Sunday 04 November 2001
Dear Jaspers,
The jasperjottings email list has 1,028 subscribers by my count.
Don't forget:
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ALL BOILER PLATE is at the end.
Signing off for this week.
Remember when your attention was called in this space to the impending loss of rights under the cover of 911? Well “The Nation” is reporting:
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011112&s=shapiro
“The most alarming evidence of the new climate emanates from the Justice Department. Investigators still hold in custody 150 of the 800 people rounded up in the aftermath of the attacks. (One detainee died in custody in New Jersey.) No charges have been filed, no hearings convened. The names of nearly all those still held remain classified, as do the reasons for their incarceration. Lawyers for some of the hundreds cleared and released have told reporters of questionable treatment of their clients--food withheld, attorneys blocked from access. Of the 150 who remain detained, only four presumed Al Qaeda suspects have been publicly named. FBI agents frustrated at the lack of progress in their interrogations of those four now mutter in the Washington Post about using sodium pentothal, or turning the suspects over to a country where beatings or other torture is used.”
As predicted, just like the American citizens of Japanese descent who were unconstitutionally detained during WWII, we are hearing reports of a new class of detainees. The politicians are not our friends. They have a sworn duty to uphold the Constitution. This is bad news for all of us 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
2 Formal
announcements
2 Messages from Headquarters (MC
Press Releases)
1 Jaspers publishing web pages
3 Jaspers found web-wise
0 Honors
0 Weddings
1 Births
0 Engagements
0 Graduations
3 Obits
3 "Manhattan in
the news" stories
0 Resumes
3 Sports
13 Emails
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[FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT JASPERS]
October 25, 2001, Thursday
DISTRIBUTION: Business Editors
HEADLINE: Wi-LAN Appoints Hank Macchio as Chief Sales and Marketing Officer
DATELINE: CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 25, 2001
Wi-LAN Inc. (TSE:WIN.), an innovator of high-speed wireless data and Internet communications, today announced Henry A. (Hank) Macchio has been appointed Chief Sales and Marketing Officer effective November 1, 2001.
The executive team recognized that efficiencies and economies could be realized by combining the separate sales organizations of Wi-LAN and its subsidiaries. By mutual agreement, Graham Smith has stepped down as Wi-LAN's Chief Sales and Marketing Officer to facilitate the transition to a single sales organization. Mr. Macchio has been with Wi-LAN Technologies (formerly UC Wireless) since 1998 and is the current President of this Wi-LAN subsidiary in Santa Barbara, California. "Graham Smith has built a strong direct sales force, grown our distribution channels and has initiated and completed OEM agreements to establish a solid sales strategy that will serve us well going forward," said Dr. Zaghloul. "We thank Graham for his many significant contributions and look forward to applying Hank Macchio's marketing savvy and wireless technology experience, which he has demonstrated at Wi-LAN Technologies, to our corporate sales effort."
Mr. Macchio joined UC Wireless (now Wi-LAN Technologies) in 1998 as President and CEO and participated in the sale of this privately held company to Wi-LAN Inc. in April 2001. He has extensive experience in domestic and international telecommunications. Prior to joining UC Wireless, Mr. Macchio was Vice President and General Manager of the ComStream satellite networks division in San Diego, with major international business in China, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico and Brazil. Prior to Comstream, Mr. Macchio gained small cap experience as General Manager of a start-up company developing wristwatch pagers jointly with SEIKO, and as a senior executive in a start-up venture in fiber optics. Mr. Macchio also has large cap experience as Vice President Engineering at Hughes Network Systems and as Vice President Marketing at ITT. He has served as General Chairman of the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Universal Personal Communications and as a Charter Member of the Board of Directors of the University of California San Diego [UCSD] Center for Wireless Communications Research. Mr. Macchio has Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Electronics Engineering from Manhattan College and New York University, and has completed extensive pre-Doctoral work in Operations Research, also at New York University.
About Wi-LAN Inc.
Wi-LAN is a global innovator in the field of high-speed wireless data communications, specializing in high-speed Internet access, LAN/WAN extension and broadband wireless access. Wi-LAN is the Chair Company of the OFDM Forum (www.ofdm-forum.com). Wi-LAN believes its W-OFDM patent is necessary for the implementation of devices using the IEEE 802.11a or ETSI BRAN HiperLAN/2 standards. Wi-LAN's products have been sold in more than 50 countries on six continents. Wi-LAN's common shares trade on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "WIN." Detailed information on Wi-LAN can be found at www.wi-lan.com. CONTACT: Wi-LAN Inc.
Wanda Posehn, 403/207-6336 E-mail: wposehn@wi-lan.com Website: www.wi-lan.com OR Wi-LAN Inc. Ken Wetherell, 403/207-6329 E-mail: kwetherell@wi-lan.com
LOAD-DATE: October 26, 2001
Copyright 2001 Charleston Newspapers
The Charleston Gazette
October 29, 2001, Monday
SECTION: News; Pg. P3A
HEADLINE: State briefs
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West Liberty College names new president
WHEELING - West Liberty State College has named a new president, who says he will approach his job as a member of the college community rather than as a leader presiding over it.
Richard Owens was chosen Friday to succeed Ronald Zaccari. He will begin work Dec. 31.
"Many times you make progress by exchanging ideas and helping people achieve their goals, just as you would in a family," Owens said. "To me it's important not to be the head of the college or the leader of the college, but a member of the community."
Owens, 53, has been president and professor of history at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio, for five years.
Previously, he was vice president for institutional advancement at Lewis University in Illinois, vice president for development at the University of Rio Grande in Ohio, and director of alumni affairs at the University of New Hampshire and at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Owens has a doctoral degree in diplomatic history from the University of Maryland, a master's degree in history from Old Dominion University and a bachelor's of history from Manhattan College.
Zaccari, 63, retired Aug. 15. He had been president for five years.
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LOAD-DATE: October 30, 2001
[Messages from Headquarters (Manhattan College Press Releases)]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Heidi W. Giovine (718)862-7232 hgiovine@manhattan.edu
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IRISH AUTHOR, COLUM MCCANN, TO READ FROM HIS WORK AT MANHATTAN COLLEGE
RIVERDALE, N.Y. --- The noted Irish author, Colum McCann, will read from his work on Thursday, November 29th at 6:00pm in the Jasper Hall Lounge on the College’s campus. Admission is free and open to the public.
Mr. McCann’s latest work, Everything In This Country Must, a novella and two short stories, focuses on Northern Ireland and its long-standing conflicts. His other works include the acclaimed novel, This Side of Brightness, which has been translated into fifteen languages and awarded the Butler Literary Award as well as being short-listed for the 2000 Impac International Award. Mr. McCann adapted his collection of stories, Fishing the Sloe Black River, for the screen with Brendan Bourke, becoming the first Irish short film to get a mainstream cinema release through Buena Vista International with the film Phenomenon.
Mr. McCann has won and been nominated for several awards for his work including the Hennessy Irish Literary Award, the Irish Arts Council Bursary and the Rooney Award for Irish Literature, as well as the Irish Times/Aer Lingus Literature Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize in Britain.
Manhattan College is located at West 242 Street near Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. For further information, please call (718)862-7498.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Heidi W. Giovine (718)862-7232 hgiovine@manhattan.edu
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90 MANHATTAN COLLEGE STUDENT-ATHLETES MAKE DEAN’S HONOR LIST FOR FALL SEMESTER
RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Ninety student-athletes at Manhattan College have earned Dean’s List honors by attaining a grade point average of at least 3.4 (on a 4.0 scale) for the 2001 Spring semester. The College has 19 varsity sports teams that compete on the Division I (NCAA) level.
Manhattan College, founded in 1853 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools, is located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The College offers over 40 major fields of study in the programs of arts, business, education, engineering and science.
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[JASPERS PUBLISHING WEB PAGES]
http://pages.prodigy.net/jdamore/ci.htm
Let me tell you a little something about myself.
I am
Joseph (Joe) P. Damore
Creative Images
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I am the principal of Creative Images. I am a retired Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) from the IBM Poughkeepsie Development Laboratory, and was assigned to the area of Common Design Automation (DA) tools for Technology Development. I was a part of the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) team in the Mid Hudson Valley (MHV) S/390 Hardware Development Lab, focused on all types of hardware development.
My responsibily at IBM was to define the strategic EDA direction for Hardware Lab development and implement a design system which maximizes designer productivity, is user friendly and enhances user satisfaction lends itself nicely to Creative Images in that I am very mindful of customer satisfaction, and I am an expert with HTML and the WWW.
Expertise includes all facets of Design Automation including hardware and software platforms and languages required to develop and execute DA programs. Use of Internet (WWW), HTML and e-mail daily, add to overall effectiveness and experience.
I was also an active member of the MHV Technical Vitality Council and chair of the Technical Symposiums. I also authored the Home Pages for the Technical Vitality Council.
I take pride in my activities in Professional Societies as the Editor of the Design Automation Technical Committee's (DATC) Newsletter which is published two to three times a year to give members an update of DATC activities. I'm also the Area Editor for Computer Assisted Engineering for Design and Test Magazine and also include a column for DATC news in this magazine.
Enough about me, let Creative Images show you what we can do. I will be more than happy to answer any question I can on Home Pages, the Web, EDA tools, computers or software languages. Thanks.
Sincerely,
Joe Damore
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[JASPERS FOUND ON & OFF THE WEB BY USING THE WEB]
www.nctq.org/bulletin/v1n13.htm
The National Council on Teacher Quality -- Bulletin, Volume 1, #13, located on the web at www.nctq.org/bulletin/v1n13.htm mentions an article written by Kenneth Weinig, PhD, Headmaster of Independence School in Hockessin, DE, outside of Wilmington. There is a link to the article itself which is titled: "Ten Worst Educational Disasters of the Twentieth Century: A Traditionalist's List".
Dr. Weinig is a graduate of Manhattan College ('65A). Independence School is among the largest K-8 independent, non-sectarian schools in the U.S. He has been Headmaster since its founding, more than 20 years ago.
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http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=40weinig.h19
Kenneth Weinig, headmaster of Wilmington, Delaware's Independence School, argues, we think very eloquently, against numerous—ten, to be precise—education fads and foibles that are depressing the quality of teaching and learning in our schools. His Education Week commentary, "The 10 Worst Educational Disasters of the 20th Century: A Traditionalist's List," counts teacher tenure and resistance to performance-based-pay for teachers among those disasters.
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June 14, 2000
The 10 Worst Educational Disasters of the 20th Century: A
Traditionalist's List
By Kenneth M. Weinig
I am sure my fellow educational traditionalists might substitute some of their own items for the following list of disastrous developments in the field, and might renumber others. But I think all of us would agree that the list includes phenomena that have made major contributions to the decline of public education during the last half of the 20th century, which, contrary to popular opinion, includes the year 2000. The list:
10. Multiculturalism. What started out as an innocent, well-meaning attempt to add or enhance inclusiveness in curricula (for example, celebrating the achievements, holidays, cultures, and other attributes of those besides European-Americans) is now out of control, having mutated into a leveling of all cultures even to the point of denigrating things American. (The National Education Association, not too long ago, proposed the replacement of Thanksgiving Day with a kind of "multicultural-awareness day.") The melting pot as a metaphor is scorned, and in its place we are even told to preserve native languages in American classrooms in hope of achieving a "mosaic." Sorry, but the result, instead, will be a nation of ethnic divisions, closer to a Bosnia.
9. Failure To Challenge Gifted Students. Of course, "gifted" is a term both subjective and controversial. Putting the definition issue aside, however, we must challenge appropriately the group of students that emerges from whatever selection process districts use. Many times this group is not challenged. Why not? Because educators assume one or both of the following: First, that those intellectually "quicker" are also highly motivated and need little structure; second, that it is wrong to provide for the gifted a curriculum the result of which would place them visibly ahead of "the rest." Instead, we have "enrichment" programs often involving the arts or technology, where students have many choices and are left to learn at their own paces. A student with an IQ of 150 is not necessarily more willing to exert the energy necessary to learn than those deemed "average," except, of course, in an area of strong personal interest, which is also true for most students anyway.
A related phenomenon—and actual policy in some districts—is the deliberate refusal to group gifted students with peers, with the straight-faced alibi given that they can grow so much from helping those less able.
8. The Misinterpretation of Bloom's Taxonomy. We all learned this in Education 101: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation. However, Benjamin Bloom's hierarchy of learning levels, from lowest to highest, has often been misapplied. Teachers have been taught that pupils should be exposed to the higher levels and shun the lower levels, which are given such pejoratives as "rote memorization of facts," "regurgitation," and so on. Of course, to ignore these "basics" is like trying to build the roof of a house before laying the foundation. Thus, we see students of geography working on a group project such as the making of a three-dimensional, Play-Doh map of Australia without ever having to learn (thus, be held accountable for on a later test) any information about that continent; or English students not understanding much of Shakespeare's use of English (for example, that "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" meant, in 1600, "Why are you called 'Romeo'?" not, "Where are you, Romeo?"), but being asked to write an English sonnet. Both of these practices have been justified by claiming that "synthesis"—often incorrectly defined as simply building or creating things, rather than forming an original communication or work based on the mastery of ideas—is a higher level of learning according to Bloom than low-level "knowledge." A dearth of basic facts and information makes mastery of "higher levels" of knowledge impossible.
7. Rabid Developmentalism. No, we should not expect many 3-year-olds to be expert calligraphers, to solve quadratic equations, or even to hold a pen correctly. But in the field of early-childhood education, developmentalism is practically the only philosophy in town; it is rigidly applied and often overlooks unpleasant empirical evidence. E.D. Hirsch's excellent The Schools We Need (1996) provides a detailed, scholarly study of this problem. Yes, we can observe stages of natural development where most children (that is, the average) can optimally learn various concepts; however, do not forget that this is a generality, and that a little prodding will not produce a mental meltdown. "Learn at your own pace" and "She'll learn this when she's ready" are wonderfully sounding phrases, but society can't wait forever. Some children do read very early, some like the challenge of memorizing math facts and other data, some prefer that too-maligned ditto sheet to playing with clay or building with blocks. The irony is that in Europe, the home base of the developmental guru Jean Piaget, most young children are performing skills for which many American educators say they are developmentally unready.
6. Faulty Educational Theories. Sometimes grouped under the inexact label "progressive education," a number of romantic hypotheses metastasized in the education schools and, of course, resulted in the indoctrination of thousands of educators: egalitarianism, overemphasis on self-esteem, feeling over thinking, and a contempt for authority in general and direct instruction in particular. Somehow the question "How can we educate students for a democratic society by using authoritarian methods?" came to be answered, "We can't," or, "We shouldn't"; however, the nation that has led the world in technology since Edison's time and defeated Hitler produced its educated citizens from classrooms where pre-1970 teachers were, for the most part, authoritative, respected leaders of their respectful students.
The philosophy that mankind is basically good and not in need of direction is not a recent one, being seen in the writings of Rousseau and in those of Dewey's whelps, but during the late 1960s, it exploded. Teachers in many universities were told to avoid being authority figures. Arrange the chairs in a circle to show how we're all equal. I'm your moderator, not your teacher. Notice how I don't dress in a coat and tie, or skirt, so that I don't look like "The Establishment."
As the adult-child distinction began to be minimized, so also grew the tendency to reduce all knowledge to pure subjectivity: There is no real answer to most questions, so what do you think? At first, this shunning of objectivity was relegated to the arts (poetry interpretation, literary criticism, and the like), but more recently it has been seen in the form of creative spelling, optional answers to math problems, and even the politicization of the hard sciences. At its worst, we see in many universities the prevalence of deconstructionism, the absence of any common, objective meaning.
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Closely akin to egalitarianism is the much-written-about overemphasis on a student's self-esteem. This movement has many manifestations, all masking true achievement and trying to minimize real differences in students' abilities. Heterogeneous grouping, aimed at eliminating the hurt feelings of the less able and/or less motivated, furnished the fertile ground for "teaching to the middle." Mainstreaming, even when special instructors were added to aid the severely disabled, made effective learning even less possible. When not all students made the honor roll, the honor roll was either eliminated or not published. Class ranking was watered down by equating the index of a student taking remedial reading and basic math with that of one choosing Advanced Placement English and calculus. Curving grades became common. When disparities still could not be disguised, "multiple intelligences" were discovered.
As the adult-child distinction began to be minimized, so also grew the tendency to reduce all knowledge to pure subjectivity.
5. The Re-Norming of the SATs. As Paul Copperman points out in The Literacy Hoax (1977), the Scholastic Aptitude Test was one of the few constant, reliable measures of verbal and mathematical competence since it began in 1941. A score of 500 on either the math or verbal sections, which was the original norm, meant essentially the same thing in 1941, 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, and 1991. Not so in 1996, when an adjustment was made for the major decline in student scores since 1963, their peak year. In my own school, teachers saw the mean score on the SATs (taken by gifted 7th graders under a special program) jump 83 points from 1995 to 1996, yet the academic ability of the two classes was approximately the same. If, in the face of a declining number of home runs, the baseball commissioner were to require all ballparks to move their fences in to the 250-foot mark, the results would be about the same. The "caving" of the College Board was disappointing; it destroyed an accurate and valuable barometer of the nation's educational achievement that had served well for more than half the century.
4. Anti-Merit Faculty-Compensation Systems. Ask any competent building principal to name the five teachers she would gladly let go, given the choice. Then ask her to name the five teachers she would keep if she had to let go all except these. Next, ask essentially the same two questions of the president of the school's PTA and the teachers' union building representative. Then ask some random students who have spent a few years at that school, "Who were your best teachers, the ones that taught you the most and really cared about you? Who were the ones who were your least favorites?" Compile all these responses, and you will see an amazing correlation: Most will list the same stars and duds.
Since practically everyone recognizes these differences— despite the inability to rate educators using some productivity measure appropriate to the business world—what prevents us from compensating accordingly? Answer: reluctant principals and resistant unions. They bleat, "Who are we to actually judge someone on the basis of one or two classroom visits?" True professionals do not advance economically strictly on the basis of seniority and number of college credits. The most perceptive teachers realize, and may admit tacitly, that their mediocre peers, often more highly paid owing to more years of service, hurt the profession and cause taxpayers to vote against referendums.
Those legendary days are gone when, if parents heard that their son was disciplined in school, he would get a second dose at home.
3. Teacher Tenure. Probably having its genesis during the paranoia of the McCarthy era and based on the practice at colleges and universities—a very unparallel model—tenure was later granted to elementary and secondary teachers. The practice may well have grown because it seemed to school boards an inexpensive benefit. Whatever its origin, tenure does more damage by protecting the mediocre and incompetent than it does in safeguarding the rights of those who should remain in the profession.
Tenure is fundamentally unfair, a one-way street for the employee. What recourse is there for the principal or superintendent who has a teacher, without notice, turn his keys in to the office in October and never return? There is no criminal, civil, or financial penalty, and school attorneys are even advising administrators against writing negative references. On the other hand, if a principal asked for a teacher's keys without notice ...
2. Students' Rights Court Decisions. It began with one or two U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the 1960s. Due v. Florida A&M University (1963) and Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), respectively, gave to students procedural constitutional due process rights and certain rights of free expression. The latter decision stated that the word "persons" in the U.S. Constitution included minor students. The precedent of legally equating students with adults opened the floodgates for similar decisions during the next decades, which had the cumulative effect of shattering the in loco parentis status that had existed in the public school system since its earliest days.
The parent-school partnership is in greatly weakened condition as this century ends. Teachers fear the absence of backup from administrators in disciplinary matters, and administrators fear lawsuits from parents. I believe a case can be made that union demands for teacher tenure grew at the same rate that teachers' control over students was taken away.
The legendary days when, if parents heard that their son was disciplined in school, he would get a second dose at home, are gone. In almost every opinion poll, parents list poor school discipline at or near the top of their complaint list. Yes, families and society have changed radically since the 1950s, but the courts have gutted a very strong means of positive behavior reinforcement that schools once had.
1. Church-State Court Decisions. I can remember when in 1963 the Supreme Court ruled in Abington Township v. Schempp that Bible reading and prayer were banned in public school classrooms. Although the strongest support for the decision came from the famous atheist Madeline Murray, the American people did not revolt. After all, Christianity was not a state religion, so why should this sect have a theological monopoly in the public schools? What was not foreseen, however, was that the censorship of prayer and sectarian theology would also result in the banishment of values. It was one thing to forbid devotions and the presentation, as facts, of doctrinal beliefs such as the Resurrection, but it was quite another matter to forbid any presentation of moral absolutes such as "Thou shalt not kill."
The vacuum inevitably was filled with moral relativism, situation ethics, and "values clarification." Powerful and effective words like "evil," "wrong," "immoral," and "sin" were replaced with feeble terms such as "inappropriate" and "bad choice." Additionally, school boards soon found that this "wall" of separation had other implications. Teachers could conduct themselves in their private lives in ways which, a decade earlier, might have resulted in their loss of employment. Now the once universally understood term "proper role model" became purely a matter of opinion.
Traditionalists do not believe that the First Amendment's intent was to create a secular society. John Adams stated that the United States was founded on the premise that its people embraced universal moral and religious beliefs.
Like the students' rights decisions, this 1963 religious decision caused the proliferation of similar restrictions. Schools soon found that they could punish and/or remove disruptive students only by wading through thick procedural red tape (given the noble term "due process"), and that their preventive measures based on moral absolutes were gone. No longer could they even tell a cheating student that his act was morally wrong.
Because of the undermining of America's moral foundation, we see the guns-and-metal-detectors world of 2000, where veteran public school teachers and administrators yearn for the days when the worst offenses involved spitballs and smoking (cigarettes) in the lavatory. The public school system will never recover unless the American people restore to it at least some measure of ideological unity.
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Kenneth M. Weinig is the founding headmaster of The Independence School in Newark, Del., and has been a teacher and an administrator for 34 years.
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[JR: This excellent piece was passed along to me. May I point out that the author (1965 A) is a Jasper Jottings subscriber? For my part, I would like to suggest that as an institution the “public school” model is flawed. It is better suited to a totalitarian or nationalistic society from whence it came. Remember the “public school” model came from pre-WWI Germany whose objective was to make better soldiers who would be responsive to bells. If we want to ensure that all the citizens of the republic have some minimum level of education, then I would suggest that we merely give every citizen-parent a stipend to educate their child as they see fit. It would be cheaper and more effective. But then the racists in our society might lose control of ensuring that minorities are undereducated. And the politicians would lose a major component of their “liberal” power base – the teacher’s union. And, best of all, we would free our children from the teacher’s union which ensures poor results. IMHO]
http://www.middlebury.edu/~publish/catalog/Faculty.html
John A. Bertolini
A.B., Manhattan College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
Middlebury is a liberal arts college of the first rank, an achievement that is the result of a process of growth and change that began in 1800, when a few men of the town of Middlebury took upon themselves the challenge of building a college in a small New England town on what was then the American frontier. In the nearly two centuries since it was established, Middlebury has developed from "the town's college" into an institution of international renown.
http://rummelraiders.com/alumni/classes/alum2000.htm
Allan Feltes
Archbishop Rummel High School
1901 Severn Ave.
Metairie LA 70001
(504) 834-5592
[JR: Class of 2005?]
From: Neil O'Sullivan '90
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2001-10-28 (from the road)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 11:14:15 -0600
Dear John,
I'd like to congratulate my friends Patrick Henry '90 and his wife Theresa Rooney Henry '91 on the birth of their son, Declan Patrick Henry, on Oct. 24, 2001.
[JR: Please pass along our best wishes also!]
[Collector's prayer: And, may perpetual light shine on our fellow departed Jaspers, and all the souls of the faithful departed.]
Marianne Pennino Fitzpatrick's (88) husband Thomas Fitzpatrick, who worked at Sandler O' Neill and Partners, died in the World Trade Center September 11. He leaves behind two children Brendan 2 1/2 and Caralyn 6 months.
[JR: This is indeed sad news. Not covered by our earlier efforts. Were any other alums touched? I’m sure we would all like to know.]
[JR: Of late, the “Big Charities” have come under fire for not distributing the money collected to the 911 victim’s families. As you can guess I am not a fan of what I will call “Big Charity”, any more than “Big Government”. Back when I was with AT&T and United Way contributions were “mandatory”, I formed this opinion. When the big United Way salaries (for example, $450,000 for the presidency of the American Red Cross) and high overhead (i.e., United Way makes grants to other “Big Charities” and don’t get me started on “earmarking”) turned me off, my boss explained the facts of life. Give or face reprisals. That’s when I smelled a rat. And that opinion never changed. “Big Charity” has never failed to disappoint. Remember that “Children’s Charity” that deceptively said you were helping an individual but you were really helping their village? What a surprise that the 911 money is not reaching the intended targets. I suggest that no one should send any money to any “Big Charity” raising money on behalf of victims of the World Trade Center disaster or any other worthy cause. The money will never get to its destination. If you want to help victims of this disaster, any other disaster, or anyone in need, do it directly. Help someone you know who has been affected. Help them directly. Bypass the middleman. If you don’t know who, then look harder! Only “Little Charities” who directly aid people should even be considered for a donation. Helping someone directly may not get you a tax deduction, but is it about helping or getting a deduction?]
http://www.catholiccourier.com/transition.html
Sister Madeleine Louise Healy, SSJ; taught music
Sister Madeleine Louise Healy, SSJ, a former music and schoolteacher, died March 12, 2001, at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester.
A Rochester native, she entered the Sisters of St. Joseph from Ss. Peter and Paul Parish in 1926. A graduate of Nazareth College, Rochester, she also studied music at several schools, including the Eastman School of Music in Rochester and Manhattan College in New York City. Sister Madeleine Louise was a vocal music instructor and elementary schoolteacher at the following schools: St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Blessed Sacrament, Immaculate Conception and St. Ambrose, all of Rochester; St. Mary’s, Auburn; St. Patrick’s, Seneca Falls; St. Stephen’s, Geneva; St. Mary’s, Canandaigua; and St. Jerome’s, East Rochester.
For several years, she was also music director at her order’s motherhouse in Pittsford.
Sister Madeleine Louise is survived by one sister, Eileen Healy of Rochester, many cousins and her sisters in the Congregation of St. Joseph.
A funeral Mass was celebrated for Sister Madeleine Louise March 15 in the motherhouse.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester, 4095 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14618-3798.
Pierce J. Power (1950 BA) clipped the following and sent it along. I found it is different than the one we reported.
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The Washington Post
Richard Gabriel
Richard Gabriel, 54, of Great Falls, was a Vietnam War veteran who had been awarded a Purple Heart after losing a leg in battle and spending several days alone in the jungle. When he died aboard American Airlines Flight 77, his daughter, Patricia, said he was on his way to Australia to do business for the firm he founded, Stratin Consulting Co.
“He had a big presence and strong personality”, she said. “When he came into a room, everybody felt his presence.”
Gabriel was a native of New York and a graduate of Manhattan College. He received a master’s degree in business from Columbia University after the war and worked for General Foods and other companies before starting his consulting company, she said.
He was an avid reader of history books and loved spending time with his family. He is also survived by his wife and four sons.
Patricia Gabriel said she was working in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday when the attacks occurred. When she heard that they involved a flight to Los Angles, his first stop, “the first thing I thought of was my father.”
Byline Valerie Strauss
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[JR: Thanks to Jasper Power for sending this along. It was touching and leaves me speechless.]
[MANHATTAN IN THE NEWS OR FOUND ON & OFF THE WEB]
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Copyright 2001 Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Copyright 2001 Contra Costa Times
October 28, 2001, Sunday
HEADLINE: Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., Business Leader Profile
NAME: Robert Glynn Jr.
AGE: 58
TITLE: Chairman, chief executive and president
COMPANY AND LOCATION: PG&E Corp., San Francisco
TYPE OF BUSINESS: Power utilities and natural gas operations in North America,
including California.
NO. OF EMPLOYEES: 20,850
BIO: Glynn joined the power utility in 1984 and was elected president and chief operating officer in 1995. He became president and COO of parent company PG&E Corp. when it was formed in 1997 and that same year he became CEO. Glynn came to PG&E following stints at Long Island Lighting Co. and Woodward-Clyde Consultants. He received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Manhattan College and a master's degree in nuclear engineering from Long Island University. He also attended the business schools at the universities of Harvard and Michigan. Glynn is a native of Orange, N.J. The nation's war on terrorists has shifted public attention from another battle critical to California's economic future: the electricity crisis. Consumers, utility executives, regulators and politicians must dodge a variety of pitfalls. If they fail, the Golden State could lurch right back into a power abyss of rolling blackouts, skyrocketing prices and financial woes.
PG&E Corp. and its managers are among those tangled in the intricate web of California's electricity fiasco. Robert Glynn Jr., the chairman and chief executive of PG&E, whose units include California's largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., was interviewed by the Times. Glynn reflects on where things stand with PG&E and the power crisis, six months after the utility filed for bankruptcy in early April.
QUESTION: What's your assessment of how this summer went in terms of reliability issues?
ANSWER: It went smoothly. Good fortune had a lot to do with it. At the beginning of summer, people were asking whether we might have 250 hours of rolling blackouts. The only way we were going to avoid it was to avoid strings of really hot weekdays, which we did remarkably. Even if people had conserved beyond anything they had done in the past, the only thing that could have kept us out of rolling blackouts actually happened.
Q: So you had to be happy to get a break after all the things that went wrong.
A: When you are in the business to supply energy to customers, it is just anathema for them to be without that service.
Q: How vulnerable is the system this winter to blackouts?
A: With continued conservation efforts, the winter vulnerability is likely to be much smaller than the summer vulnerability. It's not likely that the economic conditions in the wholesale power markets of last winter will recur. But it's critical that customers continue their conservation efforts to make sure that we don't have problems this winter.
Q: What has it been like to go through something like the bankruptcy filing?
A: Bankruptcy is not a place you want to stay. It's just a doorway or a portal you go through to get to the next stage of your business life. We want to get the bankruptcy behind us as quickly as we can.
Q: After a few months, do you have any regrets about filing for bankruptcy.
A: I do think it was the right decision for the company. It moves both the creditors and the shareholders toward a resolution of the issues that led to the bankruptcy. I thought it was the right decision at the time. I feel that way at least as strongly, if not more, than the day that we filed.
Q: This has been called the power crisis. Is it now more or less of a crisis than it once was?
A: Overall it is less of a crisis than it was before. But there may be single elements of it that have gotten worse.
Q: What things are better?
A: Public awareness has jumped immensely for the need for new power plants. There is a little relaxation of the 'Not in my backyard' syndrome. Public awareness has risen about the importance of conservation. The individual consumer can control some aspects of their electricity costs.
Q: What about other issues such as these long-term contracts for buying power? Aren't those a potentially big problem?
A: There are certainly people who are concerned about this. The jury is still out a little bit on the issue of those long-term contracts. But the state has been able to use these contracts to reduce the state's dependence on the spot market.
Q: If all goes well, when will the utility be out of bankruptcy?
A: That's a question for a crystal ball. The couple of previous utility bankruptcies that we looked at lasted two to four years from entry to exit. I was pretty sure it would not be six months. I was darn sure I didn't want it to be four years
Q: What are your concerns about the PUC proposal to charge a differential in electricity rates in Northern California compared with Southern California?
A: It's a very big potential problem. The PUC plan would charge Northern California consumers much more per unit of electricity than Southern California consumers for the same power being bought by the same agency. There is no basis in fact, from any viewpoint, for a differential like the one they are talking about. There is no justification for a plan to force Northern and Central California consumers to pay a much higher rate for the same power that is being bought by the same agency.
Q: What lessons do you take from the bankruptcy and the power crisis to this point?
A: There is a constant reinforcement of an old lesson at the end of the day. It's men and women who run the business. They are on the front lines to deliver the service customers receive. Through this whole thing, the fundamental operations have been rock solid. It's a tribute in my mind to the persistence and the focus of PG&E's men and women.
LOAD-DATE: October 29, 2001
http://www.bxtimes.com/News/2000/0921/Boroughwide_News.html
9/21/2000
Student places in bridge building contest
New York resident Daranhdara Hun, a student at the Bronx High School of Science, placed eighth in the Regional Model Bridge Building Contest, sponsored by Manhattan College’s School of Engineering and the Bronx High School of Science.
High school students from the Bronx, Manhattan, Westchester and Rockland counties were invited to build model bridges to scale. The top 10 winners were chosen based on the amount of weight each model sustained relative to its own weight. The Bridge Building Contest is held each year to help students learn the concept of building cost-effective bridges through design.
Copyright 2001 Spokane Spokesman-Review
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wa.)
October 27, 2001 Saturday Spokane Edition
SECTION: IN LIFE; Pg.E3
HEADLINE: Community Events;
BYLINE: Nina Culver
Symposium on Judaism, feminism
The Common Ministry at Washington State University will host a two-day symposium Nov. 4-5 on ''Judaism, Feminism and Issues of Interpretation." The featured speakers will be Dr. Judith Plaskow, a professor of religious studies at Manhattan College, and Rabbi Lewis Bogage, an author and director of Jewish life at DePauw University. The event will feature three major lectures and a banquet dinner. The cost is $40 per person, and the registration deadline is Monday. Call (509) 332-2611.
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October 30, 2001
GOLF TEAM WINS ST. THOMAS AQUINAS INVITATIONAL BY 30 STROKES
Freshman Tim Hand Wins Individual Crown
SPARKILL, NY – The Manhattan College golf team captured the St. Thomas Aquinas Invitational Championship and set a school tournament record in the process with a combined score of 601. The tournament title is the first in the history of the Manhattan golf program.
Leading by 14 strokes following the first day of competition, the Jaspers ran away from the field this afternoon, outdistancing second-place Dowling by 30 strokes.
Freshman Tim Hand (Yonkers, NY) was crowned the individual champion with a two-day total of 148. He and two other Jasper golfers were named to the all-tournament team. Junior Chris Damiano (Scarsdale, NY), who was one shot behind teammate Hand, finished second overall with a two-day tally of 149 and freshman Pat Rizzotti (Floral Park, NY) finished fourth with a combined score of 153.
This concludes the golf team’s fall schedule. The Jaspers will continue play again in the spring of 2002.
Team Scores
1. Manhattan 297+304=601
2. Dowling 316+315=631
3. Fordham 311+322=633
4. Bryant 321+326=647
5. St. Thomas Aquinas 326+326=652
6. Fairfield 315+340=655
7. Pace 323+336=659
8. Adelphi 329+342=671
9. Fairleigh Dickinson 334+350=684
Individual Scores
Tim Hand 70+78=148
Chris Damiano 74+75=149
Pat Rizzotti 75+78=153
Jay Wiederlight 81+73=154
Chris Okeson 78+84=162
October 30, 2001
MAAC ANNOUNCES 2001 MEN’S AND WOMEN’S XC ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
RIVERDALE, NY – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference announced the 2001 Cross Country All-Academic Team Friday afternoon. Five members of the men’s team and four members of the women’s team were honored by the conference. They were Jeff Clark (Bogota, NJ), Gavin Cosgrove (Kingston, Ontario), Tim Muratore (Tenafly, NJ), Daniel Norberg (Skellettea, Sweden), and Matt Spring (Marcy, NY). On the women’s side, Kristen Cerasi (Eastchester, NY), Shannon Gaffney (Albany, NY), Tracy Kirk (Ramsey, NJ) and Jamie Yedowitz (Yonkers, NY) were named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.
To be eligible for this honor, a student-athlete must complete two semesters at their institution, be a significant starter or reserve and hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a 4.0 scale.
Men’s All-Academic
Jeff Clark, Senior, Business, 3.232, Bogota, NJ
Gavin Cosgrove, Sophomore, Business, 3.750, Kingston, Ontario
Tim Muratore, Junior, Biology, 3.699, Tenafly, NJ
Daniel Norberg, Junior, Business, 3.675, Skellettea, Sweden
Matt Spring, Junior, Political Science, 3.775, Marcy, NY
Women’s All-Academic
Kristen Cerasi, Senior, Education, 3.583, Eastchester, NY
Shannon Gaffney, Senior, Biology, 3.830, Albany, NY
Tracey Kirk, Senior, Education/History, 3.563, Ramsey, NJ
Jamie Yedowitz, Junior, Biology, 3.775, Yonkers, NY
October 29, 2001
GOLF BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD AGAIN AT ST. THOMAS AQUINAS INVITATIONAL
Jaspers Lead by 14 Strokes After Round One
SPARKILL, NY – The Manhattan College golf team broke the school record for a single round at the St. Thomas Aquinas Invitational Monday afternoon. The Jaspers tallied a school record 297, which bested the record of 307 set on October 12 against Boston University.
Freshman Tim Hand (Yonkers, NY) led the way for the Jaspers with a two-under 70, the best round in the field on the day. Junior Chris Damiano (Scarsdale, NY) carded a 74, freshman Patrick Rizzotti (Floral Park, NY) finished with a 75, sophomore Chris Okeson (Novelty, OH) shot a 78 and sophomore Jay Wiederlight (Southold, NY) scored an 81.
The Jaspers lead the field by 14 strokes after one day of competition. Manhattan tees off at 11:12 AM tomorrow morning in the second and final round of the Invitational.
Team Scores
1. Manhattan 297
2. Fordham 311
3. Fairfield 315
4. Dowling 316
5. Bryant 321
6. Pace 323
7. St. Thomas Aquinas 326
8. Adelphi 329
9. Fairleigh Dickinson 334
Individual Scores (Par=72)
Tim Hand 70
Chris Damiano 74
Patrick Rizzotti 75
Christopher Okeson 78
Jay Wiederlight 81
October 28, 2001
VOLLEYBALL RALLIES TO BEAT RIDER IN FIVE
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Junior Lauren Belcher (Huntington Beach, CA) hit .375 and recorded a team-high 16 kills to lead the visiting Manhattan College volleyball team to a five-game victory (24-30, 30-19, 30-21, 29-31, 15-8) over MAAC rival Rider Sunday afternoon.
The Lady Jaspers improve to 9-14 overall and 3-2 in the MAAC while Rider falls to 9-13, 1-5 MAAC.
Belcher was one of three Lady Jaspers in double figures as co-captains Amy O’Dorisio (San Diego, CA) and Kim Frederick (Orange, CA) tallied 12 kills apiece. O’Dorisio and Frederick also led a solid defensive effort. O’Dorisio contributed a team-best 22 digs in the victory, while Frederick finished with 19 digs and eight total blocks. Freshman Allison O’Neill (Houston, TX) chipped in with 13 digs, five kills and three service aces.
The Lady Jaspers return to action on Saturday, November 3 when they host Canisius in a MAAC contest at 11:00 AM.
October 27, 2001
MEN’S SOCCER BEATS ST. PETER’S 3-2
Matt Sether Totals Two Assists in the Win
RIVERDALE, NY – The Manhattan College men’s soccer team beat St. Peter’s 3-2 in a crucial Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game on Saturday afternoon. With the win Manhattan improves to 7-8-1, 5-4 MAAC, while St. Peter’s drops to 3-12, 2-5 MAAC.
Manhattan led 2-0 at the end of the first half on goals by junior Jonathan Rowe (Dunedin, New Zealand) and freshman Dan Fisher (Basking Ridge, NJ). Rowe scored at 19:03 on an assist from Mike Walsh (Chatham, NJ), while Fisher scored at 23:50 on an assist from Matt Sether (Garden City, NY). Manhattan went up 3-1 when Sether crossed a ball to Eugene Reynolds (Avon, NJ) who then scored his first goal of the year at 66:33.
Rinaldo Chambers scored his first goal for the Peacocks at 72:20 on an assist from Vincente Caldas. The score remained 3-1 until the 89:54 mark when Chambers scored again on a penalty kick. Manhattan out-shot St. Peter’s 24-15 with Jesse Larder (Spencer, NY) making six saves in goal for the Jaspers.
Manhattan returns to action November 7, when they travel to the University of Maryland for their last game of the regular season at 7:00 PM.
October 27, 2001
VOLLEYBALL TOPS LOYOLA IN FOUR
BALTIMORE, MD – Junior Amy O’Dorisio (San Diego, CA) tallied a game-high 20 kills to lead the visiting Manhattan College volleyball team to a four-game victory (30-26, 30-24, 28-30, 30-26) over MAAC rival Loyola College Saturday afternoon.
The Lady Jaspers ended a four-match losing skid with the win and improve to 8-15 overall and 2-2 in the MAAC. Loyola falls to 5-18 overall and 1-4 in the conference.
O’Dorisio was one of four Lady J’s in double figures in kills. Senior Kim Frederick (Orange, CA) finished with 18 kills and 11 digs, and Lauren Belcher (Huntington Beach, CA) and Lauryn McKinney (San Diego, CA) chipped in with 13 kills apiece. Junior Bridgett Geddes (Escondido, CA) assisted on 66 of Manhattan’s 78 kills and led the team with 18 digs.
The volleyball team is back in action tomorrow afternoon when they travel to Lawrenceville, NJ for a 1:00 game against MAAC foe Rider.
October 26, 2001
MEN’S XC WINS THEIR FIRST MAAC CHAMPIONSHIP
WOMEN’S XC PLACES SECOND AT MAAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
RIVERDALE, NY – The Manhattan College men’s cross country team tied for first place with Iona College at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships this afternoon in Van Cortlandt Park. This is the men’s first MAAC cross country title in the history of Manhattan College. The women’s cross country team placed second overall behind Iona College, 55-90.
Junior Matt Spring (Marcy, NY) who finished in sixth place last year at the MAAC Championship captured first place and ran his personal best, 25:21.86. Andres Cordero (Little Valley, NJ) 25:44.42, Dan McGrath (Lynbrook, NY) 26:44.42, and Gavin Cosgrove (Kingston, Ontario) 26:19.21, finished out the top ten coming in third, sixth and tenth respectively.
In the women’s individual race, Kristen Cerasi (Eastchester, NY) ran her personal best and placed second with the time of 18:34.99. Junior Marissa Rego (New City, NY) came in 16th (19:47.44) and freshman Sarah Girald (Manchester, NH) finished 18th (20:03.13).
The Jaspers will return to action Saturday, November 10th at the NCAA Regionals in Franklin Park, Boston, MA at 2:00 PM.
Men’s Team Results
Women’s Team Results
1. Iona 35 1. Iona 55
1. Manhattan 35 2. Manhattan 90
3. Marist 69 3. Marist 93
4. Rider 119 4. Loyola 117
5. Canisius 152 5. Siena 120
6. St. Peter’s 167 6. Canisius 148
7. Fairfield 198 7. Rider 176
8. Loyola 226 8. Fairfield 184
9. Siena 261 9. St. Peter’s 201
10. Niagara 295 10. Niagara 267
October 25, 2001
WOMEN'S SWIMMING EARNS CSCAA ACADEMIC AWARD
RIVERDALE, NY - This past spring the Manhattan College women's swim team achieved Team Academic All-America honors for the ninth consecutive semester. The women's team placed 12th overall among Division I women's swim teams with a team GPA of 3.365. The previous three semesters the team was ranked # 1 overall in the nation. The award is given out by the College Swim Coaches Association of America based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The award is presented to a Division I, II or III swim team with at least a 2.8 team GPA.
October 25, 2001
JASPER SOFTBALL TEAM EARNS NFCA ACADEMIC HONORS
Manhattan Ranked Second Among Division I Schools
RIVERDALE, N.Y. – The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) recently announced the top All-Academic Teams, based on teams’ grade point averages from the 2000-01 academic year. The Manhattan College softball team was ranked second in Division I and third for all divisions with a 3.53 GPA.
Below are the top academic squads for Division I.
1. Indiana State 3.660
2. Manhattan 3.530
3. Southeast Missouri State 3.501
4t. Detroit Mercy 3.390
4t. Southern Illinois 3.390
4t. Tennessee State 3.390
7. Long Island 3.380
8. Kent State 3.362
9. St. Louis 3.360
10. St. John’s 3.357
In addition, several softball players were named Academic All-Americans by the NFCA for maintaining at least a 3.5 GPA for the year. Their names follow:
Name Cl. Pos.
Hometown
Julianne Soviero Sr. P East Setauket, NY
Michelle Chiappa Sr. C Pearl River, NY
Candace Petrillo Jr. OF New Windsor, NY
Katie Bentz Jr. OF Westchester, PA
Jen Kamph Jr. IF Ozone Park, NY
Suzie Masotto So. 1B Southbury, CT
Also of note, Soviero has maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA her entire academic career at Manhattan and was chosen as the College’s Outstanding Female Student-Athlete. She will be recognized at half-time of the semi-finals of the Preseason NIT Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, November 21.
October 25, 2001
MANHATTAN NAMES LIZ SHWEKY WOMEN’S TENNIS COACH
RIVERDALE, NY – Manhattan College announced the hiring of Liz Shweky to the appointment of head women’s tennis coach. Shweky, embarking on her first collegiate coaching position, becomes the fourth women’s tennis coach in the 16-year history of the program.
A native of Brooklyn, Shweky brings a wealth of tennis experience to Manhattan. For the past 10 years, she has served as the Site Director and Head Professional at the McDonald Park Youth Tennis Center of the New York Junior Tennis League. The center services over 4,000 children during the afterschool and summer hours.
In addition, Shweky served as the tennis developer for the USTA Schools Program, where she was responsible for promoting the sport of tennis to school-age children. She coordinated district-wide and borough-wide tournaments, and trained other teachers on how to implement the sport of tennis in their respective schools.
Shweky also developed a successful instructional league tennis program for Tennis Match Inc., a company that organized adult and junior tennis programs. The league combined group instruction with round robin competitive play.
The Jasper women’s tennis team has completed its fall schedule and will resume play in the Spring of 2002.
October 25, 2001
GIRLS FUNDAMENTAL BASKETBALL CLINICS TO BE HELD AT MANHATTAN
New York Liberty Forward Sue Wicks to Speak
RIVERDALE, NY – Manhattan College women’s basketball Head Coach Sal Buscaglia is pleased to announce three basketball fundamentals clinics for girls over the next two months. Sue Wicks, a forward for the WNBA’s New York Liberty, will be the guest speaker at the November 25th clinic.
The other clinics will be held on December 15 and December 28 and are open to girls grades K-12. All clinics will be held at Draddy Gymnasium on the campus of Manhattan College from 9 AM – 12 Noon.
Please call 718-862-7940 for price and details.
October 24, 2001
WOMEN’S SOCCER FALLS TO ST. JOHN’S 1-0 IN 2OT
Lady Jaspers Play Outstanding Defense in the Loss
JAMAICA, NY – The Manhattan College women’s soccer team lost a heartbreaker to St. John’s 1-0 in double-overtime. Manhattan drops to 7-8-1, while St. John’s improves to 6-8-0.
St. John’s dominated on offense, taking 29 shots to Manhattan’s five. The Red Storm also totaled 10 corner kicks to the Lady Jasper’s four. St. John’s scored in the 110th minute when Lauren McGrory hit a header off a corner kick by Erin Zambelli.
Defenders Sara Butwell (Newburgh, NY), Katie Corrao (Commack, NY), Vanessa DiPaolo (Warwick, RI) and goalkeepers Jeanne Marie Gilbert (Commack, NY) and Erin O’Neill (Massapequa, NY) combined for an outstanding defensive effort.
Manhattan has completed regular season play and now travels to Orlando, FL for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships from October 30-November 3.
October 24, 2001
MANHATTAN LOSES TO #14 LOYOLA 4-0
RIVERDALE, NY – The Manhattan College men’s soccer team lost to #14 Loyola 4-0 on Wednesday afternoon. With the loss Manhattan drops to 6-8-1, 4-4 MAAC while Loyola improves to 11-1-2 and stays a perfect 8-0 in the MAAC.
Three different Greyhounds scored in the win. John Faese (Marlton, NJ) scored the game-winner for Loyola at 15:13 on an assist from Adriano de Oliveira (Dover, NJ). Kevin Nash (Bridgewater, NJ) and Jay Joyce (Cherry Hill, NJ) also scored for Loyola.
For the Jaspers, junior goalkeeper Jesse Lardner (Spencer, NY) had seven saves in the loss.
Manhattan returns to action on Saturday, October 27 at Gaelic Park when they face St. Peter’s for the last home game of the season.
October 24, 2001
MEN’S BASKETBALL TO HOLD GREEN/WHITE SCRIMMAGE ON SATURDAY IN DRADDY GYM
RIVERDALE, NY – The Manhattan College men’s basketball team will hold a Green/White Intrasquad scrimmage on Saturday, October 27 at 3:00 in Draddy Gymnasium.
The scrimmage is open to the public and members of the media and is free of charge.
Head coach Bobby Gonzalez returns for his third season at the helm of the Jaspers, who are coming off a fourth-place finish in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference last year. Gonzalez welcomes back seven lettermen from last season including three starters. Among those returning starters are junior Justin Jackette (Valhalla, NY) and senior Von Damien “Mugsy” Green (New York, NY). Jackette is the top returning scorer from last season, with an 11.5 scoring average. Green led the team in assists (166) and steals (53) while averaging 9.8 points per game.
Gonzalez also welcomes six newcomers to the scene. Freshmen Jason Benton (New Haven, CT), Junior Clayton (Albany, NY), Pat Cremen (Oakhurst, NJ), Justin Gatling (Largo, MD) and Charus Moore (Boston, MA) and junior Darnell Tyler (Long Branch, NJ) are all beginning their first season at Manhattan.
After Saturday’s intrasquad scrimmage, the Jaspers have a pair of exhibition games scheduled in Draddy Gym. On Thursday, November 1, the Jaspers host the New York Gauchos at 7:00 and on Tuesday, November 6, MC hosts the New York Ravens at 7:00. Manhattan kicks off the regular season on Monday November 12 in the Preseason NIT against Syracuse. The game is slated for 7:00 in the Carrier Dome.
October 23, 2001
MANHATTAN LOSES TO MAAC’S UNDEFEATED SAINT PETER’S, 3-0
JERSEY CITY, NJ – The Manhattan College volleyball team lost three games to none Tuesday night to the Saint Peter’s Peahens, who are undefeated in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The game results were 22-30, 24-30 and 27-30.
The Lady J’s fall to 7-14, 1-2 MAAC, while Saint Peter’s advances to 14-5, 3-0 MAAC.
Senior captain Kim Frederick (Orange, CA) led Manhattan with 14 kills, while junior captain Amy O’Dorisio (San Diego, CA) returned to action from injury with 12 kills. Juniors Lauren Belcher (Huntington Beach, CA) and Lauryn McKinney (San Diego, CA) increased the pressure in the third game with outstanding attacks and blocks that led Belcher to record 10 kills and McKinney to have a match-high of four blocks and six kills for the night. However, the Jaspers could not hold on losing 27-30.
The Lady Jaspers will return to action Saturday, October 27th when they play Loyola in Maryland. The match is slated for 1:00.
October 22, 2001
WOMEN’S SOCCER ROUTS ST. PETER’S 6-1
Senior Laurie Spera Scores Two Goals in the Win
JERSEY CITY, NJ – The Lady Jaspers got goals from four different players to rout St. Peter’s 6-1 Monday afternoon. With the win Manhattan improves to 7-7-1, 5-4 MAAC.
St. Peter’s was the first to score approximately five minutes into the game, but Manhattan would strike back at 10:38 when Laurie Spera (E. Northport, NY) scored the first of her two consecutive goals. Also scoring were Lindsay Bernstein (Stormville, NY), Tina Leidl (Ringwood, NJ) and Amanda Encke (New Windsor, NY).
In another women’s soccer highlight, junior Kristin Stroppel (Cornwall, NY) tallied three assists today which ties the College record for assists in a game. Stroppel now has eight assists on the season, which breaks the former College single season assist record.
Manhattan returns to action on Wednesday, October 24 when they travel to St. John’s for a 7:00 PM game.
October 22, 2001
SALOTTI NAMED MAAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Earns Weekly Conference Honors for the Second Time This Season
RIVERDALE, NY – Manhattan freshman Matthew Salotti (Farifield, NJ/West Essex HS) was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week conference officials announced today. This marks the second time this year that Salotti has won the honor.
Salotti scored two goals in Manhattan’s 5-2 win over Iona on October 17, including the game-winner, to help improve Manhattan to a 4-3 conference record. Salotti currently leads all MAAC freshmen with 16 points on seven goals and two assists. He also is tied for fourth in the MAAC in points, while ranking third in goals and third in game-winning goals. Salotti currently leads Manhattan in goals, points, game-winning goals and points per game.
Manhattan returns to action on Wednesday, October 22, when they face Loyola at 3:30 PM at Gaelic Park.
Copyright 2001 The New York Times Company
The New York Times
October 27, 2001, Saturday, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section S; Page 9; Column 4; Sports Desk
HEADLINE: PLUS: CROSS-COUNTRY; Twin Sisters Dominate Races
A pair of twin sisters -- Kate and Laura O'Neill of Yale, and Catherine and Megan Guiney of Boston College -- dominated two of the three collegiate cross-country running championships at Van Cortlandt Park yesterday.
Kate O'Neill won the women's 3.1-mile title in 17 minutes 33 seconds and helped Yale retain its team title with 60 points in the Heptagonal Games Association race. Laura finished third for the second straight year, in 17:44. Catherine Guiney captured the Big East Conference's 3.7-mile run in 20:04 and Megan finished third in 20:33. Marni Kruppa, who led Georgetown to the team title with 36 points, was second in 20:27.
Another set of twins, Michelle and Kim Milton, sophomores from Webster, N.Y., were fourth (19:10) and seventh (19:23), respectively, in the 3.1-mile Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference race, which was won for the second straight year by Katie Kopacz of St. Peter's (18:07). Iona took the team championship with 55 points.
In the men's competition, Dan Wilson of Connecticut won the Big East five-mile run in 24:22.4 and Notre Dame captured team honors with 49 points. Tom McArdle, a senior from Brookline, Mass., won the Heptagonal title in 24:45 to lead Dartmouth to a second straight team crown with 76 points.
Matt Spring won the Metro Atlantic title in 25:21 and helped Manhattan College finish in a tie with Iona, the defending champion, for the team championship with 35 points. Iona had won the last nine titles outright. http://www.nytimes.com
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University Wire
October 24, 2001
HEADLINE: Connecticut volleyball pushes toward trophy
BYLINE: By Christian Senger, The Daily Campus
SOURCE: U. Connecticut
DATELINE: Storrs, Conn.
On Saturday, the UConn volleyball team was dejected after struggling through three sets against Manhattan College. They were disappointed in their personal and collective play. Surprisingly, they had just defeated the Jaspers 3-0, but they sounded as if they had lost the match. "We weren't too proud of the way we played," said junior Melissa Wooley after the game. "And I played awful."
Head coach Kelli Myers could not have agreed more and she promised that the Huskies would have higher standards at practice this week. Her team is still pushing itself to not only make the Big East tournament, but to travel to Pittsburgh and take home the trophy.
"We are still focusing on our long-term goals for the season and that is to put ourselves in the best situation for the conference tournament," Myers said.
After having a great road trip last weekend, the Huskies are relieved to be back on their home turf.
"It's defiantly nice to be back home," Wooley said.
This current four-game series is the longest home stand of the year for the Huskies. After beating Manhattan there are three games left, including another match against a team that hails from New York.
The next squad to invade Storrs is Fordham (6-12), who will hope to bring its three-game losing streak to an end against the Huskies Wednesday.
Do not expect the Huskies to just lay down for the struggling Rams. UConn (14-5, 4-2 Big East) is geared up for this weekend's conference matches, but they won't be looking past the Rams.
"Fordham will be good preparation to continue working towards our goal," Myers said. "We've talked about the eight remaining matches left and what they mean and the importance of them."
One problem on Saturday was the Huskies played down to the level of their weaker opponent. Myers believes that her squad will ready to roll Wednesday.
"I expect us to play at our level tonight," she said.
In order for UConn to play at its best, they are going to need a team effort to last down this final stretch. Myers cited younger and older players alike to raise their level of play.
"We only have twelve players on this team and we are only going to be as strong as our weakest link," Myers said. "I look for everyone to step it up and lay it on the line for the rest of the season."
UConn will have its hands full as six of their final eight matches are against Big East rivals. Time is winding down on the 2001 season and the Huskies are poised to make a successful run at the postseason.
The critical final stretch, which will determine Connecticut's fate, begins Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Gampel Pavilion.
(C) 2001 The Daily Campus via U-WIRE
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From: Joe Zagursky (1960 BS)
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2001-10-21 (from home)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 20:40:31 -0400
Dear John,
I read your note from the last "jottings" and this one. In particular the note from Brian Clifford. My only reaction is that Brian over-reacted. I really think you did nothing wrong! I wish.... or Hope... that Brian would scold some of our other "leaders" in the Press by correcting them for their poor judgment in reporting and commenting on the important events of our times.
Love you and your ideas. I look forward to your representations... Even 'tho you're a Libertarian! :-) I really believe you're a moral, caring and sensitive man. Thanks for being there.
Joe Zagursky BSEE '60
[JR: Thanks for the kind words. The “leaders” certainly warrant a lot of “scolding”, and swift kick in the posterior. (I put it that way to pass the new email censors as noted below). All I can say is WIP (Work in Progress). ]
From: Sartorio, Joan
(1984 BA)
Subject: RE: <privacy invoked> bounces mail Fwd: Mail System Error -
Returned Mail Try@ 2
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:23:58 -0400
John,
Thanks for letting me know about this! Not sure why the change in preventing messages from coming through at <privacy invoked>.
Could you change my e-mail from <privacy invoked> to <privacy invoked>. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Joan Sartorio
[JR: People are trying to “secure” everything without any concept of what makes for an effective security control. In the last few weeks, I am getting 15 more bounces to handle. I’m sure common sense will return some time. Email address change made.]
From: Tom Yurcisin
Subject: Manhattan College Alumni
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 15:20:30 -0400
John -
I hope all is well! I am a Manhattan grad ('97). Stacey Guardino forwarded me your message. I would appreciate if you could add me to your mailing list.
Thanks
Tom
--
Tom Yurcisin
Ernst & Young
Global Financial Services
[JR: Well as can be. Congrats on finding us. We were trying to keep it a secret from you but now that the cat’s out of the bag we’ll include you in. (Just kidding for the humor-ly challenged; it only seems like a secret private club.) Kudos to Stacy for “collecting” you for us and please tell her that her 6 foot solid gold “J” for meeting her recruitment quota is in the mail. BTW, anyone else think it is time for the Government to get out of the mail business? Seems like an idea whose time has passed. I read they are going to ask the “government” for 2.5T$ for increased security. All that to deliver junk mail?]
From: Daly, Michael J. (1968)
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 15:21:06 EDT
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2001-10-21 (from home)
FJR,
Thanks for adding me to list. Hope all is well!
Regards,
Mike
68 BBA; and don't forget the Prep (64)
[JR: Your welcome. Enjoy. I really should resurrect my mailing list for the Prep.]
From: William B. Seebeck
Subject: WTC and Its Aftermath
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 15:21:53 -0400
Dear John,
I would like to add my thanks to your efforts to keep us up to date on the tragic losses suffered by members the Jasper family. During the first days and weeks frankly after the attack, it was virtually impossible to get a real pulse on who was killed and injured. Your efforts made it possible for many of us to attend memorials and funerals and support the families and loved ones of those so dear to us when they needed us.
The suffering has been great and we have lost very special people, including my own classmate, who were going about their lives serving others in their work with the gifts that God had given them and Manhattan College helped them develop. It is now our responsibility to remember their loss, and more importantly to help care for the current and future needs of their children and other family members left behind.
Thank you again John. Keep up your good work.
Very best,
-- Bill
The Rev. Deacon William B. Seebeck '71
<privacy invoked>
"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long
enough to make them all yourself."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
[JR: Thanks, but my efforts were modest and very slow. As you can see, not everyone shared the opinion that I was being of service. Funny I didn’t sell any “steak knives” either. I guess not having any in stock had something to do with it.]
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Subject: Blocked Due to policy . Was [Jasper Jottings 2001-10-28 (from the
road)]
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[JR: Sorry but yet another "security control" is blocking Jottings. You can read the blocked issue at http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/ ]
InterScan-Notification: yes
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To: "reinke@att.net"
Subject: inappropriate content (Inappropriate Content(spook))
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 22:41:04 -0500
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[JR: Unbelievable, can’t call a spy a spook!?]
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 22:51:22 -0500
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2001-10-28 (from the road)
From: Phil Masi
I will be out of the office the week of October 22nd. I will be checking messages. If you need immediate assistance, please contact Allison Corey at extension 6041.
Regards,
Phil Masi
[JR: I like out-of-office messages. They let me confirm names and stuff.]
[MCOLDB: 1979 BS]
To: reinke@att.net
From: Mail Administrator <Postmaster@worldnet.att.net>
Reply-To: Mail Administrator <Postmaster@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Mail System Error - Returned Mail
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 03:55:31 +0000
This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason:
The user(s) account is temporarily over quota.
Condreras, Edmund F. (1989 BS)
[JR: I sent a post card. I hope all’s ok.]
[JR: I received something. It looks like an email but it came in a strange font printed for me on a unique style paper. It was wrapped in another paper and glued together. Doctor Dans must have driven from Maryland and put it in my mailbox when I wasn’t home ‘cause I didn’t see him. Why he did that aot just pushing it in over the wire. Any way I tapped it out for your enjoyment.]
October 25, 2001
Dear John,
Thank you so much for your concern. Yes, all is ok with me. I hope it is the same with you and that your job search has been successful. I missed your Jasper Jottings & I thought that either the time commitment or the carping by sideline critics had gotten to you. Glad it was not time and it was just me. I changed my email provider, but I guess <privacy invoked> was just forwarding the mail & recently stopped doing so. My new address is <privacy invoked>. I look forward to getting reconnected.
I am enclosing something I saw in Maryknoll magazine about a 1949 alum. It may be available on the web if you want to excerpt it.
I have a children’s book coming out next year and I’ll let you know about it. I am also writing a book (no publisher yet although I haven’t tried) about growing up in New York in the 40’s in a neighborhood that no longer exists. We were “relocated” from 2 buildings courtesy of Robert Moses to build the Alfred E. Smith projects. (Water Street and Madison Street – both gone). They moved my parents to Dyckman project and my grandparents to Viaduct project. I am trying to capture the time and place in a cozy way that would interest other folks.
Thanks again for all your hard work in keeping Manhattanites connected.
Best,
Peter
[JR: My wife asked me about the letter. And that triggered in my mind what this relic was … … a “letter”. That’s what was common before the politicians and talking heads starting getting anthrax.]
[JR: I tried to find the article that was sent but it is not on hteir web site. However, I did find this one.]
http://www.maryknoll.org/MARYKNOLL/SOCIETY/mm_mullen_schan.htm
A Missionary Glimpse: Priest & Brother
Meet Father Lawrence Schanberger, M.M. &
==
Fr. Lawrence Schanberger, M.M. hails from Baltimore, Maryland. He entered Maryknoll on September 1, 1943 and was ordained six years later. As a missioner he has spent many years overseas in many different areas. Fr. Lawrence is presently assigned to Santiago, Chile.
==
I just celebrated my 51st Anniversary as a Maryknoll Missioner, so it seems like a good time to share some thoughts.
Thanks be to God, I’ve had a wonderful life, blessed with peace and happiness. Were there problems? Of course, and I’d like to mention a few. While working in Bangladesh, on three occasions, I became seriously ill with amoebic infections in the liver. This required extensive hospitalization. Once while being the Coordinator of the mission work in Venezuela and Columbia, I was held up at gun point by a group of criminals. At that moment I really thought that my life was over. As I look back, I distinctly remember thinking that "I’m ready to die for Jesus, but not for the money that I was carrying!"
How did I ever decide to become a priest? It is all a mystery of Divine Providence. My earliest recollection is that every Sunday I was fascinated watching our parish priest giving Holy Communion to the people. How happy the people looked! Somehow, I knew that I wanted to do the same thing.
I’ve had the good fortune to be assigned to many countries, including Chile, Venezuela, Colombia, India and Bangladesh. In the middle of all this, I was named Rector of Maryknoll Seminary in New York. Yes, I’ve met many people around the world, young and old, of distinct race, color, and language. I found that, deep down, we are all alike! What a privilege it is to be accepted by humble families! What a joy to encourage youth to struggle for their ideals! What a challenge it is to accompany young professional people, urging them to use their talents to serve the poor and marginated communities. Yes, when all is said and done, the majority of the people that I have sent are searching for the meaning of life and the road to peace and happiness.
From the very beginning, the Gospels leave no doubt that the Church established by Jesus was very human, imperfect, and always floundering in its efforts to be true to the teachings and example of Jesus. It is the same today! For this very reason, Jesus invites very ordinary men and women to be his missioners in a world which is growing closer each day. In other words, Jesus never stops inviting others to be his humble instruments in bringing peace, justice, and happiness to the sons and daughters of his heavenly Father.
At the end of the day, there’s nothing like the humbling feeling that the Lord has used me to help a person through the tragedy of the death of a family member, the injustices that come from a selfish society, and the infidelity of a husband or wife. All the money in the world could never bring that kind of warm and grateful feeling.
[JR: 1949 BS Chem]
From: Chiaffitelli, Andrea E.
Subject: FW: Jasper Jottings
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 00:35:49 -0500
I would like to be added to the Jasper Jottings.
Thanks.
Andrea Chiaffitelli
Manhattan College BEEE '86
COE, Consulting, and Offer Leader
Enterprise Storage Networks & Rich Media Services
AT&T UltravailableSM Solutions
AT&T Managed Services and Hosting
200 Laurel Avenue Room E2-2B02
Middletown, New Jersey 07748
Do not go where the path may lead.
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Emerson
[JR: And we would like to have you join our group. Welcome.]
From: Louis Menchise (1987 BS)
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings 2001-10-28 (from the road)
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 1:19:21 -0500
FJR,
I don't think Rudy has put Manhattan on the map. Those of us who KNOW he went to Manhattan feel good about it, but he hasn't been plugging the place. Maybe when he leaves office. God help us all.
I'm proud to say I am a member of the U.S. Army's 306th Military Police Battalion out of Uniondale, NY. I am proud to be serving our country, especially in these times.
Louis Menchise
[JR: <1> No I don’t think, and I don’t think I have ever said that. But, up till the messy divorce, you could not pick up a piece of Manhattan College literature without it highlighting Rudy. That’s when I started to joke that Rudy was the “only” graduate. <2> And I think you have every reason to feel that pride and our support.]
From: Mark Boland (1993)
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings 2001-10-28 (from the road)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 12:21:21 +0100
John,
My Swedish wife, Lisa, and I are moving to Houston from Stockholm. I've quit my job at the bank and will be working at Enron. Can you please change my email address to <privacy invoked>. FYI: I was R.A. at DeLaSalle Hall, 4th Floor.
Regards,
Mark
[JR: Wow, that will be a big change for her.]
From: "Mark Boland
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 02:05:29 +0800
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings 2001-10-28 (from the road)
I forgot the most important thing in my email: to tell you how great the Jottings are.
Thanks for the work, info and thoughts.
Mark
[JR: Your words are much appreciated. Especially after all the flak I took “selling my steak knives”!]
[END]
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A Final Thought
From my “Shades of George Orwell” dictionary:
Investment, n., public spending.
Any lingering trace of the original meaning — that is, of assets producing some kind of return — was obliterated during the 1990s. We know that the government should be in the “investment” business. Not only can’t they do it well (based on the work of Von Mises and the common sense understanding that they can’t do anything well), but also why would we want them to “invest” our hard earned money. We can do that for ourselves. Every dollar sent to Washington is reduced by “shipping & handling” charges that would make an internet retailer envious. The beauty of the word, from the “Big Government” point of view, is its flexibility. Almost any financial decision not to spend for “big government” can be described as “under-investment”, in the sense of being a smaller settlement than someone, somewhere would have liked. Any big government expanding expenditure can be described as an “investment in the future”, an “investment in our future”, or the particularly malevolent “investment for the children”. The last is so amusing when it is used in conjunction with “school” expenditures. You know “skoul” the place where kids learn what your government tells them is good. Or do you home school?
Take back your vocabulary from the state, the state-ists (Big Government advocates of both parties), and the undereducated!
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