Sunday 08 September 2002
Dear Jaspers,
The jasper jottings email list has 998 subscribers by my count. I have stepped up my soliciting "found" Jaspers. Your help would be appreciated.
Don't forget: … …
Wednesday, September 11 – Remember our fallen alums
Friday, September 20 to Sunday, September 22 Alumni Men's Retreat
call Joe Gunn '76, (718) 321-4907 or
Kevin Dolan '68, (718)
432-8714.
Monday, September 23, 2002 - 2nd O'Neill Memorial Golf Classic
call (718) 726-3153. <-
<- <- Corrected number!
website http://jkogolf.org
Monday, September 23 – Long Island Jasper Golf Outing
call Alumni Relations Office
(718) 862-7454
Monday, October 5 – New Library Dedication
Monday, October 5 – Columbus Day Golf Outing Mahopac, NY
call Ssive
Sola (718) 862-7454 ssive.sola@manhattan.edu
Wednesday, October 9 – NYC Alumni Club
"Staying on Top of Your
Game,
Marketing Yourself in a
Changing Economy"
Grace Feeney (718) 862-7432
grace.feeney@manhattan.edu
Wednesday October 23 - Career Fair Undergraduate
Draddy
Gymnasium from
Any
organization interested in participating should contact
Joe Dillon (718)
862-7997.
Recent Manhattan College
graduates are invited to attend
register with Ssive Sola (718) 862-7454.
October 14 - 22
Call Alumni
info@ahitravel.com
Tuesday, November 12 – 25th Annual John J. Horan Lecture
Rudolf Giuliani ‘65
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911 is this week. I am speechless.
Everyone – politicians, the media, the celebrities -- is making a big fuss. I question authenticity of those that spout off.
It's like all the flags that we see all tattered and ruined. Dishonored in their condition by the sunshine patriots. Moments of silence are being substituted for true introspection. National debate about Iraq is slanted towards war. Politics is in everything.
Our honored dead, attacked without warning, need to be remembered with the promise that nothing will be done so lightly again. Politicians that use this as vehicle are beneath slime. We may need to go to war to prevent further loss of life. But, let's not confuse 911 remembrances with reasoned public discourse about the right path.
Dona Nobis Pacem.
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ALL BOILER PLATE is at the end.
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http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,60814,00.html
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Classic Characters Garner Cult Followings
By Catherine Donaldson-Evans
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NEW YORK — With Star Trek: Nemesis set to hit theaters this year, Trekkies will likely be meeting at their famous conventions to discuss Capt. Picard's latest adventures.
But they aren't the only eccentric club members to gather at offbeat conferences. Fans of The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, Sherlock Holmes, Nancy Drew and a host of other treasured characters and stories are holding lesser-known conventions around the country.
Not surprisingly, many of the groups have been established out of feelings of wistfulness for the past.
"It's childhood nostalgia," said Jenn Fisher, 29, president of the Nancy Drew Sleuths. "I read Nancy Drew as a child and loved it. [Club members] feel like she inspired them to do more in life. She was so independent and bold."
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Maybe it's the desire to go back to a simpler time. No TV, video games, rap music. Pre 911; post pearl harbor. Will they say that this era was the best of the Pax Americana? Do we fall like the Romans? Is all-volunteer similar to the Romans relegating service in the Legion to paid mercenaries? Are we in our bread and circuses stage?
I hope not. I plan to give some of my favorite tomes to my nephews and see if I can encourage them to find what I found in them. I am going to look for more opportunities to do things like this with others. Hope we all can do the same.
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
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CONTENTS
0 Formal
announcements
3 Messages from Headquarters
(like MC Press Releases)
1 Jaspers publishing web pages
3 Jaspers found web-wise
1 Honors
1 Weddings
0 Births
0 Engagements
0 Graduations
1 Obits
4 "Manhattan in
the news" stories
0 Resumes
5 Sports
19 Emails
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Calabro, John Rocco |
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Carhart, Bob |
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Lando, Anthony |
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Lane,
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McCoy,
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McEneney,
Michael F. |
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McGrail,Maire |
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McManus,
John P |
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Mohan,
Kristin |
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Molino,
Jen |
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Montero, Jhamileth |
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Morris,
Elizabeth R. |
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Mortillo, Steve |
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Muccilo, Lisa |
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Muldoon, Ms. Margaret A.
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Mulvihill, Padraic
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Murphy,
Gerard E. |
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Murphy,
Robert E. |
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Murray,
Michael M. |
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O'Connor,
John |
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Oefelein, Joseph C. |
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Pflug, Donna (Murray) |
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Scudo, Robert |
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Spacek, Marcy J |
Wedding1 (reporter) |
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Talabac, Mary Joanne(O'Connor) |
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Uffer, Lou |
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[FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT JASPERS]
[Messages from Headquarters (Manhattan College Press Releases & Stuff)]
[JR: Not from the College but from the Alumni Society.]
From: Meg Walsh
Subject: Manhattan College, NYC Alumni Club
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 08:29:28 -0400
Dear Manhattan College Alumni,
I would just like to take a moment to update you on the NYC Alumni Club Committee's event activities to date.
The Club's next even is scheduled for Wednesday, October 9th, 2002 6:00 to 9:00 PM. The theme is Staying on Top of Your Game, Marketing Yourself in a Changing Economy. The program will include an Executive Level Panel discussion. We have secured the fabulous 60th floor of the J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. facility in the financial district off Pine Street. Cost to attend is $35/person.
At this point most of the sub committee activities are well underway, however we may need some additional help to register attendees the night of the event, and we will need help in getting the word out to Alumni about the event.
Hold the date flyers are being sent out via US mail this week, with a follow up event flyer in two weeks. E mails will be sent to those Alumni we have current E mail addresses on in the Metro area. We have also listed the event in the McKit and on the website. Flyers will be distributed to alumni at MC Night at Yankee Stadium Sept, 6th as well.
We may implement a phone-athon late in Sept., after we monitor the registration volume. Registration is open Tuesday, the 3rd , and registration can now be done directly through the website.
Regards,
Meg Walsh
212.286.8978
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Dear NYC Alumni Club Spring '02 event attendee,
I hope you have enjoyed a wonderful summer, and you are looking forward to the invigoration that accompanies the fall, as well as the fall '02 Manhattan College NYC Alumni Club event.
Throughout the summer, the NYC Alumni Club Committee, has been busy preparing the program for the Fall '02 event. We believe we have developed an exciting program, featuring a topic important to each of us at this time "Staying on Top of Your Game, Marketing Yourself in a Changing Economy." Regardless of your current employment status, staying abreast of the market is critical to success in the workplace.
As you recollect, the sold out Spring '02 event was a huge success and a great deal of fun. I invite you and all Alumni to join us again at the upcoming October event for another evening of networking, socializing and rekindling of ties to the Manhattan College Community.
Details of the event are as follows:
Date: Wednesday, October 9th, 2002
Time: 6:00 to 9:00 PM.
Location: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., 60th floor, One Chase Manhattan Plaza,
Pine Street
A financial district location has been selected to provide the Manhattan College Community another opportunity to demonstrate our support of NYC's successful rebuilding efforts! Additional details on the event are shown in the attached word document.
Registration is now available directly on-line at www.manhattan.edu. (Follow Alumni & friends link to Alumni Events Calendar, October 9th.) If you would rather not register on line, full registration information is shown below.
At the April event we were all designated ambassadors of the NYC Alumni Club. Therefore I am requesting each of you, take ownership of sharing the information about this important and fun event with all Manhattan Alumni in your network.
I look forward to seeing you October 9th.
Regards,
Meg Walsh, NYC Alumni Club Chairperson
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Registration Process
Method of Payment
Check:
Visa:
MasterCard:
To cover reception for # of persons _______ @ $35/ person
Total Amount:
Expiration Date:
Card # ________________________
Signature ______________________
Name:
Year:
Home Phone:
Business Phone:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
E mail address:
[JR: I suggest that if you are tempted into emailing your credit card, then DON"T. It's just not safe.]
Make checks payable to Manhattan College. Please have response in by Sept. 15th, 2002
Mail form to Grace Feeney, Lavelle
Hall,
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Manhattan College
New York City Alumni Club
Fall 2002 event
An evening of networking, socializing, and rekindling ties to Manhattan College
Executive Panel Discussion
Staying on Top of Your Game, Marketing Yourself in a Changing Economy
Wednesday, October 9, 2002
Advance Reservations Suggested
Spring 2001 event Sold Out
In today’s market,
Who knows you is just as important as who and what you know.
Repackage your skill set; Build your network; Gain useful tips to sustain your career
Wednesday, October 9th, 2002 6:00 to 9:00 PM
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. facility
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, 60th floor; corner of Pine & Williams Streets
Jaspers continuing to support lower Manhattan’s recovery!
Pre-event at Suspender’s 111 Broadway, 4:30 PM
Convenient access to 2,3,4 and 5 trains; parking available at Edison Park Fast at Front & John, east of Water Street
The Manhattan College New York City Alumni Club, facilitating networking and socializing amongst Alumni in the Metro area.
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 10:33:08 -0400
From: Marjorie Apel
Subject: Re: jasperjottings20020901
Dear John,
Please post on your calendar the Annual Career Fair, Wed. Oct 23rd, 12 noon to 5pm. Co-sponsored by the Alumni Society and Career Services. Open to Alumni, Graduate and Undergraduate students. Free event Contact Tricia Chun at 718-862-7421 with any questions and/or if your company wants to participate.
Thanks,
Marjorie Apel
From: Adrienne J. Mullikin
Subject: Jasper Jottings
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:57:03 -0400
Dear Mr. Reinke,
My name is Adrienne and I am the Sports Information Director at Manhattan College. Last week, one of my co-workers and alum of Manhattan passed along your "Jasper Jottings" Newsletter. I noticed that you included a graph about our new athletics website www.gojapsers.com and how you claim that there are "bugs" on the site. I assure you that this is UNTRUE, and I am requesting that you please publish a correction in your next issue so that your readers will not be alarmed. I am including the correspondence from a prior email with one of your subscribers who expressed this same concern. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact myself or the programmers who designed our new site. Thank you.
>>I hope this email from Sports Systems gives you some more insight into the issue of security.
-Adrienne
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From: John Reinke
To: Adrienne J. Mullikin
Cc: reinke@alum.manhattan.edu
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 14:19:20 +0000
FAST ANSWER FROM WORK
> My name is Adrienne and I am the Sports Information
> Director at Manhattan College.
Hi. Yup, I know.
> how you claim that there
are
> "bugs" on the site. I assure you that this is UNTRUE,
Here's what is on the page TODAY:
http://statse.webtrendslive.com/S142202/button5.asp?tagver=5&si=142202&fw=0&server=&Group=Home&tz=240&ch=9&cl=2949hO8B&ti=The%20Official%20Website%20of%20Manhattan%20College%20Athletics&url=http%3A//www.gojaspers.com&rf=&js=Yes&ul=en-us&sr=800x600&cd=16&jo=Yes
TOOL ANALYSIS
Recognized site - Tiny, Once, Protocols, Lengthy, Domain, TPCookie (wtl142202=5&28O8iZ89&http://www.gojaspers.com&http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm/doc_id%3D579&http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm/doc_id%3D579&http://www.gojaspers.com/archive.cfm/&http://www.gojaspers.com&&4&1&Home%3B28O8iZ89|&http://www.gojaspers.com&&; WTLOPTOUT=yes)
That is a "web bug". A tiny small unit of code.
So your assurance is misguided.
I tested their opt out process and it did not put a new cookie on the test machine. So, their opt out apparently doesn't work.
> that you please publish a correction in your next
I always keep my reader informed on a weekly basis about anything I find out about Manhattan.
> I am including the correspondence from a prior email
> with one of your subscribers who expressed this same
I echoed that whole conversation out last week.
> If you have any further questions,
I have no questions. And, I don't want to correspond with your supplier.
They have a privacy policy on the web site and an opt out process. They need to do some more testing. And, get one that works. Or at least appears to work.
They, you, can always pull the web bug.
From my point of view, I just let my readers know that (1) You have a new site; (2) That they should be careful; and (3) That this was different than the old site. If you read the latest issue, I have had two responses: One was appreciative of the news and was willing to take the risk; one was more carefully worded.
I will echo this conversation in next weeks issue.
John
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[JR: I clipped all the traffic that was pushed last week. The internet is much like playing in traffic. You can get run over. I try not to rely on assurances but do a little testing on my own. I guess it's the engineer in me. I'll wait a few weeks and when I have a lull, I'll retest. If the bug on every sports page is removed, then I'll let everyone know asap. In the meantime, everyone can make their own decisions.]
[JASPERS PUBLISHING WEB PAGES]
http://www.milbank.com/att_mainfr.html
Michael M. Murray
Michael M. Murray is a partner in the firm's Litigation Department and is in the Intellectual Property Practice Group. Mr. Murray is a member of the federal and state bars in both New York and Massachusetts, is admitted before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is also an electrical engineer with extensive experience in highly complex technology, including semiconductors, digital electronics, software and the Internet.
Mr. Murray's intellectual property experience dates from 1984 when he was a Patent Examiner in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Since 1985, Mr. Murray has worked with clients in a wide variety of intellectual property matters. His patent litigation experience includes both jury and non-jury matters in a number of Federal Courts throughout the U.S. and in matters before the International Trade Commission. Mr. Murray has written and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications on a wide variety of inventions. He counsels clients on issues such as the licensing and patentability of technology, the infringement and validity of U.S. patents, patent infringement avoidance, and strategies for developing and exploiting intellectual property assets.
Mr. Murray represents a number of Internet start-ups and has prepared and filed dozens of patent applications on Internet-based inventions. He has advised both large and small companies on Internet issues.
Mr. Murray is a frequent author and lecturer on a variety of intellectual property issues. Representative publications and presentations include: Preventing Third Parties from Gaining Rights In Your Intellectual Property, The IP Litigator, Oct. 2002; Instructor, Intellectual Property Law Association Basic Training Program in Patent Law, August 2002, Arlington, Virginia; Guest Lecturer, Japanese Intellectual Property Association, Sept. 2002, Tokyo, Japan; A Practical Guide to E-Commerce Inventions, Presentation in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 2000; The Best Defense Is A Good Offense - Better Results In Intellectual Property Disputes With Aggressive Action, International Legal Strategy, Vol.IV-12, Dec. 1995; Techniques for Obtaining a Strong U.S. Patent, Journal of the Japanese Group A.I.P.P.I., Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 16-22, Jan. 1993
Mr. Murray is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Mr. Murray received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
[MCOLDB: Murray, Michael M. 1988]
[JASPERS FOUND ON & OFF THE WEB BY USING THE WEB]
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/ps/bulletin/bull0028.html
Columbia University Bulletin
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At Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
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Assistant Clinical Professors
Timothy A. Lane. B.S., Manhattan College, 1974; M.A., Columbia, 1975; M.D., Albany Medical College, 1980
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At Overlook Hospital
Assistant Clinical Professors
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John Rocco Calabro. B.S., Manhattan, 1971; M.D., College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 1975
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.
[MCOLDB: 1977 ]
http://www.lifeathletes.org/0008/locker_room.asp
Who We Are
We are Professional and Olympic athletes who are committed to living lives of virtue, abstinence, and respect for life. A Life Athlete tries to treat others honestly and fairly. We have recently expanded our membership to include all those willing to make the Life Athletes Commitment. While we don't all have an athlete's body, we can all have an athlete's heart. This means we are willing to make the little sacrifices necessary to achieve our goals.
Why We Exist
We exist in order to survive in a world where the misuse of sex has hurt many of us. We don't want disease, divorce, and death to keep us from what we want in life. We want relationships that are built on honesty and fairness. We want relationships that last. The longer something lasts, the more real it is. We believe The Life Athletes Commitment gives us the best shot at being happy in the long-run.
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Maire McGrail, Swimming, Manhattan College
[MCOLDB: 1989 ]
Date:
From: Joseph Oefelein
Subject: Jasper Honors
John
Just a short note to tell you and your
readers that, at our National Convention in
I enjoy reading Jasper jottings. Keep up the good work.
Joseph C. Oefelein 57E
aka JOE-O----My ACA nom
[JR: <1> Great news. Congrats. <2> Crypto is very important in security which is my revenue producing activity. Thanks for a good resource. <3> One way to keep the government out of our business is crypto. Which I use as needed. <4> The bad guys didn't need it. They just used Arabic and the alphabet troops (i.e., CIA, FBI, etc.) were stymied by not having linguists. <5> It's my pleasure to report this stuff. Your enjoyment report made my Wednesday night.]
From: Spacek, Marcy J (1996)
Subject: RE: jasperjottings20020901.htm
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 10:15:53 -0400
I wanted to let you know of the marriage of 2 Manhattan grads. Kristin Mohan (class of 1996) married Richard Broderick (class of 1997) on August 16, 2002. The 2 honeymooned in Hawaii and Las Vegas. Mr. and Mrs. Broderick, both teachers, reside in Park Ridge, NJ.
Marcy Spacek
(college roommate of Kristin)
[JR: Thanks for that good news. This is a double. News on two Jaspers for the price of one message. I'm jealous that they went to Vegas, my favorite place. We wish them all the luck. Teachers have a tough road with two monsters -- the teacher's union and the government -- telling the, what to do! I don't envy them that.]
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.
From: Michael F. McEneney
Subject: Obit
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 01:04:04 -0400
Dear John,
The NY Daily News on Sept. 4, 2002, at page 32 had the following Obituary:
"Mary Joanne(O'Connor) Talabac, age 61, at
John, I do not know what year Mary graduated from Manhattan, but I would guess 1962 or 1963.
Best,
Mike McEneney
Esq.'53 BBA
[MCOLDB: No listing ]
[MANHATTAN IN THE NEWS OR FOUND ON & OFF THE WEB]
Copyright 2002 The Florida Times-Union
The Florida Times-Union (
SECTION: METRO; Pg. B-1
HEADLINE:
BYLINE: Terry Dickson, Times-Union staff writer
WAYCROSS -- Next week, Ann Douglas will see where her son, Frederick John Cox, died when the World Trade Center towers collapsed Sept. 11.
The Jesup woman had seen the twin towers standing in July and August of 2001. During a 10-day stay for art education instruction at Manhattan College, she spent time with her 27-year-old son, who sold bonds for Sandler O'Neill & Partners Inc.
She has yet to watch any of the countless telecasts of the highjacked planes crashing into the towers, nor of the towers collapsing. She said last week she hopes she never will. 'I'm never going to look,' she said in her art class at Ware County High School. 'I've already imagined his last moments and where he is today. I don't need that image in my visual record.'
She pointed with her eyeglasses at a photo of herself and Fred on a boat with the towers in the background and said, 'I have this day.'
Earlier, she had pointed with her thumbnail at the top of a tower in the picture.
'Fred was here,' she said, 'on the 104th floor.'
Shifting her thumbnail to a point near the top of the
other tower, she told of the other tragedy that befell Cox's fiancee, Annelise
'This is where Annie's brother, Davin
[
But she has other images of her son besides those of the handsome teenager standing between Nancy and Susanne, his pretty older sisters, and the mature and successful man smiling in later photos.
On the lid is a note. 'Happy Mother's Day,' it says, 'to the most wonderful person in the world and in my life. I love you. Frederick.'
After Cox moved to New York, he had no need for a car and handed over the 1991 Lexus she drives from her home in Jesup to Waycross. His change for tolls is still in the console.
In her classroom is a thigh-high cutout of Freddy, a character from Freddy & Flossy Flutterby, a story she told her children that she has written and illustrated and had published in book form. With a lead character based on her son, the book covers topics that mothers preach: good nutrition and love and forgiveness.
The good characters of Betta Place, vegetables with human capabilities, square off against the pushers of sugar and chocolate in Junk Food Junction. The good guys win with Flossy fluttering through the pages on glittering wings, spreading love.
She sees Freddy every day and it makes her think of a child who delighted her with his life, Douglas said.
Her fellow teachers marvel at the strength she has shown.
'She's been a kind of inspiration to me. She just dove right back in and was teaching in the classroom,' said Susan Zeigler.
A mother herself, Zeigler wonders what she would have done had she suffered such a loss.
'I don't think I could function like she has,' Zeigler said.
Principal Robert T. Bussey sat in his office wearing a tie with the green and gold of the Ware County Gators, who opened their football season Friday night. When asked how Douglas handled her son's death, he smiles slightly and shakes his head in amazement.
'I can't even imagine. She's probably one of the strongest people I've ever met,' he said.
Throwing herself back into her work may have helped as she put together the book as a colorful and happy memorial of sorts to her son, he said.
The people at Ware County High saw only part of it. She
set the story to music earlier this year and, with the high school chorus,
performed it for elementary school students. She has spoken to a meeting of
1,000 nutritionists on
Contacted in New York,
Asked if she knows how Douglas managed to cope,
'It's just doing things that make you happy, embracing your relationships and the things you love,' she said.
Almost immediately after she heard of the attacks, Douglas and her husband, Michael, an English professor at Waycross College, left for their home in Jesup. On the stretch of four-lane north of Blackshear, she saw a cloud forming into what appeared to be a wing. And then it turned into a full angel, she said.
'I tried, but I couldn't see the features of a face,' she said. As it quickly faded, she knew that her son 'had crossed over to the other side,' Douglas said. 'Mothers know when their children are no longer on the earth.'
Once she saw the angel-shaped cloud, Douglas said she didn't need to see anything else.
'I didn't look at all that pile,' she said of the ruins at ground zero, 'and wonder where my child was.'
At home in her parents' old house in Jesup, she can see where her son played and the magnolia tree he climbed. She can meditate in the garden and find peace, Douglas said.
She plans to be in New York for ceremonies at ground zero on Sept. 11.
And when she returns home from her trip to New York, Douglas said, she will continue to work with her students.
'This is where I need to be,' she said. 'These are the people I need to be with.' Staff writer Terry Dickson can be reached at (912) 264-0405 or tdickson@jacksonville.com.
GRAPHIC: Photo: ga_911Cox2083002d ga_9433821 Special
Frederick John Cox and his fiancee, Annelise
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Copyright 2002
The Record (
SECTION: LOCAL NEWS; Pg. L01
HEADLINE: Cultivating contentment;
Gardening provides soothing therapy for mental health clients
SOURCE: North Jersey Media Group
BYLINE: EMAN VAROQUA, STAFF WRITER
PEQUANNOCK - Burrowing his hands into topsoil and working the earth between his fingers has always been therapeutic for John Beirne.
There's something about the cool feeling of the soil, the soothing greens of stems and leaves, and the brilliant colors of flowers that Beirne says subconsciously makes a person feel better.
It was Beirne's love for gardening that sprouted the horticulture therapy program at New Bridge Services, a behavioral health-care center that provides outpatient therapy to those suffering from depression, addiction, bipolar disorders, and other mental illness.
For the 20 or so clients who mind the gardens, it's more about gaining control than growing plants. "The point of this program is to empower our clients," says Beirne, 30, of Hasbrouck Heights. "A lot of them never had a chance to take care of something. They have to follow through, be committed, and learn how to nurture."
After graduating from Manhattan College, where he majored in biology with a minor in psychology, Beirne landed a job as assistant garden editor at Martha Stewart Living magazine. He enjoyed the horticulture, but the job left him unsatisfied.
"I didn't feel like I was making a difference at all," he says. "It was very corporate and just not for me."
So he left the lucrative position behind after two years and came to work at New Bridge Services as a case manager early last year. Within the first few months on the job, he approached senior representatives with an idea he'd been rolling around in his head for weeks.
"I wanted to bring horticulture here," he says. "I've read case studies and I know it does exist successfully among populations in nursing homes and hospitals - --not so much with the mental health population. But I knew it could make a difference and improve the quality of life here."
Horticulture therapy started gaining wider acceptance in the 1970s. Therapists found that if patients focused on a plant, they were distracted from their pain or worries and could take part in more activities. It's also designed to help people experience gardening through touch, smell, sight, and doing. National studies have shown the therapy to improve motor skills, enhance problem-solving abilities, and promote social interaction.
As far back as he can remember, Beirne has always had a green thumb. As a student, he worked in nurseries, and he spent much of his time during college at the Wave Hill gardens in the Bronx. And over time, he accumulated several exotic plants.
He used his own collection of plants in April 2001 to start the first garden at New Bridge Services - -so he didn't have to ask for a budget from his employers.
"I was afraid they'd say 'no'," he says, laughing.
Beirne planted the tropical garden on the front side of the brick building on Newark-Pompton Turnpike, hoping to turn it into a tropical hideaway. Clients then began caring for the banana trees, elephant ears, and other striking species from South America and the Caribbean. They watched a castor bean measuring a centimeter in width grow into a 20-foot tree with large floppy leaves.
Beirne says it's not as simple as planting a seed and walking away. Gardening demands focus, hard work, and lots of attention.
The horticulture program started last year with five participants, and now serves 22 ranging in age from 12 to 72. The group converted almost every patch of lawn on the premises into gardens. This year, it spread out to include a wildflower garden, vegetable plot, and cactus patch (which it created because of the drought). Both therapists and clients have noticed a positive impact.
"I have trouble focusing, and this helps me focus more," says James Harvey, who has been diagnosed with depression and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). "And it helps me calm down and relax, especially since I'm hyperactive."
Mary Bodenstein, a therapist, says her clients look forward to coming on gardening days, and even visit on their off days.
"It encourages them when they see their own work blooming," she says. "And it can lead us into conversations about life. I use the changing seasons and relate that to how we all change. It works in so many different ways."
Beirne noticed a sense of pride and accomplishment within those who work in the gardens. He meets with clients for a few hours a week for sessions outdoors, along with Bodenstein and another helper, Tim Arnold.
The vegetable garden is maintained by a group of "at-risk" youths, some suffering from depression, others in trouble with the law, and the rest seeking guidance. There was no space available at New Bridge for this project, but when neighboring church members of the First Reformed Church of Pompton Plains heard about the program, they gave up their back yard. And in turn, the youths donate most of the crop to the church's food pantry.
"For the kids, it's a matter of giving them something that's theirs and that will relax them," Beirne says. "This plant depends on them to come week after week for its livelihood, and they know that."
Though clients weed, water, and attend plants, there is still much work to be done. Most nights, Beirne and Bodenstein stay until 10 or 11 p.m. to tend to the gardens, though their shifts end at 5 p.m., and they even stop by on weekends. But they say the reaction from clients and community members makes it all worthwhile.
On this day, Ken Iovino, an area resident, dropped by to take a picture of the tropical garden.
"My wife and I walk past here all the time and I've never seen something so beautiful. It's like a little tropical island," Iovino says. "I had an extra picture in the camera and figured I'd snap it here."
During the cold months, the gardens are transferred to a local greenhouse. And instead of meeting outdoors, Beirne's group meets at the greenhouse and continues to work with the plants.
"I'm usually down and feeling blue in the winter," says Joe Marzocca, diagnosed with depression. "Stopping by to the greenhouse is like walking into a different world where everything is warm and alive."
Organizers hope to continue and expand the horticulture program. Eventually, they would like all clients to be a part of their beneficial gardening club, and Beirne is working to set up a program to teach area residents his gardening techniques.
"It truly is a healing garden," he says.
GRAPHIC: 2 COLOR PHOTOS - BETH BALBIERZ / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER - 1 - Therapist John Beirne is dwarfed by giant tropical plants in the garden in front of New Bridge Services in Pompton Plains. 2 - Red bananas growing in the tropical garden at New Bridge Services. 3 - PHOTO - BETH BALBIERZ / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER - James Harvey trimming the grass around the lush garden in front of New Bridge Services in Pompton Plains. Gardening has proven to be highly effective therapy for people experiencing depression.
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Copyright 2002 Democrat and Chronicle
All rights reserved
Democrat and Chronicle
August 28, 2002 Wednesday
SECTION: ALL ZONES; Pg. 5F
HEADLINE: AT COLLEGE
BYLINE: Staff
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? Eve Walters of Pittsford and Jason Smith of Rochester were named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Manhattan College in New York City.
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Copyright 2002 The Journal News
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The Journal News
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 2A
HEADLINE: 'Freddy Sez' pans threat of a strike
BYLINE: Michael Gannon, Staff
Yankee Stadium stalwart: Stoppage will destroy game
Michael Gannon
The Journal News
NEW YORK - To die-hard Yankee fans, he is nearly as recognizable as Derek Jeter or Bernie Williams. One-upping those Yankee favorites, he is a three-sport star, also making his mark on the city's college football and basketball scenes.
He is Freddy Schuman, the one-eyed, "Yankee fan with the frying pan," who on most summer nights for the past 15 years could be found roaming the aisles of Yankee Stadium, imploring young and old alike to bang his pan and root on the team with his colorful "Freddy Sez" signs and simple slogans.
What Freddy is saying lately, however, is decidedly less upbeat than fans of this Yankees superfan have become accustomed. While one side of the sign he carried Friday at the Yanks' game against the Texas Rangers was his usual call for fans to root on their team, the other side captured the mood of those fed up with talk of an impending strike set for Friday. "We love baseball," it read. "To strike is to destroy it!"
This Zen-like observation comes from a man who has devoted a good deal of his time since he retired as a truck driver in 1988 rallying the spirits of Yankee fans at almost every home game, and more than a few road contests. But not every game, the 77-year-old is quick to point out.
"I take time off from time to time," he said. "I missed two games already this year."
Freddy was about 9 when he went to his first Yankee game, rooting on the likes of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, his all-time favorite Bomber. His part in Yankees lore, however, did not really begin to jell until a game in 1988, long before this current Yankee championship run of four titles in six seasons.
Poor play on the field by the team led to small, moribund crowds, Freddy remembered. He contacted the Yankees public relations office and asked if he could make up some signs and act as a sort of roving cheerleader in the stands. They agreed, so long as Freddy did not interfere with the fans' viewing of the game, he said.
That year, he made his first sign attached to a stick with his trademark frying pan, and carried a spoon, encouraging fans to bang the pan and root on the Yanks. While children enjoyed the routine, adult fans were less than receptive at first.
"I can't even use the words they used to tell me to get lost," he said.
By the next season, the children's love for the routine warmed the older fans to it, he said. Soon, he was posing for pictures and signing autographs. Before he knew it, he was riding on a float down the Canyon of Heroes in Lower Manhattan during the Yankees' 1996 World Series championship parade.
Since then, being Freddy has become a minor enterprise. Suzy, his longtime companion with whom he lives in Manhattan, helps him put together the newsletters he passes out at each game. Modell's Sporting Goods, which began advertising in the newsletter several years ago, picks up the tab for his admittance to the stadium, Freddy said.
He even has a Web site, www.freddysez.com, which offers answers to everything you wanted to know about Freddy, like how he lost his right eye (a stickball accident when he was a kid).
On Friday, fans shouted encouragement and agreement with Freddy's anti-strike sign, as he pressed on, smiling and handing his spoon to children, who sheepishly struck the pan.
If the baseball players do go on strike, Freddy said, he will keep busy. He brings his sign and pan routine to Fordham University and Manhattan College basketball games and Fordham and Columbia University football games in the off season.
But he will miss his Yanks.
"I'm not too brilliant or too knowledgeable so as to understand why the two sides can't come together," he said. "But when you love the game so much, it's very difficult. To deny (the games) to the baseball fans is 100 percent wrong."
Reach Michael Gannon at mgannon@thejournalnews.com or 914-666-6467.
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FROM THE COLLEGE’S WEB SITE: Your resume can be sent to employers who contact our office seeking to fill positions. For more information contact the Recruitment Coordinator at (718) 862-7965 or Email to JGlenn@manhattan.edu
Actual jobs at MC are at: http://www.manhattan.edu/hrs/jobs
FROM THE COLLEGE’S WEB SITE: http://www.gojaspers.com [which is no longer at the College, but at a third party. Web bugs are on the pages. (That’s the benefit of being a security weenie!) So, it’s reader beware. Your browser can tell people “stuff” about you, like your email address, leading to SPAM. Forewarned is forearmed.]
Date Day Sport Opponent
Location Time/Result
9/10/02 Tuesday W. Soccer Long Island Brooklyn, NY 7:00 PM
9/12/02 Thursday Golf Towson Tiger Invitational Bonnie View Country Club 9:00
AM
9/13/02 Friday W. Tennis Eastern Collegiate TBA TBA
9/13/02 Friday Golf Towson Tiger Invitational Bonnie View Country Club 9:00 AM
9/13/02 Friday W. Soccer Duquesne St. Bonaventure, NY
5:00 PM
9/13/02 Friday Volleyball Navy Columbia Tournament 6:00 PM
9/13/02 Friday Volleyball Wagner Columbia Tournament 8:00 PM
9/14/02 Saturday W. Tennis Eastern Collegiate TBA TBA
9/14/02 Saturday Golf Towson Tiger Invitational Bonnie View Country Club 9:00
AM
9/14/02 Saturday Cross Country Princeton/FDU Invitational Princeton, NJ 10:00
AM
9/14/02 Saturday Volleyball Columbia Columbia
Tournament 11:00 AM
9/14/02 Saturday Baseball Green/White Series (DH) HOME 12:00 PM
9/14/02 Saturday Volleyball Idaho State Columbia Tournament 1:00 PM
9/14/02 Saturday M. Soccer George Mason Fairfax, VA 2:00 PM
9/15/02 Sunday W. Tennis Eastern Collegiate TBA TBA
9/15/02 Sunday M. Tennis Fairfield Tournament Fairfield, CT 8:30 AM
9/15/02 Sunday W. Soccer St. Bonaventure St. Bonaventure, NY 5:00 PM
9/17/02 Tuesday M. Soccer Fordham HOME 4:00 PM
9/18/02 Wednesday W. Soccer Army West Point, NY 7:00 PM
9/20/02 Friday Golf Quad Match w/SPC, FDU, St. Joseph's Cherry Creek Golf Links
9:00 AM
9/20/02 Friday Volleyball St. John's UPenn Tournament
10:00 AM
9/20/02 Friday Volleyball UPenn UPenn
Tournament 3:00 PM
9/21/02 Saturday W. Tennis Fairfield Tournament Fairfield, CT 8:30 AM
9/21/02 Saturday Volleyball Elon UPenn
Tournament 10:00 AM
9/21/02 Saturday M. Tennis Siena* Loudonville, NY 1:00 PM
9/21/02 Saturday Baseball Eastern Connecticut State Willimantic, CT 2:00 PM
9/21/02 Saturday W. Soccer Fordham Bronx, NY 2:00 PM
9/21/02 Saturday Volleyball Fordham UPenn Tournament 5:30 PM
9/22/02 Sunday M. Soccer James Madison Harrisonburg, VA 1:00 PM
9/23/02 Monday Volleyball Seton Hall South Orange, NJ 7:00 PM
9/24/02 Tuesday W. Soccer Wagner Staten Island, NY 3:30 PM
9/25/02 Wednesday M. Soccer Maryland College Park, MD 7:00 PM
9/26/02 Thursday Golf Rider Olde York Country Club
9:00 AM
9/27/02 Friday M. Tennis Queens Invitational Queens, NY TBA
9/27/02 Friday Baseball LIU (Battle of the Boroughs) Key Span Park, Brooklyn,
NY 7:00 PM
9/28/02 Saturday Baseball TBA (Battle of the Boroughs) Key Span Park, Brooklyn,
NY TBA
9/28/02 Saturday M. Tennis Queens Invitational Queens, NY TBA
9/28/02 Saturday W. Soccer Vermont Burlington, VT 11:00 AM
9/28/02 Saturday Cross Country Paul Short Invitational (Lehigh) Bethlehem, PA
11:00 AM
9/29/02 Sunday M. Tennis Queens Invitational Queens, NY TBA
9/29/02 Sunday Baseball TBA (Battle of the Boroughs) Key Span Park, Brooklyn,
NY TBA
MEN’S SOCCER TEAM DROPS THIRD STRAIGHT GAME
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ (SEPTEMBER 3, 2002) – The Manhattan men’s soccer team lost its third straight game to start the season, after being shutout 5-0 by Seton Hall on Tuesday afternoon.
The Pirates jumped out to a three-goal lead in the first half. Ryan McGowan scored at 17:24, Jarred Laventure at 20:06 and Luke Vercollone added one at 38:58. Steve Scerbo assisted on all three goals.
Seton Hall added two more goals in the second half to complete the 5-0 victory. Phil Swenda scored at 68:03 and Michael Zotti scored on a bicycle kick at 81:38.
For the Jaspers, Antonio Treglia (Brookville, NY) made a season high 13 saves, while Pirates goalkeeper Boris Pardo made two saves.
The Jaspers return to action on Sunday, September 8, when they play Adelphi at 3:30 PM.
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VOLLEYBALL WIN STREAK REACHES FOUR WITH SWEEP OVER CAL STATE FULLERTON, 3-0
Van Cauteren Collects Her Second Triple-Double
RIVERDALE, NY (September 2, 2002) – The Manhattan College volleyball team swept Cal State Fullerton three games to none tonight in the home opener at Draddy Gymnasium. This is the fourth consecutive win for the 4-1 Lady Jaspers. The game results were 30-22, 30-25 and 30-15.
Despite a vibrant effort by the Titans (3-2), they could not shake the power of junior setter Goedele ‘Luka’ Van Cauteren (Oetingen, Belgium), who had her second triple-double of the season with 11 kills, 20 assists and 14 digs. Senior setter Bridgett Geddes (Escondido, CA) led the team in assists with 22 and junior outside hitter Krista Thorsen (New City, NY) had 11 kills and six digs. Junior libero player Jaime Pavel (Molalla, OR) led the team in defense with a season-high 16 digs.
Titan’s setter Kim Levey led her team with 16 assists and 12 digs, while Lauren Goins had six kills and five digs for the evening.
Manhattan will travel to West Point, NY to face Army on Saturday, September 7th at 7:00 PM.
Manhattan 30 30 30 4-1
Cal State 22 25 15 3-2
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WHITE TEAM WINS GREEN & WHITE JASPER CROSS COUNTRY SCRIMMAGE
RIVERDALE, NY (September 2, 2002) – The Manhattan College men’s and women’s cross country team combined forces to compete in the Second Annual Green and White Jasper scrimmage in Van Cortlandt Park on Saturday morning. The White team went home with the 66-point victory, while the Green team trailed behind with 71-points.
Senior Matthew Spring (Marcy, NY), who ran for the White team, captured first place in the 4.3 Mile course race breaking his own course record by 12 seconds in 21:18. Freshman Tyler Raymond (Scotia, NY) came in third (21:57) followed by senior Tim Muratore (Tenafly, NJ) who ran 22.50. Leading the way for the green team was senior Andres Cordero (Little Falls, NJ), who placed second with 21:43, followed by sophomore Dan McGrath (Lynbrook, NY) who finished fourth in 22:31.
On the 2.5 Mile course, the green team captured first and second slots by freshman Ginine Lucarello (Mastic Beach, NY) who ran 16:06 and senior Marisa Rego (New City, NY) who ran 16:09. Leading for the white team was sophomore Sarah Girard (Manchester, NY) who ran 16:12 and placed third, followed by sophomore Julie Lamiquiz (Staten Island, NY) who ran 16:17.
The Jaspers will kick off the 2002 season on Saturday, September 14th when they compete in the Princeton/Fairleigh Dickinson Invitational at Princeton at 10:00 AM.
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MEN’S SOCCER SHUTOUT BY TOWSON
ANNAPOLIS, MD (SEPTEMBER 1, 2002) – The Manhattan men’s soccer team dropped a 3-0 decision to Towson in its second game in the Navy Fall Classic on Sunday afternoon.
Despite outshooting the Tigers 10-3 in the first half, the Jaspers trailed 2-0 at halftime.
Ade Eilliot scored at 7:25 and Shaun Bounds scored at 44:37 for the Tigers.
Towson added a goal at 56:07 in the second half when Kosta Fleytman scored on a pass from Machel Millwood to make 3-0.
Walter “Boomer” Kotchin (North Hanover, NJ) nearly put Manhattan on the board when his shot hit the crossbar in the first half.
Antonio Treglia (Brookville, NY) made two saves for the Jaspers while Andy Hicks made six saves for the Tigers.
The Jaspers return to action on Tuesday, September 3, when they play Seton Hall at 3:00 PM.
===
Copyright 2002 Newsday, Inc.
Newsday (New York, NY)
September 4, 2002 Wednesday QUEENS EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS, Pg. A53
HEADLINE: Jaspers Shut Out
Antonio Treglia's season high of 13 saves was the only high point for the Manhattan College men's soccer team yesterday. Manhattan is still looking for its first win of the season after falling, 5-0, to Seton Hall for its third straight loss.
Senior midfielder Steve Scerbo assisted Ryan McGowan (17:24), Jarred Laventure (20:06) and Luke Vercollone (38:58) to give the Pirates a 3-0 first-half lead.
Phil Swenda (68:03) and Michael Zotti (81:36) added the last two goals for Seton Hall (2-0).
LOAD-DATE: September 4, 2002
From: Jennifer Molino
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 22:11:37 -0400
Hi John,
My husband already gets your newsletter at his work email and shares it with me - but thanks for the invite! Keep up the good work.
Jen Molino ('89)
From: Louis Uffer
Subject: Jasper Jottings
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 00:02:48 -0400
John,
I have not received an e-mail of the subject since May. Can you add me back to the list?
Regards,
Lou Uffer
BSME 87
[JR: Done. The March 31st and first message in April bounced, so I had no choice but to move you over to the "broken" stack and wait for your instructions. Welcome home.]
From: Jennifer Leiss (1997)
Subject:
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 21:03:22 -0400
Mr. Reinke,
Thank you for the Jasper updates. Living far away from home, your notes bring back wonderful memories and bring peace to my day.
Thank you,
Jennifer Leiss
PS. I hope my children choose Manhattan!
[JR: Me too. ]
From: Willard A. Mc Coy
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:43:04 EDT
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
Hello John,
Sorry for the delay in responding to your e-mail of 8/6 but I got "involved" and forgot until my buddy Mike McEneney reminded me the other day.
Please include my e-mail address in your list of "Jasper Jottings." I know it's in the heading but for the record it's <privacy invoked>.
By the way I graduated in 1954 Business school. Entered the AF from the first class of ROTC graduates from Manhattan and eventually retired from the reserves as a Colonel 1985.
Haven't any news to forward but would like to keep in touch.
Thanks again, Willard A. Mc Coy
[JR: Welcome aboard. ]
From: McCrosson, Matthew
G. (1972)
Date:
Subject: Re: Jasper Newsletter
Hi John:
Yes, I am interested in receiving your weekly updates. Pls add me to your list.
You may wish to alert your readers as to upcoming Business Men's Retreat on 9/20-22 at Spellman Retreat Center in Riverdale, near the College. Kevin Dolan has been coordinating this for several years and it is a very worthwhile activity.
Kevin can be contacted at email address indicated above.
Regards,
Matt
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From: Ferdinand John Reinke
To: McCrosson, Matthew G.
Subject: RE: Jasper Newsletter
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:18:42 -0400
Hi Matt:
It's Monday Labor day and I am doing my mail from the Jersey shore. I thought it was important to respond to you today.
I will add you to the list when I get to home tonight. You just missed this week's distribution, but I am sending it to you manually.
I think you'll see the retreat prominent on the opening calendar. It's been posted for several weeks. As soon as people tell me about dates, I get it on the calendar. All I ask is that people get it to me for inclusion asap. All to often I get stuff with no time to distribute, like an after thought.
I think Kevin is on the list, but I'll double check tonight.
John
===
From: McCrosson, Matthew G.
Date:
Subject: Re: Jasper Newsletter
Hi John:
Many thanks for your prompt attention!!
Matt
===
From: McCrosson, Matthew G.
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 13:51:37 EDT
Subject: Re: Jasper Newsletter
John:
Thought you might wish to send a note to those Jaspers indicated below, all of whom work at O'Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins: Chris McCarthy; Tom Dobbins; Theresa Doran; Kathleen Doran; Chris Connelly; Steve Boyle; and Dan Polonni.
You might mention I suggested you write.
Matt
Matthew G. McCrosson
Principal
O'Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins, LLP
[JR: Done. ]
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 17:03:15 -0700
Subject: Jasper jottings
From: John P McManus
I just hooked up with you via the e-mail/internet
Please add me to your lists for info and goings on
John P McManus Class of 1942
[JR: Done ]
From: John O'Connor
Subject: Manhattan Prep Alumni/ Sports Web Site
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 09:04:21 -0500
Curmudgeon in Chief, I mean Collector in Chief :)
Back in May one of your editions included something from the College's announcements referring to a number of Alumni events, and also mentioned a Manhattan Prep Alumni get together with guest speaker Brother George Berrian who was principal while I was at the Prep. I sent several emails to the Manhattan College Alumni Office who was referenced in the article inquiring about the Prep Alumni, and got no reply. So if there is a Manhattan Prep Alumni group out there, would someone please let me know how to contact them (Prep class of 70)
Which leads me to me second observation about the recent debate over gojaspers.com. I have had intermittent and spotty success in using email to contact the College over the past year. The example above with a lack of any reply from the Alumni Relations office (not even an "Sorry, we know nothing!") Before I discovered your newsletter, I was relying on the College Sports Web Site for information, which was the moral equivalent of relying on the European Union to do something in the war on terror beyond wringing their hands. Often the news postings were weeks out of date. When in frustration I sent an email to Adrienne Mullikin, and was pleasantly surprised with her quick reply (on a Sunday night) and explanation. Reading between the lines, I sensed that Ms Mullikin was a "one person show" trying to get it all done. My interpretation was that the College was not adequately supporting the Athletic Department with people or $$ to keep the web site current
So we have out sourced the web site. I for one am willing to give it a chance, "Cookie Monsters" not withstanding. Living in Alabama (with my wife a grad of Alabama and my graduate degree from UA), we follow the Crimson Tide. If you want to see what "overkill" is in college sports, the "jock universities" of the SEC, Big 12, etc. have perfected crass mass marketing to an obscene level IMHO. If you want to get all the sports info and the "inside poop" you can pay an annual subscription of $120 to the subscription web site, and each of the major sports coaches have their own web sites (like www.coachfran.com for football). People talk about the almost strike in MLB, and how it is so costly to take a family to a ball game. College Sports, especially football is equally expensive when you need to "join" one of the booster clubs to get consideration for football tickets. $30 a seat for the cheap seats, but only after a several hundred dollar membership fee to be a booster. I am grateful that Manhattan is not a "sports factory" institution
The choice seems to be outsourcing the web site and letting a commercial enterprise try to deliver a quality product, or rely on the school to do it, given a poor past performance. I find the approach Manhattan has taken to be reasonable middle ground, and I'll give it a chance. At least, with all the limitations that seemed to be put on her, Adrienne Mullikin has always answered any email I sent with 2 days, and if this will help her do her job better, I'll accept some risks.
Keep up the good work!
John O'Connor
Prep '70
MC '74
[JR: <1> I don't know about any formal prep group. I'm MP'64. <2> I personally don't care how they do the sites. But, before the bug is encountered, the user should be warned. A "web bug", is really a 1 pixel gif (picture) that "slips" under the user's radar. I don't like that technique.]
From: Leidenfrost, Steven
R. (1991)
Subject: Re: jasperjottings20020901.htm
Date:
please delete me from your list.
thank you.
[JR: Done, <sigh>]
From: Jhamileth Montero
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 14:36:04 -0500
Sure! Sign me up!
[JR: Done ]
From: Donna Pflug
Subject: RE: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 22:24:50 -0400
Count me in.
Donna Pflug (Murray) '91
[JR: 996, <I'm counting you in>, :-) ]
From: Lisa Muccilo
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 07:14:15 EDT
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
John- Would like to join in for Jasper emails. Thanks, Lisa - '92
Lisa Muccilo
Young Survival Coalition
- Young Women United
Against Breast Cancer through Action - Advocacy – Awareness
Tel:201-592-6112, email: outreach@youngsurvival.org
Tune in to Lifetime TV on October 10th at
[JR: You're in. I reproduced your signature block for our fellow alums to see.]
From: Scudo, Robert
Subject: jasperjottings20020825.htm
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 07:33:31 -0400
Take a break this week (Sep 1) ??
===
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 16:01:26 -0400
To: Scudo, Robert
Subject: Re: jasperjottings20020825.htm
>Take a break this week (Sep 1) ??
No. It went out to you. Nothing bounced. Here's another copy in the next email
From: Padraic E. Mulvihill
Subject: Hello Back from a 1968
Jasper/1964 "Prepster"
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 09:12:44 -0400
Ferdinand:
Please add me to the distribution list.
Regards. Pat Mulvihill BBA'68
[JR: Pat, Welcome. I remember you. Are you still a pioneer? John]
Date:
From: Muldoon, Ms. Margaret
A. (1984)
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
In a message dated Tue, 3 Sep 2002 8:55:08 PM Eastern
Standard Time,
> headhunter
Hello,
I would like to be part of your virtual Jasper community. I think it's a great idea!
Thank you in advance for all your efforts and making it easy for me to keep "in the loop".
Take care,
Margaret Muldoon
Class '84
[JR: "Loop" tossed. You're in. ]
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 102 10:18:04 Eastern Daylight Time
From: Murphy, Robert E. 1970
Subject: RE: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
Sure, I'm in for a weekly supply of "Jasper Jottings."
[JR: In that case, I'll send you two.]
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
From: Murphy, Gerard E. 1985
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 10:47:00 -0400
Hi John,
Great work on the JJ's! I think I'm on your list already, but if not, please include me!
Thanks!
Gerry Murphy
Gerard E. Murphy, CCE (class of '85)
MILLIKEN & COMPANY
[JR: I couldn't find you. If you start getting two, then let me know.]
From: Bob Carhart, '59
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 21:33:17 EDT
Subject: Re: jasper jottings "lost alumni"
9/04/02
Ferd:
Thanks very much for the info on Joe Danzi, '58. Now, after 40+ years I can contact him.
Bob Carhart
[JR: You've made my Saturday afternoon. Let us know how you make out? Please.]
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 10:45:58 -0400
From: Steve Mortillo 1980
Subject: Re jasperjottings20020901.htm
Bruce,
Below is the jasper jotting e-mail that comes out every week. Just e-mail John Reinke and he will put you on the list. I usually don't read the whole thing, but some parts are interesting.
I moved to NJ too. I live in Pennington, which is just south of Princeton on 206. I guess were only about 20 miles apart. I work at BMS in Princeton, which is only about 4 miles from my house. I love the commute. It takes about 10 minutes rain or shine. The longest it ever took was 1/2 hour in a snow storm!
I got your e-mail just by searching on your name on yahoo search. Only one web site came up. If your search on my name you'll get about 7 web sites, but no e-mail.
Since were so close maybe we could get together sometime when your not busy.
Take care.
Steve
[JR: What. "usually don't read the whole thing". My feelings are hurt. Here I thought that everyone hung on every word. (For the humorly challenged: Please read this with the tome of the line in Casablanca, "I am SHOCKED to find there is gambling here!") ]
Date: Thu,
From: "e r morris"
{Morris, Elizabeth R. 1987}
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
Thanks, I'd love to get these emails.....
[JR: Well most weeks I love to send them.]
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.
Do we Need a Healthcare
'System?'
By LewisJ. Goldberg
http://www.sierratimes.com/02/09/03/health.htm
===begin quote===
Subtle brainwashing is occurring on a daily basis, as news reports consistently feature the phrase healthcare system, or the even more insidious our nation's healthcare system. How is it that we have progressed from doctors, clinics, and hospitals to systems, and why do we tolerate this change of terms in the healthcare venue and not in others?
Do we purchase milk at the grocery system? Do we eat at the fast food system? Of course not...so why do we have a healthcare system, or any systems, for that matter? Government seems to be able to infiltrate best industries that have products that are somewhat intangible, i.e. healthcare, insurance, energy, education. If I am a criminal and I want a new stereo, I break into Best Buy at midnight and take what I need. If I am a criminal and I want a triple bypass, I need the government's help.
===end quote===
When I read this, I thought the author had a good point. Grocery stores operate on small fractions in markup due to competition. Fast food is available at reasonable prices because of competition. It's only when we get to government "systems" that we are besieged with high prices, unresponsive services, limited choices, and unending frustration. I personally do the medical bills for three relatives. I have a first hand view of how not to do the health care system. Paperwork, high prices, restricted choice, and a guaranteed fight every so often about coverages. My favorite two quick examples.
Story#1 Relative#1 in the hospital for serious infection. Medicare. Psych doc visits EVERY day -- including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays -- never misses -- no other "big" doc is seen on weekends -- walks in the room -- asks the patient two questions "How are you? Do you need a sleeping pill?". Medicare pays him $212 a visit for over six months. He hit the medigap policy for $18. AND, had the gaul to bill the patient for the $2 he was entitled to. I called him and said I wasn't paying. He could sue but I would contest it and call the newspapers. He stopped billing on the patient's portion. Medicare and the secondary carrier said that it was fine. Us suckers paid over 38k for those two questions!
Story#2 Relative#2 needs to have cataract surgery. The insurance company was called three times, by three different people -- me included, to preclear. Surgery done. Insurance refuses to pay. Call and was referred to the Care Manager. Care Manager says it should be paid. Insurance company won't. Saga continues.
Anytime any politician says to you that they are going to "give something" -- prescription drug coverage, war on drugs, war on terror, lower taxes, simpler forms -- you should hear what they promise then imagine exact opposite times 10. Cause that is what you will get!
Curmudgeon
And that’s the last word.