three-game winning streak. Tal Sheinfeld netted the first goal for the Panthers at the 22:23 mark on a corner kick to put the Panthers up 1-0. Then midway through the second half, Marcin Pachowicz cashed in on a penalty kick at the 73:35 mark to complete the scoring.
The Panthers outshot Manhattan 15-11 and had a 6-2 advantage on corners. Manhattan goalkeeper Jesse Lardner made one save in the losing effort.
The men’s soccer team returns to action on Thursday when they host MAAC rival Siena in a makeup game originally scheduled for September 22. Game time is set for 3:30 at Gaelic Park.
October 9, 2001
GOLF HAS STRONG SHOWING AT ECAC CHAMPIONSHIP
HAMILTON, NY - The Manhattan College golf team shot the second-best tournament round in school history last weekend at the ECAC Championship at Colgate's Seven Oaks Golf Course.
On Saturday, the Jaspers battled driving rain and wind a shot a 339 in the first round. Although the weather conditions did not improve on Sunday, the Jaspers did, shooting a combined 309, marking the second-best tournament round in the program's history. The second round was cancelled however due to the poor weather conditions, so each school's first round scores were used to determine the final standings. Manhattan finished in a tie for 23rd out of 26 schools.
Chris Damiano was the top individual finisher for the Jaspers with an eight-over 80. Chris Okeson finished tied for 82nd overall with a first round score of 84, Marty Tobias was 98th with a score of 86, Jay Wiederlight carded an 89 and Timothy Hand shot a 97. Each golfer improved by at least four strokes on Sunday, with Damino leading the way with a two-over 74. Wiederlight shot a 75, a 14-stroke improvement from the day before. Tobias, Okeson and Hand all ended the day at an even 80. For Hand, his round was a 17 strokes better than the previous round.
The Jasper golf team will be back in action on Friday when they travel to Boston University at 1:00.
October 8, 2001
MEN'S SOCCER SWEEPS WEEKLY CONFERENCE AWARDS
Junior Jonathan Rowe Named MAAC Player of the Week
Freshman Matthew Salotti Named MAAC Rookie of the Week
RIVERDALE, NY - Junior Jonathan Rowe (Dunedin, New Zealand) and freshman Matthew Salotti (Fairfield, NJ) swept Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference weekly honors by earning Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week respectively.
Rowe earns the weekly award for the first time after helping Manhattan to a 3-0 week. Rowe scored four goals and added three assists in three games. He assisted the game-winning goal in the Jaspers' win over Marist, the first win over the Red Foxes in three years, and scored the game-winner versus Canisius. Rowe went on to score another goal and an assist at Canisius and duplicate the effort with two goals and an assist at Niagara. Rowe is currently tied for second in the league in scoring (15 points) and tied for fourth in goal scoring (5 goals).
Salotti earns this award for the first time after scoring the game-winning goal in Manhattan's 1-0 win over Marist and netting one goal and one assist in the Jaspers' 3-1 win over Canisius. The rookie forward is now second in freshman scoring and tied for ninth in overall point scoring with four goals and two assists for ten points.
Manhattan is currently third in the MAAC with a 3-2 conference record and a 5-4-1 overall record. Manhattan returns to action on Tuesday, when they travel t o Adelphi for a 4:00 PM game.
October 7, 2001
SOFTBALL WINS FORDHAM INVITATIONAL TITLE
BRONX, NY - The Manhattan College softball team captured the Fordham Invitational Championship this weekend with wins in four of their five games. The Lady Jaspers beat Fordham 5-1 and St. Francis 2-0 on Saturday, and outscored St. Francis 4-2 and CW Post 6-0 on Sunday.
October 7, 2001
MEN'S SOCCER ROUTS NIAGARA 6-2
Five Different Jaspers Score in the Win
NIAGARA UNIVERISTY, NY - Five different Jaspers scored to propel the Manhattan College men's soccer team to a 6-2 victory over Niagara University in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game Sunday morning.
With the win Manhattan improves to 5-4-1, 3-2 MAAC while Niagara drops to 3-9-1, 1-3 MAAC.
Manhattan scored four consecutive goals to lead 4-0 at halftime. Niagara scored two goals in the first three minutes of the second half to cut the lead to 4-2, but Manhattan would score two goals in the 82nd minute and the 83rd minute to ice the victory.
Junior Jonathan Rowe (Dunedin, New Zealand) led Manhattan in scoring with two goals and one assist. Rowe also tallied two goals and one assist in the 3-1 victory over Canisius on Saturday. Sophomore Rory Healy (Pearl River, NY) and junior Rob Tedesco (Melville, NY) each scored one goal and added one assist in the win. Healy's goal, assisted by sophomore Carlos Builes (Flushing, NY) would eventually be the game-winner.
Sophomore Matthew Sether (Garden City, NY) scored his first goal of the year at the 30:07 mark on an assist form Michael Walsh (Chatham, NJ) and Mario Bocchino (Freehold, NJ). Junior Nino Silvestro (Ossining, NY) and sophomore Edward McCaffery (Bergen County, NY) added a goal and an assist respectively.
Manhattan returns to action on Tuesday when they travel to Adelphi for a 4:00 PM game.
October 6, 2001
MEN'S SOCCER BEATS CANISIUS 3-1
Junior Jonathan Rowe Leads Jaspers with Two Goals and an Assist
BUFFALO, NY - Junior Jonathan Rowe (Dunedin, New Zealand) scored two goals and added an assist to lead Manhattan to a 3-1 victory over Canisius in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference match Saturday morning.
Manhattan improves to 4-4-1, 2-2 MAAC, while Canisius drops to 2-7, 1-3 MAAC.
Manhattan opened the scoring at the 29:12 mark on a goal by freshman Matt Salotti (Fairfield, NJ). Salotti beat the Canisius keeper from eight yards out on an assist from Rowe for his fourth goal of the season. Rowe scored his first goal of the day at the 62:30 mark when he took a pass from sophomore Miguel Montesinos (Dover, NJ) and blasted a shot from 20 yards out.
Canisius scored in the 82nd minute when Ainsley Ramany took a cross from the corner and flicked the ball just past Manhattan goalkeeper Jesse Lardner (Spencer, NY). Rowe scored his second goal of the contest in the 90th minute by beating the Canisius defense into the empty net from 15 yards out.
Lardner finished with six saves on the day, while Canisius keeper Dave Borchard tallied three.
Manhattan faces Niagara at 11:00 AM on Sunday at Niagara.
October 5, 2001
WOMEN’S SOCCER FALLS TO MARIST, 2-1
Stroppel Notches Second Goal in Losing Effort
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – Marist College’s Kasey Sibrinsz scored the game-winning goal at the 81:14 mark of the second half to lead the Red Foxes to a 2-1 victory over Manhattan College in a MAAC Conference matchup Friday night.
The Lady Jaspers fall to 4-6-1 overall and 3-4 in the MAAC, while Marist improves to 3-7 overall and 3-0 in the MAAC.
Marist got on the board first on a goal by Courtney Moore at the 39:50 mark of the first half. But the Lady Jaspers answered back midway through the second half as junior Kristin Stroppel (Cornwall, NY) netted her second goal of the year to even the score at 1-1. Stroppel cashed in on a free kick opportunity thanks to a feed from Vanessa DiPaolo (Warwick, RI). The assist was DiPaolo’s third on the year. The Red Foxes would have the last say in this one, as Sibrinsz blasted a shot from 30 yards out and over the head of Manhattan goalkeeper Jean Marie Gilbert (East Northport, NY) for the game-winner.
Manhattan outshot the Red Foxes 14-12, as Gilbert stopped four shots in the loss.
The Lady Jaspers return to action on Wednesday, October 10 when they host MAAC rival Iona at 3:30 at Gaelic Park.
October 5, 2001
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS MAKE
MANHATTAN COLLEGE HISTORY AT THE 2001 METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Jaspers Crown Two Individual Championships
RIVERDALE, NY – The men’s and women’s cross country teams made Manhattan College history at the Metropolitan Championships this afternoon as both male and female runners won a meet together. Senior Kristen Cerasi (Eastchester, NY) won the individual title with a time of 19:09 in the women’s 3000m competition, while junior Matt Spring (Marcy, NY) won the individual crown with a time of 25:33 in the men’s 5000m competition. This is the men’s 36th win in the individual championship and the fifth individual championship for the women’s team.
Both Cerasi’s and Spring’s championship finishes this year were an outstanding improvement from last year’s MET. Cerasi finished in 11th place and Spring came in eighth place last year. Runners for the Lady Jaspers who also performed well were freshmen Julie Lamiquiz (Staten Island, NY), 11th place (19:46) and Sarah Girard (Manchester, NH), 22nd place (20:08). On the men’s side, junior Andres Cosgrove (Little Falls, NJ) took fifth place (26:31), freshman Dan McGrath (Lynbrook, NY) finished eighth (26:47) and sophomore Garvin Cosgrove (Kingston, Ontario) finished 13th (27:05).
The Japers men’s and women’s team both finished second at the Metropolitan Championships.
On Thursday, October 18th, the Jaspers will host the Manhattan Invitational at Van Cortlandt Park beginning at 3:30 PM.
Men’s Results
1. Fairleigh Dickinson (38)
2. Manhattan (49)
3. Rutgers (90)
4. SCSU (142)
5. Seton Hall (145)
Women’s Results
1. Columbia (23)
2. Manhattan (93)
3. Rutgers (123)
4. Wagner (125)
5. Seton Hall (137)
October 5, 2001
JASPER BASEBALL RECRUITING CLASS RANKED 71ST
BY COLLEGAITE BASEBALL
RIVERDALE, NY – The 2002 Manhattan College baseball recruiting class was tabbed 71st in the country in a recently released poll by Collegiate Baseball. This marks the first time in school history that a baseball recruiting class has merited national recognition. Manhattan also ranked third in the Northeast behind Connecticut (64) and Villanova (67).
The signees include first baseman Chris Gaskin (St. Agnes Boys/Rego Park, NY), shortstops Zachary Sousa (Waterford/Waterford, CT) and Gary Diaz (Naugatuck/Naugatuck, CT), pitchers Michael Parisi (Sachem North/Lake Grove, NY), James Mallon (Carmel/Carmel, NY) and Ken Gleason (Christ the King/Glendale, NY), catcher Eric Fierro (Division/Levittown, NY) and third baseman Sylvester Gutierrez (St. Francis Prep/Fresh Meadows, NY).
“The bottom line is that they can all come here and play immediately and have a big impact from the start,” commented Coach Steve Trimper. “Bringing in such a talented and large group at once should also help us develop over the next four years and help make Manhattan one of the prominent teams in the Northeast.”
Chris Gaskin joins his brother Gary, a junior pitcher, on the team. Chris was named Most Valuable Player of his high school team at St. Agnes where he was also a member of the basketball team. Diaz was an All-State and All-Naugatuck Valley League (NVL) shortstop last year at Naugatuck in Connecticut where he was also captain of the team. He was also the starting quarterback and captain of the football team, and All-NVL at quarterback. Sousa was a two-time All-Conference and All-Area shortstop for the Waterford High School team that won two state championships in the last three years. He was a four-year starter in baseball, basketball, and football, earning All-Conference honors in both football and basketball. Parisi was a three-year varsity team member at Sachem North. Already clocked at 87 mph, he played on the 16-year-old PAL National Team as both a 15 and 16-year-old, and he has played for the Long Island Tigers under coach Don Winston. Mallon was named All-Putnam League in both baseball and football as well as an American Legion All-Star in the summer of 2000. Gleason, a hard-throwing, right-handed pitcher, will compete for a spot in the starting rotation for the Jaspers. Gleason can throw consistently in the 88-90 mph range and batted .420 for Christ the King. Fierro was a three-year varsity starter at Division for Head Coach Doug Robbins and, like Parisi, also played for the Long Island Tigers under Coach Winston. Gutierrez is a 2000 All-City selection and played in the 2000 Empire State Games.
The Jaspers were 20-25-1 overall last season and 9-14-1 in the MAAC. Collegiate Baseball’s top recruiting class list follows:
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October 3, 2001
VOLLEYBALL FALLS TO SETON HALL IN FIVE, 3-2
RIVERDALE, NY – Despite the outstanding hitting of Amy O’Dorisio (San Diego, CA), Kim Frederick (Orange, CA), and Lauren Belcher (Huntington Beach, CA), Manhattan lost to Seton Hall three games to two this evening.
The Lady Jasper’s drop to 6-10 for the season, while the Pirates advance to 6-8.
Manhattan dominated the first two games winning 30-26 and 30-25. Junior outside hitter O’Dorisio led the Lady J’s with 21 kills and a career high 29 digs for the evening. Frederick, the MAAC Player of the Week (9/30/01) totaled 14 kills and 12 digs. Belcher had 14 kills. An attack by Cheryl Sasadeusz (Granada Hills, CA), who totaled 7 kills and 12 digs, finished the tight second game with a floor-cracking kill for the win.
In the third game, Manhattan tied Seton Hall three times before the Pirates came back to win the game 30-26. Seton Hall’s Jenna Meyers led with 19 kills and 13 digs, while Jackie Neely racked up a double double with 12 kills and 10 digs. The Pirates took complete control in the final games winning 30-18 and 15-8.
The Lady Jaspers will return to action next Wednesday, October 10th at 6 PM when they play Iona at Draddy Gymnasium.
October 2, 2001
MEN'S SOCCER BEATS MARIST 1-0
Freshman Matthew Salotti Scores Game-Winning Goal
RIVERDALE, NY - The Manhattan College men's soccer team beat Marist, the defending Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Champions, 1-0 in a crucial MAAC game Tuesday afternoon.
With the win Manhattan improves to 3-4-1, 1-2 MAAC, while Marist drops to 5-3, 0-1 MAAC.
Both teams played solid defense resulting in a 0-0 tie at the end of the first half. Manhattan freshman Matthew Salotti (Fairfield, NJ) scored his third goal of the season, and first game-winning goal of his collegiate career, at the 51:57 mark by flicking the ball from ten yards out just past the diving Marist goalkeeper. Junior Jonathan Rowe (Dunedin, New Zealand) assisted Salotti's goal for his third assist of the year.
Marist goalkeeper Carlos DeBrito (Union, NJ) recorded four key saves for the Red Foxes.
Junior Jesse Lardner (Spencer, NY) recorded six saves in the shutout for the Jaspers. Defenders Mike Fogliano (Middletown, NJ), Rob Tedesco (Melville, NY) and captain Frank Gizzo (Mahopac, NY) were also instrumental in the win. Junior midfielder Mike Walsh (Chatham, NJ) tallied one back-save in the defensive effort for the Jaspers.
Manhattan returns to action this weekend when they travel to Buffalo to face both Canisius and Niagara on Saturday and Sunday at 11:00 AM respectively.
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HEADLINE: Manhattan's Spring takes individual title at Metropolitan
DATELINE: NEW YORK
Matt Spring of Manhattan College won the Metropolitan Intercollegiate cross country championship at Van Cortlandt Park on Friday, running 5 miles in 25 minutes, 33 seconds. Erick Too finished second in 25:47 to lead Fairleigh Dickinson to a second straight team title with 38 points. Manhattan second with 49, followed by Rutgers (90) and Southern Connecticut.
Kristen Cerasi, also of Manhattan, won the women's 3.1-mile race in 19:09, three seconds faster than Laurel Gordon, who led Columbia to a successful defense of its team title with 23 points. Manhattan was a distant second with 98.
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October 5, 2001
HEADLINE: Illinois hopes to 'rattle' Michigan and Iowa
BYLINE: By Bobby La Gesse, Daily Illini
SOURCE: U. Illinois
DATELINE: Champaign, Ill.
With this weekend's opponents -- Iowa and Minnesota -- coming off of losing weekends, the Illinois women's volleyball team is trying to keep its opponents on their present paths.
Traveling to Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Friday, Illinois will take on an Iowa team that is off to a tough start this year. The Hawkeyes are 2-8 overall and 0-4 in the Big Ten. Their only wins were against non-conference opponents -- Auburn and Manhattan College. Last week Iowa lost a closely contested five set thriller to Michigan, 30-24, 26-30, 30-18, 18-30, 15-8. The teams went back and forth winning the first four games, but Michigan's 8-4 start in the fifth game was too much for Iowa to overcome, despite Iowa senior outside hitter Sara Meyerman's 21 kill and 12 dig performance -- her fourth double-double of the season.
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Manhattan College already has a verbal commitment from Kenny Minor, a point guard from Dunbar H.S. of Baltimore, who is currently at Winchendon Prep in Massachusetts. He'll formally sign in early November during the early signing period.
The Jaspers are also heavily involved in recruiting 6-3 guard Jeff Granger, formerly of St. Benedict's (Newark), and now at Faith Christian Academy in North Carolina. East Carolina and Virginia Tech are also interested.
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HEADLINE: LOCAL CONNECTION // El Modena grad Frederick earns MAAC volleyball
honor
Kim Frederick, a senior co-captain of the Manhattan College women's volleyball team, was the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Week after averaging more than four kills per match against four opponents last week.
In a match against Quinnipiac University (Conn.), the graduate of El Modena High had a career-high 25 kills and hit .511. She had 61 kills during the week. This was the third time Frederick has been Player of the Week.
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From: elizabeth velasquez
Subject: Question
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 20:39:39 GMT
Good afternoon, This is Liz the researcher at MC. I was wondering if there is anyway we could get a copy of the email addresses of the alum that subscribe to the jottings, just to update our database? The best easiest way to keep up with our alumni is to get the info straight from them.
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Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 17:05:52 -0400
To: elizabeth velasquez
Subject: Re: Question
I promised that I would not share the addresses with anyone when I solicited for them. So I'd don't know. Let me see what they say.
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Subject: Re: Re: Question
From: elizabeth velasquez
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 13:42:37 GMT
I understand and thank you for getting back to me. You can share my address with those you receive the jottings and let them know if they have any updates or info to share with Manhattan, they can get in touch with me personally, through email or over the phone.
Thanks Again.
Liz Velasquez
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From: Cacchione, Richard D. (1965 BA)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 04:35:32 EDT
Subject: Re: May a fellow Jasper have your attention for a few moments?
Dear John:
Read your e-mail here in London. While I do not know anyone on your list, the tragedy of losing even one person, especially so mindlessly (from a civilized point of view - the fanatics have convinced themselves of the correctness of
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From: Cacchione, Richard D. (1965 BA)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 07:16:29 EDT
Subject: Re: May a fellow Jasper have your attention for a few moments?
Dear John:
I don't know why my message was cut off. I will say that here in London, I have problems with the internet that I do not have in New York.
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I am back in school - and you did ask for news updates of MC graduates.
Currently, I am pursuing a Ph.D in Peruvian Literature at the University of London - in my second year. Prior to that, I received an MA in Latin American Literature at Columbia University (May 2000). This is quite a change from my former life on Wall Street (BBA (Economics) Manhattan; MBA (Finance) NYU.) I have always been interested in history, geography, genealogy and literature. I also write bibliographies and am finishing a manuscript on a bilingual bibliography on the most important female poet in Peru (and one of the most important in Latin America) Blanca Varela. It will be published in Lima by the University of Lima and the Banco Central de Reserva del Peru. I am also writing several other bibliographies on Latin American authors and Italian political leaders and artists.
You asked about being on a weekly mailing list. I am trying to get off several lists as time is quite limited. We can try it with the understanding that if I do not wish to continue, we may remove my name. I am sure you can appreciate the volume of e-mails, and printed mail, which we all get. I do get the Manhattan and the other mailings from the Alumni Office.
All the best to you.
Richard D. Cacchione
65'B
[JR: <1> I am impressed with the accomplishments in a completely different view. I know I wouldn’t do that. Too happy in my rut. <2> I put on or take off everyone who asks. Other than a little incompetent clerical ability, I don’t want to bother anyone who isn’t interested. Welcome aboard for your “trial run”. ]
From: Thomas-A Devine
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 05:59:08 -0400
Subject: Re: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
John,
If you have any information on Dennis Moroney, service etc I would appreciate you forwarding it to me. I was his room mate in in 82, 83.
Thanks, Tom 83
[JR: Will do.]
From: Finn, Tom
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have moment?
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 07:56:16 -0400
Thanks for keeping us informed about this tragedy.
Tom Finn '66
From: Charles Kaelin
(1964)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 08:01:32 EDT
Subject: Re: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
thanks for the info such a terrible tragedy it will touch everyone one way or the other let me know the names of the other Jaspers who met their final peace at the WTC
From: Corato, Lou
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a moment?
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 08:00:35 -0500
Thank you, John. Although I didn't know any of these folks personally, I will keep them in my thoughts and prayers.
Lou Corato
Manager, SAP Center of Excellence
From: Robert Coleman
Subject: Re: May I, a fellow Jasper, have a minute?
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 06:39:27 -0700
Thank you for the information. I have been concerned about any alumni that may have been involved and this is most appreciated.
From: "Camp, William
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a moment?
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:30:55 -0600
Thanks, John. I was worried that many of our alumni might have been in the WTC.
bill camp. 66 EE
[JR: They probably were but escaped in the delay and by the brave fireman. I thought it was interesting that those, who ignored announcements to stay put and evacuated immediately, survived. You have to use your own best judgement.]
From: Ludford, Joe (1958E)
Subject: Re: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 09:53:41 -0400
Dear John,
Thank you for the information on missing Jaspers related to Sept 11. I do not know any of the people. Please send additional information when you have it.
From: Lanier, Alfredo S. (1970 BA)
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 09:01:07 -0500
thank you for the note.
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 10:08:21 -0400
Sender: Thomas J. Heffernan
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
Dear John:
Thank you for the information, sad though it is. I too graduated in 68, a BA in humanities. My cousin Jimmy Cusack also did a BSEE, perhaps you knew him. He presently works for the US AirForce as a scientist in Rome New York, at the RADC Center. Thanks again. I look forward with some dread for the next list of missing and dead.
Tom Heffernan
--
Dr. Thomas J. Heffernan
The Kenneth Curry Professor
Departments of English and Religious Studies
Program in Medieval Studies
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0430
[JR: Your welcome of course. Wish it could have been happier news. Thankfully it was not worse. Good thing these criminals were a little inept. They could have aimed lower. I think I remember Cusack as a handsome fellow who like the ladies and athletics. But, I could be confusing him with myself. ;-) Please pass along a hello from me. To bad the College doesn't put up a year book photos then and now. That might be amusing. Although people tell me I look the same. Hopefully the list is final.]
From: Santiago, Mary Jane
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 10:16:54 -0400
Mr. McCann is out of the office today, but I just wanted to respond on his behalf. Thomas J. McCann, brother of George G. McCann ('71), was also involved in the World Trade Center tragedy. He was a New York City fire fighter, and is listed among the missing.
Thank You
Mary Jane Santiago
Assistant to George G. McCann, President/COO
Schoor DePalma Inc.
732-577-9000, Ext. 206
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 10:37:09 -0400
From: Patrick McMahon
Subject: Re: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
Thank you Ferdinand for the update. I'm sorry to hear of so many losses.
Regards,
Patrick McMahon
[MCOLDB: ?]
From: Kosch, James A. (1977 BA)
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 11:12:07 -0400
I appreciate the update. One of my classmates recently left a firm located in the North Tower for a job in suburban NJ for which we are grateful!
From: Carroll, Michelle Kmetzo (1993)
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 11:32:41 -0400
Dear John,
Thank you for this email. Unfortunately I had a feeling something like this would be coming, as so many Jaspers work in the Financial District. I truly appreciate that you took the time to send this difficult email.
Thank you again.
Yours truly,
Michelle Kmetzo Carroll
(Michelle Kmetzo, class of '93),
daughter of John Kmetzo, class of '63
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 08:37:29 -0700
From: McCarthy, Bob (1966)
Subject: Re: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
John. keep up the good work.
A little scary to see your own name (Robert McCarthy) listed. I read about him in the NY TImes, his brother also died in the WTC. I didn't know he was a 1990 grad. I'm an old timer, 1966.
In the process of creating something for EX New Yorkers to support the City. I'll keep you posted.
Bob McCarthy
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 12:12:36 -0400
From: Barbara Higgins (1970 MA)
Subject: Re: Fwd: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
Dear John,
I know there is a category for family of MC Staff and I think they are adding one for family of Alumni.
Brother Robert Berger {Class of '73S} is the Vice President for Student Services and he is the Coordinator for the names on the Web Page:718-862-7353
In the office where I work, 3 people have been directly affected by this terrible monstrosity-I don't know what else to call it. My one co-worker's brother is a Fireman-missing/presumed dead-he is the father of 2-year-old twins; my other co-worker lost her aunt. Her aunt worked in the Pentagon. We have a lovely young man who works for us - he is a senior, his father is missing / dead-he worked in the Security Dept of the World Trade Center.
There was an obituary for John P. Gallagher '91B in one of the local neighborhood papers. He leaves a wife and a 2-month-old son. Another Alumnus, Kevin Frawley '89 had only been married for about 6 weeks.
My mind just does not compute all this!
Barbara A Higgins
[JR: It’s hard to understand why this had to happen or who’s to blame. Best to just to get back to work and try to do better in the future. If there is one bright spot, it is that we have started to focus on basics again.]
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 09:57:58 -0700
From: Mrs. Bernadette G. McHugh-Biroldi (1983 BA)
Subject: Thanks & a question
Thanks for the update.
I wanted to ask you about something else. I am a technical recruiter and I would like to call on graduates of Manhattan to see if they might use my services. They would probably need to be in HR / Personnel / Staffing or Information Technology Departments. How would I find out who some of those folks might be?
Thanks.
[JR: Any one, who wants to help a fellow Jasper and hire some one through her, should drop me an email].
From: Lynch, Marilyn (1975 BA)
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 12:05:51 -0500
Please do not send me email at my place of business. My email access is for business purposes only. Thank you.
Marilyn C. Lynch
Client Access Services
800 Westchester Ave., Mailstop 760-3E
Rye Brook, NY 10573
[JR: I would have liked to ask why she put it up in a public place where some one would use it. But, I am just a friendly type who was just offended by the curt tone. And, as you know us Libertarians have thick skins. ;-) We have to everyone is always mad at us.]
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 13:13:04
-0400
From: Pat Keogh '65
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
John: Please change my email address to <privacy invoked>. Keep up the good work.
From: McSpedon, Edward (1973 BSCE)
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 15:38:39 -0500
Thank you for the update.
I know several people who perished in the incident, but none were Jaspers.
Ed
From: William Naughton (1965)
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have moment?
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 16:20:56 -0500
John:
I am a regular receiver of Jottings. Thank you for all you do. I have a question regarding the list below. Two names jump out at me which were in my graduating class of '65. However, below they are listed as '93 and '90. Is there a way of verifying the class number. I went to Manhattan with a Patrick J. Lyons and a Robert McCarthy both of which graduated in '65.
Bill Naughton
[JR: Probably relatives of your classmates. I think the College is pretty sure of the list. ]
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 18:27:37 -0400
From: Drew Morris (1967)
Subject: Re: May a fellow Jasper have moment?
Hi John,
It's been a while. Thanks as always for trying to keep the community together.
Drew
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 20:17:35 -0400
From: Jim Ferraiolo (1969 BA)
Subject: Re: May a fellow Jasper have moment?
Can you please add me to the Jasper Jottings list.
[JR: Done ]
From: "Bill Ruge (1974)
Subject: Re: May a fellow Jasper have a moment?
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 18:05:26 -0700
John, Thanks for the Jasper update although I have been dreading what I knew would contain some bad news. My class of '74 was unscathed but a lot of nearby classes were not so lucky.
Please keep me updated.
Bill Ruge
1974 Jasper
[JR: Agreed. I am absolutely astonished that only 5,000 dies. I’m no statiustician but 17 losses seems disproportionate to me. Will do.]
From: Power, Matt J.
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 07:03:40 -0400
Please delete this e-mail from your database.
Thanks
[JR: I don’t think that’s what he meant, but, maybe he was having a bad day.]
From: O'Shea, Maureen (?)
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 07:11:34 -0400
Thanks for the update - I wish it were a happier one.
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 07:39:05 -0400
From: James Kelly (1984)
Subject: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
thank you for your enote. as it turns out i knew dennis moroney, we were both in the class of 84. i am saddened by his and all of the people of 9-11.
if you could, please change my email address from <privacy invoked> to <privacy invoked>.
thanks again...........jj kelly class of 84
[JR: We are all saddened by the loss. Done]
From: Quintana, Manuel E (1975 BS)
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 06:51:48 -0500
Thanks, I forwarded your note to other MC alumni that I know
[JR: Please invite them to join our weekly community.]
Subject: Re: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
From: Salvatore Grasso (1973 BA)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 08:45:59 -0400
Thanks for the note.
[JR: Your welcome.]
From: Ronald B Herzman (1965 BA)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 09:17:20 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
Thank you for sending that list.
I am living in Italy for the year, and news of the tragedy comes to me in strange and oblique ways. Until Sept 11, I only watched Italian TV (as a help to learn to language.) Since then I have been glued to CNN.
Although I have not lived in New York City since I graduated from Manhattan in 1965, I have never considered myself as much of a New Yorker as I do now.
Ron Herzman
'65 BA
[JR: I guess everyone is a NY-er these days.]
From: Russo, Kenneth B. (1972 BA)
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a moment?
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:07:52 -0400
No intrusion ..thanks for the note. Fortunately my friends and family ore ok.
Regards,
Ken Russo
From: Debra Lupardo (1978)
Subject: follow up
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:19:42 -0400
Hi John,
It was nice speaking with you today. I graduated from Manhattan in 1978 and I am a partner at Carlyle Consulting. We are an IT staffing firm with offices in NYC, Long Island and Newark New Jersey.
Please let me know if you think of anyone with a DR background for my client in NY. They want to spend mid 70's full time.
Good luck and God bless.
Debra
From: Wasniewski Michael (1967 BS)
Subject: Jottings
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 09:32:55 -0500
John,
You could add me to the list to read Jasper Jottings.
Thanks,
Mike Wasniewski, BS '67
[JR: Done]
Subject: Re: May a fellow Jasper have a moment?
From: Robert Rivera (1979)
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 12:44:10 -0400
Thank you for your concern.
From: "Lobley, Bob (1981 BEE)"
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 13:54:21 -0400
John:
Thanks so much for your effort on all this. You are my life line to everything Manhattan...I love reading your news broadcasts. Hopefully, the news will become brighter in the near future...
Bob Lobley
81 BEE
[JR: Thanks but I am just a glorified collector. The “reporters” deserve the credit. I hope it will “brighter” soon too.]
From: Cote, Richard (1990)
Cc: Keith J. Roberts (1990 BA), Brian Roberts (1985 BA), Kyle Roberts (1992 BA)
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a moment?
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 14:42:49 -0400
A Couple of the Many Manhattan College alumni Working in Key Positions at Ground Zero:
Mike Burton '84 Director NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC)
William I Cote Jr. '84 Engineering Consultant to DDC
MAJ Richard A. Cote '90 Battalion Executive Officer Security Force at Ground Zero
[JR: And I am sure that we are all praying for them to complete their mission and get out of there safely. Thanks for the news.]
From: Peter Gaffney (1964 BBA)
Subject: Add me to mailing list
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 04:23:31 -0500
I apparently was dropped from your mailing list awhile back and would appreciate getting back on it. Thanks for all the great effort you put into this newsletter The best address for receiving it is at work, <privacy invoked>.
Pete Gaffney BBA, 1964
[JR: After testing I was able to determine that Peter’s employer has a filter on incoming email that treats Jasper Jottings as spam. I await Peter’s instructions. As I see it, this means either using a free web mail service like yahoo or reading it slightly delayed at the free website. Thos who wish to read it at the website should sign up for the “announcement only” to find out where in the web I have had to place it. I can’t guarantee it will always be at tripod.]
From: Peter Gaffney
Subject: Re: Mail System Error - Returned Mail
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 06:44:40 -0500
John,
Yes - Please send it to <privacy invoked>. Didn't know my employer was doing filtering like that! Wonder how much more mail I don't receive. (Although you receive this with the <privacy invoked> address, it's my new cable modem address and I'm trying to change it back to Earthlink)
Thanks,
Pete Gaffney
[JR: Employers are doing at lot of “interesting” stuff these days.]
Subject: Re: May a fellow Jasper have a few moments?
From: MICHAEL MAZZA
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 07:15:11 -0400
How do I sign up for Jasper Jottings using my personal e-mail address, <privacy invoked>.
Thanks,
Mike
[JR: You just did. ;-) Enjoy.]
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 12:05:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: James Morgan
Subject: Jasper Jottings
Thanks for the e-mail. Over the years I have tried to keep in touch with Manhattan, but I have not been all that successful - except for donations, when we always seem to make contact. Please sign me up for Jasper Jottings. If your data base can hook me up with the Law Enforcement group I would be very grateful. Since I was the first graduate to become Chief of Police of a major city (1972), after stints with the NYPD and the FBI, I would think I would have been contacted when this group was formed. Thanks for any help you might provide. Visit my website www.themagdoc.com to see what keeps me busy today. Jim Morgan 57B
[JR: Well I know that this goes into various offices in the College and they are usually very good about connecting people. They have only a few low-paid and volunteer hands and some technology hurdles to jump so I give them a lot of credit for their labors. If I hear of anything, I’ll broadcast it here.]
From: Joseph Ludford
Subject: Fw: Jasper Jottings 2001-10-06 (from home)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 21:17:46 -0400
Dear John,
Thanks very much for your email of Oct 7. I appreciate it as I suspect the vast majority of Jaspers who received it do. Please continue this worthwhile effort.
Joseph Ludford, 58E
Waldorf, MD
[JR: For as long as I can and it makes sense, I will. Remember I started this until the College’s alumni office would take it over. That doesn’t look likely.]
From: NELSON, Alan
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have moment?
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 21:39:46 -0400
Dear fellow Jasper:
I don't know any of those listed below or those noted on the Manhattan College Special News Letter.
Our heart felt sympathy goes out to those who lost their lives or might be missing and to their families. My wife and my family live and work in Washington DC and are extremely heart broken over these horrific events.
Sincerely
Alan Nelson ('75)
[JR: As we all are.]
From: William Lynch
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2001-10-06 (from home)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 21:47:39 -0400
Hi John,
I have said it before, and I'll say it again. I think that you are doing a wonderful job. You started a GREAT thing here. It was never besmirched by any base solicitation for business, or personal gain. It has never been reduced to SPAM, although it well could have been. It has always been a case of one man being a good Jasper by fulfilling a distinct need. You have every right to be proud of your creation.
The griping people who give you abuse, as if you were making the news instead or reporting it, are the same sort of wags who would have tossed open their window sashes on the night of April 18th 1775, to tell Paul Revere to shut the hell up!
If you have a CD or Jasper Jottings, I for one would be proud to own a copy. This material is all history. Current history and Jasper history. Additionally, it is all well collected and distributed. For my part, it is well received.
Jasperly yours,
Wm. R. Lynch
MBA '96
[JR: Thanks for you most kind words. My thought was at the end of the year to make a “collection” of the 26 months and burn a few CDs for “posterity”. Hard to believe I started in November of 1999. I could make those available at cost to those who are interested. Sort of like the 21st century Americana folk art.]
[JR: And to balance that praise, a word from the other side. ;-) ]
From: Curley, Jim R
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings 2001-10-06 (from home)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 19:02:16 -0700
“Finally, war is defined as conflict between two states. So what is this "war on terrorism"? But, then I never understood the "war on drugs" either. Watch your liberties! A lot of people will have to die to get them back once they are lost. IMHO”
Just because you cannot pin a single nationality label on our enemy, do not think for one minute that he is any less a threat! Your ‘cute’ Libertarian ravings denigrate the memory of the thousands of lives lost in the WTC…but you would tread with more caution because you might lose a liberty or two --- tell that to the widows and orphans, and remind them that you are afraid of proceeding at the expense of your comfort. Besides --- re-read your Funk & Wagnall’s…you’ve got the definition of ‘war’ all screwed up (but that’s not a surprise, coming from a Libertarian!).
PLEASE REMOVE ME FROM YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS LIST!
[JR: It’s 5AM and I am too tired to argue. But, I did recheck the definition of war. I volunteered to serve my country even though I wasn’t sent to the Republic of. I didn’t go to comfort in Canada, nor underground to evade. And, if necessary, I would trade my life to protect the body politic. The true definition of a citizen, to misquote Heinlein, is those willing to put their butt on the line. That ain’t “cute”! I am always suspicious of people who play poker with the other guy’s chips. The politicians are all now full of patriotic fervor, but what about the boys who have to fight this “war”? Again from Heinlein, only vets should be allowed to vote. They have seen “the elephant” and know what it means. The same politicians, who didn’t demand action after incidents like the Cole or remove a lying President who bombed aspirin factories to divert attention from his scandals thereby emboldening our enemies, now are ready to sacrifice our freedoms for their “noble goals”. I am not a pacifist or an isolationist. But I am a realist. People are going to die because of what we say and do. We better be darn careful about what we let our leaders do in our name. There will be a final judgment. I respect every single one of those who perished on 911. And, I charge their deaths up to an inept, possibly unconstitutional, foreign policy by several administrations of both political parties. And that should stop here. I’m sorry if you are leaving but it’s a rough world out there and you have to call them as you see them. It amusing to watch grown people put there fingers in their ears (i.e., leave the mailing list) like little children as if not hearing something unpleasant will make it go away. I guess I am just tired but not too tired to roll off a few hundred words in response. Sigh. Some hobby. Maybe I should take up golf again. It was just as frustrating but at least it ended with a 19th hole.]
From: William P. Barron (1985 BA)
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 07:58:22 -0400
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2001-10-06 (from home)
William Mulderry '84 is not missing. Bill graduated in '84 and has two brothers who are also Jaspers (Peter, '87 and Daniel '88) and they are all fine. Unfortunately, the Mulderry family lost a son and brother, Stephen in the attacks. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with them.
[JR: Thanks, and I flashed this out to the originator.Good to hear that so many are safe. Sad to hear of any casualties. Thanks for the report.]
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 06:31:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Melissa E. Morrone
Subject: Re: Invitation with Jasper Jottings 2001-09-30 (from home)
Please sign me up at <privacy invoked>
Thanks!
Melissa
[JR: Done but no entry in MCOLDB?]
From: "Dwyer, Tracey Gorman (Tracey) (1988 E)
Subject:
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:03:01 -0400
Hi,
Could you please sign me up for Jasper Jottings. Thanks
Tracey Dwyer
Class of 88, School of Engineering
Cell Site OA&M Systems Engineering
[JR: No problem and no class year in MCOLDB. Did you return all your library books?]
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 07:35:41 -0700
From: Bob McCarthy (1966)
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2001-10-06 (from home)
Let this even up the score.....WELL DONE!
From: Wright, John (1971 BS)
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings 2001-10-06 (from home)
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 11:25:25 -0400
No, I am not aware of any other Manhattan College graduates who were September 11 victims
[JR: That’s good to know and we’re glad to hear from you.]
From: Edward McSpedon (1973 BSCE)
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings 2001-10-06 (from home)
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:36:33 -0500
Thank you for the continued information. I would like to be on your mailing list in the future.
Ed McSpedon
Engineering 73 & 78
[JR: And we’d like to have you.]
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 11:42:41 -0400
From: Robert Helm
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings 2001-10-06 (from home)
Good Morning, John:
1. Thank you for including all of my e-mail in this week’s JJ. I hope that this action will not cost us many readers (I am sure a few will be lost as the truth hurts) Mr. Jefferson stated that one should know the truth and that the truth would make one free. Lazarus Long’s corollary to that statement was that it – the truth – might make you free but that it would not make you many friends.
2. The retired fire-chief that I mentioned last time finally passed away. We buried him last Tuesday. R.I.P.
3. By now all must have heard of the “First Strike”. I hope and pray that it is not the last strike!
4. Vote.com is currently taking a poll…there are some people who still oppose “first Strike” and many - although not a majority – who oppose striking the supporters of terrorism…i.e. Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, the Sudan, Syria, the PLO, the FARC in Colombia and when all is said and done, something must be done about the supreme stupidity which is ongoing in Northern Ireland.
5. That last phrase could cause trouble among your other readers. I am what one might describe as a “Waisc”…white, Anglo-Irish, Scottish Catholic.
6. Re: the Second Amendment, if many of the hijacked passengers had had guns, even though the hijackers would also have had guns, none of the airliners would have crashed into buildings…maybe all four would have crashed into the ground but I doubt it. The plane in PA hit the ground when the passengers – without any weapons but their bare hands – prevented the hijackers from carrying out their plans. If the pilots - who are mostly former Navy and Air Force pilots, almost all of whom have carried guns on their harness or in their cockpits as part of their normal equipment - had been armed, we might not have had 3 buildings trashed and thousands of lives lost.
7. Keep up the good work, John. FNS Sends
[JR: <1> Well, I guess the list will still have you and me. ;-) <6> Ahh yes, the much maligned and denigrated militia fighting with their bear hands. The founding fathers must be rolling over. How did we get to such a defenseless state? Unwilling to stand up for our rights. Most pilots are reserve officers who had to at least qualify once in their life with a pistol. I don’t understand how we can bet our lives on minimum wage screeners when we have a perfectly logical solution. People don’t seem to understand that gun-free zones are target-rich environments for criminals. <8> FJR receives. ;-)]
From: Bob Carhart, '59
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 12:54:12 EDT
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings
John:
I regret that you still resort to attachments for the Jottings. I still won't open them.
[JR: No attachments; it’s AOL. They are straight text messages when they leave here. I suggested the web site.]
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:32:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Peter Mirabito
Subject: Re: May a fellow Jasper have moment?
Thank you for the info.
They and their families will be in my thoughts & prayers.
Peter Mirabito DDS '71
[JR: Are you a relative of Bart ‘42? Otherwise there’s no record in MCOLDB. I usually attribute that to “library books”. Just kidding but it’s not there.]
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 17:45:23 -0400
From: John A. Seefranz
Subject: Re: May a fellow Jasper have a moment?
Hi John, this JA Seefranz class of 60 and I am OK....I do NOT receive my email at this address anymore. You are sending my JASPER to <privacy invoked> since I retired in September. That was 11 days prior to the WTC devastation . Keep up the good work.
[JR: Yes, I have you subscribed from the correct address. I just “banged out” a quick message to every email address that had for Jaspers from my original solicitation for Jottings. About 30% bounced but many got thru. And we even pick up some new takers. It seemed appropriate in light of the catastrophe. I only had 5 gripes out of ~8500 emails so it seems to have been fairly innocuous. Time will tell if it was worth the effort.]
From: Sherlog, Larry (1984 BA)
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a moment?
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 11:01:48 -0400
Thanks John
Larry Sherlog
Manager, Acquisitions & Sourcing
PRIMUS Financial Services
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2001-10-06 (from home)
From: elizabeth velasquez
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 13:26:51 GMT
I am writing you regarding William Mulderry. We were told the same information that he was at WTC on that day. We have since been made aware that in fact he was not and he is safe and sound. The Mulderry's have a younger brother named Stephen that did not graduate from MC, he was the one that was there that day, and he is the one the family lost. That is the information we have been told from a friend of the brothers.
[JR: Thanks. I just received the same information from one of our participants. I appreciate the response and I sent it on to the fellow who first raised the concern. Hopefully, there won't be any more for anyone alum or not.]
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 09:52:15 -0400
From: Reynolds, Megan M
Subject: RE: May a fellow Jasper have a moment?
I don't get Jasper Jottings, but would like to. This is not the correct e-mail address, however. Could you add me at mmreynolds@yahoo.com? Thanks.
Megan Reynolds
('96)
Professional Representative
Los Angeles Region
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2001-10-06 (from home)
From: Rivera, Robert (1979)
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 12:29:06 -0400
Thanks John, would you send all e-mail <privacy invoked>
[JR: Done]
Subject: Jasper Jottings
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 14:21:03 -0400
Thread-Topic: Jasper Jottings
From: O'Connell, William (1959 BA)
I used to be on the email list for Jasper Jottings and would like to get back on. My email address is shown below. Thanks very much for your efforts in keeping Jasper alums up to date.
Bill O'Connell
********************************************************
William E. O'Connell, Jr.
Chessie Professor of Business Administration
School of Business Administration-PO Box 8795
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA 23185-8795
[JR: You may have bounced off. I’ve put you back on. And, I appreciate your kind words.]
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A Final Thought
Justice O’Connor also posed this question: “Second, at what point does the cost to civil liberties from legislation designed to prevent terrorism outweigh the added security that that legislation provides?"
We now have Tom Ridge installed as “Homeland something”. The government once again seeks to extend its power and control over the citizens. Yet, we think, that confiscating toenail clippers at airport “security”, will somehow make us safe.
The power of the state is awesome. When applied to individuals no one person can stand alone. However, together, we might just barely be able to keep this monster chained down. As I see it we have only three weapons:
- Resistance to new restrictions. We must talk back to our elected representatives and speak out to our fellow citizens when “new” controls are proposed. Remember the “new” “prevent terrorism” legislation contained many of the same controls that have previously been advanced and rejected by Congress.
- Peaceful non-compliance. We don’t have to go along with attempt to manipulate us. Don’t fly if at all possible until security is satisfactory. Do go to NYC if it means you have to accept unreasonable search and seizure. Look at speed limits in this country that are routinely ignored. Seek out Jury Duty and fail to convict if appropriate. It worked for Peter Zenger which is why we have a free press.
- Educate ourselves and the young about what freedom is. We stand on the shoulders of great men, who gave us something unique in the history of the world. Liberty. We defend it by using it and allowing others the same freedom.
We have seen great injustices brought on during “war time”. Each war has eroded our liberties -- most notably the “war of drugs”. Lest you think that any action taken during any “war” is temporary, remember the income tax, NYC’s rent control, the telephone tax, the Office of Price Administration, draft registration, etc. etc. etc.
Let’s make sure to honor the 911 casualties and not let it happen here and now.
IMHO. GBA.
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