100 reasons students need One Card system

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Vol. 80 No. 3
Lakers topple Knights
For the first time in three years of the renewed rivalry between the
Mercyhurst and Gannon football teams, victory came for the Lakers
Andy Finkel photo
LAKERS VICTORIOUS: Sophomore running back Richard Stokes (22) slips out of the grip of a Knight to lead the team to victory with one of
three touchdowns. Stokes rushed for 168 yards, the highest single-game total in 13 years. The final score was 35-14. See page 12 for more details.
100 reasons students
need One Card system
By Katie Fink
Contributing writer
All over campus students are wondering what the One Card is.
This One Card more than an ID card
that can get students into the cafeteria
and the recreation center.
In fact, every student, faculty member
and teacher already has one. The ID
card they received that first day is now
called the One Card.
This card can work in the library to
print or borrow materials. It can be
used when purchasing memorabilia at
the bookstore and at Starbucks in the
bookstore, as well as Café Diem in the
library.
One Card can be used at the Docucenter to print and copy and it even allows
access to certain areas on campus.
Additionally, it can be used at vending
machines for a quick snack.
“I love how I can use this single card
all over campus,” said Emily Dietz. “It
is a really great idea to have it work with
restaurants and stores off campus; it
makes quick trips uncomplicated.”
The One Card can also work like a
debit card. Students can put money
on it for on campus and off campus
spending.
It is accepted at Alfee’s, Arby’s, CVS/
Student charged with rape
By Joshua Wilwohl
Editor-in-chief
Erie police have filed two felony
and two misdemeanor charges against
sophomore Alin D. Havelka, 19, of
2011 Sassafras Street.
According to the arrest warrant,
Havelka is charged with rape, sexual
assault, indecent exposure and corruption of minors.
According to an article in the Erie
Times-News, police said Havelka
forced himself on a 16-year-old girl
on July 5.
The article states the incident was
reported to police on July 6.
“Erie police Detective Sgt. Pamela
Barber and Detective Sgt. John Barber
accused Havelka of forcing the girl to
have sex with him in an upstairs bedroom of Havelka’s home, despite her
repeated pleas for him to stop,” says
the article.
“Detectives interviewed Havelka on
Sept. 2. They said he admitted during
questioning that the girl had told him
‘no’ several times during the encounter,
according to the complaint.”
Havelka was arraigned Sept. 21 before
District Judge Dominick DiPaolo and
placed in Erie County Prison with a
bond set at $50,000.
Students mourn death of senior
By Joshua Wilwohl
Editor-in-chief
Jessica Kocent photo
Freshman Brittany Coppola is one of about 180 students who use their
One Card to enter the Mercy Suites.
pharmacy, Hungry Howie’s Pizza, Lucchetti’s Pizza, Panos’ Restaurant, Papa
John’s Pizza, Paris Cleaners, Pizza Pan,
Subway, Teresa’s Italian Delicatessen
and, most recently, Quiznos Subs.
“I use it at Papa John’s for my late
night study sessions. It’s great because I
don’t always have cash and searching for
change is impossible in my apartment,”
said, sophomore Megan Farber. “It
makes everything easy and fast.”
Students can put money on the One
Card by going to the One Card Office,
located in lower level McAuley by police
and safety, between the hours of 8:30
a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Please see One Card on page 3
On Sept. 17, senior archaeology major
Sara Pieszak died after struggling with
cancer since last winter.
Pieszak’s death strikes the hearts of
her close friends on campus.
Senior Camilla Lynch, who first met
Pieszak four years ago, said Pieszak was
bashful, yet lovable.
“She was really shy,” said Lynch. “But
once you got to know her, she was so
sweet and fun.”
Another friend, senior Jen Helbig
agreed. “She was certainly shy, but very
unique,” said Helbig.
Helbig said Pieszak loved to watch
old movies, wore ballet slippers around
the apartment, and always wore white
t-shirts.
Lynch said Pieszak was involved with
the anthropology club and the Skating
Association for the Blind and Handicapped (SABAH), the latter of which
is a Buffalo, NY-based organization that
helps teach people who suffer from disabilities to ice skate.
“She was a great figure skater before
she came to college,” said Lynch.
Lynch said she will always remember
Pieszak’s personality and friendship.
“The (cancer) bracelets that have
inscribed endurance, hope, courage and
bravery truly represent her,” said Lynch.
“She was like a sister I will truly miss.”
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NEWS
September 27, 2006
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World Briefs
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International news
Compiled by
Jessica Kocent
From BBC News
Nicolas Maduro
Minister Maduro
wrongly detained
Venezuela has made a formal
complaint to the U.S. authorities
and the United Nations after its
foreign minister was detained at
a New York airport.
The U.S. State Department has
apologized to Nicolas Maduro
who was detained for 90 minutes
at New York’s JFK airport as he
travelled home.
He had been attending this
week’s U.N. General Assembly
meeting.
He said he was verbally abused
and strip-searched in what he
said was a “flagrant breach of
international law”.”
President Hugo Chavez described Maduro’s detention as a
provocation.
Saddam Hussein thrown out of court again
Saddam Hussein has been thrown out of court for the second time
in a week, as defense lawyers boycotted the trial.
Judge Muhammad Oreibi al-Khalifa ordered the former Iraqi leader
to leave after refusing his request to be let out of his metal cage.
Meanwhile the court heard from witnesses that Kurds were gassed
with chemicals, raped and tortured during the late 1980s.
Saddam Hussein and six others are being tried for crimes against
humanity.
Egypt renews it
nuclear power
Egypt is to revive the civilian
nuclear power program it froze
20 years ago following the accident at the Chernobyl plant in
Ukraine.
Egypt’s energy minister told the
state-owned newspaper of plans
to build a nuclear power station.
The plant will be constructed at
El-Dabaa, on the Mediterranean
coast, within the next 10 years.
Demand for electricity has been
growing at an average rate of
7% a year and the country faces
worsening shortages.
Energy Minister Hassan Younes
said that the project would create
a fully functioning nuclear power
plant within a decade.
Japan’s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is stepping
down after more than five years
in the job.
He will be remembered for his
economic reforms and his close
relationship with U.S. President
George W. Bush.
When Koizumi came to power
he said he would destroy his
own party if that was what was
needed to push through muchneeded reforms.
Koizumi came to power in
2001, promising to transform the
country’s political landscape.
One of Japan’s longest-serving
premiers, he tried to boost its
world presence, sending troops
to Iraq and taking a firm line on
North Korea.
Somali PM warns of terrorist threats
Somalia’s interim prime minister has asked for international help
against the “al-Qaeda” and “terrorist” expansion in the country.
Ali Mohamed Ghedi appealed for aid soon, before it was too
late.
He was speaking after his Islamist rivals seized the key port of
Kismayo, where they fired at demonstrators, reportedly killing three
people.
The Union of Islamic Courts deny having any links to al-Qaeda
and say they are bringing security to a lawless country.
Chinese official
dismissed in probe
The most senior Chinese Communist Party official in Shanghai
has been sacked for corruption,
state media reported.
Party secretary Chen Liangyu
was dismissed after a high-level
probe into alleged misuse of the
city’s pension fund, Xinhua news
agency said.
He has also been suspended
from the Politburo, the party’s
top leadership council.
Chen is the most senior official
to be sacked since President Hu
Jintao became party secretary
in 2002.
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The determined Lakers crushed Gannon 35-14.
Homecoming
was a ‘bash’
By Jessica Kocent
News Editor
Homecoming ’06 at Mercyhurst College kicked off with an
alumni golf outing to benefit the
James R. McKeever Scholarship
Fund, and the event included a
banquet, awards ceremony and
sports auction.
There were many events
planned for alumni this weekend,
including a clambake, tailgate
party, tea with the Sisters of
Mercy and a liturgy on Sunday
morning.
Mercyhurst Student Government’s Spirit Club put together
a tailgating barbeque in the
parking lot of Baldwin Hall for
the Homecoming Game against
Gannon.
At halftime, Mercyhurst Student Government was also
proud to announce the 20062007 Homecoming King Ryan
(Rusty) Wallace and Queen Jen
Krupa.
As far as turnout for Homecoming Court voting this year,
according to Megan Flanagan,
MSG Secretary, “new online voting increased our voter turnout
by about 20%. We had over 300
people vote for Homecoming
King and Queen this year. Student Government as a whole was
very pleased with the results.”
One of the major current
student highlights was SAC’s
Bash “Knight,” to support all
of the Mercyhurst sports teams,
particularly the football team,
which ended up beating Gannon
University 35-14 on Saturday.
Saturday night concluded with
the band “Money Shot,” who
played in the Student Union and
passed out free, blue/green tiedye t-shirts.
According to Megan Flanagan,
“the events all had good attendance; the Bash ‘Knight’ was
very well received, many students
enjoyed the free t-shirts and live
band.”
She also said “the tailgating
party went well, the food was
enjoyed by all the students who
were on their way to the game,
and of course the game itself
was fully attended.”
Rotaract brings
blood drive to MC
Koizumi ends reign
Junichiro Koizumi
September 20
Theft
Mercy 300
Open
Pending investigation
Chen Liangyu
By Cara Nemanick
Contributing writer
The Rotaract Club and the
Community Blood Bank of Erie
(CBB) are sponsoring a blood
drive in the Student Union on
Oct. 5 from noon to 5 p.m.
“This is a great way to get students to donate and to help the
Erie community,” said Nicole
Ruffo, Rotaract president.
Students who are 18 years of
age, over 110 pounds, in good
health and have not had a tattoo
or piercing in the last year, are
eligible to donate.
Students should allow at least a
half hour for donation and make
sure to eat well beforehand. Also,
some form of photo identification is required.
When asked, freshman Ricky
Pompei shared his thoughts on
the importance of donation.
“When I first gave blood, I was
very nervous, but knowing that I
could help someone really made
the experience meaningful for
me,” he said.
In conjunction with the CBB,
Mercyhurst has given a huge
part in past years through “...
the generous student body and
faculty on campus,” said Deanna
Renaud, Mobile Drive Coordinator of CBB.
In 2005, the organization
screened over 90 patrons and
collected over 60 units of blood
from students and faculty at
Mercyhurst. While these numbers are impressive, the blood
bank is always in greater need
of donors.
“We would love to see another
90-donor day,” said Renaud.
According to the fact sheet
on CBB, it supplies 100% of
the blood needs of all the Erie
County hospitals as well as the
hospitals in Elk, McKean and
Warren counties.
“The CBB only collects from
areas we serve,” said Renaud.
“As a result, we rely solely on
the people in these counties to
donate, so we can provide it back
to the hospitals that serve us. It’s
a great system, but we need our
donors’ help to make it work.”
With surgeries, transfusions,
and other injuries constantly on
the rise, local hospitals are always
in need of donors. “Literally,
donating blood saves lives,” said
Renaud. “We can’t stress that
enough.”
No one likes to think about the
possibility of needing blood, and
yet one in three people will need
blood in their lifetime. Only one
in 33 people donate blood, which
is why we are in constant need
for donors.
“If you’ve never done it, I
encourage you to give it a try,”
said Renaud. “If you haven’t
done it in awhile or don’t think
you can, please stop by and talk
to a nurse about your eligibility.
Please, never assume you can’t
donate.”
According to Renaud, Rotaract
and the CBB hold blood drives
every term.
In addition, students and faculty are encouraged to come to
the Community Blood Bank’s
fixed site at 2646 Peach St., Erie,
and donate there.
Students can also get involved
in helping to set up the blood
drives by contacting Roteract President Nicole Ruffo, at
[email protected].
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College Discipline
Registrar wants
all seniors’
local addresses
By Courtney Stuempges
Contributing writer
You were sent the FERPA (The
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act) packet on Sept. 7.
Have you returned it?
It was due Friday, Sept. 22, at
the Registrar’s office.
It is important for students to
get their local addresses into the
Registrar’s office, so that their
FERPA records are not sent to
the wrong household and end
up in the wrong hands. FERPA
records are those records kept
confidential by federal law.
Mercyhurst Registrar Sister Pat
Whalen has urged all seniors and
the graduating class of 2007 get
their local addresses to the office
so they can receive the Declaration of Graduation packet that
will be distributed at the beginning of February.
The graduation packet consists
of dates, graduation requirements, student participation
forms, transcripts and a list of
earned credits.
It’s only September,” but
Whalen said, “but we’re getting
ready for graduation.”
Whalen stressed that all students need to turn in their local
address as soon as possible, if
they have not done so already.
When the Registrar’s office gets
a return on unknown addresses,
the letters are instead sent to
those students’ home addresses.
The FERPA letter allows students to update their directory
information. Once returned, the
information goes into the Mercyhurst College database.
“We take your rights very seriously, along with your privacy”
Whalen said. “The students tell
the office who has the right to
see their schedule.”
Because of this, she said it is
very important for the office to
maintain all Mercyhurst students’
local addresses.
Remember, these forms may
not have been sent to your local,
or Erie, address and may be at
your home address.
The Registrar’s office spent
weeks identifying students for
whom the office contained no
local addresses.
“If these forms are not forwarded to the students, they
may never get the FERPA or the
Graduation Declaration packet,”
Whalen said.
Students are greatly encouraged
to turn in their local address to
the office so they will be able to
keep in touch with the students
and get a hold of them in case
of an emergency or if a question arises.
The Registrar’s office is located
in Old Main 110. For more information, students can reach the
Registrar’s office at 824-3070.
September 27, 2006
THE MERCIAD
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News
Art therapy class puts personal spin on service
By Jessica Kocent
News editor
File photo
This basket was given as a token of appreciation to the
admissions department by the art therapy III class.
Many people on campus contribute a lot to Mercyhurst College that unfortunately goes
unnoticed.
Cathlyn Hahn, assistant professor in the art therapy department,
wanted to change that.
Upper level art therapy classes
are required to do service learning for their course, and Hahn
knowing how busy her students
are, suggested that her art therapy III class just do their service
right on campus.
From there, the class brain-
stormed and came up with about
10 groups they would like to recognize. Since, then, this project
is a surprise these groups must
be kept secret.
Then, the students were faced
with the task of what to create
for these groups who deserved
to be recognized.
They wanted to make each
present unique and functional
for that particular group.
Their first project was an autumn basket for the admissions
department. It included a paper
dove created by each student in
the class in order to recognize the
hard work they do.
Each project will contain a
brochure about the art therapy
department, a few pencils, and
Hahn’s business card, so that the
people know who the present
came from.
This project serves a lot of
purposes. The art therapy III
students get their service hours,
and people around campus who
don’t usually get recognized are
getting wonderful surprises.
But also since they include
an art therapy brochure, Hahn
hopes this will help people to
understand art therapy.
She wants people to know that
, “you don’t have to be an artist
to be an art therapist.” When it
comes to art therapy, its all about
bringing joy to people.
Hahn also said that this project will teach students what life
is about and the joy of, “giving
and not receiving anything in
return.”
Junior Billy James said he
enjoys doing the project. “It’s
something a little bit different,”
he said.
Hahn also stresses that neither
she nor the students want anything in return.
She likes to see different people’s reactions on this little twist
to service learning.
International peacemaker to speak One Card
at Mercyhurst College on October 4 gets
Whatever our political preferences may be, we all understand
that, in an increasingly violent
and unjust world, we are called to
understand and address the root
causes of violence and injustice
as we seek to build a culture of
peace and nonviolence for all.
One small way we can participate in the making of peace in
our world is by using every opportunity we can to learn more
about others in our world.
This is the sixth year that Mercyhurst has provided such an
opportunity, through Campus
Ministry, by hosting an International Peacemaker participating
in the International Peacemaker
Program of the Presbyterian
Church (USA).
International Peacemakers
are leaders who are engaged in
peacemaking in their own areas
of the world.
They are invited by the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
to share their experiences and
further our understanding of the
peace and justice concerns of
others around the world.
Dialogue with the peacemakers often brings about a better
understanding of the peace and
justice issues in our own communities.
This year the guest will be
Ms. Sanjana Das from northern
India.
India is about one-third the area
of the U.S.A., with a population
of 1.1 billion, most of whom are
Hindu (82.4%) - Muslims comprise 12%, Christians 2.3%, and
Sikhs 1.9% of the population.
On-going tensions exist between India and Pakistan, both
of which possess nuclear weap-
ons, yet, just last week, rioting
over economically-related issues
erupted in New Delhi, India’s
capital.
Other challenges faced by India
include growing inter-religious
tensions, ethnic violence, exploitation and discrimination based
on caste and gender, inequitable
distribution of wealth, poverty,
overcrowded conditions, and
limitations of medical infrastructure.
Coming out of such an environment, Das has chosen to focus her efforts on opportunities
for children.
She is the Coordinator of Children’s Concerns for the Church
of North India.
She also serves as Secretary
of the South Asia Ecumenical
Network for the Dignity of
Children for the World Council
of Churches and the Christian
Conference of Asia.
As a passionate child advocate,
Das believes that “every child has
the right to be born, to develop,
and to live a full life of dignity
– in a world that gives them an
enabling environment for growth
and development, a world where
a child can dream of a future life
and get opportunities to fulfill
those dreams.”
She works to protect and promote the rights of children and
to ensure that their basic needs
are met. She protects, prevents
and rescues them from all forms
of exploitation and abuse.
Issues which she engages include: trafficking in children
and women; street and working
children; child labor; child rights
violations; and developing alternative models of education for
deprived children.
Das is very interested is speaking to and interacting with college
students. She will be on campus
on Wednesday, Oct. 4.
Her visit is sponsored by Campus Ministry.
For more information, please
contact Rev. Lyta Seddig, Protestant Campus Minister (ext.3348,
[email protected]).
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Recently there have been a few
problems with students’ One
Cards, because cards had social
security numbers on them but
that was no longer allowed.
All cards had to re-encoded
with students ID numbers.
According to John Patterson,
administrator of CBOARD
services, students were sent four
e-mails last year telling them to
go to the One Card office to get
their cards fixed.
Students who failed to do so
had cards that didn’t work.
This can all be fixed by going to
the One Card office and getting
the card readjusted.
Former Mexican Sen. Sobrino speaks at Taylor
By Jessica Kocent
News editor
On Friday, Sept. 22, Carlos
Sobrino, an economist from
Mexico, spoke in the Taylor Little
Theater.
Sobrino is a former state representative, head of territorial
movement and president of the
PRI party in the Yucatan.
He is also a former Senator
who was involved in the development and final implementation of NAFTA—the North
American free trade agreement
between Mexico, the US and
Canada.
He spoke in Spanish and had a
translator during his speech.
Juan J. Argaez, Assistant Professor in the Walker School of
Business said, “We wanted to
increase the students’ awareness
and knowledge of international
issues and Sobrino is extremely
knowledgeable on this area.”
He began his presentation by
talking about politics and how
he believes that human beings
are inherently free.
Though, he mentioned that
we as humans take that freedom
for granted when we look back
to generations that have come
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Sobrino emphasized that the
world must try to look at the
past to make positive change in
the future.
With that in mind, Sobrino
then went into the history of
Mexico in order to explain its
current economic situation.
Mexico had been home to 75
different indigenous peoples,
all with different languages and
customs.
When Mexico was invaded by
Spain, it lead to hundreds of
years of revolts and unrest.
Because, while the indigenous
Mexicans were more interested in
science and building community,
the Spanish conquerors were
more interested in accumulating
wealth.
Then in 1810, Sobrino said that
the Mexicans began trying to
achieve independence and make
new laws.
But, they ended up with a monarchy and a system of feudalism,
which gave all of the land to
just a few people, while the rest
of the country was poor. Most
of this system was run by the
Catholic Church.
Sobrino, noted that it was
Benito Juarez, an educated Mexican, who became president
of Mexico and finally made a
separation between church and
state. Making, as Sobrino said,
“God for God, and the state for
the state.”
Juarez had three goals, according to Sobrino, to liberate the
land, give Mexicans education,
and to have a democratic government.
Sobrino also emphasized that
the United States and Mexico
are connected with many invisible links.
For example, the fact that the
U.S was involved heavily in World
War II, allowed the Mexican
economy, which was not directly
related to the war flourish by
supplying the United States with
weapons.
Sophomore Patrick Silvis who
attended the event said that he,
“liked the views (Sobrino) had
on U.S.-Mexican relations.” Silvis
also took a special interest in the
fact that Sobrino “tied the history
of Mexico in.”
Argaez said that “...the presentation was engaging and the
outcome was an exceptionally
positive response from the students that attended the talk.
We are looking forward bringing more speakers of this caliber
in the future.”
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Soul warming recipes
Health Benefits and Alternatives
The varieties of foods in this
dish offer many nutrients and
health benefits.
The carbohydrates come from
the pizza dough, protein from
the chicken and other vitamins
and minerals in the vegetables.
One way to make the dish
healthier is to grill the chicken
separately so that it would eliminate the oil from stir frying.
This pizza is a meal in itself
but goes great with a small salad.
The leftovers from this meal are
also delicious and can be a quick
lunch when on the run.
Make It Yours
Some alternatives to using
chicken on this pizza are to use
beef or pork your choice all depends on your preference.
This meal has a lot of room
for every individual’s preferences,
from the meat to the choice of
spices that you add to the meal.
If you don’t like spicy foods, do
not use the chili powder.
Instead, opt for a marinade to
flavor your meat. Steak, a personal favorite, is cut into strips
like chicken.
Then, refrigerate the steak in
a bowl of your favorite teriyaki
or barbecue sauce for more than
two, up to 24 hours.
When you’re ready to prepare
the meal, cook the steak in the
sauce in a skillet. Add vegetables
once the meat is browned and
cook until the steak is prepared
to your taste and the vegetables
are tender.
Then, continue the recipe at
step 3. When it comes to food
there is room for experimentation and adaptations to recipes.
Don’t be afraid to try new spices
With Meg
and Kyle
and create your own version of
Pillsbury’s great recipe.
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Chicken Fajita Pizza:
Ingredients
Equipment
1 Tbsp. oil
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 garlic clove
1-2 tsp. chile powder
½ tsp. salt
1 cup red or green bell peppers
1 cup onion
1 package Pillsbury® pizza crust (10 oz.)
½ cup salsa
2 cups shredded Monterey jack cheese
Large skillet
Pizza pan or large cookie sheet
Spoon
Large knife
Cutting board
Directions
1. Heat the oil in the skillet on medium-high heat. When it is hot, add the chicken to the skillet and stirfry for 5
minutes or until it is browned.
2. Stir in the garlic, chile powder, and salt. When that is combined add the onions and the bell peppers. Stir fry until the vegetables are tender.
3. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
4. Spray the pizza pan or cookie sheet with a cooking spray. Then unroll the dough and place on the pan. Bake
the dough for 8 to 10 minutes before adding the toppings.
5. When dough is done baking, take it out of the oven and spoon the chicken mixture onto the dough.
6. Pour the salsa on top of the chicken and then sprinkle the cheese.
7. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes.
This is a Pillsbury recipe and works the best with the Pillsbury® brand Pizza Crust. The recipe yields about 6 to 8 slices
of pizza.
PAC renovations provide better accommodations
By Jen Helbig
Contributing writer
In 1969, the Zurn recital hall
was built with only 250 seats. In
1996, the Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center was added
to Zurn, but the lobby was not
built to match the size of the
auditorium.
Michael Fuhrman, director of
the Performing Arts Center, was
one of a team of employees to
help with the planning of the
renovations.
He said that the small size of
the lobby was always an issue at
the back of the college’s mind,
but last spring was when Mercyhurst decided to make changes.
Renovations were done not
only on the lobby and Cummings Art gallery, but the PAC
offices were moved, and a new
coat check and photography lab
were built.
“The archaeology program
had grown to the point where it
needed additional room, so it extended into the old photography
lab, which was in the archaeology area of Zurn,” Fuhrman
explained.
“The new lab has 12 new computers and technology for digital
photography.”
Peggy Brace, fine art faculty
and director of the art gallery,
said that the art department is
very appreciative of the new
gallery.
“The new gallery is a source of
pride for our department,” Brace
said. “Lots of people have wanted to hold art shows there. There
has been a lot of excitement for
the new administration’s support
of the arts.”
“This is a bold move for the
new administration to begin
with,” Fuhrman said. “They are
moving toward the future, and
it’s a great statement to make.
This project is a real testimony
to Gamble’s vision for the college.”
The PAC offices did not close
this summer, they temporarily moved to the PAC’s green
room.
The new office is located across
the lobby from its old location.
Fuhrman said that the new office is smaller but more organized
and efficient than before.
“Now there is a coat check, a
new marquee outside, new carpet
Pohl named as new
director of college
counseling center
By Lakyn Bianco
Contributing writer
The Mercyhurst Counseling
Center has a new director this
year, Dr. Pat Pohl.
As director, Pohl will act as
spokesperson for mental health
issues on campus and direct the
training program for clinical
interns.
“The number one focus is
to provide the best counseling
services for students as we can,”
said Pohl.
Pohl explained that through
programs involving different
organizations on campus, such
as the Athletic Department or
Residence Life the counseling
center will be able to expose
itself to students and have a
positive effect.
“We can make a subtle approach to students through
programs and in these small
group settings we can have an
impact,” she said.
Pohl hopes to promote awareness on campus of the benefits
the counseling center has to
offer.
“During their career most college students feel stress and are
in distress from the pressure of
academics to relationship problems, and the counseling center
can help. There is no problem
too small, and counseling is for
everyone. Awareness of that
is hopefully something we can
enhance,” she said.
Pohl is looking forward to the
opportunities that await her at
Mercyhurst.
Student enters into the expanded new PAC.
and a plasma television,” he said.
“If someone is outside of the
PAC they can watch the TV to
see what is going on inside.”
Fuhrman added that the area
not only fits in functionally but
also aesthetically.
“Mercyhurst has always been
interested in beauty and building something to inspire. Before
they build, they look at a space
and envision what that space
could be.
The lobby finally matches the
beauty of the rest of the area;
this is what it should have been
in the first place.”
Brace also commented on the
beauty of the renovated area.
“The new gallery has beautiful
floors and wonderful lighting.
It’s great that anyone can stop
by and appreciate the art in this
new facility.”
Andy Finkel photo
“I like the small school feel
you get at Mercyhurst, and I like
working within that environment. Everyone has been very
welcoming which is a big plus,
and there is a positive value system here that clicks with me. I
think Mercyhurst is a good fit,”
she said.
Pohl moved to Erie from Chicago, where she worked in the
counseling center at Lake Forest
College for over 13 years.
She received her Psy.D. from
Forest Institute of Professional
Psychology in Wheeling, Illinois.
As an undergraduate, she studied
sociology at Northern Illinois
University.
Pohl has previously worked
in the corporate world in sales
and advertising but found she
wanted to be in the psychology
field.
“I realized this is where I need
to be in life,” she said.
Pohl is anticipating a positive
experience with the entire Mercyhurst community.
Innovative laundromat
brings suds into 21st century
By Shannon Kelley
Contributing writer
Andy Finkel photo
Dr. Pat Pohl
Laundry is seen as a pain to
many, but laundry as we know it
is about to change.
The new era includes high
capacity and high speed spin
washers. Although those new
features are great news for many
students who wait until they run
out of every pair of underwear
and have about seven loads to
do, that is not even the best part
of this laundry revolution.
Free high-speed Internet access, expert writing help and
exam coaching is also being
offered at this local laundering
hot spot.
The best part of all is the business is located only five minutes
from Mercyhurst, at 1821 E.
38th st., which is close to many
restaurants, banks, superstores
and much more.
American Coin Laundry is under new management, and they
want to stress the new services
they are offering, especially to
college students.
The owner is a Mercyhurst
alumnus, a published author and
was a professor at Behrend and
Gannon. He is offering to help
students with papers or studying
all while their clothes are being
washed.
The owner is there almost
every night and throughout the
day, and would like to encourage
students to come in and seek
help in formatting and organizing thoughts to formulate a
structured paper, or simply have
a paper revised.
Of course, if you are not
seeking help with writing, movies are going to soon be shown
on the TV’s in the laundromat
to entertain you as well. With
the free Internet access, you can
get much needed work done, or
chat with friends online.
All of these great services are
offered to students, all while
their clothes are being washed
and spun. With the store hours
from 6:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily,
doing laundry is not such a hassle
anymore.
Learning differently leaps into its 20th year of success
By Kate Collins
Contributing writer
In 1986, Mercyhurst became
known as the first college in
Pennsylvania to incorporate a
program that recognized the
need of special services for students with learning disabilities.
Dr. Barbara Weigert became
the first director of the Learning
Differences Program beginning
with only 12 students.
After 20 years, the program has
worked with over 438 students.
The program is celebrating its
20th Anniversary and will hold a
special reception during parents’
weekend on Oct. 14.
At 10 a.m., students who have
graduated will be recognized for
their achievements in the program. Dr. Weigert, along with
the program’s founder, Sr. Maura
Smith, and the current director,
Dianne Rogers, will be honored
for their contributions.
The Learning Differences
Program strives to help students
with disabilities succeed not only
in the classroom, but after graduation as well.
It provides academic adjustments such as testing accommodations, auxiliary aids and
peer tutors.
It also offers a more structured
program that includes individual
assistance throughout the student’s college career, mediation
with faculty and staff, assignment
of carefully selected note takers,
tutors and summer programs
with special courses.
On average, the program enrolls about 80 students.
It is recognized as a benchmark program by two different
independent rating sources,
Princeton Review and K and W
Guide to Programs for Students
with Learning Disabilities
“The most gratifying part of
the job for me is when people
walk across the stage and give
me a hug and say ‘I didn’t think I
was going to make it’ and I know
I really did have a small part,”
said Rogers.
“The biggest thing that the
program taught me was to be
self-confident. No matter what
my learning problems are, I think
of the way I process information
as a difference, not a disability,”
said sophomore Megan McDonald, a sports medicine major who
has been involved in the program
for two years.
“ I learn differently from others
and just because I learn differently doesn’t mean I’m not capable
of learning. I think studying hard
is the biggest thing,” she said.
Stacey Laveen, a senior and
fashion merchandising major,
has been a part of the program
since her freshman year.
Laveen had always been told in
high school that she wasn’t going
to graduate.
“Hearing you can’t do something because you have a disability and then seeing that I
can succeed makes all the difference,” she said.
“Dianne has motivated me to
believe I have the capabilities to
succeed,” Laveen said.
Stacey currently has three job
offers with Dillard’s. She will
graduate in May and move on to
begin her career.
“It’s so amazing, the hard
work people put in...I can’t even
fathom it,” Rogers said.
Andy Finkel photo
Director of learning differences, Dianne Rogers helps
student with homework.
PAGE 5
THE MERCIAD
September 27, 2006
CAMPUS
LIVING
It’s time to unplug and get engergized
Green Team is making innovative changes and helping the campus become more aware
By Kelly Oldach
Contributing writer
Just as most students have
settled back into their normal
school routine, the Mercyhurst
Green Team has been working
incredibly hard to do the same.
Diversifying energy sources,
working on the college’s “Master
Plan, ” scheduling events and getting those interested in making
a difference more involved are
just a few of the many things
Mercyhurst Green has planned
for this school year.
The “Green Team,” as it’s
known around campus, is an
environmental organization that
acts toward achieving a harmonious relationship between humans
and the environment. According
to its mission, team members
“live, work and behave in ways
that sustain the integrity and
biodiversity of earth.”
Following the mission of both
Mercyhurst College and the Sisters of Mercy, the Green Team
encourages the community to
first familiarize themselves with
contemporary environmental issues. Once people are aware of
these problems, they can work
for positive change and take responsibility as leaders to benefit
not only the college, but also the
world around them.
Professor Chris Magoc, Green
Team faculty chair, is extremely
excited to get the year started.
“We are trying to move Mercyhurst College away from fossil
fuel and use more renewable
energy, more green energy,” he
said.
With a 10 percent wind-energy
purchase made three years ago
and geothermal heating/cooling
systems in the library, the PAC
and Hirt, the Green Team has
met with success.
As if these two expansions
weren’t enough, the college has
received four solar panels to be
installed in a yet-to-be-determined building in the spring of
2007.
Another ambition of the Green
Team is what Magoc called, “the
long-term Master Plan for the
Mercyhurst College landscape.”
The main goal of this plan is to
strengthen, maintain and elevate
the aesthetic beauty for which
Mercyhurst is known.
Devising an environmentally
responsible strategy for managing the landscape and bringing
biological diversity of flora and
fauna to the campus will help
the Green Team to achieve this
goal.
Student Green Team Representative Megan Rulli, with the help
of a few committees, has been
active in setting up a long list of
upcoming events.
The biggest of these takes
place this Saturday, Sept. 30.
However, the event will open
with a farmers market from 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. in Garvey park.
“Pure Energy: Unplugged” is
a daylong event, from 2 p.m. to
11 p.m., in which the Mercyhurst
community will be asked to
unplug everything and conserve
as much energy as it can. Main-
tenance is going to measure the
amount of energy spent on that
day and then compare it with a
normal day for the college.
Events include solar cooked
food in Garvey Park, a yoga
workshop, a drum circle, a raffle
for a mountain bike, a farmer’s
market and a bonfire to close the
festivities, along with many other
happenings throughout the day.
“It will be one huge day of
fun,” Rulli said.
For more infor mation on
this or any other events or to
R.S.V.P. for “Pure Energy: Unplugged” send an e-mail to
[email protected].
As Magoc said, “The Green
Team is a way for us to be more
conscious of the world around
us and make a difference the best
we can as individuals.”
“It is a vehicle for making a difference for a better world ... and
if you’re not doing that, you’re
just taking up good oxygen.”
So come join the festivities this
Saturday, and remember:
UNPLUG EVERYTHING!
I
ERI
By Adam Hicks
Contributing writer
Andy Finkel photo
Rusty Wallace and Jen Krupa made a lovely homecoming couple last Saturday.
Meet the ‘Hurst
homecoming
king and queen
RYAN “RUSTY”
WALLACE
JENNIFER
KRUPA
MAJOR
HRIM
AGE
21
HOMETOWN
WEST CHESTER, PA
SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT
LACROSSE TEAM
FAVORITE DRINK
MILKSHAKES
FAVORITE ANIMAL
MONKEY
FAVORITE COLOR
KELLY GREEN
FAVORITE BOOK
WHERE’S WALDO
FAVORITE MUSIC
HEART PUMPING MUSIC
OVERALL FAVORITE THING
THE BEACH
FAVORITE TEENAGE
MUTANT TURTLE
MICHELANGELO
FAVORITE FOOD
DAIRY QUEEN BLIZZARDS
FUTURE PLANS
MOVING SOUTH, PLAYING GOLF,
HAVEING A GOOD TIME
DEFINING QUOTE
“JUST LIVING THE DREAM”
MAJOR
EARLY CHILDHOOD/ELEM. ED.
AGE
21
HOMETOWN
MENTOR, OH
SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT
AMBASS, LEADERSHIP CERT.,
COMMUTER CLUB, SENIOR GIFT
COMM.
FAVORITE DRINK
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
FAVORITE ANIMAL
DOG
FAVORITE COLOR
BLUE
FAVORITE BOOK
MY BROTHER THE CREEP
FAVORITE MUSIC
EVERYTHING
PASTTIME ACTIVITIES
SLEEPING, EXERCISING, FRIENDS
FUTURE PLANS
MOVE TO CLEVELAND AND TEACH
DEFINING QUOTE
“I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM
MY FRIENDS”
INTERESTING FACT
SHE WAS HOMECOMING QUEEN IN
HIGH SCHOOL, ALSO
With the official start of
autumn on Sept. 23, the temperature is dropping and the
leaves are beginning to change
color.
For many students piles of
leaves and brisk autumn winds
evoke thoughts of pumpkins,
baked goods and apple cider.
The best place to go to get
these seasonal delicacies is
Fuhrman’s Cider Mill, which
is an Erie County landmark
and only a short walk from
Mercyhurst campus.
This famous cider mill,
on 1218 E. Gore Road, was
founded by Charles Fuhrman
in 1896 and is celebrating its
110th year of operation.
While the building has recently been refurbished, the
roof still proudly displays the
year 1896 and the store still
uses antique equipment for
producing its famous cider.
Fuhrman’s offers the traditional apple cider ($4.10 per
gallon) and some new flavors,
like cherry-apple cider ($4.65
per gallon) and concord grapeapple cider ($2.55 per half gallon). According to owners Bill
and Sarah Gumther, “We take
our cider seriously here.”
Fuhrman’s
cider mill will
meet your fall
fantasy needs
In addition to being a landmark the mill also supports
local farmers, using apples
grown on orchards in North
East, which come in 15 different varieties including McIntosh, ginger gold and honey
crisp.
The store recommends their
cider slushies, which according
to senior Andrew Kochirka,
are “absolutely amazing, the
best slushie I have ever had.”
The Gumthers purchased
the cider mill last year and
in addition to keeping timehonored traditions have made
some unique changes in what
the store offers.
During the summer they
opened up the front porch in
a successful test to let local
growers sell produce.
The store is officially open
from Sept. 1 to Christmas Eve,
offering tours of the mill to
schools and large interested
groups, and there are plans to
keep the mill open until New
Year’s Eve.
When you enter the store,
the smell of apples surrounds
you; however, the fresh bakery
is another fall food option. The
bakery offers home made pies,
such as apple, cherry or pumpkin and are around $5 each.
Sarah also told me that the
baker’s assistant, Colette Okey,
is a student at Mercyhurst
Photos by Adam Hicks
North East on an internship,
and she continues to come up
with new ideas.
For any student who loves
fall and the food that goes
along with the season, I recommend a visit to Fuhrman’s Cider Mill for home made jams,
large carving pumpkins under
$5 and local Erie produce.
Owners Bill and Sarah perfectly describe the rich heritage
and love for the mill. “What
can you say about this place?
We love it here and we are just
taking care of it for a while.
The public is outstanding,
continuing to support this
business for so many years, it
is a great neighborhood.”
The outside of Fuhrman’s cider mill displays the perfect picture of autumn.
PAGE 6
OPINION
THE MERCIAD
September 27, 2006
What about Darfur?
Bok to the future:
Harvard ends early admissions
Philadelphia Inquirer, editorial
MCT newspapers
Bok to the future.
In the movies, young time traveler Marty McFly
goes back to the 1950s and inadvertently messes
with the futures of his then-teenage parents.
That was then; that was Hollywood.
“Bok to the future” is a drama playing out in
the admissions offices of about 100 elite colleges
nationwide.
If it’s a hit, those colleges will soon be doing less
to mess with the minds of bright young high school
students, and their parents.
Derek Bok, interim president of Harvard University, announced recently that Harvard would scrap
MCT
its early admissions program beginning next year.
Bok’s plot twist deserves the glowing reviews it
Refugees wait in camps in the Darfur region of Sudan until violence in their towns and
is
getting.
villages is quelled.
MCT
Other elite schools that have used early admissions programs to enhance their prestige, including Early admissions programs have been
without consent of that country’s government.
By Ellen Koenig
Lesson 2: The U.S. alone does not have the man- the University of Pennsylvania, would be wise to known to place pressure on high school
Contributing writer
power to fight three different wars. Logistically follow his example.
students, have been labeled as discriminaPrinceton said Monday that it would.
there is no support from the home front and there
tory and have been cited as the cause of
That collective sigh you just heard is from talented poor college choices.
If you are apathetic to world events, you should is no manpower to uphold a mission.
Lesson 3: Presently, economic sanctions may high school kids expressing relief.
still be aware of the obvious news breakers, such as
They know how these programs push high-stakes
seem
like a good idea, but from what historians and
The pressure on kids to zero in on one brandthe recent invasion of southern Lebanon by Israel,
choices
about
college
applications
earlier
and
eareconomists
have
told
us,
they
never
work.
Essenname
school and go the early admissions route can
the energy of the upcoming elections and even the
lier
into
their
high
school
years;
send
their
Type-A
tially,
they
end
up
hurting
the
domestic
population
shadow
their whole high school career, turning that
growing genocide in the Sudan. It is not a political
parents
into
a
competitive
frenzy;
and
pack
their
more
so
than
government
itself.
time
into
a grim credential hunt that leads kids to
issue, but a people issue.
days
with
stress.
Lesson
4:
Calling
on
China
to
quit
trade
relations
lose
weight,
sleep and perspective.
The truth is, 400,000 people have been slain and
Early
admissions
is
with
Sudan
and
oil
investments
is
very
unrealistic.
It
also stampedes many students into
tortured under President Umar Hassan Ahmad almostly
about
100
or
Sudan
is
a
key
source
for
Chinese
oil,
which
is
a
the
wrong college choice; a lot can
Bashir. Darfur is not on the top of this administraso
“brand-name”
coldriving
force
of
their
economy.
change
in teenagers’ self-understanding
tion’s agenda and the United Nations cannot enter
leges.
For
some
promThe
U.S.
can
try
to
stop
supporting
Sudan;
inand
aspirations
between the spring of
Sudan without consent of the government.
ising
kids,
the
pressure
directly,
however,
trade
is
so
intricate
with
China
junior
year,
when
the early admissions
I witnessed the Save Darfur Now rally that took
to
get
into
such
a
colthrough
the
exchange
of
monies,
the
U.S.
ends
maneuvering
heats
up, and the spring of
place on Sept. 17 in Central Park West, Manhattan.
lege
distorts
their
high
up
supporting
the
al-Bashir
government
in
some
senior
year,
when
they
used to choose
I was somewhat embarrassed for the speakers but,
school
years
as
early
as
way.
colleges.
nonetheless, still inspired by their dedication.
However, as of Sept. 20 the African Union has ninth grade.
Early admissions discriminates by
The rally for Darfur was sponsored in large part
Early
admissions
committed
troops
until
the
end
of
the
year,
which
social
class.
by various Jewish federations and a large number
programs
are
hardly
is
mainly
the
result
of
international
pressure.
So
in
Most
kids who take that route can
of Christian organizations. These two groups have
to
blame
for
all
of
this
sense
it
should
give
the
people
of
Sudan
and
afford
to
hire private advisers, or are
come together for a few movements.
that,
but
they
don’t
the
world
a
little
but
of
security.
in
high
schools
that have savvy college
The Jewish community was made up of members
help.
Through
the
study
of
history,
international
affairs
counselors.
from the Orthodox, Reform and Conservative
Given that Harvard
Most American high school students
movements and Christian churches represented and political trends, my conclusion has been that
is
the
brand
name
to
corrupt
dictators
are
like
the
snotty
kids
who
always
aren’t
nearly so fortunate.
every sect from Evangelist to Unitarian.
top
all
brand
names
want
attention.
If
you
just
ignore
them,
eventually
The
average ratio of those students to
Legislation from other organizations other than
in
higher
education,
they
will
go
away.
Even
though
this
may
take
a
good
college
counselors is 500-1.
the U.N. has been drafted in recent months, inits
de-escalation
could
50
years,
they
usually
fall
in
the
end.
Swearing
loyalty to one school also
cluding Sen. Joseph Biden’s (D-DE) resolution in
have
a
benefi
cial
efHowever,
it
is
often
hard
to
let
them
be,
as
they
means
kids
and
families lose any leverMarch 2006 calling for a NATO-established no-fly
fect.
ruin
the
lives
of
their
own
people
in
the
process
age
to
play
one
school off another to
zone and a NATO bridging force on the ground
For
those
of
you
through
economic
destruction,
killing
and
chaos.
get
more
fi
nancial
aid.
in Darfur to protect civilians in the interim until a
who
have
never
been
through
the
intense
ritual,
This
poses
the
diffi
cult
question,
what
should,
or
So
why
has
early
admissions
spread?
UN mission can be deployed.
here’s how early admissions works: Colleges, in
can, the world do?
It works for many colleges deemed to be in the
This resolution passed unanimously.
For up-to-date information on this situation, I hopes of locking in a good share of the attractive elite ranks.
Recently, the U.N. passed a resolution to send
encourage
you to visit www.savedarfur.org, http:// applicants, reserve a portion of the slots in the next
It ensures them their share of top-level, tuitionpeacekeepers to maintain order in the country
class
to
kids
willing
to
apply
early
(in
the
early
fall
www.unicefusa.org
and
http://hrw.org
keyword
paying
students.
and protect the refugees in rural Sudan. The U.N.,
of
their
senior
year).
“Darfur.”
How
is that elite determined, anyway?
however, is not authorized to send peacekeepers
These
programs
come
in
several
fl
avors:
One
Even
if
our
options
of
assistance
are
compliIn
many
ways, a popular influence is the U.S.
or troops without the support of the Sudanese
requires
students
to
apply
early
only
to
that
college,
cated
and
limited,
it
is
important
for
the
world
to
News
and
World
Report rankings.
government.
and
to
commit
to
attend
if
accepted.
The
other
understand
the
atrocities
taking
place
in
Darfur
A
while
back,
colleges
figured out that stressing
In fact, many of the speakers at the rally and
requires
students
to
apply
early,
but
does
not
force
so
they
can
help
in
anyway
possible.
This
truly
is
early
admissions
was
a
way
to game the U.S. News
the causes they posed for resistance were quite
them
to
commit
then.
a
humanitarian
crisis
and
deserves
international
rankings,
to
improve
their
ratings for selectivity
illogical.
The
advantages
of
early
admissions
programs
attention
and,
if
possible,
action.
and
desirability.
Lesson 1: According to the U.N. charter, the
tend to flow more to the schools than to the
Cynics and competitors say Harvard, being Harglobal organization is not allowed to send troops
students.
vard, isn’t risking much in this move.
For the students, it means fewer application fees
The brightest of the bright will still want to exand essays to write - if you get in.
perience the Yard.
And for students who have good, but not slamBut, closer to home, the University of Delaware,
dunk, credentials for an elite college, it could push an institution whose prestige has been on the rise,
our so-called news channels spend time talking them over the line.
earlier this year made the same choice to abandon
By Chris Bodley
about how great www.youtube.com is (I am not
That covers the advantages. Now, the disadvan- early admissions - and it says it likes the results
Contributing writer
kidding) and what college students do when their tages.
so far.
parents cannot watch them.
By the way, “experts” suggest that maybe colHere are some fun news clips from this past
week: “Don’t hook up with guys when you are lege kids should be fitted with tracking devices
sloppy drunk,” “There’s no place like dome,” “We (GPS on cell phones?) or be forced to submit to
all know Paris Hilton isn’t the smartest person,” and random drug tests. It does not seem to occur to
“Finally we know the answer to the question…. Is the news anchors that these ideas are idiotic or
against the law.
Clay Aiken gay?”
The simple fact is that TV news no longer focuses
These headlines were not seen on morning talk
What is appropriate to do in a particular situation?
shows or on comedy satire shows. These gems on news, it focuses on fluff that is believed to apwere heard coming from the mouths of CNN peal to a wider market of Americans.
How might you act or respond?
I understand that, from a marketing standpoint
correspondents.
I remember a time when the news provided us providing programming that interests a wider base
How do you decide what is right or best?
of consumers is a good idea but, come on TV news,
with, well, news.
???
I do not know when Paris Hilton’s intellect or Clay we all know what kind of people watch your chanAiken’s sexual orientation became legitimate news. nels. They are people who are interested in… you
Do you have tough dilemmas right here on campus?
OK, I guess it still is not legitimate news, but then guessed it, the news, the real news.
CNN and others like it are losing a consumer
why is it treated as such by channels like CNN? I
In your dorm…In a class…On a team…
thought we invented a place for that information base that has become increasingly fed up with the
to be dispersed to lonely, depressed individuals lack of intelligent discussion on once respected
Or…
who need to idolize fleeting pop culture icons: E! news outlets. So here it is news channels, leave the
celebrity news to E!, leave the fashion to whatever
Entertainment Television.
Do you have big questions about world events?
This information has no business being on it is that those people watch (I think there is a style
what could formally be called a reputable news channel and Bravo has that German girl on it) and
please stop trying to add humor into your reports;
broadcaster.
I may be wrong, but I think that those who propa- you will never be more clever or as pointed as the
gate themselves as respectable journalists and news political satire found on other networks.
Just stick to the news, the real important stuff
distributors have a responsibility to tackle cultural
issues that are of importance. It is not like we are that could better inform the American populace
living in a time in which nothing of significance about the world in which they live.
The purpose of “Ask the Ethicist” is to provide insight and reflection on
Oh, I did not mean just to pick on CNN; I used
is occurring.
everyday ethical dilemmas facing individuals on campus.
On the contrary, the time spent on talking about it as an example. All of the news channels are
America’s asinine celebrities can be spent on is- guilty of ignoring real issues and promoting prosues spanning from the upcoming congressional gramming based upon pop culture nonsense. Well,
The “Mercyhurst Ethicist” is not one person,
elections, the complex realities of international everyone but Fox News, I do not think we can call
relations, the disturbing trends in American edu- Fox a legitimate news source. It is like reading the
but a group of Mercyhurst faculty, administrators, and staff
cation, the polarization of American politics, the Christian Science Monitor and saying that it does
who will take turns responding to submitted questions.
socio-economic reasons behind why New Orleans not have a bias, though with interesting articles. Rehas yet to make any real recovery in the wake of ally, there is some good writing in that bad boy.
To submit a question, e-mail [email protected].
And I know that I did not really talk about the
Hurricane Katrina or a critical assessment of the
“No place like dome” news clip. I had nothing to
American political landscape.
Your e-mail address will be removed to ensure anonymity.
Instead of addressing significant issues like this, say about it. I just thought it was funny.
“
For some
promising kids,
the pressure to
get into such a
college distorts
their high school
years as early as
ninth grade.
”
CNN: your 24-hour no-news source
Are you wondering…
Ask the Ethicist!
September 27, 2006
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OPINION
Healthcare continues to be an issue
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, editorial
MCT newspapers
Health insurance often is described as a personal
responsibility. If you don’t get it from your job,
you’ve got to buy it for yourself. That’s the theory
anyway.
The reality is quite different. About 90 percent
of people who shop for individual health insurance never buy it, the nonpartisan Commonwealth
Foundation reports. Most can’t afford it. Some can’t
get it at any price.
That’s a matter of increasing importance and
concern to us all. A record 46.6 million Americans
were uninsured last year, largely because the number of people getting health insurance through their
jobs has declined steadily. In 2000, 64 percent of
Americans got health insurance at work. By 2005,
it was 59.5 percent.
In part, that’s because insurance premiums have
increased much faster than inflation. On average,
family coverage now costs about what a full-time,
minimum-wage worker makes in a year.
Part is also because of the growing role of small
business in the local and national economy. Small
companies often don’t have enough workers to
get affordable group health insurance rates, and
their premiums can rise quickly if one employee
gets seriously ill.
When people lose coverage from their jobs, they
often try to find it on what’s called the individual
market. About 60 percent of the people who considered buying a policy on their own said they
didn’t because of the price. That’s not surprising.
Insurance companies make money by limiting the
number of sick people they cover. People who buy
insurance on their own are more likely to be older
or have health problems than those covered by
group plans. That makes them the kind of customers insurance companies don’t want. Companies
price policies accordingly. About half the people
with individual coverage have premiums of $3,000
a year or more. That’s true of only 20 percent of
the people in group plans.
People with individual coverage also are more
likely to be poor. One-third have incomes of less
than $40,000 a year, just over twice the federal
poverty level for a family of three, compared to
24 percent with group coverage.
At least a third of those who try to buy individual
coverage are turned down outright or denied coverage for existing health problems. In some cases,
coverage is delayed for a time, often two years.
Insurance works best when risks are pooled and
shared among the greatest number of people. But
illness can strike anyone, anywhere. The question
is whether we should face it together or on our
own.
The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
The Good
The Mercyhurst Green Team is hosting “Pure Energy Unplugged” this Saturday on campus.
The day will be filled with environmental events, including a farmer’s market, solar power demonstrations, a bike raffle and several information stations. Additionally, students will be asked to
unplug several items in their dorm rooms or apartments in order to conserve energy. Students
will also be asked to sign a petition in order to enact a $15 annual “Green Energy Fee” to promote conservation practices on campus. The environment is a pressing issue for our generation
that must be addressed. The Mercyhurst Green Team is leading the charge to make Mercyhurst
a more responsible and sustainable example for the community.
The Bad
Sidewalks were built for walking pedestrians. Maybe members of maintenance should keep that
in mind as they zip up and down the sidewalks with no regard to anyone in their path. All too
often, students are forced off of the sidewalks into the grass, mulch, mud, etc. to avoid injury. If
driving on the sidewalk is necessary, the least the drivers could do is maneuver their Gators off
the sidewalk and around students.
The Ugly
It’s midterm time already. It seems like we just returned to our lovely campus, but the term is
already almost half over. Along with midterms, come a lot of caffeine filled nights at the library
and massive amounts of stress. And if that’s not bad enough, the end of September also means
the beginning of cold temperatures and, you guessed it, the chance of snow.
Hot tubs, plasma TVs, limousine rides . . . college life?
When most students think of college, they have images of messy,
cramped dorm rooms and the possibility of a crazy roommate. This
has been the stereotype of college life for as long as anyone can
remember . . . until now.
A recent report on CNN.com
reveals a side of college most
of us will never experience,
Allison
but one that is becoming much
more common.
Moore
Imagine paying a moving
crew to move you in and out
of your apartment.
Imagine hiring personal maids
Opinion editor
to clean your place and do your
laundry.
Imagine your parents moving you in and then wanting to live there
themselves.
This is the swanky future of college.
Take DePaul University in Chicago for example. DePaul has completed a residence building known as Loft-Right where students enjoy
all the comforts of home, and then some.
In the Loft-Right building, students enjoy expansive city views,
granite countertops in the kitchen and bathroom, modern designer
furniture and satellite TV hook-ups. The lobby for the building boasts
a fireplace and a pool table and right next door houses a Starbucks
and a tanning salon. Each student has their own private bedroom
and a bathroom is shared by no more than two people.
Illinois State University is quickly following suit and is planning construction of a “Club Med for students.” This would include outdoor
volleyball courts, hot tubs and plasma TVs for every unit.
Now if you’re reading this sitting on your God-awful furniture in
your cramped dorm room or Briggs/Lewis apartment, you’re probably thinking, “What the heck?” or “Why am I here?”
But wait there’s more.
In Manhattan, Madpackers, a moving company designed especially
for college students has taken the idea of the posh college student
to a whole new level.
This company now offers students a limousine ride to class so they
can, “arrive like a rock-star.”
Are you freaking kidding me?
It may be just me here, but I think this is way over the top. I cannot wrap my mind around it, even if we are talking about Manhattan
here.
What if such elitist behavior occurred here at Mercyhurst?
Can you imagine some kid rolling up to class at the Hirt Center in
a black limo? I think not.
Now I know times are changing. I know my generation has come
to expect more and wants to enjoy the finer things in life. But is this
really necessary?
This is not how college was meant to be.
Although, I admit the sometimes uncomfortable living situations
in college can be a hassle. But, honestly, living and working through
these hassles give students valuable life lessons.
In the traditional college environment, students are practically
forced to be social, make new friends and learn to co-exist with others peacefully, and that is not necessarily a bad thing.
College is supposed to be a time where students learn to rough
it and make it on their own. A time when budgeting is needed for
survival and Easy Mac is considered a decent meal.
Luxury should be earned, not given away. Students sipping a latte
enjoying their city views or a dip in the hot tub is not reality, and
the last thing my generation needs is more of a disconnect from the
real world.
Students comment on college’s new logo
“I think it’s goofy.
The old one – the
plain ‘M’ is fine.
They should actually go back to the
old ‘MC.’”
“I think it’s a cool
design that benefits
the college.”
Thomas Church ‘10
What do you
think about
the new
Mercyhurst
College logo?
“Yes – because it
portrays a more artistic view of the
school.”
Lindsay Peters ‘07
Luke Hindley ‘08
“Personally, I don’t
like it. The old one
is more eye catching.
The new one looks
like letters clumped
together.”
Amanda Pakutz ‘07
“I think that the
new logo makes our
school look trashier
and less classy.”
“The logo looks
like a child designed
it; we need to implement the old one.”
Alicia Simbeck ‘07
Mike Aiello ‘ 08
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ARTS &
September 27, 2006
ENTERTAINMENT
tHe
International
guitarist
plays
at
PAC
BuZz
SEPT. 28. Bill Maher. Benedum Center, Pittsburgh.
SEPT. 28. The Wreckers.
Center for the Arts, University of Buffalo, Buffalo.
SEPT. 29. Foreigner. House
of Blues, Cleveland.
SEPT. 30. Nintendo Fusion Tour with Hawthorne
Heights, Relient K, Plain
White Ts. Tower City Amphitheater, Cleveland.
SEPT. 30. Insane Clown
Posse. Agora Theatre,
Cleveland.
SEPT. 30. Blue Man Group.
Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh.
SEPT. 30. Built to Spill.
Town Ballroom, Buffalo.
SEPT. 30. Cracker. Rex
Theatre, Pittsburgh. On
sale at Ticketmaster.
OCT. 1. Clap Your Hands
Say Yeah, Architecture in
Helsinki. House of Blues,
Cleveland.
OCT. 2. Veruca Salt, Agent
Sparks. House of Blues
(Cambridge Room), Cleveland.
OCT. 3. Jamie Cullum. Byham Theater, Pittsburgh.
From Colombian concert halls to Erie, Irene Gomez promises to impress
By Christina Ferranti
Contributing writer
Irene Gomez has traveled
across the world, including
France, Germany, Switzerland,
Spain, The Czech Republic, the
United States and Colombia, establishing a career that deems her
as one of today’s most renowned
classical guitarists.
Javier Hinojosa, a specialist
in ancient music at the Scola
Cantorum de Paris, comments
on Irene Gomez’s musicality
and brilliant performance style,
noting Gomez’s sparkling intelligence and exquisite sensitivity
as an artist.
He describes her as an artist
who knows how to elegantly
enhance the eloquence and enchantment in her music and renders homage to music through
her incredible guitar playing
techniques.
Gomez began to study music
at an early age at the National
University Musical Conservatory
with master Gentil Montana. She
continued on with her education
and became the first guitarist to
graduate Summa Cum Laude
from the University of Colombia.
Eventually, she traveled to
France and won two medals: the
Golden Medal in Guitar and the
Golden Medal in Chamber Music
of the Claude Debussy Conservatorium at Saint Germain in
Laye, France, where she studied
with the Spanish master, Javier
Quevedo.
Irene Gomez has produced
three albums in her career as well
as playing in many well-known
orchestras and speaking at conferences.
A longtime friend of Gomez,
Andres Samper, talks about her
most recent CD, “IMAGENES,”
and the overall expression it
exudes.
“Irene gives proof of her moving understanding of the music
contained in this recording by
means of a contrasting, balanced
and above all, very expressive
interpretation.
“Its color, always warm and
round, opportunely accentuated,
together with a spontaneous and
playful rhythm, highlight her
rich and natural discourse,” says
Sampler.
Gomez embraces a wide variety
of music in her repertoire, which
ranges from a sixteenth-century
fantasia by Alonso Mudarra and
an eighteenth-century Bach prelude to contemporary composers
like Argentinian Jorge Morel and
Brazilian Heitor Villalobos.
Lately, Gomez has contributed
to the world of research. She obtained the Mention “Tres Bien”
for her work on “Manuel Maria
Ponce: Une Vie Une Oeuvre.”
Additionally, her work has
been revealed at several different
conferences and guitar-related
events.
She has been associated with
playing in the National University Symphonic Orchestra Music
Department and the Bogotá
Philharmonic Orchestra soloist.
In 1998, Gomez returned to
Colombia, and, presently, she
teaches as a professor at the
National University of Colombia
Superior Academy of Arts of
Bogotá and School of Music of
the Juan N. Corpas University.
Irene Gomez will perform at
Mercyhurst College on Sunday,
Oct. 1 at 2:00 pm in the Walker
Recital Hall.
This event is sponsored by
an Erie surgeon and his wife,
Dr. Manuel and Cheryl Forero,
originally from Colombia and
familiar with the spectacular performances given by Gomez.
Tickets are on sale in the box
office. Prices include: Adult:
$17.50; Senior/Student/PC:
$15; Youth: $5.; MC Student w/
ID: $5.
‘Crank’ delivers action and humor
anything and anyone who stands
in his way.
After speaking to his doctor,
(Dwight Yoakam) who is unorthodox to say the least, Chev
discovers that the only way to
stay alive is to keep moving and
keep the adrenaline flowing.
After several car demolitions,
murders, and, with the help of
many drugs, Chev is able to keep
his heart pumping.
OCT. 3. Social Distortion,
Supersuckers, Blackpool
Lights. House of Blues,
Cleveland.
OCT. 3-15. Musical. Monty
Python’s Spamalot. State
Theatre, Cleveland.
OCT. 4. Nick Lachey. Palace Theater, Cleveland. On
sale now at tickets.com.
“
OCT. 4. Vanilla Fudge
perfor ming “Led Zeppelin I.” House of Blues,
Cleveland.
Crank
doesn’t leave
room for a
bathroom
break.
OCT. 4. Cursive. Club Zoo,
Pittsburgh.
OCT. 5. Robin Trower. Rex
Theatre, Pittsburgh. On
sale at Ticketmaster.
”
OCT. 5. James Blunt. A.J.
Palumbo Center, Pittsburgh.
OCT. 5. Melvins. Grog
Shop, Cleveland.
OCT. 5. Jenny Lewis and
the Watson Twins. House
OCT. 6. Comedy. Ron
White. Warner Theatre,
Erie. On sale at Ticketmaster.
OCT. 6. David Sedaris. Palace Theatre, Cleveland.
OCT. 6. Elton John. Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh.
OCT. 7. Jerry Lee Lewis.
Pepsi Cola Roadhouse,
Burgettstown.
OCT. 7. Blue Man Group.
Quicken Loans Arena,
Cleveland.
OCT. 7. Chicago. Akron
Civic Theatre, Akron,
Ohio.
OCT. 7. Badfish. House of
Blues, Cleveland. On sale at
Ticketmaster.
OCT. 8. Wish You Were
Here. Lorain Palace Civic
Center, Lorain, Ohio.
OCT. 8. KMFDM. House
Courtesy of Goerie.com
Photo Courtesy of the PAC
Internationally acclaimed Irene Gomez performs at PAC.
Photo Courtesy of www.crankfilm.com
Jason Stratham fulfills the quota for action and humor in the new film, ‘Crank.’
By Jessica Nulph
Contributing writer
I went to see “Crank” late on
a Sunday night, literally half
asleep.
I didn’t expect much and knew
little of the movie, other than it
was an action flick with littleknown actors. Five minutes into
the movie, I couldn’t shut my
eyes, let alone blink.
“Crank” automatically piques
your interest from the get go.
Chev Chelios (Jason Stratham),
a hit man for a major West Coast
crime organization, wakes to find
he’s been poisoned by rival, Ricky
Verona (Jose Pablo Cantillo).
The Chinese “potion” leaves
Chev with only one hour to live.
Overcome with anger, Chev
takes to the streets of Los Angeles in search of Verona, crushing
Throughout the chaos, he frustratingly tries to reach his ditsy
girlfriend, Eve (Amy Smart),
with whom he hopes to escape
the business.
With his clever tricks and ultimate disregard for the law, Chev
fights desperately to survive -- no
matter the cost.
“Crank” is action-packed and
very fast paced.
The movie, which is about an
hour and a half running time,
seemed to fly by.
Full of shooting, gore, fights
and destruction, “Crank” doesn’t
leave room for a bathroom
break.
The movie’s style varied slightly
from the typical action movie,
offering slow-motion and fastmotion scenes sporadic subtitles,
split screens, and grotesque
images of the heart fighting to
survive.
Though the style seemed a bit
cheesy in areas, it did help to increase the urgency felt throughout the movie.
With the fast pace and extreme seriousness of the matter,
one would see little room for
laughter.
But the writers managed to
throw in bits of sarcastic humor
and hilarious scenarios that
helped to lighten the mood and
leave the viewer asking, “Are you
serious!?”
Though it doesn’t leave you
hoping for a sequel or anxiously
waiting for it to come out on
DVD, “Crank” is definitely a
movie worth forking over the
seven bucks.
Despite its cheesy subtitles
that kind of remind you of the
roadrunner and coyote holding
up their signs in times of distress,
the movie has a wealth of suspense and faultless continuity.
To top it off -- you hardly ever
get to say, “I knew that was going
to happen!”
Mel Brooks’ Tony Award-winning musical comes to The Warner
By Melissa Brandt
A & E Editor
The Erie Broadway Series is
bringing Mel Brooks’ “The
Producers to the Warner Theatre
Oct. 24-26.
Everything you’ve heard is
true! Mel Brooks has put the
comedy back into musical comedy. USA Today called, “The
Producers,” the funniest, most
fearlessly irreverent thing ever
seen on stage!”
Based on Mr. Brooks’ Academy
Award-winning 1968 film of
the same name, “The Producers” follows a down-on-his-luck
theatrical producer Max Bialystock and mousy accountant Leo
Bloom.
Together they hatch the ultimate scam: raise more money
than you need for a sure-fire
Broadway flop and pocket the
difference.
The “sure-fire” theatrical disaster is later to be called “Springtime for Hitler.” Be assured the
rest of the musical is as crazy as
that title implies.
The New York Times called
“The Producers,” “a blissful
spectacle that will leave you
delirious
The musical is directed and
choreographed by five-time Tony
Award winner Susan Stroman.
Stoman worked on many other
successes, including “Crazy For
You” and “The Music Man.”
“The Producers” swept the
2001 Tony Awards, receiving the
most awards (12) in Broadway
history.
The Awards included Best
Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best
Scenic Design, Best Costume
Design, Best Lighting Design,
Best Orchestrations, Best Choreography and Best Direction
of a Musical.
Photo Courtesy of www.producers on broadway.com
Mel Brooks’ award-winning musical ‘The Producers’ comes to the Warner Theatre.
Tickets for “The Producers”
are on sale now at the Erie Civic
Center Box Office and all Ticketmaster Locations.
Prices range from $37.75$57.75.
For more information on either
the Erie Broadway Series or “The
Producers” visit www.eriebroadwayseries.com.
September 27, 2006
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ARTS &
ENTERTAINMENT
Gore’s global warming warning
By Megan O’Hare
Contributing writer
“An Inconvenient Truth” is
a documentary that illustrates
the immense problem of global
warming.
Al Gore, who has been studying this topic since the early ’80s,
presents in the documentary
the facts that are resulting from
global warming.
He shows a picture of the
earth from space and points out
that snow is melting on the tops
of mountains, bodies of water
are becoming smaller in size and
shorelines are receding.
Also, in the past 14 years, the
world has seen record high temperatures, hurricanes in South
America and, most recently,
Hurricane Katrina doubled in
strength as it passed from Florida
to the Gulf Coast.
The major cause is the burning of fossil fuels such as coal,
oil and gas.
Gore states that if we do not
take immediate action to fix these
problems, in about 10 years the
planet will gradually start deteriorating and by then it will be too
late to change anything.
Global warming is definitely a
major and current problem facing our environment.
The rate of carbon-dioxcide
emissions is dramatically increasing and this, among many of the
other environmental changes, is
presented throughout the movie
as graphs and pictures that will
make this problem even more
alive and real.
FILM PREVIEW
Like many Americans today, we
do not know much about global
warming except for the fact that
it does exist.
This documentary presents
the evidence about the growing
problems facing the world.
Gore informs us that if we
do not change this pattern of
global warming around, more ice
will deteriorate in the Arctic and
glaciers will not exist. If that ice
does break apart, Shanghai, San
Francisco, New York and other
coastal cities will be in severe
trouble.
Gore is extremely passionate about this subject and has
dedicated over 20 years speaking
about global warming and how it
is such a fatal problem.
Through “An Inconvenient
truth,” he presents this valuable information in hopes that
Americans will become better
informed citizens and make
efforts to change this situation
immediately.
Gore states, “We have a moral
imperative to, as individuals and
as a nation, to do something
about global warming, the dramatic, precipitous rise of world
temperatures in the atmosphere,
on land and in bodies of water,
caused by greenhouse gases.”
While Gore says Americans are
responsible for global warming,
he also believes that Americans
can be the solution as well.
What can we do to reverse
global warming and prevent it
in the future?
Photo Courtesy of the PAC
Global warming has the potential to alter and devestate the world Americans and others have become accustomed to.
Being educated on this issue is
extremely important. Once we
have this information, it is our
duty to share it and try to change
the condition.
Also, the gas Americans fill up
in their cars each week is a major
cause of global warming.
People should consider alternative forms of transportation,
such as buses or walking to their
destination.
If purchasing a new car, one
should consider buying a hybrid
car that has been tested and does
not have negative effects on our
environment.
“An Inconvenient Truth” is a
very powerful movie that is sure
to inform viewers about global
warming and the consequences
that will result from it.
This film will play at the PAC
on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 2 and
8 p.m.
Tickets are free for Mercyhurst
College students with ID (limit
one per person).
Photo Courtesy of www.newfoundglory.com
New Found Glory’s CD shows off the band’s new found maturity, check it out for free.
Come home with NFG
By Joe Fidago
Contributing writer
If you heard the single “It’s
Not Your Fault” before New
Found Glory’s CD was released
this past Tuesday, you were probably taken by surprise.
Instead of singing the typical
“girls are the root of my problems” type of song that the emo
genre is characterized by, it is
saying the complete opposite, as
the title suggests.
The song broke away from the
fast, loud, three-chord anthems
the group previously released.
They leaked the song on their
MySpace site, and within a few
days the single had 3,000,000
plays, which shows just how
starved people were for new
NFG.
First John Mayer and now New
Found Glory – the theme of
the fall must be to release more
mature albums.
The turn that New Found
Glory has taken could be compared to the turn Yellowcard
made with their release, “Lights
and Sounds.”
NFG has slightly turned away
from songs like “My Friend’s
Over You” and “It’s Been a
Summer” in favor of a more
alternative-rock sound.
There are still some upbeat
songs, but the backlash that may
come will be because of the lack
of them.
There are many songs that
could be considered ballads, especially “Make Your Move.”
“Make Your Move” could be
compared to “Sucker” from the
group’s first album.
However, comparing these to
the songs on NFG’s self-titled
debut, you can tell there is a
huge difference in their sound,
and also in the tone of their
content.
In the world of pop-punk
and emo music, with new bands
popping up weekly, New Found
Glory has been a staple in the
scene, whether you love them or
hate them.
The scary thing about this record is because it is so different
it could potentially turn people
away if they are expecting the
band to produce the same sound
album after album.
While this is a good album, it’s
very different from their previous efforts. I think my favorite
album by New Found Glory is
still “Sticks and Stones.”
However, this is still definitely
worth a listen, especially since
you can stream the entire thing
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THE MERCIAD
September 27, 2006
LAKER
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Volleyball drops sixth
straight in GLIAC
By Kelly Oldach
Contributing writer
Andy Finkel photo
Jeff Powell (19) and the Mercyhurst defense allowed just four shots on goal in a 1-0 loss
to Northern Kentucky. The lone goal came from a penalty shot in the second half.
Men’s soccer win streak
ends at nine with loss to
Northern Kentucky
By Finella Annand
Contributing writer
The Mercyhurst men’s soccer
team had its eight-match-winning streak snapped as Northern
Kentucky defeated the Lakers
1-0 Sunday at the Mercyhurst
Soccer Field.
The defeat, however, came on
the back of two impressive wins
against Gannon and Saginaw
Valley State on Wednesday and
Saturday, respectfully.
The Lakers started the week
well with a nail-biting, 3-2 double
overtime win against cross town
rivals Gannon. The GLIAC
showdown was eventually won
for the Lakers by Kyle Jackson,
who slotted the ball home at the
101.25 mark for the victory.
Jackson and the team’s delight
was apparent as he ripped his
shirt off in celebration and ran
the length of the Gannon soccer field.
The game was closely fought
from the start as each team tried
to get the upper hand.
Gannon struck first on 22.46
with a goal from Rudi Costa.
They held for a 1-0 lead at the
break.
Some strong words from
coaches Keith Cammidge, Dale
White and Nenad Vidakovic
during halftime helped to lift the
spirits of the Lakers and the men
came out all guns blazing in the
second half.
The Lakers hit Gannon with a
pair of second half goals to take
a 2-1 lead. Jason Pedra struck
first from the penalty spot at
48:18 before Tyler Emerick gave
Mercyhurst the lead at 73:36 with
an assist from strike partner in
crime Kurt Young.
The Lakers held on to their
lead and a green and blue victory
seemed likely until Costa scored
his second goal of the night with
only three minutes remaining in
regulation, sending the Gannon
fans into raptures of applause.
Gannon had all the momentum going into extra time and
the Mercyhurst men knew they
would have to find another way
to defeat their archrivals.
The first period of extra time
saw Mercyhurst under a lot of
pressure from the rejuvenated
Gannon side.
However, neither team managed to find the back of the net,
setting the stage for Jackson’s
dramatic winner at 101.25.
Jackson started the move by
passing the ball to Jason Pedra.
He continued his run, and Pedra
expertly threaded the ball in behind the Gannon defense for the
sprinting Jackson to latch onto
slid past the Gannon goalkeeper
to finish the dramatic contest.
The Lakers followed up their
hard fought win against Gannon with a 4-0 domination of
Saginaw Valley State on Saturday
afternoon.
Three Mercyhurst players tallied their first goals of the season
as Nicholas Thompson, Zach
Hiltner and Matt Richards all
got in on the action with second
half goals.
Tyler Emerick got the game
winner in the 12th minute, taking his goal tally to eight for the
season.
The Lakers went into Sunday
afternoon’s game against Northern Kentucky with a record of
9-1 and anticipation of a tough
contest ahead.
The only thing separating the
two teams at the end of the
day was a dubious penalty kick
decision. Braden Bishop took
advantage of the referees call
and converted the spot kick in
the second half for the game
winner.
The closely contested game
saw little action on either net,
exemplified by the fact that there
were only eight shots on goal
during the entire contest.
Andy Tait came closest for the
Lakers in the first half when his
powerful volley from inside the
box was denied by Northern
Kentucky goalkeeper, Andy
Ortman.
“The season has to go on,” said
Tait after the game. “One defeat
doesn’t make us a bad team and
I think we have come a long way
since last season. Unfortunately
Northern Kentucky always seems
to get the upper hand on us. We
haven’t beaten them in the four
years I have been here.”
The Mercyhust men will have
to put the disappointment of
the defeat behind them as they
now enter into a streak of seven
away games.
The men’s road adventure begins with a 7.00 p.m. kick off at
Houghton on Wednesday.
OSU in driver’s seat, but has
long road to BCS championship
By Brian Davis
MCT Newspapers
Granted, it’s still September.
But the Bowl Championship Series picture now has more shape
and definition since the Harris
Interactive pollsters weighed in
with their first top-25 rankings
of the season.
There were really no big surprises Sunday. Ohio State debuted at No. 1, and Southern
California was No. 2. Auburn,
West Virginia and Michigan
rounded out the top five.
Fans might be asking themselves why this is important.
After all, there’s a ton of football
remaining, right?
The Buckeyes and Trojans
are 1-2 in both the Harris and
USA Today coaches polls, which
make up two-thirds of the BCS
formula.
Now that they’re entrenched in
the top two spots, all they have to
do is keep on winning and they’ll
be headed to Glendale, Ariz., for
the BCS national championship
game.
Buckeye and Trojans fans
should pause before harassing
their travel agent, though. Fans
of other top-10 teams shouldn’t
give up hope, either.
If the Texas game didn’t raise
doubts about Ohio State’s viability at No. 1, Saturday’s sluggish
start against Penn State should
have.
The Buckeyes’ run defense
gave up another 142 yards. Quarterback Troy Smith seemed
rather unimpressive in completing 12 of 22 passes for 115 yards,
and Ohio State got shutout in the
first half at home, no less.
The 28-6 final score doesn’t
look so good when you learn
the Buckeyes had two interceptions returned for touchdowns
in garbage time.
Iowa can rain on, if not downright ruin, OSU’s championship
hopes this weekend. The 13thranked Hawkeyes haven’t exactly
been competitive in this series
lately. Ohio State has won nine
of the last 10.
Let’s say OSU does get past
Iowa, though. The Buckeyes
probably would be favored in every game leading up to the Nov.
18 showdown against Michigan
at the Horseshoe.
Even if Jim Tressel’s club does
build up an 11-0 record to that
point, it’s not guaranteed the voters will stick with the Buckeyes.
Last year, USC had 110 out of
113 first-place votes in the initial
Harris poll on Sept. 25. By Nov.
20, USC had just 88 first-place
votes. Texas had 25.
Ohio State and USC sure look
good in the BCS race as of today.
Just remember one thing. It’s still
September.
The Mercyhurst women’s volleyball team is looking to put the
first half of their 2006 season
behind them.
The Lakers lost their fifth and
sixth consecutive games this past
weekend at the Mercyhurst Athletic Center leaving them 6-10
overall and 1-7 in the GLIAC.
Despite the losses, Head Coach
Ryan Patton seemed surprisingly
optimistic about the season.
“The GLIAC is a mid-level
Division I conference so it’s very
easy to start off 1-7,” he said.
“We knew we had a long way to
go and we’re making small steps,
just not all that fast as the record
indicates.
“I’m looking at the big picture
and not panicking. I want to win
a championship at some point
but the only way to get there
is to keep making those steps,”
Patton said.
The women fell to the University of Findlay on Friday in four
games. Sophomore outside hitter
and co-captain Jenna Matson led
the Lakers with 19 kills, 15 digs,
one block solo and one block
assist.
Senior middle hitter Megan
Fargo had 11 kills, one assist and
one block solo. Lauren Kubinski,
a sophomore outside hitter, led
the team with four solo blocks
and added nine kills and two digs
while freshman setter Julia Butler
had 46 assists on the night.
The following day proved no
better for the Lakers as they fell
victim to Ashland University in
three games.
Kristen Peterson, a junior outside hitter, led the team with 12
kills and nine digs. Matson had
nine kills, one ace and ten digs
while Butler continued her solid
play with 33 assists.
Following the losses, Matson
could not be more in-synch with
the thoughts of Coach Patton.
“It’s a tough conference, but
we’re not giving up yet, and we’re
going to keep working hard and
hopefully take home a few wins
in the second half of our season.
We definitely have the potential
to win some more games but
right now we’re just trying to take
one game at a time,” she said.
The Lakers look to end this six
-game losing streak with backto-back road conference games
on Sept. 29 and 30 against Ferris
State and Grand Valley.
No big changes will be made
to get the team back in the win
column.
“We will probably tweak the
lineup, but it’s mostly an execution thing. The execution has got
to be better,” Patton said.
“There are a lot of aspects of
out game we need to work on,
but a big part of it is staying
mentally tough and reducing
the amount of errors we make,”
Matson said.
“Well, we have a lot to work
on. We’ve been playing good in
practice but we just need to bring
that energy into the game.
“A lot of times I think we
dwell on our mistakes but we
need to learn to get past that and
build the energy back up,” said
Kubinski.
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Coach Ryan Patton gives his team a pep talk during a match against Findlay on Friday.
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High expectations for women’s hockey
After successsful 2005-06 season, team looks to go one step further in 2006-07
By Ryan Palm
Sports editor
The 2006-07 season for the
Mercyhurst women’s hockey
team is one filled with high expectations, expectations Coach
Michael Sisti thinks his team
can meet.
“Obviously, we are excited to
start the season, we’ve been looking forward to this day since the
end of last season,” said Sisti.
“We expect to do great things.
We expect to win a lot of games.
I am positive that this is the best
team we’ve ever had,” he said.
That expectation was echoed by
team captain Julia Colizza, who,
at the team’s media preview night
stated, “With our big senior class,
hopefully we can win ourselves a
national championship.”
After making their second
consecutive NCAA playoff appearance in 2005-06, the Lakers
expect to not only make the
playoffs, but to advance toward
a National Championship this
season.
There are certainly many reasons one should expect such
results from this team, ranging
from a large senior class, a talented group of returning underclassmen and an outstanding
recruiting class.
Mercyhurst has seven seniors
returning to the ice for their final
season.
Included in that group is Colizza, who as a junior finished second on the team in both goals
and total points, tallying 20 and
42 respectively.
Her leadership on and off the
ice is what her teammates see as
important, something that was
demonstrated last year. Also, she
was named one of the team’s as-
Ashley Palagni (22) and Jackie Jarrell (9) play against former Laker goaltender Desi Clark (1) Friday.
sistant captains in 2005-06.
In addition to Colizza, the
other offensive seniors are Sarah
Kurth and Stefanie Bourbeau.
The other seniors include
defenders Michelle Bonello, Jill
Nugent and Ashley Pendelton.
Senior Leslie McArthur fills a
utility role for the Lakers, playing both offense and defense
depending on which side needs
a hole filled.
“Our strength is in our veteran
leadership. It’s a huge benefit to
have them around with getting
our new players accustom to this
level,” said Sisti.
The Lakers return a number
of key players from last year’s
underclassmen group, including
leading scorer sophomore Valerie Choinard, alternate captain
Stephanie Jones and a pair of
stellar goaltenders in junior Laura
Hosier and sophomore Courtney
Drennan.
Perhaps the biggest talk of the
upcoming season is the outstanding recruiting class brought in by
Sisti and assistant Aaron Kemp.
This class brings an international flare, as well as a nationally
competitive flare that Mercyhurst
hockey has never seen before.
Included in that class are players who have played for national
teams in Finland, Sweden and
Canada.
One of the most prominent
recruits in the country is gold
medal Olympian Meghan Agosta, who committed to playing at
Mercyhurst in late June.
Agosta played for the Canadian
Olympic team that won the gold
medal in the 2006 Olympics, and
proved to one of the team’s best
players.
“Our staff does an awesome
job in bringing in student athletes. One of the hardest jobs in
athletics is finding great people to
replace great people,” said Sisti.
The staff has changed slightly
since last season with the departure of long-time assistant Maria
Lewis, who left Mercyhurst to
pursue other interests.
Sisti quickly named Paul Colontino as his top assistant.
Andy Finkel photo
Colontino is very familiar with
Mercyhurst, having been a player
on the men’s team in the late
1990s and served as an assistant
for the women’s team from
2001-2002.
Prior to his return to the hill
he had coached for the women’s
program at the University of
North Dakota since 2002.
The Lakers continuing to shine
on the national spotlight, including competitively during this past
summer.
Four players were part of the
Team Canada U-22 team three
were named to the Canadian
National Inline Team, and three
played in the National Women’s
Fall Festival in Ontario in Au-
gust.
The team has also continued to
be noticed by its peers, in the first
USCHO.com poll of the year,
Mercyhurst opened the voting
at the No. 5 position, a tie for
the highest they have ever been
on the poll.
Only four hockey giants stand
in front of them in Wisconsin,
New Hampshire, Minnesota and
St. Lawrence.
The Lakers proved early that
the significant recognition they
have received thus far is legitimate, claiming a 4-2 win over
Etobicoke on Sept. 22.
The Dolphins are a professional team from Toronto, and
the team under a different name
skated to a tie last season against
the Lakers.
Mercyhurst got its scoring
from four different players, a
display of how deep the goal
scoring for Mercyhurst will be
this season.
The team got goals from
Agosta, Chouinard, Jones and
Nugent.
Hosier and Drennan split time
in the net, with Drennan finishing the contest and picking up
the win.
The Lakers leave early Friday
morning to travel to Maine for a
pair of non-conference games.
These early games against
tough opponents will be critical
for the Lakers if they want to
keep thier high ranking in the
national polls.
Following that weekend set,
the Lakers are home for the
next three to host Colgate, No.
6 Dartmouth and No. 12 Providence.
The team does not begin conference play until Dec. 9 when
they travel to Robert Morris.
Women’s soccer edges Saginaw to remain perfect in GLIAC
By Andy Tait
Contributing writer
Another week passes and yet
another win goes in the bag for
the Mercyhurst women’s soccer
team as they improved to 9-1 for
the season.
It appears little will stand in
their way of reaching the playoffs
this year as they registered a hard
-fought win over the Cardinals
of Saginaw Valley on Saturday
morning.
The win extends Mercyhurst’s
winning run to nine straight
games.
The Lakers were out for revenge following last years 4-2
defeat in Saginaw, Mich.
The game proved to be a very
close and physical encounter,
with both teams picking up
yellow cards and registering 16
shots.
The Lakers took control of
the game in the 36th minute as
sophomore forward Sarah Powell
was judged to have been upended
in the box.
Jacque Sluga coolly slotted
home from 12 yards to give the
Andy Finkel photo
Lisa Melander (17) moves the ball upfield against Saginaw Valley on Saturday.
Lakers a precious lead.
Moments later, the Lakers
could consider themselves unlucky not to have added to the
score line as Powell saw an effort
rebound back off the post as
they tried to add to their lead.
In the second half, the Lakers came out and continued to
dominate possession but found
it difficult to convert their possession into goals.
That was until Lisa Casement
slipped in a pass to Adrienne
Sluga behind the Cardinals,
defense, leaving her one-on-one
with the keeper.
Sluga showed the same compo-
sure as her sister as she clinically
finished off the move, doubling
the Lakers, lead with only 30
minutes remaining.
However, the Cardinals showed
their resilience as they battled
their way back into the game.
In the 81st minute, the referee
awarded a dubious penalty to the
Sports shorts from the week ...
By Ryan Palm
Sports editor
Flood wins Regional Tournament
Senior golfer Brendan Flood
took home medalist honors this
past weekend at the Great Lakes
Fall Regional.
Flood followed an opening 72
with a round of 3-under 69 to
claim first place out of golfers
from 23 teams.
As a team, Mercyhurst finished
in 13th place, moving up two
places after day one, due in part
to Flood’s performance.
The Lakers finished 305-307
for a total of 612, which was be-
hind Ferris State’s winning total
of 584 but ahead of Gannon’s
final total. The team travels to
the Wayne State Invitational this
weekend.
Men’s tennis falls short
Two players from the men’s
tennis team fell short of their
high hopes at the ITA Championships on Saturday.
Mariano Fava and Lee Michael
Marnik played in both singles
and doubles competition after
surviving the tournament’s opening matches.
Fava was seeded No. 5, but fell
to No. 12 Peter Grimsley 7-5, 6-2.
Marnik, a No. 15 seed, was forced
to face No. 2. seed Stefan Borg,
who defeated marnik 6-4, 6-2.
As a team, the two were seeded
No. 3 yet fell to No. 8 pairing
from Missouri-St. Louis.
The team finishes the fall leg
of their season when they travel
to Duquesne Oct. 14.
Women’s golf finishes busy
weekend
The women’s golf team had a
busy weekend, playing in a trio of
invitational tournament.
First up was the Penn State
Behrend Invitational on Sept.
21. There the Lakers finished
second of five teams with a score
of 351 only trailing Gannon who
shot 328..
Their second invitational of
the week was the Mercyhurst
Invitational, a two-day event in
which the Lakers finished 10th
of 14 teams in the field.
In windy conditions, the Lakers struggled on day two of the
event, but Caitlin Cummings led
the team with a two-day score
of 183.
Finally, at the Gannon Invitational the team finished third of
five teams.
The University of Findlay and
Gannon bettered the Lakers, who
finished ahead of Wheeling Jesuit
and Ohio Valley.
Carolyn Halinda was leading
scorer for the Lakers with an
88.
Cardinals for an alleged push in
the penalty area.
Stephanie Roy converted the
spot kick cutting the Lakers lead
to 2-1.
Mercyhurst was able to hold on
for the last 10 minutes to see out
the victory.
Sophomore goalkeeper Rebecca Heintzman continued her
good form in goal for the Lakers
as she made seven saves to help
keep the Cardinals to just one
goal in the game.
Senior captain Finella Annand
is the most experienced member
of this year’s team and she has
been a major contributor to the
Lakers’ success over the past
few years.
“We had a lot of possession
but they defended well and made
things difficult for us,” Annand
said.
The Cardinals battled hard
against a quality Laker team and
appeared to match Mercyhurst in
every department but could not
make it count when it mattered.
The defeat drops Saginaw Valley State to 6-4 for the season.
The Lakers have certainly developed a winning habit, having
now recorded nine consecutive
wins following an opening day
defeat to Quincy University.
“We turned in a very tough and
physical performance and even
though we weren’t at our best it
proved enough to get the win,”
said Jacque Sluga.
Jacque’s twin sister echoes the
views of her sister and feels the
team will peak at the right time.
“We are satisfied with our current level of play but we know
we can raise it another few gears
yet,” said Adrienne Sluga.
Annand has represented her
native country of Scotland and
has been around a number of
good teams. But she claims that
this the best Mercyhurst team she
has played on.
“The team is doing really well
of late, but we will have to pick
it up another gear on Friday,”
said Annand.
The Lakers entertain No. 4
Grand Valley State (9-0) at 4 p.m.
on Friday September 29.
The game will prove to be a
huge fixture for the Lakers, as
they will hope to cement their
position as one of the nation’s
top teams.
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LAKER
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Laker Sports “Quick Hits”
This Weeks Results...
Field Hockey......................................Sept. 24, L 4-0 Shippensburg
Women’s tennis........................................Sept. 22, L 8-1 Ferris St.
Sept. 23, L 7-2, Grand Valley St.
Women’s soccer...........................Sept. 23, W 2-1 Saginaw Valley
Men’s soccer...............................................Sept. 20, L 3-2 Gannon
Sept. 23, W 4-0 Saginaw Valley St.
Sept. 24, L 1-0 Northern Kentucky
Women’s volleyball......................................Sept. 22, L 3-1 Findlay
Sept. 23, L 3-0 Ashland
Football.................................................Sept. 23, W 35-14, Gannon
Men’s golf......................Sept. 24, 13 of 23, NCAA Regional Qual.
Women’s golf................Sept. 21, 2 of 5, Penn St. Behrend Invite
Sept. 23, 10 of 14, Mercyhurst Invite
Sept. 24, 3 of 5, Gannon Invite
Men’s water polo.....................Sept. 20, W 9-7, Penn St. Behrend
Sept. 23, W 13-11, Washington & Jefferson
Women’s hockey...........................Sept. 22, W 4-2, Etobicoke (ex)
In the news...
Hill honored by GLIAC
Mercyhurst punter Brandon Hill was honored by the GLIAC
this week, named its Special Teams Player of the Week. Hill
punted four times for 209 yards, good for an average of 52
yards.
Not only is that top among among GLIAC punters for this week,
but Hill also leads the conference in punting average with a
41.4 mark.
Athletes of the Week
Richard Stokes from football and Adrienne Sluga from
women’s soccer were named this week’s Mercyhurst Athletes
of the Week.
Stokes had a career game against Gannon, rushing for 166
yards and three scores in the team’s 35-14 win. His rushing
total was the highest for any Laker in over a decade.
Sluga scored the game-winner in the Lakers’ 2-1 win over
Saginaw Valley State on Saturday. Her fourth goal of the
season came 15 minutes into the second half, giving the
Lakers a 2-0 lead at the time.
The team is now 9-1 overall and 2-0 in the GLIAC.
Football was named the Team of the Week for its convincing
win over cross-town rival Gannon on Saturday. The Lakers
upended the Golden Knights 35-14 to take home the Niagara
Cup for the first time since its inception last year.
Athletic Department Changes
Mercyhurst Director of Athletics Pete Russo announced some
internal changes in his department last week. There are no
new personnel involved, however, there were promotions and
assignments of new duties.
Matt Grimaldi had served previously as Assistant Director
of Athletics and Compliance Officer, but has been promoted
to Associate Director of Athletics for Compliance and
Administration.
Grimaldi will now oversee the hockey building maintenance
and supervising all work study students.
Mercyhurst wrestling Coach Tony Cipollone has been named
the Assistant Athletic Director for Student Services. Among
his new responsibilities are monitoring grades and class
attendance of the 700-plus student athletes, working on
increasing attendance at events, and also working with the
intramural program to improve its offerings.
Finally, Head Athletic Trainer Mary Ann Love is the new
Senior Women’s Administrator. She will provide female
representation in the athletic’s administration department,
something Russo called “long overdue.”
Baseball adds new pitching coach
Head baseball coach Joe Spano announced last week that
he has selected Mark Johnson to be his pitching coach for
the upcoming season. Johnson has a wealth of experience in
baseball on both the amateur and professional levels.
Johnson spent nearly a decade in minor league baseball as
well as stints with both Houston and Detroit’s major league
teams.
He played college ball for the University of Hawaii, and served
as an alternate on the 1996 US Olympic baseball team.
Football downs Gannon
Lakers beat Golden Knights 35-14 to claim Niagara Cup
By Ryan Palm
Sports editor
In its second year of existance,
the Niagara Cup is coming to the
hill for the first time.
By virtue of winning the football game against Gannon on
Saturday, Mercyhurst lays its first
claim to the trophy.
The rivalry between the two
teams was renewed in 2004
when Gannon’s football program
joined the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
(GLIAC), of which Mercyhurst
had been a part since 1995.
In both 2004 and 2005, Mercyhurst was defeated in the rivalry
game, each time in front of a
large crowd filled with fans of
both teams.
Finally, in 2006, the tides have
changed and the Lakers are the
best college football team in Erie,
with a 35-14 win over Gannon.
The two teams squared off
Saturday at Tullio Field on the
Mercyhurst campus.
Mercyhurst played a very complete game, performing well on
both sides of the football, as well
as on special teams.
The Lakers got out to a very
hot start, and never cooled down
until the final whistle blew.
Mercyhurst put up three touchdowns before Gannon could
score, at one point leading the
Golden Knights 21-0.
Gannon got on the scoreboard
in an unusual fashion, picking
up their first score on a 95-yard
interception return.
What is even more unique
about the play is who tossed the
interception - place-kicker Phil
Andy Finkel photo
Quarterback Mitch Phillis threw 14 of 19 for 239 yards and a touchdown on Saturday.
Scanlon.
On a botched field goal attempt, Scanlon picked up the
errant snap and then attempted
to throw the ball near the endzone for a first down.
His pass was intercepted by a
Gannon defender who returned
it all the way to their end-zone,
pulling the Golden Knights back
into the game by the score of
21-7.
On the ensuing kickoff, the
Lakers fumbled on the return,
and Gannon recovered for a tremendous swing of momentum in
favor of the Golden Knights.
The Mercyhurst defense dug
in, however, and was able to stop
Gannon on downs deep inside
Mercyhurst territory.
The Laker offense rewarded the
defense with a long drive down
the field, culminating in a 1-yard
touchdown run by sophomore
tailback Richard Stokes.
This defensive stand and ensuing score proved to be a backbreaker for Gannon. With the
game at 28-7 the Golden Knights
lost all the momentum they had
built up. Stokes’s touchdown in
the third quarter was his third of
the game.
On the afternoon, he ran the
ball 25 times for 166 yards, the
highest rushing total for a Laker
in over a decade.
Junior quarterback Mitch Phillis had his second stellar performance in as many weeks on
Saturday, throwing 14 of 19 for
239 yards and a touchdown.
Outside of the two minutes of
madness during the third quarter
in which the team turned the ball
over twice in as many plays, the
Lakers did not commit a turnover
for the rest of the contest.
Special teams also proved to
play a big part for the Lakers,
particularly with the leg of senior
punter Brandon Hill.
For the afternoon, Hill punted
four times for 209 yards, good
for an average of over 51 yards.
Additionally, Hill had a key
punt in the fourth quarter, when
he launched a 49-yard kick to pin
Gannon at its own 4-yard line.
Hill was honored by the GLIAC as its Special Teams Player of
the Week for his performance.
Mercyhurst will look to build
upon momentum built up from
this past week, as Ashland University is next up on the schedule.
The team travels to Ashland
this weekend where they face
a team that is also 1-3 on the
year.
Men’s hockey has new look for 2006-07
By Steven Barr
Contributing writer
Men’s ice hockey coach Rick
Gotkin knows the season ended
a little too early for his team last
spring.
Even though they reached the
Atlantic Hockey Final Four for
the third straight year, they were
let down by the 3-2 double OT
loss to Bentley in March.
But the 2005-06 season is a
thing of the past now, and Gotkin has put together a new team
that will likely be as competitive
as ever.
“Our goal has always been to
win the regular season, and win
the conference,” Gotkin said.
While the Lakers fell just short
of this goal, last year Laker fans
can be assured that the team will
have a good run at it again in
‘06-’07.
One key to success for the
upcoming season will be for the
Lakers to maintain their powerful
offense of last year.
The Lakers had four players in
the top 10 nationally in scoring,
and they led all of Division I
teams with 4.17 goals per game.
Two of their top four point
getters from last season, Jamie
Hunt and Dave Borrelli, will
not be with the team this year,
so Coach Gotkin knew a strong
recruiting class would be critical
to the success of this season.
“There are some pretty big
shoes to fill, only time will tell.”
Along with the loss of Hunt
and Borrelli, the Lakers lost
captain Scott Reynolds, a strong
defenseman Conrad Martin, and
forward Mike Pochatek.
While it is never easy to replace
players who have been with the
team for three or four years,
the Lakers do have a promising
freshman class.
On defense, they will add Derek
Fischer from International Falls,
Minn., Cullen Eddy from Hidden
Valley, Pa., and Matt Fennell from
Melfort, Saskatchewan.
Up front, the Lakers add four
forwards that Gotkin describes
as “strong, fast, quick with the
puck, and intense.” These include
Neil Graham from Okotoks,
Alberta, Chris Risi from Thorold, Ontario, Cody Collins from
Kelowna, British Columbia and
Nick Vandenbeld from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia.
Gotkin likes the way his young
team is taking shape.
“We have all the components to
be very good, we just need to get
them together,” Gotkin said.
For the upcoming season,
Coach Gotkin is focusing on having a more balanced game plan.
“We want to have four solid
lines that can play with any team
in the country. Rather than rely
on one or two players, we want
to rely on 25. The ‘committee’
approach to winning games,”
he said.
The Lakers will need to stay
competitive in an Atlantic Hockey Conference that gets better
every year.
The conference added two new
teams this year in Air Force and
Rochester Institute of Technology, and the traditional powerhouses of Holy Cross and
Sacred Heart will continue to
rival Mercyhurst.
With Jamie Hunt’s early jump
to the NHL, and Holy Cross’s
Sweet 16 upset of No. 1 Minnesota, Atlantic Hockey achieved
two significant firsts last season,
which will attract better recruits
to the conference.
Gotkin welcomes the stronger
competition in Atlantic Hockey,
saying it “will be much, much
better this year, which is a good
thing. Atlantic Hockey continues
to get better, and get respect.”
The Lakers will be led by a
new captain this year in senior
forward Kyle Gourgon. Along
with assistant captains Ryan
Toomey and Pat Henk, Gourgon
was voted for by team members
and coaches last spring.
Mercyhurst, who enters the
season ranked No. 31 in the
country, will really be tested
early in the year as their first few
weekends put them against very
formidable opponents.
On Oct. 13, they’ll travel to
Big Rapids, Michigan, to take on
Ferris State University for two
non-conference games.
The following weekend is the
kickoff of Atlantic Hockey and
the Lakers play defending champion Holy Cross.
Students can see the team in
action for the first time on Oct. 7,
when they host St. Clair College
in an exhibition match-up.
The Connecticut Huskies will
be the first conference rival to
travel to Mercyhurst, and students can see that series starting
October 27.
As always, Coach Gotkin commends the student body on
their tremendous support of
his team.
“Our fans are amazing, we’re
very excited to get started with
the season,” Gotkin said.
Field hockey falls to No. 2 Shippensburg
By Chris Van Horn
Contributing writer
The Lakers’ field hockey team
continued its tough early season
schedule against No. 2 ranked
Mercyhurst goes NHL
Shippensburg this week.
Mercyhurst gave the Raiders
Friday night marked the first time that a Mercyhurst student
all
they could handle in the first
has laced up in a National Hockey League (NHL) uniform.
half
before eventually falling by
Washington Capitals defender Jamie Hunt attended
a
score
of 5-0.
Mercyhurst from 2003-2006, and played over 20 minutes in
Shippensburg
led by the slimFriday’s exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
mest of margins at the break but
scored four goals in the second
Hunt did not score in the contest, however, did play good
half to secure the victory, includdefense and had a shot-on-goal.
ing two in a three-minute span
Quick hits are compiled by sports editor Ryan Palm. Any- which helped increase the lead
thing worthy of being a “quick hit” should be emailed to to 4-0.
[email protected].
Julie Smith made 16 saves in
goal for the Lakers and played
the whole game.
The loss was the fourth straight
for the Lakers and it dropped
their overall record to 2-5.
Mercyhurst played an extremely
difficult schedule the first half of
the season.
Three of their five losses came
against teams ranked in the top 10
including No. 1 ranked Bloomsburg, No. 2 Shippensburg and
No. 8 East Stroudsburg.
Hats off to the Lady Lakers,
though, because they have played
each ranked opponent tough all
the way to the end.
“We’ve kept it close but in
the end these teams were just
too deep and played extremely
stingy defense,” Coach Stacey
Gaudette said.
Mercyhurst has played these
teams well despite not having
much of an offensive attack.
The Lakers managed just five
shots in the loss against Shippensburg, while the Raiders got
off 34.
Tough defense coupled with
the amount of young talent on
the Mercyhurst roster has led to
inexperienced mistakes and lack
of offensive production.
However, Gaudette is not worried about her squad.
“The girls are going to get it
together. This tough schedule has
been a great learning experience
and should help us win in the
long run,” Gaudette said.
The seniors on this team have
done a great job of working with
the freshmen.
“We have to cut back on mental mistakes and work harder to
finish on the offensive end with
more consistency. If we do these
things then we will have a chance
to win some games,” Gaudette
stated.
Mercyhurst continues its schedule on Sept. 28 at Seton Hill.
The Lakers’ next four games
are on the road before returning home on Oct. 19 to take on
Seton Hill for the second time
this season.

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