Sunday 14 March 2004
Dear Jaspers,
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Don't forget:
Sa Apr 3 '04
Manhattan College Gulf Coast Alumni Club
luncheon Sarasota,
Fl.
rsvp Neil O'Leary '60 941 358 7720
Th, May 6th Kevin O'Shea fundraiser
Sa Jun 12 '04 National
Alumni Council meeting
please contact Peter Sweeney
’64 (973) 353-7610
Please submit your events to events@jasperjottings.com
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My list of Jaspers who are in harms way:
- Afghanistan
- - Cote, Richard A. (1990)
- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Iraq
- - Esposito, Steven G. (1981)
- - Menchise, Louis (1987)
- - Mortillo, Steven F., son of Mortillo, Steve (1980)
… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ManhattanCollegeAlumni/
Alumni and Friends of Manhattan College, located in the
Bronx, a borough of New York City, are all welcome here. The group has no
official connection with the College. The group is operated by John Reinke at
the direction of a steering committee who's membership varies.
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manhattan_Prep/
Manhattan College Preparatory High School Alumni (from any
year)
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FINAL DESTINATION: ZURICH
If you were severely, irrevocably ill and not restricted by
any faith, would you contemplate committing assisted suicide? America doesn't
make it easy for its citizens to do so.
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, also known as "Dr. Death"
frequently made headlines in his quest to help terminally ill patients die at a
time and place of their choosing, by helping over 130 people shed their mortal
coils. In late 1998, however, he crossed the line and administered a lethal
dose of potassium chloride himself, instead of just making it available to his
ailing patient. Since 1999, when Kevorkian was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in
jail for that killing, the topic has largely disappeared from the American
scene. That is not the case overseas.
Most nations have sprouted "Right to Die"
organizations, but only a few countries permit by law the act of
"voluntary euthanasia." So more and more desperate Europeans and
Americans take a vacation in Switzerland--final
destination Zurich.
The Swiss non-profit organization Dignitas is one of the
better-known assisted suicide clinics in the country, founded in 1998 by Swiss
human rights lawyer Ludwig Minelli. Under Swiss law, assisted suicide is legal
as long as no one profits from it, and can be performed by non-physicians.
Dignitas is one of the few Swiss groups that welcome
foreigners. Anyone over 18 can be a member of Dignitas; all you have to do is
pay about $85 for the registration and an annual membership fee of about $18.
The group has currently around 2,500 members, and at least 150 people have
already ended their lives with Dignitas--most of them not Swiss.
The reasons are obvious: Oregon for example, the only US
state that has a "death-with-dignity" law, demands proof that you have
a fatal disease and only six months to live. Which doesn't seem to make sense:
why kill yourself if you're going to die soon anyway? Most of Dignitas' clients
are in the later stages of degenerative diseases, horrified by the prospect of
becoming a 'vegetable' and a long-term burden to their loved ones. However,
some of Dignitas' cases raised a lot of controversy--especially those involving
mentally ill patients.
Minelli, founder of Dignitas, is the one who decides whether
to take on a patient or not--with help from his committee, consisting of two
physicians, a psychologist, and a lawyer. Suicide candidates also have to
consult a Swiss doctor who will prescribe the lethal dose of sodium
pentobarbital.
On his deathbed, the patient is left with three suicide
assistants and, if desired, family members. Since even in Switzerland it is a
felony to kill someone, patients have to administer the drug themselves--either
orally or by injection. They usually fall asleep after five minutes and within
the hour lapse into a coma and die. The suicide assistants call the police who
start a mandatory investigation, and the case is quickly put to rest.
Not everything is peachy in suicide land, though: forlorn
death tourists can have their wish fulfilled within the same day-not a lot of
time for a possible change of heart. One English patient's travel expenses were
paid for by the British media, in return for an exclusive story of his passing.
Abominable practice or a way out when there's no way out?
We'd like to hear your opinion: feedback@caseyresearch.com.
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Last week we read about a group of Jaspers organizing around
a fellow woman Jasper who died before her time. Here we read about someone who
wants opinions. A society's worth is measured by how is treats the weakest of
its citizens. The culture of death, like the culture of big government,
deprives us of the opportunity to do "big moral acts". High
government taxes have reduced our ability to be charitable. That reduction
lessens the amount available to help the less fortunate by running it thru the
State and Federal inefficiency machines. AND, more importantly, it deprives us
of the "feeling" that to some extent we are "our brother's
keeper". And, it creates a "political poverty industry". So to,
the "culture of death" prevents us for rallying together, serving the
poor, the infirm, the weak, the dead, and the dying, and in the process
learning the satisfaction of serving others. Maybe I turn stuff on its ear, but
the weakest of society – the young, the poor, and the dying – have a role that
is to teach us about the human condition. Even though they maybe suffering
terribly, those suffering can't leave early because they have to teach us about
being human, empathetic, and allow us to exercise the "moral muscles"
we so seldom use today.
I sent the person my opinion, it'd be nice if everyone took
a moment and reflected on this "big picture" issue, in light of what
we learned at the College, from life, and from the weakness of the
less-fortunate around us. Then I hope that everyone listens to that quiet
little voice inside each of us, and then acts on it. It's hard but I'm trying.
I hope the best for all the readers.
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
john.reinke@att.net
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KANACH is new R-MC AD
Hanover Herald Progress - Ashland,VA,USA
... A 1969 graduate of Manhattan College with a
degree in marketing/management, Kanach and his wife Terry have four sons,
Frank, Jesse, Dan, Michael and two ...
http://www.herald-progress.com/HERALD-PROGRESS/myarticles.asp?P=585203&S=490&PubID=11594
March 6, 2004 - Denis Kanach has accepted the
position of Athletic Director at Randolph-Macon College. He was introduced at a
press conference Thursday by Roger Martin, president of R-MC.
Kanach has spent 34-years in athletics and currently
serves as the senior associate director and chief operating officer of
athletics for Georgetown University. His direct responsibilities include
supervising 26 intercollegiate teams, more than 100 coaches and staff as well
as intramural, instruction and recreation programs.
"Denis brings to R-MC many years of experience
from a quality athletic program," said Roger Martin, president of R-MC.
"That understanding of intercollegiate athletics combined with the high
standards of one of the finest academic programs in the country indicates that
he will make an important contribution to R-MC athletics."
Kanach's diversified background at Georgetown
included roles as coach, recreation director, sports administrator, construction
manager, fundraiser, ambassador to the community and chief operating officer.
He has guided the transition of their football program from Division III to
I-AA and to the Patriot League and was responsible for men's basketball home
game management and administration.
While serving as a track and field coach at
Georgetown, athletes set world, American collegiate, conference and school
records and many achieved All-American status. He was also responsible for
sports administration for men and women's lacrosse and has upgraded these
programs to the national level with the women's team advancing to the
championships twice and the men's team once. His support of the men's golf and
field hockey programs took them to the NCAA Tournament and top 20 national
rankings.
"We were fortunate to have an outstanding pool
of candidates," said Robert Holyer, dean of the college and chairman of
the athletic director search committee. "This committee believes that Denis
will provide the type of leadership and vision that will take our athletic
program to the next level. He understands the Division III philosophy and the
value that athletics makes to the overall educational mission of a
college."
Kanach will lead an athletic program at
Randolph-Macon that includes 16 men's and women's varsity teams, involves more
than 300 students, more than one-fourth of the college's student body and has a
legacy of success including the outstanding achievements of the men's
basketball team, currently ranked #2 in the NCAA Division III South Region poll
and qualifying for the NCAA tournament, the women's basketball team which
finished this season with a 20-8 overall record and advanced to the ODAC championship
game, and the women's swimming team which finished second in the Atlantic
States/ODAC championships and had a swimmer qualify for the NCAA championships.
"It is important to understand the
competitiveness of an athletic program within the context of the educational
mission of the college," said Kanach. "It is my hope to be able to
challenge our students outside the classroom, the same way they are challenged
inside the classroom and to be as good as they can be."
Prior to joining Georgetown University, Kanach worked
as a business education teacher and head cross country and track coach for his
alma mater, Roselle Catholic High School. A 1969 graduate of Manhattan College
with a degree in marketing/management, Kanach and his wife Terry have four
sons, Frank, Jesse, Dan, Michael and two grandchildren, Camille and Duncan.
The date that Kanach will begin his new position is
still tentative.
[Reported As: 1969]
[JR: The following people have "bounced
off" the list. Some bounces expose my poor administrative skills and I can
not "who" bounced off. Thus the subscriber total may change more than
are shown in this section. I have done what I can to notify them. If you can
help "reconnect" – or "connect" new people -- I really
appreciate it. And as always, I need your "news".]
[JR: The following people have updated their
information. To conserve space, "please change my email from X to Y"
which isn't very interesting, and to alert you that they are here, I have
listed them here. As always, I need your "news" and
"recruits".]
http://www.ccoyne.com/
Christopher J. Coyne
I am currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of
Economics at George Mason University. My
fields of interest are: Austrian Economics, Political Economy, and
Institutional Economics. Click here for
my full CV.
I am a fellow at the James M. Buchanan Center for
Political Economy and the Mercatus Center where I am part of the Social Change
Project. I am also the Murray N.
Rothbard fellow through The Review of Austrian Economics where I am assistant
to the editor, Peter Boettke.
I worked at J.P. Morgan for three years prior to
starting at GMU. I did my undergraduate work
at Manhattan College in Riverdale, NY where I concentrated in Economics and
Finance.
[Reported As: 1999 ]
[No Found]
[No Honors]
[No Weddings]
[Birth1]
From: Jennifer DiAlto-Schmidt (1992)
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:06 PM
Subject: News
Hi. I'm a 1992
MC graduate. I just gave birth to my
first child 3 weeks ago and was wondering how I could get the news added to
Jasper Jottings. Would this be the
e-mail address I use? Please respond
when you have the chance.
Thank you!
[JR: For good
news any address is just fine. Maybe I should reconsider the address strategy,
but it does make compilation easier. John'68]
[No Engagements]
[No Graduations]
[Collector's prayer: And, may perpetual light shine
on our fellow departed Jaspers, and all the souls of the faithful departed.]
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.
Copyright 2004 The Charlotte Observer
All Rights Reserved
Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)
March 9, 2004 Tuesday ONE-THREE EDITION
SECTION: METRO; Pg. 6B
HEADLINE: OBITUARIES AND IN MEMORIAMS
BYLINE: Observer Staff
<extraneous deleted>
Ralph Lombardi
HICKORY Mr. Lombardi, 48, died March 6, 2004 after a
courageous battle with cancer. He was born December 3, 1956 in New York, the
son of Virgilio Lombardi and Ann Gambetta. He was the husband of Savann Couch
Lombardi. Mr. Lombardi attended Hickory Community Chapel. He was the
Vice-President and General Manager of Century Contract (Century Furniture Ind.)
Mr. Lombardi attended Manhattan College. he was a member of Beta Sima
Fraternity.
Memorial service will be 7 p.m. Tuesday evening at
Hickory Community Chapel, 3240 6th St., Dr. NW, Hickory, NC, 28601. The Rev.
David Shores will officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery Yonkers, NY.
Survivors include his wife, Savann Lombardi of the
home, mother, Ann Gambetta of Melbourne, FL, sons, Anthony Lombardi of the home
and Christian Lombardi of also of the home, brothers, Paul Lombardi of Boca
Raton, FL and Michael Lombardi of Cortlandt Manor, NY.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be
made to either: Catawba Medical Foundation, c/o Catawba Valley Medical Center,
810 Fairgrove Church Rd., SE Hickory, NC 28602 or A College/Trust Fund for
Ralph's Children c/o David Sparks Capital Concepts, 1155 Southgate Corp Park
SW, PO Box 3509 , Hickory, NC 28603-3509. Make checks payable to: Manulife
Financial.
Bass-Smith Funeral Home is serving the Lombardi
Family.
LOAD-DATE: March 10, 2004
[JR: Without MCOLDB I'd guess 1976? ]
Copyright 2004 Daily Press, Inc.
Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
March 9, 2004 Tuesday FINAL EDITION
SECTION: Obituaries, Pg. C5
HEADLINE: MARTIN J. QUIGLEY JR.
WILLIAMSBURG - Martin J. Quigley Jr., 78, left this
world on Sunday, March 7, 2004.
He was born in Woodhaven, N.Y., to Elisabeth and
Martin J. Quigley on May 5, 1925. Marty lived in Williamsburg and worked in the
Hampton Roads area since 1977.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Lynn Quigley.
Preceded in death by his son, Robert, he is survived
by three daughters, one son and their spouses, Patricia and Jeff Shaw of
Harvard, Mass., Kathleen Berg of Bedford, N.H., Susan and Mike Lambert of
Rising Sun, Md., Martin and Maria Quigley of Yorktown, Va., and Peggy Kreiner
of Pittsburgh, Pa. Eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive
him. Brother of Robert (deceased), Genevieve Stevens of Carmel, Ind., and
Sister Margaret Quigley, D.W. of Islip, N.Y.
Marty was a decorated WWII Veteran serving with the
104th infantry division in France, receiving the Purple Heart and two Bronze
Stars.
He received his degree in Electrical Engineering from
Manhattan College and was retired from a 30-year career as a welding engineer
for the Linde Division of Union Carbide. He was a member of St. Bede Catholic
Church of Williamsburg where he served as an usher for many years.
Service arrangements are incomplete.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in his name may be
made to the Arthritis Foundation, ATTN: Donation Department. P.O. Box 96280,
Washington, DC 20090.
Nelsen Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Condolences may be sent to www.nelsenfh.com.
GRAPHIC: Photo (b&w); Martin J. Quigley Jr.
LOAD-DATE: March 9, 2004
[JR: Without MCOLDB I'd guess 1945? ]
Copyright 2004 Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.
INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL (LANCASTER, PA.)
March 6, 2004, Saturday
SECTION: OBITUARIES, Pg. B-3
HEADLINE: John McLoughlin, Brooklyn native
John J. McLoughlin, 80, of 554 Greenland Drive, died
of natural causes at home Thursday.
McLoughlin retired as a union official with the
Teamsters, working in New York and Washington, D.C.
He was a graduate of Manhattan College.
A Catholic, he was a member of Knights of Columbus,
Amityville, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was the son of the late
John J. and Loretta Manning McLoughlin.
Surviving are a daughter, Karen McLoughlin of
Lancaster; three sons, John J., married to Barbara McLoughlin of Rutland, Vt.,
Michael of Lancaster and Dennis, married to Theresa McLoughlin of Elmont, Long
Island, N.Y.; five grandchildren; and a brother, William of Babylon, N.Y.
GRAPHIC: PHOTO, John McLoughlin
LOAD-DATE: March 7, 2004
[Mike says: 1937]
Copyright 2004 Richmond Newspapers, Inc.
Richmond Times Dispatch (Virginia)
March 7, 2004 Sunday City Edition
SECTION: COMMENTARY; Pg. E-4
LENGTH: 366 words
HEADLINE: SEDUCTRESSES HAVE CREATED POWER
BYLINE: Reviewed Jennifer David McDaid/ Jennifer Davis McDaid is an archives
research coordinator at the Library of Virginia.,
SEDUCTRESS: Women Who Ravished the World and Their
Lost Art of Love, by Betsy Prioleau, Viking, $24.95.
"It's wonderful," observed Noel Coward,
"what a little determined charm can do." That can-do attitude is at
the heart of Seductress, a lively self-help tract that Richmond native Betsy
Prioleau artfully packages as history. "Seductresses are in fact the
liberated women incarnate," asserts the author in her opening chapter.
"They're the stealth heroines of history."
This persuasive argument is pounded home with
examples (and copious endnotes) from anthropology, religion, psychology,
history, art, literature, and music. Today's women have lost their goddess-centered
groove, the Manhattan College professor asserts, and can work their way out of
a male-dominated, bimbo-focused quagmire only by calling on their erotic
birthright.
REGARDLESS of age (there's a chapter on "silver
foxes") or looks (other chapters address "homely sirens" and
"scholar-sirens"), women are sexually charged power mavens capable of
taking control and fomenting change.
Like the veteran strippers in Gypsy, many of these
women believed that "you gotta get a gimmick" - Agnes Sorel, mistress
of Charles VII of France, often wore dresses that exposed her left breast;
courtesan Cora Pearl hired waiters to carry her into a banquet on a silver
platter, nude except for a sprinkling of parsley; and art patron Isabella
Stewart Gardner arrived at a Boston costume party in Persian dress on the back
of an elephant.
The parade of seductresses here is long and somewhat
jumbled - Collette and Mae West rub elbows with Eleanor of Aquitaine and
Aphrodite. Often the author reduces their lives to a few paragraphs, leaving
the reader wanting more and inadvertently reducing these "first
feminists" to near-caricatures.
SEDUCTRESS makes a strong case for women to take back
their ancestral birthright of sexual power paired with intellect, calling for a
seductress uprising in which women should "flash our minds with our
cleavages." Whether one buys her argument or not, Betsy Prioleau's sharp
scholarship makes for entertaining reading. An index, endnotes, and
illustrations round out the volume.
GRAPHIC: PHOTO
LOAD-DATE: March 8, 2004
[JR: I'm not
sure that this isn't marymount.]
Copyright 2004 N.Y.P. Holdings, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
The New York Post
March 6, 2004 Saturday
SECTION: All Editions; Pg. NaN
LENGTH: 1711 words
HEADLINE: CHIC FOR CHEAPER: ONE-BEDROOM, FIVE HOT AREAS - FOR UNDER $1,500
BYLINE: LISA KEYS
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Riverdale The Bronx
ALTHOUGH it’s a stretch to call
Riverdale "hip," walk into local Irish pub An Beal Bocht and you’ll
capture the easygoing vibe of this Bronx community.
Young Manhattan College students toss
back draft beers "some say the bar pours the best pints of Guinness in the
city "amid liver-spotted regulars enjoying their whiskeys. It’s a good
cross-section of Riverdale, which houses a diverse group of college students,
elderly residents, Orthodox Jews and Manhattan rent refugees.
One-bedroom rentals in Riverdale tend
to be spacious "900 square feet seems to be the norm " although
somewhat charmless and boxy. Rents range from $1,285, for a 950-square-foot
first-floor apartment on Nether-land Avenue, to $1,400 and up for ritzier
addresses.
What the neighborhood lacks in
excitement it more than compensates with its beauty. In addition to its
high-rises, Riverdale is home to stately mansions that overlook the Hudson.
There are also Tudor homes tucked around Johnson Avenue, the neighborhood’s
main commercial strip.
Residents often spend weekend
afternoons strolling the hilly streets, enjoying the peaceful surroundings. And
nearby are Van Cortland Park and Wave Hill, a public arboretum with an
impressive offering of educational programs.
"It’s quiet and safe," says
Nina Sapir, who pays $1,300 for a large one-bedroom in a doorman building
that’s "three or four times bigger than a Manhattan apartment."
Still, she says, "there’s
nothing to do here for young people."
But, for some, that’s the appeal of
the neighborhood. "I like to get out of Manhattan because it’s a hectic
pace," says Tony Caffrey, who owns An Beal Bocht and also co-owns Lower
East Side rock club Arlene’s Grocery. "I come home to Riverdale and
there’s a quiet about it that I love."
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HEADLINE: The team drives to the top
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Emily Gunther, the daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Andrew Gunther of Brunswick, was named to the dean's list at Manhattan
College for the fall semester. She plans to major in education.
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DONNELLY relaxes, rallies to earn first state title
Barrington Times - Barrington,RI,USA
... of March 7. The following week, Donnelly will compete in two national
events culminating in the National Scholastic Championships held at Manhattan
College in ...
<http://www.eastbayri.com/story/289973882150590.php>
East Bay, RI
East Bay Newspapers Friday, March 5, 2004
Donnelly relaxes, rallies to earn first state title
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Confidence wasn't an issue for Erin
Donnelly as she entered the state championship indoor track finals in fourth
place of the weight throw event Sunday at the University of Rhode Island.
But how could it be?
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But before she worries about a
collegiate weight throwing career, Donnelly has at least three events remaining
on her high school calendar.
The first is Weight-O-Rama, to be
held at Brown University of March 7.
The following week, Donnelly will
compete in two national events culminating in the National Scholastic
Championships held at Manhattan College in the Bronx, N.Y. on March 14. The
Barrington senior will enter as the country's second seed, just eight inches
off top spot. Last year Donnelly fell
just short of All-American status. And while ranking among the top seven in the
nation will be a major accomplishment, Donnelly has even greater aspirations.
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By Adam Cote
GONZALEZ would listen to St. John's
USA Today - USA
RIVERDALE, NY - Bobby Gonzalez is expected to turn from a highly regarded mid-major
coach into a very good listener whenever Manhattan College's season ends. ...
<http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/bigeast/2004-03-11-gonzalez-st-johns_x.htm>
Gonzalez would listen to St. John's
By Tom Pedulla, USA TODAY
RIVERDALE, N.Y. - Bobby Gonzalez is expected to turn
from a highly regarded mid-major coach into a very good listener whenever
Manhattan College's season ends.
Gonzalez is viewed as one of the leading candidates
to take over beleaguered St. John's after transforming Manhattan into the
leading program in New York in his five years there. It helps, too, that he has
coached in the metropolitan area at both the high school and AAU levels.
"There are a lot of rumblings and a lot of
talk," said Gonzalez, 40, who is taking his team to the NCAA tournament
for the second consecutive year. "But I've sort of let it be known that I
will do what I have to do with my team from now until the season ends."
Although the Red Storm just completed a nightmarish campaign, he sees
intriguing possibilities there.
"If you are in the Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference and a Big East school is interested," Gonzalez said, "you
have to be honest and say you would listen because of the magnitude of the step
up that it is."
Manhattan athletics director Bob Byrnes said the
school has not received any formal or informal contact concerning Gonzalez, who
is under contract through next season. He added that discussions are "well
along" concerning an extension that would last until 2007-08.
GRAF, Langon, Rachiele Run for Village Board
Farmingdale Observer - Farmingdale,NY,USA
... departmental honors in economics. He received a master's degree in
business administration in 1988 from Manhattan College. In his eight ...
<http://www.antonnews.com/farmingdaleobserver/2004/02/20/news/>
Graf, Langon, Rachiele Run for Village Board
Candidates Form Farmingdale Family Party
Saying that they are committed to improving the
quality of life in the Village of Farmingdale by implementing open government,
fiscal responsibility, honesty and integrity; George Graf, Thomas Langon and
Joseph Rachiele have announced their candidacy for office in the village.
Elections will take place on March 16.
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Trustee candidate Joseph Rachiele
Rachiele, a safety inspector for the Federal Aviation
Administration and current member of the Farmingdale Planning Board, is an
eight-year resident of the community. He was the first member of the
Farmingdale Planning Board to receive a certificate for successful completion
of the NYS run program for planning board members. Rachiele is a 1978 graduate of Aviation HS
and received his BS from Lehman College, graduating with departmental honors in
economics. He received a master's degree in business administration in 1988
from Manhattan College.
In his eight years as a Farmingdale resident,
Rachiele noted that he has established a record of strong civic and community
involvement. He was a Cub Scout leader and executive committee member of Pack
601. He served as a baseball coach for PAL and Farmingdale Baseball. He is also
on the executive committee of Farmingdale Baseball.
Rachiele became a member of the Farmingdale Village
Smart Growth Committee in 2003. He was on the subcommittee addressing
transportation. He is also a member of the Farmingdale Breakfast Rotary Club.
Rachiele is married and the father of three children.
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CSU club lacrosse makes Colorado history
The Rocky Mountain Collegian - USA
... West. The first collegiate-level lacrosse game was played between
New York University and Manhattan College in November 1877. At ...
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CSU club lacrosse makes Colorado history
-First indoor collegiate lacrosse game against Colorado set for Sunday
By Peter Scalia
February 19, 2004
It is the oldest sport in North America. A game
developed by Native Americans sometime in the 15th century, adopted as the
Canadian national sport and developed in eastern cities and colleges before
1900. Lacrosse gained extreme popularity on the East Coast but has only
recently started to gain a strong fan base in the West.
The first collegiate-level lacrosse game was played
between New York University and Manhattan College in November 1877. At that
time CSU was still the Agricultural College of Colorado.
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UMBC puts Sullivan on indefinite paid leave
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA
... He ran programs at New Hampshire College and Manhattan College before
joining Seton Hall in 1987 as an assistant coach under PJ Carlesimo. ...
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UMBC puts Sullivan on indefinite paid leave
Reason not given; Monroe runs team in tourney loss
By Mike Klingaman
Sun Staff
Originally published March 6, 2004
Tom Sullivan, the head basketball coach at UMBC for
nine years, has been put on indefinite paid administrative leave for an
undisclosed reason. His replacement,
assistant coach Randy Monroe, ran practice this week and coached the Retrievers
last night in their loss to Stony Brook in the opening round of the America
East tournament. Monroe said he spoke
with UMBC athletic director Charles Brown on Monday and was named interim coach
for the remainder of the season, which ended with last night's 65-59 loss. He
would not explain why Sullivan was removed.
"It's a university matter and a private
situation. Let's leave it at that," Monroe said.
UMBC sports information director Steve Levy would not
elaborate on the nature of the occurrence, but said Sullivan's departure was
not health-related.
Several sources described Sullivan as a hot-tempered
coach, but Levy denied that his removal stemmed from an altercation with
players. The Associated Press reported that at least several team members had
threatened a walkout.
"Nothing like that has come to our
attention," Levy said. "This
is a private personnel issue and, hopefully, not a protracted situation. Will
[Sullivan] come back? Right now, we don't know."
Sullivan did not return calls made to his home or
office.
UMBC senior guard Kareem Washington said the team
handled the coaching change well despite the defeat last night. "I think
that had nothing to do with us on the court. That happened off the court. On
the court, everybody has to be focused and ready to play."
Said to be tough-minded, stubborn and frank,
Sullivan, 53, led UMBC on an uneven course. He started off 10-44 at the
Catonsville school and peaked at 20-9 in 2002. The Retrievers are 106-145 under
Sullivan. The Retrievers finished 7-21
this season.
UMBC has played in three conferences during his
tenure. Sullivan was named Coach of the Year in two of them.
A native New Yorker, he was a standout at Fordham
University, where he studied philosophy and won honors as the Big Apple's
outstanding college player in 1972. Drafted by the New York Knicks, he played
basketball in Europe for three years, then turned to coaching.
He ran programs at New Hampshire College and
Manhattan College before joining Seton Hall in 1987 as an assistant coach under
P.J. Carlesimo. Sullivan was there two years later, when Seton Hall reached the
NCAA finals.
Sullivan's current contract expires in 2007.
Matt Kalman contributed to this article.
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SULLIVAN steps down at UMBC
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA
... in 1989. Described as fiery and hard-nosed, he also ran basketball programs
at New Hampshire College and Manhattan College. His ...
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Sullivan steps down at UMBC
School paper: Coach made 'discriminatory comments'
By Mike Klingaman
Sun Staff
Originally published March 12, 2004
Tom Sullivan, the men's basketball coach at UMBC,
resigned yesterday, 10 days after the university had placed him on paid
administrative leave. Sullivan, 53,
stepped down the day after an article appeared in The Retriever Weekly, the
campus newspaper, alleging that the coach had made "discriminatory
comments" to his players. University officials would not confirm those
allegations yesterday.
Kathy Zerrlaut, associate athletic director for
compliance at the Catonsville school, would not comment on the resignation
except to say that "there have been no [NCAA] rules violations
committed."
A prepared statement from the school about Sullivan's
departure did not mention the turmoil surrounding the Division I basketball
program. The coach did not accompany the
team last week to the America East tournament, where the Retrievers (7-21)
ended their season in a first-round loss under assistant coach Randy Monroe.
"Tom Sullivan provided UMBC basketball with many
fine moments during his tenure here," athletic director Charles Brown said
in the news release. "We wish him the best of luck in his future
endeavors."
Brown had been instrumental in hiring Sullivan nine
years ago and in cobbling together a controversial contract extension in July
2002 that would have kept him at the school through 2007.
In nine seasons under Sullivan, the Retrievers won
106 games and lost 145. Their best season was 20-9 in 2001-02.
The coach did not return calls made to his home or
office.
"I want to thank the university for affording me
the opportunity to have coached so many fine student-athletes," Sullivan
said in the statement. "It has been a very challenging experience. I hope
I leave my players with skills that will serve them well as they go through
life."
A native New Yorker, Sullivan arrived at UMBC from
Seton Hall, where he served as an assistant coach during that school's run to
the NCAA championship game in 1989.
Described as fiery and hard-nosed, he also ran
basketball programs at New Hampshire College and Manhattan College. His 19-year
record as a head coach is 260-270.
Steve Levy, UMBC's sports information director, said
the university will decide next week on a strategy to hire a new coach.
The only reason for putting this here is to give us a
chance to attend one of these games and support "our" team.
JASPERS COMPETE AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
Ahlen Finished 12th in the Long Jump
Fayetteville, AR (March 12, 2004)- Two Jaspers
competed at the NCAA Championships today in Fayetteville, AR. Magnus Ahlen
finished 12th in the Long Jump leaping 7.43m. Rajne Svenssohn competed in the
first day of the Heptathlon. After the first day of competition Svenssohn is
currently in 14th place with 2882 points.
Svenssohn competed in the 60m (7.46), Long Jump
(6.76m), Shot Put (13.19m), and the High Jump (1.93m) today. He will complete
the Heptathlon tomorrow, Saturday, March 13. His last three events remaining
are the 60m Hurdles, Pole Vault, and the 1000m
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FLORIDA ATLANTIC DEFEATS SOFTBALL, 8-0
Boca Raton, FL (March 12, 2004)- Manhattan dropped
its second game of the Florida Atlantic Tournament, falling to the host school,
8-0, in six innings.
The Lady Jaspers trailed by just two, 2-0, until the
host Owls scored three runs in both the fifth and sixth innings to blow open
the game.
Manhattan was held hitless until the fifth inning,
when Keira Fox tripled to left center to open up the inning. However, she was
stranded on third as the next three batters all recorded outs.
Margaret LeFex reached with one out in the sixth in a
bunt single, but that was all the offense for the day for Manhattan.
Elizabeth Pennino went the distance for the Lady
Jaspers, striking out one batter.
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GONZALEZ NAMED NABC DISTRICT 2 COACH OF THE YEAR
Overland Park, KS (March 12, 2004)- Manhattan College
head men's basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez was named the National Association
of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 2 Coach of the Year, it was announced
today. The Coaches of the Year from the 15 Districts are selected and voted on
by member coaches of the NABC. This is the first time that Gonzalez has
received this honor.
Gonzalez has led Manhattan to a 24-5 record, 16-2 in
MAAC play. The 16 MAAC wins is the most by a MAAC team since the conference expanded
to an 18 game conference slate, and ties LaSalle for the most ever conference
wins. The Jaspers won the MAAC Regular Season and Conference Tournament
Championships each of the last two years.
Gonzalez joins Fran Fraschilla (1995) as the only
Manhattan coaches to have received this award. District 2 encompasses all the
Division I institutions in New York State.
Gonzalez has led Manhattan to three straight 20 win
seasons, and three straight postseason appearances. The Jaspers are awaiting
Selection Sunday to determine their NCAA First Round opponent and site.
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SOFTBALL GETS BLANKED BY URI, 4-0
Orlando, FL – (March 12, 2004) – The Lady Jaspers
fell in their first game of the Florida Atlantic Doubletree Classic to
University of Rhode Island, 4-0. Rams pitcher Jenna Thursten grabbed the win,
striking out 12 Manhattan batters. Sopohomore Jillian Medea went six innings
allowing four runs and seven hits, striking out five batters for the Lady
Jaspers.
Junior Jennifer McCracken knocked the Lady Jaspers
only hit in the contest in the first at bat of the game. Junior Nicole Haywood
led the way for the Rams with two RBI's, Alyssa Martino and Megan Long each
grabbed one RBI.
The Lady Jaspers will play their second game of day
against the host of the Tournament, Florida Atlantic at 5 pm.
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MANHATTAN COLLEGE NCAA TICKET INFORMATION
Manhattan is fresh off its second straight MAAC
Tournament Championship and is getting primed for the NCAA Tournament. For
information about ticket requests for current season ticket holders, as well as
for general fan interest for the Jaspers' NCAA Tournament game, please CLICK
HERE to read a letter from Manhattan Ticket Manager Brian Leighton detailing
the ticketing process.
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Brian Leighton
Ticket Manager
Manhattan College
4513 Manhattan College Pkwy.
Riverdale, NY 10471
(718) 862-7795
Brian.Leighton@manhattan.edu
March 11, 2004
Dear Fans,
For the second straight year the Jaspers are going to
the NCAA Tournament. If you are a season
ticket holder you will have the opportunity to request tickets and join in the
excitement. These tickets are going to
go fast due to the high demand.
On Sunday, March 14th we will learn the possibility
of where, when, and who the Jaspers will be competing against. If you are interested in purchasing tickets
you will have until noon on Monday, March 15th to call the ticket office phone
(718) 862-7795 and place your request.
We will be in the ticket office Sunday night until 9pm after the announcement
has been made. Please do not assume that
your order will be processed if you leave a message, you must leave phone
numbers where you can be reached during the day and evening so that we can
confirm your order. Orders will be taken
on a first come first served basis, therefore you will not be guaranteed
tickets.
Bear in mind that all first and second round sites
are not sold out as of yet and we may have access to more than the 350 minimum
tickets that are set aside by the NCAA.
We will do the best that we can to accommodate as many fans as possible.
Again, Manhattan College would like to thank you for
your continued support of its Athletics program and we look forward to seeing
you at the NCAA tournament!!
Non-season ticket holders can add their names to a
waiting list by contacting the Ticket Office.
Sincerely,
Brian Leighton
Ticket Manager
Manhattan College
(718) 862-7795
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Daily News (New York)
March 9, 2004 Tuesday
RACING FINAL EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 66
HEADLINE: MADNESS FOR MANHATTAN
BYLINE: By SEAN BRENNAN DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
ALBANY - The Jaspers are going back to the Big Dance.
Manhattan saw its six-point lead with just over a
minute to play evaporate to a mere one point in the final seconds. But
Niagara's Tremmell Darden slipped as he prepared to launch his desperation
game-winning attempt. His air ball nestled into the hands of Manhattan's Dave
Holmes under the basket, and the Jaspers had survived some heart-stopping moments
to escape with a 62-61 victory in the MAAC title game last night at Pepsi
Arena.
Manhattan (24-5) had a chance to ice the game with
:10.5 to play, but Luis Flores missed two free throws that set the stage for
the final frantic seconds.
It will be the second straight NCAA Tournament
appearance for the Jaspers, who had to survive a one-point overtime game
against Niagara in last year's tournament semifinals.
Niagara (21-9) was trying to make its first trip to
the tournament since the 1969-70 season when Calvin Murphy led the Purple
Eagles. But at the end, the Jaspers wouldn't let Darden get a good look at the
basket.
Flores made Manhattan College history on the way to
its NCAA date. When he sank the first of two free throws with 11:33 remaining
in the first half, Flores etched his name into the Jaspers' scoring record
book, surpassing the previous mark of 1,992 points held by Keith Bullock. It
took Bullock four years to set his record when he did so at the end of the
1991-92 season. Flores passed him in just three. He scored 14 on the night.
While the Jaspers held 8-10 point leads for the bulk
of the second half, and upped the margin to 14 on two occasions, it appeared
Manhattan was about to go on a big run when Flores threaded his way through
three Niagara defenders to toss in a spectacular layup for a 42-32 lead with
14:16 to play. With the large contingent of green-clad members of Jasper Nation
stomping and chanting, "NBA, NBA," Manhattan then got three free
throws from Holmes and a three-pointer from Mike Konovelchick and the Jaspers
had their biggest lead at 48-34 with just under 12 minutes to go.
But over the next three minutes, both Holmes and
Konovelchick picked up their fourth fouls and headed for the bench. Two minutes
later, Kenny Minor joined them and if Niagara was ever going to make a run, now
would be the time.
And that's exactly what the Purple Eagles did.
Niagara went on a 17-8 run over the next 7:10 to pull within 56-51 on a layup
by Juan Mendez with 4:45 to play. The Jaspers managed to lead 61-56 with 1:07
to go, but Juan Mendez had a putback to pull Niagara within three. Holmes hit
one free throw with :28.2 left, but Lorenzo Miles drilled a trey with 11.5
seconds to go and Niagara was down just 62-61. It looked like the Jaspers were
about to buckle.
They did bend, but in the end they did not break.
GRAPHIC: AP THE MOST Luis FLores gets grip on way to
becoming Jaspers' all-time leading scorer.
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March 9, 2004 Tuesday
CITY FINAL EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 66
HEADLINE: MULLIGAN, JASPERS DO IT OVER
BYLINE: By SEAN BRENNAN DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
ALBANY - Last season, as Manhattan was making its
magical march toward its first NCAA appearance in eight seasons, Peter Mulligan
was little more than a well-dressed spectator with a great view of the action.
Mulligan, the Jaspers' junior swingman, had
transferred to Manhattan from Maryland-Baltimore County prior to last season
and was forced to sit out the year as a transfer.
His seat at the far end of the Manhattan bench kept
him close to last season's special moments but in a detached sort of way.
Now, with the Jaspers entering last night's action just
one victory away from another trip back to the NCAA Tournament, Mulligan is
finally in on the action, and he has become a vital cog on a Manhattan team
that could be headed for another memorable March.
"All I remember is them getting to the
tournament last year and what that was like to watch," Mulligan said.
"So this year I came here and bought into the system and I'm hoping to
help us get back to the tournament again."
When the season began, Mulligan was expected to team
with Luis Flores to provide as devastating a 1-2 scoring punch as there was in
the MAAC. But the 6-5 St. Raymond's product was slow to mesh with the Jaspers'
offense. Dave Holmes (12.9 ppg.) emerged as the team's second-leading scorer
while Mulligan struggled early on and at times seemed lost on the court.
"It was rough early in the season,"
Mulligan said. "But I have a great family base and everyone kept me
positive. We also have a great group of guys on this team so I just tried to
focus on our main goal."
Last night that goal sat just one win away for 23-5
Manhattan, which played Niagara in the MAAC tournament final. The top-seeded
Jaspers swept No. 2 Niagara this season, winning, 90-81, at Niagara before
posting a narrow 65-62 victory at Draddy Gym.
And while Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez preaches how
difficult it is to beat a good team three times in a season, Mulligan was
confident the Jaspers could secure another date in front of the television come
Selection Sunday.
"We're a dangerous team," said Mulligan,
who is now averaging 14.3 points per game. "People don't seem to give us
that much credit. But we have talented players, guys who can do things on the
court. As the season has gone along, I think people have started to see that.
I've stepped up, so has Guy (Ngarndi) and Mike Konovelchick has made
shots."
Add in Flores, Holmes, Jason Wingate and Kenny Minor
and, Mulligan said, "We're virtually unguardable in this league."
Mulligan said he had no trouble sleeping after the
Jaspers' semifinal win over St. Peter's, knowing that the biggest game of his
collegiate career loomed just hours away.
"Nah, not at all," Mulligan said.
"(The final) should be very exciting with the game on ESPN and all. It
should be fun. We just have to go out and play hard for 40 minutes. That's all
you can ask for."
GRAPHIC: RON ANTONELLI DAILY NEWS FOR REAL Peter
Mulligan drives instead of sitting as he did last season.
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The New York Post
March 9, 2004 Tuesday
SECTION: Late City Final; Pg. 78
HEADLINE: JASPERS EKE OUT TICKET TO DANCE
BYLINE: BRIAN LEWIS
Manhattan 62 - Niagara 61
ALBANY - Manhattan College had watched its 14-point
lead cut to one, its star player miss two of the biggest foul shots of his life
and its MAAC tourney hopes fade fast.
But after Luis Flores' offense had carried the
Jaspers all year, it was their defense that carried the night.
After Flores' stunning misses with 10 seconds left,
Niagara had a chance to pull off a stunning upset in the MAAC final. But Peter
Mulligan's defense forced a wild, off-balance miss from Trammell Darden, and
Manhattan escaped into the Big Dance with a 62-61 win.
The victory in front of 5,509 at Pepsi Arena lifted
the top-seeded and defending champion Jaspers (24-5) past the second-seeded
Purple Eagles and into the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year.
"That's what championship teams do - winning
becomes an art, and these guys have mastered it," Manhattan coach Bobby
Gonzalez said.
"We've been playing for titles two straight
years. That's what these guys are: Winners."
And survivors. With Niagara closing on an 18-6 run,
cutting a 56-43 lead with 6:17 remaining to one on Lorenzo Miles' 3-pointer
with 11.5 remaining, Manhattan's hopes seemed to be vanishing like a mirage
when Flores - the tourney MVP and an 87.4 percent shooter - missed.
But Flores, who suffered through an off night with 14
points on just 5-of-21 shooting, thanks to Niagara's zones, swiped at the ball
as Darden drove by him, knocking it loose. By the time Darden recovered,
Mulligan had come over to partially deflect his last-second heave.
"Throughout the whole season, I've made shots
and I've been the guy," said Flores, the two-time MAAC Player of the Year.
"I wasn't able to come up with the shots, but at
least I was able to come up with a deflection."
It was a fitting finale for the MAAC careers of
Flores and Dave Holmes (16 points), on whose backs Gonzalez rebuilt the program
and turned it into one of the top mid-majors in the country.
Beforehand he'd insisted his team was Sweet 16
caliber; now he'll get a chance to prove it.
The Jaspers pressed to keep the ball away from Juan
Mendez (game-high 26 points), but it didn't work. Flores broke Keith Bullock's
school career scoring mark, but Niagara's size and zones made him work.
Thanks to their great ball pressure, the Jaspers led
the league's top-scoring team 32-26 at halftime, and pushed it to 14.
It was still 56-43 when Niagara coach Joe Mihalich
called a timeout with 6:17 left. That sparked a 12-2 run that cut the lead to
58-55 on Mendez' putback.
GRAPHIC: FORWARD, MARCH! Manhattan College's Luis
Flores (top) and Dave Holmes celebrate last night after Jaspers advanced to
NCAA tourney with 62-61 win over Niagara in MAAC final in Albany. [AP]
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The New York Times
March 9, 2004, Tuesday, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section D; Page 1; Column 1; Sports Desk
HEADLINE: COLLEGE BASKETBALL;
N.C.A.A. Trip Is Set in Motion For Manhattan
BYLINE: By PETE THAMEL
DATELINE: ALBANY, March 8
Around Manhattan College, they call him Hurricane
Bobby. And, as usual, Jaspers Coach Bobby Gonzalez spent Monday night's Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament final as a blur of motion.
After a night of stomping, pleading and barking at
officials, Hurricane Bobby got his reward: the Jaspers fended off Niagara,
62-61, after nearly blowing a 14-point second-half lead and claimed their
second consecutive N.C.A.A. automatic bid.
In his final motion, in relief as much as in
celebration, Gonzalez climbed a podium to clip the last strands of the net amid
a swirl of cheers and camera flashes.
"That's what championship teams do," he
said. "Winning becomes an art. These guys have mastered it."
Dave Holmes led the Jaspers (24-5) with 16 points
before a small but fervent crowd of 5,509 at Pepsi Arena. The tournament most
valuable player, Luis Flores, added 14 points and broke Manhattan's career
scoring record.
Niagara had a chance to win at the buzzer, but the
senior guard Tremmell Darden's 17-footer was well short of the rim after he
slipped while trying to get open. Manhattan forward Peter Mulligan got a piece
of the ball and was draped on Darden, but the officials did not blow the
whistle and the Manhattan celebration began.
Niagara finished 21-9, and Coach Joe Mihalich expects
a bid to the National Invitation Tournament. Niagara has not made the N.C.A.A.
tournament since 1970, Calvin Murphy's senior year. The Purple Eagles had
struggled on offense, but after trailing by 13 with 6 minutes 17 seconds
remaining, they cut the lead with a 10-0 run in the next two minutes. Niagara
then trimmed the lead to a point with 11.5 seconds left after a 3-pointer by
Lorenzo Miles.
The referees initially ruled the shot a 2-pointer,
but John Cahill reviewed it and awarded Niagara 3, cutting the lead to 62-61.
Flores missed two free throws with 10.5 seconds left, leaving a window for
Niagara to complete its comeback. Mihalich elected not to call a timeout,
letting his team try to exploit the unsettled situation before Darden's miss.
"It was like a war of attrition," Gonzalez said. "We kept
putting them away and they kept coming back."
Flores, 5 for 21 from the field, was well off his
24.1-point average. He was coming off a semifinal in which he scored 32. He
entered the game 7 points short of breaking Keith Bullock's career scoring
record, set in 1992, and he pushed past it with two free throws with 11:33
remaining in the first half.
"I would give all that up for the feeling I have
right now," Flores said, "going to the N.C.A.A. tournament."
The Jaspers seemed to feed of Gonzalez's energy,
using suffocating pressure to hold Purple Eagle guards Alvin Cruz and David
Brooks without a field goal on 0-for-9 shooting. Niagara finished 3 of 17 on 3-pointers.
The Purple Eagles shot 36.7 percent from the field, harassed by an occasional
press.
The 5-foot-8 defensive specialist Kenny Minor played
a big role despite leaving the game in the first half with an injury. He went
to the locker room to get stitches on the inside and outside of his mouth. He
returned with a piece of medical tape over the right side of his mouth.
"I think the win will help me smile," Minor
said.
Niagara's Juan Mendez scored a game-high 26 points.
"They played good, tough, physical man-to-man defense," Mihalich
said. "I thought we were soft on offense."
Manhattan needed to win to assure itself a return to
the N.C.A.A. tournament. A loss would have left its fate in the hands of the
N.C.A.A. selection committee.
Gonzalez began stirring the pot regarding tournament
seedings. He said he was disappointed in being seeded 14th last year and said
the Jaspers deserved better next Sunday.
After Manhattan's first-round N.C.A.A. tournament
loss to Syracuse last season, Gonzalez addressed his team on the bus leaving
the Fleet Center in Boston. He told his players they needed to focus on
reaching the MAAC title game the next season. The 50-week wait since last March
21 appeared to be worth it.
"I told our team that winning a first-round game
in the N.C.A.A. tournament will be easier than winning tonight," Gonzalez
said before the game.
GRAPHIC: Photos: Niagara's David Brooks driving
against Manhattan's Luis Flores during the MAAC final last night in Albany.
(Photo by Associated Press)(pg. D5); Peter Mulligan, left, and Dave Holmes
being held up by fans after Manhattan won the MAAC final over Niagara. (Photo
by Associated Press)(pg. D1)
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SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. A65
LENGTH: 489 words
HEADLINE: Jaspers hang on, earn NCAA berth;
After wasting most of 14-point advantage in 2nd half, Manhattan needs stop at
buzzer to take MAAC final
BYLINE: BY JOHN BOELL. STAFF CORRESPONDENT
ALBANY - Manhattan College coach Bobby Gonzalez sat
surrounded by six of his players after his team's 62-61 win over Niagara last
night in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament championship game.
He surely didn't mind the company. After all, each of
the players who crowded around him at the podium of the postgame news
conference played a part of the Jaspers' second straight MAAC title, which
ensured Manhattan an automatic NCAA Tournament bid.
"It wasn't pretty," said Gonzalez, still
able to smile after his team nearly blew a 14-point lead midway through the
second half. "Luis Flores had 14 points, and we still won the game. That
says something about this team."
Indeed.
Flores made only 5 of 21 shots from the field, yet
still became the school's all-time leading scorer, passing Keith Bullock
(1,992) and finishing the game with exactly 2,000 points.
His teammates rallied around him and helped Manhattan
hold off Niagara before 5,509 at the Pepsi Arena.
Niagara's Lorenzo Miles had his three-pointer blocked
by Flores, but alertly grabbed the ball and made a three-pointer with 11.5
seconds as Manhattan's lead was cut to 62-61.
After Flores, an 87 percent free-throw shooter this
season, missed both free throws, Niagara had a shot for the win with no
timeouts. But Peter Mulligan got a piece of the three-point attempt by
Niagara's Tremmell Darden (18 points), which fell well short at the buzzer.
"We preached all year that defense wins
championships," Gonzalez said, "and it did." Darden said:
"I just got too anxious. It was a desperation shot. I tried to draw a foul
as I slipped . . . We knew we could come back, but I guess our miracle just ran
out."
The question needed to be asked sometime: Is
Manhattan more than Flores, the two-time MAAC Player of the Year?
The answer came last night in the conference
tournament championship game, in many different shapes and sizes.
Manhattan needed the inside presence of Dave Holmes,
the Jaspers' sometimes undersized, but overachieving nightly warrior. It needed
the underrated value of bench players Jason Benton and Mike Konovelchick, the
toughness of reserve guard Kenny Minor, and the clutch shooting of Jason
Wingate.
The Jaspers (24-5) have beaten Niagara six straight
times.
Niagara (21-9) could not match Manhattan's depth,
resiliency and defensive pressure.
Holmes, despite being in foul trouble most of the
game, ended up with a team-high 16 points and seven rebounds.
Benton, the Jaspers oft-forgotten third senior, added
eight points and eight rebounds in 28 minutes off the bench, while Konovelchick
chipped in seven points, including two threes.
Minor, who took a shot to the mouth and played with
an unknown number of stitches and a heavily-bandaged upper lip, had five
points.
"We shot 36 percent from the field, 26 percent
on three-pointers and 58 percent from the [free-throw] line," Gonzalez
said. "To win that game was just miraculous."
MANHATTAN 62, NIAGARA 61
GRAPHIC: AP PHOTO - Niagara's David Brooks, left, and
Manhattan's Luis Flores go for loose ball during MAAC Tournament final.
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The Sports Network
March 9, 2004 Tuesday
SECTION: College Basketball - Division 1 (Feature)
HEADLINE: Manhattan College Directory
From The Sports Network
Location:
Manhattan, New York
Total Enrollment: 3,400
Founded: 1853
Nickname: Jaspers
Colors: Kelly Green and White
Conference: Metro Atlantic
Athletic
Arena: Draddy Gymnasium
(3,000)
President: Brother Thomas Scanlan
Athletic Director: Robert J. Byrnes
Head Coach: Bobby Gonzalez
Coaching and Team History
-------------------------
NCAA
Term Coach Overall Tournament
1904-05 John A. O'Donnell 3- 3
1905-06 John A. O'Donnell 6- 4
1906-07 John A. O'Donnell 2- 7
1907-08 John A. O'Donnell 7- 9
1908-09 John A. O'Donnell 4- 10
1909-10 Edward Hanrahan 7- 15
1910-11 Edward Hanrahan 14- 4
1911-12 Edward Hanrahan 12- 6
1912-13 Frank X. Murphy 8- 10
1913-14 Edward Hanrahan 11- 6
1914-15 Edward Hanrahan 10- 4
1915-16 Edward Hanrahan 4- 9
1916-17 Edward Hanrahan 7- 8
1917-18 Edward Hanrahan 6- 8
1918-19 Edward Hanrahan 2- 4
1919-20 Edward Hanrahan 1- 8
1920-21 E.P. Winters 0- 6
1921-22 E.P. Winters 3- 5
1922-23 Arthur T. Carroll 7- 5
1923-24 Arthur T. Carroll 12- 9
1924-25 Ward Brennan 10- 10
1925-26 Arthur T. Carroll 7- 7
1926-27 Chief Muller 9- 8
1927-28 Chief Muller 13- 4
1928-29 James Houlihan 4- 11
1929-30 Neil Cohalan 12- 5
1930-31 Neil Cohalan 17- 2
1931-32 Neil Cohalan 14- 8
1932-33 Neil Cohalan 11- 8
1933-34 Neil Cohalan 8- 10
1934-35 Neil Cohalan 13- 6
1935-36 Neil Cohalan 17- 2
1936-37 Neil Cohalan 14- 4
1937-38 Neil Cohalan 12- 6
1938-39 Neil Cohalan 12- 5
1939-40 Neil Cohalan 14- 9
1940-41 Neil Cohalan 11- 7
1941-42 Neil Cohalan 10- 10
1942-43 Joseph G. Daher 18- 3
NIT 0- 1
1943-44 No Team
1944-45 No Team
1945-46 John Russell 15- 8
1946-47 Kenneth Norton 13- 13
1947-48 Kenneth Norton 22-
6
1948-49 Kenneth Norton 18- 8
NIT 0- 1
1949-50 Kenneth Norton 14- 11
1950-51 Kenneth Norton 16- 6
1951-52 Kenneth Norton 12- 9
1952-53 Kenneth Norton 20- 6
NIT 1- 2
1953-54 Kenneth Norton 15- 11 NIT
0- 1
1954-55 Kenneth Norton 18- 5
NIT 0- 1
1955-56 Kenneth Norton 16- 8
0- 1
1956-57 Kenneth Norton 15- 9
NIT 0- 1
1957-58 Kenneth Norton 16- 10 1-
2
1958-59 Kenneth Norton 15- 6
NIT 0- 1
1959-60 Kenneth Norton 13- 11
1960-61 Kenneth Norton 8- 11
1961-62 Kenneth Norton 12- 10
1962-63 Kenneth Norton 9- 14
1963-64 Kenneth Norton 11- 11
1964-65 Kenneth Norton 13- 9
NIT 1- 1
1965-66 Kenneth Norton 13- 9
NIT 0- 1
1966-67 Kenneth Norton 13- 8
1967-68 Kenneth Norton 8- 14
1968-69 John J. Powers 13- 9
1969-70 John J. Powers 18- 8
1970-71 John J. Powers 13- 11
1971-72 John J. Powers 11- 13
1972-73 John J. Powers 16- 10 NIT
0- 1
1973-74 John J. Powers 18- 9
NIT 0- 1
1974-75 John J. Powers 14- 12 NIT
1- 1
1975-76 John J. Powers 14- 14 0-
1
1976-77 John J. Powers 13- 14 0-
1
1977-78 John J. Powers 12- 14
1978-79 Brian Mahoney 6- 20
1979-80 Brian Mahoney 4- 22
1980-81 Brian Mahoney 6- 20
1981-82 Gordon Chiesa 11- 16
1982-83 Gordon Chiesa 15- 13
1983-84 Gordon Chiesa 9- 19
1984-85 Gordon Chiesa 8- 20
1985-86 Thomas Sullivan 2- 26
1986-87 Bob Delle Bovi 6- 21
1987-88 Bob Delle Bovi 7- 23
1988-89 Steve Lappas 7- 21
1989-90 Steve Lappas 11- 17
1990-91 Steve Lappas 13- 15
1991-92 Steve Lappas 25- 9
NIT 2- 1
1992-93 Fran Fraschilla 23- 7
0- 1
1993-94 Fran Fraschilla 20- 10 NIT
0- 1
1994-95 Fran Fraschilla 26- 5
1- 1
1995-96 Fran Fraschilla 17- 12 NIT
0- 1
1996-97 John Leonard 9- 18
1997-98 John Leonard 12- 17
1998-99 John Leonard 5- 22
1999-2000 Bobby Gonzalez 12- 15
2000-01 Bobby Gonzalez 14- 15
2001-02 Bobby Gonzalez 20- 9
NIT 0- 1
2002-03 Bobby Gonzalez 23- 7
0- 1
2003-04 Bobby Gonzalez 24- 5
Overall Record: 1154 - 996
(.537)
Manhattan Coaching
Records
Years Name # of Years Won
Lost Pct.
----- ---- ---------- ---
---- ----
1904-09 John A. O'Donnell 5 22 33
.400
1909-20 Edward Hanrahan 10 74 72
.507
1912-13 Frank X. Murphy 1 8 10
.444
1920-22 E.P. Winters 2 3 11
.214
1922-26 Arthur T. Carroll 3 26 21
.553
1924-25 Ward Brennan 1 10 10
.500
1926-28 Chief Muller 2 22 12
.647
1928-29 James Houlilhan 1 4 11
.267
1929-42 Neil Cohalan 13 165 82
.668
1942-43 Joseph G. Daher 1 18 3
.857
1945-46 John Russell 1 15 8
.652
1946-68 Kenneth Norton 22 310 205
.602
1968-78 John J. Powers 10 142 114
.555
1978-81 Brian Mahoney 3 16 62
.205
1981-85 Gordon Chiesa 4 43 68
.387
1985-86 Thomas Sullivan 1 2 26
.071
1986-88 Bob Delle Bovi 2 13 44
.228
1988-92 Steve Lappas 4 56 62
.475
1992-96 Fran Fraschilla 4 86 34
.716
1996-99 John Leonard 3 26 57
.313
1999- Bobby Gonzalez 5 93 51
.646
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March 9, 2004 Tuesday THREE STAR EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS, Pg. C5
HEADLINE: League longs for Garden;
Ensor says officials have looked into New York City
BYLINE: Tim Wilkin; Staff Writer
DATELINE: ALBANY
Add a new arena to the list of possible hosts for the
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament: Madison Square Garden.
"They have not applied to host, we went to
them," said MAAC commissioner Rich Ensor, who added that talks started in
October.
Ensor said the idea to approach the Garden came from
the presidents of the 10 MAAC schools.
The tournament will be in Buffalo next year. The
sites of the 2006-10 tournaments will be announced in June. Pepsi Arena has bid
to get the tournament in 2006, '08 and '10. Only two other venues -- Sovereign
Bank Arena in Trenton, N.J., and Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Conn. --
have put in bids for 2006-10.
The MAAC receives a guaranteed fee of approximately
$75,000 from each arena that hosts the tournament. The Garden, on the other
hand, would require a rental payment from the MAAC, Ensor said.
The Rev. Thomas J. Scanlan, president of Manhattan
College, said the idea appeals to him because New York City is close to his
school, as well as to Iona and Saint Peter's.
"There have been a growing number of voices in
the conference that say New York City would be a great venue," Scanlan
said. "Years ago, the league went to the Garden and asked if they would be
interested and they said no. Now, they are willing to talk about it, so the
door is at least open."
Scanlan, like Ensor, stressed that discussions are
preliminary. He also said that if the Garden wants the tournament, the MAAC
women's tournament would not be held there at the same time as the men's.
Gonzalez plays defense: Manhattan coach Bobby
Gonzalez will admit the obvious -- that his name is mentioned in connection
with the St. John's opening -- but not much else about the Red Storm.
"I guess that is to be expected, especially when
it opened up so early," Gonzalez said before the MAAC Tournament.
"But it's all speculation. Since we have done so well and it's New York,
it's a natural thing."
WNIT not likely for Saints: MAAC commissioner Rich
Ensor said that his office has been in contact with officials of the Women's
National Invitation Tournament, and the response has not been encouraging.
Ensor said he doesn't expect any MAAC teams to get a bid.
Siena (17-11) was the No. 1 seed in the
just-concluded MAAC Tournament but lost to Canisius in the semifinals. The
Saints were 105th in the latest RPI, the standard often used to rate and select
teams for postseason play.
"We were given the indication that our RPIs were
too low," Ensor said.
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March 9, 2004 Tuesday THREE STAR EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS, Pg. C1
HEADLINE: Jaspers cling to MAAC title;
Manhattan withstands Niagara rally to win it
BYLINE: Tim Wilkin; Staff Writer
Manhattan 62 Niagara 61
ALBANY -- The best player on the best team in the
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference had a bad game Monday night.
Luis Flores, the wonderfully talented guard for
Manhattan College, missed 16 of 21 shots in the MAAC Tournament title game
against Niagara. What's more, he missed a pair of free throws in the final 10
seconds to give the Purple Eagles a chance to steal the championship.
It's a testament to Manhattan's depth and resolve
that the Jaspers held on to win the MAAC title for the second year in a row by
beating Niagara 62-61 at Pepsi Arena.
Manhattan (24-5) withstood a furious rally by the
scrappy Purple Eagles, who are 21-9 and waiting for a call this weekend from
the National Invitation Tournament.
"What a game, what a game," said a drained
Bobby Gonzalez, the Jaspers coach, as he stood outside the interview room early
this morning. "I really think that winning it the second time is more
special. You know everyone else is gunning for you, so it feels better when you
win it."
Gonzalez could not have been feeling so good while he
stood along the Manhattan bench and watched the Jaspers' 14-point lead get
smaller and smaller as the second half got shorter and shorter.
With 28.2 seconds left, it looked safe for the Jaspers
when Dave Holmes made a free throw to give Manhattan a 62-58 lead.
Niagara didn't quit. Freshman James Mathis tried a
3-pointer, only to have it blocked by Flores. Undaunted, he stayed with it,
shot again and this time hit it to bring Niagara to within 62-61 with 11.5
seconds left.
Flores, an 87-percent free throw shooter, then got
fouled with 10 seconds left. Incredibly, he missed both and Niagara had yet
another life.
"I was shocked, just shocked when he missed
them," said Niagara senior Tremmell Darden. "He is a big-time player,
but now I knew we had a chance. Yes, we thought we were going to win."
With no timeouts left, the ball found Darden, an
athletic 6-foot-4 guard. He tried to make a move, then slipped and nearly lost
the ball. With time running down and surrounded by a host of defenders, Darden
put his head down and bulled toward the hoop. He launched an off-balance jumper
from about 18 feet but it missed and the Jaspers began to celebrate. Darden
shrugged when asked if he was fouled.
Manhattan's Peter Mulligan said he got a piece of the
ball when Darden shot it but not a piece of Darden.
"We have broken hearts right now," said
Niagara coach Joe Mihalich, whose team lost to Siena in the championship game
here two years ago. "There will be a lot of sleepless nights about this.
We were one pass, one shot ... you could go on and on."
Flores was just happy to move on after having such a
horrific offensive night. He hadn't shot this poorly since going 7-for-25 in a
loss to Penn in the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden.
"I was surprised I missed those two free
throws," Flores said. "But it happens. I'm just glad we could get a
stop at the end."
Flores was named the tournament's Most Valuable
Player despite scoring just 14 points. He got votes because of the 32 he scored
in the Jaspers' 83-72 win over Saint Peter's on Sunday.
Niagara, the second seed, got a spot in the final
after defeating Siena 79-74 in a game that ended after midnight Sunday.
"I don't think that game drained us,"
Darden said. "We went into this game thinking we were going to win. We
were confident. We were ready to go."
Holmes led the Jaspers with 16 points. Juan Mendez
led the Purple Eagles with a game-high 26 and Darden had 18.
Notes: Flores was joined on the All-Tournament team
by Holmes, Darden, Mendez, Saint Peter's Keydren Clark and Siena's Michael
Haddix.
GRAPHIC: TIM ROSKE/ASSOCIATED PRESS LUIS FLORES was
named MVP of the MAAC Tournament, though his two missed free throws at the end
nearly cost Manhattan the title.
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March 9, 2004 Tuesday
HEADLINE: Cornell women's track breaks records at ECACs
BYLINE: By Josh Fox, Cornell Daily Sun; SOURCE: Cornell U.
DATELINE: ITHACA, N.Y.
The indoor track season ended on a high note for both
the Cornell men's and women's squads, as each had very solid performances in
the IC4A and ECAC championships, respectively. The men's team finished ninth in
the field of 51 and first among the Ivy teams. The women, coming off of a first
place finish in the Heptagonal championships a week ago, finished eighth in the
field of 48 and scored 42 points on the day, the most in school history.
MEN
After a frustrating second-place finish at the Heps,
head coach Nathan Taylor brought a determined team to the IC4A meet. The
victors of the competition were Manhattan College, who tallied 60 team points,
followed by Seton Hall, Penn State, UConn, and Army. The eighth place finish is
a stark improvement over last year's 20th place finish.
A tremendous achievement on the day came from junior
Oliver Tassinari, who was the top individual finisher for the Red. He ran to a
second place finish in the mile with a time of 4 minutes, 12.26 seconds. The
time was only 0.66 seconds behind Army's Phil Sakala.
Junior Emory Mort finished 13th in the 3,000 with a
time of 8:25.44, while classmate Dan Hart claimed 22nd in the 5,000 with
14:59.11 finish.
Junior Brain Ermita was one of three runners to make
the finals in his respective event, posting a time of 1:03.28 in the 500 to
finish eighth.
Other solid finishes on the day came from freshman
David Pell who finished fifth in the high jump with a 6-9 leap, and classmate
Evan Whitehall who cleared a distance of 15-9, which was good for a
seventh-place finish in the pole vault.
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March 8, 2004 Monday
SPORTS FINAL EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 70
HEADLINE: JASPERS ONE AWAY ONLY NIAGARA STANDS IN WAY OF NCAAS
BYLINE: By SEAN BRENNAN DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
ALBANY - All season long Manhattan coach Bobby
Gonzalez has yearned for a third scorer to emerge from his Jaspers roster. Just
someone to occasionally take burden off Luis Flores and Dave Holmes.
He hoped. He prayed. And at one point this season, he
said he even considered going to a local church to light candles.
Last night, it looked like Gonzalez's prayers finally
were answered.
Sure, Flores carried the bulk of the scoring load for
Manhattan, dropping 32 points on St. Peter's, but Peter Mulligan added 16
points, Jason Wingate had 12 and Holmes chipped in with 11 as the Jaspers
rolled by the Peacocks, 83-72, in the semifinals of the MAAC tournament at
Pepsi Arena.
Manhattan (23-5) will face Niagara - a winner over
Siena in last night's other semifinal - in tonight's championship game, with an
automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament hanging in the balance.
"I just wanted to go out there, take what the
defense gave me and take some of the pressure of Luis," Mulligan said.
"I was the most nervous I think of anybody out there today. I wasn't
talking to guys. I was quiet. But once the game started I felt comfortable and
I wanted to do whatever it took to win this game."
Mulligan, who was 6-of-7 from the field, nailed a
three-pointer to close the first half for the Jaspers, then drilled another to
open the second half as Manhattan began to pull away from stubborn St. Peter's
(17-12).
Mulligan's three after intermission began a 26-17 run
that turned a 40-31 Jaspers lead at the break into a 66-48 advantage following
a Flores dunk with 10:45 to play. Flores, who now stands just seven points shy
of surpassing Keith Bullock and becoming Manhattan's all-time leading scorer
(he has 1,986 points) scored 11 in the run.
"Coming into the game coach told me to just be
poised and not rush my shots," Flores said. "So I just looked for my
opportunities."
Gonzalez was concerned about the week off the Jaspers
had as a result of being the tournament's No. 1 seed and getting a bye into the
semifinals. But it soon was apparent that Manhattan had suffered no ill effects
from its downtime. In fact, the Jaspers looked focused and refreshed, shooting
57% from the field and outrebounding St. Peter's 40-20, with Holmes and Flores
grabbing six boards apiece.
The Jaspers' defense was also at its shut-down best,
with the combination of Kenny Minor and Wingate holding Kee Kee Clark, the
nation's leading scorer at 27 points per game, to 24 on 6-for-18 shooting. A
chunk of Clark's points came after Manhattan had the game in hand.
"Kee Kee is a great player but Kenny and Jason
did a tremendous job of frustrating him," Flores said.
NIAGARA 79, SIENA 74: Tremmell Darden scored six of
his 23 points in the final 34 seconds for the Purple Eagles.
James Reaves scored 14 points and added 10 rebounds,
helping Niagara (21-8) reach the conference title game for the second time in
three years.
Niagara never trailed after it used an 11-0 run to
pull ahead 63-55 on Darden's five-footer in the paint with 9:50 left.
Siena (14-16) cut the deficit to 71-70 on a drive by
Michael Haddix (21 points) with 1:34 remaining, but Darden ensured the victory
by scoring Niagara's next six points, four from the foul line and two on a dunk
with 15 seconds left.
GRAPHIC: AP WITHIN REACH Luis Flores drives on way to
32 points, closing in on school record and NCAA berth.
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March 8, 2004 Monday
RACING FINAL EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 70
HEADLINE: ADVANCE TO FINAL WITH NCAAS ON LINE
BYLINE: By SEAN BRENNAN DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
ALBANY - All season long Manhattan coach Bobby
Gonzalez has yearned for a third scorer to emerge from his Jaspers roster. Just
someone to occasionally take burden off Luis Flores and Dave Holmes.
He hoped. He prayed. And at one point this season, he
said he even considered going to a local church to light candles.
Last night, it looked like Gonzalez's prayers finally
were answered.
Sure, Flores carried the bulk of the scoring load for
Manhattan, dropping 32 points on St. Peter's, but Peter Mulligan added 16
points, Jason Wingate had 12 and Holmes chipped in with 11 as the Jaspers
rolled by the Peacocks, 83-72, in the semifinals of the MAAC tournament at
Pepsi Arena.
Manhattan (23-5) will face the winner of last night's
late semifinal between Siena and Niagara in tonight's championship game, with
an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament hanging in the balance.
"I just wanted to go out there, take what the
defense gave me and take some of the pressure of Luis," Mulligan said.
"I was the most nervous I think of anybody out there today. I wasn't
talking to guys. I was quiet. But once the game started I felt comfortable and
I wanted to do whatever it took to win this game."
Mulligan, who was 6-of-7 from the field, nailed a
three-pointer to close the first half for the Jaspers, then drilled another to
open the second half as Manhattan began to pull away from stubborn St. Peter's
(17-12).
Mulligan's three after intermission began a 26-17 run
that turned a 40-31 Jaspers lead at the break into a 66-48 advantage following
a Flores dunk with 10:45 to play. Flores, who now stands just seven points shy
of surpassing Keith Bullock to become Manhattan's all-time leading scorer (he
has 1,986 points) scored 11 in the run.
"Coming into the game coach told me to just be
poised and not rush my shots," Flores said. "So I just looked for my
opportunities."
Gonzalez was concerned about the week off the Jaspers
had as a result of being the tournament's No. 1 seed and getting a bye into the
semifinals. But it soon was apparent that Manhattan had suffered no ill effects
from its downtime. In fact, the Jaspers looked focused and refreshed, shooting
57% from the field and outrebounding St. Peter's 40-20, with Holmes and Flores
grabbing six boards apiece.
The Jaspers' defense was also at its shut-down best,
with the combination of Kenny Minor and Wingate holding Kee Kee Clark, the
nation's leading scorer at 27 points per game, to 24 on 6-for-18 shooting. A
chunk of Clark's points came after Manhattan had the game in hand.
"Kee Kee is a great player but Kenny and Jason
did a tremendous job of frustrating him," Flores said.
Manhattan is now 40 minutes away from a return visit
to the NCAA Tournament.
"This is what you work hard all season
for," Holmes said. "We wanted to come back this season and do even
better than we did last year (a hard-fought loss to eventual champion Syracuse
in the first round)."
It's Manhattan's sixth MAAC championship game
appearance, and the Jaspers are attempting to become the fifth school to win
consecutive conference titles in the tournament's 23-year history.
GRAPHIC: AP WITHIN REACH Luis Flores drives on way to
32 points, closing in on school record and NCAA berth
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March 8, 2004 Monday FINAL EDITION
SECTION: C; Pg. 3C
LENGTH: 215 words
HEADLINE: UNLV: Rebels roll to win over Manhattan in baseball
BYLINE: Review-Journal
The UNLV
baseball team scored eight runs in the first three innings of a 12-2 victory
over Manhattan College on Sunday at Wilson Stadium.
The Rebels won two out of three games against the New
York school.
The Rebels (10-6) got two runs in the first,
including a Brent Johnson RBI double. In the second, Andrew D'Angelo, Ryan Ruiz
and Ryan Kowalski each had RBIs, and in the third, three more runs came across,
aided by two errors and a wild pitch.
Matt Luca (3-0) went seven innings with six
strikeouts and one walk, allowing two runs in the top of the seventh.
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Newsday (New York)
March 8, 2004 Monday
QUEENS EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. A51
HEADLINE: No rust for Manhattan;
Jaspers, after a long layoff, play perhaps their best game of the season in
MAAC semifinal
BYLINE: BY JOHN BOELL. STAFF CORRESPONDENT
ALBANY - There were faint whispers - OK, make that
rumblings - that maybe, just maybe, Manhattan College was ready for a fall.
After all, the defending Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference Tournament champion Jaspers had a whole week off and a bye to the
semifinal round of this season's tournament by virtue of winning their second
straight MAAC regular-season title. Perhaps it was just enough time for a
little rust to build up after the Jaspers ended the season by winning nine of
10.
Plus top-seeded Manhattan was facing an upstart St.
Peter's team that fought the Jaspers tooth and nail in a four-point road win
for Manhattan on Feb. 8. Besides, just how long can Manhattan continue the
successful run that began two seasons ago?
Well, if they keep playing the way they did last
night against No. 4 St. Peter's, the Jaspers will be a tough out for any team,
including higher-seeded NCAA Tournament opponents.
The Jaspers had four players in double figures and
shot 57 percent en route to an 83-72 win that was much more comfortable than
the score would indicate.
Two-time MAAC player of the year Luis Flores led the
way with 32 points. Peter Mulligan added 16 points and shot 6-for-7 from the
field.
Manhattan (23-5) meets No. 2 Niagara (20-8) tonight
in the final. Niagara was a 79-74 winner over No. 6 Siena (14-15) last night.
The MAAC Tournament champion will get an automatic NCAA Tournament bid. Last
season, Manhattan lost to eventual champion Syracuse in the NCAA tourney.
"We came off the one-week layoff without any
signs of being off for a week," Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez said last
night. "We came out with great focus and great energy and that was our
goal."
Manhattan made seven of its first 10 shots and used a
17-4 run to build its largest lead of the half, 32-16, after a pair of free
throws by Flores, who had 14 points in the first half.
The Peacocks (17-12) slowly came back after a barrage
of three-pointers. Their last five baskets of the half were treys, including
one just before the buzzer by Shane Nichols that sent St. Peter's into the
locker room down 40-31.
The difference in the opening 20 minutes for
Manhattan was Mulligan, who had 11 points, shooting 4-for-4 from the field and
2-for-2 from the line. Not bad for a guy who said he was anxious all day.
"I was nervous, probably as nervous as
anybody," said Mulligan, who sat out last season after transferring from
UMBC. "But we played confident. We played loose."
Manhattan made eight of its first 11 shots in the
second half and wasn't fazed when St. Peter's got within 54-45 on a
three-pointer by the nation's leading scorer, Keydren Clark, who had 24 points.
(He averages 26.8.)
The Jaspers went on a 17-5 run after that and had
their biggest lead, 71-50, after a layup by Flores with 8:15 left. A late
flurry by St. Peter's made the final score more respectable.
Flores, from Norman Thomas High School, needs just
seven points in the title game to become the Jaspers' all-time leading scorer.
But Manhattan and Gonzalez have bigger concerns.
"We have a great poise right now. A lot of
people are saying [with] the expectations and the pressure [that] we're playing
not to lose," said Gonzalez, who is 46-12 the last two seasons.
"We've had a big responsibility, a big
bull's-eye on our back for about two years now. So our kids learned how to play
that way."
MAAC TOURNAMENT
MANHATTAN 83
ST. PETER'S 72
GRAPHIC: AP PHOTO - Luis Flores, who led Manhattan
with 32 points, tries to get by St. Peter's Terrance Watkins.
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BASEBALL Tops Iona 6-3
PittsburghPanthers.com - USA
... Pittsburgh returns to action with a 3:30 game against Iona at the Homestead
Sports Complex before taking on Manhattan College at 7 pm in the 2,000 th game
in ...
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Baseball Tops Iona 6-3
3/12/2004
Mike Zambriczki had two hits and four RBIs in the win as P.J. Hiser earned his
second win of the season.
MIAMI-The University of Pittsburgh baseball team used
solid pitching and timely hitting to top Iona College 6-3 Friday afternoon at
Florida International.
Pittsburgh (6-3) starting pitcher P.J. Hiser
(Hagerstown, MD/Hagerstown CC) had another good outing as he went seven innings
allowing only four hits and two earned runs. Hiser struck out a season-high
eight Gael hitters on his way to his second win of the season.
In relief of Hiser, junior relief pitcher Eli
Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA/Shadyside Academy) worked two scoreless innings
allowing only one hit and striking out four Gael hitters.
The Panthers' offense was led by catcher Mike
Zambriczki (Philadelphia, PA/Council Rock) who went two-for-four from the plate
including a double and a career-high four RBIs. Senior designated hitter Bryan
Spamer (Harrisburg, PA/Redland) also added two hits in four plate appearances
including a double. Sophomore centerfielder Ben Copeland (Bradford,
PA/Bradford) had a double in the game to extend his hitting streak to nine
games.
Pittsburgh returns to action with a 3:30 game against
Iona at the Homestead Sports Complex before taking on Manhattan College at 7
p.m. in the 2,000th game in the history of the Homestead Challenge in the main
stadium.
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LACROSSE Upset By Manhattan College, 11-9
Columbia Daily Spectator - New York City,NY,USA
By Tara Krieger. Lacrosse senior tri-captain Ellen Lowrey admitted that
the team might have gotten a bit complacent before their ...
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Sports
Lacrosse Upset By Manhattan College, 11-9
By Tara Krieger
Spectator Staff Writer
March 11, 2004
Lacrosse senior tri-captain Ellen Lowrey admitted
that the team might have gotten a bit complacent before their home game against
Manhattan yesterday afternoon. The Lions, after all, had beaten the Jaspers
decisively in three past seasons, and had eked out wins in their first two
games of this year as well. But Manhattan surprised everyone, narrowly upending
Columbia 11-9.
"We went into the game thinking it was already
won," Lowrey said, "and as a result we didn't play the game that we
were more than capable of playing. We were definitely the better team; they
just played with a lot more heart."
The game had been relocated last minute to Wien
Stadium because Gaelic Park, Manhattan's grass field, had not been completely
restored after the recent harsh weather. Columbia plays on artificial turf.
The Lions, in fact, outshot Manhattan 28-25, in a
game that was never quite out of their grasp. Sophomore midfielder Carrie
Anderer tallied up a career and team-high five goals, including the Lions'
first goal, which put them on the board 1-0, just 52 seconds into play. But
Columbia's lead was short-lived, as the Jaspers' Jenny Carman, who herself
totaled four goals and an assist on the day, capitalized on a free-position
shot just 38 seconds later to even the score. Manhattan's Nora Jacquette gave
her team the lead off another free-position shot at 5:31.
First-year Katie Warner, who had a goal and an assist
in the game, tied it up again at 9:45, only to see the Jaspers go ahead again
at 10:58. Four minutes later, two quick goals within 15 seconds of each other
by Manhattan's Catherine Dunbar and Molly Pheterson made it 5-2. But the Lions
chipped away at the lead; senior tri-captain Adie Moll netted the ball at
15:49. After another Manhattan goal, first-year Kate Lombard, assisted by
Warner, gave Columbia another point at 2:33, and senior-tri captain Maggie Via
brought the Lions within one with another free-position shot. Anderer answered
another Manhattan goal at 28:49, by Victoria Carman--who scored twice in the
game--with a goal of her own, at 29:07.
At halftime, the Lions only trailed 7-6.
"Our defense really picked it up in the second
half of the game," said Anderer. "We had a lot of fouls called on us
in the first half, but in the second half we each had really good body
positioning on defense." "Mostly our problem today was just
finishing," Anderer continued. "We could get to the goal, but then we
were just shooting at the goalie and just not finishing. We weren't really
capitalizing on our scoring opportunities."
Anderer was responsible for the Lions' three goals in
the second half. The first, at 34:16, tied up the game. But Manhattan put four
more goals on the board, a lead that would prove insurmountable. The Lions made
a last-ditch effort at a comeback within the final five minutes, as Anderer
scored goals at 56:01 and 59:46, the second assisted by first-year Elyse Pultz,
but as the seconds on the clock ran out, so did their rally.
"The underclassmen have definitely been stepping
up this year," Lowrey said. "We've had a lot of great individual
performances, but overall as a team we really need to bring the game
together." First-year Sydney Linder totaled nine saves for Columbia in the
losing effort, while winner Ashley Devlins saved 14, including ten in the
second half.
Manhattan made 22 turnovers to Columbia's 16.
"This was a team that we definitely should have
beat," Lowrey said. "but we played very flat, and as a result they
were just able to take it away from us. If anything, it was a huge wake-up call
for us, and I think we're going to respond and it's going to light a fire under
[us]." The Lions, now 2-1, depart for Florida over spring break, where
they will play Fairfield and Bucknell in preparation for the Ivy season, which
begins Mar. 24 against Princeton.
Lacrosse Upset By Manhattan College, 11-9
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CASTEBERRY plays hero
Today's Sunbeam - Salem,NJ,USA
Junior Steve Castleberry (Mullica Hill/Clearview) scored the
game-winning basket at the buzzer to give Rider a 57-56 win over
Manhattan College on Feb. 26. ...
<http://www.nj.com/sports/sunbeam/index.ssf?/base/sports-2/1078914021232
430.xml>
Today's Sunbeam
Casteberry plays hero
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Junior Steve Castleberry (Mullica Hill/Clearview)
scored the game-winning basket at the buzzer to give Rider a 57-56 win over
Manhattan College on Feb. 26. Castleberry finished with 15 points and eight
rebounds in the win.
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[JR: Timely reporting?]
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LOCAL Names and News
Duluth News Tribune - Duluth,MN,USA
... The Saints defeated Manhattan College 9-2 behind a strong
performance from pitcher Joe Calaguire, who allowed two runs on five
hits over six innings. ...
<http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/sports/8133218.htm>
--
Posted on Mon, Mar. 08, 2004
Local Names and News
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Saints win, lose
St. Scholastica won and lost in two games Sunday in
Fort Pierce, Fla. The Saints defeated Manhattan College 9-2 behind a strong
performance from pitcher Joe Calaguire, who allowed two runs on five hits over
six innings.
Josh Wettlaufer, Tom Simonson, D.J. Lahti, Daryl
Fuchihara and Jake Eiler each had two hits. Lahti and Fuchihara each added two
RBIs. Later Sunday, the Saints lost 7-5 to Clarion University. Sean Tracy was
3-for-4 with two RBIs, while Lahti, Fuchihara and Kyle Rizzi each had two hits.
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CRESSKILL pulls away with Flood on bench
The Express Times - Easton,PA,USA
... She brought her team to the sectional finals this year. I'm sure
she'll have a great career at Manhattan College.". Flood picked up
personal foul No. ...
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6655217890.xml>
Cresskill pulls away with Flood on bench
Tuesday, March 09, 2004
By TOM MUGAVERO
The Express-Times
BAYONNE, N.J. -- It was a calculated risk North
Warren coach Sandy Toronzi thought she had to take.
When Patriots star Caitlin Flood picked up her fourth
foul with 1:32 left in the first half, however, it was the beginning of the end
to North Warren's season.
With Flood on the bench the entire third quarter,
Cresskill senior guard Jessica Kreindel erupted for 17 of her 26 points and the
Cougars went on to a 74-61 win over the Patriots on Monday night in the North 1
Group 1 championship game at Bayonne High School.
Flood, a 5-foot-10 swing player who valiantly tried
to get the Patriots back in the game by making all six of her fourth-quarter
field goals, finished with 23 points on 9-for-12 shooting. She ended her
scholastic career with 1,826 points, second best all-time among Warren County
girls.
"Caitlin had a great career at North
Warren," coach Sandy Toronzi said. "I don't know how many rebounds
she had tonight but she's close to 1,000 in her career. She did some
outstanding things. She brought her team to the sectional finals this year. I'm
sure she'll have a great career at Manhattan College."
Flood picked up personal foul No. 3 on a reach-in
with 5:56 left to halftime, and Toronzi immediately took her out with North
Warren leading 24-18. With the Patriots still ahead, Toronzi inserted Flood
back into the game when the ball was dead and North Warren had possession. The strategy backfired when Flood was called
for an offensive foul. The referee indicated an elbow was thrown when she had
the ball at the top of the North Warren key and was looking to pass
inside. "I didn't think any of them
were fouls," said an obviously agitated Toronzi. "(Cresskill) just
took the ball to the basket (in the third quarter) and we didn't defend it.
Defense has been a strength all year but it certainly wasn't tonight."
Cresskill, which averages more than 70 points a game
and scored more than 100 once this year, tallied 28 points in the third quarter
as a wide-open Kreindel splashed five 3-pointers. The Cougars reversed a 33-29
deficit at the half to take an insurmountable 57-43 lead into the fourth
quarter.
Kreindel was guarded by Flood most of the first half
and shot just 1-for-7. In the second half she hit 6-of-8 shots from the floor
and all four of her foul shots.
"Obviously Caitlin Flood is an unbelievable
player having her out did not hurt," coach Danny Brown said after
Cresskill won its third straight sectional title.
"The difference was we pushed the ball a lot
more in the third quarter," he added. "It was a run either way. Flood
did a great job on Jessie in the first half. They keyed on her, they watched
the tapes and they did their job. But (Flood) came out of the game and Jessie
was wide open." Guards Lisa Neita
and Erica Ostrove scored 19 and 15 points, respectively, and forward Melissa
Freeman had 13 for the Cougars. Senior
forward Jackie Corvino and Flood each had 10 first-half points and junior
center Ashley Brucker scored nine of her 16 in the opening half as North Warren
shot 15-for-19 at the free-throw line. The game turned with Flood watching
helplessly on the bench.
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NCAA Trip Is Set in Motion for Manhattan
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
By PETE HAMEL. ALBANY, March 8 - Around Manhattan College they call him
Hurricane Bobby. And, as usual, Jaspers Coach Bobby Gonzalez ...
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March 9, 2004
MANHATTAN 62, NIAGARA 61
N.C.A.A. Trip Is Set in Motion for Manhattan
By PETE HAMEL
ALBANY, March 8 - Around Manhattan College, they call
him Hurricane Bobby. And, as usual, Jaspers Coach Bobby Gonzalez spent Monday
night's Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament final as a blur of
motion. After a night of stomping, pleading and barking at officials, Hurricane
Bobby got his reward: the Jaspers fended off Niagara, 62-61, after nearly
blowing a 14-point second-half lead and claimed their second consecutive
N.C.A.A. automatic bid. In his final motion, in relief as much as in
celebration, Gonzalez climbed a podium to clip the last strands of the net amid
a swirl of cheers and camera flashes.
"That's what championship teams do," he
said. "Winning becomes an art. These guys have mastered it."
Dave Holmes led the Jaspers (24-5) with 16 points
before a small but fervent crowd of 5,509 at Pepsi Arena. The tournament most
valuable player, Luis Flores, added 14 points and broke Manhattan's career
scoring record.
Niagara had a chance to win at the buzzer, but the
senior guard Tremmell Darden's 17-footer was well short of the rim after he
slipped while trying to get open. Manhattan forward Peter Mulligan got a piece
of the ball and was draped on Darden, but the officials did not blow the
whistle and the Manhattan celebration began.
Niagara finished 21-9, and Coach Joe Mihalich expects
a bid to the National Invitation Tournament. Niagara has not made the N.C.A.A. tournament
since 1970, Calvin Murphy's senior year. The Purple Eagles had struggled on
offense, but after trailing by 13 with 6 minutes 17 seconds remaining, they cut
the lead with a 10-0 run in the next two minutes. Niagara then trimmed the lead
to a point with 11.5 seconds left after a 3-pointer by Lorenzo Miles.
The referees initially ruled the shot a 2-pointer,
but John Cahill reviewed it and awarded Niagara 3, cutting the lead to 62-61.
Flores missed two free throws with 10.5 seconds left, leaving a window for
Niagara to complete its comeback. Mihalich elected not to call a timeout,
letting his team try to exploit the unsettled situation before Darden's miss.
"It was like a war of attrition," Gonzalez said. "We kept
putting them away and they kept coming back."
Flores, 5 for 21 from the field, was well off his
24.1-point average. He was coming off a semifinal in which he scored 32. He
entered the game 7 points short of breaking Keith Bullock's career scoring
record, set in 1992, and he pushed past it with two free throws with 11:33
remaining in the first half. "I would give all that up for the feeling I
have right now," Flores said, "going to the N.C.A.A.
tournament."
The Jaspers seemed to feed of Gonzalez's energy,
using suffocating pressure to hold Purple Eagle guards Alvin Cruz and David
Brooks without a field goal on 0-for-9 shooting. Niagara finished 3 of 17 on
3-pointers. The Purple Eagles shot 36.7 percent from the field, harassed by an
occasional press. The 5-foot-8 defensive specialist Kenny Minor played a big
role despite leaving the game in the first half with an injury. He went to the
locker room to get stitches on the inside and outside of his mouth. He returned
with a piece of medical tape over the right side of his mouth. "I think
the win will help me smile," Minor said.
Niagara's Juan Mendez scored a game-high 26 points.
"They played good, tough, physical man-to-man defense," Mihalich
said. "I thought we were soft on offense."
Manhattan needed to win to assure itself a return to
the N.C.A.A. tournament. A loss would have left its fate in the hands of the
N.C.A.A. selection committee.
Gonzalez began stirring the pot regarding tournament
seedings. He said he was disappointed in being seeded 14th last year and said
the Jaspers deserved better next Sunday.
After Manhattan's first-round N.C.A.A. tournament
loss to Syracuse last season, Gonzalez addressed his team on the bus leaving
the Fleet Center in Boston. He told his players they needed to focus on
reaching the MAAC title game the next season. The 50-week wait since last March
21 appeared to be worth it. "I told our team that winning a first-round
game in the N.C.A.A. tournament will be easier than winning tonight,"
Gonzalez said before the game.
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IT'S final - - season of highs , lows
The Express Times - Easton,PA,USA
... Manhattan College-bound Caitlin Flood, with 1,803 career points, is
12 shy of overtaking Hackettstown's Christina Folwer for second place
all-time among Warren ...
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It's final -- season of highs, lows
Monday, March 08, 2004
By TOM MUGAVERO
The Express-Times
With another girls basketball season dwindling down
to a precious few games, let's take time to clean out the scholastic
notebook. Here are a few tidbits -- some
good, some bad -- on individuals and teams from all around The Express-Times
region.
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North Warren seeks its sixth sectional title tonight
when it meets Cresskill at 6 at Bayonne High School. Manhattan College-bound
Caitlin Flood, with 1,803 career points, is 12 shy of overtaking Hackettstown's
Christina Folwer for second place all-time among Warren County girls scorers.
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TWO Finish in Top-15 at IC4A
Harvard University Athletics News - USA
The event was won by Manhattan College, with 60 team points. The top Ivy
League school was Cornell, which finished in tenth place with 28 points.
... <http://gocrimson.ocsn.com/sports/m-track/recaps/030704aaa.html>
Two Finish in Top-15 at IC4A
March 7, 2004
Three members of the Harvard Men's Track and Field
team competed this weekend at the IC4A Indoor Track and Field Championships
hosted by Boston University. The event was won by Manhattan College, with 60
team points. The top Ivy League school was Cornell, which finished in tenth
place with 28 points.
Men - Team Rankings - 20 Events Scored
1) Manhattan College
60
2) University of Connecticut
55
3) Seton Hall University
47
4) Penn State University
42
5) Army
34
6) Virginia Military Institu
30
6) Rutgers University
30
8) Saint Joseph's University
29
8) George Mason University 29
10) Cornell University 28
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LOCAL Names and News
Duluth News Tribune - Duluth,MN,USA
... The Saints defeated Manhattan College 9-2 behind
a strong
performance from pitcher Joe Calaguire, who allowed
two runs on five
hits over six innings. ...
<http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/sports/8133218.htm>
Saints win, lose
St. Scholastica won and lost in two games Sunday in
Fort Pierce, Fla. The Saints defeated Manhattan College 9-2 behind a strong
performance from pitcher Joe Calaguire, who allowed two runs on five hits over
six innings.
Josh Wettlaufer, Tom Simonson, D.J. Lahti, Daryl
Fuchihara and Jake Eiler each had two hits. Lahti and Fuchihara each added two
RBIs. Later Sunday, the Saints lost 7-5 to Clarion University. Sean Tracy was
3-for-4 with two RBIs, while Lahti, Fuchihara and Kyle Rizzi each had two hits.
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From: Jack Goll
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 7:31 PM
To: College Advancement; John Reinke (1968)
Subject: James W Sedlak 1967
FYI:
Feb 2004 issue of NewsMax Magazine (page 36) has an
article, "Taxpayers Subsidize One-Third of Planned Parenthood's Budget"
which makes reference to Jim Sedlak (1967).
Jim is president of All's Stopp International, an anti-abortion group.
Jim was also a member of the Arnold Air Society @ Mahhattan College Jack Goll
1968
[JR: Thanks for a great catch. It never popped on any
auto search. Want to join Mike on the "editorial board". ;-) No good
deed goes unpunished. ]
[Note to All: You too can join the reporting staff,
by just emailing in any Jasper-related (or unrelated) stuff. If the editorial
board approves, whack you're famous. At least to your fellow alums. Besides
this liberal arts writing stuff ain't to hard!]
From: Bill Gildea '62S
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 4:59 PM
Subject: New Email address
John:
You stopped sending or dropped my Jottings to my
<privacy invoked>, so please put me back on at this address.
Bill Gildea '62S
[JR: Just for the record, and Bill and I have
exchanged emails on the topic, no one escapes easily. I try everything before
moving addresses to the "broken" list. Email, USMail, Phone, anyone
who referred you, mentioned you in an email, anything I can think of. So
everyone can safely assume, it leaves here OK every week. In addition, you can
make yourself "findable" by me by joining Plaxo, the Yahoo alumni
group, responding to my Corex Cardscan's automatic address query, or sending in
a hundred dollar bill. I will take your hundred dollar "subscription to
our Platinum find me service", write your phone number on it, pin it to my
corkboard above my Jasper Jottings system, and should your email ever bounce
I'll call you! Seriously, I recommend the other low cost options, but
"platinum service is available. ;-)
Now if PT Barnum is right, there should be one humorly challenged alum
who sends in a hundred dollar bill. Hmmm, do I have to pay tax on that?]
From: McEneney, Michael F. (1953)
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: Two
Dear John,
I
just reviewed the offerings for Jottings. Wow! The list of law related people
is extensive and I will print it out for future reference. I noted that a few
have gone to their eternal reward.
In the Obits the only class that I could come up with was for John J.
McLoughlin. He was in the class of 1937.
Best,
Mike
[JR: Mike's contributions to jottings quality are
essential and much appreciated. Anyone else want to join the "editorial
board"? ]
From: Kevin Moore (1980)
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 7:19 AM
Subject: RE: This issue is at: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20040307.htm
Dear John,
I was an
acquaintance of Thaddeus P. "Super" Dupper while I attended
Manhattan. He was a resident of jasper
hall and I believe he graduated in 1979. Great to hear that he is doing
well.
Thanks
Kevin Moore
[JR: Great! Thanks for the "color
commentary" – it's important otherwise this becomes "X did Y and A did
B" -- and class year. By The Way, I
think your keyboard is broken it only taps out capital letters? (Yeah, yeah, I
know. Don't tease the readers. Especially if they are "white hats".)
]
[JR: If you see someone you know, may I suggest?
Print the page it's on, turn the page over and just pen a quick note, drop it
in the mail, and poof instant time warp and networking tool. ]
From: Marjorie Apel [MC's "Jobs Lady"]
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 4:52 PM
Subject: LinkedIn?
John,
What is LinkedIn?
I got Harry's email and I'm not sure what it is. I'd like to check it out. What do I do to do this?
Marjorie
=
From: Reinke @ A
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 7:18 PM
To: 'Marjorie Apel'
Subject: RE: LinkedIn?
Hi,
It's one of the "invitation only"
networking groups that is forming. I sent invites to key people at Manhattan.
Apparently yours bounced.
<snip1>
Apel, Marjorie
marjorie.apel@manhattan.edu Undelivered March 9
Resend... Delete
<snip1>
The invitation is extended from a LinkedIn member via
an email sent by the website. The message it sends says:
<snip2>
Jasper Peter Lutz (1981) recently invited me to join
LinkedIn, and I've found it to be a useful online business tool.
LinkedIn lets you reach recommended employees, hiring
managers and business partners through referrals from people you already know
and trust. You won't receive spam or unwanted requests since people can only
reach you if I decide to forward a message to you because it looks like a good
opportunity.
It would be great to have you in my professional
network on LinkedIn.
It's free to join through the link below.
- John
<snip2>
An invitation can only be resent after three days.
<snip3>
You have recently sent an invitation to this friend
or colleague. Users may resend invitations every three days. Please resend to
this user after three days have passed.
<snip3>
I have invited 40 students who are jottings
subscribers of which 7 have accepted -- Mark Dankiewicz (????), Julianne
Giannone(????), Patrick Harkins(????), Charles (2005) Marino, Brigid (2007)
Martin, Cassandra (2004) McDonald, Danielle (2006) McGinty -- have accepted. Of
the Manhattan people, only Elizabeth Velasquez (1998) and Harry have accepted.
I'll retrigger your invitation on Friday as soon as I can. Mean time may be you
could look over Harry's or Liz's shoulder?
I'll be up to the campus for the CGC meeting later in
the month if you want to chat about it.
John
[JR: Anyone else want an invite? ]
From: Theresa Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper on 06 Mar 2004
Thank you, John. We would love to receive Jasper
Jottings once again.
Teri ('81) and Chuck ('80) Johnson
[JR: I'm a
sucker for "love" in emails. February's over but "love" is
all year long. Didja see that. They "love" this madness! Maybe
because I keep "dad" busy?]
From: Tony Corio, 59S
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: This issue is at:
John,
I could not access the Jottings at the address
below. Tripod said it was not there.
Tony Corio, 59S
=
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 7:20 PM
To: Tony Corio
From: Jasper John '68
Subject: RE: This issue is at: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20040307.htm
Sorry. I must have been tired when I tapped out the
URL. It has one more 0 than it should. The correct url is in the subject line.
http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20040307.htm
John
[JR: This tells me that there is at least one person
using this feature.]
From: Jessica Valdez
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 2:46 PM
Subject: RE:
Sure no problem you can use this email. I believe the alumni email is working
properly now.
>From: "John Reinke (1968)"
>Reply-To: "John Reinke (1968)"
>To: "Jessica 2003 Valdez"
>Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 15:23:20 -0500
>07 March 2004
>Dear fellow Jasper Valdez,
>The "@alum.manhattan.edu" address were broken. But, may have been
fix and
>working. Can I use this address for your subscription. This Sunday's issue
>at:
>
http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20040307.htm
>Please advise if you want the Jottings here or somewhere else.
>Thanks,
>John Reinke
>Message sent to Jessica 2003 Valdez @ <privacy invoked>
[JR: Now we have to see the MCOLDB replacement if
any! ]
From: Robert Rivera 79
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: This issue is at:
http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings200403...
Thank you, great job
[JR: Thanks to all the readers, writers, and alums
who "subscribe". I'm just clowning around. ]
From: Jasper John '68 @ Jasper Jottings.com
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 7:01 AM
To: 'jack goll'
Subject: RE: Sal Celeste
BCC to Salvatore L. [1968] Celeste in Italy.
-----Original Message-----
From: jack goll
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 11:24 PM
To: John Reinke (1968)
Subject: Sal Celeste
Can you ask Sal Celeste to send me his email address
Jack Goll 1968
Arnold Air Society
[JR: Jack can I offer to set up a free Yahoo Group
for you to "collect" all the Arnold Air stuff? You don't even have to
make me an "honorary" member. It's straight forward enough that even
an engineer can make it go. ]
From: Helm, Robert A. (1951)
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 7:49 PM
Subject: RE: This issue is at: jasperjottings20040307.htm
Good Evening, John:
1. I really didn't know Matt Weiden at all, although
I knew of his existence from his "kid" brother, Peter, in whose class
I was initially (That is why I went to 2 Junior Proms and 2 Senior Proms). I as
graduated from HS in June of 1945 and did not join the Navy until January of
1946. When I can home in January of 1948, I was 2 years behind my friends. (The
Weiden group took me to the Pinewood for a "Welcome Home" libation
and the Owner (?) bartender - Jimmy Crotty - heard my order for a Rum and Coke,
turned to Peter and said: "Is this kid old enough to drink?") As you
know, I was the oldest 'kid' in the bar. A good few years later, I taught
Special Education in the Bronx, and Robert was a colleague, although we didn't
teach in the same school. After this, I lost touch with him when I tore my knee
stopping a stabbing in my classroom.
2. Please send my condolences to Peter and Robert for
me. (The bell isn't the only item on the agenda from those years).
3. Keep up the good work and I'll get back to the
politics later. Sincerely,
Bob Helm Arts '51
[JR: Only in America, can we send a boy – or now a
girl – to die for their country, but when they come back question if they can
have a drink! Arghh. And we take this crap! ]
From: Costantini, Dan (1974)
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20040215.htm
John,
My new email address <privacy invoked> since I recently moved to Florida and retired
from the USAF after 28 1/2 years as a Colonel.
Thanks
Dan
[JR: Glad your home safe, but Flori-DUH. Trying to
improve the average IQ. ;-) ]
From: Walter F. Matystik
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 12:02 PM
Subject: MAPS RBL+ SPAM blackhole
just fyi
As of approximately 3:00PM yesterday,
the MAPS RBL+ service was enabled on the email servers ...The MAPS RBL+ service
denies access to our email server from know SPAM relays based on a compilation
of lists maintained by MAPS. More info
can be found here:
http://mail-abuse.org/rbl+/
It
is POSSIBLE that legitimate email messages can be rejected by this service, the
most likely are mailing lists. This new
service is applied server wide and works in addition to the active SPAM
filtering that can be enabled via webmail.
[JR: Walter's one of the "good guys" at the
College. Boy, he has me fooled. And, we serve on the CGC together. He gives me
heads up when "stuff" changes at the College. ]
From: ReinkeFJ (from anywhere in the world)
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 12:18 PM
To: 'Walter F. Matystik'
Subject: RE: MAPS RBL+ SPAM blackhole
Walter: I can guarantee that you will have false
positives. My comcast and att messages get bounced all of the time when these
services are in place. Someone somewhere has a problem with Comcast and ATT
subscribers. So, all of us are penalized. I vote to turn on IPv6 on the net and
then we could know where the trash is coming from. Till then, it's the innocent
that suffer. Did you read where people are now sharing a code with there
legitimate users and they won't read a message that doesn't have the code? Like
in my word is "2E9RBWTMUGJVH7", then any message that doesn't have it
in the subject line goes to quarantine. It may force everyone to rethink how
they do email. For example outlook, eudora, or any such package would have to
accommodate it. ;-) And when I change my word, everyone has to know. It's
certificate management all over again. John
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To: reinkefj@alum.manhattan.edu
Subject: Help Manhattan College Succeed!
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FINAL WORDS THIS WEEK
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul162.html
Inflation: Alive and Well
by Rep. Ron Paul, MD
March 4, 2004
Dr. Ron Paul is a Republican member of Congress from
Texas.
=== <begin quote> ===
For years, the central planners at the Federal
Reserve have assured us that inflation is dormant, if not dead. Fed Governor
Ben Bernanke, during a recent speech in Washington, took pains to emphasize
that inflation is "Under very good control." But considering the
relentless increase in the money supply engineered by the Fed over the last
decade, one wonders whether Messrs. Bernanke, Greenspan, and company protest
too much.
<extraneous deleted>
Fed Chairman Greenspan may dismiss commodities as
mere "physical" assets in his vision of an increasingly
"conceptual" economy, but average Americans should understand how
these dramatic increases in commodity prices will affect our pocketbooks: gold is around $400, near its 14-year high;
platinum is at a 25-year high; steel prices are up 160%; aluminum 50%; copper
120%; lumber has soared 93% in less than a year; coal prices are up 50% over
one year ago; lead is at a 17-year high; nickel is at a 13-year high; beans,
corn, rice, and soy have all risen at least 40%.
With all due respect to Mr. Greenspan and his colleagues,
real inflation as measured by an increase in the money supply is not so easy to
disguise. As Mr. Corrigan deftly defines it, inflation is ultimately "A
perceived surfeit of money compared to all the other goods (and the other kinds
of money) into which it thus becomes ever more eagerly exchanged." The
surfeit of U.S. dollars created by the Fed can only cause consumer prices to
rise, no matter what our government officials tell us.
=== <end quote> ===
TO ME one only has to look at two things -- Taxes
that you actually pay and the price of a gallon of gas at your local pump. Make
that one thing, since gas is so heavily taxed, it can serve as a proxy for the
first factor. Just look at the price of a gallon of gas at your favorite gas
station, and you too can see that the government is lying thru their teeth.
If you were on an island with three people, three
coconuts, and three dollars, you could establish the price of coconuts.
Printing three more dollars would not affect the supply of nuts, nor would it
fool you into thinking that $2 coconuts were a good thing.
Why then, do we let the government fool us into
thinking that 2003 dollar is worth as much as 2004 one? Just because we can't
reduce it to simple terms like the island example, we know that the government
is running the credit spigots wide open and the printing presses in overdrive.
So, why do we think that there is no inflation? In MC, when I was paying
attention in Economics class, (a rare event I can assure you) this was called
"monetizing the debt".
If you go to the Smithsonian currency exhibit – my
favorite tool for demonstrating government's silent theft -- and look at the
French francs from Louis Number One to Louis Number Last, then you too will
discover that the gold French franc gradually over time got smaller and
thinner. What a dramatic example of debasing the currency. At the end it was
tiny and so thin, it was a wonder it didn't get lost in the handling.
With paper money, it is all the same size. If we
followed the same metaphor, how small would today's dollar be?
The chickens always come how to roost. The Roman
empire collapsed. Every empire has done so. What makes us think that this will
be different?
Inflation, a hidden tax, rots from the core. It is
not so bad because it decreases our purchasing power. It is bad because it
allows our politicians to deceive us and it allows us to deceive ourselves.
Start figuring costs in units of gold. The original
Constitution had very strict definition of what a dollar is. We should return
to original intent and restore honesty to the list of national virtues.
Barring that, get ready for all those big bad nasty
chickens to come home with an attitude to feed on your sustenance.
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
-30-
GBu. GBA.