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NEWS:
It's once again time
for the annual
Phonathon,
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FEATURES:
Kristin Carlisle's
internship and education go hand-in-hand
Students waft
in'i line for
subs at the
new eatery
subconnection and for
meals-to-go at
the Laker Express. Both
new dining
options recently opened
and are a success.
The
added hours
for
board
equivalency
and meals
make it possible to get food
at any time on
campus.
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OPINION:
Madam Malarky
makes getting advice
even easier.
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ARTS&
ENTERTAINMENT:
By Holly Burns
Contributing writer
Britney Spears and
Jason Alexander
exchanged vows
If you are a student at Mercyhurst
College, you're sure to know about
and two days later £
the new Laker Inn. Before break,
file for an annulment.
there was a ton of construction taking place downstairs in the Student
Union.:
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So, what was going on? The Laker
Inn was being remodeled and seems
to have had nothing but success.
As you probably know, the MercySPORTS:
hurst Bookstore has been moved to
Briggs Avenue, next to the Audrey
Men's hockey coach
Hirt Academic Center. So, the Laker
becomes all-time
Inn had the advantage of taking over
w inn ingest coach.
that space. "Our main focus was
space and student services," said Ted
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According to Foessett, they have always wantedtoexpand die Laker Inn
and make improvements, but they
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were dealing with insufficient space.
Now that they finally had an opportunity to expand, they took advanFRIDAY, JAN. 16tage.;
The newest addition to the Student
Union is "subconnection." This is a
S wing Dancing Night in the Union
Subway-style eating option that seems
complete with lessons and ice cream
to be a real hit with students. When
from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
you walk in the doors, you are overwhelmed with the wonderful smell
of iresh-baked bread. White or
wheat, nothing beats fresh-baked
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There are 12 main sub options
Off-campus SAC trip to Peak n Peak,
from
which
students
can
choose.
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sign up in the Union.
six-inch sub is $2.99 and 12-inch sub
is $4.99.
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The usual Likerlnn options are slilI
at 9 p.m.
available, such as ham and cheese,
roast beef, turkey, tuna salad, chicken salad, and vegetarian. However,
TUESDAY, JAN. 23 through
subconnection
also
offers
several
new
SUNDAY JAN. 25 options, such as the Italian sub, BLT,
American, meatball, baja chicken, and
"The Mikado" will be performed in the
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In addition, mostly on a monthly
basis, subconnection is going to be
full orchestra.
offering specials to add variety, and
to give students something new to try
and then decide whether or not to
add it to the permanent menu.
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should make it so that students can
see their choices But it's nice, different than before," says sophomore
Kasia Tarczynska.
According to Foessett, the effectiveness of the Egan Hall Cafeteria
is also expected to increase with the
addition of subconnection^
There are more options available
to the students, as far as food choices and equivalency times: therefore,
they are not likely to spend their prepaid meals at the cafeteria for every
meal of the day.
This means that the cafeteria is not
receiving as many students at one
time as they have been. As a result,
the food quality is expected to improve at the cafeteria, because there
are fewer mouths to feed
Instead of making big bulk
amounts of food, the employees can
take more time on particular items
and not rush to finish dinner before
the students arrive.
Another < liange at the Student
Union concerns the Lunch on the
Run system. It is no longer located
upstairs in the Union. Not only has
it been moved downstairs, but it lias
also been given the name, "Laker
Express."
Foessett feels that this has been a
very good move for the system. The
problem with Lunch on the Run in
the past has been the struggle to keep
the food cold and fresh. However,
now there are refrigerators located
behind the counter, which keeps the
food cold throughout the day.
This is essential, because the hours
for the Laker Express have been
changed to 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and
thefoexi needstobe able to stay fresh
for that duration of time.
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layout is nice* The Laker Express
seems to be a step-up, more professional."
Along with the equivalency times
being changedforthe Laker Express,
they have also been changedforthe
Laker Inn, itself.
According to Foessett, a main concern is the students' convenience and
happiness. So, implementing longer
equivalency hours allows them to
ensure student satisfaction.
When researching what students
wanted to see at the Laker Inn, one
of the most common complaints was
that there weren't enough healthy
food options. So, some new healthier
items have been made available to
students. At subconnection, students
can choose to purchase .small salads,
fruit salads, yogurts, cottage cheese
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JANUARY 14,2004
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Fox, Bush vow to work on opening borders, trade
By Ron Hutchcso n
Knight Ridder Newspapers
MONTERREY, Mexico Mexican President Vicente Fox
on Monday embraced President
Bush's plan to ease U.S. immigration laws, saying that the
changes would improve life for
millions of Mexican workers in
the United States.
Meeting at the start of a twoday Summit of the Americas, the
two leaders agreed to put aside
past differences and work together on more open borders
and expanded trade. But other
tensionsremainedas 34 leaders
from throughout the Western
Hemisphere gathered in northern Mexico to look for ways to
promote democracy and economic development in the region
/ LeadersfromBrazil and Venezuela said they would try to slow
Bush's push for a free trade
agreement linking the entire
hemisphere. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, under pressure from the White House to
cut his ties to Cuba's Fidel Castro, arrived in a defiant mood.
Before leaving Caracas,
Chavez said he would use the
summit to "tell the world" that
Venezuelans would not tolerate
what he called U.S. interference
in his country's affairs. Canada
and the United States have joined
forces to try block Chavez's push
for a new humanitarian aid fund
for Latin America. ^
Bush also faced some tough
questions about his Iraq policy
during a joint news conference
with Fox. "The decision I made
was therightone for America,"
Bush said when asked about the
mounting death toll. "And history will prove that it's the right
one for the world."
He sidestepped the question
when asked about former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill's assertion that planning for the Iraq
invasion started shortly after
Bush took office.
"The stated policy of my administration towards Iraq was
very clear, like the previous administration, we were for regime
change," Bush said.
Fox, whose opposition to the
invasion strainedrelationswith
Bush, offered his congratulations
for the capture of Iraqi leader
Saddam Hussein. The Mexican
president also gave his strongest
endorsement yet for Bush's immigration proposal.
The plan, which falls far short
of Fox's goal of an open borPlan for manned spaceflights spurs
der, would let as many as 8 million illegal workers become legal
debate over purpose, cost
by joining a new temporary
WASHINGTON —- When President Bush on 'Wednesday chalworker program. Although the
lenges
the
nation
to
send
astronauts
back
to
the
moon
and
on
to
plan is not limited to Mexico, the
Mars,
the
big
question
is:
Why?
vast majority of illegal workers
Proponents say exploring the unknown is one of the soul's
in the United States came from
innermost desires. It's not what you'llfind,they say, but the jourthe neighboring nation.
"What we want is the plan pre- ney itself. Ifs about overcoming seemingly insurmountable obsented by President Bush," Fox stacles. The reason not to go, opponents say, is more grounded in
said, calling it "a very important reality: money. Experts put the cost of the missions at around
step forward" that would let ille- $200 billion for a country already running record deficits. To
gal workers come into the open make the commitment easier, Bush is expected to propose starting with an additional $4 billion over the nextfiveyears.
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Still, a clash is coming between people moved by balance sheets
In another sign that the two
leaders are ready to improve re- and by adventure epics - and sometimes by both. "The main
lations, Bush invited Fox and his driver for why we would go to the moon and on to Mars is not
wife to meet at the U.S. presi- the science, ifs exploration," said Rice University professor Neal
dent's Texas ranch in March. Fox Lane, who was President Clinton's science adviser and director
canceled a planned 2002 visit to of the National Science Foundation. "It stirs the soul"
But when Lane considered the costs, he hedged: 1 don't know
protest the execution in Texas of
a Mexican who was convicted of if we can afford it" American University public policy professor
Howard McCurdy, author of the book '"'Space in the American
killing a police officer.
Imagination," compared the choice to "buying a boat There's
half of you that saysT want to do this.' The person on the other
side of your shoulder says "Let's get real.'"
The president is seeking a "Kennedy moment," something to
inspire the American public, said John Logsdon, space policy director at George Washington University and a member of the
independent board that examined last year's space shuttle Columbia explosion. He is tapping into a classic Kennedy moment
rrom a 1962 speech: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but
because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize
and measure the best of our energies and skills," Kennedy saki
Iraqis complain about selection progress for pilgrimage
By Hannah Allam
Knight Ridder Newspapers
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqis who
had hoped to make the annual
pilgrimage to the Muslim holy
city of Mecca this week angrily
accused politicians and religious
leaders Tuesday of manipulating
the lottery that selected 30,000
people for the sacred trip to Saudi Arabia.
Iraqis carrying scraps of paper scribbled with their lottery
numbers crowded mosques
throughout Baghdad. Some beat
security guards and fought one
another when they didn't see
their names on rosters of pilgrims. Entrepreneurs seized on
the confusion, illegally selling
their spots for up to $200 and
turning Islam's most precious
pilgrimage into just another postwar commodity. "Angry people
have cursed me and hit me," said
Mustafa Jaffery, a 20-year-old
security guard at a Baghdad
mosque. "I have a weapon, but
I don't dare hurt them. I know
how they feel. They spend the
night in the mosque with no food
and no money, just praying to go
on the hajj."
Encouraged by the U.S.-led
coalition, Iraqi politicians promised this year to ease the former
regime's restrictions on those
making the hajj, the annual journey to Mecca required for ablebodied Muslims at least once in
a lifetime. Organizers did away
with age, sex andfinancialbarriers and gave special privileges to
the relatives of those killed by
Saddam Hussein's security forces. A record number of Iraqis
will depart Thursday.
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Iraqis who had hoped to make the pilgrimage to Mecca this week angrily accused
politicians and religious leaders of manipulating a lottery.
and round-trip travel are subsidized by the interim Iraqi government, with pilgrims paying
$600 per person for a trip that
typically costs more than $2,000.
Those improvements overwhelmed Iraq's fragile infrastructure, as evidenced by the
tears and shouts of the men and
women who gathered at Baghdad's 16 hajj information centers
Tuesday to protest the selection
process.
Last month, a nationwide lottery, overseen by members of
the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council, was held to choose
30,000 pilgrimsfromhundreds
of thousands of hopefuls. The
latest rosters were just released
Monday and Tuesday. Several
members and employees of the
Governing Council are among
this year's pilgrims.
"From 1990 to2pp3, Jraq never had its fair share of people
going to hajj," said Abd a I Satar
al Jabari, the deputy director of
hajj and religious affairs for
Baghdad. "With so many people
able to go this year, the lottery
was our only solution. Tne people criticizing us are the ones who
didn't see their names on the list.
Of course, the ones chosen said
it was a clean, honest lottery."
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Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic relations with Iraq after Saddam invaded Kuwait in 1990, and
a quota set by the Organization
of the Islamic Conference, a
group of 57 mostly M i islim nations, permitted Iraq to send no
more than 22,000 pilgrims to
Mecca each year.
At the mosque, heartbroken
Iraqis said hajj organizers guaranteed spots to relatives, sold
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places^ppl^cal.b^c^^nd
made obtaining passports and
visas impossibly bureaucratic.
Iraqi officials sent a delegation
to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in recent weeks, asking Saudi officials
to at least double the country's
quota for Iraqi pilgrims, to
60,000 people. The Saudis eventually agreed to accept 30,000
Iraqis for hajj, including several
thousand spaces reserved for the
families of "martyrs," the term
used for Iraqis executed by members of Saddam's regime. As
word of a possible Iraqi uprising in Mecca surfaced, however, the Saudis, who have weathered a series of attacks by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist group, reduced the number
of martyr spaces, dashing the
hopes of would-be pilgrims who
initially won spots in the lottery.
Iraqi Governing Council appears to soften stance on Baathists
By Maureen Fan
Knight Ridder Newspapers
BAGHDAD, Iraq — In a
move that may signal a more
measured attitude toward some
members of Saddam Hussein's
Baath party, the U.S.-appointed
Iraqi Governing Council said on
Sunday it that would allow some
senior Baathists to appeal their
dismissals from government jobs
or retire and receive pensions.
At an afternoon news conference, Council member Ahmad
Chalabi, a committed antiBaathist and a favorite of civilian officials in the Pentagon, described how the coalition will distinguish hardcore Baathists from
those who joined the party out
of necessity. He called for an end
to revenge killings of Baathists
and described a two-judge appeals process that will reinstate
some of the roughly 32,000 senior members of the party.
Chalabi denied that the move
was a turnaround by the coalition, saying the council's intention has always been not to exact revenge but "to cleanse Iraqi society and Iraqi state from
the scourge of the Baath party."
Critics of the Bush administration's handling of postwar Iraq
argue that the decisions to dis-
band the 400,000-strong Iraqi
Army and purge all senior
Baathists in the government,
done partly at the urging of Chalabi and other anti-Saddam Iraqis, fueled much of the antiAmerican insurgency.
The moves last May, among
the first official acts by L Paul
Bremer, the top civilian administrator in Iraq, stripped more
than 500,000 Iraqi soldiers and
bureaucrats, most of them Sunni Muslims, of their jobs and
incomes. The purges also deprived Iraq of many of the technocrats needed to restore security andrebuilddie economy, and
left I raqis in the "Sunni Triangle" at the heart of the country
with little say in how to govern
postwar Iraq, the critics say.
A senior coalition official characterized Chalabi's announcement Sunday as thefinalstep in
transferring "de-Baathification
authority" from the coalition to
the council, adding that the council's policy would be much more
focused on reconciliation and
forgiveness.
"We always knew as non-Iraqis that we did not have sufficient information to make subjective judgments... about specific Baath party members' commitment to the party regardless
of rank," the official said. "Rank
was our only factor that we
could consider in making our
determinations and so we were
pretty clean cut about it—you
were either a certain rank memberfromthe Baath Party or you
were not And while there were
opportunities to apply for exceptions, we tended to be pretty
strict."
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Prisoners of wai from the
Iran-Iraq war, for example, were
often assigned the party's fourth
rank of furkah, out of honor.
Under the new criteria, former
Baathists will be considered for
reinstatement if they denounce
the Baath party, and depending
on reviews ol the circumstances that led them to join the party, their qualifications and their
job histories, according to a written decree by the Governing
Council that appeared Sunday in
the coalition-funded al Sabah
newspaper.
"The policy tends to distinguish between nominal Baathists and criminal Baathists, with
the focus on re-integrating some
Baathists back into society," the
senior coalition official said.
"The policy tends to restore a
sense of dignity and ease the
poverty and desperation experienced by some of the nominal
Baathists."
"Wean not calling for violence
against the Baathists, we are after uprooting the ideas and the
conduct of the Baath party and
to ensure that those senior
Baathists will no longer dominate
the posts and positions of the
Iraqi government," said Chalabi.
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DES MOINES, Iowa - There was a time when punk rock was
synonymous with anti-social behavior. Smashed guitars, trashed
hotel rooms, behavior that would be offensive even on today's
reality TV shows. A punk rock icon whose stage name was Sid
Vicious allegedly killed his girlfriend in a ratty New York hotel,
then died of a heroin overdose.
Today, punk rockers are talking politics in Des Moines, Iowa,
which is about as deep in Middle America as you can get, as the
state's Jan. 19 Democratic presidential caucuses approach.
Punk is dead. Boring won. Some trappings of punk were evident at Punkvoter.com's "Rock Against Bush" news conference
on Sunday, held at a downtown Des Moines hotel (Vibe-wise,
the place is several solar systems away from punk. It has a portrait ofWoodrow Wilson in the lobby.)
I One organizer wore heavy blacky po-dorky-they re-cool eye-,
glasses..Chris No. 2, from die band Anti-Flag, <?We rock the' ' i
dudes and damn the man") sportext a red Mohawk.and a thickchain for a belt. The official T-shirt showed a picture of President Bush with the word "Evil" stamped across his forehead,
under the word(?) "Demockcracy."
Even so, The Man clearly has co-opted punk's glorious nihilism. Flanking Chris No. 2 was Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack (who
conceded that he preferred Phil Collins) and political organizers
from the United Auto Workers and the American Federation of
State, County and Municipal Employees. They all said they hoped
to help attract young people to politics. "I'm very glad to see
punk America come along with this effort," said Dave Neil, a
UAW official.
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Dude? "This is probably the weirdest thing I've ever done,"
allowed Chris No. 2. It was, the punks said, all about empowerment. "I had no one to yell at," said Billy Gould of the band
Faith No More. "I could yell at my girlfriend. I could yell at my
dog. I was frustrated" And so a coalition of punk rockers founded
the organization and Web site. They're also issuing a two-volume
CD called "Rock Against Bush." Organizer Wayne Kramer of
the band MC5 said he hopes to mobilize more than 500,000
young voters.
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Annual phonathon sets lofty goals and involves students
By Jenny Allen
Contributing writer
Starting next week, students
from across campus will raise
money for Mercyhurst College.
Tne annual phonathon, which
isnowin its 24th year, will bring
hundreds of students together to
call parents and alumni of Mercyhurst College and ask for contributions to the annual fund.
Stephen Zinram, who is in
charge of the Phonathon 2004,
is very optimistic about this year's
event
Phonathon 2003 was very successful, raising over $ 100,000 for
thefirsttime ever and this year
the goal for the callers is to reach
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The money raised will go towards many new projects on
campus as well as student financial aid
I n particular, the annual fund
supports student financial
aid However, this year the donors will also have the opportunity to designate their gifts for
the Old Main and Zurn Hall renovation funds," said Zinram.
Donors could choose to send
their individual donations to a
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particular area of interest to the Students volunteer their time to cell for donations during the 2003 Phonathon, which
college, like the science depart- raised over $100,000 for the first time ever. The goal for the 2004 Phonathon Is set at
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majored in biology,forexample. students volunteers are the driv- received 99 pledges totaling dors, women's ice hockey, men's
Last year with efforts going to ing force."
$8,895. A few weeks later he was ice hockey, and the men's volfinancial aid, 324 student callers As an incentive to the students, killed in a car accident, which is leyball team.''
called over 6000 alumni and par- awards are given to individuals why the memorial award was * This year, hoping to make
ents.
and groups for the most money started
Phonathon 2004 a success,
The 324 callers were part of raised and the most pledges re- A plaque with the recipient's many groups have volunteered
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15 different college groups who ceived
names on it hangs in the institu- their efforts.
had volunteered their time for
The Eric J. Barr Memorial tional advancement conference
These groups include the ama day. Nearly 20,000 calls and Fu ndra ising Award is given to room. Last year's winner, and the bassadors, men's ice hockey, row2006 pledges were made that the individual who raises the first person to win the award, wasing, the cheerleaders, the dance
day. These numbers added up to most money during the phona- Michelle Logsdon, from the team, men's volleyball, women's
a total of $101,569.
thon each year. '
class of 2003. She gathered 91 volleyball, softball, wrestling,
"As you can see, it is quite an The award was started in 2002 pledges earning the college men's soccer, women's soccer,
effort," Zinram said. "All of the to preserve the spirit that Eric J. $9,755.
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some alumni that call, but the
During Phonathon 2002, Ban- last year included the Ambassa-
Police and Safety Issue New Tickets
Mercyhurst College Police and Safety have been working all
year to solve campus-parking problerns. The main problem with
parking still lies in driver's following the parking rules and only
parking where they are permitted.
It is the responsibility of the driver to prevent themselves
from being issued a parking ticket, however, for all the remaining parking violators, police and safety have updated their ticketing system
There will no longer be two-pieceflyerslying on car windshields; instead parking violators will nowfinda bright green
rigid card. The new tickets will not only stand out by color, but
also by their way of payment Violators can now pay their fines
through the self-mailer system. This means they can pay their
fines through campus or regular mail.
Although this new system is more efficient to pay parking
fines, it is still recommended that drivers avoid the ticket hassle
and park in their permitted areas. Any questions about this
new policy can be directed toward Police and Safety at 8242304.
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Sr. Damien Mkchick releasedfromhospital
After spending time in the hospital with pneumonia, Sister
Damien JVflechick, Switchboard manager, is now recovering
under special care at the Sisters of Mercy Motherhouse. -:.-\
At this time, Sr. Damien is not allowed to have visitors; however, in a couple of weeks if she continues to progress, she will
return to her own room where visitors will be allowed. Cards
may be sent to her at the Sisters of Mercy Motherhouse, 444
East Grandview Ave. Continue to keep Sr. Damien in thoughts
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New options, new look for the Laker
Continued from page 1.
Also, students may choose to
get a sub meal, which includes
either a six-inch or 12-inch sub,
potato chips and a drink.
Many of the potato chip choices are considered healthy options, such as Baked Lays and
Sun Chips.
One of the best things about
the new Student Union is that the
atmosphere has been changed.
Because of the increased seat-
ing and outlets for laptop computers, the I nion just seems to
have a more comfortable, casual feel.
With the help oi Tyrone
Moore, the decor of the Laker
Inn has changed, as well.
Going along with the "Laker"
theme, he decided to implement
a nautical theme.
pt New borders, a sign for the
Laker Inn, pictures on the walls,
and plants have been added to
make the Laker Inn a comfortA
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able, welcoming place to be.
It is a placeforstudents to
come and be with friends and
relax, and it seems to have taken that shape with the new
changes.
According to Foessett, "We're
excited We're well pleased. It
doesn't seem like a remodeling
job. It seems like this is the way
it was always meant to be."
Although the Laker Inn has
been greatly improved, Foessett
feels that there is always room
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more changes to the Laker Inn,
but nothing has been finalized.
The Laker Inn openly welcomes
student comments and suggestions. Comment cards can be
found near the front register. All
students are encouraged to fill
one out soon.
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From November till February Lake Erie usually stays unfrozen
and because of this, it is a perfect breeding ground for snowstorms^
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city in the United States, with an average amount of 88.8 inches
per year.
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snowy city with thefirstsnowstorm of 2004. The storm struck
last week and according to the forecast, the winter weather is
here to stay. During the next few months expect lots of snow
and cold temperatures.
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ByJenHelbig
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Kate McAdama, Photo editor
Brady Hamady, Mike Foglio, Davfd Del Vecchlo, and Jeff Meeson are the newest
members of the Mercy Associates of Erie.
Students get involved
while serving others
By Kyla Mclnchak
Contributing writer
It's not always convenient to
share your time with the community, but for people such as
Dr. Ralph Perrico, David Del
Vecchio, Mike Foglio, Brady
Hamady, and Jeff Meeson,
serving others is a priority.
Perrico has been the co-director of the Mercy Associates for
the past four years.
"I'm a link between the lay and
religious members," said PerriicotrtT 3g|l ' - - '
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in recruiting Del Vecchio, Foglio,
Hamady, and Meeson.
"We have instruction for new
members four times per year,"
said Perrico.
Del Vecchio, Foglio, and Hamady were all inducted as associates during the fall
term. Meeson will be inducted
sometime later this month.
"We were the first group of
male college students to get involved with this. Most associates
are a bit older, and the sisters
and associates are excited to get
new, young people involved,"
said Del Vecchio.
Perrico mentioned that prison
and high school ministry, working with battered women, feed-
ing the hungry, and praying for
the sick are all things that the
associates have the opportunity
to become involved with.
The above tasks aren't easy to
engage in, but the awards are
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"The challenge is trying to put
in enough time to make it valuable for the community," said
Meeson.
He believes that serving others brings happiness to both the
community and the volunteers
that are involved.
Hamady said, "Ifs sometimes
1
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difficult' 'to avoid being
judgmental You can't blame
people; you have to just be there
in the moment You can't let the
situation discourage you."
Del Vecchio enjoys the work
he does at the Lakeland House,
which is run by the Sisters of
Mercy.
"It's a community house for
disabled people. We help them
decorate their trees at Christmastime and sometimes we play
board games together. That's
what really got me into the Mercy Associates," said Del Vecchio.
Because he is a busy college
student, Del Vecchio appreciates
that associates don't have to
spend an overwhelming amount
of time doing work in the community.
Wh
Instead, he said, "It's a practical thing. It's a social organization, not an overbearing
commitment. I get to find out
what's going on in the community, and at the same time I'm
able to help those that are in
need." i
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Foglio commented that it's important for the associates to be
a direct reflection of the Sisters
of Mercy. By following their
mission we can build upon their
foundation.
He also believes that even
small opportunities can make a
big difference in the lives of others.
"I think anyone could say, Tm
going to wake up and be merciful,' but the challenge is when you
meet adversity and when you
meet a conflict of interest. You
have to act on what you've
learned from the Sisters of
Mercy. You almost have to say,
'What would Catherine McAuley do? Then you'll be able to
act with the true spirit of the
Mercy mission," said Foglio.
Del Vecchio stated that every
moment spent with the sisters
and the community is special.
"It's a personal thing that I
enjoy. Being an associate isa really great way to reach out to
others with the resources you
have," Del Vecchio shared.
This past summer, senior
Kristin Carlisle's skills from
Mercyhurst aided her as a
counselor at a summer treatment program in the Erie area.
Mercyhurst plays a role in the
camp's history, which started
locally in 2001. This is the first
year that the camp has not been
held at Mercyhurst. It is also
not thefirsttime Carlisle has
participated in the camp.
"I was a counselor last year
also, but it was an internship
mis summer because of additional responsibilities," Carlisle
said*
"It is a behavior modification
camp." Carlisle said
The local camp is available
to children agesfiveto 13 that
have Attention Deficit and
Hyperactivity Disorder, "The
children may also have obsessive compulsive disorder, and
all of them are on medicatta,"
Carlisle said
Carlisle is a double major in
psychology and marriage and
family studies.
"We have to do ten hours of
community service for each
course," Carlisle said.
Carlisle said thatthe psychol-
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UMN student meets a need for news
ByJohn Welsh
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Unhappy with the coverage
black students received in campus publications, University of
Minnesota senior Gladys Mambo decided to start her own.
"It was time we did something
for ourselves," said Mam bo, a
20-year-old native of the African nation of Cameroon. "The
newsletter was a way to say, "We
are here.'"
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Last fall, Mambo founded the
Black Student Newsletter, a journal of news and opinion for
black students at the U. In new
issues, the newsletter has
changed its name to The Griot,
a West African word for storyteller.
Of the nearly 50,000 students
at the Twin Cities campus, fewer than 4 percent are AfricanAmerican. That means on such
a big campus it is easy for minority students to feel marginalized or ignored, Mambo said
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The newsletter offers students
a forum. There are pages devoted to politics, health issues, personal relationships and reviews
of new music and movies. In the
last issue, Mambo used her "Editor's Note" column to take a
few swipes at The Daily, the campus newspaper, over its ©overage of black student issues.
"If we complain of racism,
we're whiny. If we say that our
events should be covered if only
because we pay student fees for
it, we're told we're not the only
ones," she wrote.
Reaction to the newsletter has
been positive. And Mambo is
pleased that it has sparked connections between the students
and those in the Twin Cities black
community.
"It's been a great response.
People feel this is something for
us," she said
Mambo came to the United
States in 1999. For the past three
years, she has lived in Minneapolis. Through a combination of
a heavy class load and some col-
lege creditsfromher high school
days, she hopes to graduate this
spring with a double major in
English and political science after three years at the University
of Minnesota
She is also president of the
school's African Student Association, vice president of the Black
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Student Union and forum chair
for the Minnesota Programs and
Activities Council. \
"She works really hard," said
sophomore Jecinta Nkwenti,
who is The Griot's manager. "I
don't know how she finds the
time for it."
Law school is Mambo's next
stop and she is spending a part
of winter break on a cross-country road trip withfriendschecking out schools. But before she
leaves, Mambo hopes The Griot will be stable enough to survive without its founder.
"I hope it does. The people
who are writing for it are dedicated," she said "All they need is
someone who will keep pushing
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from low-income families with
hectic schedules, and Carlisle
said. "Some of the parents
were working an 80-hour work
week, and they don't get a lot
of time to be with their children"
"There were three children
for each counselor," Carlisle
said. "The counselors were
mostly upperdassmen or graduate students. The other counselors were from Edinboro,
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'Three company too
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By Brian Cellone
Contributing writer
"CaUitaclcm, call u a network.
caUitatribe, call U a family. WhateuBryoucaBU, whoeueryouare,you
needone,"
.-Jane Howard
For brothers Ryan Wagner,
Dan wagner and Matt Wagner
this statement rings very true.
All three are students at Mercyhurst and are natives of Newbury, Ohio.
R. Wagner is a senior Sports
Marketing major.
For the past two years he has
been playing rnidfield for the
Mercyhurst soccer team and
has loved every minute of it
"Playing soccer is a lot of fun.
I enjoy having Dan on the field
with me," R. Wagner said
In his free time he is a member of the Sport Marketing
Club and is an avid wrestler. He
came to the Mercyhurst because of the soccer program's
reputation.
D. Wagner is a junior Communications major.
He spends most of his time
playing soccer. He has played
defense for the past three years.
"I came to Mercyhurst because of the soccer program
and die coach were very impressive," said D. wagner.
Whatever time he has free
when not playing soccer, he
spends as an amateur male
model
Though he is very modest, he
feels that his brother is following in his footsteps and looks
up to him.
M. Wagner is a freshman
Business Management major at
Mercyhurst
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beneficial for them to be here
because they always have someone to count on. It is nice to
have family members near by.
"Our parents like having us all
at Mercyhurst. They only have
to travel to one college to see
us," said D. Wagner.
"If you know the Wagner
brothers you will agree that being with them is an experience
you'll never forget," said a close
friend of the wagner brothers.
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January 6 marks thefirstday
of my five-month journey to
Australia.
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Australia. Although I intend on
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UC Berkeley campus has Interest in starting a chapter
of Delta Lambda Phi. Delta Lambda Phi was originally
started In Washington, D.C. in 1986.
,
the two or his brothers were
already here.
M. Wagner is a member of
one of the intramural soccer
teams and is also an avid Playstation playei
Even though M. Wagner
doesn't play soccer for Mercyhurst he supports the team (and
his brothers) by being the laundry manager. t
"I enjoy having my brothers
here because I meet a lot of
people through them," said M.
Wagner.
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reading about in further issues MA.
of TheMerciad, 1 will also be at- Whether you are going intertending school at Bond Univer- nationally or on a domestic flight
here are some lips that might help.
sity.
After school ends at the end Number one: If traveling inof April I will be backpacking ternationally, research before you
across New Zealand for ten days go to the country. There are
before coming home to the Unit- many books available through libraries or information on-line.
ed States.
I am a junior Communications The more you know about a
majorfromMartha's Vineyard, country the better.
Number two: If it is a country that speaks a different language then really try to master
some key words before getting
over there. A lot of Americans
think they will be able to manage with English wherever they
go, however this only perpetuates the stereotypical "dumb
American" standard. There is no
better way to familiarizing yourself with a language than being
surrounded by it.
J- Number three: When flying,
a good rule of thumb is to roll
up your clothes in your suitcase
or in your carry-one luggage.
Thefirstreason is that they wont
wrinkle and secondly you can fit
more in your suitcase. Never
jam a bag shut; you always want
the option to be able to bring
souvenirs back.
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When you spend time in other
countries your world perspective
is expanded. Our newspapers in
the U.S. have a smaller international section than foreign newspapers. This may not be a shock
to most of you; however it does
bring up a good point about our
country.
Usually the stories that are in*
eluded in the international pages
only include those stories that
affect the I S. markets.
I urge you to travel as much
as possible. There are so many
places and people you canX even
imagine. In the weeks following
you will be reading my account
of being the "foreigner".
What clinched Matt Royal's
decision to attend University
of California, Berkeley went
beyond the university's esteemed academic reputation
The 18-year-old engineering
major from Long Beach
placed equal weight on whether he would feel comfortable
as an openly gay man on campus. J
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student-led gay and lesbian organizations persuaded him that
hewould
It seemed odd, then, that the
campus lacked one detail that
some local universities have,
a gay fraternity.
piAfter all, UC Davis has one,
as do San Francisco State and
Sacramento State.
"I was really surprised that
Davis has one and we don't,"
Royal said
Next semester, he wants to
change that, building up
enough interest via his role as
the campus' designated "queer
advocate" to start a chapter of
Delta Lambda Phi, the national fraternal organization made
up mainly of gay or bisexual
men a
Delta Lambda Phi started in
Washington, D.C., in 1986 and
now has 18 chapters and eight
colonies nationwide. Most
chapters are directly linked to
college campuses, while others, such as the San Francisco
one, morph into more community-based organizations. In
the pastfouryears, enrollment
has doubled to 1,500 members.
p; At UC Berkeley, an estimated 2,500 students belong to
fraternities and sororities, making the Greek system the largest student organization
Members of gay fraternities
say they join for a variety of
reasons. The list is topped by
a desire to promote positive
images of gays and to share
in a sense of brotherhood.
Cal could be lacking a gay
fraternity because of the robust resources already available, said Kenny Kroll, facilitator of the student Queer
Council.
With all that, is there really a
need for a gay fraternity? Of
course, some say, since there's
nothing like belonging to a fraternity where lifelong friendships can form.
i
The feeling of brotherhood
attracted Kroll to the Greek
system when he was a freshman in 1998. It took two broken ribs and a bruised ego before he decided that traditional fraternities didn't want a gay
man in their ranks.
During rush week, he noticed that fraternity members
were singling him out, slapping
him with the mightiest ofchallenges. He was ordered to
pound out hundreds of pushups nonstop. He nearly passed
out, but it wasn't until after he
went to the hospital that he
learned he had two broken
ribs.
TSfow I know they were asking superhuman things of me,"
said the 23-year-old Native
American Studies major, "ft
wasn't based on how good of
a person I could be. They
didn't want me in the fraternity, and they wanted to weed
me out." «j
Cal Greek'leaders work
closely with the campus* gay
community to educate fraternities, she said, adding that
"there's always more work to
be done." |.
A 2003 study by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
found that 43 percent of gay
students viewed their campus
as homophobic More than a
third of undergraduate students reported they had experienced anti-gay harassment in
the past year.
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Kroll's story echoes the experience of some other gay
college students of a palpable
sense that the brotherhood
doesn't want gays to be part
of the Greek family.
In Delta lambda Phi, such
hassles can be avoided with
members not having to hide
their sexuality, said national
spokesman Eric Van Sant.
Delta Lambda Phi operates
like other fraternities, complete
with philanthropic proj
rules and the goal of projecting a strong and positive image.
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly:
What hot's and what's not at Mercy hurst
The Good...
Madam Malarky writes her own letter
The new additions to the Laker Inn are fantastic and the student body really seems to be
enjoying the new Sub-Connection and laker Express. The lighting is brigher, me food tastes better,
and the tables don't wiggle when you sit down anymore. Life is good at the 'Hurst
MvfaM
Sister Damien is in recovery at the Motherhouse after her struggle with pneumonia. She is not
allowed visitors as of yet, but Mercy hurst students and faculty should be allowed to see her in a
few weeks time. We all wish her a quick recovery!
The Bad...
Another bummer of the trimester system: having to return to school before all your other
college buddies. Even worse, you have to do schoolwork over break! Sorry freshmen, but that's
something you will neuergA used to.
New parking ticket designs from both Mercyhurst Police and Safety and the Erie city police.
With the sturdy new paper, there will be no more claiming that you didn't get you ticket because "it
must have blown away." So, ifs time for everyone to suck it up and pay up., .or start coming up with
some new, better excuses,
. and the Ugly
We understand that there are a lot of sidewalks here at Mercyhurst, but couldn't they be shoveled or salted with a little more consistency, especially during inclement weather? Also, what's with
the slush all over campus? It's a chore anymore to get to class with dry pants.
This past Saturday night, some drunken and belligerent students, miffed about being denied
entrance to a Lewis townhouse, began throwing cans of beer at the residence, causing significant
damage. Nice. Wasn't it too cold to be out vandalizing this past weekend? Remember, people:
"Sticks and stones and cans of beer..."
Signsforthe Gay/Straight Alliance's upcomning meeting were torn down again this week. If it's
because they shouldn't be posted there, administration needs to be more dear about the guidelines.
if students are being close-minded, grow up.
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exists every waking moment or
the day. I live with the thought
mat my bestfriendcould be sent
overseas, potentially never returning home.
He is a soldier in the Army
Infantry National Guard.
The last eight months of my
life have brought me the greatest joy and hardest pain I could
ever imagine.
There is the nagging, the complaining, the arguing, but also the
love, the compassion, and the
silent moments of pure amazement. The best part of my relationship is always hearing "I love
you" when I need it most.
The scariest part of everyday
life is the possibility that Eric
could be sent to Iraq, Kosovo,
or any other part of the world
for front line fighting or peace
keeping.
I never want to come to the
So, I think I'm in for the long
day of Eric's deployment. haul of military life. Eric's a solMeredith Leyva, author of Mar- dier, and I'm his Army Girlried to the Military: A Survival friend, his cheerleader. For now,
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or resentment...".
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Basic Training in Ft. Benning,
During his four months at ba- Georgia, was one of the most
sic training, I hated the military. incredible feelings I could ever
It has taken control over both experience. The sense of pride,
our lives. Just dating a man in admiration, and love I felt at that
the military is like a marriage, moment is unforgettable. In
complete commitment with no time, I may marry the military;
way of getting out without se- it could always be a part of my
vere emotional consequences. life, regardless of whether he's
He signed up for six years of serving duty or released after
service to this country. Nothing contract.
is ever set in stone when dating
I don't mind the fact that Eric
a military man.
wants to protect this country; I
Then as I read farther down support him 110 percent There
the page, Leyva continued, is no greater feeling in my heart
"Many service members don't knowing he loves and cares
feel the same way... [they] love about me so much that he is willrunning around with tanks and ing to risk his life.
artillery... this is the main reaBecause of nasty dictators and
son why they get paid." I think terrorists, the lives of millions of
of war as a bunch of service people have been ruined. I will
members living out a battle-re- not let anyone ruin our lives or
lated video game.
relationship. I will never give up
Unfortunately, war is not fun on the hope that one day Eric
imagination but a scary, unpre- and I may live a married life together, just not to the military.
dictable reality.
Madonna Kisses and quickie annulments
By Bill Ferguson
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
In the midst of all the depressing news of war, terrorism, and
natural disasters, it is sometimes
a nice respite to hear a story
about famous people behaving
like idiots and generally embarrassing themselves in front of
die whole world This week it was
Britney Spears' turn to pArovide
comic relief to a tense American public as she got married in
Las Vegas to a childhood friend
and thenfiledfor an annulment
just two days later.
Heretofore I was under the
impression that annulment was
just a synonym for divorce that
was invented by people of certain religious persuasions who
wanted to end their marriages but
would fall into ill favor with their
church if they called it a divorce.
Annulment is a real legal process by which a marriage can be
terminated without the pesky
community propeity issues that
make divorce such a major bum-
mer [fs not hard to see why Ms.
Spears would prefer to go this
route.
It's not supposed to be all that
easy to attain an annulment In
Nevada, a couple has to meet at
least one of six possible criteria
to be granted an annulment Let's
take a look at them and try to
figure out which ones may apply to Britney's situation.
-The participants are related by
blood.Britney and her hubby
were just good friends. (And I
don't want to hear any wisecracks
about them being from Louisiana.)
-Either party was already married. This was thefirstmarriage
for both. In Britney's case it will
probably be thefirstof many.
-Either party is under 18. The
fact that they were acting like
they were 12 doesn't count.
-Either party is insane. Britney
is smart enough to know that
kissing another woman on TV
will help sell records, so she must
have something on the ball.
-Either party is committing a
fraud on the other. You could
argue that Britney has committed a major fraud against the
public by pretending to have talent, but we aren't the ones who
married her.
-The couple did not understand
their own actions. This is apparently the only standard that can
be applied in this case, and was
used as grounds for the annulment,
Obviously that last one would
apply if the couple was hammered when they got hitched,
and that seems to be exactly what
happened Britney's people, however, have denied that alcohol is
to blame for this incident and
have said that it was just a "joke"
that went too far.
I've never thought the act of
getting married was inherently
humorous. The act of matrimony itself doesn't give most people the giggles.
Britney Spears has shown us
that she herself is inherently funny. She's a goofy person, and I'm
sure the laughs will just keep on
coming. Just don't make us listen to her sing. Please.
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Madam Malarky has taken on
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Merciad.
Why, you ask? Because you are
all too busy to write to me it
seems.
Now don't fold the Merciad
back up and slide it under your
desk, pretending like you didn't
just read that statement I know
you did
You can't deny it. Nobody's
allowed to use the excuse that "I
didnt know there wasd Madam
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have writterL"
Excuse me? I'm conceited
enough to know that you folks
read this column. I lurk. Keep
in mind that the photograph of
"me" that appears on this page
looks nothing]ike me.
I could have been sitting next
to you in the Union yesterday
and you wouldn't know it. I
could have bought a doughnut
from you in the Zurn hallway
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So you know what? You're
busted. I see you all out there,
reading the column and pointing out sentences about gay men
to your friends, saying, "See? It
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it with my own two eyes. Some approaches me with a "great
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You waste time reading the away click on mine.
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roommate's ex-boyfriend's HurstMSG and HurstSAC to
friend's cousin.
provide the Mercyhurst comSo due to this campus's lazi- munity with the sheer pro-laziness, I have decided to make ness convenience that we have
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available to you than before. You I know you all have great ideas
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the hard part) copy the name campus with a little more enter"Madam Malarky" into your tainment
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Another great feature of the
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Winter term:
A tradition of making the grade
By Ashley DuBose
Contributing Writer
Whether you are rambling to
your roommates orfinishingup
just one more game of Solitaire
on your computer, you are procrastinating. As I write this column, I have two chapters to
read, a journal entry to write, and
two midterms to study for.
It is, of course, the curse of
the college student. We have so
much homework, so many tests
and papers due; it is hard to get
it all done. And if you want a
social life, well, good luck.
This term is the worst. The
first three weeks before winter
break were so easy, almost nothing was due.
Then we went home for a few
weeks, hung out with our old
friends, spent some quality time
with the family, and took a break
from our hectic school schedules.
It was like a cold, snowy dream
that I personally did not want to
wake up from.
Well, guess what people, it's
time to wake up.
t Midterms are here. Yep, it is
time once again to dive headfirst
Into those text books and hope
that you remember enough to
make a decent splash on the tests.
It snuck up on all of us. We
were just paddling along in the
shallows, and now wefindourselves in the deep end, just trying to keep our heads above
water.
Wow, that was really stretching a metaphor there.
It is true. This term is the
worst for procrastination. Cold
Erie weather makes me want to
hide under my comforter and
wait for spring. Unfortunately,
the term is half over. If I hide
now, I will fail.
The worst part is, we cannot
drop a class now because the
,h
deadline was pecember 9 . I
don't think we can even declare
a Pass/Fail at this point in the
term.
It is not all doom and gloom
ahead. I mean, sure, midterms
are right on top of us, and sure,
we have a bunch of papers waiting to drop on us like bricks, and
surefinalsare... Okay, I'm going to stoprightthere, just writing that made me anxious.
This is what gets us. We start
looking at what is ahead, realizing that there are six weeks of
this term ahead, and practically
an entire term's workload to do,
and we panic. Well, I panic. If
you don't panic just a little, I
envy you.
We have to realize that this is
it Freshmen, pay attention: this
is crunch time.
If you can make it through the
next few weeks, you can make it
through the next three years.
The only thing you have to do
is just work on one thing at a
time.
It sounds too easy to be true,
but it's not. Pick an assignment
work on it until it is done, and
move on to the next one.
I suggest starting with the largest, hardest assignments. Don't
read Siddhartha for the third
time if you have a ten-page paper due on The Existential Void
in Politics,
You might not get everything
done, but try to do the work that
counts the most toward your
grade. The professors don't expect us to be perfect. At least, I
i
nope not
Like I said before, you have
to look on the bright side. There
are only six weeks left in the term
And then? Spring Break, baby!
Who cares that it will only be
February by then?
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The campus question: Earning your keep:
What do you think of the new additions to the Laker Inn?
Tr8 very appealing and spacious, and there's more room
5
to relax."
; -*
-Dan Cofifee,
.••It
"It's a great asset to Mercyhurst College. It is more convenient and provides variety of
eating options.''
-Jackie Farina
Junior
«T1reallylike the new Laker. Now there is lots of room
to hang out for more than a
few minutes.''
-Anni DiBartolomeo,
Junior
"The Laker is a great improvement. It's more appealing to hang out and eat
The lines are really long for
the Sub Connection, thoughThat's the only thing that gets
irritating."
-James Webb,
Freshman
"I think the new look provides the students with a better atmosphere, and the variety of food options is definitely an improvement.''
-Amy Ruminski,
j
Freshman
"This is the first time I've
been here, and I think it
looks more modem. I'm
definitely likely to come here
often."]A
-Christopher Ludy,
"I think the prices are
great, cheaper man Subway.
And I'm more likely to
come here to eat now,"
-Andrea Has ham,
It's awesome. Although,
the wait at the Sub Connection is ridiculous."
-Jennifer Bulkk-y,
• lit
"I haven't been there yet
I'm off campus doing an internship. But every time I
do go in there, it smells really good."
-Emily Tresky,
Senior
"I definitely like the new
tables and chairs. The prices of food are convenient,
and it has a friendlier, more
welcoming atmosphere.''
-Josh Long,
"It's awesome, especiallyI
the new closed off study
areas. I like the fact that part
of it is carpeted."
Caitlin Disibio,
11*111
•-I. I I I I I
"I like the new set up;
there's more room for privacy. Plus the meal options
are better."
fc; &
'
-Johnathan Kowakzuk,
Senior
$*The expanded area is better to hang out and talk to
myfrienoV
-Ryan Conway,
•.1,1 I II I
"Ireallylike the new addition; it's definitely nicer, more
space. Plus the food options
are expanded."
-Pat Hauser,
Junior
^ 1 like the extended hours
for board equivalency; it's
more convenient and spacious."
-Laura McCarthy,
Freshman
•**'
"It's nice to have board
equivalency all day; it's a lot
more convenient. I'm more
to hangout there then
to go to the cafeteria all the
time." *
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-Kristen Dunbar,
"I like the old Laker better. I just do."
-Adam Hicks,
Freshman
Occasional catastrophe:
Don 'tpoke yourself in the forehead just yet
However, my theory, stolen
from the C.S. Lewis's of our
world, is this; would it really
mean anything at all to, lefs say,
1
love another human being if you
never knew the feeling of hate?
This seems to extend its way
Would peace mean anything
into every aspect of life. If life without the concept of war?
weren't a battle, if there were no Would truth mean anything withstress, if there were no pitiful out evidence of lies and deceplows and ecstatic: higlis, then what tion? Would life hold any meanwould we be Irving for other than ing without therealityof death?
Stevenson
We need the events of these
a monotonous existence?
"Ihehuman bodywas designedtoIf it weren't for those friend- "occasional catastrophes" to
walk, run or stop; it wasn't ships that lead to higl | blood pres- break up die unfortunate monotbuilt
for
coasting sure in your older age, or those ony pure joy without fault could
relatives over Christmas break hold. I've noticed an amazing
"GdJenHightouer
that make you want to poke revelation over holiday break in
There are two kinds of rela- yourself in your forehead just so watching the people I love. The
tionships in this world: comfort- you have an excuse to leave the strongest people I know and the
ones who love life the most are
ablerelationshipswhich allow for room at Christmas dinner.
Making up with those friends the ones whoVe had it the worst
a stable backbone in life, and
high-volume relationships which who mean so much to you, and As I said before, those who
provide for the ironically un- that long awaitedreturnto your carefightto hold on. Life is full
comfortable stress level present apartment at school hours and of train wrecks, mass killings, rehours from home frankly ligious strife, garbage dumps and
in everyday life.
Think about friendships for wouldn't mean nearly as much. acidic rain, but who's to say we
Life is known for its unexpect- don't need them?
instance. Some of the best
friends in the worldiight with ed, twisted epiphany-like quality. So fall in love, make mistakes,
such potency that most have Why there is disease, poverty, lose people you love, love peotrouble even comprehending starvation, suffering, crime, and ple you hate,fightfor friendships,
their friendship, while other every other awful aspect to our stick up for what you believe,
friends never ever fight. For world, may in fact have some- have c hildren, play the lottery,
whatever reason, it's those thing to do with our relationship dare to be different, change cafriendships with little to no fight-with life itself; providing a price- reer paths, jump out of a plane,
ing that generally are considered less perspective within the will be politically incorrect on purcloser relationships by percep- ingnesstofightagainst these very pose, plan trips you may never
take,
invest
in
the
stock
market,
things.
%
tion
.
eat
squidrisk.
Don
DeLillo
in
the
novel
White
However, maybe, just maybe,
it's those friendships that go Noise-writes, "We need an occa- Humans have an eminent rethrough steep ups and downs sional catastrophe to break up silience within all meaningful rethat should be testifying to a the incessant bombardment of lationships, and life's too short
1 to coast. '
strong bond because they dare information."
to overcome. I've recently realized that those who care fight to
hold on, while those who seem
passive
and
forgiving
may
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Pitfalls of the lives of the wealthy and privileged
VH1 really gets my goat sometimes, you know?
I admit it. I'm addicted to the
show "The Fabulous Lifestyle of
(insert celebrity/mogul/overlypampered prima-donna herej.
I'm fascinated by what these
people spend their hard-earned
money on.
I drool over Justin Timberlake's arcade-style XBox. I ogle
JLo's indulgent use of $1500
body cream and I covet Britney's
$50,000 shopping sprees.
I admit I'm jealous.
|.5-. I envy what they have worked
hard to get
All right, notice that the key
words there were "worked
hard." I have a problem with
those who didn't so much earn
their money, as fall backwards
into a great big ol' pile of cash.
Take Prince William and Prince
Harry, for instance.
Now, you want to talk about
"lifestyle of therichand the famous.'' These boys aren't just
privileged; they are royal and it
doesn't get much more privileged than that
This is what irritates me beyond description. For goodness'
sake, even the Hilton sisters do
something to supplement their
vast inheritance.
They model. They make
handbags. I'm sure Paris is getting paid something for humiliating herself every week on
"The Simple Life." They do
more than just roll around in the
Hilton family vault all day, is my
point here.
Prince William and Prince
Harry- not so much. Just got
lucky, I suppose.
I suppose I can't begrudge
them for the happy circumstances of their birth,
I can try, but it wouldn t be
V
right:
i
Now, I'm not saying that Justin, Jessica and Bennifer are regular, hard-working, blue-collar
Joes. But they earn their keep.
They work long hours. They just
be around.
What
I
am
saying
is
that
they
But I CouldBe Wrong probably won't grow up to be
missionaries or cure cancer. They
might- but they probably won't
Why? Because theydon 1 have to
7 That's the great thing about
Jaime
being privileged.
>
Rinne
There's a lot that they don't
have to do if they don't want to.
Wish I had that kind of option.
Wouldn't it be nice to just blow
so happen to have a job that off winter term, fly off to Eumost of us would give our right rope and never mind if you fail
because Mommy and Daddy
eye for.
%'.. I get aggravated when I hearcan pay for you to come back
my friends make statements for another year?
about how they want their for- I v? Doesn't that sound appealing?
tunes to fall into their laps. They I hear the streets of London
want to "get lucky" like J.K. calling me now.'
Rowling or Stephen Spielberg, f'-^I, however, cannot do that,
|s.,- Never mind that J.K. Rowling because even if it kills me I am
actually had to have some cre- going tofinishmy classes, finish
ative writing ability to get pub- my senior project and graduate
lished or that her characters are with my friends in May.
unique and memorable and cap- I will walk across that stage and
ture the imagination. She dearly I will be proud to accept my diploma because I know that I
just "got lucky.."
Ik Never mind that Stephen Spiel- have earned it. My grades may
berg had to go to film school for not have always been perfect, but
years to gain his cinematic tal- I worked hard and no one
ents or that his movies are often bought anything for me to gradmasterpieces offilm-making.He uate.
cleariy just "got lucky,",as well.
So, in short, I'm not judging you
Isn't life more satisfying when if you happen to be one of those
you know that you have really lucky, privileged few. Good for
you
earned the things you have?
Wasnt the "A" that you really Who knows what I would be
studied for more pleasing than doing had I had your lucky cirthe one that just kind of fell into cumstances.
I'm thinking that a fruity drink
your lap (and we've all had one
or two of those during our edu- and a white sand beach sound
nice.
cational careers)?
I
Tm not saying that an acciden- However, I don't have your
tal "A" isn't wonderful, but the circumstances, so I have to work
one you earned really brings you for what I have.
I suggest that you might want
Now, I'm not saying that Will- to try it for yourself. Man, I neviam and Harry won't grow up to er thought I would say this, but...
Take a lesson from the'ftjlton
be, happy, well-adjusted, wellrounded young men From what sisters, okay?
I hear, before she died, their
Wow, I feel dirty just saying
mother taught them a thing or that I think I need to go take a
two about living a "normal" life. shower. Scalding hot with a BrilI'm sure that they are kind and lo pad and Lysol. I might need
personable and just a pleasure to new skin.
Communications survey:!
How Mercy hurst students feel about the upcoming election
If the presidential election
was held today, 37.5% of Mercyhurst students would vote
for President Bush according
to a political poll taken the week
before einter break.
Democratic candidates
Howard Dean and Wesley
Clark were picked by 14.1%
and 10.2% of the respondents,
respectively.
However 36% of the students polled were still undecided
Tbe poll, which was conducted by the Communication Department's Political Communication course, found that of the
130 respondents, 57% were registered to vote and only 15%
voted in the 2003 general election.
Among the respondents, half
turn to television for information about politics, whileanother
23% use newspapers.
When asked about credibility
of the political environment,
only 20% of those polled
th< Hjglit information provided by
candidates was credibile or very
credible.
However, 24% thought political ads were credibile or very
credible.
Twenty-nine percent of those
polled thought they were very
informed about politics.
However, 58% said they
were likely or very likely to
vote in this year's presidential
election.
Poll participants were randomly selected from the Mercyhurst student directory.
Additional polls will be conducted in January and February. *i.
The class is also hosting a
weekly discussion program,
Politics Today, which can be
seen Tuesdaysfrom6:15 - 6:30
p.m. on Hurst TV Cablevision
Channel 19*1
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Return of the King' shines
By Marc Toth
Contributing writer
Thefinalfilm adaptation in the
"Lord of the Rings" trilogy is the
best one yet If you have yet to
see the first two films, I highly
recommend you rent them, and
then see this one, because it is a
special treat.
If you havent seen the previous two, make sure you see mem
first, because this film will not
make much sense without having seen them. This is definitely
the crown jewel of the series,
running three and a half hours,
with barely any slowing of pace.
This one has it all, from breathtaking epic battle sequences to
humorous snippets of dialogue.
Visually, this film is stunning.
A combination of brilliant costuming, a goodfilminglocation,
and CGI have given it the feel
that Tolkien's masterpiece deserves.
Thisfilmmay actually deserve
more credit than the previous
ones, as the battles are larger,
there are more (and lager) mythical creatures, and Gollum has a
larger role and more mood
swings.
"Return of the King," the third of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, was released In theaters
There is very little to complain
about visually. The few things way that his earlier characteriza- even does a particularly memoBe prepared to think that the
that catch one's eye as imperfec- tion made unthinkable.
rable horse trick that must be movie is over several times. Dont
Sean Astin and Ian McKellen, seen to believe.
tion are greatly outweighed by
get up and leave until you see
the rest of the
film.
BR Sam and Gandalf respectively,
The only place that the film the credits rolling, you will miss
At this point, all of the actors have larger roles than they pre- noticeably drags is at the end, something if you do, as the film
have grown into their parts. They viously did, and Astin, in partic- where everything is wrapping up. fades several times before the
have, in essence, become their ular, really shows his emotional This is because it must wrap-up ending.
all of the loose ends that having
characters. It is difficult to imag- range.
This film is a cinematic masine any of them being replaced
Both Merry and Pippin get to a trilogy of films creates while terpiece that many fantasy readby anyone else. Elijah Wood, in see much more action than they simultaneously doing justice to ers have been waiting a very long
particular, seems to have grown normally do, and all of the oth- the large portion of the original time for.
into his role as Frodo, portray- er major characters get plenty of Tolkien text upon which it was
Though this sort of advening the darkness of the ring in a space on the battlefield Legolas based
ture/fantasy does not appeal to
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in December of 2003.
everyone, thisfilmcontains a lie—
tie bit of everything, and almost
everyone should be able to walk
away from it and at least say that
they got their moneys worth.
Most viewers will come away
feeling that they got more than
they bargained for.
While all that is gold does not
glitter, "The Return of the King"
shines like magic, and will be remembered for some time to
come. 5/5 stars.
JAN.-28.-Fred Eaglesmith.
Rosebud, Pittsburgh.
JAN. 28. Life of Agony,
Flaw, Skrape. Club Laga,
Pittsburgh
'Steakhouse' rules
JAN. 29. Original Low,
Melbourne. Hard Rock
Cafe, Pittsburgh.
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JAN 30. DANCE. Mikhail
Baryshnikov. University of
Buffalo Mainstage Theater,
Buffalo,
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JAN. 31. Tracy Morgan.
Bryce Jordan Center, State
College, Pa. On sale Jan. 12
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Agora Theater, Cleveland.
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W o m e n ' s t u r n : " T h e LW o r d ' j o i n s S h o w t i m e
By Richard Huff
New York Daily News
Mia Kiishner is willing to bare
aB as a heterosexual woman who
falls "hard" for a lesbian.
That's clear within the first few
minutes of "The LWord," a new
Showtime drama.
Kiishner says she wanted to
give a realistic portrayal of Jenny Schecter, a woman snuggling
with her sexuality, and that meant
more nudity. ?
"1 was always pushing and encouraging for more truth, which
would mean that the sex would
be darker, painful and sometimes not so pretty to watch,"
Kirshner told the New York
Daily News.
So Kirshner, in one of the series' main story lines, is seen in
separate love scenes with both
her on-screenfianceand with her
newfound female lover.
'
"The L Word," which is set in
Los Angeles, is a drama about a
group of women, most of them
gay, plusJenny, who believed that
she was heterosexual until becoming intrigued by lesbians.
Besides Kirshner, the show
stars Jennifer Beals, Laurel Holloman, Katherine Moennig, Erin
Daniels, Karina Lombard, Leisha
Hailey, Pam Grier and others.
The drama, which was developed long before TVs current
gay-is-cool trend, will launchJan.
18, following such successes as
"Queer Eye for the Straight
Guy" and "Queer as Folk."
Yet "The L Word" breaks new
ground as the first drama about
lesbians.
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"The L Word," a new drama to be aired on Showtime starting Jan. 18, Is about a group of women, both straight and gay.
This drama Is the first lesbian-based television show.
And in the first several episodes, Kirshner's character,
who straddles the line
between gay and straight, goes
through the most emotional
strain.
"Often, what you see withJenny is not pretty," Kirshner said.
"She's in love with two people at
the same time. She's one ofthose
people who will just grab experiences because of the holes in-
side her, and with that, she will
leave the casualties in the wake
behind her."
Kirshner, soon to be 28, has
been working for about a dozen
years, and has appeared in such
TV series as "Wolf Lake" in
But ifs in "The LWord" where
Kirshner is exposed the most and
has perhaps her meatiest role yet
"Mia is the bravest and boldest of actors," said Ilene Chaiken, producer and creator of
"The L World "The only con2001.
"$ JP
cern Mia ever has is that she's
She also had a memorable role not being challenged enough, and
as an assassin in early that her character is not going
episodes of the first season deep enough. She is utterly fearof "24."
less."
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Early on in the development
process, Showtime executives
worried that heterosexual actresses would be reluctant to
appear in "The L Word," fearing they would be stigmatized by
playing lesbians.
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But this was before "Queer
as Folk" had made its appearance in the Showtime lineup
and actresses did not balk
at accepting roles in the
series. Beals was the
first, appearing as half
of a lesbian couple.
Where "Queer as Folk," a drama about a group ofgay men in
Pittsburgh, has appealed largely
to gay men only, Showtime producers hope "The L Worddraws a broader audience.
"A lot of straight men, from
what one is made to understand,
don't want to see gay men in
sexual situations," Chaiken said
"We know that isn't true with
straight men, or with gay or
straight women, watching lesbians."
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Indeed, Howard Stern, who
often says on air that "lesbians
equal ratings," has made the issue a regular staple on his show.
But it's more than just the sex,
Chaiken and Kirshner said the
stories in "The L Word," such as
a lesbian couple's struggle to start
a family, are universal.
Yet it will be hard for some to
separate out the sex, and mere
is plenty of it, often with Kirshner at the center, clothed and
unclothed
"Certainly there is nudity for
Jenny, but because I wanted to
do it, I've asked to do it, which
I've never, ever done before,"
Kirshner said
But for her, that's just part of
the work, the character.
"I couldn't imagine doing a
sexy sex scene," she added. "I
hate to shatter the illusion. It's
still a job. ... It depends who
you're working with Sometimes
there's a great deal of intimacy,
sometimes I am thinking about
doing my laundry or calling my
friends."
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Onhcampus entertainment
By Emily Crofoot
Arts & Entertainment editor
Photo courtesy ofwww.google.com.
Britney Spears and Jason Alexander, both 22, went to Las Vegas to exchange vows,
when just two days later the couple filed for an annulment. ?
Oops! Spears did it 'again
By Iindsay Kezlarian
Contributing writer
Britney Spears has done it
again. The famous pop star has
managed to steal the limelight
that she has always reached for
as a result of her recent marriage, and subsequent annulment, to her childhood friend.
Britney Spears and Jason Alexander, both 22, went to the
Nevada Gambling resort on the
spur of the moment to celebrate
New Year's.
Alexander comments, "We
were looking out the windows
and looking at the lights and did
city. We were like, This is a real
pretty, beautiful night, lets do
something wild and crazy and leg
go get married just for the neT
of it."
i
So the couple ventured over
to the Little White Wedding
Chapel to get married the quick
way. USA Today reports that
Britney's wedding gown consisted of "ragged jeans and a black
top, her head covered not by a
gauzy veil but a baseball cap."
She also wore a white garter on
her left leg. They reported that
Alexander's outfit was also jeans
and a black jacket.
The couple took pictures but
when it came time for the official marriage license to be signed
a feeling of reality hit them hard.
After the wedding they went
back to their room and decided
they needed to sharethe big news
with their family and friends, g
This is when trouble arose and
the two started to realize that
they had maybe made a mistake,
just 55 hours after their marriage, the couplefiledfor an annulment. The annulment stated
that the couple knew basically
nothing about each other.
Apparently, the two were not
aware of each other's likes and
dislikes, as well as thoughts and
feelings about marriage, and topics related to marriage, such as
the issue of children.
People all over were shocked
and upset. Spears' and Alexander's hometown (Kentwopd,
La.) was not pleased at all. The
owner of a local store in Kentwood said, "It's embarrassing
to have worldwide media
attention with the buildings in
such
rundown, decrepit
conditions."
All over the city, reporters, television crews, and paparazzi were
found. Even Alexander's grandfather had to close his garage
Monday because of the intrusion.
1
It is reported that Alexander
and Britney are still close friends.
The two are still dealing with reports though specifically that
there is a $ 1 million offer for
Alexander to give the wedding
video up.
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I The Mikado," the enduring popular operetta by the famous duo Gilbert and Sullivan,
will be this year's featured presentation by the Mercyhurst
College Opera Theatre, opening to Erie audiences Friday,
Jan. 23, in the Mary D'Angelo
Performing Arts Center at
Mercyhurst College.
This appealing opera was set
in Japan to disguise its stinging
satire on Victorian politics, and
boasts such famous tunes as
"A Wand'ring Minstrel I" and
"Three Little Maids from
School." '.'
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The production, which will be
directed by LouisaJonason, assistant professor of music at
Mercyhurst, promises to be visually stunning with authentic
costumes and wigs designed by
the Mercyhurst College Art
Club. The elaborate performance will be accompanied by
full orchestra, conducted by
Dr. Matthew Inkster, assistant
professor of music at Mercyhurst
"The Mikado" will be presented on Friday, Jan. 23, and
Saturday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m.
and on Sunday, Jan. 25, at 2:30
p.m. All performances will be in
the Mary D'Angelo Performing
Arts Center.
Tickets will be $15 for Gold
Circle; $12.50 for adults; $10 for
seniors and students; free to
youth under 15; $6,50 for President's Card holders; and $1 for
Mercyhurst College students
with identification.
For tickets and more information, contact the Mary D'Angelo
Performing Arts Center box office at 824-3000.
<r- The Mercyhurst College
D'Angelo Music department will
continue its 2003-2004 Faculty
Recital Series when Dr. Sara
Langmead and piano faculty
present "10 Handed Fun: A Piano Faculty Showcase," at 2:30
p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 18, in the
Walker Recital Hall The performance is free and open to the
public
<— "Restoring Alaska: 10 years
in the wake of Exxon Valdez" is
a wonderful documentary chronicling the first 10 years of restoration and recovery after one of
America's worst oil spills devastated Alaska's Prince William
Sound. The film addresses the
current status of natural re-
sources affected by the spill
and the efforts being made to
prevent future such disasters.
Thefilmis showing on Friday,
Jan 16 at 7 p.m. in the Taylor
little Theatre.
<— Les Violons du Roy will
be performing at the PAC on
Sunday, Feb. 1, at 2:30 p.m.
When Quebec City was founded, opera was 7 years old, the
Baroque was just beginning
and J.S. Bach's birth was 77
years in the future.
What better place to find
North America's most exciting
chamber orchestra? Les Violons du Roy (the name was taken from the court orchestra
of the French kings) plays a
vast repertoire, but in the authentic performance style appropriate to each era.
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Under the baton of their
founder and artistic director
Bernard Labadie, Les Violons
captures the panache and style
that makes Quebec City so
unique.
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Tickets are $15 for adults,
$12.50 for seniors, $5 for
youth 15 and under, and $1 for
Mercyhurst students. For more
information about Les Violons
du
Roy,
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SPORTS
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Men's basketball! defeats
Saginaw Valley and Lake
Superior State
ByKristaRoss
Contributing Writer
Hard work and dedication have brought this year's wrestling squad to No. 12 In the nation;
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Wrestlers win three to go 6
Mautz leads the way for the Lakers with a weekend record ofd-o
By MattJackson
Contributing Writer
Junior Justin Mautz used two
pins and two decisions to go 4-0
and lead the Mercyhurst wrestling team to a 3-1 record in the
East Region Duals on Friday
and Saturday, Jan. 10 and 11.
Mautz has over 20 victories
on the season after thefourwins.
The Lakers dropped a heartbreaking 21-19 match to UNC-
Pembroke on the opening night
of the weekend competition.
Bryan Wolff had a first period pin and Paul Bergman recorded a major decision to score
bonus points in the laker effort
Mautz, Will Tedder and Angelo
Caponi recorded decisions.
The second day of competition held better results for the
Lakers as they went an impressive 3-0. The day brought victories over Indianapolis (24-15),
Carson Newman (31-9), and Col-
orado School of Mines (19-15).
Bergman, Ricky Randazzo, and
Ben McAvinew all finished the
day with 2-1 records.
Bergman had a pin and a decision to score nine team points
on the day.
Mcavinew used a major decision for team bonus points and
also added a win to go aong with
Randazzo's two decisions.
The Lakers next contest will be
on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m.
when they travel to West Liber-
ty State.
On Jan. 17, the Lakers will
host an important dual against
No. 19 Shippensburg at the
Mercyhurst Athletic Center.
Mercyhust is currently ranked
No. 12 in the nation and has two
wrestlers ranked nationally individually.
J ustin Mautz and Ben Mcavinew are ranked third and fourth
respectively.
The three wins improves the
Laker's record to 6-4.
The Mercyhurst men's basketball team captured back-toback wins as they traveled to
Michigan last week to face Sag- j
inaw Valley and Lake Superior
State for league contests.
The Lakers faced Saginaw Valley State Thursday night, January 8, and handed them only
their second loss at home.
The Lakers defeated the Cardinals 81-54, as they improved
to 4-0 in the league.
Senior forward Josh Helm
had a career best 32 points
against the Cardinals, 16 of J
which came in thefirsthalf as
the Lakers opened up 46-26
lead at half.
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The Lakers continued to rally the Cardinals in the second
half, shooting 56 percent from
the floor, 10 of 19 from behind the arc and out rebounded the Cardinals 33-26.
Senior guard Justin Shouse
also added 16 points while junior Jawad Ali chipped in with
13.
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The Mercyhurst men continued their road trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to
face Lake Superior State Saturday, Jan. 10.
The Lakers again came out as
the powerhouse in thefirsthalf
leading the 30-23 at intermission.
\[ Junior guardJawad Ali had a
career best 20 points, 13 of
which were in thefirsthalf and
3frombehind the arc.
The Lakers defeated Superior State 54-46 and improved
to 5-0 in the league.
Senior Josh Helm
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Helm is just 2 points shy of
moving into fourth place all
time, while Shouse is just 10
away from moving into sixth
place I
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The back-to-back win put an
end to the 15 game road-loosing streak, which began at Ferris State on Dec. 8,2001.
The Lakers continue to remain infirstplace of the south
division with a record of 5-0
and an overall record of 11-4.
The start is also the best ever
since joining the GLIAC in
1995, and the back-to-back conference road wins were also
thefirstsince 1998 when they
beat Findley and Hillsdale, m
"The season is going well, we
are getting better everyday,
working hard and winning with
our defense which is our bread
and butter," said senior guard
Justin Shouse who only need 24
assists to climb into third and
18 steals to climb into first
place.
The Lakers continue play on
their own home court Thursday, Jan. 15 against Northern
Michigan at 8 p.m., and Sat Jan.
17 against Michigan Tech at 3
pm
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Women's hoops
Women's hockey beats Providence, ties UNH
search for first win Lakers ride an eight game unbeaten streak with No. 1 Minnesota ahead*
By Patrick Martino
Sports Editor
The Mercyhurst Lakers continue to struggle, dropping two
league games on the road to
Lake Superior State and Saginaw Valley.
The Lakers fell to 0-12 overall and 0-5 in the GLIAC.
The Mercyhurst Lakers faced
Saginaw Valley on Thursday
Jan. 8 at University Center.
The Lakers led at half-time
23-20 but fell to the Cardinals
44-53.
vSaginaw outscored the Lakers by 12 in the second half to
claim the victory.
Mercyhurst struggled from
the foul line, shooting 56 percent while Saginaw shot 100
percent
Freshman Julie Anderson
scored a career best 22 points
for Mercyhurst while sophomore Cassie Seth chipped in 13.
The Lakers continued their
travel to Lake Superior State
University but would struggle
against an even stronger opponent.
I The Lakers dropped their
twelfth straight loss of the season to Lake State, which also
placed them 0-5 n the GLIAC.
Superior State outscored Mercyhurst 42-16 in the second
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half.
Sophomore Cassie Seth and
freshman Julie Anderson each
led the team with nine points.
"We're a young team going
through stepping stones. We
just have to keep working hard
and eventually we will get on
the right track," said sophomore guard Coco Sommers
Mercyhurst will return to play
on Thursday at 6 p.m, against
Northern Michigan and Saturday at 1p.m. against Michigan
Tech.
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two assists In Saturday's 3-2 victory against Providence.
On Sunday, Lansing was a +2 In a 2-2 tie with No. 8 ranked
New Hampshire. At the end of the weekend, Lansing finished +3. Play from players such as Lansing has boosted
the squad's national ranking to No. 7.
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Men's hockey goes
on weekend
By Ryan Palm
Contributing Writer
The Mercyhurst men's hockey team was defeated in a nonconference match-up by the
SaintsfromSt. Lawrence University by the score of 5-2.
The game was played on December 13 in front of 1,970 in
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Canton, N.Y.
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What started off as a slow
game through thefirsttwo periods ended with a lot of excitement, asfourgoals were scored
between the two teams in the final period of play.
St. Lawrence drewfirstblood,
scoring just four minutes into
the game when freshman Drew
Bagnall put one past Mercyhurst
sophomore goaltender Andy
Franck.
Bagnall s goal would stand until sophomore teammate T.J.
Trevelayan scored with eight
minutes into the second period
on freshman goaltenderJordan
Wakefield, who had replaced
Franck.
Things were not looking good
for the Hurst, until junior left
wing David Wrigley scored his
fifth goal of the season on a
power play just one tenth of a
second before the end of the
second period.
Wrigley's goal was assisted by
sophomores Preston Briggs and
Dave Borelli, giving the Lakers
new hope.
Just three minutes into the third
period Mercyhurst junior Rich
Hansen fed senior Peter Rynshoven who put the puck in the
net past St. Lawrence goaltender Kevin Ackley.
The goal tied the game at two,
and wouldremainthat way for
the next seven minutes.
v St. Lawrence junior wing Stace Page scored just his second
goal of the season, putting the
Saints up by the score of 3-2.
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Senior forward Mike Carter fights for position on a Bentley defender. The men's hockey team won both games against Bentley this weekend.
It would prove to be the game
winner, although St. Lawrence
would get two insurance goals in
a span of two minutes, f
. Sophomore John Zetter tallied
his seventh goal of the season
at 17:11, and was followed just
two minutes later by fellow soph-
Gotkin becomes
winningest coach
By Patrick Martino
Sports Editor
omore Kyle Rank, who scored
his second goal of the season.
The Lakers were out-shot by
a total of 46-24, including 1510 in the important third and final period.
Franck was in the goal for
13:44 and allowed one goal while
making 12 saves. ^
Wakefield played the rest of
the game, allowing three goals
and making 29 saves.
The final St. Lawrence goal
was scored on an empty net.
"We played well and had a lot
of chances, it was a back and
forth game,"remarkedWrigley
when asked about the game,
"They had two late goals in the
third period that possibly
shouldn't have gone in. We had
a few chances that we didn't finish and bounces did not go our
way." W: l l p r tir
With the loss the team now
drops to 6-6-1, and will get quite
a bit of time off for the holidays.
They resume action with a nonconference game on Sunday
Dec. 28, when they travel to Troy,
N.Y., to tangle with RPI. *f ;S
Men's volleyball wins first contest
Experience shows as Lakers win match 3-1
By Matt Jackson
Contributing Writer
One of the highest compliments known in the sporting
world is to be called successful.
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You can measure success in
respect, advancement, and undeniably in records.
Men's hockey head coach
Rick Gotkin achieved success
in all these aspects.
1 Recently Gotkin became the
Mercyhurst all-time winningest
coach breaking a tie with
former baseball coach Joe Jordano.
Gotkin surpassed the previous record in a 2-1 win over
Bentley last Friday night in the
Mercyhurst Ice Center.
The win on Jan. 9, was number 286 in his 16 year history
with the Mercyhurst hockey
program.
It is a great accomplishment
for any coach, yet Gotkin accepts the achievement with
great humility.
He gives the credit to the people who surround him.
"I work with very, very good
people, very talented players,
and I am blessed with some of
the best assistant coaches.
It's a real collective effort to
be in this situation."
Gotkin also credits the support of the college communi-
The Mercyhurst men's volleyball team opened its 2004 season this past weekend in good
form as they downed Niagara
College >of Canada in four
games (22-30,30-14,30-18,3024) in an exhibition match.
Niagara used the Laker's agCoach Rick Gotkin *
gressive play against them to
fans "just making noise for
come out on top in mefirstgame
you," can get a teamreadyto for their only victory of the
play their best
night
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Coach Gotkin has accomThe Lakers kept their minds
plished a great deal in his 16- focused and stuck to their game
year tenure.
to take the next three games to
He has brought the team to win the match.
a Division-I standing. The
Mercyhurst was led on the day
team won three successive reg- by junior middle Austin Siewait
ular season championship in as he compiled 11 kills and 10
the Metro Atlantic Athletic Con- blocks.
ference (MACC).
Sophomore outside hitterJusIn addition, the team has tin Waas and senior middle TJ.
made an appearance nationally Wilson chipped in with nine kills
in the NCAA tournament in apiece and sophomore setter
two of the last three years.
Dan Kick turned in 40 assists.
"There are many memories,"
Freshman libero Dennis Tesaid Gotkin talking about his
laak had an impressive start to
time at Mercyhurst.
his collegiate volleyball career by
Yet he admits that his most
setting a new single match record
exciting memories come from of 25 digs.
the team'sfirstchance in the
Mercyhurst also competed in
NCAA tournament in 2001 their Alumni match this weekagainst the Michigan Wolver- end when they downed the alumines.
ni in four game (31-29, 30-25,
"It was a David and Goliath 26-30,30-25).
scenario," said Gotkin. "There's
Ttie Lakers will begin their reglittle Mercyhurst pitted against ular season schedule on Saturbig, scary Mi< liigan University." day, when they play Sacred
He feels that the fans at the
Even with this achievement, Heart.; •
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game are a huge part or get- Gotkin's goals remain the same.
The Lakers will attempt to
ting the playersfiredup.
"We try to get better as a team improve on their 9-20 overall
Gotkin pointed out that the every clay," said Gotkin.
record and 2 14 conference
record of last year. Juniors Austin Siewait and Dave Schmidl will
WAACE is currently searching for basketball
return to lead the offense once
radio announcers. No experience \s necessary. again this year with help from
I f interested please contact Steve (x2890), or sophomore Justin Waas.
Waas was the team leader in
Bill Shannon (x2264)
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kills and aces last season, and
Junior Dave Schmidl continues to be a large part of the Laker offense.
Nate Keegan, an all-Tournament
team member in the Mercyhurst
Invitational last season.
Keegan will be out for a small
portion of the season however,
due to an injury.
The defense appears to be in
good hands. It will be led by a
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pair of senior middles in TJ.
Wilson and Jim Ax.
The backcourt has the return
of junior Bill VanCise who
broke Mercyhurst's single season
record for digs last season.
In past years the Lakers have
been young and relatively inex-
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perienced.
This is not the case this year
as the core of the team is made
Up of upperclassmen. %•
The coaching staff will be
stressing starting off games
strong and having good finishes
for each game.
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