Sunday 10 April 2005

Class	Name	Section
????	Bach, Richard C.	JNews1
1939	Mullery, John "Doc"	Obit1 (mentioned)
1950	Power, Pierce J.	Updates
1953	McEneney, Michael F.	Email01
1953	McEneney, Michael F.	Email02
1953	McEneney, Michael F.	Obit1 (reporter)
1963	Passarella, Mike	Email02
1965	Mullery, Steve	Obit1 (mentioned)
1966	Bruns, George	Email02
1966	Logan, Mike	Email02
1966	McAuley, Alec	Email05
1967	Marshall, William T. Esq. '	Email01
1967	McDermott, Pete	Email05
1968	Lawrence, Richard A.	Email03
1970	Kiestlinger, Dan	JNews2
1971	O'Neill, Peter	Email02
1972	Back, Steve	Updates
1972	Mullery, Bernard J.	Obit1
1982	Dolan, Paul	Updates
1984	McEnery, Audrey	Email06
1990	O'Sullivan, Neil	Updates
1993	Zegler, Curt	Email04
1993	Zegler, Curt	Updates
1994	Mullery, Eileen	Obit1 (mentioned)
1995	McFarland, Lynn	Honor1
2006	Kuruvilla, Abraham	Updates

[PARTICIPANTS BY NAME]

Class	Name	Section
????	Bach, Richard C.	JNews1
1972	Back, Steve	Updates
1966	Bruns, George	Email02
1982	Dolan, Paul	Updates
1970	Kiestlinger, Dan	JNews2
2006	Kuruvilla, Abraham	Updates
1968	Lawrence, Richard A.	Email03
1966	Logan, Mike	Email02
1967	Marshall, William T. Esq. '	Email01
1966	McAuley, Alec	Email05
1967	McDermott, Pete	Email05
1953	McEneney, Michael F.	Email01
1953	McEneney, Michael F.	Email02
1953	McEneney, Michael F.	Obit1 (reporter)
1984	McEnery, Audrey	Email06
1995	McFarland, Lynn	Honor1
1972	Mullery, Bernard J.	Obit1
1994	Mullery, Eileen	Obit1 (mentioned)
1939	Mullery, John "Doc"	Obit1 (mentioned)
1965	Mullery, Steve	Obit1 (mentioned)
1971	O'Neill, Peter	Email02
1990	O'Sullivan, Neil	Updates
1963	Passarella, Mike	Email02
1950	Power, Pierce J.	Updates
1993	Zegler, Curt	Email04
1993	Zegler, Curt	Updates

[Messages from Headquarters

(Manhattan College Press Releases & Stuff)]

Headquarters1

http://www.manhattan.edu/news/news_releases/040405_1.html

NYPD DEPUTY COMMISSIONER TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT MANHATTAN COLLEGE’S GRADUATE COMMENCEMENT

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – James J. Fyfe, Ph.D., deputy commissioner of training at the New York City Police Department, will deliver the keynote address at the College’s 163rd Spring (Graduate) Commencement on Wednesday, May 25. During the ceremony, Fyfe will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. The ceremony will be held at 4:30 p.m. in the College’s Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers.

The College will award more than 200 degrees in the graduate programs of education and engineering as well as undergraduate degrees in organizational management through its adult degree completion program.

Fyfe was appointed a patrolman in the New York City Police Department (NYPD) in 1963. He served on patrol and in training assignments for 16 years, earning seven citations before retiring as a lieutenant in 1979. On May 20, 2002, he returned to the NYPD as the deputy commissioner of training. He holds a bachelor’s degree and an honorary doctorate of laws degree from CUNY/John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He completed his master’s degree and doctorate in criminal justice from SUNY/Albany. Fyfe has won several awards for his scholarship and research and the effects they’ve had on police policy and practice. These include the 2002 American Society of Criminology’s August Vollmer Award, which recognizes a criminologist whose research has contributed to justice or to the treatment or prevention of criminal or delinquent behavior.

During his hiatus from the police force, Fyfe was a professor at American University and Temple University and a senior fellow of the Police Foundation. He also was commissioner of the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies and a visiting professor at the School of Police Studies at Charles Sturt University in Australia. He is currently on leave from his position as distinguished professor of law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Fyfe has published several books and more than 100 articles and book chapters on the subject of criminal justice and police policies. He served as the editor of Justice Quarterly, the journal of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and also served on the editorial boards of four other professional journals. He is completing a National Institute of Justice study of officers dismissed or forced to resign from the NYPD.

Fyfe, who has been involved in a series of high-profile cases such as the Rodney King trial and the Jeffrey Dahmer serial murders, has consulted with law enforcement agencies and civil and human rights organizations globally. He has testified as a police practices expert in the U.S. Senate and Congress and in federal and state courts in the District of Columbia, 38 states and Canada.

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http://www.apa.org/journals/apl/edboard.html

Journal of Applied Psychology
Editor: Sheldon Zedeck, PhD
ISSN: 0021-9010
Published Bimonthly, beginning in January

Editorial Board
Consulting Editors

Lynn A. McFarland
Clemson University

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[JR: McFarland, Lynn (1995) Dontcha just love google? Nobody can hide their achievements very long. I'm gonna get so good at this "just knowing who's a jasper by shoe size" maybe I can be "like Mike". A Mike-ette? MikeMcE53 has a mental ability, far better than I, to remember who second cousin went to MC in ought three with old XYZ whose grandfather mowed grass at the college to pay for his tuition. On second thought, I'll stick to computers. They don't expect much of the human on the keyboard. ]

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OBITS

[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.

Obit1

From: Michael F. McEneney [1953]
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 9:54 PM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Obituary

Dear John,

Monday's NY Times (April 4, 2005), at page B7 has the following Obituary:

Mullery-Bernard J. On April 2, 2005. Beloved husband of Eileen. Cherished father of Christie, Brian and Beth. Devoted brother of Jack, Stephen, Mary Ann and the late Thomas, Michael and Joseph. Bernard was a longtime member of Local 14 Operating Engineers. The family will receive friends Monday and Tuesday, 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 pm at Williams Funeral Home, 5628 Broadway at West 232nd St. Bronx, NY. Mass of the Resurrection Wednesday, 10 AM, Annunciation R.C. Church, Crestwood, NY. Internment Gate of Heaven Cemetery."

Bernard was a member of the Class of 1972 and was the Brother of Steve, '65 who has been very active in Alumni affairs over the years. Bernard was just 55 years of age.

Bernard was also the son of the famous "Doc" Mullery who tried to teach many of us Public Speaking at Manhattan. "Doc" also served as monitor/ judge for the NYC Police and Fire Department Physical's that were held at that time down in Van Courtland Park. When I was taking one of the tests and ran into, rather than over, the 8 foot wall he was kind and did not laugh that much.

There are many other members of the extended Mullery family that are Jaspers as well.

May He Rest In Peace.

Mike McEneney, Esq. '53 BBA

P.S.: I neglected to include in my reporting on Bernard's Obituary, that his widow Eileen received her Master's Degree from Manhattan and that "Doc" Mullery was a member of the Class of 1939.

[JR: Great job, Mike. I think you've forgotten more than I've collected. ;-) I would have missed it since it doesn't mention MC and I don't have your prodigious memory. Thanks.]

[Jaspers_Updates]

[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.]

Kuruvilla, Abraham (2006)
Future MC Alumni Class of 2006
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
Dover Plains, NY 12522

Zegler, Curt (1993)
1993 Graduate
Civil Engineering
Turner Construction Co. (with firm 12 years)

Dolan, Paul (1982)
Director
HypoVereinsbank NY Branch

Ballabio, Tina M. (1992)
Teacher
Los Angeles Unified School District
North Hills, CA 91343

Back, Steve (1972)
Principal Engineer
VertexRSI
Lawrenceville, GA 30044
webpage: http://www.sback.org

O'Sullivan, Neil (1990)
Pearl River, NY 10965
webpage: http://HealyOSullivanTravel.com

Power, Pierce J. (1950) Esq.
Retired
Cutchogue, NY 11935

[Jaspers_Missing]

[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "negative 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 or "youngsters" that someone they maybe interested in has “drifted off”. Yet another benefit of freeing up time trying to make email work by "outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]

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PR Newswire US
April 4, 2005 Monday 03:14 PM GMT
HEADLINE: Turner Announces National Promotions and Executive Changes
DATELINE: DALLAS April 4

DALLAS, April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomas C. Leppert, chairman and chief executive officer, The Turner Corporation, and Peter J. Davoren, president, Turner Construction Company, announced the following promotions and executive changes at Turner's offices around the country, effective immediately.

Richard C. Bach was promoted to senior vice president in charge of the San Diego, Orange County, Phoenix and Las Vegas offices. Bach most recently served as vice president and general manager of the San Diego office. He holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y.

About Turner

Turner is the leading general builder in the U.S., ranking first or second in the major segments of the building construction field. During 2003, Turner completed $6.1 billion of construction. Turner is the only builder offering clients a network of 46 offices across the U.S. Founded in 1902, the firm is a subsidiary of HOCHTIEF, one of the world's leading international construction companies. For more information, visit Turner's website at http://www.turnerconstruction.com/ .

CONTACT: Shannon Eckhart of The Turner Corporation, +1-212-229-6084
Web site: http://www.turnerconstruction.com/
SOURCE Turner Corporation
URL: http://www.prnewswire.com

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The Union Leader (Manchester NH)
April 3, 2005 Sunday STATE EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. C5
HEADLINE: Sunday Profile: Dan Kiestlinger

Age: 56.

Hometown: Londonderry

Over the past 35 years Dan Kiestlinger helped christen two brand new high schools, developed two scholastic athletic programs and, on two separate occasions, simultaneously coached two basketball teams at separate schools.

The 1970 Manhattan College graduate started his teaching and coaching career at the junior level before becoming Londonderry High School's first boys' basketball coach when it opened its doors in 1978. Eventually, he assumed the athletic director's position while coaching the Lancers until 1997.

While still teaching at Londonderry, Kiestlinger served as an assistant coach at Pinkerton of Derry for four seasons before accepting a coaching/teaching post at Campbell of Litchfield when it opened in 2000. Shortly thereafter he became the school's athletic director.

Inducted in the NHIAA Coaches Hall of Fame in 1994, the 1988 Class L and 2003 Class M Coach of the Year recently decided to retire from coaching.

The Last Shall Be First: Kiestlinger told the team of his coaching retirement inside the locker room immediately after Campbell's one-point loss to Hopkinton in last month's Class M tournament.

"After my 696th game, the door has finally come to be closed," he told the team. "My goal as a high school coach was to leave the floor winning more games than we lost. You were the first team to do it, to put me over the top."

The inexperienced Campbell team went 11-10 on the season, boosting Kiestlinger's all-time high school record to 253-252. Still teary-eyed about losing, the team stood and applauded. The squad boarded the bus home owning a sense of accomplishment.

Kiestlinger's final squad epitomized his notion of team, an overachieving, hard working and loyal bunch dedicated to teamwork, defense and each other.

"Over the years I've been told time and again that my teams might not have been the most talented, but they were the hardest working team around," he said.

The First Shall Be Last: Considering his inauspicious start, achieving a .500 coaching record was no easy feat. Londonderry won just one game in its inaugural season, dropping about 100 games before qualifying for the tournament in 1983 and reaching the Final Four in 1987. Five players from that semifinal-round squad went on to play college basketball.

A winning tradition started early at Campbell. The squad, playing a junior varsity schedule dominated its inaugural campaign and made the 2002 tournament in its first varsity season. The next season the Cougars lost the Class M championship game, 40-39, when a potential game-winning shot rolled in and out of the basket. The 2004 team went 20-4, advancing to the Class M Final Four.

In the Beginning: He played the trumpet in the band, played four years of basketball and acted in the school play his senior year at Bishop Bradley High School. An Eagle Scout, Kiestlinger aspired to work full time for the Boy Scouts of America Association until his parents arranged an informational meeting with a professional scout inside their Merrimack home.

"I was crushed after the meeting," said Kiestlinger. "He didn't spend any time working with actual scouts. Suddenly I didn't know what I wanted to do."

His Bradley guidance counselor suggested a career as a physical education teacher.

"I had no idea what he was talking about. Our high school didn't have a PE program," said Kiestlinger. "The counselor told me it was all about teaching kids how to play games. I was all for that."

He played basketball at Manhattan College on the freshmen team and served as the team manager in his sophomore season. "Six foot, four inches is pretty tall in New Hampshire, but reality set in once I went to college in New York," said Kiestlinger.

He decided to coach rather than play, making the transition as a volunteer CYO coach in Scarsdale, N.Y. The team went 1-11. Next season, most everyone returned and the team rebounded to go 11-1.

It's a Small World: Eight years ago, a New Hampshire basketball official introduced himself to Kiestlinger as a former member of that CYO team. Kiestlinger coached a Goffstown junior high and high school team in which present-day Central coach Dave "Doc" Wheeler was the starting center.

Kiestlinger was a coach on the New Hampshire Explorers team that competed at the 1978 National Explorer Olympics at Colorado State University. The Granite State's handball team won the tournament. Alvirne of Hudson athletic director Karen Bonney was on the team.

He bicycled across the United States in 1986, raising money for multiple sclerosis. By 1999 his bike odometer read 30,000 miles.

Twice as Nice: Kiestlinger simultaneously coached a junior high basketball team in Londonderry and Alvirne's junior varsity team in 1975.

"I'd coach the junior high team in the afternoon before driving to Tyngsborough, where the Alvirne team practiced at night," he said. "You'd think I would have learned my lesson. But in 2000 when I got the Campbell job I was already committed to Pinkerton for the season. So I'd coach at Campbell after school and head over to Derry at night, stopping at home in between to change my clothes and get a bite to eat."

Personal Matters: He and his wife, Marcia, were married on Nov. 13, 1970, but waited 25-years for a honeymoon. That fall Kiestlinger arrived one month late to his first teaching job. He was finishing a hitch with the National Guard where he played trumpet in the company band. They celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a honeymoon cruise.

They have two adult children, Diana and Laura, and a 22-month old grandson, Xavier. -- "Sunday News Profile" was compiled by sportswriter Eric Emmerling. Submissions for possible subjects may be e-mailed to sports --- at ---theunionleader.com

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Asbury Park Press
April 2, 2005 Saturday
SECTION: D; Pg. 2
HEADLINE: Dee seeks to build tradition at opener Director wants carnival atmosphere
BYLINE: SCOTT CLAYTON

TRADITION takes time, but don't knock Rebel Relays meet director Kevin Dee for trying to rush the process. While Howell will host the season-opening relay meet today for just the third year, Dee has big plans for its growth, plans that are already taking shape.

Friday night the Rebel Relays kicked off with its first Frosh/Soph Nite Opener. Ninth- and 10th-graders competed in five relay events to lead into today's full varsity schedule.

"I want a carnival atmosphere," said Dee, who was the head coach for the Rebels for 13 years. "We've got three divisions, we go six-deep in medals, and we are giving watches to the best relay team. We're just trying to make it a friendly atmosphere."

Dee's carnival weekend got started on Thursday night when the Howell boys and girls track teams along with their parents were treated to a pasta dinner at the high school. Speaking at the event were Olympic racewalker and retired Asbury Park Press sportswriter Elliott Denman and Ed Gorman, a former coach at Ohio State University, Arizona State University and Manhattan College.

Denman spoke of his lifetime of experiences in the sport, focusing on the joy of seeing athletes he covered locally exceling on the larger stage, including Howell graduate Lindsey Gallo, now an All-American at the University of Michigan.

Gorman asked the athletes to appreciate the sacrifices of the coaches and the parents.

"When I was at North Bergen we used to plan dinners for the night before meets," said Dee. "This was mainly for the Howell coaches. I really treat them poorly all the time leading up to the meet. It's also a thank you to the parents for getting out there and selling hot dogs and T-shirts."

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The Journal News (Westchester County, NY)
April 2, 2005 Saturday
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 7C
HEADLINE: ROCKLAND SCHOLAR-ATHLETE
BYLINE: Lisa Sokolowski

Pearl River's Cokeley keeps her perspective

Senior has been key to Pirates' success in softball, basketball

When Kara Cokeley watched her younger sister leave for travel-team softball practice, there was longing in her eyes.

She felt like she should also be bringing her bat and glove out of the house on those chilly January mornings.

But she didn't this year. Instead, her afternoons were spent recovering from basketball, giving her body a rest it hadn't had since she was starting seventh grade.

That's the summer when Cokeley, this week's The Journal News Rockland Scholar-Athlete of the Week, started playing travel softball. But this year, with college just around the corner, she decided she needed a break.

"It's my last summer (this year)," Cokeley said. "And I'm unsure if I want to play in college or not."

Cokeley is planning to study engineering at Manhattan College, and even if the Jaspers won't have Cokeley on their field, Pearl River still will for one more season.

"She's the type of athlete you want," softball coach Mike Carlacci said. "She'll bat second or fifth if I ask her to. She'll play third base or first base. She's not a selfish person."

And she would never take all the credit for the team's success. Though titles and banners are important to most players, Cokeley can put it in perspective.

In the winter, the basketball team lost in the sectional semifinals, and though she was disappointing, it wasn't devastating.

"We all worked really hard, so I was satisfied," Cokeley said. "I wanted to go further, but it wasn't something I regretted at all."

That will provide fuel, however, to make it further in softball. The team has made it to every sectional final since Cokeley joined the team as a freshman year, with a record of 72-11 during her career. Last year, the team made it to the regional final.

"Our biggest goal is to get to states," Cokeley said. "We want to get to the final four. But we have to do the little things first. We have to win leagues, sections, regionals, and then get to the final four."

Athletics aren't the only place Cokeley shows her dedication. She brings that to the classroom as well, something Carlacci knows well. Not only is he her coach, he's been her math teacher the last two years.

"She's a great kid who's the type of kid all the other players on the team respect and like," he said. "She's always there to try to help them and the team morale. She's like that in class, too. She's a hard worker and liked by everyone."

Cokeley has always excelled in math. She has been in accelerated math and science classes since seventh grade, and this year is taking advanced-placement classes in both.

"Math and science had always come really easy to me," she said. "I can go into a class and learn something."

Cokeley has a 95 weighted academic average and is ranked 11 in a class of 166.

"She's just a great all-around kid," Carlacci said. "She's a nice kid. There's not a bad bone in her body."

The Journal News Rockland Scholar-Athlete of the Week program honors students for their academic, athletic and community achievements. Each week a winner is selected from the nominees submitted by athletic directors. Only seniors can be nominated and the award can be won only once. Nominations must be received by 5 p.m. Monday for consideration that week.

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Provost to leave university June 1

UofSNow.com - Scranton,PA,USA

... education from Columbia University. Prior to coming to the university, she taught at Manhattan College for 13 years. Under her tenure ...

http://www.uofsnow.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=184&Itemid=1

Provost to leave university June 1
Written by UofSNow.com
Wednesday, 30 March 2005

SCRANTON - University of Scranton Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Beth Barnett, Ed.D., will leave the university June 1, according to a memo issued by university president Fr. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J.

"We're greatful for what she's been able to accomplish," said Pilarz in a statement.

There is no word if Barnett has a new job lined up.

Dr. Harold Baillie, who has been serving as interim associate provost since that position was vacated, will serve as interim provost and vice president of academic affairs for the 2005-2006 school year, said university spokesperson Stan Zygmunt.

The university will conduct search for new provost and plans to have a new person in place for the 2006-2007 academic year.

In the dual roles of provost and vice president of academic affairs, Barnett is responsible for providing the best curriculum for students as well as making certain the funding is there to support such a curriculum. She also oversees general education programs, which account for about half of the school's curriculum, but also needs to ensure preprofessional programs such as physical therapy, education and nursing meet state mandated requirements.

Barnett came to the university in 2001, becoming the first woman provost in the university's history.

Barnett obtained her undergraduate degree at Slippery Rock State University. She also holds two master's degrees and a doctorate of education from Columbia University. Prior to coming to the university, she taught at Manhattan College for 13 years.

Under her tenure, the university focused heavily on expanding its diversity efforts, hiring its first Equity and Diversity officer and opening the International Center in November 2002.

The university also increased its rankings in the U.S.News & World Report college guide, reaching the level of fourth for master's degrees in the northern area of the country.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 31 March 2005 )

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Ciba Specialty Chemicals Foundation honors best science teachers

WaterWorld - Tulsa,OK,USA

... NSTA) Exemplary Elementary/Middle/High School Teacher and Principal Awards, and the Ciba Environmental Engineering Scholarship at Manhattan College in Riverdale ...

http://ww.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&SubSection=Display&PUBLICATION_ID=41&ARTICLE_ID=224782

DALLAS, TX, April 5, 2005 -- The Ciba Specialty Chemicals Foundation honored the best of the best at the National Science Teachers Association's 53rd National Convention in Dallas, TX this past weekend. Through its Foundation, Ciba singled out elementary, middle and high school science teachers and principals who are finding new ways to capture their students' imaginations, and lighting the way to exciting careers in the sciences. The Ciba Foundation awards are part of a strong partnership between the Company and the NSTA; the partnership is rooted in dedication to lifelong learning.

The Ciba awards single out the following individuals, each one representing a compelling story of service to young people and to education in this country.

The foundation signature programs include the Ciba High School Chemistry Institute, High School Science Awards, National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Exemplary Elementary/Middle/High School Teacher and Principal Awards, and the Ciba Environmental Engineering Scholarship at Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y. These programs are points of pride for Ciba employees, and help to raise our profile in the communities in which we operate and enhance our reputation as a national leader in education.

Ciba Specialty Chemicals (www.cibasc.com) is a global company adding performance, protection, color and strength to textiles, plastics, paper, automobiles, buildings, home and personal care products and much more. It's active in more than 120 countries and generated sales of US$5.7 billion in 2004 and invested US$232 million in R&D.

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The Quadrangle - News
Issue: 4/6/05
Ground Set to Be Broken on Broadway
By Brian O'Connor

Manhattan College will be experiencing another change in the look of campus soon, as the final steps towards groundbreaking on the new Broadway parking lot come to completion.

In an article written by John Bekisz, Jr., the Manhattan College Quadrangle covered a story regarding the construction of a new parking lot where both Paulian Hall and the Broadway parking lot now reside. Mr. John Daly, Vice President of Finance, stated that the initial stages of hearings, local governmental application, and other early facets of construction have passed, and Manhattan College is braced to start construction on the 15-year old project by the end of 2005.

[JR: 37 years too late from my pov!}

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To: Reinke, F. John (1968)
Subject: Amid Some Confusion, Students Opt to Stay on Campus for Spring Break

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The only reason for putting this here is to give us a chance to attend one of these games and support "our" team.

If you do go support "our" teams, I'd appreciate any reports or photos. What else do us old alums have to do?

Sports from College (http://www.gojaspers.com)

MEN'S TENNIS DEFEATS LOYOLA, 5-1

Baltimore, MD (April 9, 2005)-The men's tennis team traveled to Baltimore, MD today and beat Loyola, 5-1. Manhattan took five of the six singles points winning the match before the doubles matches were played. The Jaspers improve to a 10-4 overall record and 5-0 MAAC record.

1***

GOLF POSTS SCORE OF 336 AT 1ST ROUND OF LAFAYATTE INVITATIONAL

Upper Saucon Township, PA (April 8, 2005)- Manhattan posted a round one tally of 336 in the opening round of the Fourth Annual Lafayette Invitational, played at the par-72, 6,916-yard Center Valley Golf Club.

2***

MEN'S TENNIS DOWNS MARIST, 6-1

Poughkeepsie, NY (April 7, 2005)- The Manhattan men's tennis squad defeated Marist 6-1 Thursday afternoon in Poughkeepsie on the strength of three three-set singles victories, while earning the doubles point in a tightly contested affair. Manhattan improved to 9-4 overall and 4-0 in the MAAC with the win, while Marist dropped to 12-2 overall and 4-1 in league play.

3***

SOFTBALL SPLITS TWIN BILL AT COLUMBIA

New York, NY (April 7, 2005)- Jill Medea threw a four-hit, complete-game shutout to lead Manhattan to a 1-0 win over Columbia in the first game of a double header this afternoon at the Columbia Softball Complex. The Lady Jaspers fell, 4-0, in the nightcap.

4***

WOMEN'S LACROSSE CAPTURES FIRST VICTORY OVER CCSU, 14-3

Riverdale, NY (April 7, 2005)– The Lady Jaspers captured their first win of the season today at Gaelic Park beating Central Connecticut 14-3. Senior Victoria Carman (Freeport, NY) and junior Molly Pheterson (Rochester, NY) led the team scoring three goals and an assist. The Jaspers improve to a 1-5-0 overall record while the Blue Devils drop to 2-8-0 record.

5***

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[JR: At the risk of losing some of my aura of omnipotence or at least omni-pia-presence, you can see Jasper Sports stories at: http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/ so for brevity’s sake I will not repeat them here. I will just report the ones that come to my attention and NOT widely reported. No sense wasting electrons!]

http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/

Google Alert for: "manhattan college" -"marymount manhattan college" -"borough of manhattan college"

http://yalebulldogs.collegesports.com/sports/m-tennis/recaps/040305aaj.html

Yale Beats Manhattan College; Elis sweep doubles
April 2, 2005
Yale University Bulldogs - New Haven,CT,USA

New Haven, CT-The Yale men's tennis team defeated Manhattan College today by a score of 4-3. Although Manhattan put up fierce competition on the singles court ...

New Haven, CT-The Yale men's tennis team defeated Manhattan College today by a score of 4-3. Although Manhattan put up fierce competition on the singles court, the Bulldogs swiftly swept doubles and won three singles matches to claim victory. Today's win puts the Eli's record at 4-9.

Brandon Wai, who is currently ranked No. 92 in the nation, and Ryan Murphy, led the Bulldogs to success by combining to win at the No. 1 doubles position 9-8. Wai and Murphy then bolstered the Bulldog's score by winning each of their singles matches. Wai turned in a stellar performance to win the No. 1 singles spot, dominating over Manhattan's Zoltan Bus 6-2, 6-0. In the No. 2 singles spot, Murphy beat Diego Alvarado 7-5, 6-1.

No. 4 singles Rowan Reynolds also had an excellent day, defeating Manhattan's Erez Cohen in straight sets 6-1, 7-5. The dynamic duo of Reynolds and Chris Lawler also made an impact on the doubles court, winning the No. 2 doubles spot 8-5.

Milosz Gudzowski and Rory Green helped secure the doubles point for Yale by defeating the duo of Diego and David Alvarado 8-6.

The Bulldogs will face Pennsylvania on Fri., Apr. 8 at 12:30 pm at home in New Haven.

Yale 4, Manhattan 3
Singles:
1. #92 Brandon Wai (Yale) def. Zoltan Bus (Manhattan), 6-2, 6-0
2. Ryan Murphy (Yale) def. Diego Alvarado (Manhattan), 7-5, 6-1
3. Peter Czink (Manhattan) def. Milosz Gudzowski (Yale), 6-2, 6-2
4. Rowan Reynolds (Yale) def. Erez Cohen (Manhattan), 6-1, 7-5
5. Alon Cohen (Manhattan College) def. Rory Green (Yale) 6-2, 6-4
6. David Alvarado (Manhattan College) def. Matthew Feldman (Yale), 7-6, 6-4
Doubles:
1. Murphy/Wai (Yale) def. Cohen/Czink (Manhattan), 9-8
2. Reynolds/Lawler (Yale) def. Bus/Cohen (Manhattan), 8-5
3. Gudzowski/Green (Yale) def. Alvarado/Alvarado (Manhattan), 8-6
Yale wins doubles point

Reported by Christie Yang '06, Yale Sports Publicity

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Google Alert for: "manhattan college" -"marymount manhattan college" -"borough of manhattan college"

Blue Devils Snap Five-Game Streak with 17-6 Victory Over Visiting ...
Capobianco scored six goals, Zabel allows only two second half goals
CollegeSports.com - New York,NY,USA
April 5, 2005

... The Blue Devils will take to the road for their next game. They will play a non-conference contest at Manhattan College on Thursday at 3:30 in the afternoon.

http://www.collegesports.com/sports/w-lacros/stories/040505aat.html

New Britain, CT - The Central Connecticut women's lacrosse team snapped a five game losing skid with a 17-6 victory over visiting Iona in a non-conference match-up on Tuesday night. The Blue Devils were led by freshman Abbey Capobianco who finished with a season-high six goals including a three-goal stretch spanning 1:08 of the first half. The Blue Devils are now 2-7 on the season while Iona drops to 3-5 overall.

Iona scored two of the first three goals of the game, one from Kelly Butler and one from Kelly Hughes to take its only lead of the game with 29:23 to play in the first half. Central returned with a four-goal stretch including three-straight from Capobianco. The run opened the Central Connecticut lead to three, 5-2, with 15:29 to play.

Iona brought the lead within reach with two-straight goals. The Blue Devils opened the lead back up with three goals before the break including two in the final 39 seconds of the first half to take an 8-4 advantage into the locker room.

Central came out hot in the second half outscoring the visiting Gales 9-2 in the second period. Central finished the game with four players scoring multiple goals led by Capobianco's six. Fellow freshman Meghan MacPherson and sophomore Abigail Hayes each scored three goals while Danielle Adams added a pair of scores. Kathryn Hughes and Kristyna Patsey each added a goal while senior captain Kate Backman scored her first collegiate goal with 6:40 to play in the second half.

The Blue Devils took nine more shots than the Gales posting a 30-21 advantage in the shot department. Central keeper Amanda Zabel, who allowed only two second half goals recorded a total of 11 saves, with six in the second half. Roxanne Monte recorded 12 saves in net for the Gales. The Blue Devils finished one goal shy of tying the team record for goals in a game, originally set in 2000 and matched two season's later.

The Gales were led by Jaclyn O'Leary who finished with three goals. Three other players each scored one goal a piece.

The Blue Devils will take to the road for their next game. They will play a non-conference contest at Manhattan College on Thursday at 3:30 in the afternoon.

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EMAIL FROM JASPERS

Email01

From: Michael F. McEneney [1953]
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 10:52 PM
To: Reinke, F. John (1968)
Subject: Jasper

Dear John,

Please extend an invitation to receive Jottings to William T. Marshall, Esq. '67. His e-mail address is: <privacy invoked> Bill is a past president of the Alumni Society and a great Jasper.

Best,
Mike McEneney, Esq. '53 BBA

[JR: Mike, Invite extended. Thanks, John'68]

Email02

From: Michael F. McEneney [1953]
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 11:14 PM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Classes

Dear John,

You asked for the classes of those Jaspers mentioned in Alex McAuley' speech. Here are my best guesses:

       George Bruns '66
        Mike Logan '66
        Mike Passarella '63
         Peter O'Neill '71

I hope that I guessed correctly!

Best,

Mike McEneney, Esq. "53 BBA

[JR: Your guesses are better than my ????; now do I go back and update the "old" stuff? That's more clerking than I am good at. Maybe I can get an intern. ;-) Besides if someone object and they email, fax, or usmail, poof we've got more "participation" which is great from my pov. Thanks, for all your help. I feel less like the Dutch boy on Saturday mornings. I'm always afraid of having nothing interesting.]

Email03

From: Richard A. Lawrence [1968]
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 10:53 AM
Subject: Jasper Jottings

F. John,

> Reported from The Quadrangle (http://www.mcquadrangle.com

> <http://www.mcquadrangle.com/>)

> The latest news from The Quadrangle

404 - correct link is mcquadrangle.org

[JR: Ooops. Hey always said I was lousy clerk. :-) Thanks, John'68 ]

[JR: I deliberately make mistakes to foster participation. … … And, I have a bridge for sale too. ]

Email04

-------------- Original message --------------

> Hello,
> The following person would like to join the Distribute_Jasper_Jottings group:
> Email address: curtzegler
> Comment from user:
> 1993 Graduate
> Civil Engineering
> Turner Construction Co. (with firm 12 years)
>
>

Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 9:56 AM
To: Curt Zegler (1993)
From: John Reinke
Subject: Re: APPROVE -- Curt Zegler wants to join Distribute_Jasper_Jottings

Hi, welcome home. Glad to see you back and of course you've been approved.

I had you at <privacy invoked> which was bouncing and due to my crummy record keeping had no other recourse to let you know. ;-) John '68

Email05

From: Alec McAuley [1966]
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 11:02 AM
Subject: JottingsLink

John,

Very surprised to see my speech in Jasper Jottings, thanks to great friend Pete McDermott's (Cl of '67) interest and diligence. I don't think any of us ever show quite enough gratitude for what Manhattan's meant to us throughout our lives but your Jasper Jottings "labor of love" seems to be allowing for more and more of that gratitude to get expressed. I think and hope it's contagious! Thanks for your labor. Keep up the great work.

.......Alec McAuley (Cl of '66)

[JR: Jottings has "spies", err I mean reporters, everywhere. I am always pleased to serve great men like you with whatever modest contribution I can make. I hope that our efforts inspire those coming behind us to do more, better, and in ways we couldn't conceive of. I try to invite every student, even pre-students, to join us here. I think to some extent we are what we read. Unlike TV that bombards us with "messages" that we resist, when someone sits down at their computer screen and voluntarily reads Jottings, then we have a short instant pathway to their soul as they open their gate. If we can inspire them with speeches like yours, enrage them with Curmudgeon's rants, pique their curiosity about what other Jaspers are doing, or even induce them to communicate with their fellow Jaspers, then JJs is a wild success. If not, then it's a gigantic waste of everyone's time. Jury's still out. ]

Email06

From: Reinke via Yahoo from Anywhere
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 10:34 AM
To: McEnery, Audrey (1984)
Subject: Response to Returned mail: User unknown

Dear Fellow Jasper Ms. Audrey McEnery Class of 1984,

Hi. If this reaches you, and you are the addressee above, hello and please skip the next paragraph.

If not, please let me know that I guessed wrong, thanks in advance, you can ignore the rest of this message.

Dear Ms. Audrey,

You registered your address on the MC Alumni site but it may have had a typo. When I sent you an email, to invite you to receive Jasper Jottings, that invitation email bounced. When it "bounced" back to me, it showed the attempted delivery address. Then, I took a guess at your correct email address.

If you're reading this, I'm a good guesser. No big trick. If not, oh well I tried.

Here's my original message, sort of.

John'68

Jaspers found web-wise

JFound1

http://community.webshots.com/album/280220950VeyPNx

Some unidentified Jaspers — April, Louis, Lauren, Fran, Ash — mblogged (Picture take and put in a mobile camera picture venue with some identifying information and "Manhattan College". Sigh, girls at the College. Pretty ones at that. Good thing that didn't happen when I was there, or I'd have flunked out for sure. As an inet-nut, these few shots are a study in culture. No last names. No reassurance that it is "our" Manhattan College. Raw steamy talent. Having taken more than a few shots, both pictures and drinks, the shooters missed some and caught some essential snippets of beauty, timelessness, and the American culture. Anybody recognize anyone? See that is the real hoot of people doing this stuff. They don't realize that they are on the net, caught in a way that was never possible before. Shown to a grazillion people. Forever caught in timeless space. Primitive people are reported to believe that taking their picture captures their soul. I have never met one of these primitive people, hence the word reported, but I'd tell them "yup you're right!" I would have like to know more about "before April got attacked by the taxi driver and security guards!". Hope April is OK. Do they live happily ever after? Does the beauty and joy of youth fade like it did with us old fuddy duddies? Sigh, sadly offered for your consideration.

MC mentioned web-wise

MFound1

http://coldhallelujah.blogspot.com/2005/04/and-holy-ghost-was-moving-too.html

=== <begin quote> ===

My father transferred here from Manhattan College. (Interesting trivia, Manhattan is a Catholic College run almost entirely by friars [monks] of the LaSallian order. The monk that gave his name to the nickname of their sports teams, Brother Jasper, is credited with inventing the Seventh Inning Stretch.) He was there as a political science major, and didn't enjoy the program at all. Felt it was very weak. The school's gone downhill since then. He transferred here where he created his own co-op at least once, and organized his schedule, when not on co-op, so that he could work an internship at the same time.

=== <end quote> ===

[JR: Normally I'd dig into this, make some comments, correct some errors, and just learn what the Dad's story was. Sounds like a heck of a guy. And, as any regular reader knows, to me, a Jasper is anyone who has and wants a connection to MC. Some of the best people I knew didn't graduate for a variety of reasons – personal, financial, emotional – whatever. That does mean to me that they are any more or less than someone like me who coasted thru. Perhaps one of the "reporters" on the roster, who wishes to participate, can do that for me.]

MFound2

http://www.livejournal.com/users/capgun_fight/62899.html?mode=reply

=== <begin quote> ===

Current mood: contemplative

Current music: the movie idle hands

Sorry this is so long

New York is quite the city, and I'm having a wonderful time. Tonight I went to see a comedy show at Manhattan College and that was fricken tight.

On the way, something happened that changed my life.

But riding the subway on the way home, their was this man. He was trying to get money, and he announced that he had cancer, and showed us all these lesions and scars on his body that were in someway caused by the cancer. Then he showed us his right eye. He collected some money from some people, and then when he started to pass me, I asked him if I promised I would give him money, could we talk awhile...

He said yes. His name was Jose, and he was origionally from Italy. He wasn't lying, and I know this for a fact. I took a closer look at his right eye, and white cataract had completely covered his pupil. I asked him if what he wanted the money for, and he replied, "just food." I asked him if he had family, and he said "I have a brother but he is addicted to drugs. Whenever I go see him, all he wants is money so he can buy more drugs. I want to help him, but I don't know how." I asked him if he was going to use the money I gave him to buy drugs. He vehemently said no, and went on to make a very powerful speech about how drugs had torn apart his family. I told him that "if you use this money for drugs, you will think of me every single time you use drugs for the rest of your life. When you think of me, I promise you they will not be pleasant thoughts, and you will feel guilty for taking advantage of me and some of the other people on this train. These thoughts will take precendence over any euphoria any drug could give you, and you will always feel atleast some amount of sadness and regret for using this money for something it was never intended for. We talked about social workers, and he told me he had a good one. His social worker had him set up in a hotel for the moment, which was being paid for by the government. But he still needs that medical operation. He told me that if he goes to the hospital for the operation, here's what will happen and here's what I came to on my own:

1) Most forms of cancer are terminal diseases. This means eventually he will die. He can't afford the life saving operation in the first place.

2) Even if he could afford the operation, he would have to stay in the hospital for a certain amount of time to recuperate, and I'm not including the rehabilitation that would almost certainly be necessary. Anyways, if he stayed in the hospital, the government would stop financing his place to live...So if he gets the operation, and recuperates and is atleast some degree of "healthy", he will be homeless, which is deadly in itself.

This is a disgrace. This is a blatant injustice, and it makes me ill. How is it the most powerful nation in the world can allow this to happen? When will we realize that some people simply cannot help themselves, and as human beings, deserve to be helped?

Solutions to all this:

A- Universal healthcare. As in the people in this nation (they are a sizeable minority) who can't afford healthcare, are taken care of. This would be beneficial to the nation as a whole in two definate ways- Life expectancy would rise to the credit of our health system, ensuring our system as a continuing prescence among the best and finest. Secondly, quality of living would rise, making our nation even greater.

B- Put more money into homeless shelters, and perhaps even finance a viable living wage. We could do all this by closing corporate tax loopholes which are being exploited at the expense of the middle and working classes. In California alone, this would lead to an estimated 7 billion more dollars worth of revenue. Now proportion that out to about 228 million people in every other state besides California (California has 32 million people, totallying a very conservative estimate of approximately 290 million US citizens). Imagine the impact that could have! Imagine the wonderful things we could accomplish!

People could really be helped. Our country and eventually the world, could be really great. If only we would lead by example. Jose was a genuinely good man, and in that 9 or so minutes we talked, he taught me more about the realities of life than you can learn in 9 years of class study.

IN other news, even though I doubt anyone save Maria (and even that's a stretch) has read this far, I've reached a conclusion concerning the opposite gender. A girl here by the name of Megan reminded me of someone at home. That someone is amazingly awesome and amazingly out of reach, but to me, the perfect girl. Until I find someone that can make her the second best girl in the world, I don't see much point in continuing to date. That girl from here, Meg, is a lot like her. It was super crazy.

For whoever reads that last part, take that at face value...I don't have any deeper meaning and the top paragraphs were a lot more important anyway.

<3live true.

=== <end quote> ===

[JR: My response! ]

To whom it may concern:

It was once said that "anyone who was not a liberal when young had no heart; anyone who was not a conservative when old had no brain."

I happened across your entry because it mentioned Manhattan College. I am a 1968 alum of MC and "collect & publish" an ezine for about a 1,000 of my fellow alums.

Normally, I would have just passed along. But your entry struck me and seemed to call out for some one to defend the "system". That and the remedies you propose are fatally flawed and counter productive.

Now when someone asks me for money, panhandles for food, as a Christian, I am obligated to follow his teachings, so I offer to feed them. In all the years, I have only had one person take me up on that. We went to a nearby New York deli, he ordered a bunch of stuff, I gave the counter man a twenty and told him to keep the change. I tell you that not as an exemplar of my bona fides, but as an example of how many frauds there are out there.

When one writes of compassion, I always cite http://www.acton.org/ppolicy/compassion/ as the roadmap to an effective program. And specifically, http://www.acton.org/publicat/books/transformwelfare/olasky.html which itemizes lessons our forefathers knew and followed.

While I may or may not take everything written as Gospel, for the purposes of discussion let's assume it is, I would urge you, in your journey to wisdom, that we are all on, to consider the following points:

(1) Government is force. When you spend funds from the public treasury, you are essentially taking those dollars by force from your fellow citizens and saying to them I know better than you how to spend your money. When a penny is taken from the marginal taxpayer to help your acquaintance, you may be creating another homeless person. True effective charity must be voluntary. Government "assistance" is loaded with unintended consequences.

(2) We all eventually die of something. When you demand medial care for your acquaintance paid by the public treasury, you by definition, deny care to someone else. Money is one of the factors in triage or prioritization. It is in itself and interesting concept. Rich people earn money by doing something for others that is deemed valuable. When they spend that they are in fact redeeming their past services for some current benefit. So in a strange sort of calculus, your acquaintance has not made enough contributions in the past to merit consideration of his future needs. Interesting concept? The fact that our society does things for him thru both public and personal charity just demonstrates that while the system maybe flawed it does have some interesting redundancies to prevent tragedies.

(3) Universal heathcare is a fraud. Look at the past Communist countries with their version, the political connected got the best, everyone else got poor, and your acquaintance would have gotten none. Look at England, where the middle class flies to India for what we in the US would call routine. Look at Canada, where the borders are regularly crossed by cancer patients who have been told their too old. Dialysis is denied to old folks, that I know personally of an 87 year old gets it here with no question. UHC, bah. The "greedy" heathcare people service anyone who pays. MRI machine in hospitals run nearly round the clock. Technicians earn a premium for working that graveyard shift. Money makes the world move quickly and efficiently. When you think of Universal Heathcare, just think do I want the Post Office or FedEx? For my part, I'll take FedEx.

(4) Put more money in homeless shelters and living wage. Drivel. Take a gun, I'll loan you mine, and go each person in your dorm, apartment house, hometown street, and demand they support your idea. It's the same concept. I would urge you to consider that freedom and liberty are better solutions. Homelessness IMHO is rooted in the failed drug war. Like Prohibition in the 20's, the politicians are convinces that a human being -- the most adaptable and arguably the most intelligent life form on the planet -- can be prevented from eating, drinking, or injecting anything they darn well please into their own body. Hence we have druggies who have to steal to do it and we have gang wars over the best sales locations and everything goes to hell. When was the last time you saw the Bud guy and the Miller guy shooting it out over a bar tap. Sigh, we have to realize that political decisions that don't reflect reality are doomed from the start. I have citation here somewhere about when the LA state legislature voted to repeal the Law of Gravity. The felt that only the politician can make 'laws". Hence LA state skool kids should be taught the "theory" of gravity. Way cool, lets jump out the window and discuss the "theory" on the way down. I'll take the first floor one please. Although at my age I don't jump too well.

Any way I did read to the bottom. Twice. And considered it very carefully, deciding whether to respond or not. If you are a serious youth, as you sound like you are, here's some serious feedback.

That's what you get for mentioning my alma mater in your post. ;-)

F. John Reinke

MFound3

http://www.antonnews.com/levittowntribune/2005/04/08/opinion/letter.html

ONLINE EDITION FRIDAY April 8, 2005
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Ward Responds to Siclari's Opinion of Progress House

If ignorance were bliss, I suspect Joseph G. Siclari and his disciples would be king! King Joseph of Levittown could then ban all those undesirables, such as myself, whom he claims use their "...sarcastic and condescending tone..." to belittle his lack of education. Off with their heads! King Joseph could set up checkpoints, at both ends of Hempstead Turnpike, to screen out those undesirables who dared enter his kingdom. Levittown residents would probably be cowering in their homes, lest they offend King Joseph, and businesses along Hempstead Turnpike would be shuttered due to lack of patronage.

Sounds silly! Yet, in my humble opinion, that is exactly what Siclari's venomous letters are spewing. Whatever creditable issues he may have raised about a handful of Progress House clients, a New York State Department of Mental Health outpatient funded-facility, were lost in his diatribes against William F. Reilly, PhD and Donald Lee Warner. Dr. Reilly and my fellow parishioners from St. Bernard's Church should be complimented, rather than castigated, for taking the initiative to open a long delayed dialogue with the staff and clients of Progress House. It also took a great deal of courage, I'm sure, for Donald Lee Warner to publicly write of his own bout with alcoholism and mental health. The fact that he has been able to turn his life around, earn a college degree and obtain full-time employment is a credit to his own perseverance and that of the Progress House staff. It is a classic example of our tax monies being well spent.

I've had the privilege of knowing Bill Reilly since the 1950s, when he returned to his Manhattan College alma mater as Associate Professor of Philosophy. Bill was already a Levittown resident in 1955, when he introduced a bunch of Bronx "knuckleheads," like myself, into a greater understanding of the influences pre-Socratic philosophers, such as Plato and Aristotle had on St. Thomas Aquinas and his writings, particularly Summa Theologica. It wasn't until the mid 1970s, however, when I joined Bill as a member of St. Bernard's Parish Council, that I fully appreciated the depth of his intelligence and commitment to the social teachings of the church. Bill, for example, was already involved in the Rockville Centre Diocese's mission of fostering a greater degree of understanding and dialogue between the Catholic and Jewish communities. Bill, a daily communicant, has been in the forefront of numerous social issues confronting our community and it is understandable that he raised an awareness of Progress House to our conscientiousness.

James P. Ward

[JR: Class years?]

MFound4

http://www.rudern1.de/Rowing1/2005/04/devt_camp.php

World Champion Christian Dahlke to coach Development Camp
07.04.2005
“We’re bringing in the Man!!!”
2003 World Champion Christian Dahlke to coach Development Camp in New York

Tom Curry, heads up the New York Rowing Association (NYRA) and the Peter Jay Sharp Rowing Club. He is planning a Summer 2005 Development Camp to be coached by World Champion Christian Dahlke of Germany. His other goals include bringing NYC public schools to the competitive rowing scene, getting his current batch high school rowers up to racing speed and raising funds so they have the same opportunities as their competition on and off the water.

When does the development camp start and can you tell us more about it?

It starts on June 11th and runs through August 8th. Christian Dahlke, former German national Team member and 2003 World Champion in the Men’s Lightweight Eight, will be the camp’s Head Coach. Before I took charge of the New York Rowing Association, I had brought him in to coach a development camp at Nereid Boat Club which I also ran in 2002. We brought in Christian as a technical coach for both sweep and sculling, and he did a great job. He was our technician for that season, and really taught the kids great technique, getting them up to speed and teaching them to pick the boat along, whether in sweep or sculling boats; the kids learned how to move a boat.

What distinguishes Christian as a coach?

He is both a sweep rower and sculler and he goes out in the boat a lot to row with the kids. He really gets a feel for what the kids are doing and picks up on the finer points while rowing with the crews. He is a professional and has a very controlled approach to coaching. He believes in miles at a steady state speed with low ratings to build technique and endurance. In this way rowers learn to work together and pick up essential technique which is carried through as the rating goes up. Speed work is done in controlled, measured doses, in order to achieve the maximum benefit. The kids really excelled during the last camp.His technical expertise and all-round approach were key. Instead of focusing just on power, they benefitted from superior technical skills he taught them. His rowers develop not only power but effective application of technique. It definitely gives them a long-term advantage.

Let’s talk about the high school programs you are running.

We have programs for both private and public high school kids. The private school rowing programs are self funding. The public high schools are a different story. The public school kids fall under Title 1. The kids do get free breakfast and lunch at school but after-school programs are not funded. This change came in the last few months due to New York City budget shortages. At our club, we have worked to organize swim lessons for these kids on weekends, we have the rowing program and we also have nutritional classes for them that started in March.

Will Christian be coaching kids in your program too?

Christian will be coaching this group as well as the college kids who are coming in for the program. We plan on integrating the kids and building on the teamwork concept. They will race this summer as the Peter Jay Sharp Rowing Club. We are also making plans for assistant coaches who will work under him. Christian will divide the rowers into senior and junior boats. The faster boats will go to Independence Day Regatta in Philadephia, to Nationals in Indianapolis, and finish up at Canadian Henley in St. Catherines in Canada.

How do the public schools fund their rowing programs?

New York City public schools are free and we fund the program through private donations as well as grant requests which are sent out to foundations and corporations to get funding to sponsor this program. As I mentioned, in recent months a lot of the funding for the after school programs has been cut due to budget shortages. The kids have no place to go after school. This is an opportunity for them to get into a sport which traditionally has been unavailable to them because of its high operating expenses. Start up costs are high and include equipment and boathouse costs. Running and maintaining a boathouse as well as providing coaching is expensive. That is why we are looking for broad support to fund the programs for these kids so they can also participate and compete.

I hear you have a fundraiser coming up.

We are working on a fundraiser to be held at the New York Athletic Club in New York City on April 28. We are looking to raise money through the fundraiser and will also have a silent auction. Proceeds will go to the public high school rowing program. We also have an advisory board working with us to reach out to the community to build support for our program.

So the New York Restoration Project donated the boathouse, but it is up to you to get the funds needed to keep the public school rowing program going. So you need funds coming in as soon as possible.

Exactly, the boathouse has been donated, but we have to manage it, man it, provide and service equipment and coach the kids. We want them to have the same opportunities as other high school teams who will be out there during the upcoming seasons racing boats against us.

Will the fundraising you are doing also be aimed at putting the kids through the summer development camp?

Yes: the camp costs money and the kids don’t have the wherewithall to do this. We have been lucky enough to have Nike Apparel as one of our sponsors. They were great and donated us clothes for the kids to train in. The kids sometimes show up to practice in t-shirts and it’s 36 degrees outside. It was really cold on the river this winter but thanks to Nike we can make sure they stay warm enough to train.

With the benefit you are looking to provide the kids in your public school program funds raised will be put to excellent use, especially since the public schools themselves cannot contribute.

Yes that is why we are focused on fund raising. We have experienced coaches that are motivated to work with the kids and we have kids with great spirit who want to be involved and to train to their utmost potential. They’d like to go on and row later in college too. The April 28th fundraiser is an important step for us to provide further means to develop our program up for the New York City public school rowing programs.

What is the response from the kids?

The kids love it and are having a blast. They are ready to hit the water, as they spent the winter on the ergs. The parents are really excited too, because they see it is a great opportunity for the kids. They see Columbia, Fordham and Manhattan College out there rowing and we are providing an opportunity for the kids to be a part of the sport. We have some great athletes who need an opportunity. Our goal is to provide the coaching, oars, and boats. The kids need to show up and give their 200% which they are ready to give. They are hungry.

Are the kids excited about having a World Champion to coach the development camp?

Absolutely. They realize what a chance they have to learn from someone with excellent sweep and sculling techniqes who has raced and won at the World Championships. Germany has a great reputation for producing good technicians in both the sculling and sweep arenas and these kids are excited that they have a chance to be coached at this level in our program.

We are lucky to have Christian. He is a great professional, who has a real talent at coaching. We have kids who were in the previous program who will be coming back to the program this summer specifically to have a chance to be coached by Christian.

Information about the upcoming projects will be available on the club’s website at www.peterjaysharprc.org

Interested parties can also reach Tom directly via cell at (917) 538-5792 or by email at: tcurry --- at ---nyrowing.org

Fundraiser: Thursday April 28th, NYAC

Development Camp: June 11th to August 8th, 2005

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TV poker hooking, hurting teenagers
Thursday, April 7, 2005
By ADRIENNE LU STAFF WRITER

FORT LEE - Their stories held none of the glamour or fun that surrounds the celebrity poker tournaments so popular on TV nowadays.

These stories were about the darker side of gambling:

Two 15-year-olds from Bergen County who sought help for gambling addictions just a few weeks ago.

Three 19-year-old college students from Hudson, Passaic and Bergen counties whose lives are on hold because of gambling. Two were kicked out of school for gambling, the third was pulled from an Ivy League school by his parents because of it.

And the Princeton high school student who maxed out a friend's credit card, racking up $9,000 in debt on Internet gambling.

They are examples of how gambling - and specifically, in many cases, the poker craze that has swept the nation - can affect young lives, Assemblywoman Joan Voss, D-Fort Lee, school officials, and others said Wednesday.

Voss wants to see the cable channels that have profited from and helped feed poker fever ante up. On Wednesday, she announced that she is proposing a bill that would require cable networks that show poker shows to pay a fee. The money would go toward educating youths about the perils of gambling.

"This is a wake-up call to the stations, and I'm hoping they will heed it," said Voss, standing in front of Fort Lee High School, where she taught for 41 years. "They seem to think it's not a problem and it is."

Acting Fort Lee Superintendent Alan Sugarman talked about the irony that in Atlantic City, every casino employs guards to ensure underage guests can't enter, while every night, televisions bring poker directly into millions of homes.

Ed Looney, executive director of the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey, who provided the examples of young people who became trapped by gambling, said that one-fourth of card players who answered an online survey in 2003 were under 18. Last year, nearly half the card players were underage.

"There's no question it's because of the effect of 'Texas Hold 'Em' TV shows that have been put on television," Looney said. "There's an unawareness that it's a problem, even by educators."

Like Looney, Leonard Brazer, a Rockaway therapist who specializes in money disorders and gambling, has also seen a dramatic increase in the number of clients struggling with poker problems.

Brazer said that for most of his career, he never had a client come in saying they had a problem with Texas Hold 'Em. But in the last nine months, Brazer said, virtually every person he has seen came in because of the game.

"We're advertising poker or Texas Hold 'Em as a socially acceptable entity" compared with drugs or alcohol, Brazer said. In reality, Looney said, about 15 percent of gamblers develop some problems, and 5 percent become addicted. Among youths, the number of problem gamblers is even higher, Looney said.

Kelly Peterson, a senior at Manhattan College, said that in her study of 461 high school students from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio, 55 percent reported playing poker, the majority for money. Of those who play poker, 82 percent also watch the game on TV and nearly half said they had never been taught about the dangers of gambling.

Voss said casinos in Atlantic City pay about $600,000 a year toward anti-compulsive gambling programs in New Jersey, saying that the cable networks that air such shows as "Celebrity Poker" and "World Series of Poker" should also pitch in.

"If New Jersey's casinos can do their part to provide funding to combat problem gambling, then these huge cable stations can do their part too," Voss said.

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Curmudgeon's Final Words This Week

I had occasion to write this in an inet forum.

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Money hides a form of taxation. The government usually controls the money supply. They declare by fiat what the unit is. See Smithsonian for their exhibit of French gold francs of the reigns of the various French Kings. The original franc was a thick and hefty coin that looked like more than an ounce. The last franc was the size of a shirt button and as thin as a sheet of paper. Both were francs, but they weren't equal. The debasement of the currency was the hidden tax.

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It is the same in the here and now of the US of A. My grandfather had some $20 gold coins that were seized by Roosevelt. He had value. My father had a twenty dollar bill. Same denomination. Different value. I have a slightly different twenty dollar bill. Same denomination. Different value. What will your children have? Are we so dumb as to not see what is happening?

And that’s the last word.

Curmudgeon

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