Sunday 04 April 2004

Dear Jaspers,

The jasper jottings email list has (584 who take mail directly + 522 who are like AOL (which reportedly does funny stuff to jottings from time to time) and are difficult to get email into + 6 slim – 2 duplicates set up for the receiver's convenience equals) 1,110 subscribers.

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This issue is at: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20040404.htm

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Fr Apr 16 Manhattan College Young Alumni
(classes of 1988-2003)
[JR: I protest the age discrimination! Where is Lawyer Mike? ]
Quarterly Happy Hour Party
Metro 53 307 E. 53rd St. (between Second & First Ave.)
(212) 838-0007
www.murphguide.com/manhattan_alum.htm
RSVP: Events@MurphGuide.com
(212) 288-0893

Tu May 4 Eighth Annual Law Enforcement Reception
Speaker:Joseph Monteith'61
Chief of Department,Suffolk County Police Department, Ret.
At Chase Downtown Chase Plaza,NY,NY,Executive Dining Room,60th Floor
Dinner& Drinks $40 per person.
If you did not receive a flyer con tact Grace Feeney at Alumni Office
E-mail grace.feeney@manhattan.edu or me Bob Van Etten'66 973-565-4330

Th, May 6th Kevin O'Shea fundraiser

Sa Jun 12 '04 National Alumni Council meeting
please contact Peter Sweeney ’64 (973) 353-7610

Fr July 30, '04, 11:30 A.M. Saratoga Race Course
Paddock Tent, Saratoga Springs, NY
Chairman: Bill Chandler ‘70
Club Leader: Rev. Erwin Schweigardt ‘61

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My list of Jaspers who are in harms way:

- Afghanistan
- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)

- Iraq
- - Esposito, Steven G. (1981)
- - Mortillo, Steven F., son of Mortillo, Steve (1980)

… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.

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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ManhattanCollegeAlumni/

Alumni and Friends of Manhattan College, located in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, are all welcome here. The group has no official connection with the College. The group is operated by John Reinke at the direction of a steering committee who's membership varies.

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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manhattan_Prep/

Manhattan College Preparatory High School Alumni (from any year)

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Yahoo! Group Distribute_Jasper_Jottings has been created.

I STILL need a few (about 24) brave souls to volunteer to BETA test this idea with me. All you have to do is go to:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Distribute_Jasper_Jottings/

What I want to do is get out of the distribution business, so I can focus on content and other value added activities. Distribution takes about 10 hours; most of which is unattended. But, a good hour or two is wasted babysitting it and cleaning up after it when it burps or dumps. So, if I can get Yahoo to do that for us for free, that will be a boone. But, we need to test to see if it works.

Help?

Last week:

My process for composing jottings -- the news part -- is to push everything into a Yahoo Group. Perhaps, we – the collective us – should think about changing to one or more Yahoo groups as an alternative to the current content push method which appears time-consuming, inefficient, and ineffective. This week's 45 sports stories as really brought that to my field of vision. May I have anyone's thoughts? CIC

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FIGHTING PARANOIA

But seriously folks, this paranoia about jobs in America and our standard of living going to hell in a hand basket, and "two

Americas: one rich, one poor" had become a debilitating paranoia that is making some investors MISS big buying days like Friday and Monday.

You have got to get this fiendish strain of economic paranoia out of your system or you will miss the profits so many of us are racking up buying the reflex sell-off days.

Lou Dobbs is dead wrong in his claim that America is being "imported" into pending poverty. Lou is simply ranting away to get some of his lost ratings back -- and it’s working.

But let’s not confuse a good story with the facts.

The real facts are the lifestyles and income of the great American middle class is not stagnating -- it’s higher than it ever has been.

The statistics of this "progress paradox" comes from the great immigration wave of the last 20 years. As Gregg Easterbrook so correctly points out in his recent Random House book "The Progress Paradox," the "scale of immigration into America outpaced immigration in the rest of the world put together" over the last 20 years.

Which jobs have the 5 million immigrants taken? The lowest paid jobs, of course.

On St. Patty’s Day, I think it’s appropriate to remember that the Irish came to the U.S. in search of a better life -- and started on the very, very bottom of the socioeconomic ladder as ALL waves of immigrants did. My grandparents came over from Belfast, Ireland, with a family to feed, a desire for a better life and the willingness to do whatever it took to make that happen.

The point Mr. Easterbrook makes in his book so well is this: Among native born Americans, poverty rates have been in steady decline since the ’60s -- a fact that the fearmongers fail to mention in their daily "woe is me, the U.S. is in permanent decline" diatribes.

The facts are totally reversed. Median incomes for black families in America have been rising recently at TWICE the pace of the country as a whole. See this fact in any Democratic attack ads?

Between 1980 and 2000, Americans in the workforce rose 40% while the population grew 26%. How is this possible?

The answer is there are more women in the workplace. A study by the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis shows that a tripling of women’s hours worked can be explained "entirely by a gender wage-gap that has significantly narrowed."

I wonder what the pay gap between genders is in Pakistan or Jordan?

IMMIGRANTS WANT TO COME HERE FOR A REASON

The simple fact of life in America is that more than 5 million of the hardest-working, most-motivated people in the world chose to move from their countries to the U.S. without a gun to their head. They moved to bring the opportunities of equality and opportunity to their lives in the biggest market in the world. Women and men. Black and white. Asian and African. Muslin and Christian.

The simple fact is in this great but not faultless country is that we are richer today than we were at the height of the stock market bubble of 1999-2000 -- as in $44 TRILLION of household wealth according to most recent estimates.

More Americans that ever own their own home, average two cars per household, and send their kids to college than at any time in our short history. We have more TVs, more computers, more vacations, more second homes, more boats -- i.e. more of everything PER CAPITA than any civilization on the planet.

I’m NOT going to get into the discussion of whether or not all this stuff makes us any happier than the rest of the world – longtime WaveWatchers and WaveRiders know my perspective on Emotional vs. Financial wealth.

But geez Louise guys, if you just read the headlines or listen to Mssr. Dobbs every night, you are missing the MOST important figure of all. Middle-income trends are improving (with the new tax cuts) FASTER than they ever have, and we native born Americans are getting richer and better-off faster than at anytime in our country’s history.

Think of these facts the next time a terrorist decides to blow himself up or some politician introduces a "no outsourcing" bill to "protect" American jobs and the "shrinking" middle class.

Our prosperity does not go up in a puff of smoke from the barrel of a bazooka or bomb in some death chariot in the Middle East.

LIVING THE DREAM

The American Dream is a reality to more of us than at any time in our history. And it is coming to the hard-working immigrants more and more each day as they perform the lowest-paid jobs in our country in the great tradition of the Irish, Italian, German and all other immigrant waves.

Our country created 24 million jobs during the ’90s and we overbuilt production capacity as never before. We’re still working off those excesses, but we’re doing it faster and more productively than after any other recession.

Take a second -- walk outside, touch your grass and smell the roses.

You are part of the richest set of human beings ever to walk the earth. You are lucky to be among the company of the hardest-working, most-innovative and most-charitable citizens of the world.

Our country is not perfect, its leaders will never be, and we will make wrong decisions every day of our lives -- such is the human condition.

But my gosh -- the good times are NOW. If you honestly don’t appreciate the greatness of what you have now and can’t value the enrichment that has come to our lives through the hard work and sacrifices of native and immigrant citizens over the last 50 years, it’s time to turn in your passport and find another country to live in. And find another way to grow wealth.

You will fail desperately as an investor in America if you can’t see the economic forest through the rhetorical trees.

Toby

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Well said. We are in a great position. Let me do my share to make us better than we were. That's the path to heaven.

Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and every way possible, large or small. God bless.

"Collector-in-chief" John
john.reinke@att.net

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CONTENTS

1	Formal announcements
0	Bouncing off the list
6	Updates to the list
1	Messages from Headquarters (like MC Press Releases)
1	Jaspers publishing web pages
1	Jaspers found web-wise
0	Good News
2	Obits
8	"Manhattan in the news" stories
0	Resumes
9	Sports
12	Emails

[PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS]

Class	Name	Section
????	Fisher, Anthony P.	Announcement1
????	Harold, John	Email03
????	Pfaff, Mark W.	WebPage1
????	Plate, Steve	Email02
????	Proudfoot, Sr. Walter	Obit2
????	Waschenko, Don	Updates
????	Weber, Peter	News8
1948	Miller, Bill	Email05
1950	Trask, Dick	Updates
1952	Crispino, Jerry L.	Email11
1953	Blanco, Fr. John	Email05
1953	McEneney, Mike	Email05
1953	McEneney, Mike	Email08
1953	McEneney, Mike	Email11
1954	Weiden, Robert	Email08
1968	Simonelli, Jim	Email12
1969	Scudo, Bob	Email06
1970	Kilkenny, Jim	Email02
1971	Seebeck, Bill	Email12
1973	Michael Combi	Found1
1976	Husson, Tim	Updates
1977	Bryk, William	Email04
1978	Akmut, Tarik	Email01
1978	Akmut, Tarik	Email04
1978	Schnurr, Jeremy	Email01
1980	Moore, Kevin	Email07
1980?	Gordon, Phil	Email07
1983	Glendon, Bernadette Weiden	Email08
1994	Kearns, Andrew	Updates
2002	Juliano, Michael	Updates
2004	Nooney, Christopher J.	Email10
2005	Messmann, Megan Rose	Email09
MCstf	Norberto, Patrick J.	Updates
xMCstf	Wentworth, Br. Timothy	Obit1

[PARTICIPANTS BY NAME]

Class	Name	Section
1978	Akmut, Tarik	Email01
1978	Akmut, Tarik	Email04
1953	Blanco, Fr. John	Email05
1977	Bryk, William	Email04
1952	Crispino, Jerry L.	Email11
????	Fisher, Anthony P.	Announcement1
1983	Glendon, Bernadette Weiden	Email08
1980?	Gordon, Phil	Email07
????	Harold, John	Email03
1976	Husson, Tim	Updates
2002	Juliano, Michael	Updates
1994	Kearns, Andrew	Updates
1970	Kilkenny, Jim	Email02
1953	McEneney, Mike	Email05
1953	McEneney, Mike	Email08
1953	McEneney, Mike	Email11
2005	Messmann, Megan Rose	Email09
1973	Michael Combi	Found1
1948	Miller, Bill	Email05
1980	Moore, Kevin	Email07
2004	Nooney, Christopher J.	Email10
MCstf	Norberto, Patrick J.	Updates
????	Pfaff, Mark W.	WebPage1
????	Plate, Steve	Email02
????	Proudfoot, Sr. Walter	Obit2
1978	Schnurr, Jeremy	Email01
1969	Scudo, Bob	Email06
1971	Seebeck, Bill	Email12
1968	Simonelli, Jim	Email12
1950	Trask, Dick	Updates
????	Waschenko, Don	Updates
????	Weber, Peter	News8
1954	Weiden, Robert	Email08
xMCstf	Wentworth, Br. Timothy	Obit1

FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

[Announcement1]

Long Island Business News (Long Island, NY)
March 26, 2004 Friday
SECTION: NEWS
HEADLINE: Melville-based H2M Group promotes Fisher to director of design and construction
BYLINE: Ryan McCormick

Anthony P. Fisher has been promoted to director of design and construction at H2M Group, a design and construction firm in Melville.

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Fisher, a 26-year veteran of the firm, will be responsible for corporate quality control and quality assurance programs for all design and construction services at H2M. He earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a master's in environmental engineering from Manhattan College.

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Bouncing

[JR: The following people have "bounced off" the list. Some bounces expose my poor administrative skills and I can not "who" bounced off. Thus the subscriber total may change more than are shown in this section. I have done what I can to notify them. If you can help "reconnect" – or "connect" new people -- I really appreciate it. And as always, I need your "news".]

<The lazy CIC ran out of time>

Updates

[JR: The following people have updated their information. To conserve space, "please change my email from X to Y" which isn't very interesting, and to alert you that they are here, I have listed them here. As always, I need your "news" and "recruits".]

1976	Husson, Tim
2002	Juliano, Michael
1994	Kearns, Andrew
MCstf	Norberto, Patrick J.
1950	Trask, Dick
????	Waschenko, Don

[Messages from Headquarters
(Manhattan College Press Releases & Stuff)]

BROTHER TIMOTHY WENTWORTH, F.S.C., FORMER PROVINCIAL AND MANHATTAN COLLEGE TRUSTEE, DEAD AT 68

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Brother Timothy Wentworth, F.S.C., former provincial and former member of the board of trustees at Manhattan College, died Sunday, March 28, 2004, of cancer. Most recently, Br. Tim was a staff member of the College’s counseling center but spent the majority of his professional life as a director of novices and as provincial. He was 68 years of age and resided at the Christian Brothers Center in Riverdale, N.Y.

Br. Tim, born Paul Jerome Wentworth in upstate New York, was invested with the religious habit of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in September of 1955. He made his final profession in 1961. Br. Tim completed a bachelor’s degree in English and graduated cum laude from The Catholic University of America in 1959. He went on to earn his master’s degree in religious education also from The Catholic University of America. He spent his early years as a Brother teaching sixth grade at St. John’s Elementary School in the Bronx and teaching English and music at the Juniorate in Barrytown.

Br. Tim spent a number of years in high school administration as vice principal and principal before being appointed in 1980 to director of novices at the Christian Brothers Novitiate in Skaneateles, N.Y., which closed in 1999. In 1984, Br. Tim was named provincial for the Christian Brothers La Salle Provincialate in Lincroft, N.J., and held this office for the next six years. Also in 1984, the College elected Br. Tim to its board of trustees where he served as a member of the executive and the academic affairs committees.

In 1990, Br. Tim returned to the novitiate in Skaneateles, N.Y., as director of novices. During this time, he completed a Doctor of Ministry degree from the University of Rochester. Br. Tim arrived at Manhattan College in 2002 to recover from his illness. He spent his last years sharing and working with the College’s students.

Br. Tim is survived by two brothers, Frank and Jack. His brother, Raymond, died in 1998. A wake for Br. Tim was held on March 30 and March 31 at the Christian Brothers Center. The Mass of Christian Burial was held on March 31 in the Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers located on the College’s campus.

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WEBPAGES

[WebPage1]

http://www.vanderbilt.nyloffices.com/index.cfm?source=section3.cfm&

Mark W. Pfaff
Managing Partner

A graduate of Manhattan College, Mark Pfaff joined New York Life in 1985, following a career in teaching and coaching on the high school level for five years. After three years in sales, Mark joined the management ranks in 1988. He served as Managing Partner in both the Vermont and Park Avenue offices as well as two years as Zone Vice President of the Northeastern Agencies. Mark was assigned as Managing Partner of the Manhattan General Office in 1999.

Mark is married and he and his wife, Claudia, have three children.

FOUND

[Found1]

http://www.umich.edu/~urecord/0203/Mar10_03/20.shtml

Five faculty members vie for three SACUA spots

Editor's note: The Senate Assembly will elect three new Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) members at its March 17 meeting. Position statements and biographical information follow.

Michael Combi

"What distinguishes the large elite research universities (both the privates like Stanford and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as the publics like the University of California, Berkeley and U-M) is their dual role of nurturing the next generation of the leaders and best while enabling the current generation to advance basic and applied knowledge for the benefit of the country and mankind. It is the unique aspect of integrating education with research for both these purposes that universities such as U-M strive. The presence of a world-class research faculty enables U-M to add both a breadth of research in terms of more research areas, and a depth, in terms of big research, not possible with only tenure-track teaching faculty, and thus provides a wide range of research opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students.

"We enter a trying financial period for the state and University when a number of difficult policy decisions will need to be addressed. The most effective course of action will be one in which all major players have a voice. I am pleased to have been nominated to stand for election to SACUA at this time, when we need both audible and reasoned input into the administration, as well as communication back to the faculty regarding the issues and trade-offs surrounding tough decisions."

Combi graduated from Manhattan College in 1973 and completed his Ph.D. in physics in 1979 from the University of Toledo. He came to the U-M Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences in the College of Engineering in 1989 as an associate research scientist and moved up through the ranks to senior research scientist. He currently is in his second year on the Faculty Senate Assembly.

Honors

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Weddings]

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Births

[No Births]

Engagements

[No Engagements]

Graduations

[No Graduations]

[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

The New York Times
March 31, 2004, Wednesday, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section C; Page 13; Column 3; Classified
HEADLINE: Notice: Deaths
WENTWORTH, BROTHER TIMOTHY

WENTWORTH--Brother Timothy FSC, Guidance Counselor at Manhattan College, former Director of Novices and former Provincial of the New York Province of the De La Salle Christian Brothers, on March 28 after a prolonged illness. The son of the late Raymond and Julie Wentworth, of Mattydale, NY, brother of the late Raymond Wentworth, he is survived by his brothers John and Frank Wentworth as well as several nieces and nephews. Wake will be held at the Christian Brothers Center, 4415 Post Road, Bronx, from 2-5 and 7-9PM on Tuesday March 30 and from 2-5 PM on Wednesday March 31. Viewing will continue in the chapel of De La Salle and his Brothers at Manhattan College from 7-8 PM on Wednesday March 31 at which time the Funeral Mass will be celebrated. Burial at Gate of Heaven Cemetery will follow on Thursday April 1. (Funeral cortege leaving from Christian Brothers Center at 10AM). For info: Williams Funeral Home, 718-548-1100

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Obit2

The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
March 29, 2004 Monday
All Editions
SECTION: LOCAL; OBITUARIES; Pg. L03
HEADLINE: OBITUARIES

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SISTER WALTER PROUDFOOT O.P., 94, of the St. Catherine of Siena Convent in Caldwell died Saturday. She entered the Dominican Sisters in 1927 and professed her final vows in 1929. She was a graduate of Manhattan College and received a master's degree in biology from the Catholic University of America. Among her assignments, she taught at St. Mary's School, Rutherford, and was principal of St. Mary's High School, Rutherford; Mount St. Dominic Academy, Caldwell, and Paul VI High School, Clifton. She also had done cancer research at the St. Thomas Institute and was a consultant, supervisor of community schools, and secondary education coordinator for the Community Schools of the Dominican Order. She retired to St. Catherine of Siena Convent in 1994. Arrangements: Prout Funeral Home, Verona.

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[News from Web and Other Sources]

News1

Daily News (New York)
March 30, 2004 Tuesday
SPORTS FINAL EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 71
HEADLINE: MIAMI HOT ON HEELS OF JASPERS' GONZALEZ
BYLINE: By Sean Brennan

Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez long has maintained that the ACC is college basketball's premier conference. Now there's a chance he soon could become a card-carrying member of that conference.

Yesterday University of Miami athletic director Paul Dee contacted Manhattan AD Bob Byrnes to officially seek permission to speak to Gonzalez about the Hurricanes' vacant head coaching position.

The Hurricanes fired coach Perry Clark after Miami went 14-16, which included a 4-12 mark in the Big East and not qualifying for the conference tournament. Miami moves to the ACC next season.

"I told Bobby they called to speak to him but he had a previous commitment to do a TV show in Chicago and he's keeping that commitment," Byrnes said. "I expect he'll talk to (Miami) in the next day or so."

Gonzalez, who was headed for the Final Four after his stop off in Chicago, instead might detour to Miami for an interview or meet with Hurricane officials in San Antonio later in the week.

Gonzalez is coming off a 25-6 season in which the the Jaspers made a second straight NCAA Tournament appearance and beat Florida in the opening round before losing to Wake Forest by four.

The prevailing theory is that this would be the time for Gonzalez to leave Manhattan, where he has won 68 games the past three seasons with three straight postseason bids, for a loftier position because the trio of Luis Flores, Dave Holmes and Jason Benton will all graduate this year.

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News2

The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
March 28, 2004 Sunday
All Editions
SECTION: LOCAL; DEAN'S LIST; Pg. L05
HEADLINE: DEAN'S LIST
BYLINE: PATRICK TUOHEY, North Jersey Media Group

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MANHATTAN COLLEGE

* Washington Township: Christopher Bell.

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News3

All Rights Reserved
The New York Post
March 26, 2004 Friday
SECTION: Metro; Pg. 128
HEADLINE: A REAL WAKE-UP PAUL - FRESH FACE MAKES MARK ON TOURNEY WITH UNSELFISH PLAY
BYLINE: Steve Serby

"After doing that I felt like I coulda just died and went to heaven then. But I'm glad I got to stay." - CHRIS PAUL

THE KID is too good to be true. Doesn't Chris Paul know that the idea is to wind up on "SportsCenter?" Doesn't he know that he's supposed to jump to the NBA after his freshman year if he can? Doesn't he know that these days stars sometimes refuse to play if the coach doesn't start them?

We watched Never Nervous Pervis Ellison at Louisville and Bobby Hurley at Duke and Carmelo Anthony at Syracuse a year ago. Last night at the Meadowlands, Chris Paul was the babe in the Sweet 16 woods, trying to end the magical ride of Jameer Nelson and bring a smile to Billy Packer's face.

The fortunes of both schools hung on the dream matchup between The Freshman from Wake and The Senior from Saint Joe's.

Phil Martelli opened his scouting book and next to Paul's name, in parentheses, was "Ford." As in T.J. Ford.

"T.J. Ford's in the NBA making money to play this game," Paul said.

Paul's beauty isn't only his lightning speed and on-court selflessness. It is his refreshing humility and maturity. When told how Manhattan College coach Bobby Gonzalez compared him to Isiah Thomas, Paul said, "Whoa, that's a little far-fetched. I'm honored that he's done that, but I just try to go out and help my teammates play to the best of my ability."

When someone suggested that some people would pay to see him go one-on-one with Nelson, Paul said, "I'd rather not play him one-on-one. He's unbelievably quick. He's just a great player."

The Kid begins many of his answers with, "Coach always tells us," or "Coach always says." He's studied countless tapes of muscle-laden Nelson.

"Coach always says in order to be the best you have to beat the best," Paul said. "Watching him play I've learned different things. Coach always says you can't criticize success, you have to analyze it; and that's what I've done."

Skip Prosser is Coach.

"One thing Coach always says about seniors is they really play with a sense of urgency 'cause they understand that any game could be their last game," Paul said.

They call Paul "The Mayor."

"Coach told me early in the season he doesn't need me to play like a freshman, he needs me to play like an NCAA point guard," Paul said.

He does, on a team with one senior.

"We have a great team for next year, we're gonna look real good, but Coach always tells us not to look forward to next year, that we have a good team right now and we can be great this year," Paul said.

Paul graciously and patiently answered all the Nelson questions and all the questions about the night last year when he scored 61 points and deliberately stopped scoring to honor his grandfather and best friend Nathaniel Jones, a.k.a. Papa Chilly, who was murdered by five teenagers two Novembers ago at the age of 61. Paul holds the obituaries of his maternal grandparents in his hands during the national anthem.

"It was extremely tough 'cause I knew during the starting lineups I could always look up in the stands and see my granddad sitting beside my mom," Paul said. "Now I know that he's somewhere higher watching down on every game. And to score 61 points for him is something I'll never forget.

"After doing that I felt like I coulda just died and went to heaven then. But I'm glad I got to stay, and now I can just think about it for the rest of my life."

GRAPHIC: POWER POINT:Chris Paul's 29 points led Wake Forest over Jason Wingate and Manhattan in NCAA second-round game last weekend. Deacons faced Saint Joseph's last night at Meadowlands. (AP)

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News4

Copyright 2004 Post-Standard, All Rights Reserved.
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
March 25, 2004 Thursday Final Edition
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. D8
HEADLINE: WEST GENESEE PLAYER GETS ALL-STATE HONORS
BYLINE: By M.F. Piraino Staff writer

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Off to college

Here's a list of Section 3 athletes who recently chose a college.

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Oswego's Kevin Dorsey will play lacrosse at Manhattan College.

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News5

Press & Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, NY)
March 25, 2004 Thursday
SECTION: OPINION; Pg. 8A
HEADLINE: EDITORIALS - Local boy makes good

The star of Manhattan College basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez is not just on the rise; it may be heading toward the universe of NCAA greats.

Gonzalez, a Binghamton native and 1981 graduate of North High School, rang the opening bell Wednesday at the New York Stock Exchange. He was joined by his team that made it to the second round of the NCAA Men's Division I basketball tournament.

The road to head coach at Manhattan began 18 years ago when Gonzalez was an assistant coach at Broome Community College. From there he worked as an assistant at Binghamton University and two New York City high schools, then headed the program at New York's prestigious Riverside Church. Gonzalez worked as an assistant to star coach Pete Gillen, following him from Xavier University to Providence College to the University of Virginia.

In 1999, Gonzalez got the head coach job at Manhattan College, the last-place team in its conference. He quickly showed his knack for recruiting, adding five new players that re-energized the team to a 12-15 record and sixth-place conference finish. Within two years, Manhattan had improved its record to 20-9 and the Jaspers made it into the postseason National Invitation Tournament, the first since 1996.

Last year under Gonzalez's lead the team won the MAAC Championship and made it into its first NCAA Tournament since 1995, losing to eventual champion Syracuse. This year, his team thrilled New York City fans by upsetting fifth-seeded Florida in the first round. And though the ensuing loss to fourth-seeded Wake Forest was a disappointment, Gonzalez and his players can hold their heads high. It's hard to believe this program started at the bottom just five seasons ago.

So what does the future hold for Gonzalez, this year's National Association of Basketball Coaches District 2 Coach of the Year? His contract with Manhattan is supposed to extend through the 2004-05 season. However, some New Yorkers hope he will be asked by St. John's University to revitalize that school's program.

Whatever his decision, Gonzalez should know that proud residents of Greater Binghamton will be keeping an eye on his stellar career.

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News6

CNNFN
SHOW: MARKET CALL 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
March 24, 2004 Wednesday
SECTION: Business
HEADLINE: Market Roundtable, Opening Bell, Medicare Hearings; Last Call, CNNfn
GUESTS: Muriel Siebert, Ned Riley, Andrew Parmentier, Phil Flynn
BYLINE: Rhonda Schaffler, Susan Lisovicz, Greg Clarkin, Louise Schiavone

RHONDA SCHAFFLER, CNNfn ANCHOR, MARKET CALL: A couple seconds away from a new trading day. Stocks are getting set to open higher. Getting set to ring the opening bell at the Big Board today, head coach from Manhattan College, team is celebrating it's 2004 NCAA championship (INAUDIBLE).

A new trading day is underway on Wall Street. First word from the floor now, and Susan.

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News7

DECIPHERING symbols
Ocala Star-Banner - Ocala,FL,USA
... Catholic myth that pelicans bite themselves to feed their young from
their own blood," said Claudia Setzer, professor of religious studies
at Manhattan College ...
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Article published Mar 27, 2004

Deciphering symbols

Religious symbols are everywhere in our society

Our everyday lives are full of symbols: shamrocks at St. Patrick's Day, holly and ivy in the winter, candy canes at Christmas and even the maligned swastika.

But these symbols, which often have secular meanings, have a deeper religious significance as well. Who knew that the shamrock was once used to teach church lessons in Ireland or that the swastika was a religious symbol long before the Nazis laid claim to it?

"There's probably just hundreds of these symbols," said Nicholas Constas, associate professor of theology at Harvard Divinity School.

"There is a lot of scholarship on this. I recently heard, for example, that the Beat Generation had a religious meaning. The word beat comes from the Beatific vision, an old Catholic theological vision of searches for blessedness."

In some cases, stories about religious meanings can vary depending on the teller. Legends about holly vary from country to country. In Germany, people used pieces of holly from church decorations as charms against lightning. But in England, farmers put sprigs of holly on their beehives because they believed that, on the first Christmas, the bees hummed in honor of the baby Christ.

Here are some more symbols with unexpected meanings.

ROSEMARY Suite101.com, an online database for writers, has several explanations of rosemary's religious past. "Several variations of the rosemary legend are told, all of which revolve around Mary, the mother of Jesus and her draping of a garment over the rosemary plant. "

One version says that during the Holy Family's flight to Egypt to escape Herod's persecution, Mary draped the baby Jesus's garment over a nearby rosemary bush.

"It was sporting its usual white bloom at the time, which then turned blue in honor of the Christ child," the site said. "Another variation on the theme says that at the time the Christ child's garments were draped over the bush, it was given its pleasant aroma as a reward for providing this service to the child."

FISH "In the face of Roman persecution, early Christians used a simple line drawing of a fish as a secret sign or password to stand in for the name of Christ, since the Greek word for fish, ichthus, is an acronym for the phrase 'Jesus Christ, God, Son, Savior,' if the first letters of the Greek words are used," said Lama Surya Das, a religion columnist on beliefnet.com. He said the fish is also a symbol in the Buddhist faith.

"The golden fishes, found on Indian vases from centuries before the Christian era, originally represented the two sacred rivers, the Ganges and the Jamuna, in ancient India. (The fishes) were adopted as a symbol of fertile abundance and good fortune by both the Jain and Buddhist religions."

SHAMROCKS "St. Patrick used the shamrock leaf to illustrate the mystery of the Holy Trinity, when preaching Christianity to the Irish people," according to the Celtic Attic, an Irish gifts Web site, www.celticattic.com.

Other beliefs about the shamrock include that ancient Druids used a four-leaf clover to help spot witches or other demons. And some modern-day spiritualists claim that a four-leaf clover releases energy.

PRETZELS According to Sturgis Pretzel House in Lititz, Pa., the pretzel can be traced back to 610 A.D. at a monastery in Southern France or Northern Italy.

"Monks used scraps of dough and formed them into strips to represent a child's arms folded in prayer. The three holes represented the Christian Trinity," according to the company's Web site, www.sturgispretzel.com. "The monks soft-baked (the pretzels) and offered the warm, doughy bribe to children who had memorized their Bible verses and prayers. The monks called it a pretiola, Latin for little reward. From there, the pretzel transformed into the Italian word, brachiola, which means little arms." It was in Germany that the soft bread became known as the bretzel and from there, the pretzel.

CANDY CANE The Rev. Huw Christopher, pastor at Little Chapel on the Boardwalk Presbyterian Church in Wrightsville Beach, N.C., said the peppermint Christmas candy has a hidden meaning. A candy maker is supposed to have wanted a way to work ministry into his craft, so he made a stick of hard candy shaped into a J to symbolize Jesus Christ.

He made it white to symbolize the virgin birth and Jesus' sinless nature.

Then he put red candy stripes on the cane to symbolize Jesus' blood, which Christians believe was shed to redeem the sins of all mankind.

HOT CROSS BUNS The Catering Ark, a catering company in Yorkshire, England, has a legend for hot cross buns on its Web site. "These buns were made as wheat cakes, which were used in pagan spring festivals. And later, the buns were traditionally made on Good Friday in the Christian church with the dough kneaded for the Host and marked with a cross to indicate this. These buns/cakes were also believed to have many special properties including the curing of certain illnesses. Sailors believed that hot cross buns would protect against shipwreck if taken to sea," says the site, www.cateringark.co.uk.

IVY According to www.religioustolerance.org, the Web site of an organization that promotes ecumenical learning, ivy is one of many Christmas-related symbols that was once a pagan symbol. It was a symbol of eternal life in the pagan world and was an ancient symbol of Bacchus, the god of wine and revelry. Other Christmas symbols include the yule log, a massive beam burned during the feast of the pagan god Mithras.

THE DOGWOOD FLOWER The Hallmark Cards, Inc. Web site, hallmark.com, has this legend of the dogwood flower's religious origins.

"As one legend goes, at the time of Christ's crucifixion, the dogwood tree was as tall as the oak and other forest trees. Its wood was so strong and firm that it was chosen for the cross."

"The tree was very distressed to be used for such a purpose and Jesus understood. He told the tree, 'Because of your regret and pity for my suffering, I promise this: Never again shall the dogwood tree grow large enough to be used for a cross. Henceforth it shall be slender and bent and twisted, and its blossoms shall be in the form of a cross. And in the center of the outer edge of each petal there will be nail prints. And in the center of the flower, brown with rust and stained with blood, will be a crown of thorns - so that all who see it will remember it was upon a dogwood tree that I was crucified, and this tree shall not be mutilated nor destroyed but cherished and protected as a reminder of my agony and death upon the cross.' "

THE LETTER X "Illiterate people in the Middle Ages signed their name with an X, as the sign of the cross at the bottom of important papers, to represent that they were Christians," Constas said.

The shape of an X is also known as a St. Andrew's cross, in honor of the X-shaped structure the saint is believed to have been crucified on. The St. Andrew's cross shows up in national flags, as well; Scotland's is a white St. Andrew's cross on a blue field, and the state flags of Alabama and Florida, as well as the Confederate battle flag, feature a St. Andrew's cross.

PELICANS "The pelican was sometimes a symbol of Jesus because there was a Catholic myth that pelicans bite themselves to feed their young from their own blood," said Claudia Setzer, professor of religious studies at Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y. "There's also an old St. Thomas Aquinas song that mentions Jesus as the pious pelican."

THE SWASTIKA "The swastika is one of the archetypal human religious symbols," said Jennifer Emick, a religious symbols expert at about.com. "It marks the beginning of many Buddhist scriptures and is often marked on the soles of the feet of Buddha in statuary. In the Jain religion, it is a symbol of the seventh Jina (saint), Suparsva. To Native Americans, it was a symbol of the sun, the directions and the four seasons."

Ironically, lines of swastikas are a common feature of many ancient synagogues.

LADYBUGS "There was a plague of aphids eating the crops during the Middle Ages, and the people prayed to Our Lady (the Virgin Mary) to get rid of the aphids, and these little red bugs came out and ate all the aphids," Setzer said. "And that's why it's called the ladybug."

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS "The whole question of the history of the song The Twelve Days of Christmas was that it was a religious thing in disguise," the Rev. Christopher said. "Initially, the song was a way of teaching Catholic children about their faith at a time when the Church of England did not allow Catholics to profess their faith there." To name a few of the symbols, the "partridge in a pear tree" was Jesus Christ. The "six geese a laying" were the six days of creation. The "three French hens" were faith, hope and charity. And the "10 lords a-leaping" symbolized the 10 Commandments.

Amanda Greene writes for the Star-News in Wilmington, N.C.

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[JR: I scanned this for the Jasper connection. Then, I became intrigued in the topic. So, using editorial discretion, pending the editorial board's approval, (if you read this, they gave in), here it is for your edification. (That's lernning for us enjineers)]

News8

TREASURER'S role is debated at session
Press-Enterprise (subscription) - Riverside,CA,USA
... Weber, who works for a manufacturing company, has a bachelor's degree
in mechanical engineering from Manhattan College in New York City. ...
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Treasurer's role is debated at session
LAKE ELSINORE: Peter Weber's involvement in the city's budget process is a
topic of discussion.
12:34 AM PST on Friday, March 26, 2004
By VANESSA COLÓN / The Press-Enterprise

LAKE ELSINORE - City Treasurer Peter Weber should be able to participate in the city budget process, follow city policies and be a part of Lake Elsinore's finance team, officials said during a Thursday study session.

Mayor Thomas Buckley said he preferred an active city treasurer.

"No matter whatever you think of the person, the job exists," Buckley said.

Mayor Pro Tem Genie Kelley agreed that Weber should be able to participate in the budget process and sit on the finance team.

However, Councilman Robert Schiffner said he was against the idea. Without mentioning Weber by name, Schiffner said that a person being elected city treasurer doesn't necessarily mean he or she has the qualifications to be involved in city finance functions.

Weber, who works for a manufacturing company, has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Manhattan College in New York City. He took economics, finance and accounting courses at Cal State Poly in Pomona.

"It will be very good for the city. It looks like we're going to be able to work together," Weber said Wednesday during a break at the session.

Since being elected to his post in November, Weber has asked questions about the city's finances. Weber has said during meetings he has concerns about the city's bond debt and other debt.

The City Council held a special meeting March 4 on bond debt partly because of Weber's request to identify outstanding bonds and their financing.

Reach Vanessa Colon at (909) 375-3737 or at vcolon@pe.com

[RESUMES]

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[No Resumes]

[SportsSchedule]

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
4/4/04 Sunday Golf Yale Spring Opener New Haven, CT 8:30 AM
4/4/04 Sunday W. Lacrosse Niagara HOME 10:00 AM
4/4/04 Sunday Baseball Siena* HOME 12:00 PM
4/4/04 Sunday Softball Rider* Lawrencville, NJ 1:00 PM
4/4/04 Sunday W. Tennis Monmouth West Long Branch, NJ 1:00 PM
4/6/04 Tuesday Golf Saint Peter's/FDU West Orange, NJ 1:30 PM
4/6/04 Tuesday Softball La Salle HOME 2:30 PM
4/6/04 Tuesday M. Lacrosse Rutgers Piscataway, NJ 7:00 PM
4/7/04 Wednesday Softball Colgate Hamilton, NY 2:00 PM
4/7/04 Wednesday Baseball Lafayette Easton, PA 3:30 PM
4/8/04 Thursday Track & Field Sea-Ray Relays Knoxville, TN 10:00 AM
4/8/04 Thursday Golf Susquehana Spring Invitational Selisngroe, PA 1:00 PM
4/8/04 Thursday W. Lacrosse Fairfield HOME 4:00 PM
4/8/04 Thursday Softball Army West Point, NY 6:00 PM
4/9/04 Friday Track & Field Sea-Ray Relays Knoxville, TN 10:00 AM
4/9/04 Friday M. Lacrosse Massachusetts Amherst, MA 7:00 PM
4/10/04 Saturday Track & Field Sea-Ray Relays Knoxville, TN 10:00 AM
4/10/04 Saturday Baseball Marist* (DH) Poughkeepsie, NY 12:00 PM
4/12/04 Monday Golf Rehoboth Beach Invitational Rehoboth Beach, DE 7:45 AM
4/12/04 Monday Baseball Marist* Poughkeepsie, NY 12:00 PM
4/13/04 Tuesday M. Lacrosse Quinnipiac Hamden, CT 3:00 PM
4/13/04 Tuesday W. Lacrosse Stony Brook HOME 3:30 PM
4/13/04 Tuesday M. Tennis Marist* HOME 3:30 PM
4/14/04 Wednesday Softball Saint Peter's* Jersey City, NJ 3:00 PM
4/14/04 Wednesday M. Tennis Fairfield* Fairfield, CT 3:00 PM
4/14/04 Wednesday Baseball Army West Point, NY 3:30 PM
4/15/04 Thursday Softball Albany Albany, NY 3:00 PM
4/16/04 Friday Track & Field Metropolitan Championships TBA 10:00 AM
4/16/04 Friday Golf Boston University Cape Cod, MA 12:00 PM
4/16/04 Friday M. Tennis Siena* HOME 3:00 PM
4/16/04 Friday W. Tennis Siena* HOME 3:00 PM
4/17/04 Saturday Crew 2004 Knecht Cup Camden, NJ TBA
4/17/04 Saturday Track & Field Metropolitan Championships TBA 10:00 AM
4/17/04 Saturday Baseball Iona* (DH) HOME 12:00 PM
4/17/04 Saturday W. Lacrosse Siena Loudonville, NY 1:00 PM
4/17/04 Saturday M. Lacrosse St. Joseph's* HOME 1:00 PM
4/17/04 Saturday Softball Marist* Poughkeepsie, NY 1:00 PM
4/17/04 Saturday W. Tennis Marist* HOME 2:00 PM
4/18/04 Sunday Crew 2004 Knecht Cup Camden, NJ TBA
4/18/04 Sunday M. Tennis St. John's Jamaica, NY TBA
4/18/04 Sunday Baseball Iona* HOME 12:00 PM
4/18/04 Sunday W. Lacrosse Marist Poughkeepsie, NY 1:00 PM
4/18/04 Sunday Softball Siena* Loudonville, NY 1:00 PM
4/18/04 Sunday W. Tennis Wagner Staten Island, NY 1:00 PM
4/20/04 Tuesday Golf Peacock Invitational Ringoes, NJ 10:00 AM
4/20/04 Tuesday Softball Central Connecticut State New Britain, CT 3:00 PM
4/20/04 Tuesday Baseball Sacred Heart HOME 3:30 PM
4/21/04 Wednesday Baseball Hofstra Hempstead, NY 3:30 PM
4/21/04 Wednesday W. Lacrosse Central Connecticut New Britain, CT 6:00 PM
4/22/04 Thursday Track & Field Penn Relays Philadelphia, PA 10:00 AM
4/23/04 Friday M. Tennis MAAC Championships Flushing, NY TBA
4/23/04 Friday W. Tennis MAAC Championships Flushing, NY TBA
4/23/04 Friday Golf MAAC Championships Lake Buena Vista, FL 7:30 AM
4/23/04 Friday Track & Field Penn Relays Philadelphia, PA 10:00 AM
4/24/04 Saturday M. Tennis MAAC Championships Flushing, NY TBA
4/24/04 Saturday W. Tennis MAAC Championships Flushing, NY TBA
4/24/04 Saturday Golf MAAC Championships Lake Buena Vista, FL TBA
4/24/04 Saturday Crew Spring Metropolitan Rowing Championships New Rochelle, NY TBA
4/24/04 Saturday Softball Niagara* HOME 9:00 AM
4/24/04 Saturday Track & Field Penn Relays Philadelphia, PA 10:00 AM
4/24/04 Saturday Baseball LeMoyne* (DH) Syracuse, NY 12:00 PM
4/24/04 Saturday W. Lacrosse LeMoyne Syracuse, NY 12:00 PM
4/24/04 Saturday M. Lacrosse Marist* HOME 1:00 PM
4/25/04 Sunday W. Tennis MAAC Championships Flushing, NY TBA
4/25/04 Sunday M. Tennis MAAC Championships Flushing, NY TBA
4/25/04 Sunday Golf MAAC Championships Lake Buena Vista, FL TBA
4/25/04 Sunday Crew MAAC Rowing Championships New Rochelle, NY TBA
4/25/04 Sunday Softball Canisius* HOME 9:00 AM
4/25/04 Sunday Baseball LeMoyne* Syracuse, NY 12:00 PM
4/27/04 Tuesday M. Lacrosse Wagner* HOME 3:30 PM
4/28/04 Wednesday Baseball Columbia HOME 3:00 PM
4/28/04 Wednesday Softball Lafayette HOME 3:00 PM
4/29/04 Thursday Softball Fairleigh Dickinson HOME 3:00 PM
4/30/04 Friday W. Lacrosse MAAC Semi-Finals Buffalo, NY TBA

[Sports from College]

BASEBALL VS. SIENA START TIME CHANGED TO 3:00 P.M.

Riverdale, NY (April 3, 2004)- Due to field conditions and weather factors, the scheduled MAAC double header between Manhattan and Siena has been changed to a single nine-inning game beginning at 3:00 p.m. The remainder of the three game series will continue on Sunday, April 4, at 12 noon.

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WOMEN'S LACROSSE GAMES THIS WEEKEND CHANGED LOCATION AND TIMES

Riverdale, NY (April 2, 2004) – The Lady Jaspers MAAC Conference games scheduled for this weekend have changed location and times. Saturday's game against Canisius has been moved to West Haven High School in West Haven, CT at 7 pm. The game against Niagara scheduled to play for Sunday has also been changed to West Haven High School starting time at 4 pm. more...

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TRACK FINISHED FIRST DAY OF 2004 TEXAS RELAYS

Austin, TX (April 1, 2004)-The men's Track and Field team competed in the first day of the 2004 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays held at the University of Texas in Austin, TX. Thomas Jacob Freeman finished on top for Manhattan earning a first place finish in the Hammer Throw after his toss of 67.91m. more...

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MEN'S LACROSSE GAME AGAINST VMI HAS BEEN MOVED TO WEST HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL

Riverdale, NY (April 1, 2004) – The men's lacrosse game scheduled for Saturday April 3, at 2 pm at Gaelic Park in Riverdale, NY against VMI has been moved to West Haven High School in West Haven, CT. The Jaspers will face VMI at 4 pm on Saturday in West Haven, CT. more...

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SOFTBALL VS. MONMOUTH POSTPONED

Riverdale, NY (April 1, 2004)- Today's softball game vs. Monmouth has been postponed due to inclement weather. The game will be rescheduled for a time and date to be determined.

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[Sports from Web]

Newsday (New York)
March 30, 2004 Tuesday
CITY EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. A50
HEADLINE: THE BUZZ

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Manhattan College freshman midfielder Brian Murray was named MAAC Rookie of the Week in men's lacrosse for the week ending March 28. Murray had five goals and one assist in his first game of the season as the Jaspers recorded their fourth win of the year, 11-10, in overtime against Siena Saturday.

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LOAD-DATE: March 30, 2004

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Winston-Salem Journal (Winston Salem, NC)
March 25, 2004 Thursday, METRO EDITION
SECTION: A; Pg. 1
HEADLINE: INTO THE SPOTLIGHT
WAKE FOREST FOLLOWS FRESHMAN PAUL BACK ONTO NATIONAL STAGE
BYLINE: By Dan Collins JOURNAL REPORTER
DATELINE: EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.

As a point guard known for always being on the go, both on the court and off, Chris Paul needed a little time of quiet reflection to appreciate what he and his Wake Forest University teammates accomplished by reaching the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Basketball Tournament.

He found it, in all places, in his class on Voices of African-American Studies.

"Sitting in class, I was thinking about last weekend and thinking about what's coming ahead," Paul said Monday. "Our teacher was talking to me about different things and all I could think about was this tournament run we're trying to make right now.

"It's overwhelming actually, growing up, filling out the brackets and looking at all the great players. It's crazy now to think that I'm a part of a team that has a chance to make it to the Final Four."

Wake Forest is a program that has long operated - and at times operated quite well - just off center of college basketball's main stage. This week, however, the Deacons have commanded a full share of the spotlight by advancing through the first and second rounds into tonight's showdown with No. 1-seed Saint Joseph's in the semifinals of the East Rutherford Regional.

For the fourth-seeded Deacons, there's more than a mere measure of satisfaction to be playing for the right to advance to the regional final for the sixth time in school history. The Deacons last reached the Final Eight in 1996, when Dave Odom was the head coach and Tim Duncan was a junior All-America center.

"There are only 16 teams left now," sophomore Justin Gray said. "You know a lot of people will be watching this game.

"For the program it's great. For the city of Winston-Salem, and for Wake Forest, we haven't done this since Tim - since Tim Duncan. Now we're just trying to write our own records and make some new things happen."

Gray was playing off an observation made over the weekend by the Deacons' droll coach, Skip Prosser, as he clicked off the accomplishments of his three seasons at Wake Forest. From the time Duncan left for NBA stardom after the 1997 season until Prosser arrived before the 2002 season, the Deacons had not finished with a winning record in ACC play and they had not won a game in the NCAA Tournament.

"What I've learned is it's almost like the biblical 'ST' - Since Tim," Prosser said Friday. "A lot of things haven't happened since Tim."

Still, it's hard, as Prosser has noted, to win a game in the NCAA Tournament. Prosser, himself, needed three tries at Wake Forest to get past the second round. There's reason to believe that the team wouldn't have made it this time without what may prove to be Prosser's biggest victory at Wake Forest, the successful recruitment of Paul.

A freshman from Lewisville, Paul plays point guard, perhaps the most demanding and critical position in college basketball. In Raleigh, in the first and second rounds, Paul played it well enough to contribute 51 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds in victories against Virginia Commonwealth University and Manhattan College. In 75 minutes of play, the most of any Deacon, Paul committed three turnovers.

He led the Deacons as Prosser had been exhorting him to lead them all season. A humble and naturally deferential person, Paul had been hesitant about encroaching on the authority of older, more experienced teammates.

Finally, in an 87-86 loss to the University of Maryland in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament, Paul showed that he was willing to do whatever he could to keep the Deacons' season alive. He scored 30 points, dished out nine assists, and played 32 minutes against Maryland's pressure defense without making a turnover.

The defeat was Wake Forest's third in a row, sapping the momentum of the Deacons' six-game winning streak. Paul said he took the loss personally.

"Being a point guard, Coach looks for me to lead the team," Paul said. "When we were in that slump, I felt I was letting my teammates down. But my teammates and coach talked to me a lot about it, and right now we're overcoming that slump and trying to make a run in the tournament."

The deeper the Deacons advance in the NCAA Tournament, the bigger portion of the national spotlight they command. Yesterday they practiced at Continental Airlines Arena in front of hundreds of fans. Tonight, they will play before a national television audience made up of those basketball fans able to remain awake until the unnatural starting time of 9:57.

If the earlier scheduled game between Oklahoma State and Pittsburgh runs long, however, it may be well after 10 before Wake Forest and Saint Joseph's tip off. Prosser was asked yesterday how he expects his team to react under the brightest lights of college basketball.

"I guess we will know at the inviting hour of 9:57 p.m. how well we have handled it," Prosser said. "But they're kids. I think they're excited to be here.

"I think they're exhilarated by the experience, and anxious to have an opportunity to play."

Dan Collins can be reached at 727-7323 or at dcollins@wsjournal.com

GRAPHIC: AP PHOTO

JOURNAL PHOTO BY TED RICHARDSON , Coach Skip Prosser and point guard Chris Paul have guided Wake Forest into tonight's NCAA Tournament game with Saint Joseph's. Paul's uniform and new shoes are ready as he dresses for dinner.

LOAD-DATE: March 26, 2004

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BOUNCING Back
The Herald News - Fall River,MA,USA
... nothing's on ...". Thurston cranked out win No. 1 of the season with
a complete-game two-hitter against Manhattan College. On March 13 ...
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11194524&BRD=1710&PAG=740&dept_id=353135&rfi=6
GREG SULLIVAN , Herald News Staff Reporter 03/28/2004

It was a new experience for Jenna Thurston. And not a pleasant one.

Suddenly, the woman who had been close to untouchable in the pitcher's circle for a decade was getting shelled.

"It was nerve-wracking, frustrating," said Thurston, the former Case High sensation now a sophomore right-hander on the University of Rhode Island softball team. "I'm used to being on top of things. When I'm not, it's a fight."

One she's not used to fighting.

Following her spectacular four-year career at Case High School, Thurston last year was 15-8 with a 1.08 in her freshman season in Kingston. In her 181 innings last year, she surrendered 28 earned runs

In her first nine appearances this season, covering 32 1/3 innings, Thurston was tattooed for 45 hits, 40 runs and 28 earned runs. Her speed wasn't there. Her control wasn't there. All this happened on URI's season-opening Florida trip, where many very good Division 1 teams were delighted to feast while she struggled.

Following a 7-0 loss to Florida Atlantic March 10 in Boca Raton, Thurston was 0-6.

But Thurston's not-so-excellent adventure in Florida did end well. She won three of her last four decisions while allowing just two earned runs in her last 222/3 innings. And she had also tossed two shutout innings in relief against No. 20-ranked Florida State.

Because of the horrendous weather in the Northeast, URI (5-14) has not played since returning from Florida.

"She's just working a little harder correcting her weaknesses," said Christina Sutcliffe, URI's second-year head coach who has stuck with her ace. "She's focusing on making sure every pitch hits its location."

Focusing on softball the way she's used to doing wasn't so easy for Thurston, especially early on this season. She said she had a tough winter, struggling with some personal problems. She lost a lot of weight, and strength, most of which, she said, she has managed to regain.

When the games started late last month in Florida, Thurston, 19, was far from all the way back. In her first game, against the University of San Francisco, she was shelled for 12 hits and six earned runs in four innings. In her next game, she surrendered 10 hits and five walks in eight innings against Pittsburgh.

"I felt like I didn't have much speed on my pitches," Thurston said. "We were playing top 20 teams. And when you play teams like that when nothing's on ..."

Thurston cranked out win No. 1 of the season with a complete-game two-hitter against Manhattan College.

On March 13, three days after dropping to 0-6, she fired a six-hit, seven-strikeout, 3-1 win over that same Florida Atlantic team.

The next day, she faced Florida Atlantic (26-11 at that time) a third time, losing 1-0 while fanning seven and walking one in URI's last game.

"Finally, everything started coming together," Thurston said. "Not only was I pitching better, the team started playing better. I don't know what it was. All of a sudden, it clicked. One game, I didn't have my speed. One game, I didn't have my control. Then, one game it was back there."

With some time to reflect on the rough start, Thurston suspects it has made her a better pitcher. She said the competition URI started off against this year was far better than it had been a year ago. "We played a lot of Division 2 and 3 teams (in 2003)," she said. "Now, I feel like I've learned more. I feel like I'm more effective."

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WEST Genesee player gets all-state honors
Syracuse Post Standard - Syracuse,NY,USA
... Binghamton. Reed also plays basketball and softball for the Bucs.
Oswego's Kevin Dorsey will play lacrosse at Manhattan College. All ...
http://www.syracuse.com/sports/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/108020876164160.xml
West Genesee player gets all-state honors
Thursday, March 25, 2004
By M.F. Piraino

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Off to college

Here's a list of Section 3 athletes who recently chose a college.

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Oswego's Kevin Dorsey will play lacrosse at Manhattan College.

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[EMAIL FROM JASPERS]

Email01

From: Schnurr, Jeremy (1978)
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 8:30 AM
To: editor @ jasperjottings.com
Subject:

Jasper John,

Today's jottings included a news story on Jasper Tarik Akmut. Tarik is a fellow member of the class of 1978. He was an engineering student and quite the gadfly. Haven't heard of, or from, him in years.

Thanks.

Jeremy Schnurr

Email02

From: Jim (1970) Kilkenny
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 7:09 PM
Subject: Jasper Found on Net

In the course of my new job, I have dealings with Port Authority. In making contact with them I found Steve Plate, an alum. His e:mail is <privacy invoked> .

[JR: Thanks, I sent an invite. (Don't just love "recruiters"?) Hollow J for you this week. You have to get his class year to get a solid J.]

Email03

From: John Harold (????)
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: This issue is at: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20040328.htm to Group 2

If you send a larger file to a distribution list AOL may tag it as SPAM. The AOL subscriber can go into their SPAM folder, find your e-mail, label it not SPAM and next time you'll get through!!

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From: "Reinke @ A"
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 6:48 PM
Subject: This issue is at:
http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20040328.htm to Group 2

Due to difficulties getting the issue distributed with the AT&T ISP taking mail extra slow, your issue is arrive a little late today.

[JR: Most weeks, this one included, every one gets an individual message. I've run into that when I have had to batch it. That's why I asked for beta testers on Yahoo Distribute. But so far I only have one tester. (Thanks JF).]

Email04

From: Reinke @ A
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 1:42 PM
To: denriquez@journalsentinel.com
Subject: Testimonial about Tariq Akmut, a 1978 Jasper, from his fellow alum

One of my fellow alums had a good word to say about Jasper Akmut. I just wanted to pass it along.

John Reinke
Class of 1968

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From: William Bryk
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 11:04 PM
Subject: jasperjottings20040328.htm

For the record, Tariq Akmut is class of 1978, School of Engineering. He was an opponent of mine in student government politics and I knew him to be an honest man. I am sure the voters of Waukesha will be well served if they elect him.

Regards,
William Bryk '77B

Email05

From: Mike McEneney (1953)
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 12:47 AM
Subject: Hall of Fame

Dear John,

The 2003 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony that was postponed due to the Snow storm in December, was held Saturday Night.Nearly 300 attended this great affair. The festivities started with Mass at 4 PM. Fr. John Blanco S.D.B. '53, one of the inductees, was the principal celebrant, joined by 5 con-celebrants.

At the dinner I sat with Bill Miller, '48 who was Editor of the Quad when he was on campus, and latter came back and served as the first Sports Information Director at the College. He currently serves on the Hall of Fame Selection Committee. After some discussion, he asked if he could be added to the list of subscribers to Jasper Jottings. I told him I would see what I could do! His e-mail address is <privacy invoked>.

Best,
Mike McEneney, Esq. '53 BBA

[JR: Good stuff. Invite sent. Solid J. And, a faithful assistant.]

Email06

From: Bob Scudo (1969)
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: This issue is at: jasperjottings20040328.htm

Maybe the Sports section could be a separate e-mail/Web posting??

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To: 'Bob Scudo'
From: Jasper John '68 =
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: This issue is at: jasperjottings20040328.htm

Bob,

I have thought about that. Some read it; some don't. I have no reliable feel for it. It does force the Sports Only reader to at least wizz by the "good stuff". ("Good" IMHO.) The surge is usually just around big Men's Basket Ball events. I suspect that the "No Sports" readers, during the Madness, sneak a peak at all the good press the Jaspers get. So, I don't know what to do. I guess the "sports only" crowd would be no big loss. Just as I am sure, "sports only" would love to avoid the happy Exhortation, the newsy stuff just before the good stuff, and the Libertarian curmudgeon ending. It just feels like it would "break" the model of Plato's Cave.

I'll refer the suggestion to the Editorial Board, and include it in next week's issue. Let's see what the consensus is.

Thanks for a thought provoking suggestion. Glad to know someone read this week's issue.

John'68

Email07

From: Kevin Moore (1980)
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 10:48 AM
Subject: PHIL GORDON

DEAR “C-I-C”,

Thanks for the update on phil gordon. I believe he graduated in 1980 or thereabouts and was a member of a punk rock band while at manhattan. The name vinal death comes to mind as the band’s name but i could be wrong about that. I remember seeing them play at plato’s cave somewhere around 1979.

Email08

From: Mike McEneney
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 11:58 AM
Subject: Bernadette Weiden Glendon

Dear John,

I read Bernadette Weiden Glendon's '83 note in this weeks Jottings and noted that she was interested in reading about "The Weiden's". One fact that I left out of my e-mail a few issues ago about the Weiden's was that her Uncle Robert (Class of 1954) was the first layman to serve as a Lector at Saint Barnabas Parish. His delivery, poise and volume were held up as the model for those that followed him to emulate. The Weiden Family were long time members and supporters of the Parish.

I am sure that there are more Weiden stories that can be told, but I leave that to some other contributors.

Best,
Mike McEneney, Esq. '53 BBA

Email09

To: Messmann, Megan Rose (2005)
From: Reinke @ A [mailto:Reinke@att.net]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 1:34 PM
Subject: RE: Megan Messmann has accepted your LinkedIn invitation

Dear Ms. Megan Rose,

Glad to see that you'd venture out into the "fast lane" of technology. Hope all's well. I see from your listing that you've scored a summer internship. Mazel Tov. I assume you're an environmental e. Can I help you get in touch with other alums of your ilk? All with an eye towards a great job at high pay where you can hire me in some absentee job. ;-) I'm good at absentee-ism, I studied it in "Bridge" College. That's what we some times called MC when the card game -- u didn't think I meant structural engineering did u? -- took precedence over class time. Drop me an email when you have time. I'd love to quote whatever your doing in my Jasper Jottings. The Fat Old Engineers get a kick out what the young whippersnappers are up to. Reminds them of their yuts.

Best wishes across bits,
John
Class of 1968

-----Original Message-----

From: LinkedIn Connections
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 1:00 PM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Megan Messmann has accepted your LinkedIn invitation

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LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com>

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Invitation Accepted

Megan Messmann has accepted your LinkedIn invitation. You and Megan are now connected.

[JR: If anyone wants an invite, just ask. ]

Email10

From: Christopher J Nooney (2004)
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [SPAM] Greeting from a Class of 1968 Jasper on 28 March 2004 at 7:30 PM

Chris Nooney '04 (God willing)

Sign Me Up for the jottings.

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Student Body President
Manhattan College
Riverdale, NY
718.862.7358

[JR: Careful signing up with "underground" publication might be considered conduct unbecoming … … a future politician. No on second thought, for a politician there is no conduct too unbecoming, except maybe <gasp> telling the truth. No we'll have to rescue you from the dark side. Politics that is. No? Too late. Well then, can you at least let your fellow students know that this resource is here? I have two Yahoo Groups they might be interested in Distribute_Jasper_Jottings and ManahattanCollegeAlumni]

Email11

From: Michael F. McEneney (1953)
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:16 AM
To: John Reinke (1968)
Subject: Announcement

Dear John,

I received an announcement today that the Honorable Jerry L. Crispino '52, former Justice of the Supreme Court, 12th Judicial District (Bronx) has become a Special Consultant to the Hudson Valley Bank in Yonkers. He is missed by those lawyers who practice in the Bronx as he was a well respected Jurist.

Best,
Mike McEneney, Esq. '53 BBA

Email12

From: Seebeck, Bill (1971)
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 9:58 AM
Subject: Lucille Simonelli's Obit

Dear John,

Hope this note finds you well and happy.

Lucille Simonelli I believe is Jim Simonelli's (68) mom.

Always in my prayers,
very best,
Bill Seebeck 71'

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From: Seebeck, Bill (1971)
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 10:18 AM
Subject: Lucille Simonelli Part II

Dear John,

A further double check of listed grandchildren in the obit do not match Jim's kids and the obit lists the middle name of her son James as Nicholas and Jimmy is J., so I have erred.

Forgive me my brother. Not as nimble as when I was news editor of the Jasper Journal.

Best,
Bill

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Dear Jasper Bill, Not many of us are a nimble as we were yesterday. Throw a few miles on the old odometer and nimble becomes the last of our worries. Care to share your recollections of when you were the editor of Jasper Journal. I'd find them fascinating, and I think our fellow Jottings readers would as well. Besides you might give me a "pearl". I am always think about how to do this, and everything I do better -- cheaper faster easier smarter crisper accuratelyer you know. I am interested in your thoughts about Reinke's Ramblings. No, that's a different ezine. (Side note, one day, when I was surfing the web, I found that www.reinke.com was owned by the Reinke of Reinke's irrigators. They make the big things you see in the fields that water stuff and move in a big awkward circle. So, since I have almost no relatives and the one I have are either a big drain or I'd like to trade for some new ones. I came up with the idea of "inventing my own family". Every time I saw a Reinke in the news, I engage them in a conversation, either email or usmail. I called my ezine Reinke's Ramblings. I eventually killed it when listbot went pay. But, I probably should resurrect that effort with a yahoo Group since they are free and easy.) If tapping the keyboard is too laborious, maybe we can figure out how to tape them and get them transcribed. I even have ViaVoice (IBM's excellent voice to text product from when I hurt my neck, couldn't use my right arm, was not worth much anyway with the pain and pain killers, but still had to do email and Jottings.) So, we need to capture your story. See I too can run off at the drop of a hat. John'68]

[JR: Upon further review, I didn't thank Jasper Bill for his kind words and prayers. I'm well, but not sure I am ever "happy". Lately, every thing seems to be rushed. Everything seems to be fouled up. But, I am sure it will all be better when I get a … … "life"? ]

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FINAL WORDS THIS WEEK

http://www.harrybrowne.org/articles/MarthaStewart2.htm

What the Martha Stewart Case Means to You
by Harry Browne
March 5, 2004

=== <begin quote> ===

<snip>

Yes, I'm outraged by the Martha Stewart case.

She probably will go to prison - on invented charges and suspect evidence.

Is there anything to be learned by all this?

Yes. What you know about these cases is only what the government claims. Just as with Iraq, everything we think we know actually originates with some government employee - leaking the "truth" to people in the press, who dutifully report these planted claims as facts.

This is why the Founding Fathers were determined that the federal government would have nothing to do with such matters as business dealings. They knew that government officials - armed with threats of fines and imprisonment - would inevitably abuse such powers.

Thomas Jefferson wanted America to be an agrarian society, but he didn't use the power of his office to aid farmers at the expense of commercial interests. He knew that politicians must be bound down by "the chains of the Constitution," as he put it.

Today, however, the guns of the government are available to force you and me to conduct our lives in whatever way such paragons of virtue as George Bush or John Kerry want us to live.

It seems that nothing is a matter of persuasion anymore. Everything is a criminal matter - subject to fines and imprisonment.

Whatever isn't compulsory is prohibited.

<snip>

=== <end quote> ===

Go get'em Harry! Politicians scheme, lie to us, and lie about the fact that they lied. How come that rarely gets prosecuted? As everyone knows, everyone does it. Nope. Call them as seen. Right or wrong. But, lie? Never. It's always the cover up that gets you in trouble. In the Martha case, she should have said come and get me. Changing computer records and then changing them back makes one look guilty. Never, ever, backpedal against your own interests. The government needs to be "strangled" by starving it for money. Put not-so-Gentle Ben back in its cage. IMHO!

And that’s the last word.

Curmudgeon

[JR: Not quite. On rare occurrences, I disagree. Hence I get the last word over my loveable grumpy friend. She should have not changed anything. When snagged, take the "little Girl's exit" "Oh silly me, did I do that? Well I am so sorry. Can I pay my fine now or later. Would u <with petulant little smile> like cookies with that." Suck it up. She's a broker for Heaven's sake. She knew that she had't done anything wrong up to the time she tried to change the record. That, and keep her yap shut. It was her friend's testimony that sunk her. Anyway, I hear she booked a cruise for after she's due to report to the slammer. Interesting? ]

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