By Chris Wloch News Editor Freshman Ryan Nigro, above, shows

Fashion S h o w Exhibits an Evening of Style
By Chris Wloch
News Editor
At 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, a
fall fashion show was held in the
Great Room of the Hermann Student Union. The show featured
four different scenes: "Ready for
the World" (career wear), "Casual Friday" (casual wear), "On
the Go" (sporty wear), and "Out
on the Town" (formal evening
Freshman Ryan Nigro, above, shows off a suitfromJ. Riggings
Below, Freshmen Julie Breedlove (L) and Quincy Jones stmt their
Adams, more than a month of
planning went into the organization of the fashion show. Two
weeks were spent on deciding the
location and another two weeks
went into working on the theme
of the show which was "Fashion
Around the Clock."
Several different stores in the
mall including J. Riggings, 5-7-9,
wear).
Eastern Mountain Sports, Casual
Nine studentsfromthe Fashion
Corner, Express, the Gap,
Promotions class, here at
Mercyhurst orga nized a nd ran the Koenig's, Tuxedo Junction and
American Eagle lent the clothing
event which lasted 40 minutes.
S Clarice Adams and Jennifer Evans which was worn by the models.
The show was pulled off with;. coordinated the models* Tyrolia
out a full dress lehersal because
Jenkins and Gloria Gibson
the stores would not allow the
handled promotions. Jen Jurczak
clothes to be taken until the day of
and Kelly McLeskey were responthe show, Johnston said.
sible for the music and decoraA few weeks back, there was an
tions. Merchandise selection was
open audition for models who
supervised by Amy Johnston,
wanted to take part in the show.
Maris a Rossetti, and Penny Kish.
Among the people who particiJohnston was also in charge of the
pated were Jacki Barletto, Rhonda
entire show. She wrote the comBibbs, Nicole Boeke, Julie
mentary and served as emcee for
Breedlove, Swan Cee, Ray Colby,
the evening.
According to Senior Fashion \\Amanda DewaIt, Wanda Duck,
Tony Favarula, Rob Gillooly,
Merchandising Major Clarice
Hurst Receives $100,000 Grant
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By Todd Zielinski
Merciad News Writer
Experts have estimated that bythe year 2020, one out of every
four kids in high schol 1 will be of
Hispanic origin. Of them, 75%
who are proficient in English will
speak Spanish as their first language. These statistics alone are
enough to indicate that educators
in this country must turn their
attention to bilingual education.
Last week, the Special Education and Spanish departments at
Mercyhurst were awarded a
$100,000 grant from the U.S Department of Education. Of this,
$80,000 will be used for several
full tuition scholarships and stipends for graduate students*
Money will also be used to provide books, videos and other
Spa ni sh educational materials for
the library.
Dr. Phillip J. Belfioie, Director
of Graduate Special Education
and Alice Edwards. Associate
Professor of Spa lush were named
ihe co-directors of the grant Eventually, a part-time coordinator will
be hired to set up practicums for
students.
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Mercyhurst was in competition
with several Division I schools,
but proved to be the best school
for this kind of three year pilot
program. The grunt will be renewed annually for three years
pending progressreportsmeasuring student academic progress,
field-based practicum performance, community needs surveys
and annual post-graduate survey
information which will determine
the program's effectiveness.
According to Edwards, this
grant Vill make Mercyhurst the
only college in the Erie area to
offer a graduate program associated with a foreign language. "In
the last three years, the language
dc part men! at me icy hurst has experienced an increase ii
ment In all major languages
cultural studies," she said. This
grantwill also create the opportu-
Jonelle Giulianelli, Amanda
Hermann, Ryan Hug, Danielle
Johnson, Quincy Jones, Shane
Lemons, Ryan Nigro, Kathleen
Opresko, Adrienne Richard,
Mariana Riley, Kevin Segedi,
Cameron Washington, Demoyne
White, Corey Zieziula, and Julie
Zdok.
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After the show was over,
. Johnston expressed her satisfac. tion with the end result "It was a
. lot of work, definitely a team efp fort It took the cooperation of the
! students in the?class, die merSH chants and the models. Our ad vi. sor, Marilyn Smith, basically lei
. us make all the decisions because
Hit's a senior level Class," she said.
Adams also said that she was
[^pleased with the outcome of all
the hard work. "There are a few
things I would change to make it
better. My advice for people next
year istotake moretime.Overall,
we did a good job and I wa s really
hannv with the wa v it turned out"
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Hey Seniors: Don't put your plans
for graduation at risk! The Writing
Proficiency Exam) is being offered
again on Sat Oct 26 at 9 a.m. in
Zurn. Report to the Lobby at 8:45.
: Dean Dr. Joseph Gowtt (left) congratulate
Dcan'slist Dinner Sunday night Photo credit
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October 24,1996
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C a m p u s Ministry Sponsors Hunger Awareness
By Bill Melville
Merciad News Writer
franks and beans, cookies and
punch. "When the people in the
Second World group were going
to the food line, Michele Garvey
came up and said there was no
more food for them. Then they
were told that they would have to
go to the "soup kitchen" for food,"
said senior Courtney Nicolai. .
To help make the students
aware, Third World groups sat on
the floor right next to the tables
where First and Second World
people ate. Third World people
could' receive food 'and. utensils
from First and Second World participants. According to Michelle
Garvey ofCampus Ministry, several First World tables repeatedly
ordered loaves of bread only to
hand them out to thosefromthe
Second and Third World. .
"It was strange seeing my
friends sitting on thefloornext to
the table I sat at, but that was the
whole point. It made me more
aware in that aspect," says junior
Joe Uryckt, whoreceivedthe Second Wdrfil meal but was invited
On Oct 10, the Mercyhurst
Campus Ministry held a Hunger
Awareness dinner in the Cafeteria to help i ncrea se student awareness of how people eat in First,
Second, and Third World countries.
More than 100 students volunteered to give up their regular
dinner in exchange for the Hunger Awareness dinner. Several
faculty and administrators also
took,part^those wbo^signed"iip,
were divided into three different.
meals. The people in the First
World group received a catered
meal of salad, chicken cordon
bleu, rice and vegetables, and
cake. The Second World was
served in the style of a soup
kitchen, and the Third World received a bow] of rice, nothing to
drink, no eating utensils, and sat
on the floor.
« For the, Second World meal,
The Emmaus Soup Kitchen pro-
vided pre-made. sandwiches,.
MSG Lecture! Series
Begins October 24
By Melissa Lang
MSG Secretary
first issue should be distributed to
On Monday, Oct 21, MSG held
all students by Wednesday night.
its weekly meeting in the Union.
Segedi also mentioned that many
Vice President Tom Bender resubmissions for the first issue
minded all reps that the first prothe overwhelmgram in the lecture series wiII be
ing number that come from the
held in the Little Theater en Oct.
students. The second issue of the
24, at 8 p jn. Peter Jordan will be Freedom Zone should be out by
talking about "UFO'sThe Grand
the end of the month.
Deception-" All students and facPresident Staccy Fitzpatrick inulty are encouraged to attend.
formed reps that the skate rental
The sign board's three month
facility in the Ice Center has been
trial lea se Is up in the be ginning of completed. The skates, which are
November, and reps will be denow located in the Union, will be
ciding whether or not to renew it.
moved to the Ice Center Just as
The sign board is located in the
soon as the facility is ready for
Laker Inn and was leased by the
them.
f
US News Network for three
David Roth, President of the
months to see if students would
WildernessFoundation.prcsentcd
be interested. It replaced the old
MSG with a,motion to help srusign board which only read,''Weling on the White |
come Back Students."MSG wa nts Water Rafting Trip pay.for gas. j
to know what stud ents t hi nk a bout The students have to take their 1
own cars instead of school vans 1
the new signboard. Please talk to
because the school officials feel
your Class rep or call the student
government office with comthat the activity is too dangerous.
ments. The reps will be voting on After a debate, the reps voted to
it at next Monday *s meeting.
give the Wilderness Foundation
In Freedom Zone news, the first op to $250 in gas money reimbursement for up to nine cars so
issue hasfinallyarrived. FZ edithat students can afford the trip.
tor. Kevin Segcdi, said that the
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to sit-at a table of First World
people.
The idea for * the Hunger
Awareness Dinner arose about
one year ago when Mercyhurst
President William Garvey suggested a thirty hour fast, in which
students would be given only juice
and crackers during that period.
Campus Ministry modified his
idea into the dinner and decided
to focus it on the Third World. It
was also decided that the dinner
would occur in*conjunction with
National Hunger-'Awareness
Month and the Food Drive. Which
October
Campus Ministry hopes to hold
the Hunger Awareness*Dinner
every fall and possibly twice per
school year, if the student participation equals the level it reached
for this dinner, It is hoped that in
the future, the Third World meal
will be expanded to include meals
from different cultures, and the
money earned will benefit differ;
ent charities each time the dinner
is held.
Dinner
Seniors Natalie Neumann (left)
and Sharon Pritchard, above,
relax after eating their bowl of
rice on the floor with the Third
World group* At right, Bob
Munson takes a break from his
duties as "Chef Roberto." jfc
Photo Credit: Courtney Nicolai
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The Dean would like to notify all Dean's List students who
did not attend last Sunday's dinner that they can pick up
their Dean's List Certificate from the Dean's Office. They
are urged to do so before by November 2nd. Thank you.
The Political Science Association is sponsoring a Mock
Presidential Election in the Student Union from 11 a.m. 2 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28, and Tuesday, Oct. 29. All students are encouraged to vote for their favorite candidate.
E.C.C.O would like to remind students not to throw out
their old phone books: Recycle Them. All phone books
should be placed next to one of the paper recycling bins
that are all over campus. They will be collected and recycled into insulation for homes in the Erie community.
Tkje Registrar's Office has changed the policy regarding
graduating with deficiencies. For bachelor's candidates,
participation in the May, 1997 graduation ceremony
requires that the student have no more than 6 credits of
remaining coursework or only student teaching to be
completed by the end ofJhe iiext Fall Term.'For allassociate's and master's candidates, all degree requirements
must be completed In order to participate in the ceremony.
Any change in a student's graduation status ought to be
reported to the Registrar's Office by May 1. *
Career Corner
By John Murphy
Editor in chief
The Office of Career Services
is asking that seniors mark their
calenders for Thursday, November 7th. On that day, from 1-4
p.m., there will a Career Fair in
the Mercyhurst Athletic Center.
This fair will bring more than
100 company recruiters and representatives to meet with any student about careers and jobs. According to Frank Rizzone of Career Services, these fairs in the
past have been met with some
apathy among the student body,
and he hopes that students will
respond this year. "Few realize
just how much effort goes into
this fair and how important it can
be to students, who in just a few
short months will be looking for
jobs." said Rizzone.
October 24,1996
THE MERCIAD
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EniieicMiiuaaent
Grand Delusions
By James Hain
Merciad A&E Troublemaker
If Mrs. Doubtfire made you
squirt milk out your nose, then
you're probably exact! y the kind
of audience Disney wants for The
Associate, the new Whoopi
Goldberg comedy, which opens
today.
It's another low-rent farce, but
1
this time it works, thanks to a
clever script and an able cast It
isn't exactly'Much Ado About
Nothing, but on its own terms,
this comedy of deception and
mistaken identity is better than it
should be.
Goldberg plays Laurel Ay res,
an aggressive, talented broker who
is furious when a promotion goes
to her underqualified, male protege (Tim Daly). Laurel quits to
start her ownfirm,but finds that
no one will let her get her foot in
the door. Finally, in desperation,
she invents a reclusive male partner, Robert Cutty, and finds her
small firm in high demand. But
it's Cutty who's the star, not Laurel, as everyone from her former
bosses to a trashy gossip columnist (Lainie Kazan) fights for a
piece ofthefictionalmystery man.
The "It's a man's world" message ?1s sometimes clumsily
handled, but at other times, it's
dead-on. One of thisfilm'schief
problems, and it's one that affects
many so-called "women's films,"
is that, in presenting its protagonist as a level-headed, intelligent
Cheers to
"Ink
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individual, it doesn't bother to Whoopi's team and turns out to
flesh out any of the male charac- be sharper than she appears.
ters to make them even remotely i Wiest does "wonders with this
interesting. They're all cartoon*; underwritten character, and at
bad guys, from smarmy Daly to times I wished the film was about
gruff Eli Wallach as a prospec- her instead of Goldberg, who is
tive client The only men who a re; ;• pretty ordinary in the lead.
One footnote: two scenes in
even the least bit sympathetic arep
a cross-dressing Barbara Streisand The Associate involve Goldberg
impersonator and a mousy com- actually dressing up as Cutty,
putertycoon(Austin Pendleton)*? echoing Mrs, Doubtfire. The TV
ads coyly avoid showing you what
modelled after Bill Gates.
she looks like in disguise, possiWouldn't it be more interesting if
bly so you'll be surprised when
Goldberg had a villain who was
you see it But I suspect the real
an equal match, rather than a galreason was that the makeup job is
lery of bumbling oafs?
hideously awful,, resembling an
One of the most noteworthy
ill-fitting Halloween mask. And
elements of the The Associate is we're supposed to believe that
Dianne Wiest's wonderful per- jaded Wall Street types are fooled
formance as Daly's long-sufferby this? Only in the movies.
ing secretary, who defects to
r.
The Great
Pumpkin Returns
Jon Lovitz stars as the new principal of Marion Bany High School in 'High School High," opening today
ThisWeeken
ppenin
The Associate.
Whoopi
Goldberg stars in Daniel Petrie's
comedy about a woman who uses
her wits td get ahead on Wall
Street See review, this page.
High School High. The folks
who brought you Airplane! and
The Naked Gun are at
gypsy puts a curse on an overweight businessman (Robocop 3 's
Robert Burke), who then begins
to lose weight At first, It's better
than an Ab-rollcr—until he finds
that he can't stop losing weight
(Tom Holland (Fright Night) di, reded this adaptation of King's
Stephen King's Thinner. A . nasty thriller. *
this spoof of urban melodfimas
like DangerousMinds, Jon Lovitz
sure as the new principal in a high
school so tough it's got its own
cemetery. Directed by Hart
Bochner (PCI/), and co-starring
Louise Fletcher.
By Carrie Tappe
Merciad TV Critic
The new show 'Ink" premiered
on Monday, Oct 21 at 8:30 p.m.
It stars Ted Danson as Mike
Logan, a senior writer for the New
York Sun. He's a big shot reporter who pretty much runs the
office, until his ex-wife, Kate
Montgomery
(Mary
Steenburgen), is appointed managing editor. The only contact
Kate and Mike have had since
their divorce is through their
daughter, Abby (Alana Austin).
Mike takes Abby on a stakeout for an article and begins to ask
' her questions about Kate. Abby
' says that Kate is dating a millionaire real estate agent, which isn't
true. Abby * also exaggerates
Mike's love interests to Kate.
Both, although they claim to be
over each other, seem a bit perplexed. Kate and Mike end up
going out to dinner to talk and to
get reacquainted.
I enjoyed thefirstepisode of
"Ink," and I am looking forward
to seeing what happens next week.
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sweets and honey that awa it Pooh,
By Carrie Tappe
he stays back with Piglet and deMerciad TV Critic
clares it "Hallowasn't." Winnie
• the Pooh, Tigger and Piglet can
Halloween is just around the be seen on Friday, Oct 25 at 8:30
corner and the major networks p.m. on CBS.
are beginning to "get into the
Other Halloween TV episodes.'
spirit'' As a kid (and maybe still to check-out include "Haunted
today), one of my favorite Hal- Houses" (Oct. 27, A&E), "Home
loween TV specials was "It's the Improvement" (Oct. 29, ABC),
Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,*' "Poltergeist Mini-Marathon"
which is celebrating its 30th anni- (Oct. 29, TNT), "The Uninvited"
versary this year. In this classic (Oct. 29, CBS), "Grace Under
cartoon, Linus stages an all-night Fire" (Oct. 30, ABC), and "Marvigil to catch a glimpse of the tin" (Oct 31, Fox). Happy HalGreat Pumpkin, and the rest ofthe loween!
Pea nuts gang think he is a fool for
believing in such nonsense. To
find out more about Peanuts and
the Great Pumpkin, watch on Friday, Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. on CBS.
But stay tuned, there's more.
"Boo! to You Too, Winnie the
Pooh" is airing immediately following Charlie Brown. The special takes place In the Hundred
Acre Woods, where Pooh and the
gang live. Piglet Is too afraid to
go outon Halloween, end is even
more scared to tell his friends that
he's lea red. Pooh discovers
Piglet's fear, and despite the
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By Catherine Schaeffer and
\ Montero * s da nee in te rpreta t ion of
Amanda Smith
Ravel's "Bolero." Opening the
Merciad Contributing Writers
work, j!Montero will perform a
I solo, "Fa mica," accompanied by
Luis Montero, internationally
guitarist Nicolas Hernandez. The
acclaimed flamenco artist, is in
stage will fill with a theatrical
residence in the Mercy hurst
masterpiece of sweep, color and
Dance Department. Mr.Montero,
movement as classical fballet
has appeared as a principal soloblends with flamenco styles. The
ist with the Jose Greco, Jose
Mercyhurst Dancers have worked
Molina and Pilar Lopez dance
dill igentl y and expediently in this
companies. Throughout his canew, challenging style under the
reer, he has worked with such
direction
of
Mr.
Montero,
since
notables as Bob Fosse, Geoffrey
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arrival
on
Oct
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at 8 p.m and Sunday, Nov. 3, at
cal comedies.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. and
Malcolm X were contemporaries
fighting for the same cause, each
gunned down in a hail of bullets
just three years apart*
On Wednesday, Oct 30 at 7:30
p.m., nearly 30 years after the last
of the two men.died, these key
figures of the Civil Rights movemen t will be "locked in a hotel
room" together on the stage of
the Taylor Little Theater in a
drama entitled The Meeting.**
"This powerful drama questions what would or could have
happened if these individuals had
met before their assassinations,"
said Michael Fuhrman, director
of the Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center and Taylor Little
Theater. "It is a significant representation of their lives, philosophies, and times."
Accord ing to Fuhrman, the play
is loosely organized around three
arm wrestling matches between
King, played by Jim Lucas, and
Malcolm X, played by Ersky Freeman,!"to metaphorically portray
the ideological struggle between
passive resistance and militancy.
Tickets for the event are $5 for
President's Card holders and $2
for students. General admission
S7.50.
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By Jody Washington
Merciad Contributing Writer
October 24, 1996
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By Jody Washington
Merciad Contributing Writer
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So You Wanna Be a Rock »n Roll Star?
By James Hain
Merciad A&E Editor
Is your band the next Hootie
and the Blowfish? How about the
next Pearl Jam? The Monkees of
thc90s? Well.bci&youfchance
to take the plunge.
Musician magazine is currently
accepting entries for the 1997 Best
Unsigned Band Competition.
The competition is open to all
unsigned bands and artists of ev-
cry musical genre. Entries are
judged based on a two-song cassette of their best material. If you
don't get bumped by the panel of
music magazine editors and writers who do the preliminary judg&S youTband gocjon to the
lightning round, in which your
work is evaluated by a panel of
artist-judges that includes Tori
Amos, guitar god Joe Satriani,
alternative guru Bob Mould,
Vince Gill, and blues legend
Buddy Ouy.
Winning bands will be featured in Musician magazine and
will appear on Musician's "Best
of the BUB V C D .
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The top winner receives equipment from JBL Professional and
Lexicon.
Deadline for entries is December 31, 1996. Entry forma, rules,
and other info are available by
calling toll free 1-888-BUB2WIN.
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Prcpa re to be blown awa y by
the New York Wind Soloists on
Sunday, Oct 27 at 2:30 p.m. in
the Mary D'Angelo Performing
Arts Center when they take center stage with their program featuring "The Roaring 20s Revisited.- *
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The soloists are the second
group in Mercy hurst's Great Performers Series and 13th in the
1996-97 cultural series. Their
program will feature the works of
Gershwin, Nielsen, Villa-Lobos
and Hindemith.
The New York Wind Soloists
is an ensemble composed of:
Mary a Martin on flute, Stephen
Taylor on oboe, Alan Kay on clarinet, David Jolley on French bom
and Frank Morelli on bassoon.
Each member has an extensive
background in orchestral performances and each has won several
awards for style and presentation
as soloists.
Don't miss the group that is
deemed by the Miami Herald as
ha ving "Breathtaking virtuosity,"
as they bring the breezes of New
York City right here to
Mercyhurst
Tickets are $3 for Mercyhurst
students with ID and $7.50 (Gold
Circle) and $5 for President's Card
holders. HlBsiSS
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ON THE ]0ITCH
By John Murphy
Editor-in-chief
Dear Editor,
Just when you thought there weren't enough committees on this
campus,tilisweek saw the emergence of another one. This committee
was actually started by myself, and funnily enough, the purpose of my
committee is to respond to concerns about the Merciad raised at a recent
meeting of a dififerentcommittee.
That's right The "John Murphy Committee In'Defense Of The
Merciad" was formed in response to complaints made against the
U
integrity of the Merciad" at a recent Senate Campus Life Committee.
Ifthis sounds confusing, don't worry, most things involving committees
usually are.
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Anyway, the good people in the Senate have identified "incorrect or
one-sided information in the articles" of this paper. The committee
believes that there are two basic causes of the problems. First, "The lack
of responsibility on behalf of the Chief Editor and the paper's advisors,
second, "Thetimeconstraints that the paper is dealing with.W
Well, after thorough discussion among my committee, (I should add at
this point tha t my committee is made up ofme, and myself) it was decided
that for the sake of the hardworking Merciad staff, these complaints
ought to be addressed.
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I say for the sake of the staff, because personally I couldn't care less
about criticism, especially when it comes from people who would rather
see the college newspaper as a vehicle to promote their own pet projects.
This is not what the Merciad is about We are about the students, their
voice. If some committee feels tha 11, as "Chief Editor" am not a ddressing
the concerns important to them, then I thank them* Compliments are
always nice.
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But whatever I feel personally, in questioning the integrity of this
paper, these people have undermined the long hours and hard work put
in ev ery week by each member of the sta ff here. I' m not thrilled about
this. The staff are dedicated individuals who do a small campus like
Mercy hurst proud with the publication they put out every week.
Unlike big colleges, who have full journalism majors, and innumerable
resources, the Merciad works with few resources, and an editorial staff
of whom none is a communication major, not to mention a journalism
major.
Furthermore, the news stories in the Merciad contain the information
that our reporters collect from the students, administration, and faculty
members directly involved in the unfolding stories. It is not our fault that
a number of people on this campus have little respect for the Merciad^
and do not feel the need to put much effort in respond ing to our questions.
Finally, if this committee would like to see just exactly how much
effort is put in by this paper's sta ff, then I'd like to invite them to join us
for 12 hours each Wednesday and help us put the damn thing together.
Anyway, my committee is done. If the Senate Committee has a problem
with my response, then I suggest they form another committee to address
it Maybe this committee should have a sub-committcce so that it can
decide what the main committee should do. I just love committees.
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WE LOVE TO DANCE.
We are not anorexic, bulimic,
or underweight, and we are extremely offended by the letter you
received and printed in the October 10 edition of the Merciad.
Miss Reid 's letter was only a summary of society's expectations for
dancers, not a realistic portrayal
ofhow most dancers actually live.
The Dancer's Litany that she
included is, in fact, "a beautiful
and positive reinforcement," but
for us, it does not create the picture of a scrawny ballerina who
doesn't eat enough. This positive
imagery, which can be found in
the book, Psychology of Dance
by Jim and Ceci Taylor, was created to 'teach positive self-talk
and increase selfconfidence" (44). We use this
exercise of "self-confidence"
when we have rehearsals, performances, and midterm and final
video evaluations.
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"BONES, THROW-UP,
SICKNESS^DEATH." Take a
look at any of the dance classes
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Dear Editor,
Afloodof information is thrust
Upon us in the media by antiabortionists. Often it does nothing more than dispute portions of
pro-abortion arguments. Im precisions often.run rampant in it
also?Well here is disputation and
a slap of reality regarding what
pro-life actually is.
In the inaccuracy of media,
many abortion "atrocities"^pictured and described take place in
the latter portion of the third trimester. Indeed, these do conjure
up heart wrenching feelings in
people. However, it is a ttested by
anti-abortionists tha 180% of abortions occur in earlier times, prior
to the third trimester of gestation.
And 20% of abortions which currently occur in the third trimester
(which, is a much smaller number
which happen in time as late as
anti-abortion tragic pictorials suggest) would be even much am aller
were the discouraging (dangers)
pressures so-called pro-life forces
alleviated. It would prevent procrastination late into the term of
the pregnant womyn who is con*.
sideling an abortion and being
pummeled with warring influ-
here at Mercyhurst College' and
notice how many dancers actually look like only skin and bones.
Also, notice the muscles needed
for dancing. These muscles, including leg, arm, back, and stom- j
ach muscles, are not developed
by improper dietary habits. In-*
stead, dancers have the same eat-'
ing habits as other people, but we
eat a little less. We also have a
cross-training program incorporated into our classes. If we
choose, we -have the option of
cross-training outside class, too.,.
It is true that the da nee department has adopted the weight table
from! the American Medical
Association(which has been developed for the average person,
not j ust dancers), however, if one
were to read about these weight
guidelines in context, he/she
would also read that it makes the
clarification that the " Weigh t standards [are] for women who are
small-boned. Women of medium #
or large frame will weigh more"
(11). The Policy and Procedure
guidelines also state, "Counseling and educational programs to
assist a student in maintaining a
desired weight are ava liable upon
request," (11). > &
We realize thatfroman outside point of view, dancers are
labeled as having eating disorders and unhealthy lifestyles because ofweight restrictions. However, the Mercyhurst Dance Department encourages healthy eating habits and lifestyles. We a lso
know that even though this encouragement is provided, the
problem will never be 100 percent solved - w o w e*'i >l **-h
X?uWe hope this clears up any
misconceptions that Merciad
readers may have received about
the Mercyhurst Da ncers. We want
peopletoknow, that the next time
they "see the gaunt faces of the
over-danced and underweight
0
dancers, that these dancers are
on stagetoprovide you entertainment, as well as "to fulfill [their]
dreams." They are working very
hardtodo so, and they should be
ppreciated, not criticized* foe
their efforts.
Sincerely,
Jen Black
Heather Beckley.
ences. Evidently though, this vast
inaccuracy is needed in order to
gain and retain emotional support .
The issue of rape also surfaces
quite often. Supposedy, it is practically non-existent for a case, of
rape to result with pregnancy, and
so it basica 11 y should, not even be
considered an issue in legislation.
Wellfirst,what is being considered rape in this? Does it even
consider the "violent" rape which
goes unreported each day? Does
it take into consideration date rape
and wives raped by their husbands or how often either of these
get reported ? There's al so the situation that a raped woman con*
ceh/es and out of wishful thinking, assumes that the child is of
her boyfriend or husband* Think
of how many Unwanted pregnancies result from these types of
instances and can go unconsidered in making)the statistic of
(I've beard it to be somewhere
from .5% to 2%) of pregnancies
resultingfromrape.
It is preached that a pregnant
woman considering abortion
ought to consider, alternatives.
What alternatives? Adoption is
the only alternative I've heard of,
and need it be said that overpopulation is an issue here and adoption systems are unsuccessful for
the most part, when it cornea to
U Gnding adequate families for children in- mote ways tha n one. Need
it be burdened more and children
• be punished furtherfortha t ? Ma rfy
{children already live in bad situations which aren't getting better
in this society. If the issue of birth
control and abstinence is in question, recall tha t a woman wouldn 't
be considering having an abortion if she wasn't already pregnant! I don't know why anyone in
favor of keeping abortion legal
would object to education in contraceptives or abstinence, but it's
a little late for that now. The fact
is, many unwanted pregnancies
could have been avoided if the
mother and father had been more
responsible (it is ironic though
that the same "moral majority"
which opposes abortion opposes
birth control and sexual education).
In a patriarchal society, it is
common for (some) womyn to
rally in support of "their men"
(take the traditional housewife for
instance) and their beliefs, and
contd. pg 7
t
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October 24,1996
THE MERCIAD
PAGE 6
OpmTon
Lack Of Respect Shown For The Flag
By Emilia Colaiacovo and Joe
Wong .&?
Merciad Columnists
Old Main is, especially lit up at
night But infrontof Old Main is
a flag pole, a fairly tall one, one so
tall it requires a fairly large flag.
This week we decided to write a
Pub 1 ic La w 829 (the one a pproved
joint article, one dealing with an
by Congress in 1942) states, "It is
issue we both agree on and feel
the universal custom tp display
strongly about Patriotism is extheflagonlyfromsunrise to sunpressed in many ways by differset.... However theflagmay be
ent people, although a majority
displayed twenty-four hours a day
probably display their love of a
if properly illuminated during the
country by flying the flag.
hours of darkness." While
Many of you may not be aware
Mercyhurst illuminates Old Ma in,
that there are proper ways to disWebber,?and Egan, little to no
play, discard, and even clean the
light reaches the
flag.
,
American flag, all developed as
Another section offlagetiquette
farbackas 1923 and made law by
deals with flying the flag in bad
Congressional 3Resolution in
weather: 'The flag should not be
1942. Properflagetiquette is imdisplayed on days when the
portant to many, especially to
veterans, the mil itary, but also to wea ther is inclement, except when
an all weather flag is displayed."
common citizens like us.
Inclement weather is an underWhat concerns us is it appears
statement for the recent torrents
Mercy hurst College is ignorant
of the a ccepted and expected ways and forthcoming blizzards that
of displaying the American flag. Erie experiences, yet the flag in
front of Mercyhurst remains disWe are all aware, and all heard
in ou r Mercy h u rst tour, how beau- played, soaked andfrail.Perhaps
the currentflagis all-weather, but
tiful the Gothic architecture*of
probably not, considering by the
end of last year, the flag being
flown was torn, tattered,"and
faded, a disgrace.
We realize that Mercyhurst is
not a military installation, but a
Catholic private institution. We
also realize there are foreign students at this school. We are not
asking that taps be played in the
evening and a 24-hour guard be
placed infrontof Old Main, we
are simply suggesting better care
needs to be taken by Mercyhurst
officials to insure that the flag is
flown correctly and respectfully.
A largerflagis needed, one that
is proportional to the flag pole;
more lighting is needed, some
that accen tua tes theflagwith Old
Main. An all-weather flag is
needed, one tha t does not rip apart
M
at the ends.
If Mercyhurst is going toflya
flag, then it should be done correctly.
.
Is Mercyhurstflyingin the face of the American flag?
Photo: Jessica Russell
The*Truth About Clinton's Economics
By Michael J. Oppercnan
Merciad Columnist
Republ icans would like the voting
public to bel ieve.
The biggest danger in early 1993
'Election day is closing in, the
had been that the budget package
campaigning is degenerating into
would tip the economy into anpersonal attacks and panicked
pleas, and the issues are spinning other recession. Anyone who has
out into nonsense. What is impor- taken Economics 101 is aware that
both raising taxes
tant? Some say everything; some
say nothing ('they are only politi- and reducing spending tend to reduce the over-all level of demand
cians'/hence variations on the
for goods and services in the
same useless, impotent theme).
In an attempt to level the playing economy. Clinton;decided to do
field, in a sense, I would like to both (a move that was supported
by Alan Greenspan and Paul
explain the economics of this
Volcker).
Democratic administration (the
jiEver since 1981 when Ronald
economic philosophy of the ReReagan's tax cuts put the economy
publicans -especially Reagan- is
on the road to fiscal chaos, ecotouted often in these pages).
nomic
advisers
have
argued
that
Regardless of the side of the
deficit
reduction
was
a
necessary
fence you sit on (or the supposed
task*.
Budget
deficits
lead
to
comfort you find on the fence), the
higher
interest
rates*and
lower
economy is an important issue.
Businesses need an economy they business investment, and lower
can pros per in a nd social progra ms investment, in turn, restricts productivity growth and technical
need funding. As reluctant as we
progress, which are the keys to
are to admit it, money drives the
future prosperity. In the 12 years
world.
since Reagan's election, the
The Republicans (I use these
amount of outstanding federal
generalizations hesitantly) are ofdebt has risen, from $909 billion
ten imbued with the authority of
to
more
than
$4
trillion.
Even
economics, while the Democrats
allowing
for
growth
In
the
are 'liberals' and 'obsessed with
economy,
tha
t
rise
was
dramatic
social programs' and, though no
In
ranking
budget
deficits,
one really says it, ' touchy/feel y*
economists usually look to them
where the Republicans are senin relation to the size of the
sible. Clinton's economic choices
and the results of those choices do economy. Measured In this way,
the federal deficit this year will
not reveal the ineptitude that the
be about 1.9% of the gross domestic product This figure is
downfrom4.9% in 1992. It is the
lowest such figure recorded since
1979 (the year before Reagan was
elected) when the budget deficit
was just 1.7% of the gross domestic product In March, DRI/
McGraw-Hill, a leadingfirmof
economic consultants, issued a
report saying that "normal economic indicators" suggest that
the economy "is in its best shape
in decades."
Bob Dole is promising to re-
duce taxes. I was struck by
Clinton's response to this pledge
in the recent debate. He
1
admitted that he will not cut taxes
if elected, saying that age makes
one realize that one must sometimes tell people what they don't
want to hear*
The Merciad
October 241996
VOL. 70 NO. 6
Merciad Editors
ohn Murphy
cott Vance
puis Wloch
rad Rybczynski
an Hilfiker
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ill Melville
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elly Green
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The Merciad, its staff or Mercyhurst College.
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THE MERCIAD
October 24,1996
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Campus Question
Jennifer Croushore, Senior,
Chandra Inglis, Senior,
Anthropology, Archeology
Ait Therapy
"No. I don't think there is a
"I think there is definitely a
problem with alcohol on the ca m- I problemwith alcohol on this campus. I think that students are capus in that, although I haven't
pable of handling themselves. I
necessarily been involved in it, I
think that there are definitely
hear about all these wild parties
that do damage to property. I think
changes that need to be done but I
don't think that any one who's 21
a lot of kids on this campus are
shoul d be in trouble for drinking
blowing their parents' money by
because they are legally of age."
drinking it a way."
Beth Szukzewski, Sophomore,
Sports Medicine
T don't think that there's a major drinking problem on our campus compared to other party
schools. I think that our students
handle the drinking aspect really
well."
*
Letter To The Editor
contd. from pg 5
these two categories compose the
ruling class of that society. So the
basis ofbeliefs which spawn laws
that limit abortion is obviously
biased. Men cannot bear children.
Many womyn opposed to abortion have never dreamt of having one. Laws (regulating abortion) force a certain belief on others. One can believe that the fetus
is a life all they want, but tha t docs
not give them the right to judge
someone else or force this upon
them. No one has the right to
force their belief on another no
matter how correct they think
their belief is. Doing so only
Chris Ely, Junior,
Biology
u
I don't think there is a problem because I don't think it really
matters.
Do jyou jthink there is i problem with alcohol on this
campus and why or why
Lauren Diulus. Junior,
Undeclared
" I believe that there is a problem with alcohol as far as the control of it, but I don't think that
there's a problem that there's too
much. I just think that some students don't control themselves
well on campus."
Tyrolia Jenkins, Senior,
Computer Management
"Yes, I do think-there is an
alcohol problem on campus.
There's way too much drinking
every single weekend. Every
single day up here, I think there is
a problem, a heavy problem with
alcohol."
shows their lack of confidence. safe abortion practices.
Whether you agree with someThis also brings to mind the issue
of parents legally being able to one else's choice or not, if it's not
make the decision ofabortion for your body, it's not your choice or
their pregnant daughter just be- situation. It is the mother who
cause she is still legally a minor| must carry the child for nine
or dependent on them. It's not months should she choose to have
their body or child, but yet it is it. There are socio-economic fac
their decision despite what their tors which come into play here as
well. It is a sexist society, many
daughter's wish is?
Passing laws does not stop men are dominant and/or irrethings from occurring. Having sponsible. Some womyn may not
abortion legal won't influence even be able to hold a job through
more womyn to have it (it will a prcgna ncy let alone have a child
prevent those who do opt to have afterwards, it may be economiit from procrastinating as long), cally unaffordable and comand it will prevent the bodily pletely detrimental for both the
harm often inflicted through un- child-to-be and the mother, along
Vanessa P ppalardo, Senior,
William R. Franz, Junior,
Nursing
ftRIM 5
"I don't really think there's a
"I do not think there is a problem
with alcohol on campus. Due to k'big problem. 1 think it's just part
the size of it compared to some of S of college life. You don' t h ave to
; drink, you can choose, people can
your big state schools and comdecide very easily I don't think
pared to the people that come into
there's really big peer pressure to
this school. Judging by the averdrink. It is at parties, but that's
age amount of people I know, the
what college's for."
way their grades are, and what
they come up with as far as their
achievements, I think this school
is pretty successful over all."
Ziggy Kearney, Junior,
Vito Cresta, Senior,
Business Education
BiologyniMlf iii-.
ift*«rtr* ' «**
"Yes,
there
is
a
problem
with
alcofc
" No. I don't think there's a huge
hoi. Students use it to ha ve fun and
problem. I mean sure, some kids
they need to concentrate on work."
are out of hand, but is this a big
problem? No."
..
with any child she may already
have. Rape happens. Adoption is
unsafe. Unwanted pregnancies
bear unwanted children into an
already harsh and cruel world.
Perhaps the mother considering
abortion is considering the welfare ofthe child. Maybe now, it is
seen that if someone is really
concerned for the children, and
actually is pro-life, is in support
of choice. True pro-life is prochoice,
Sincerely
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THEMERCIAD
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If you're into computeocience, data processing,jaccounting3
auditing, mathior law...
By Brad Rybczynski
Features Editor
For weeks now I have tried, with some difficulty, not to write
exclusively from the point of view of a senior here at Mercyhurst
Rather I have been trying to approach my column by writing
strictly as a student of the college. I do not want to come off as
knowing everything just because I have been here for more than
three years. Lord knows I do not
With the exception of a column a tew weeks back, I think I have
done a good job of resisting the temptation. I think I have avoided
being too preachy in my column.
It suddenly occurred to me, I mean it hit hard, that I have spent
over three years pursuing an education here. I am as much a part
of Mercyhurst as it is me.
*. . - • . " ' .
The hit came when I went to speak with my advisor about
scheduling for the winter term. I was overly concerned with what
I have to do to graduate. What courses I needed, how many
electives I have left and all that good stuff.
Suddenly three years of collegeflashedby my face. I remembered orientation, my first few agonizing weeks in McAuley,
people who have come and gone and a million other images.
It then hit me that in May, I will be leaving Mercyhurst I began
9
to think "Have I done all that I wanted to do?* 1 am not sure that
I have. I know I will not have time to do all of the things that
undergraduate life leaves me free to do.
I cannot see into the future. I do not know whatwill happen in
the months to come. I cannot imagine what it wUt feel like to pass
through those grand gates as a student for the last time." T
The anxiety of future prospects has already set in. What if I do
not get into the graduate school I want to attend? How will I adjust
to university life as opposed to college life? Only the future will
tell.
J
The past on the other hand, speaks volumes to me. I have been
through a lot here. I have laughed, cried and gone crazy at the
Hurst It feels so much like home.
*<>•
As with many things in life, I have not'stopped enough to look
around me. I was too busy looking toward the future to enjoy the
present
«^Time flies when /you are having fun. a I have had fun here.
Reminiscing on three years I see that now: In hindsight,'that
Constitutional Law class was not as grueling as I thought it was.
It was grueling at times, but I took so muchfromit
I have taken a lotfromMercyhurst I have taken as much as I
put in and sometimes a little more. I only wish now I would have
put more into what I have done.
Right now I wish I would have been more active in all of the* E. Our career opportunities are many and varied for qualified grads. If you're selected, you'll enjoy
activities this campus has to offer. I wish 1 would have started the advantages of working with a respected leader in the insurance industry. Expert training.
writing for the Merciad ca rlier. I have some regrets.
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My whole point is, live for the moment, seize the day. Granted, Bloomington, Illinois, too. It's a thriving community with the social, cultural and recreational
one eye must be turned toward the future, but you still need to activities afforded by two universities.
*
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my frontdoor and walk a few feet Sometimes with a cup in hand.
Be tempered by prudence,but do not let it rule your life. These
Feature's Fast Fact:
four years are golden ones. They are the last bastion of freedom.
The
gates
of
Mercyhurst
were
not
a
part
of
the
Never again will we be sofree.It will be work or graduate school.
original plan of the college, but were bought
That means getting up early and earning a living. There will not
from the estate of Evelyn Nesbitt, a model from
be too many days that you can say "I think I will sleep in today."
Now I am not advocating blowing off school work. I am
the early 1900*8.
advocating having fun and recognizing when you are. Just stop
and look around. Realize what you have got before it is gone.
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THE MERC IAD
October24, 1996
Matures
By Brad Ry bczynski
Features Editor
On October 27 Mcrcyhursfs
Director of Alumni Relations,
Patricia Liebel, will be honored
with the] distinction of being
named a Lady of St Gregory at
St Peter's Cathedral. This award
was given to Liebel in recognition of her lifelong service to the
Catholic Church. |
a.
J
Liebel was recommended for
this prestigious award by Bishop
Donald Trautman and the Erie
Diocese. Pope John Paul VI
learned of Liebel's life of service
and upon recommendation bestowed the honor to Liebel.
Among Liebel's activities she
is the Chairpersonof the parish coun
cil of St. Peter's Cathedral, Chairperson of the board of directors
for Harborcreek Youth Services
which isranby the Sisters of St
Joseph and other local clergy.She
has also served on the Board of
Pennsylvania Catholic Conference for four years. These positions arejust a few ofthose Liebel
has held in bet lifetime of devotion to serving the church.
Liebel expressed shock when
she was originally told she would
be granted the award. She said
that she is "deeply honored and
humbled to be given the award. It
is nice to be recognized for something you really enjoy doing, that
is serving my church."
By Mindi McDowell
Merciad Writer
Midterms week is finally over
and most of the tests have already
been graded and returned. Everyone appa rently survived. The free
day on Friday hopefully gave everyone a chance to recupera te and
gain a fresh attitude as finals approach* Although this is the time
when many projects and papers
are due, the Student Activities
Committee continues to provide
activities that may be used to dear
the mind for awhile.
* » m * r \
Having a person such as Liebel
on the staff is definitely an asset
Dr. Joseph Gower, Dean of the
College, said, "It is a great tribute
to the life and achievements of
the life of Ms. Pat Liebel. Her
lifelong concern for others and
commitment to the church earned
her this award. Mercyhurst Col-
lege is proud to have her as an
alumna and Colleague."
Liebel is a 1953 graduate of
Mercyhurst college, she earned a
degree in Business Administration. f?In 1988 she was honored
with the Distinguished Alumna
of Mercyhurst College award.
Liebel was welcomed back to
Mercyhurstas Director ofAlumni
Services in 1990. y ,1
Jpip
Before coming back home to
Mercyhurst Liebel had a distinguished career as budget coordinator for the School District of
the City of Erie and executive
assistant to Ma y or Louis J. Tull io $
This week is Alcohol Awareness Week, and BACCHUS, the
alcohol awareness organization
on campus, is working with SAC
on this week's Coffeehouse. SAC
and BACCHUS arc co-sponsoring the band "Jack Tripper," an
alternative band who plays their
own original music Some people
may recognize the band and one
of its members, a Mercyhurst
alumnus named Jamie Huston,
from previous appearances, although the name of the band has
changed.
Also at this week's Coffee-
house, there will be pumpkin
pa inting. Anyone is welcome to
come paint a pumpkin, and the
completed pumpkins will be donated to a nursing home to give
pleasure to the residents. Coffeehouse will befrom8:30*11 p.m.
On Friday, Steve Trash will be
performing in the Laker Inn. He is
billed as an Eco-cntcrtaincr and
magician who uses his act not
only to entertain but make the
audience aware of the environment in which we live. The show
will begin at 7:30 p.m.
There will be a Halloween
dance this Saturday from 9 p.m.
to midnight in the Laker Inn.
There are quite a few activities in
conjunction with the dance. There
will be a discjockey competition,
as well as a contest for best costume. Anyone who is interested
in competing for the $100 prize
for best costume must be at the
dance by 9:30 p.m. in order to be
eligible. From 9-11 p.m. there
will also be two fortune tellers to
provide insight about the lives of
interested students. Due to popularity, it is suggested that anyone
interested in having a fortune told
ft
# > » • • # « l l < *«-> f v
%
m
from 1966 through 1989.g
Liebel is very happy to be back
at Mercyhurst to start a "second
career" as she termed it She points
to the friendly atmosphere and
the care everyone exhibits for each
other. "Everyone is here to help
\t each other,"shc said.
arrive earl y to ensure a sitting.
Next Tuesday night at 8 p.m.
there will be a Spades tournament
in the Union. Anyone interested
in playing must sign up at the
Union desk by Monday at 8 p.m.
The prizes will be $25 for the
winners and $ 15 for second place.!
Wednesday night's movie
"Dracula Dead and Loving It,"
with Leslie Nielson follows the
Halloween theme. 11 will be shown
at 9 p.m. in the Union. In the true
spirit of Halloween, there will be
candy provided*
October 24,1996
THE MERCIAD
PAGE 10
BNA1IH
Football Team Back toiWinning
By Pat Robb
Ways
f
This past weekend, the Lakers
Merciad Sports Writer
traveled!to St Francis for their
seventh game of the season. The
Two weeks ago, the
weather was terrible and forced
Mercyhurst Laker Football team
both teams to stick mainly with
had a record of 1 and 4 and were
the running game. There was little
desperately trying to get back on
scoring in the first halfuntil Gibson
the winning track. Well, a lot can
scored a one yard touchdown with
happen in two weeks and it has
five minutes left in the second
happened in a big way for the
quarter.
Lakers. After this weekend's 13- &j The Laker defense then gave up
6 win over St Francis and last
their only points of the day when
week's 34-14 stomping of rival
St Francis scored just before the
Gannon, the Lakers have imend of the first half. With both
proved their record to 3 and 4.
teams missing the extra point folAt last week's homecoming
lowing their touchdowns, the score
game, the Lakers took the openwas tied 6-6 after one half.
png drive, along with Gannon's
The second half seemed to mirhopes of winning, down the field1% ror the first with 1 ittle scoring unfor a touchdown and an early 7-0 jjjjj til very late in the contest With
lead. The team had a 17-14 lead |':, under two minutes to play, senior
after one half of play and itlooked M quarterback Matt Golga, who led
as though Gannon might have a
the Laker ground attack with 105
chance. However, the Laker ofyards on 15 carries, scored the go
fense, led by freshman J Justin
ahead touchdown on a 20 yard
Gibson's two touchdowns, '& run. Junior Eric Wicks'extra point
doubled their score in the second
attempt was good and the Lakers
halfwhile Gannon was held score- jg* red*13-6. Golga's touchdown was
less by a relentless Laker defense.
set up when St Francis tried to
The Mercyhurst defense was led
punt on 4 and 6 from their own 47.
by seniorfreesafety Scott Bcnzel
A bad snapfromcenter gave the
and senior linebackers Paul
Lakers the time they needed and
Maleski and Brandon By num.
Junior corner back Jack Stover
Gibson in fullflightduring homecoming game against Gannon. Photo: Aaron Connell
tackled the Francis punter for a
loss of 16 yards. St Francis would
not give up so easily and had one
last chance to tie the game with 30
seconds remaining. Faced with a
second and goal from the Laker
24 yard line, St Francis tried a
pass into the end zone.
The pass appeared to be heading for a wide ooen Francis rc-
.
ceiver until Benzel made a diving
leap and knocked the ball to the
turf to preserve a Laker victory.
The^Laker defense played their
second solid game in two weeks
and were led by sophomore defensive lineman Lou D'Ambrosia
who had 16 tackles. Senior full*
back Brian Hamlin also had a fine
day running the ball for the Lak-
ers, gaining 97 yards on 21 attempts.
The Lakers have this weekend
off but return to action on Oct 26
when they travel to Buffalo to
take on the Buffalo State Bengals.
The>game will be broadcast on
WMCE 885 and kickoff is scheduledfor1 p.m.
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October 24.1996
Men's Team Improving
Scott Vance
Merciad Sports Editor
tenth place respectively.
^ The men's team is improving
. with every race which is evident
This past weekend was a very j^ from the good results they have
good one fonboth the women's ;* been having lately. Both Steve
and men's cross country teams,
Siemienski and *David Dausey
as they finished - in second and £ recorded personal bestiUmesias
third place respectively in J the they finished the five-mile course
Grove City Invitational^. A»
JU^ 28:11 and 28;12 respectively
Bridget Holzhe imer once aga in Uwhich was good fori8th and 19thlead the way foj^the Lady Lakers
place. I Next across the line was-,
as she finished in time of 20:45 ^Andrew Cullen in a time of 29:04,
for the 3.1 mile course, which • to finish in 34th place out of a total
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was good^enough .for seventh'; .*of 55 finishers. *
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place out of a total of 63 finishers.* 8^Both teams will be hoping to
Wendy Lampart and Freshman * maintain their goodrjeifonrianpes
Catherine Fletcher were right on-^ as they travel to Grand Valley **
Holzhe imef's heels as they worked State this Saturday to compete in
together and finished in ninth and the GLIAC championships.
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By Tom "Poop" Porubsky
Most ofallofthe greatest games
Merciad Sports Writer
and memories that we have seen
from sports happened because
Imagine that you are a 12 year
something crazy and unusual hapold kid and you have tickets to see pened. Who would have ever
your favorite baseball team play
thought that a* 12 year old kid,
in the first ga me of the Am erican who skipped school to see a baseLeague Championship Series at
ball game, was going to be a deYankee Stadium. Youfigurethat
ciding factor in the final score.
all you're going to do is see a
You just never know what is goreally good game and what haping to happen.
pens is that you enter the stadium
The playoffs in any sport bring
as a fan and you leave as the most out the best in the athletes and you
popular 12 year old .kid In the
know that you are going to see the
country.
best performances in that particuI am talking about Jeff Maier
lar sport No team is ever out of
a nd h is involvement in Game I of any game*
the ALCS, which happened last
Take the Bills and their crazy
week in New York. He was the
comeback a few years ago or the
kid who reached over the wall in
drive" by John El way and the
rightfieldand pulled in the ball
Denver Broncos against Clevefor a home run which should have land in 1986. Bill Buckner blowbeen an out and automatically he
ing the World Scries title by letbecame a hero in The Big Apple.
ting the ball trickle under his legs
Newspapers across the country
and Kurt. Gibson's dramatic
homer, in Game I of the 1988
had Maier's picture and/or actions plastered aU over the front
World Series are two the of the
pages. He was also the hottest
.more surprising finishes of all
guest on all ofthe m ajor ta Ik shows time. With sports, noth ing is ever
on television. This incredible situcertain* On any given occasion,
ation with the kid and everything
any team can go out and beat any
that happened is part ofthe reason
Other team. No leaii iseverasafe
why I love sports so much. What
lead because. even, the biggest
I mean is that you never know
leads can disappear like nothing.
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Due to the bad weather conditions the men's
first home Lacrosse game was cancelled. Th*
game has been rescheduled for Sunday, Oct 27
at I njm. at the Tuiio field.
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Volleyball f.
By Kara Clark
On Tuesday, Oct 1$, the Mercyhurst women's volleyball team won theirfirstmatch in GLIAC confereno
defeating Gannon University three game to one at Gannon^The Lady Lakers played skillful volleyba 11 while
demonstrating crisp passing, accurate sets, and powerful kills. Trying to continue their excellent play,
Mercy hurst hosted Hillsdale College on Friday, Oct 18. The Lady Lakers again won the match three game
to one. It is very evident that the Hurst women's volleyball team is much improved and more aggressive. O
Saturday, Oct 19, the team welcomed Ashland University and Edinboro University.
Mercy hurst showed terrific poise and competitive spirit in both of these matches, each of which went to th
max of 5 games. Serve for serve, the Lakers fought back with all they had, but unfortunately Ashland an
Edinboro came out victorious.
Tennis
Jessi Stout
This past weekend was not a good one for the women's tennis team as they went 1-2 against visiting
Michigan teams. Their first opponent was Michigan Tech. Junior Kim Hodgkiss-Lilly and sophomore Jessi
Stout won their singles matches, but to no avail, as the team lost 7-2. On Sunday, the team played Northern
Michigan and they were unable to reverse their fortunes and lost 6-3.
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Junior Lauren Diulus and Hodgkiss-Lilly both played well, winning both their singles and doubles in fine
style.
However, the Lakers won their last match of the weekend, beating Lake Superior State 6-3. Senior captain
Carmel Dougherty won her singles match 6-3,7-5. The doubles team of freshman Amy Smoulder and Jessi
Stout battled back from a one set deficit to take the match in three sets, winning 4-6,6-3,6-0.
Women's Soccer
By Steve Torriero
The Mercyhurst Lady La kers soccer tea m played three games over the last two weeks, coming out victorious
in one of the three games. .
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On October 12, the Lakers hosted Oakland'University. The Lakers dropped a 3-0 decision in dismal
weather. The ladies from Oa kla nd scored on two uncontested corner kicks and a Laker midfielder put in the
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The following day, the Lady, Lakers improved on their lacklustre performance when they handed the
University of Charleston a 6-0 drubbing. Sarah Hoppc scored the first goal when she capitalized on a Theresa
Roach pass. Erin Stewart scored her second goal Of the game when she took a Beth Forbus pass, danced
through a'few defenders and tucked the bail behind the Charleston keeper. Stewart completed her natural hat!
trick
a ftct
controllinga
JHoppc,
th
row
in
a
nd
blasting
the
ball
off
the
keeper's
face.
Stewart
took
her
own
rebound
and
id. put the ball into the top left corner. Marissa Crespo increased the Laker lead to five when she
buried a 'Roaj
i'ch cross. Late in uWgame» Roach scored and brought thefinalscore to 6-0 in favour of the Lakers.
Plon- ' Oct. 18 Jthe Lakers traveled to West Virginia Wesleyan to try to continue their winning streak.
Under bitter cold conditions the La kers fought a tough battle, but lost the game because of a penalty kick. The
loss which was heartbreaking for the ladies, brought the Lakers' record to seven wins and six losses.
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Lakers Defeat A r c h Rivals to Capture
5 By Nikki Esposito
Merciad Sports Writer
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The Mercy hurst men's soccer
team improved its record to 9-3-1
with their victory against Gannon.
Going into this game, the Lakers knew they would have a war
on their hands. In preparation for
the game, the Lakers shaved their
heads showing their unity as a
team. Coach Rich Hart is said,
"Before the game we spoke about
playing for each other and playing with passion."
Summoning up the passion,*]
coach Hartis spoke about how the jj
La kers came outfightingthe first
halt They created chances on
goal with many missed chances.
Notably, Mike Shields worked
hard to get a shot in the box which
rebounded off the post and was
recovered by the Gannon keeper.
The Lakers got their first goal
37:18 into the game. M ike Sh je| ds
placed a corner kick across the
mouth of the goal where it was
deflected by numerous players.
Finally, senior captain Glenn
Francis got the ball down on his
chest and volleyed it in past a
stunned Gannon keeper. This first
goal was just one of the high! ights
ofan outstanding game by Francis.
He had one of the best performances I've seen from a
Mercy hurst soccer player," said
Hartis.
Francis wasn't the only player
to step up for the important ga me,
the two forwards Ian Dickers on
and Rob Yurkovich, played a vital role in breaking down the opposition. The front pair was able
to run toward goal, wreaking
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havoc for the Gannon defenders.
The second goal came within
10 minutes of the first. Mike
Shields carried the ball down the
right flank and made a pass inside. Brian Alexander got in a
slight touch setting up senior follower la n 'Ticker" Dickerson for
a brilliant finish on goal. The La kers ended the first half with a 2-0
lead which proved to be sufficient to put Gannon down for the
rest of the game. The second half
was not as tactically clean as the
first The Lakers utilized a direct
style of play which prevented
Gannon from getting any sort of
combination* play started. The
second half could be described as
Sophomore Stewart Hogg sports a new haircut that helps keep his hair out of his eyes and on the ball.
Photo: Jessica Russell
battle for possession with long
the Great Lakes In tercollegi ate. Ath- work!"
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balls constantly being played from
letic Conference. When asked
The Lakers are scheduled to
one end to the other.
about the game junior Shawn
play Quincy University October
The final whistl e blew with the
26. This game should prove to be
Kroener said with a smile, " We
score still unchanged from the
challenging because Quincy Uniknow the GLIAC conference
first half. The La kers won a sweet
versity has just been moved down
was on the line, so we
and important victory to claim
from Division I.
got our tool boxes out and went to
Slippery Start for leers in H o m e
By Scott Vance
Merciad Sports Editor
The Laker hockey team opened
its season in disappointing fashion as they were surprisingly
beaten by the Windsor Lancers 31, lastSaturdayattheMercyhurst
Ice Center.
On the positive side, the team
was able to play some good
hockey and they had many
cha nces to win their first ga me of
the season, but were unable to
convert pressure into points.
Thefirstperiod started off with
both teams evenly matched, but
Mercyhurst had the best chance
in the opening five minutes as
Oto Hlincik rushed to the net and
pleased a shot that the goa ltender
rebounded into the path of John
Evangel ista, who pulled an easy
shot left and wide which would
have given the Lakers the 1-0
lead they deserved.
The Lakers continued the pres-
G L I A C
sure on the Lancers* goa ltender as The Hurst continued on the dejunior Trevor Brandt hit a shot
fense, and Stevens continued his 1
that just went left and Wide of the
fine form with three other good
gOal.
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saves, the last one coming after a
Alternative Captain Kevin
bad defensive mistake by team
Rawlick also bad the chance to
captain, Greg Snetsinger.
give the Lakers the lead, as he put
• With just underfiveminutes left
himself in a true poacher's posiin the second period, sophomore
tion infrontof the net, but be shot
Bobby Atkin opened the Lakers*
the puck into the pads of the rescoring as he brought the Hurst
lieved Windsor goa ltender.
back on level term with a fine
Surprisingly, it wasn't
executed goal.
Mercyhurst that took the lead, as
However, the Lakers found
one of the Windsor players found
themselves behind two minutes
a gap in the defense of the Lakers
after Stevens deflected a shot in
which allowed him to give the
the direction of a Windsor player
Lancers a 1-0 lead.
who scored their second goal. Th is
The Lakers switched
gave the Lancers a 2-1 lead going
goa I tenders in the second period
into the third period.
from junior Chris Hcrbolsheimer * The Lakers seem to be lacking
tofreshmanAshley Stevens.
some of the magic of previous
Any doubts about this freshyears, which could be due to this
man were soon overthrown as
being their first game of the seaStevens put on a display of good
son.
goal tending. HisfirstMercyhurst
The third period wasn't any
save was a shot on goal that was
better for the Hurst, as the Lancdestined for the top corner only
ers out checked, out shot, and out
for a fine save by Stevens.
scored the Hurst The game ended
in disappointment for the team as
they were defeated 3-1.
There were some noticeable
absences from the squad particularly Chris Morgan'and Steve
Torriero, who would have given
the team a more physical presence.
"I'm very encouraged, unbelievably encouraged. The fact
that we had only four days to
prepare against a team that has
played five games. The fact that
we did so many positive things in
four days (of practice) in our
breakouts,'discipline, physicalncss and our depth. We lost because they were game reading
and we weren't We're excited, I
think that we have a real sound
balanced team with a lot of depth,"
said Head Coach Rick Gotkin.
The Lakers hope to turn around
their fortunes this week as they
play in the Fredonia Invitational.
The team plays Niagara University on Friday in their opener.
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Photo: Scott Vance