Dear Jaspers,
661 are active on the Distribute site. There are 34 bouncing. If you're not getting your Jottings, it may be time to ask "what important stuff is also missing?".
The alumni "online community" (database and redirector) mailing announcement went out. (At least I got mine and so did one of my friends.) You need to take control of your entry lest someone "help" you out of it. Currently, 290 have registered and only 6 have posted pictures.
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This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20041128.htm
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We Dec 15 Gulf
Coast Alumni Club Luncheon
--- University Club in Sarasota, Fl. at 12:30PM
--- contact Neil O'Leary '60A c/o Jasper Jottings
We Jan 26 Treasure Coast FL Alumni Holiday Inn
--- on US 1 in Stuart, Florida at noon
--- contact Ed Plumeau '52A c/o Jasper Jottings
We Mar 16 Treasure Coast FL Alumni Holiday Inn
--- on US 1 in Stuart, Florida at noon
--- contact Ed Plumeau '52A c/o Jasper Jottings
Wkend Apr 2-3 '05
--- Relay For Life '04 was a first time event for Manhattan College, and we
helped
--- raise close to $20,000. How will you get involved and make this year's
Relay
--- For Life even more successful
--- Form teams with alumni (Class of '79, 82, etc.)
--- Form Teams with family and/or co-workers
--- Sponsor student teams on-campus
--- Find companies that can help underwrite the event
--- Speak on your experiences of Cancer in your life at the event
--- Be part of the planning team for Relay for Life '05
----- Contact Kinah Ventura-Rosas at 718-862-7477
----- or e-mail at kinah.ventura AT manhattan.edu
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My list of Jaspers who are in harms way:
- Afghanistan
- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Iraq
- - Mortillo, Steven F., son of Mortillo,
Steve (1980)
- - Sekhri, Sachin (2000)
… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.
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http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/13/demaray.php
Issue 13 Spring 2004
The Hand Up Project: Attempting to Meet the New Needs of Natural Life-Forms
Elizabeth Demaray
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Right now, 30 percent of all hermit crabs on our shorelines are living in shells that are too small for them. In the springtime, when the animal has its growth spurt, this shortage skyrockets to 60 percent. Hermit crabs, whose own bodies provide only thin exoskeletons, must scavenge and appropriate hard-walled shells abandoned by marine gastropods for shelter. The problem is that there currently are not enough shells left on our beaches for hermit crabs to use. This situation is not only uncomfortable but dire. Marine hermit crabs depend upon properly fitting shells for protection from predators (Hazlett, 1981), mating success (Hazlett, 1989) and reproduction (Childress, 1972). The present lack of housing is so severe that biologists now routinely find land hermit crabs attempting to shelter themselves in glass jars and whatever other ill-fitting forms of refuse they may find at their immediate disposal.
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As might be
imagined, even without the current housing shortage, the finding and exchanging
of shells is a preoccupation amongst this species. Hermit crabs routinely take
over shells that have been vacated by their fellows. Periodically, multiple
crabs will locate a single new shell by smell simultaneously. When this occurs,
a choreographed activity may take place. The crabs
line up next to each other, according to size, with the largest situated next
to the new, recently fondled dwelling. The largest crab will then vacate its
shell in favor of the new one. The shell that has just been emptied will be
passed to the crab next in size down the line. This crab will look it over and
possibly adopt it, in turn handing its own shell down to the crab next in size,
and so on. The practice is precise and fast, resulting in the greatest number
of crabs achieving properly fitting homes while affording all the least amount
of time spent outside their shells, unsheltered from predators.
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Based on what we know about the new needs of these animals in their current environment, the Hand Up Project proposes to manufacture alternative forms of housing, specifically designed for use by land hermit crabs, out of plastic. This solution offers multiple benefits. Not only will the project afford the animal badly needed additional forms of shelter, but we also contend that, by utilizing current technology, we may now be better equipped to meet the needs of this life-form than nature ever has.
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The funding
needed to manufacture and distribute these shelters is significant. It is also
significant that—notwithstanding the contradictions inherent in current
scientific knowledge—this production is purely altruistic in its intent. The
scope of the project is global, and accordingly, corporate funding has been
targeted as a potential revenue source. The project is currently soliciting
corporate and commercial sponsorship to fund manufacturing and distribution
costs by licensing the houses for advertising. In exchange for financial
support, each plastic shelter may be readily produced bearing a corporate logo.
From this perspective, the longevity of these dwellings is also a plus, in that
their existence will guarantee the perpetuation of advertising across a
time-span best described as evolutionary.
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I am always amazed at what the internet shows me. Here we have people worried about hermit crabs. On one hand, I marvel that for all our flaws, humans can find solutions for the most insignificant. On the other, why can't we extend the concept to humans? I have seen the tv commercials for the kids that live at the dumps. Wouldn't they benefit from some corporate sponsorship? Sadly, I have no solution just the observation.
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--AT--att.net
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[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.
The Baltimore Sun
November 21, 2004 Sunday FINAL Edition
SECTION: LOCAL,
HEADLINE: CUNNINGHAM, JR., PROF. HAROLD D.
PROFESSOR HAROLD DEVER CUNNINGHAM, JR., Ltc. U.S. Army Ret. JAG, 86, a long time resident of Bolton Hill and later of Charlotte, North Carolina passed away November 12, 2004. Mr. Cunningham was born in Springfield, MA. He graduated from Manhattan College with his under graduate degree, Boston College Law School with his L.L. B degree, New York University School of Law with his L.L.M. degree. He was also a Fulbright Scholar at Oxford University, Lincoln College where he earned his B.C.I. Mr. Cunningham had a very distinguishable life, retiring as a Lt. Colonel from the U.S. Army in 1967. His focus was military and international law, serving in Heidelberg, Germany and the Pentagon. He also served 7 years at the JAG school in Charlottesville, VA. He was also a law professor serving as Dean of the University of North Dakota Law School, and for many years a law professor at the University of Baltimore Law School before retiring in 1988. He established an exchange student program for law students with Aberdeen University in Scotland that still exists today. He is a member of The Knights of Columbus. After retiring to New Hampshire and Bald Head Island, North Carolina he settled in Charlotte for his last 5 years. Mr. Cunningham is survived by his beloved wife of 60 years, Robina who he married in 1944 in Glasgow, Scotland. He is also survived by his loving children Harold D. Cunningham, III (Scott) Bernice and Jacqueline, Matthew and Faye Cunningham, Rory Aiden Cunningham, Robina Mary and Dennis Hogan and James Lumsden and Rachel Cunningham. His grandchildren, April Heather, Brandon Scott, Matthew and John Harold Cunningham, Robina, Heidi and Eileen Hogan, and James Lumsden Dever and Evan Mc Cullough Cunningham. Also, Mary and Jimmy Couper from Glasgow, Scotland. Finally, Mr. Cunningham found great comfort these past few years with Abby and Dezy, his little yorkies. Services were held for him at St. Vincent de Paul Church, Charlotte, NC on November 15, 2004. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Mr. Cunningham's name to Corpus Christi Church, 110 West Lafayette Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217.
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Buffalo News (New
York)
November 18, 2004 Thursday
FINAL EDITION
SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. B5
HEADLINE: THOMAS DOSCH, SIERRA RESEARCH EXECUTIVE;
MARCH 1, 1924 -- NOV. 15, 2004
Thomas J. Dosch, an Army veteran of World War II and retired electrical engineer, died Monday in his Orchard Park home. He was 80.
Born in the Bronx, he was a graduate of Bronx Technical High School and attended the School of Forestry at Syracuse University.
Mr. Dosch, a resident of Orchard Park since 1973, served in the 104th Infantry Division during World War II and was captured by the German army and held as a prisoner of war in Parchem, Germany, for more than nine months. He was a corporal at the time of his discharge in 1945.
After the war, Mr. Dosch earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Manhattan College, then a master's degree in electrical engineering from New York University.
As an electrical engineer, he worked for Reeves Instrument Corp. in Long Island and Florida, where he was director of engineering. He joined Sierra Research in 1972 and retired in 1987 as vice president of research and development.
Mr. Dosch held numerous patents in the field of radar tracking and detection systems.
In 1950, he married Constance Hurley of Bayport, and together they raised 11 children, teaching them a love of outdoor activity and a respect for nature. Connie Dosch died in 1982, after 32 years of marriage.
After the death of his wife, Mr. Dosch led a group of 11 family members on a six-week bicycle tour of France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy.
In 1984, he married Joan Kerr, a native of Edinburgh, Scotland. Avid travelers, they frequently traveled to Scotland and Germany.
Mr. Dosch continued an active lifestyle and enjoyed hiking or skiing at parks throughout Erie County, as well as family camping and canoe trips to the Adirondacks.
He also helped design and build exhibits for Explore & More, the East Aurora children's museum, and was a longtime volunteer for the Food Shuttle of Western New York.
In addition to his wife, survivors include nine children, Claudia Newton of East Aurora, Thomas K. of Shreveport, La., Diana of El Sobrante, Calif., Joseph of Alfred, William of Niskayuna, Daniel of Hamburg, Jeffrey of Amherst, Aimee of West Falls and Stacie of East Aurora, and 14 grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial, followed by military honors, will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Friday in Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church, South Buffalo Street and Thorn Avenue, Orchard Park. Prayers will be said at 8:45 in F.E. Brown Sons Funeral Home, 6575 E. Quaker St., Orchard Park. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Orchard Park.
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[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "updates". These are changes that "pop" in from the various sources that are not really from the news. I thought it might be valuable to alert old friends seeking to reconnect or "youngsters" seeking a networking contact with someone who might have a unique viewpoint that they are interested in. This is a benefit of freeing up time trying to make email work by "outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]
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MNews1
The Times Union (Albany, New York)
November 16, 2004 Tuesday
4 EDITION
SECTION: CAPITAL REGION; Pg. F3
HEADLINE: Center's seniors elect West Sand Lake woman
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Paolo Walker of East Greenbush, Michael Brady of North Greenbush and Kevin Manning of Troy were inducted into Epsilon Sigma Pi, the oldest college-wide honor society at Manhattan College. The society recognizes seniors who have earned at least a 3.5 grade point average for six consecutive semesters with no academic failures.
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-- Compiled by Adrienne Freeman
NOTES: RENSSELAER TU
LOAD-DATE: November 16, 2004
CIC'S SUGGESTION: Everyone who works for a major corporation should send resumes placed here into their HR system or department. While you may not see the value, it may be that one thing that delivers an opportunity to a fellow Jasper that changes their life.
FROM THE COLLEGE’S WEB SITE: Your resume can be sent to employers who contact our office seeking to fill positions. For more information contact the Recruitment Coordinator at (718) 862-7965 or Email to JGlenn--AT--manhattan.edu
Actual jobs at MC are at: http://www.manhattan.edu/hrs/jobs
The only reason for putting this here is to give us a chance to attend one of these games and support "our" team.
Date Day Sport Opponent Location
Time/Result
11/28/04 Sunday W. Basketball Bucknell HOME 2:00 PM
11/30/04 Tuesday M. Basketball at
Fairfield* Bridgeport, CT 7:30 PM
12/1/04 Wednesday Track & Field
Manhattan Multi Invitational
HOME 1:00 PM
12/2/04 Thursday W. Basketball
Iona* HOME 7:00 PM
12/4/04 Saturday W. Swimming St.
Joseph's/SUNY-Old Westbury Patchogue,
NY 3:00 PM
12/5/04 Sunday Track & Field
Princeton Invitational
Princeton, NJ 11:00 AM
12/5/04 Sunday W. Basketball at
Fairfield* Bridgeport, CT 1:00 PM
12/5/04 Sunday M. Basketball at North
Carolina State Raleigh, NC 5:30 PM
12/9/04 Thursday M. Basketball
Siena* HOME 7:00 PM
12/10/04 Friday Track & Field
Fordham Invitational ^ New York,
NY 2:00 PM
12/12/04 Sunday W. Basketball
Dartmouth HOME 2:00 PM
12/17/04 Friday W. Basketball Fresno
State HOME 7:00 PM
12/20/04 Monday W. Basketball
Miami-Ohio HOME 1:00 PM
12/21/04 Tuesday M. Basketball at
Arizona Tuscon,
AZ 8:30 PM
12/28/04 Tuesday W. Basketball at
Wagner Staten Island, NY 7:00 PM
12/30/04 Thursday M. Basketball Wisconsin-Milwaukee HOME
7:00 PM
12/30/04 Thursday W. Basketball at
Villanova Villanova,
PA 7:30 PM
If you do go support "our" teams, I'd appreciate any reports or
photos. What else do us old alums have to do?
LADY JASPERS FALL TO SYRACUSE, 61-45
Syracuse, NY (November 24, 2004)-
Syracuse held the Lady Jaspers to 28.3% shooting from the field to take a 61-45
victory this afternoon at Manley Field House. Chineze
Nwagbo finished with 17 points to
lead the Orange, while Syracuse native Donnette
Reed (Syracuse, NY/Nottingham) led Manhattan with 14 points.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL POST 67-58 COME FROM
BEHIND WIN OVER RHODE ISLAND
Riverdale, NY (November 23, 2004)- Manhattan overcame a
seven-point halftime deficit to defeat the Rhode Island Rams, 67-58, tonight at
Draddy Gym. The Jaspers outscored the Rams 44-28 in
the second half behind 12 second half points from freshman Arturo Dubois and 11
second half points from junior co-captain Jason Wingate.
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CJ ANDERSON NAMED MAAC MEN'S BASKETBALL ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Riverdale, NY (November 22, 2004)- Manhattan College freshman
guard/forward CJ Anderson was named MAAC Rookie of the Week for the week ending
November 21, it was announced today by the conference office. This is the first
time a Jasper has been named MAAC Rookie of the Week
since junior Mike Konovelchick won the award on
January 6, 2003.
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DONNETTE REED NAMED MAAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Edison, NJ (November 22, 2004)- Senior guard Donnette Reed (Syracuse, NY/Nottingham) has been named MAAC
Women's Basketball Player of the Week, it was announced today by the MAAC
Conference Office. This is the first time Reed has earned Player of the Week honors.
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Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
November 23, 2004 Tuesday Broward Metro Edition
SECTION: SPORTS; CHRISTY CABRERA CHIRINOS ON HIGH SCHOOLS; Pg. 7C
HEADLINE: ELY PLOWING A FAMILIAR ROUTE
BYLINE: CHRISTY CABRERA CHIRINOS ON HIGH SCHOOLS
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NEWS AND NOTES
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Coral Springs Charter shortstop Ryan Masters signed with Manhattan College. ...
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LOAD-DATE: November 23, 2004
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The Times Union (Albany, New York)
November 19, 2004 Friday
THREE STAR EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. F7
HEADLINE: He's going cross country right to the NCAAs
BYLINE: BILL ARSENAULT Special to the Times Union
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Reilly 72nd
Manhattan College senior Matt Reilly of Burnt Hills (Burnt Hills High) finished 72nd in the NCAA East Regional men's cross country meet Nov. 13 in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. Reilly covered the 10k course in 32:52.3. A field of 233 competed.
Reilly's teammate, freshman Mike Foley of Ballston Spa (Burnt Hills High), finished 76th in 32:56.7.
Four other Saratoga County runners competed in the meet. University at Albany freshman Ryan Gaedje of Rexford (Shenendehowa) was 112th in 33:32.3; Colgate University senior Sean Curran of Saratoga Springs (Saratoga High) finished 116th in 33:35.2; Quinnipiac College freshman Jacob Gurzler of Ballston Lake (Shenendehowa) was 129th in 33:53.9, and Syracuse University senior Colin Capano of Corinth (Corinth High) finished 158th in 34:39.5.
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LOAD-DATE: November 19, 2004
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The Providence Journal (Rhode Island)
November 16, 2004 Tuesday
All Editions
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. D-05
HEADLINE: College Basketball - Purple Eagles hardly easy prey in Friars' opener
BYLINE: KEVIN McNAMARA, Journal Sports Writer
PROVIDENCE - Any college basketball fan worth their salt knows all about what Manhattan College accomplished the last few seasons.
The Jaspers carried the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference's flag in the last two NCAA tournaments behind a group of tough, gritty New York players and a coach, Bobby Gonzalez, who speaks with a machine-gun tongue.
But what most fans don't know is Gonzo and his boys almost didn't see the national stage. In 2003, the Japsers were pushed to two overtimes in their conference semifinals. Last March, Manhattan won the conference title by a single point in the championship game.
Who was the hard-luck team that was only a fortunate bounce or two away from stealing Manhattan's thunder? Meet the Niagara Purple Eagles.
"You want a chance to get in, and we were right there the last three years, really," said Niagara coach Joe Mihalich. "We think we have a chance this year, too, and that's all you want is a chance. We know the postseason is really special."
Niagara will be in town tonight to face Providence College in a first-round game of the Pre-Season National Invitation Tournament, the season opener for both teams. The good news is the Friars won't see the same team that pushed Manhattan to the limit a year ago. The Eagles lost two key starters who combined for more than 3,000 points and 1,500 rebounds over their careers. But Mihalich's team remains very good, very dangerous, and ultimately very capable of securing the school's first NCAA bid since 1970.
"We graduated an awful lot, so we have a lot of inexperience, but we'll be OK," Mihalich said. "We return three starters, so we have a chance to be good. We'll be a little more balanced, but I don't know what we're going to get out of the other two spots."
The keys for Niagara are Juan Mendez, a strong, 6-foot-8 senior center; Alvin Cruz, a heady senior point guard, and David Brooks, another senior guard with a penchant for hitting key shots.
Mendez can clearly become a major problem for a PC team that's still adjusting to the departure of 6-10 center Marcus Douthit. The Friars will go with freshman Randall Hanke and sophomore Herbert Hill in the middle of their zone, and could throw versatile forward Tuukka Kotti at Mendez when they play man-to-man defense. Mendez, a Montreal native, averaged 20.5 points and 8.8 rebounds as a junior, and spent his summer vacation averaging 11 points playing for the Canadian National Team.
"Their leaders are very good players," said PC coach Tim Welsh. "Cruz is a very good player and Mendez could start for pretty much anybody in our league. He's that good. He wouldn't just be in our league. He'd be a very good player in our league, and that tells you right there they will be a tough out."
Mihalich has plenty of praise for Mendez, as well. "He finishes around the basket as well as anyone I've ever been around," he said.
PC, of course, has a pretty decent big man itself in Ryan Gomes. This is the type of game Gomes needs to dominate, especially early in the season, to get his team off on the right foot. He says he's concerned about starting the season with several inexperienced players, but says, "the younger guys have never been through a Division I game. (Tonight), everyone has to be one hundred percent focused because Niagara is a very good team."
Mihalich says he's aware of Gomes' ability, as well as a recruiting class that was recently featured in a national magazine. His team may have holes, but the Friars do, as well.
"Every time (Gomes) is on the floor, his team has a chance to win. He's outstanding," said Mihalich. "And their recruiting class was in Sports Illustrated, so they must be good."
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LOAD-DATE: November 17, 2004
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I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN
New York Post - New York,NY,USA
... Right now, Manhattan College, and Bobby Gonzalez, are the best things about New York college basketball, a tradition on life support everywhere else. ...
November 21, 2004 -- THE old-timers, they grow weepy when they talk about The Old Garden, the one on Eighth Avenue and Fiftieth Street, the one with the famous marquee in the front, with the Nedick's stand, with the clouds of cigarette smoke that seemed to hang permanently in the rafters.
They grow wistful talking about the doubleheaders, and about the years when the Holiday Festival was an eight-team event that drew the best players in the country, and the best teams, and was every bit a part of Christmas in midtown as the Rockefeller Center tree.
And don't even think about mentioning the NIT, back when every game was held in the Garden, when some colleges would choose a week in New York in March over the NCAA Tournament. That's when you'll need to offer a chair, so the old guys can sit down, before they're kneecapped by all the nostalgia.
Yep. College basketball sure was king around here once.
But the thing is, you don't have to limit yourself to the Greatest Generation to receive that kind of reaction. Hell, just talk to the thirtysomethings who grew up during the Reagan Eighties, who came along too late to write poetry about the Hit-The-Open-Man Knicks and therefore had to work out their basketball jones another way.
Those kids, kids like me, we flocked to Alumni Hall. We flocked to the Garden. Starting 20 years ago this month, in that wonderful winter of 1984-85, we were rewarded with one of the grandest rides of our lives. We were rewarded with a St. John's team that lost only four times all year - once to Niagara, three times to Georgetown, the last time in the Final Four, in Lexington, Ky. They spent some time at No. 1 that year. And they electrified this city every time they took the court.
"It felt like we were the princes of the city," says Chris Mullin, who in November of 1984 belonged with every other New York sports icon of the day, with Dwight Gooden and LT and Don Mattingly, even if he was still just a college kid from Queens. "No matter where you went, people would offer you their hands and their good words and their best wishes. It was something else, it really was."
St. John's isn't the only city institution whose greatest glory is long since past. Thirty-four years ago this month, it was Fordham that was kick-starting a dream ride to the stars, led by their pugnacious coach, Digger Phelps. That season reached a climax when the Rams beat Notre Dame in the Garden, a game that turned into something of an open audition for their coach. That team, in its own way, captured the city's imagination, too, in a way no other Fordham team since the Seven Blocks of Granite football team ever has.
All of those memories, all of that reflected wonder, it rings so empty now, at the onset of a new basketball season. All those yellowing snapshots do is underline what's missing in New York City right now. They represent a vacuum of what we once had. And how far away we really are from having it the way it ought to be once again.
St. John's is always focal point around which these dreams grow, and right now St. John's is in a serious stage of triage, trying to recover from the strafing of wounds it absorbed last winter. Norm Roberts is a good man who will get that done eventually, but it will take time.
Fordham is in its 10th year trying to make a go of things in the Atlantic 10, still trying to recover from its ruinous decision in the early '90s of dropping scholarship basketball during its Patriot League experiment, still trying to bounce back from its calamitous dabbling with Bob Hill. Dereck Whittenburg is also a good man in a difficult position, who may also get it done eventually. But that may take even longer.
What we have is Manhattan, the little college that could, which proudly assumed the mantel for all of New York City last year, whose coach, Bobby Gonzalez, is as close as we have to a basketball institution in this city. The Jaspers will not be as good at the start of this year as they were at the end of last year, but we've learned never to underestimate what Gonzalez is capable of.
At the close of business last March, when the Jaspers were taking mighty Wake Forest all the way to the final gun in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, there wasn't a soul in New York who believed Gonzalez would be back for more this time around. Someone would surely have plucked him out of Riverdale, thrown too much money at him. Somehow, that didn't happen.
Good thing. Right now, Manhattan College, and Bobby Gonzalez, are the best things about New York college basketball, a tradition on life support everywhere else.
A state of affairs that will really make you weepy. Wistful. And nostalgic.
(Mike Vaccaro's e-mail address is WriteBackVac@aol.com)
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Manhattan Holds Off South Dakota State 73-69
RIVERDALE, N.Y. -- Manhattan College held off South Dakota
State 73-69 in non-conference men's basketball action Sunday afternoon at Draddy Gym.
Manhattan's Peter Mulligan scored the first 11 points of the
game and the Jaspers had a 24-6 lead before the Jacks started a rally which
closed the margin to 30-28 following a basket by Joe Green with 7:33 to play.
Manhattan led 44-39 at halftime but never got the lead back to
double digits, building a 63-54 margin following a layup
by C.J. Anderson with 4:43 to play. SDSU got back within three when Ben Beran scored on a layup off an
assist from Jared DeJong making it 67-64 with 38
seconds to play, but Manhattan hit six free throws down the stretch to clinich it.
Mulligan, who opened the game by hitting three straight
three-pointers, led Manhattan with 20 points while Anderson had 14, Kenny Minor
13 and Arturo Dubois 11.
Beran led the Jacks with 20 points
and eight rebounds. Steve Holden hit 6-of-9 field goal attempts for 13 points
and Jared DeJong 11.
SDSU will play its home opener Wednesday night at Frost Arena,
hosting Mayville State.
South Dakota State (0-2)
Steve Holdren 6-9 0-2 13, Michael Loney 2-4 1-1 5, Ben Beran 6-11
5-6 20, Luke Geiver 3-7 2-3 9, Bady
Hokenson 2-5 2-6 7, Casey Mackensie
0-0 0-0 0, Jared DeJong 5-6
1-4 11, Joe Green 2-10 0-1 4. Totals 26-52 11-23 69.
Manhattan (1-0)
Mike Konovelchick 1-9 6-6 9, Peter
Mulligan 8-15 1-3 20, Guy Ngarndi 1-4 0-0 2, Jason
Wingate 1-8 1-2 4, Kenny Minor 4-5 4-4 13, Jeff Xavier 0-1 0-0 0, Justin Gatling 0-0 0-0 0, CJ Anderson
5-9 4-9 14, Arturo Dubois 3-5 5-6 11. Totals 23-56 21-30 73.
At the half: MC 44, SDSU 39. 3-pt FG SDSU 6-13 (Beran 3-4, Hokenson 1-2, Holdren 1-2, Geiver 1-3), MC 6-17
(Mulligan 3-6, Wingate 1-2, Minor 1-2, Konovelchick
1-6, Xavier 0-1). Rebounds SDSU 35 (Beran 8), MC 32
(Anderson 9). Fouls SDSU 26, MC 23. Fouled out SDSU Holdren,
DeJong, MC Dubois. Assists SDSU 15 (Mackensie 6), MC 11
(Wingate 4). Steals SDSU 7 (Geiver
2, Mackensie 2), MC 13 (Mulligan 4). Blocked shots SDSU 2 (Beran, Green), MC
6 (Dubois 4). Turnovers SDSU 24, MC 14. Attendance 523.
5###
From: Anne McCarthy [2004]
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:44 AM
To: Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-owner@yahoogroups.com
Subject:
I have graduated from Manhattan College as of May 2004. If you are a staff member or friend who wishes to get in touch with me your best bet is to email me at <privacy invoked>
Thanks! Go Jaspers!
From: <privacy invoked>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 8:16 PM
To: Distribute_Jasper_Jottings Moderator
Subject: Re: Welcome to Distribute_Jasper_Jottings
idont think im interested at this time
[JR: No problem. We'll be here when you are. :-) John'68 ]
[JR: Probably has work on "typing".]
From: Caroline Kinsey [2003]
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 3:57 PM
Subject: hey
I hate to do this, but I received an email to update my information with you. I do not however know where I know you from. I finished MC in 2003. refresh my memory.
Thanks
Caroline
==
From: Jasper John '68 @ Jasper Jottings.com
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 3:50 AM
To: 'Caroline Kinsey'
Subject: RE: hey
Dear fellow Jasper Caroline, I'm the friendly editor of Jasper Jottings, endeavoring to connect all Jasper alums thru my weekly ezine. (I use my @yahoo) address because the dumb software address book sync product can't send out difference addresses to different groups. (@alum.manhattan.edu to my Jasper related contacts; @yet another guru to my business ones; and @att.net to my friends (all three of them)). So that's why you may or may not remember me. I sent you an invite to our ezine and then put your address in my Corex Cardscan rolodex. (it sends periodic reminders out for me. So I can stay in touch.) You can see the ezine at www.jasperjottings.com so you'll know I am not some deranged cyber pain in the butt. Well maybe I'll take "deranged" under advisement. Anyone, who signs up for a labor intensive hobby like Jottings, has to be a little nuts. Although as you can see from the time stamp on the message, I do suffer from insomnia, so a labor intensive slightly boring hobby is not all bad. Hope you'll "subscribe" to the ezine, if for no other reason than the price is right. (Zero). Best wishes, John'68
From: John Antenucci [1959]
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 11:34 PM
To: Plaxo Contact Update for John Reinke
Subject: Re: Your Contact Info
John, I joined the Plaxo group, but I don't really know how it is going to work. I did it through Outlook express even though I normally use msn. Any thoughts?
John Antenucci
==
From: Jasper John '68 @ Jasper Jottings.com
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 3:50 AM
To: 'John Antenucci'
Subject: RE: Your Contact Info
JA, I have been with Plaxo for a while. Other than the nagging about your contacts being some percent out of date I haven't had any problems. I use Outlook (or Look-Out! as I some times call it!) and have had no problems. I would think that it would have no problem supporting what it promises and it does give you a web-based back up of that all important "phone book" of contacts. I actually have two competitors Corex Cardscan and Plaxo backing up my address sync. So if it works for me, I would think that's a good endorsement. Your mileage may vary. ;-) John'68
From: Rob Kuhn [1973]
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 5:45 AM
To: John Reinke
Subject: FW: Your Contact Info
John:
Bear with me:
I forwarded the update request (received at <privacy invoked>) to this address, opened the link, and was able to update the info after all.
I don't think I changed anything.
Do these networking services schedule automatic follow-up e-mails on some schedule that you program . . . or do you manually request certain updates you desire?
Rob
==
From: Jasper John '68 @ Jasper Jottings.com
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 10:31 AM
To: 'Rob Kuhn'
Subject: RE: Your Contact Info
Rob: Usually Plaxo waits for a "go" from me. I'm not sure I may have tapped "yes" at some point when I should have said "no". Corex Cardscan does a quarterly query. But, that is one email regardless if it is held by one address book or ten. So, you tend to get slightly less traffic. Both services assure privacy. I have each salted with "throw away" address that have never been spammed or otherwise used. Does that help? John'68
From: Gerard M. Delaney [1975]
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 5:04 PM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Oil for greenbacks
I seem to remember a report several years ago of some of the
sheiks or
mullahs wanting (or at least being willing to accept) euros for their
black gold, in addition to or in lieu of, dollars.
Gerard
Gerard M. Delaney
Melbourne, FL
[JR: My understanding is that soon after the gold dinar was proposed, the IMF took many of the heads national treasuries to the "woodshed". All sorts of dire consequences were threatened should they push this "foolishness". There are interesting consequences if the world gets off the inflating American dollar as a reserve currency. There is a reason that gold is pushing 500$/oz. I would suggest that anyone who is interested take a look at Gary North's recent article. http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north326.html You can fool some of the people … … The Austrian Economists often cite the malinvestment problem in the floating dollar. Should the black gold be priced in euro, gold dinars, or anything but dollars, we will see a significant economic crunch here in the States. I too hope htat this particular challenge passes us by. ]
From: Mike McEneney [1953]
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 9:54 PM
To: John Reinke (1968)
Subject: Class
Dear John,
In this weeks Jasper Jottings you reported that you did not have classes for two of our deceased alums. As stated in John A Sullivan's Obit he was in the Class of 1952. Christopher G. Devey was in the Class of 1982.
May they both
Rest In Peace.
Best,
Mike
McEneney, Esq. '53BBA
[JR: Thanks, Mike ] ]
From: Gerard M. Delaney [1975]
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 5:09 PM
Subject: addressing
John,
I seem to be getting two e-mails announcing Jasper Jottings. I suspect I'm in your data base under <privacy invoked> as well as this address (<privacy invoked>). I don't want to go messing with your data base because of the danger of deleting both entries.
I start a contract position in Suffolk County next week! A real job!
Finally.
Peace,
Gerard
Gerard M. Delaney '75S
Melbourne, FL
==
From: Jasper John '68
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 10:57 PM
To: 'Gerard M. Delaney'
Subject: RE: addressing
Gerard, You're right. You have two entries. Which one do you want nuked?
Congrats, on landing. John'68
==
From: Gerard M. Delaney
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: addressing
John,
Please delete the <privacy invoked> address. That one seems to be in danger deletion one of these days, once I am sure that all of my real correspondence is coming to the <privacy invoked> address.
Thanks for all you do to keep Jaspers together.
Gerard
==
From: Jasper John '68 @ Jasper Jottings.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 12:13 PM
To: 'Gerard M. Delaney'
Subject: RE: addressing
Gerard, Done. Your welcome of course. Someday my modest contribution will spur the College into doing it "right". I hope. :-) John'68
==
From: Jerry Tully ('83)
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 12:26 PM
Subject: Jasper jottings
Dear John,
First off, thanks for all you do to help us keep in touch with
one another!
I read in the recent distribution that you went to Good
Shepherd School. It's a small world in
that I too have an association with the place.
You see, that was my first assignment after I was ordained!
I was there 1994-1998 and had lots of contact with former
parishioners and faculty as well as the sisters and brothers who taught
there. But that was not my first
experience of Inwood.
I grew up in the Bronx not too far away (Our Lady of Refuge parish) and
we regularly visited friends and family in the area.
I've had other assignments since then but GS has a special
place in my memories and heart. May it
always be blessed!
Pax.
Jerry Tully ('83)
[JR: You're most welcome. I appreciate the recognition for this modest effort. I am still waiting for the College to recognize the value. Good Shepard was a locus of good activities. It had the Paulist Players that put on several great plays a year. That piqued my interest in the drama club when I went to high school. That gave me an insight into the religious life and why it didn't fit me. A wise brother once told me that learning what is not is as important as learning what is. Inwood was a good palace in a simpler time. You can never go back and there is that dratted law of entropy that says things never get better. I even thought of starting a GS yahoo group, but dismissed it as too hard to do. Even the Manhattan Prep High School groups I have started don't have a big draw. But, we can create a cyber community to recapture the "feeling".]
From: Bill Dalton (1963)
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 2:42 PM
Subject: (no subject)
To all,
My email address will be changing soon. The current AOL
address will be dropped in the next month. The new address is <privacy
invoked> It
is in operation already although the website itself is under construction.
Please start using the new address with your next email to me, whenever that
may be.
Thanks,
Bill
==
From: Jasper John '68 @ Jasper Jottings.com
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 4:16 PM
To: Bill Dalton (1963)
Subject: RE: (no subject)
Do you want another invitation or will you change your address
in Distribute_Jasper_Jottings by yourself.
Unfortunately, I can't make that change for you . All
I can do is extend new invites and nuke subscriptions. John'68
[JR: After a few messages we went to the nuke and reinvite route. Your mileage may be better. ]
From: Jasper John '68
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 6:09 PM
To: Stephen Masiello
Subject: Quick question
Dear Coach Steve,
Just an FYI from the armchair quarterback section, I am an alum that runs an alumni ezine. As a computer geek with more time than brains, I was searching the web for "news" and found this new Jasper Basketball Booster club at http://www.hoopsclub.net/index.htm that I had never heard of before. It came up in a Yahoo search with:
=== <begin quote> ===
Jasper Basketball Club Home Page
While theclub is primarily comprised
of alumni, its' operations and fundraising efforts are in no way affiliated or
linked to Manhattan College, any of its' teams, coaches, players or staff.
www.jasperbasketball.com - 10k - Cached - More from this site
=== <end quote> ===
Given that the NCAA has ton of rules and given that you folks
should be focused on Bball and not computer stuff, I
thought that you might want a heads up. I don't know anything more about it
other than it just popped up on my radar. (A radar
that has been in operation since '98.) I
wouldn't have bothered you except that the site mentions "fund
raising" and has some significant membership levels ($250 and $1000 per
year) that raised the hairs on the back of my neck.
If you want me to get you more info, just let me know. If it
is "no big deal" from your perspective, then all you need is to tell
me "forget it".
Good luck in the upcoming season,
John
Class of 1968
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http://www.mendes.com/obyrne.htm
JOHN D. O'BYRNE
Mendes & Mount, LLP
750 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019-6829
Admitted: 1991, Connecticut; 1992, New York
Law School: Fordham University, J.D., 1991.
College: Manhattan College, B.S. in Chemistry, 1987.
Member: New York State and American Bar Associations.
Born: Mount Vernon, New York, January 22, 1965.
http://www.whitecase.com/geary_sean.html
Sean J. Geary
Partner
New York Office
White & Case Advises Lender On Germany's Largest "Going Private" Transaction
Practice Experience
Mr. Geary primarily represents major commercial and investment banks in senior lending transactions and, in particular, in acquisition and highly leveraged financings. He was lead counsel on a number of the pioneer highly leveraged acquisitions of public companies financed principally by a syndicated bank credit facility and has subsequently served as lead counsel for the senior lenders in some of the largest of these financings, including the RJR-Nabisco leveraged buyout, the Time-Warner combination, and the acquisition of American Cyanamid by American Home Products.
As lead counsel for the agent and arrangers, he is involved in all aspects of the deal structure, negotiation and documentation, including issues of fraudulent conveyance, collateral and the relationships between senior and subordinated lenders. He has extensive experience in hostile takeovers as well as in friendly public and private acquisitions.
Mr. Geary has also been actively involved in the incorporation in U.S. loan documentation of Euro and EMU developments. He has also during his career represented issuers, placement agents and underwriters in structured preferred stock and other securitized issuances. Mr. Geary joined White & Case after his graduation from New York University School of Law in 1974. Prior to entering law school, Mr. Geary was a Captain in the Air Force assigned to the National Security Agency.
Education
B.A., Manhattan College, 1964, Russian Studies
J.D., cum laude, New York University School of Law, 1974, Law Review,
Order of the Coif
Honors and Awards
Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America," 2003-2004 edition
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Spammers
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=== <begin quote> ===
60 years ago, when you wanted the Mafia to leave you alone,
you'd pay them off with "hush money." The word "license" is
code for "hush money" to the United States Government. Pay them their
hush money license fee and they'll leave you alone. For now
at least. Right now, they care more about the vig
than anything else.
=== <end quote> ===
IMHO!
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
-30-
GBu. GBA.