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RSVP by Mar 1 c/o reinkefj@bigfoot.com who will forward to the
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Thursday, April 11th - NYC Club of Manhattan College Alumni
RSVP Alumni Relations fax
(718) 862-8013
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noon Holiday Inn US 1, Stuart,
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RSVP Bob Van Etten'66
Chairman call 201-386-6867
Someday, August 5 - Construction Open Golf Tournament Eastchester, New York.
call Joe Van Etten at
212-280-0663
ALL BOILER PLATE is at the end.
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Here comes the news after this comment.
The saddest news comes from the middle east. The
conclusion I draw from the actions of Arafat and the rest of the Arab world is
that this is not about land. It is not about a Palestinian homeland. It is all
about the presence of Jews in the
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
1 Messages from Headquarters (MC Press Releases)
1 Jaspers publishing web pages
3 Jaspers found web-wise
0 Honors
0 Weddings
0 Births
0 Engagements
0 Graduations
6 Obits
2 "Manhattan
in the news" stories
0 Resumes
2 Sports
19 Emails
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[FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT
JASPERS]
Copyright 2002 PR Newswire
Association, Inc.
PR Newswire
April 4, 2002, Thursday
SECTION: FINANCIAL NEWS
DISTRIBUTION: TO BUSINESS AND CITY EDITORS
HEADLINE: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw Partner Hector
Gonzalez Appointed Chairman of New York's Police Review Board
DATELINE: NEW YORK, April 4
New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
today appointed Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw partner Hector Gonzalez as chairman
of the city's Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB).
"It is important to both the public and the Police Department that
the CCRB handle citizens complaints fairly and in a timely manner," Mayor
Bloomberg said. "Hector Gonzalez, a distinguished lawyer and former
prosecutor, has performed superbly as a member of the CCRB, and his combination
of experience and judgment will ensure that the CCRB investigates every
complaint thoroughly."
The CCRB is an independent agency with power to recefensive
language.
"Hector is an extraordinary lawyer and a valued partner," said
Ty Fahner, chairman of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw. "Mayor Bloomberg's
appointment of Hector as Chairman of the CCRB is recognition of his distinguished
prior public service, as well as his thoughtfulness and sensitivity to the
needs of the citizens of New York."
Gonzalez, who concentrates his practice in the areas of complex
commercial litigation and white-collar criminal defense, has served as a member
of CCRB since June 2000. Previously, he was a federal prosecutor at the United
States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York where he was
chief of the Narcotics unit, and a state prosecutor at the Manhattan District
Attorney's Office. Gonzalez earned a B.S. at Manhattan College, a J.D. at the
University of Pennsylvania, and an M.A. in Criminal Justice at John Jay
College.
SOURCE Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
CONTACT: Hector Gonzalez of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw,
+1-212-506-2114
LOAD-DATE: April 5, 2002
Copyright 2002 Business Wire,
Inc.
Business Wire
April 2, 2002, Tuesday
DISTRIBUTION: Business Editors/Technology Writers
HEADLINE: Indus International Names Jeffrey Babka New
Chief Financial Officer
DATELINE: ATLANTA, April 2, 2002
Indus International Inc. (NASDAQ:
IINT), the leading global supplier of enterprise asset management software and
services, today announced the appointment of Jeffrey A. Babka as chief
financial officer, effective immediately.
Babka succeeds J. Michael Highland,
who is leaving Indus to pursue other interests.
Babka brings more than 20 years
experience as a financial officer with global technology providers, such as
AT&T, Concert and Lucent Technologies. During this time, he held worldwide
responsibility for financial management of business units focused on sales and
service to multinational customers. "Choosing Jeff Babka gives us more
than an experienced and skilled financial professional, it provides yet another
step in our initiative to pursue international markets," said Kent Hudson,
President and CEO of Indus International. "Jeff's experience in delivering
increased revenue, profit and overall shareholder value for global enterprises
made him a clear choice as our next CFO."
"I'm pleased and privileged to
be joining Indus International, whose leadership team deftly guided the company
through some turbulent economic times in 2001, while managing to grow revenue
and return to profitability," said Babka. "I look forward to helping
Indus maintain its sound financial footing while pursuing significant growth
opportunities in new vertical and international markets."
Babka joins Indus from Concert, an
international joint venture between AT&T and British Telecom, where he was
the vice president, Finance, and chief financial officer, Concert Global
Accounts. As CFO of Concert Global Accounts, he was responsible for financial
management of the $2 billion business unit which sold and serviced voice and
data products to multinational customers in various industries.
Babka also served as financial vice
president and chief financial officer for Lucent Technologies' Business
Communications Systems unit, where his leadership helped provide 21-percent
growth in operating income in 1995 and an additional 19 percent the following
year. He was also the international vice president of General Business Systems
at AT&T, where he led the team that developed the company's globalization
strategy and designed the underlying process to support business expansion
plans. Implementation of the strategy resulted in 65-percent growth in
international revenues in 1991 and 70-percent growth the following year.
Babka held various other positions at
AT&T, including financial vice president and chief financial officer of
General Business Systems, where he was responsible for financial management of
AT&T's worldwide business operations in the design, manufacture and
distribution of telecommunications products for the small business customer.
Babka started his professional career
with Coopers & Lybrand in 1973 after graduating from the University of
Dayton. He received his CPA certification in Ohio in 1974, has an MBA from
Manhattan College, and is a graduate of the Stanford University Executive
Program.
About Indus International
Indus International is a world leader
in delivering Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software solutions to
capital-intensive industries around the world. The company provides software
and services that help companies to reduce costs and improve overall
productivity. The company has a strong client base comprised of more than
300,000 users in more than 40 countries. For more information visit our Website
at http://www.indus.com.
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Indus is a trademark of Indus International
Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective
companies with which they are associated.
CONTACT: Indus International Gary Frazier, 770/989-4188
gary.frazier@indus.com
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[Messages
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[JR:
Not strictly an official communiqué from “headquarters”.]
Copyright 2002 Internet Wire,
Incorporated.
All rights reserved.
Internet Wire
April 1, 2002 Monday
HEADLINE: "The Role Of A Learning Community During A
Time Of National Crisis" Presented By The Faculty Resource Network At New
York University
DATELINE: Apr 01, 2002; NEW YORK, NY; INTERNET WIRE
Are institutions of higher learning
keeping their promises? Are they making the right kinds of promises to
students, faculty, and the larger community?
On April 5, 2002, a unique group of
college and university presidents is gathering at New York University to
participate in a forum to discuss "The Role of a Learning Community in a
Time of National Crisis." Arising out of the lessons learned from 9/11 and
its aftermath, this forum focuses on the future - on how learning communities
need to revise, reconsider, and reshape their understanding of their mandate:
academic, social and scholarly. Important topics to be covered will be the
relationship between the learning community and the state, academic freedom and
civil liberties, in view of legitimate security concerns, and patriotism versus
the global citizenry. The Faculty Resource Network at New York University,
which is hosting this event to honor outgoing NYU President L. Jay Oliva,
brings together an unusual group of current and former college and university
presidents from member institutions. Represented is a broad cross-section of
higher education institutions in the United States - from large urban
universities, such as Pace University and NYU, itself, to a core group of
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, a cluster of Roman Catholic
institutions; and colleges from small rural communities in the South, from
Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Detroit. Approximately 20 college and university
presidents will be participating the event.
All of these universities have in
common a commitment to diversity in higher education, and an understanding of
the importance of continuing faculty development in meeting that goal. It is this
diversity of community together with the Network's common goals that promise to
make this forum a stimulating and provocative intellectual experience.
Presidents and Former Presidents
attending include:
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Brother Thomas Scanlan, F.S.C. Manhattan College, NY, NY
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This forum featuring Presidents and
President Emeriti of Faculty Resource Network Institutions will take place
April 5, 2002 at 2:45 p.m. in the John Ben Snow Dining Room Elmer Holmes Bobst
Library, 12th Floor New York University New York, NY.
For more information, and to receive
a press pass to this event, please contact the FRN offices at 212.998.2090 or
Mr. John Beckman, NYU Press Office, 212.998.6848.
CONTACT: Debra M. Szybinski Director
Faculty Resource Network (FRN) 212-998-2090 frn@nyu.edu
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[JASPERS PUBLISHING WEB
PAGES]
http://www.geocities.com/aliciaf10463/index.html
Alicia Fontan
[JR: Claims to be a MC student.]
[JASPERS FOUND ON
& OFF THE WEB BY USING THE WEB]
http://www.geog.psu.edu/faculty/lorraineD.html
Lorraine Dowler (Faculty), Ph.D., Syracuse
Research and Teaching Interests: Gender, Cultural
Geography, Qualitative Metods, Nationalism, Hate Crimes
BS, Business Administration, Manhattan College, Riverdale
New York M.L.A. Masters of Landscape Architecture, SUNY-ESF, Syracuse
University Ph.D Geography, Syracuse University
http://www.poconohomesforsale.com/
Frank N. Racano Jr.
30 Sterling Road
P.O. Box 123
Mount Pocono, PA 18344
http://www.btgplc.com/investor/mn_operating_excom.cfm
Anthony Lando - Executive Vice President and Director,
Electronics, Engineering & Information Technologies, Chief Operating
Officer, USA Anthony Lando has a Bachelor's Degree in Physics from Manhattan
College, and graduate degrees from Georgia Tech and the University of
California in Nuclear Engineering and Physics respectively. Prior to joining
BTG, Anthony spent seven years with North American Philips' Medical Division in
various positions within Engineering and Marketing, concentrating in the field
of digital imaging systems. Anthony also spent two years with a Philips and
AT&T joint venture in networking and image communications as Marketing
Director. He is currently on the Board of Primaxis Technology Ventures Inc. He
is a published author with articles appearing in a number of technical
publications. Anthony's functional responsibilities include Electronics,
Engineering & Information Technologies, IT strategy, and all USA office
functions.
Your assistance is requested in finding these. Please
don’t assume that I will “catch” it via an automated search. Sometimes the data
just doesn’t makes it’s way in. This week we have several that would have been
missed but for the alert reporters as noted with their covering message.
From: register@washingtonpost.com
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 07:26:32 -0500 (EST)
Subject: A washingtonpost.com article from
You have been sent this message as a
courtesy of the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com).
Thanks again for your efforts.
Tom Maloney, '66
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/obituaries/A63904-2002Apr4.html
Albert Cizauskas; Diplomat, Economist
Copyright 2002 The Washington
Post
The Washington Post
April 05, 2002, Friday, Final Edition
SECTION: METRO; Pg. B06
HEADLINE: Albert Cizauskas; Diplomat, Economist
Albert Charles Cizauskas, 82, a
retired Foreign Service officer and international economist with the World
Bank, died April 3 at his home in Falls Church. He had Parkinson's disease. Mr.
Cizauskas, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., was an English literature graduate of
Manhattan College. He received a master's degree in English from the University
of Notre Dame and a master's degree in economics from Yale University.
He worked at the State Department
from the late 1940s until 1969. His did economics work in such places as Asia
and Europe. He was U.S. consul to Surubaya, Indonesia, around 1950. His final
assignment was in Washington doing debt rescheduling for Indonesia.
At the World Bank from 1969 until
1982, he often represented the bank at the Berne Union, the international trade
association for the export and investment insurance business.
Mr. Cizauskas, the son of Lithuanian
immigrants, immersed himself in his heritage and was a member of the Knights of
Lithuania. He wrote articles about the history, culture and economics of
Lithuania for a variety of publications.
He was also a member of St. James
Catholic Church in Falls Church.
Survivors include his wife of 52
years, Genovaite Ambraziejus "Gene" Cizauskas of Falls Church; five
children, Albert Cizauskas Jr. of Annandale, Robert Paul Cizauskas of
Melbourne, Fla., Carol Cizauskas of Reno, Nev., Thomas Joseph Cizauskas of
Baltimore and Richard Cizauskas of Salt Lake City; and a granddaughter.
LOAD-DATE: April 05, 2002
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 13:37:52 -0500
From: John R. Flanagan
Subject: Manhattan College Alumni Obituary Notice
John,
Please include the attached obituary and death notice of Robert Neil
Ender, Westwood, NJ who died on 2 April
02 in your next " Jasper Jottings 2002". .His obituary appeared in
The Record on Sunday, 31 March 2002 at http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?level_3_id=38&page=2994635
.
Thank you.
Regards,
John F.
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Copyright 2002 Bergen Record
Corporation
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
March 31, 2002 Sunday All Editions
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. l06
HEADLINE: OBITUARIES
SOURCE: The Record
ROBERT N. ENDER, 68, of Westwood died
Friday. Before retiring last year, he was a professor of mathematics at Bergen Community
College, Paramus. He was a member of the National and New Jersey Education
Associations, the BCC Faculty Senate, and former president of the BCC Faculty
Association. He was a graduate of Manhattan College, and received a master's
degree in computer science from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, and a
master's degree in mathematics education from New York University. He was a
Navy veteran of the Korean War. He was a parishioner of Church of St. Andrew,
Westwood, where he served as a Eucharistic minister. He served as a lector and
Eucharistic minister for Pascack Valley Hospital, Westwood. Arrangements:
Becker Funeral Home, Westwood.
LOAD-DATE: April 1, 2002
Copyright 2002 The Hearst
Corporation
The Times Union (Albany, NY)
March 30, 2002 Saturday THREE STAR EDITION
SECTION: CAPITAL REGION, Pg. B5
HEADLINE: Murphy, Edward M.
DATELINE: TROY
Edward M. Murphy, 93, of Cooper
Avenue, died Sunday, March 24, 2002 at the Island Health and Rehabilitation
Center in Merritt Island, FL, following a brief illness. Born in Troy on
September 28, 1908, he was the son of the late Edward F. and Margaret G. Smith
Murphy. Raised in south Troy, Mr. Murphy had been a resident of the Sycaway section
of Troy since 1943. Mr. Murphy was educated in the former St. Joseph's School
and the LaSalle Institute, both in Troy, Manhattan College and the Fordham
School of Social Work. Mr. Murphy began working during the years of the Great
Depression and took employment as a social worker with the Troy Welfare
Department. He also worked down state at the Wingdale State Hospital in that
same capacity. Mr. Murphy later found himself working as an institutional and
field parole officer with the New York State Division of Parole. He eventually
became the director of Institutional Services, overseeing all institutional
parole officers statewide, a position he held until his retirement in April of
1971. Following his retirement, Mr. Murphy spent the winter months in Florida.
He enjoyed his membership in the Troy Lodge of Elks #141 and the Van Schaick
Island Country Club in Cohoes, where he enjoyed a round of golf. He enjoyed
spending time in his boat and cruising the waters of Lake George and the Hudson
River. Mr. Murphy was a longtime communicant of Our Lady of Victory Church in
Troy. He was the beloved husband of the late Florence Noe Murphy; loving father
of Edward W. Murphy of Troy; devoted brother of J. Joseph Murphy of Plattsburgh
and the late William F. Murphy, a former Siena College professor and the late
Eileen C. Fletcher; dear brother-in-law of Robert Fletcher of Colonie, Virginia
Murphy of Plattsburgh and the late Margaret Murphy. Several nieces and nephews
also survive him. Funeral from the Doran Funeral Home, 9 South Lake Avenue,
Troy on Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. and 9:30 in Our Lady of Victory Church, Troy,
where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by the Reverend Randall P.
Patterson, pastor. Interment will follow in St. Peter's Cemetery, Troy.
Relatives and friends are invited and may call at the funeral home on Monday
from 6 until 8 p.m.
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Copyright 2002 The New York Times
Company
The New York Times
March 29, 2002, Friday, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section A; Page 27; Column 3; Classified
HEADLINE: Deaths
PIKE, TIMOTHY C.
PIKE-Timothy C. Died Wednesday, March
27, 2002 at Cabrini Hospice. He was a graduate of Manhattan College and New
York University. He was a participating associate of Jaros, Baum & Bolles.
He is survived by his parents Leroy and Nancy Pike, brothers William and David,
and sister Dr. Anne Pike-Tay, niece Hannah Tay and nephew Brendan Tay. Memorial
mass will be April 26, 2002, 11 AM at St. Francis Xavier Church, 46 West 16th
St. Memorial contributions to Cabrini Hospice, 227 E. 19th St., NYC 10003. http://www.nytimes.com
LOAD-DATE: March 30, 2002
From: Pete Gaffney
Subject: FW: Obit
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 22:14:02 -0600
In case you didn’t t receive this the
first time.
[JR: No it just missed the Wednesday
night deadline.]
From: Pete Gaffney BBA 64
Subject: Obit
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 11:06:47 -0600
John,
Attached is an obit Manhattan College
graduate and of a friend of mine who recently passed away in Arlington, Texas
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Thomas Henry Erny Sr., 70, a retired
accountant, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2002.
Memorial service: 1:30 p.m. Saturday
in Moore Funeral Home Chapel, Arlington.
Thomas Henry Erny Sr. was born July
2, 1931, in New York City. He graduated from Manhattan College in New York
City. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Mr. Erny worked for
American Airlines for over 34 years. He enjoyed Lionel trains and computers.
Survivors: Wife of 39 years, Peggy
Erny of Arlington; son, Tom Erny and wife, Ila Jo, of Troup; daughter, Nancy
Hagemeier and husband, Doug, of Houston; and grandaughters, Katie and Sarah
Hagemeier, both of Houston.
Published in the Ft. Worth
Star-Telegram on 3/29/2002.
[JR: Thanks for the eyes. This would
have definitely been missed.]
From: Michael F. McEneney
Subject: Catholic New York
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 22:16:37 -0500
Dear John,
Trust you had a Happy and Holy
Easter. Now that "Catholic New York", the newspaper of the
Archdiocese of New York is issued only once a month some of the items are a
little dated, but here are 2 I think are worth passing on:
In the March 2002 Edition, at page
10, the following letter to the editor appears:
"MODELS OF FAITH
To the Editor:
'Faith, hope and charity set man free in God's palace. By living a life
of faith in hope and charity, man is preparing himself to be admitted into
God's presence. If he dies with these virtues he will be admitted into God's
presence. He will have achieved the purpose of his existence ---the attainment
of the vision of God'.Words of St. Thomas Aquinas)
On Nov. 12, Thomas and Helen Concannon were taken from this life when
Flight 587 crashed into their home. Family and friends were devastated.
The Concannons were the parents of five children and the grandparents of
15. Their 15th, Clare Helen Toomey, was born Dec. 21.
Thomas was a retired vice president and
lobbyist for Chase Manhattan Bank. Helen cared for their children-----Thomas,
Patricia, Joanne, Michael and Kerry, raising them in the same Catholic tradition
in which she and Thomas were raised. Both were proud when their five children
graduated from Manhattan College and their eldest grandson, Michael John
McLaughlin, graduated from Holly Cross College last May. This pride couldn't
surpass the joy they experienced when all of their children received the
sacraments.
St. Thomas Aquinas wrote his message
many centuries ago. Thomas and Helen lived by it. They are role models and
demonstrated the beauty of family life lived with fait, hope and charity.
May Thomas and Helen and all the victims of that sad day rest in peace.
Helen Quinn
Bronx"
The next item appeared on Page 71 of the same Edition:
"WILLIAM J. DALY, 59, ASSISTANT CHANCELLOR
William J. Daly, an assistant chancellor of the archdiocese and its
director of finance for 17 years, died Feb. 10. He was 59.
Cardinal Egan offered the Funeral Mass Feb. 15 at St. Joan of Arc Church
in Jackson Heights, Queens, Mr. Daly's home parish.
Mr. Daly was named assistant chancellor
by Cardinal O'Connor in 1987, two years after assuming the post of finance
director.
A Certified public Accountant, he
joined the archdiocesan staff in 1977 as a consultant in accounting systems. He
was named deputy director of finance in 1980 and director in 1985.
In addition to overseeing the
day-to-day financial operations of the archdiocese, he had decision-making
responsibilities concerning financial matters and other affairs of the
chancery.
He also was a member of the board of
trustees of St. Patrick's Cathedral and the board of directors of the Catholic
Guardian Society.
'Bill Daly was a kind, sensitive and
thoughtful man who was of service to the Church of New York, and especially the
priests,' said Msgr. Thomas E. Gilleece, chancellor, who worked closely with
Mr. Daly. 'He saw his work in life as one of ministry to the Church through the
Finance Office.'
Msgr. Gilleece was to offer a Month's
Mind Mass for Mr. Daly on March 11, at
1:30 p.m., in St. John the Evangelist Church in Manhattan.
A native of the Yorkville section of
Manhattan, Mr Daly attended Our Lady of Good Council School and Power Memorial
High School. He received a bachelor's degree in business administration from
Manhattan College in the Bronx and a master's degree in business administration
from St. John's University in Queens.
He worked for an accounting firm
before joining the staff of the archdiocese.
He is survived by a sister, Brigid
Ryan of Queens.
Burial was in Gate of Heaven
Cemetery in Hawthorne."
I am not sure what year Bill
graduated from Manhattan.
Keep up the good work.
Best,
Mike McEneney,Esq.'53 BBA
[JR: He was 1964. Two worthy
submissions. I am not sure that one could make a bigger contribution to society
than to do our best. Weather it be sending children to Manhattan or keep the
books of the Church, we each do what we can to add a value and pay back for the
gifts we have and are about to receive. If the content contributions keep
coming in like this, we may have to go to daily editions. Just kidding, it’s
enough to do this once a week.]
[MANHATTAN IN THE NEWS OR FOUND ON
& OFF THE WEB]
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Vandalism forces RPI to close courts
By Robert Cristo, The Record April 03, 2002
TROY - After years of sharing its tennis courts with city
residents, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has temporarily closed the grounds
to the public in an effort to thwart vandals.
Since 1974, John Tomer and his family have enjoyed
playing doubles on one of the five hard courts located between 15th Street and
Tibbits Avenue, but when they showed up last Sunday the entrance was locked,
and the nets were nowhere to be found.
"I was dismayed ... my feeling is, although RPI may
have the legal right, there's been a long-standing tradition of letting
neighbors play on the courts," said Tomer, 59, an economics professor at
Manhattan College who once taught at RPI.
Officials at RPI said they were forced to lock up the
courts to discourage a recent increase in vandalism. Carol Pilsworth, a senior
administrator for the Athletic Department, said the college tennis teams would
show up for a scheduled event only to find the nets ripped up, broken glass all
over the courts, and even remnants of a picnic table that had been set on fire
overnight.
She also said the courts will re-open to the public once
the RPI tennis teams finish their seasons on April 24.
"As soon as the season's over the doors will be
unlocked ... we're trying to get through this season without anymore
incidents," said Pilsworth.
Tomer says while he sympathizes with the school, he
thinks the situation could get solved some other way.
"I've noticed the damages done, so I recognize her
concerns, but maybe some other kind of security measures could be
enforced," he said. "There's even a danger issue to RPI students,
because I've seen them climb over the fence to play."
Mark Delvecchio, the assistant chief of RPI Security,
said that his staff has not been informed of the repeated damage done at the
Sharp Hall Tennis Courts.
"I don't have a single report on that, and nobody
has alerted us to anything happening there," said Delvecchio. "But we
do have a presence over there, and we would certainly look into it."
RPI spokesman Bruce Adams asks residents who live near
the courts' Bouton Road entrance to report to police anything that might be
deemed as unusual happening on the grounds.
"They (residents) can help us by reporting
vandals," said Adams. "We all have a responsibility to the community,
so to ignore it doesn't improve the situation."
©The Record 2002
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/people/1940.html
Name: Joseph J. Coppo Jr.
Age: 47
Residence: New Canaan, CT, United States
Occupation: Municipal Bond Trader, Cantor Fitzgerald
Location: World Trade Center, Tower 1, 104th floor
Related: New York Times profile
Legacy.com tribute
Updated: March 9, 2002
Tributes and Information In the few short years that I
knew Joe, I quickly came to realize how much I would learn from him. The
veteran took the rookie under his wing. Always suggesting things in just the
right way, not too forceful, but always firmly. As his catcher, I could see his
ability to control any situation. It is my guess that this is how Joe was as a
father and a husband. I will always remember the easy way and big smile. God
bless.
Carlos Rodriquez, college teammate, Manhattan College
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JASPERS REMAIN STRONG IN MAAC WEEKLY
TOP TEN OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD LIST
EDISON, NJ - Although the Manhattan
College women's and men's track and field teams did not compete last weekend,
the women's team still managed to lead this week's Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference top ten outdoor lists in several events. The women are top in 10
events after dropping one slot in the Discus to Rider University. The men's
team is leading in six events this week after dropping two slots in the 400m
and the 3000m to Rider University.
Here are the women's top weekly
leaders:
EVENT ATHLETE PERFORMANCE MEET AND
DATE
100 Hurdles - Jana Cagin (Stockholm, Sweden) 14.94 Arizona
State, 3-23-02
100m Dash - Stefani Allen (Levittown, PA) 12.27 Arizona
State, 3-23-02
400m - Michanne Campbell (Mount Vernon, NY) 59.40 Arizona
State, 3-23-02
200m - Stefani Allen (Levittown, PA) 24.45 Arizona State,
3-23-02
4x100 - Courtney Cubicciotti, Allen, Cagin, Samantha
Griffin 47.94 Arizona State, 3-23-02
Triple Jump - Michanne Campbell (Mount Vernon, NY)
38'5" Arizona State, 3-23-02
Long Jump - Jana Cagin (Stockholm, Sweden) 17'2"
Arizona State, 3-23-02
Hammer - Lauren Primerano (Trenton, NJ) 154'3"
Arizona State, 3-23-02
Javelin - Lauren Primerano (Trenton, NJ) 145'4"
Arizona State, 3-23-02
Shot Put - Karin Larsson (Garphyttan, Sweden) 42'5"
Arizona State, 3-23-02
Here are the men's top weekly leaders:
EVENT ATHLETE PERFORMANCE MEET AND DATE
5000m - Matt Spring (Marcy, NY) 14:45.47 Arizona State,
3-23-02
1500m - Gavin Cosgrove (Kingston, Ontario) 4:01.93 Arizona
State, 3-23-02
Pole Vault - Nils Pettersson (Karlstad, Sweden) 14'7"
Arizona State, 3-23-02
Triple Jump - Magnus Ahlen (Karlstad, Sweden) 46'10"
Arizona State, 3-23-02
Long Jump - Magnus Ahlen (Karlstad, Sweden) 24'3"
Arizona State, 3-23-02
Shot Put - Mike Pellet (Croton, NY) 47'4" Arizona
State, 3-23-02
April 3, 2002
MEN'S LACROSSE DEFEATS WAGNER 17-9
Freshmen Eugene Tanner and Marty DarConte Combine for 11
Goals
STATEN ISLAND, NY - The Manhattan
College men's lacrosse team got six goals from freshman Eugene Tanner (Medford,
NY) and five goals from freshman Marty DarConte (Commack, NY) to defeat Wagner
in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game on Wednesday afternoon. Manhattan
improved to 4-5, 2-0 in the MAAC.
DarConte opened up the scoring at the
13:42 mark in the first quarter on an assist from junior Don Femminella
(Massapequa, NY). Tanner scored his first goal just under two minutes later.
Neither team scored for six minutes until Manhattan went on a four-goal run in
under two minutes. Nick Silva (Chesterfield, MO) assisted all four of those
goals, one each to Tony Pintauro (Williston Park, NY), Tanner, Rich Sauer
(Williston Park, NY) and Mike Kelly (Syracuse, NY). Tanner fed DarConte with
just over a minute left to play in the first quarter and Femminella closed out
the first period with an unassisted goal with 12.6 second left on the clock.
DarConte and Tanner scored all seven second-quarter
goals for Manhattan. DarConte posted three, while Tanner added four. Mike
Honors (Syracuse, NY), Femminella, Pintauro and Mike Conforto (Congers, NY)
each assisted a goal in the second period.
Despite a 5-2 run by Wagner in the
second half, Manhattan scored a season-high 17 goals as freshman Justin Otto
(Merrick, NY) put away two goals on assists from Femminella and Kelly.
A highlight of today's game was
junior Nick Silva's 100th point, scored on Sauer's man-up-goal at the 4:09 mark
in the first quarter. Silva caught a pass from Tanner up top and fed Sauer, who
finished hard top-shelf. Silva was the 2000 MAAC Rookie of the Year and a
two-time All-MAAC honoree. Silva earned the conference's first Offensive Player
of the Week award this season (week ending March 24th).
The Jaspers return to action on
Saturday when they host Marist on Saturday at 3:30 at Gaelic Park.
Goals:
MC: Tanner 6, DarConte 5, Otto 2, Pintauro 1, Sauer 1,
Femminella 1, Kelly 1.
WC: Servidio 4, Lynch 1, Noll 1, Gallagher 1, Hassler 1,
Hume 1.
Assists:
MC: Silva 4, Femminella 3, Honors 2, Conforto 1, Tanner 1,
Kelly 1, Pintauro 1.
WC: Servidio 2, Gallagher 1.
GK Saves:
WC (Mackenzie 22)
MC (Amandola 4) (Busweiler 7)
April 3, 2002
GOLF TEAM BEATS RIDER, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON
CHESTERFIELD, NJ - Junior Chris
Damiano (Scarsdale, NY) carded the second-best round of the day, a four-over
par 76, to lead the Manhattan College golf team to victories over Fairleigh
Dickinson and the Rider "B" team this afternoon. Manhattan tallied a
329 team score, which was seven strokes better than the Rider "B"
team (336) and 11 strokes better than the FDU squad (340). The Rider
"A" team won the quad match with a team score of 313.
Damiano was the top finisher for the
Jaspers, while freshman Tim Hand (Yonkers, NY) was just three strokes back with
a score of 79. Martin Tobias (Yonkers, NY) carded an 84 and Danny Sirico
(Hawthorne, NY) finished with a score of 90.
The Jaspers return to action this
weekend at the Yale Spring Opener in New Haven, CT.
April 3, 2002
BASEBALL TOPS PACE IN RAIN-SHORTENED GAME
Frank Cappello Drives in Three Runs For Jaspers
RIVERDALE, NY - The Manhattan College
baseball team used a nine-run third inning to come from behind and beat the
Pace University Setters on a rainy afternoon at Van Cortlandt Park. The win was
the fifth in a row for the Jaspers, who improve to 16-8 overall. The Setters
fall to 4-16.
Pace got on the board in the top of
the first on an RBI-single by Doug Hehner. Then in the top of the second, the
Setters scored five runs on four hits to take a 6-0 lead. Mike O'Connor hit a
three-run homerun and Marc DeLuca hit a solo shot in the inning for Pace.
The Jaspers got one back in the
bottom of the second on an RBI-groundout by sophomore Sal Candela (Brooklyn,
NY). Then in the bottom of the third, Manhattan erupted for nine runs on just
four basehits to take a 10-6 lead. After the Jaspers scored their second run of
the game on an error by the shortstop, pitcher Kris Winter came in to relieve
starter Joe Magri with the bases loaded and only one out. Winter ended up
walking three batters and hitting three batters as the Jaspers batted around in
the inning and plated nine runs. Freshman Gary Diaz (Naugatuck, CT) singled in
a pair of runs and sophomore Josh Greco (Kensington, CT) singled up the middle
to drive in Jonathan Holzer (Brooklyn, NY) in the inning.
The Jasper bats came alive again in
the bottom of the sixth, as Manhattan scored four more runs to take a commanding
14-6 lead. Senior Wendell Anderson (East Hartford, CT) singled in a run with a
basehit to right and sophomore Frank Cappello (Pelham, NY) lined a run-scoring
single to the right side which brought around two more runs.
The game was called after six innings
due to darkness. Sophomore Ian Quinn (Catskill, NY) picked up the win in relief
for the Jaspers, his first of the season, after working 4.1 innings and
allowing one run on two hits with six strikeouts. Quinn came in in relief of
freshman starter Phil Kuhner (Queens, NY), who went just 1.2 innings and
allowed five runs on five hits with one strikeout and two walks.
Offensively for the Jaspers, Greco
collected three hits with one RBI and two runs scored, while Diaz and Anderson
each collected two hits and two RBI.
Manhattan wrapped up a five-game
homestand this afternoon and will be on the road for the next 15 games. The
Jaspers return to action on Saturday April 6 when they travel to MAAC rival
LeMoyne for a doubleheader at 12:00 PM.
April 2, 2002
JASPERS SHUTOUT FORDHAM, 3-0
Anderson, Darcy, Gleason Combine for Three-Hitter
RIVERDALE, NY - Senior Wendell
Anderson (East Hartford, CT) pitched seven shutout innings with six strikeouts
and junior Ryan Darcy (Levittown, NY) and freshman Ken Gleason (Glendale, NY)
each pitched a scoreless inning in relief as the Jaspers blanked local rival
Fordham 3-0 at Van Cortlandt Park. Manhattan has now won four games in a row
and improves to 15-8 overall while Fordham falls to 6-18-1.
Manhattan took an early 2-0 lead in
the bottom of the first inning. Freshman Gary Diaz (Naugatuck, CT) singled up
the middle and advanced to second on a wild pitch. After sophomore Josh Greco
(Kensington, CT) flied out to right, sophomore Matt Cucurullo (Valhalla, NY)
singled to the left side but Diaz held up at third. Freshman Chris Gaskin (Rego
Park, NY) hit a groundball to the second baseman, who bobbled the ball which
allowed Diaz to score and put the Jaspers up 1-0. Anderson followed with a
basehit down the left field line to drive in Cucurullo for the second Jasper
run of the inning. Manhattan added an insurance run in the bottom of the
seventh on an RBI-groundout by Cucurullo.
Anderson (3-1) allowed just three
hits in seven innings of work for his third win of the season. Darcy came in to
pitch the eighth and set the Rams down in order. Gleason pitched a scoreless
ninth for his second save of the season.
The Jaspers are back in action
tomorrow afternoon, hosting Pace University at 3:00 at Van Cortlandt Park.
April 2, 2002
CHRIS GASKIN NAMED MAAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
EDISON, NJ - Freshman first baseman
Chris Gaskin (Rego Park, NY) has been named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Rookie of the Week, conference officials announced today. This marks the second
straight week that a Jasper baseball player has garnered a Rookie of the Week
honor.
Gaskin led the Jaspers to a
three-game sweep of MAAC rival Niagara last weekend, and collected 10 hits in
18 at-bats for a .556 batting average for the week. Gaskin drove in seven runs
in five games, including a career-high three RBI in a 13-2 victory over the
Purple Eagles. Gaskin, who has started all 23 games at first base, is currently
batting .317 and is fourth on the team in basehits (26) and RBI (14).
April 2, 2002
GOLF PLACES 21ST AT DREW UPTON TIGER GOLF CLASSIC
WESTOVER, MD - The Manhattan College
golf team finished 21st at the Drew Upton Tiger Golf Classic at the Great Hope
Golf Course last weekend. The Jaspers finished with a two-day total of 677.
Chris Damiano (Scarsdale, NY) was the
top finisher for the Jaspers, placing 58th with a two-day tally of 156, while
Tim Hand (Yonkers, NY) finished three strokes back of Damiano and placed 77th
with a combined score of 159. Danny Sirico (Hawthorne, NY) tied for 104th with
a score of 173 and Patrick Rizzotti (Floral Park, NY) was 106th with a score of
189.
The golf team is back in action on
Wednesday April 3 when they travel to Chesterfield, NJ to take on Rider.
T58. Chris Damiano 79+77=156
T77. Tim Hand 76+83=159
T104. Danny Sirico 87+86=173
106. Patrick Rizzotti 94+95=189
Team Score: 336+341=677
March 30, 2002
MEN'S LACROSSE FALLS TO DREXEL 13-6
Freshman Eugene Tanner Scores Three Goals in the Loss
PHILADELPHIA, PA - The Manhattan
College men's lacrosse team lost to Drexel 13-6 on Saturday afternoon at Drexel
Field. Manhattan fell to 3-5 on the season, while the Dragons improved to 5-4.
Nick Silva (Chesterfield, MO) got the
Jaspers on the board with his first of two goals at the 13:23 mark of the first
period. Drexel responded by scoring five goals in the first period and the
first three goals of the second period.
Drexel led by as many as seven goals
until the Jaspers scored three straight goals in the second quarter led by
Silva and two goals from Eugene Tanner (Medford, NY). Drexel led 9-4 at the
break.
Drexel outscored Manhattan 4-2 in the
second half, with Tanner adding another goal off an assist from Silva and Mike
Kelly (Syracuse, NY) scoring an unassisted goal in the fourth quarter
James Amandola (Medford, NY) recorded
18 saves in goal for Manhattan.
The Jaspers return to action on
Wednesday, April 3, when they travel to Wagner for a 3:30 match-up.
GOALS
Manhattan: Eugene Tanner 3, Nick Silva 2, Mike Kelly 1.
Drexel: Joe Fiore 3, Jason Kilpatrick 2, Jarett Mizzi 2,
Sean Moloney 2, Dan Kennedy 2, Mark Williamson 1, Sean Metz 1.
ASSISTS
Manhattan: Marty DarConte 1, Nick Silva 1.
Drexel: Mark Williamson 4, Jason Kilpatrick 2, Sean Metz
1.
SHOTS - Man. 21, Drexel 40 GROUNDBALLS - Man. 34, Drexel
37
FACE-OFFS - Man. 6, Drexel 17
March 30, 2002
BASEBALL BEATS NIAGARA, 14-7
Jasper Complete Three-Game Sweep of Eagles
RIVERDALE, NY - Freshman Gary Diaz
(Naugatuck, CT) went 3-6 with three RBI to lead the Manhattan College baseball
team to a 14-7 victory over MAAC rival Niagara Saturday afternoon at Van
Cortlandt Park. The win completed the three-game sweep of the Eagles, as
Manhattan improves to 14-8 overall and 4-2 in the MAAC. Niagara drops to 4-16
overall and 2-4 in the MAAC.
The Jaspers got on the board in the
bottom of the first on a sacrifice fly by sophomore Matt Cucurullo (Valhalla,
NY). Then in the bottom of the second, the Jaspers rallied for three runs on
three basehits. Sophomore Sal Candela (Brooklyn, NY) singled in a run and Diaz
followed with a double to left field to plate two more runs and give the
Jaspers a 4-0 lead.
Manhattan added two more runs in each
of the next three innings to break the game open. Freshman Eric Fierro
(Levittown, NY) led off the fourth inning with a single to right-center and
advanced to second on a wild pitch. Sophomore Jonathan Holzer (Brooklyn, NY)
then doubled down the leftfield line to put runners on second and third with
only one out. Fierro came in to score on an RBI single by Diaz, and Holzer came
across with the sixth Jasper run on an RBI-groundout by sophomore Josh Greco
(Kensignton, CT).
The Eagles got on the board in the
top of the fifth on a sacrifice fly. But in the bottom of the inning, the
Jaspers manufactured two more runs. Fierro drilled a bases-loaded single to
left field, scoring Wendell Anderson (East Hartford, CT) and freshman Chris
Gaskin (Rego Park, NY). Manhattan struck again in the bottom of the sixth when
Gaskin doubled in a pair of runs to make it 10-1.
Niagara put a four-spot up in the top
of the seventh on four consecutive basehits to cut the deficit to 10-5. But the
Jaspers countered with a four-run seventh of their own to extend the lead back
to 14-5. Freshman Sylvester Gutierrez (Fresh Meadow, NY) knocked in two runs
with a bases-loaded single up the middle, and Greco knocked in a run with a
single to the right side. Niagara got two runs back in the top of the eighth
for the final margin.
Freshman Mike Parisi (Lake Grove, NY)
(4-2) picked up the win, working 6.1 innings and allowing five runs on seven
hits with four strikeouts and two walks. Greco, Gaskin, Gutierrez and Fierro
drove in two runs apiece in the win, as every Jasper in the starting lineup
collected at least one basehit.
The Jaspers are back in action on
Tuesday, April 2 hosting Fordham at 3:00 in a non-conference game at Van
Cortlandt Park.
March 29, 2002
BASEBALL TAKES TWO FROM NIAGARA
Jaspers Sweep Purple Eagles, 8-7 & 13-2
RIVERDALE, NY - Behind the stellar
starting pitching of junior Ryan Darcy (Levittown, NY) and freshman Ken Gleason
(Glendale, NY), the Manhattan college baseball team swept a doubleheader from
MAAC rival Niagara University Friday afternoon at Van Cortlandt Park. Manhattan
held off the Eagles in the first game by a score of 8-7, and pounded out 19
hits and scored 13 runs en route to a 13-2 victory in game two. Manhattan
improves to 13-8 overall and 3-2 in the conference, while Niagara falls to 4-15
overall and 2-3 in the league.
In the first game, the Jaspers had to
come from behind and held off a late rally by the Eagles for the narrow one-run
victory. Manhattan got on the board in the bottom of the first on an RBI-double
by Josh Greco (Kensington, CT) and an RBI-groundout by Matt Cucurullo
(Valhalla, NY) to take a 2-0 lead. The Jaspers held the lead until the top of
the sixth when the Eagles rallied for three runs, two of which came on a
Manhattan fielding error. Niagara tacked on another run in the top of the
seventh on an RBI groundout by Miguel Iglesias to take a 4-2 lead.
But the Jaspers scored three runs in
each of the next two innings to regain the lead. Greco knocked in two more runs
in the seventh on a basehit to centerfield. Then in the eighth, Sal Candela
(Brooklyn, NY) came up with the big hit, lining a basehit to rightfield to
bring around two more runs. Jonathan Holzer (Brooklyn, NY) followed with a
triple to score Candela for the eighth Jasper run of the ballgame. In the top
of the ninth, the Eagles made it interesting, scoring three runs on four hits
and leaving the tying run at second base. Gleason pitched the Jaspers out of
the jam, getting the last two batters of the game to fly out for his second
save of the season.
Darcy (4-2) pitched 8.1 strong
innings, allowing only four earned runs with eight strikeouts. Greco went 2-4
with two RBI, and Candela went 1-4 with two RBI and a run scored. Freshman
Chris Gaskin (Rego Park, NY) collected three hits on the day and scored a run.
In game two, the Jaspers batted
around in the first inning, scoring four times and never looked back in a 13-2
rout of the Eagles. Four Jaspers tallied at least three hits in the game, led
by Cucurullo's 4-5 performance. Gaskin, Frank Cappello (Pelham, NY) and
Sylvester Gutierrez (Fresh Meadow, NY) drove in three runs apiece, and
Cucurullo and Wendell Anderson (East Hartford, CT) each drove in two runs.
Freshman Gary Diaz (Naugatuck, CT) went 3-5 and scored three runs.
Gleason pitched a gem, working six
innings with four strikeouts. He shut out Niagara until the top of the sixth
when the Eagles plated two runs on a Manhattan fielding error. Gleason is now
4-0 on the season.
Manhattan wraps up the three-game
series with Niagara tomorrow afternoon at 12 Noon at Van Cortlandt Park.
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Copyright 2002 Chicago Tribune Company
Chicago Tribune
April 2, 2002 Tuesday, NORTH SPORTS FINAL EDITION
SECTION: Sports; Pg. 8; ZONE: N
HEADLINE: Ayers awaits Demons' decision; Bradshaw has
other candidates
BYLINE: By Fred Mitchell and Skip
Myslenski, Tribune staff reporters.
With the conclusion of the Final
Four, DePaul's search for a head coach enters its next phase.
Athletic director Bill Bradshaw has
interviewed Manhattan College coach Bobby Gonzalez, and is believed to be
considering Philadelphia 76ers assistant Randy Ayers, North Carolina-Wilmington
coach Jerry Wainwright and Michigan State assistant Brian Gregory. Ayers said
Bradshaw told him he would get back to him after talking to other candidates at
the Final Four.
"We didn't get into
specifics," Ayers said of his talks with Bradshaw.
Ayers is in his fifth season as an
assistant coach with the Sixers. He had spent the previous eight years as head
coach at Ohio State, where he compiled a 124-108 record and led the Buckeyes to
four postseason appearances. He was named national coach of the year in 1991
after leading OSU to a 27-4 record and its first of two Big Ten titles.
"I have a good situation here
[in Philadelphia]," said Ayers, who conceded that the DePaul job
"could be a good fit."
DePAUL.
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Copyright 2002 St. Louis
Post-Dispatch, Inc.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 1, 2002 Monday Five Star Lift Edition
SECTION: WEST POST; Pg. 10
HEADLINE: COLLEGES
BYLINE: Dennis Cutter Of The Post-Dispatch
Athlete of the Week
* Manhattan College junior co-captain
Nick Silva, a graduate of Parkway West High, was named the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference Lacrosse Player of the Week. In a 12-7 win over Virginia
Military Institute, Silva scored three goals with three assists. He had one
goal and five assists in a 14-5 win over Canisius College. Silva is a two-time
first-team All-MAAC player and was the voted the rookie of the year his
freshman season. Manhattan is in Riverdale, NY.
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NOTES:
To submit an item, mail or fax:; Area
College Notebook c/o Dennis Cutter; St. Louis Post-Dispatch; 900 North Tucker
Blvd.; St. Louis, Mo., 63101; Fax: (314) 340-3070; E-mail:
dcutter@post-dispatch.com
LOAD-DATE: April 1, 2002
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Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 10:38:21 -0500
From: Karl Aiese
Subject: Golf Tournament
The 5th Annual Jasper Construction
Open Golf Tournament will be held on August 5th, 2002, at Lake Isle Country
Club in Eastchester, New York. Cost is $250 per golfer. Whole sponsorships are available for $100.
For more information, please call Joe Van Etten at 212-280-0663 or email at
<privacy invoked & jasper jottings will forward>. Co-Chairman and Tournament committee members
are needed.
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Subject: Please send Jasper Jottings
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 04:12:17 -0500
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bouncing. ]
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Subject: New E-mail address as of April 2002
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Subject: Jasper Jottings
From: Eileen Mikulewicz
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 15:39:57 -0500
Hi John,
I did not receive the weekly
newsletter today and was wondering if I got dropped off the distribution
list. My email is <privacy
invoked> which is set up to forward to this id <privacy invoked>.
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[JR: No. The ISP (AT&T Worldnet
has some type of email problem. That they idiotically keep trying to blame on
my email client Eudora!?! Duh. There are at least four separate attempts to
send JJ 3/31 in flight somewhere in cyberspace. If you haven’t received it by
today, you can read it on the website or drop me an email or I can send one of
many many copies I have floating around here. Argghh]
From: Eileen Mikulewicz
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 08:58:00 -0500
Hi John,
Thanks for the note. You can leave my <privacy invoked> address in the distribution.
Take care!
Regards,
Eileen
Fulfillment WW Announcement Services Staff
150 Kettletown Road
Southbury, CT 06488
[JR: Now I know how to get
participation in the email portion – have the ISP screw it all up! ;-) Sigh.]
From: John Fay
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2002-030-31 (from home)
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 12:08:07 +0100
John,
First, business. I saw your note to
Linda Gray about the mail list. I might be able to offer a solution of sorts,
but I'm not sure if what I can offer is of any real value.
The company that hosts my web site is
called Hostfinity (www.hostfinity.com) and they allow me to
run mailing lists. I've never used this service, but I'd like to. I was
thinking that maybe it would provide you with the functionality that you lost
when you moved from listbot. If you're interested, then I'd be willing to work
with you to set it up though my web service. And, it would give me an
opportunity to learn how this works. Let me know.
Now, for my response to Mr. Helm
(x3).
He certainly has an impressive family
history. Although I was born and raised in the US (NYC & upstate near
Albany), my family is 100% Irish in its roots. My mother immigrated in 1959 and
my father's father immigrated in 1916 and his mother's family immigrated around
1900. So, all my roots are in Ireland and all poor peasant families
essentially. No decorated officers of glorious battles past (although my
grandfather did serve in the Fighting 69th in WWI and was wounded -- gassed).
I never intended to imply he knew
nothing of Ireland nor did I feel like I was being cavalier. Far from it, I
tried to address his questions seriously, but I just wasn't sure how closely he
had followed events in the past 4 years (since Good Friday 1998).
And, through my site I get views from
people with all sorts of last names, including many I can't even begin to pronounce
and from people who definitely do not have any Irish blood, but whose views are
just as legitimate as anyone else's. Many of these people live in Poland,
Germany, Puerto Rico, wherever.
I also never intended justify
anything that has happened in Northern Ireland in the past 80 years or in Irish
history. I was only trying to point out that Northern Ireland is changing and
that the people of both parts of Ireland and both sides of the
religious/political divide in N. Ireland voted in a referendum in 1998 to
approve a political deal that provided for (1) a power sharing Executive in N.
Ireland, which includes Sinn Fein (Irish Republican Party) and members of Ian
Paisley's party (DUP), (2) formal cross-border bodies with executive powers to
oversee areas of mutual concern to the two parts of Ireland, (3) parliamentary
links between Ireland, North and South and the regional bodies in Britain
(Scottish, Welsh & Manx parliaments) and Westminster, (4) fundamental
changes to policing in N. Ireland (with former NY State Police Chief & DEA
boss Tom Constantine charged with overseeing the implementation of these
changes), (5) fundamental changes to the criminal justice system, and (6)
eventual decommissioning of all paramilitary weapons. This was approved by something
like 90% of the Catholic/Nationalist population of N. Ireland and 96% of the
population of the Irish Republic. It was only in the Protestant / Unionist
community of N. Ireland that the vote was close. But, none of this means that
N. Ireland is now 'solved' or that life is a bowl of cherries up there yet.
To answer Mr. Helm's other questions:
1. I do have a fair grasp of Irish
history and I have no problem saying that there have been many wrongs inflicted
on Ireland by England. The greatest wrong was its 'non-interventionist' policy
during the Great Famine in the 1840's.
2. The B-Specials were an official
auxiliary police force. The British Government wound up this force in the early
1970's.
3. There are no more border checks
when traveling between the Republic and N. Ireland. In fact, the last border
patrols were implemented on this side (the Republic) to prevent cattle and
sheep from crossing last year during the hoof & mouth epidemic.
4. I totally accept that living in
Dublin teaches you nothing of what Ireland is like.
John Fay '86
[JR: Well, I am sure we are all
getting an “irish” education now. Thanks for the tech offer but, I have pick up
a spammer’s tool to eliminate the ISP entirely. Let’s see how that works.]
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings
2002-030-31 (from home)
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 07:06:21 -0500
From: Dennis Avon
Here Here on your comments on
Microsoft, John. I work for this great
company and I can assure you that it's all about R&D and passion for your
business. This lawsuit is one about
competitors using litigation instead of competing with the best products.
Dennis A. Avon
Manager, Premier and Alliance Support
Microsoft Financial Services
825 Eighth Ave
New York, NY 10019
[JR: I am really not a fan of
Microsoft but I hold the stock directly and through funds. I think they “stink”
on security and that some of the execs lie through their teeth to customers.
Having said that, I am even less enamored of the government “fixing” the
situation. I envision a $900 toilet seat that does word processing but only
uses 1.5 gallons of words per flush. The cure is worse than the disease. I
think that Msft will split the business and consumer marketplace shortly with
cost and copy protection. Then, linux and star office will each the consumer
side and some of the business side.]
From: Louis Menchise
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings 2002-030-31 (from home)
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 8:26:26 -0500
I'm actually proudest of the version
that follows. What I meant by all forms
of government was: federal; state; and local.
Power to the moderates. McCain in
'08.
Americans have forgotten basic
ideals. I don't like the term,
"family values," nor do I like the idea of trying to enforce
morality. I would like to see all
Americans look strongly towards a "common decency" if we are to coin
a phrase. All parents throughout the
world try to instill the same common decency to their children. This has always been true and much of what
they have always said is still taught today.
Decency needs to be extended from one individual to all individuals no
matter what sex, race, religion or sexual orientation.
I am appalled at the sentiment in the
U.S. that knowledge and "being in-the-know" are not important. Students are bored in classrooms because
children, like adults are fixated on "thrill" or purely pleasurable
activities, only. The joy of learning in
and out of classrooms has become overshadowed.
What's needed is a cultural revolution to get Americans to once again
want to be knowledgeable.
Our desire to work and be productive
is still strong, but our work ethic has deteriorated. I believe this is due in part to
insufficient vacation-time allotted to Americans. Children see their parents return from work
zombie-like, only to have them try to "come alive" on weekends and
play catch-up with their family and friends.
Children then do not put any stock into their parent's insistence that,
"the key to success and happiness is to study and work hard!" Unfortunately, "success" is almost
always equated with money and material objects - first by our parents, then our
peers.
We have also become a most
irresponsible people. Too quickly do we
look to blame and burden a higher entity or differing groups for our lack of
success. It has become common to look
for a hand out or to waste our paychecks by living beyond our means or engaging
in destructive activities.
Fortunately, Americans have always shown
traits of benevolence. It is imperative
that we think first of others and our society before ourselves.
I own firearms, but I feel it is
necessary policy to ensure public safety by enacting strict gun laws. I am bothered that convicted killers can live
the rest of their lives in prison while their victims are lost to us
forever. Worse yet is the knowledge that
some murderers will eventually be released from prisons, not having been
sentenced to "life." Yet, I
oppose the death penalty. Many innocent
people have been executed. Inmates
should be given the opportunity to help better the prison society or the
society they have left behind and should never return to.
Substitutes for abortion exist, but I
feel that a woman should have the freedom to choose to have an abortion. Pregnant women will do desperate things
should abortion be outlawed. Already,
too many children are emotionally and physically abused by their parent(s) who
blame their children for their woes. For
these unlucky children, this is a fate worse than being aborted as a
fetus.
I think it is imperative for all
forms of government to give hope to and educate the "have-nots." In the last 20 years or so, America's
have-nots have felt particularly oppressed in the shadow of the rich and
super-rich corporations. I would like to
see the "haves" help provide housing assistance, food, jobs and job
training, educational, and medical assistance to the less fortunate. Some law enforcement agencies dole out $25
for a surrendered firearm. Doing so
gives a person surrendering an old, rusted, non-functioning gun the opportunity
to buy a weapon that works! Could not
wealthy individuals and institutions provide some of the above goods and
services for surrendered weapons or illegal drugs?
What do you think?
[JR: McCain, you gotta be kidding,
the hero of the savings and loan debacle, the unconstitutional limitation on
free speech. Most objectionable is your assignment of the government n a role
to “give hope”. Welfare has done more to suck hope out of the minorities in
this country than anything that life could dole out. Education? I thought
Walter Williams’ comment said it best “The grand Dragon of the Klu Klux Clan
could not have come up with a better way to enslave and empovish the black community
than the War on Poverty welfare system and the system of public education we
have in this country.” Way to go Walter! Call it as you see them. Government is
the “problem”!]
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 16:19:22 -0500
From: kimberly ruderman
Organization: manhattan college
Subject: Subscriptions to Jasper Jottings
Hello. I'm the editor of the Manhattan alumni
newsletter. (I work with Lydia Gray, who corresponded with you recently.) Could you add me and assistant editor
Margaret Mary Hennessey (please see address above) to your subscription list?
Thanks in advance and best regards,
Kim Ruderman
[JR: Sure, you do realize I have been
trying to “give” this activity to the College ever since I stuck my nose into
the security of the MCOLDB alumni database. Careful, it may stick!]
[JR: Note to all subscribers, careful
what you say “management: is listening. (Like that ever made a difference!)]
From: Ken Jablon
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:04:36 EST
Subject: (no subject)
John,
The Tree Bore Fruit Manhattan College
1853-1953 that you found a reference to on the web is a history of the first
100 years of MC. I still have my copy that MC gave to me when I was there.
Ken Jablon
BBA '62
[JR: Never heard of it. Or, don’t
remember it. Possible senior moment alert.]
Date: 2 Apr 2002 22:13:16 -0000
From: John O Connor
Subject: Change of email address for Jasper Jottings
Oh Worthy Collector In Chief...
I am changing ISPs... please
load <privacy invoked> and delete
<privacy invoked>
Thanks
[JR: Finally I am being addressed
with the solemnity deserved. Usually the messages start, or are implied to
start, you … you … you … stop sending me this stuff. Having forgotten that they
signed up for the stuff in the first place.]
From: Patrick Steiner
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 08:26:00 +0800
Subject: Charles Kasprzak
Hello,
I am responding to your reply about
Mr. Charles Kasprzak. You stated that you have information.
Thank you in advance.
Patrick J. Steiner
Manhattan Class of 1990
[JR: I am confused. Don’t remember
anything about him. But, I bcced your message to the address that I have.]
From: Bill Lynch
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2002-030-31 (from home) Try#4
Sent via bulk mailer
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 13:52:08 +0000
John,
Why are you beating that Joe Micali
story to death? You have run that story
twice now! I am always pleased to hear
that a Jasper, and one of the two ex-Summit Bank Jaspers, are doing well; but
you must have more important fish to fry.
Jasperly,
Bill Lynch
(AKA "The other ex-Summit Bank Jasper")
[JR:
Bill: I think I only ran it once in the 3/31 issue. Perhaps, you have
received more than one of the possible four copies that have or may have been
or may be orbiting in cyberspace somewhere. Sorry if I have caused confusion
with the four attempts, but I thought it was an especially interesting, (and -
humbly - a well edited issue). I know how you feel --- I felt that way when
Rudy was the “only” person ever to graduate from Manhattan.]
From:
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2002-030-31 (from home) Try#4
Sent via bulk mailer
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 20:10:25 +0000
John,
They are all kewl issues! Keep up the grand work! Of course, your work in "Jasper
Jottings" does beg the question of where would you be now if you attended
The Columbia School of Journalism, instead of Manhattan College?
Afghanistan perhaps?
Best regards,
Bill
[JR: I may have been Bill Clinton
without the sex. I probably should have went to Law School. I am real good at
torturing gnat while the camels run free. The only course I probably would have
trouble with would have been “lying or whenever your lips move”. I have flunked
out I can spell. (As readers can attest to.)]
From: Cox, Lawrence H.
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings 2002-030-31 (from home) Try#4
Sent via bulk m
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 09:53:14 -0500
Within your Jasper network, do you
have contact info for Alphonsus J. Fennelly, BA (Physics), 1968?
To: Cox, Lawrence H.
From: "ferdinand john reinke (@ home office)" reinke@att.net
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings 2002-030-31
LC:
I invited him to participate back at
the beginning. Seems like eons ago. But, he never joined. I have bcc-ed the
address I have for him. Let's see if it is still good? In the meanwhile, I'll
include your request in this week's issue.
John
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 07:58:24 -0800
(PST)
From: Laura Lucia Anne Rienti
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2002-030-31
Can you please explain to me how this newsletter is
organized? I find it very confusing.
Thank you,
Laura Rienti
Class of 2000
[JR: Does this help?
My Cover Letter
Date
Subscribers
Count
Important
Dates
Special News
An
Exhortation
Jasper Jottings
Table Of
Contents
Participants
By Class
Participants
By Name
Formal
Announcements About Jaspers
Messages
From Headquarters (Manhattan College Press Releases & Stuff)
Jaspers
Publishing Web Pages
Jaspers
Found On & Off The Web By Using The Web
Jasper
Honors
Jasper
Weddings
Jasper Births
Jasper
Engagements
Jasper
Graduations
Jasper Obits
Manhattan In
The News Or Found On & Off The Web
Resumes
Sports
Email From
Jaspers
Boilerplate
A Final
Thought
You should try compiling it. That’s
confusing.]
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 08:26:42 -0800
(PST)
From: Geoffrey Zelnik
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2002-030-31
Dear John,
I would like to make an announcement
to the Mailing List of a new position I recently accepted and my ability and
willingness to help out any Manhattan College Alumnus who need me and my firm's
services
Geofrey S. Zelnik, MBA, 1998
===
Geoffrey S. Zelnik
Sr. Real Estate Advisor
Commercial Division
WILLIAM B. MAY INTERNATIONAL
575 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
PS I report directly to Jonathon
Rudes, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
[JR: Good. I want to foster
networking with this effort.]
From: Scudo, Robert
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings 2002-030-31 (from home) Try#4
Sent
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 11:55:37 -0500
Already got it on Monday
[JR: Sorry. Just delete any extra copies
that arrive. There's as many as four in flight!]
From: Rob Kuhn
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2002-030-31
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 21:27:16
Hi John ...
FYI, I received (presumably) the
first mailing, but if you sent a second and third, I did not see them. Or, I
suppose I may have seen the third and 4th (sorry, can't check now) ... but I
certainly received the 4th.
Lately I have seen the odd spacing others
have reported, but only on my Mac at home, and not my PC at work.
But I don't think I have entirely
missed any leters.
Hope the feedback is helpful.
Rob Kuhn '73
From:
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings 2002-030-31
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 16:53:31 -0500
Hello John:
I am a patent/antitrust lawyer and a
Manhattan grad. Let me make a few
comments on the Microsoft case in reply to your comments.
First, your views are partly correct,
and partly incorrect. The US antitrust
laws have been attacked on the basis of the argument that the market will
discipline a monopolist without need for judicial intervention, as evidenced by
the effective collapse of the ATT monopoly on local and long distance service,
and the near collapse of IBM's monopoly in the mainframe business. Further, antitrust critics argue, with some
justification, that technology and innovation markets change so fast that
monopoly power can not exist long enough for antitrust enforcement to remedy
it. This is a question subject to great
debate on both sides. However, in my
view, the Microsoft case demonstrates that antitrust still plays an important
role, but perhaps a less important role now than it has played historically, in
regulating the misuse of market power in today's technology and intellectual
property (IP) based markets.
The older antitrust jurisprudence
(circa pre 1980) was inherently biased against the enforcement of patents and
other technology based IP. Technological
change during the Industrial and Post Industrial ages was relatively slow,
required access to capital that was enjoyed by relatively few market
participants, and involved the contruction and use of large plants, equipment
and tools, i.e., so called "big iron." Additionally, the acquisition and enforcement
of patents and IP was generally limited to large, dominant corporations, who
were more inclined to use their IP (it wasn't even called IP then) as a bargining
chip with other dominant corporations, in sharing and maintaining market
positions. Hence, the antagonism of the
federal courts to patents and IP prior
to the 1970s. Today, the research,
development and commercialization of technology-based products and services
still requires significant investment.
However, access to the capital markets is wider, our value-added economy
is more competitive and less dependent on "hard assets" and "big
iron", and IP protection is afforded to an ever increasing number of firms
of varying size and is more aggressively exploited. (Compare the cost of computer power and data
communications ten years ago with that of today.). The result has been, I think, that no one,
not even Microsoft, is immune from competition regardless of their market power
at any given time. Bigger can be
overcome by Better.
Nevertheless, dominant market
positions, e.g.. that which has been adjudicated to exist in MSFT's
Windows(tm), still exist, and temporary market power can be used to hinder
competition, to control price and output, and to raise barriers to entry -- the classic antitrust indicia of monopoly
or market power. Such was the case in US
v. Microsoft. It may well be, when all
is said and done, that the market will reward or punish Microsoft on the merits
before there is any final adjudication in the
federal, state and private actions against the company. However, I continue to believe that effective
antitrust enforcement (if swiftly and appropriately employed) can aid market
forces in leveling the playing field and ensuring fair competition even during
relatively short periods of monopoly power.
Please feel free to share my comments
with your circulation list and I look forward to the comments of others.
Regards,
JMM
Joseph M. Manak, Esq.
Shareholder
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP
885 Third Avenue
New York, N.Y.
10022
[JR: Interesting lawyer’s
perspective. My views are “partially correct …”. How could that be. Did I lie
and mistake my views either deliberately or by accident? No those are my views
I’d recognize them anywhere. What yolu might have meant was that my views
differ from yours, Congress” as represent by some law, by some court decision,
or such. Interestingly, that most people tell others that they are wrong. I am
always careful when I use that emotionally loaded word “wrong”. As Austrian
Libertarian, I still maintain that the government causes monopolies, If MSFT’s
competitors would stop looking to the government for relief and handouts, the
sooner they could focus on beating MSFT with quality products. I personally would
start with “security” where MSFT’s stuff is terrible. Then, maybe I would focus
on “availability” where they are a joke also. ATL-CNTL-DEL is now in the public
vocabulary.]
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 20:35:58 -0500
From: Ed Plumeau
Subject: LUNCHEON
Dear John: In the next "Jasper Jottings"
please note the next Treasure Coast (FL.) alumni luncheon -- Tuesday, April 16
at 12:00 noon in the Holiday Inn on U.S. 1, Stuart, Florida. Stop in if you are in the neighborhood! We'll probably have one more in May and that
will be all for the season. Ed Plumeau
'52A
[JR: I’ll get there one of these
days.]
A
collection copyright is asserted to protect against any misuse of original
material.
This
effort has NO FORMAL RELATION to Manhattan College!
Fax
can be accommodated 781-723-7975 but email is easier.
I
keep several of the “Instant Messengers” up: ICQ#72967466; Yahoo "reinkefj";
and MSN T7328215850.
Or,
you can USMail it to me at 3 Tyne Court Kendall Park, NJ 08824.
Feel
free to invite other Jaspers to join us by dropping me an email.
http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0403-01.htm
Published on Wednesday, April 3, 2002
by Common Dreams
What the American Flag Stands
For
by Charlotte Aldebron
===
The American flag stands for the fact
that cloth can be very important. It is against the law to let the flag touch
the ground or to leave the flag flying when the weather is bad. The flag has to
be treated with respect. You can tell just how important this cloth is because
when you compare it to people, it gets much better treatment. Nobody cares if a
homeless person touches the ground. A homeless person can lie all over the
ground all night long without anyone picking him up, folding him neatly and
sheltering him from the rain. School children have to pledge loyalty to this
piece of cloth every morning. No one has to pledge loyalty to justice and
equality and human decency. No one has to promise that people will get a fair
wage, or enough food to eat, or affordable medicine, or clean water, or air
free of harmful chemicals. But we all have to promise to love a rectangle of
red, white, and blue cloth.
Betsy Ross would be quite surprised
to see how successful her creation has become. But Thomas Jefferson would be
disappointed to see how little of the flag's real meaning remains.
===
Charlotte Aldebron, 12, wrote this
essay for a competition in her 6th grade English class. She attends
Cunningham Middle School in Presque Isle, Maine. Comments may be sent to her
mom, Jillian Aldebron: aldebron@ainop.com
===
Unfortunately, Charlotte there is no
Santa Claus. The government -- under the guise of that flag and exceeding all
constitutional authority -- takes from its citizens a huge percentages of their
earnings and wealth. There is nothing left for charity. It is amazing to me
that true charities, like the Salvation Army, Saint Francis’ friars feeding the
homeless in New York, Manhattan College, and Homefront in Mercer County New
Jersey -- can still eke out an existence from handouts coming from truly generous
individuals. If the government didn't take so much, then more would be
available to really help.
See, as Harry Browne says, the
government's brand of enforced "charity" and the United Way's
"Big Charity" are more about making everyone "feel good" than
helping the needy. See the United Way TV commercials, feel good, and ignore the
big salaries and expense of United Way. Compare that to what the Salvation Army
pays its execs and spend on other than its services.
Ahh, to be so young and so naïve as
you. It really is quite “cute”. And I don’t begrude you this time in your life.
But after the system grinds you down over time, you’ll see what is really
happening. The "new democracy", rather than the original republican
form of government given to us by the dead old white men and practiced up till
about 1913, doesn’t allow people to be free to make choices. After that point,
the "government" started to decide what was best for us. And, of how
we have suffered for it. See a site named for Lord Acton as to what makes
charity effective. This, today's "big" model ain't it. And, we are
all the poorer for it.
And that’s the last word.