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On W ednesday, Feb. 18, eightEnglish majors presented their se-nior projects in Mercy HeritageHall at 7 p.m. During the hour-and-a-half long presentation, thefaculty, family and friends of thesestudents were exposed to an in-triguing potpourri of poetry,fiction, drama, literary theoryand teaching strategies.Dr. Ralph Perrico, visiting asso-ciate professor said that the stu-dents' individual personalitieswere communicated in the pre-sentations. "Atmany formal meet-ings you don 't get a chance to seewhat the person is like. Tonightwas a good blend of the scho-larly and the personal," he said.Marcia K. Farrell began theevening with "Victorian Ophelias:Surviving the Culture," an*analy-sis of feminine roles in late nine-teenth century women's literature.Specifically, Farrell examined the|dichotomy between the "domesticangel" and the "fallen woman" infive novels. She concluded that theauthors designed their texts as sur-vival guides for Victorian womento keep them from drowning likeShakespeare's Ophelia.Jim Hain, whose emphasis is increative writing, read an excerptfrom his humorous short story"Blinded by the Light." Hain de-scribed it as "a farcical blackcomedy that deals with varioustypes of political, social, religious

and sexual hypocrisy, focusing onthe clash between a bogus faithhealer and a Satanic heavy metalrock star who happens to be a clo-set Ch ristian." Michael J. Opperman analyzedinterpretations of French philoso-pher and theorist Jacques Derridaby focusing on eight originalworks and; five theory texts byother ? authors. IBecause Derridafrequently shifts the use of terms,there have been differences in theway; he has been taught "Themost important thing is'not toread too deeply," O pperman said.Assistant professor of EnglishDr. Beth Gylys presented next inplace of Stephanie Clarke whowas ill. Gylys read several ofClarke's poems including "Tam-bourine" and "Winter Survival,"in addition to excerpts from ashort story titled "A mends."For her senior project, SusheelaNemani adapted parts of ThomasPynchon's Crying of Lot 49 into| episodes which she*called TheMuted Scop e." Nemani Vwrotemuch of the dialogue for her ver-sion and presented scenes fromthis postmodern drama with seniortheatre major Chuck Andres.An English education major whorecently completed his studentteaching, Andrew N. Canfield dis -cussed his introduction to a char-acter education unit in which heproposed the inclusion of somesense of virtue in the classroom.Canfield selected 10 short storiesillustrating qualities which Tho-

Food For Finals Begins SundayBy Jim GormanNews Editor

On Sunday Feb. 22, the Hospi-tality Management Associationwill distribute its Food for Finalssurvival kit. The contents of thispackage include 15Items rangingfrom soda, candy, and this year'sgift which is a Mercyhurst T-shirtThese care packages are diversi-fied, meaning that everyone willbe getting unique gifts.During the fall and winter terms,the Hospitality Management As-sociation is in charge of distribut-ing these survival kits, and the pro-ceeds will benefit their trip to theProfessional Convention M anage-

ment AssociationOn Monday Feb. 23 , Food forFinals will be held in the Laker Innat 8 p.m. There will be a MardiGras celebration, consisting of nu-merous activities through thenight There will be a jazz bandand free food offered to all stu-dents, inaddition to various stress-relief activities.Also, the foods that will be of-fered are high starch foods whichwill give students energy but notcreate the peaks and valleys thatare present with the consumptionof caffeine.Finally, Mardi Gras beads willbe distributed to all who attend.

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Exploring her dark side, JodyWash i n g ton read excerpts from hercollection offiction"At Dusk" in-cluding v the stories "Mother,""Ponder This," "Nightlife," and"In a Matter of Hours." For W ash-ington, the choice of the term duskin the title "represented a mixtureof light and dark with a little bitof color thrown in ."Concluding the night, KimberlyA. Thayer discussed her paper "AStudyof Late 19th Century Ameri-can Literature: TheEntrapment ofWomen in a Patriarchal Society.Thayer contrasted three books,Kate Chopin's Th e Awakening,Charlottefl Perkins Gilman's TheYellow Wallpaper, and The Storyof Avis by Elizabeth S. Phelps.At the end of the presentations,Dr. Heidi Hosey, director of theEnglish department, said that thestudents involved in the seniorprojects displayed an exceptionallevel of competence in their ex-ecution.': "I thought they reallyshowed their learning and de -monstrated their talent. It was agreat night," she said.Su Harrington, instructor of En-glish, said that the student presen-tations were among the best shehas seen in several years at thecollege. "It was a really stronggroup. A* lot of intelligence andhard work went into the presenta-tions and it showed. They are defi-nitely ready for graduate school."Play to ConcludeBlack History M onthOn Sunday, Feb, 2 2 |

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Get Down! 'Hurst studentsenjoy themselves at theWinter Formal last Friday.Above (1. to r.): Lori Fabrizi,Scott Walling, Amy Fridrich,& Chrissy Hnzotti. At right:Kristy Robinson, Jen Groel.Photos: Jessica RussellMedieval Lit Class Holds F

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By Neil Norbergf _Staff WriterOn February 19, associate pro-fessor of English Barry McAn-drcw and his Medieval Literatureclass held a Canterbury Feast forall English majors and faculty.Included in the festivities werefour productions presented bymembers of the class.The subject matter of each of theshort plays focused on a differentarea related to medieval literatureand society. During the interludesbetween productions, a differentcourse of'the feast was served*The first production focused onmedieval poetry and was followedby soup, salad and bread. The nextgroup presented a satirical versionof the classic Robin Hood legend.The*main course of chicken anddressing was followed by a rendi-tion of Chaucer's "Wife of Bath'sTale." After dessert,{the fourthgroup presented a typical miracleplay ot the era.In order to add to the medievalflavor, several precautions weretaken. AH guests were required toLeat with their hands and providetheir own medieval ale. In addi-tion, Igor Stalsky and the TheaterDepartment graciously providedcostumes for the four casts. Mr.McAndrew and his class would

also like to thank John ton and the cafeteria staparing the large amounnecessary for such a feThe Canterbury Feasmaterialize when Mr. Mdecided to give his Meerature class the optiontogether presentations imajor paper, ^his seenatural way for studecourse to become bettomed to life in medievMcAndrew said. "Studebecome aware of that pway that allows for perativity." 1McAndrew said I hatwas a I so a good deal ofis the first time that oclasses has done someelaborate. My studeworked extremely hardfor this to be a worthdeavor."McAndrew said that the feast wi 11 be a bi ghthat this type of projeccome a partof his futureLiterature classes. He alobviouseducational bensuch fun and creative ass"I hope more teachers have theirstudents do motypes of presentations, itway to stimulate active tion. "

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that the imposition of a currency board has been determined by thepresident and is imminent;-;HRIM Raffle Supports Trip to Chicago1On Sunday Feb. 15, the Hotel, Restaurant, Institutional ManagementDepartment conducted a raffle to benefit the Hotel ManagementAssociation's trip to the National Restaurant Association Conventionin Chicago.The w i n ncrof the $ 100 prize package was sophomore cri mi nal j us licemajor Shaun Gayer.The HMA raffle was organized by the HRIM faculty and senior HRIMstudent Marie Watkins. The event raised $117.

^During this week's MSG meet-ing, Treasurer Ryan Kcnnis an-nounced that Janu ary's bank state-ment was reconciled and balanced.Also, the $30,000 allotmentcheck was received and will bedeposited.Vice President Tom Bender re-minded the student body that theSenate will meet this Thursday inATthe Student Government Cham-bers to discuss the Pass/Fail issueas well as the East/West Studiesproposal.President Kevin Segedi an-

nounced that the Monte CarloNight, which traditionally hasbeen well attended and wellsupported by the college com-munity, is quickly approaching.The Senior Project committeewill meet with Ruari GleesonTuesday morning to discuss thesenior gift proposal which is todonate a cafe to the new library. IIanyone' has any additional ideas,please contact Kevin Segedi.Nicki Esposito from Health Ser-vices also spoke at length withMSG representatives to discusssome problems that have beenvoiced concerning the availabilityof the Cohen H ealth Office. Somewere upset that to accommodatethe new lunch hours policy, anhour was removed from the end ofthe day. Esposito mentioned thatthe nurses on staff are only part-time and are trying to do the bestthey can to assist the students. Theexecutive board promised to takethis issue up with the administra-tion in an effort to improve ava il-ability for students.

Cass Shimek, the MSQ advisor,thanked those who attended theformal In particular, she thankedco-chairs Scott Koskoski and Ja-son Duble for their exemplarywork.Also, a letter was read to thestudent body from Dr. ThomasForesthocfel from the religiousstudies department for a donationto help support a speaker who iscomjng next year.. Arin Gandhi,the grandson of Indian leader Ma-hatma Gandhi will visit to speakabout the tradition of non-violenceand his famous grandfather.

LCE Arrests Six over WeekBy Jim GormanNews Editor

On Friday Feb. 13, six individu-als, including four Mercy hurst stu-dents and two others were arrestedby the Liquor Control^Enforce-ment Unit (LCE). The LCE hasfrequented this campu s on a num-ber of occasions and last weekendwas no exception. The penaltiesthat are usually imposed by theLCE range from'fines that couldreach up to $500 on a first offense,driver's license revocation, andthe parents of the offenders arenotified.According to dean of studentservices William Kennedy, stu-dents usually encounter problemswith the LCE when they bring at-tention to themselves, or whenthey are acting outof the ordi nary.In the past, the LCE and EriePolice Department have visited thecampus as a result of complaintsby members of the communitywho live adjacent to Briggs Ave.

Dean of Public SafGregorich said thatupholds the statu tesylvania, and that thedepartment and the Lright to patrol our camto curtail violations ofThe offenses that aremonly enforced by thcollege campuses aresentation of age to secconsumptision or transportationcating beverages, indminors to buy alcoh

ft}Yages, selling or fucohol, manufacture, ssession of false identiAll of these offensesby the Erie CounAttorney's Office. Tments include a list and penalties which posed by the LCE or department. Any stuested in reviewing anpolicies cane contact in Main 214, or call 2329.*SAC to Hold Monte Carlo N

By Jim GormanNews EditorOn Saturday March 14. the Stu-dent Activities Committee willhold its annual Monte Carlo NightThe event will begin at 8 pjn in theGreat Room of the Herrmann Stu-dent Union.There will be blackjack games,letitridepoker, beat the dealer, thebigsix wheel, a roulette wheel andred dog.Each individual is required to

pay $2 a the door. Thewill benefit he Northwof the ALS foundationAfter paying the coeach person will recmoney to be used forThe games should endp.m., and then everyontickets in order towin pof the prizes include agift certificates to areaand the book store.Chris Coan said that favailable at this eve nt'March is Women's Histor By Chris Wlocht Editor-in-Chief Throughout the month of March, various events, sponsored by the Committee to Celebrate Women, will be held. According to Cass Shimek, di- rector of the Student Union, this year's project will involve a weav- ing loom which will be set up in the Student Union."Studentscan bring a special piece of fabric to be wo- ven into the tapestry," she said.; On Wednesday, March 18, a po- etry reading will be held in the Student Government Chambers. Maxine Marwell, a one-woman- show will appear at the Taylor

Little Theatre on Mondat 7:30 p.m. Th e annuaRound Table will beheday, the 26th at 6 p.m.speakers to be announcOn Thursdays througMinority Student Uniocolor-coordinated carnribbons in the Studenis for AIDS awarenessbreast cancer awarenesis for peace.On Fridays, studentsa postcard to send asWoman Award. Thewill pay the postage foper person. Additionabe sent through inter-cat no charge, Shimek s

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KeriJWeber Solos with OrchestraBy Carrie TappeA&E Editor M

The D'Angelo Symphony Or-chestra, conducted by FrankCollura, will perform on Sunday,Feb. 22, at 2:30 p.m. in the MaryD'Angelo^Performing Arts Cen-ter.'The concert features membersof the col lege comm unity and pro-fessionals from the tri-state areaproviding top-class entertainmentin a world-class facility," saidMichael Fuhrman, director of theD'Angelo PAC. This ^perfor-mance reinforces the college'sdedication to the arts and to pro-viding superior qual i ty student andprofessional performances to thecommunity."Fox one Mercyhurst student, KeriWeber, Sunday's concert will bea major stepping stone in her mu-sic performance career. Weber, ajuniorflutesoloist, said, "Playingwith the Symphony Orchestra:;isa big step in my career as a per-

former. Tthis is what I hope I'll bedoing for the rest of my life. Therearen 't many students who get todo this in college so I feel ho-nored to have such a wonderfulopportunity." JWeber transferred to Mercyhurstthis past fall from IUP. "I chose tocome to Mercyhurst because themusic school is so small and it'simportant to be able to get indi-vidualized .attention and teach-ing," Weber said. "I had to audi-tion to get into the m usic schoolSoon after my audition, FrankCollura, asked me to solo with theorchestra."Weber is a Music Performancemajor from Union City, and hasbeen playing the flute for the past10years. Shealso plays thepiano,trumpet, and violin, and sings.After graduating from Mercy-hurst, sheplans to attend graduateschool at a music conservatoryand someday hopes to perform inchamber ensembles or with a ma-jor orchestra. \

The program' for Sunday's per-formance includes four pieces.Thefirsthalf will feature an "Over-ture to The Italian Girl in Algiers"and "Flute Concerto 1 in G Ma-jor," Keri Weber, soloist. The sec-ond half will include "RitmoJondo" and "Symphony No. 100'Military Symphony'."At the helm of this concert isMercyhurst's Assistant Professorof Music, Frank Collura. Collurahas conducted with such promi-nent orchestras as the MexicoCity Philharmonic, the LondonPhilharmonic, and various 'or-chestras .throughout the UnitedStates. He I has held academicpositions at Buffalo State Univer-sity* (New York), the Universityof California, Santa Barbara, theHartt School,of Music (Univer-sity of Hartford), and NiagaraUni-versity (New York).The D'Angelo Symphony Or-chestra concert is a free event as acommunity service of the college.

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Hip-Hop Subjected to a PreemptiveMusic Strike: DJ ShadowBy Brian EichstadtMetciad Music Critic

As hip-hop music reaches newheights in commercial futility byglamorizing violence, wealth,flashy clothes and promiscuouswomen, it has increasingly be-come an over-hyped "plagiarizedversion of a "Totally 80 's" com pi -lation. Artists like Puff Daddyand Mase seem to have sold outhip-hop's big beau for the sexappeal of a female chorus. W hilenot as popular, other hip-hop art-ists are staying true to their genreand are pushing it to a new level.Included in this group is DJShadow, who has a special flarefor creating rhythmic beats lay-ered v 1th samples and other ef-fects.Described a s the "Jimi Hendrixof the Turntable," Shadow ap-peared on the scene in 1996 withhis debut release Endtroduci/i#.While not a commercial success,the album gained notoriety amongcollege disc 'jockeys anddowntcmpo cl ub mixers. His new*est release. Preemptive Strike, is a

compilation of import tracks, rareB-sides,andremixedmaterialfromboth his current and previous stu-dio efforts.& After listening toany DJShadowtrack, it is rather amazing to knowthat he only uses a couple of turn-tables, his immense vinyl collec-tion, and a sampler to make mostof his music. On his very firstrelease "Influx" (included on thisalbum for the first time in the origi-nal 1993 form), the slow rhythmicthump of the beat is accompaniedby a azz saxophone, a flute, ampleamounts of turntable scratching,and a collage of vocal samples.This trend continues on "Hind-sight" as Shadow's beat is given acinematic feel with subtle, dyna-mic changes and a haunting jazz-like bassline.As evidenced by musical inno-vators in other genres. Shadowshines because of his ability tocombine different musical influ-ences intoone creativeexpression.On the song "High Noon", he uti-lizes the steady whine of a classicrock guitar as a backdrop for a fastLand frenzied drumbeat. To enhance

the track even more, Shadow in-cludes a meandering organ andeven some pulsating electronicrhythms to make things interest-ing. The track'' "Organ DonorRemix" also utilizes this conceptas an electronically distorted"fuzz guitar complements a hyp-notic organ part that seems al-most completely interlocked withthe upbeat swing of the drums.

Another highlight of this releaseis the free bonus CD that containsDJ Shadow tracks remixed by DJQ-Bcrt. It is a twenty-five minutecontinuous marathon of Shadow'sEndtroducing material and con-tains new versions of"Midnight ina Perfect World" and "MutualSlump".With its turntable scratching anddanceable rhythms, the bonus re-

wlease is a perfect complement toShadow's early material. SincePreemptive Strike docs not con-tain any vocals, I would not re-commend it to the fan of "rap"music. This album is all aboutthe beat and the way it can bemanipulated.; If you like hip-hoprhythms, this release is for you. g

By Angela Ha rris WStaff WriterThe Erie Ballet Theatre's 1997-

98 season has been going espe-cially strong. With only two majorperformances left, the season issaid to be the best oneyet.Thenextproduction on the Erie BalletTheatre's agenda is The JungleBook,which is being performed onSaturday Feb. 28 and Sunday,March 1 at 2:30 p.m. in the PAC JThestory of a young boy namedMowgli and his adventures withhis animal friends comes alivethrough dance in this eventful pro-duction. The Jungle Book, whichis being presented in conjunc-tion with Enchanted $Forest andErie B ay front Ballet, hastmanysurprises in store for its audience.Besides the Erie Ballet Theatre

30 local children in theErie Bavfront Ballet anErie Ballet School.Kimberly Howell, dErie Bayfront Ballet sareally exciting stagingBook. It was a real learence working with thages and levels of the dused to working with tdancers, but I 'm reallyseeing how everythingThe Jungle Book'guest musicians ASturtevant, will also ballet Also, on the Mformance, the Erie Zothe festivities by featulive animals from theiteir'collection. HieJusure to be a lot fun foTickets forThe Jungfrom $3-$9. For moreapprentices, there are more than please call 824-3000.

Bob Dylan in Clevelafor Valentine's Day^onBy Bill Melville^ ^^T JFeatures Editor JOn Saturday, Feb. 14, Bob Dylanplayed to a small audience inCleveland's Public Hall, in sup-port of his first album in fouryears, Time Out of Mind. 11 "was

Dylan's second Cleveland showin the last six months. Dylan, whois often sporadic in the quality ofhis performances, had no troublepleasing the audience with hisclassics from the 1960s, severallesser known songs, and a fewnew songs from Time.Dylan's set lingered early intothe night, due to the set lists simi-larity to the show from August1997. Dylan and his backing bandroared through classic concerttunes such as "Absolutely SweetMarie Silvio," "Senor (Talesof Yankee Power)," and "SimpleTwist of Fate" before he enteredinto the heart of his set.After five songs, Dylan changedthe mood and switched to his oldacoustic guitar. With little accom-paniment from his band. he played"Cocaine Blues"and "Tangled Upin Blue. "The highlight of Dy lan'sacoustic turn was a modem inter-prctat ion of the classic "Masters ofWar" from Dylan's 1961 album,%The Freewheeling Bob Dylan. J

Picking up hiselectric Dylan and his band plsong, "Million Miles,the main set with twosics, "Queen Jane Appand Highway 61 ReviAfter several minutepation from the audieand his band returnedfor a lengthy encore. Tfour songs of, the encexhibited more energyother point during theSwitching back antween electric and actars, Dylan kept the atheir feet for thelast thof the show. As Dythrough the foot stompDay Woman # 12 &35the auditorium remaiDylan then walked ofthe front rows threw rooccasional pairof womwear on the stage.

While Dylan startedand relied on songs ahad seen him in conwould haver, heard, picked up the pace. Bbetween acoustic anguitars, Dylan kept fresh, and, with the plengthy encore, he many audience memgoing home disappoin

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By Shawntae HowardStaff Writer %$& {Greetings and salutations to myfellow Mercy hurst College stu-dents; Last week I seem to havesparked a response from the col-lege community about the lack ofsupport for college sponsored ac-tivities and especially those with amulticultural theme.Though I washappy to see that someone re-sponded to my previous article,hoping to start an open discussionon how to get students better moti-vated toward these events, I was

sad 1yi disappointed that the re-sponse was so negative toward myperson and not toward the issue athand. The response was qu ite vi-cious in nature and, in my opinion,went over the bounds of good"journalism." I talsomisquoted meon a number of occasions. So thisweek, I have felt it necessary toonce again pick up the mantle ofwriter and to set the record rightand clear my name.First of all, the reply articleclaimed that my previous articlewas a "defecation passed off... asjournalism." In response to thisclaim, let me first point ou t that thearticle in question was featured onthe Opinion pageof the newspaperand therefore merely expressed myopi nion on the topic which it ad-dressed. No research or collectingof facts of anykind was performedin preparation for that article, be-cause the article was an expressionof my feelings about the situation

The Native is Restlesson campus as I personally experi-enced it. It is my Constitutionallyprotected ri gh t to express the viewsthat I did, ust as it is the right of thewriter of the response article toexpress his. As long as I am acitizen of this country, I will con-tinue to express my opinion in acolumn as I see fit as long as it isdone in good taste and good faith.I applaud Mr. Joe Gallagher inhiscontinual pursuit to bring the issueof this campus* apathy to light, butquite obviously my article got amore immediate response, be itnegative or not. In that, I *d have tosay mission accomplished.I was also accused of stereotyp-ing every student on campus as"uncultured, alcoholic swin e." Ifyou look back at my article youwill|never see these, words ex -pressed. Theseare purelythewordsof the writerof the response articleand if this is how he feels, so be itI al so made i t a point to thank thosewho did find the time to come tothe events held on campus. I amaware that sometimes people can'tmake certain events due to theirscheduling. But, I made it clear topoint out that it is no excuse for astudent body of the size of Mercy-hurst to have enough people showup to an event where youcan count,on your hands and toes the totalnumber of participants. This is es-pecially so when a series of pro-grams is held over a three-day pe-riod, which would allow any stu-dent to participate in at least one. Ican't recall the writer of the re-sponse letter choosing to partici-pate in any of the three. If I amincorrect, I'll gladly apologize tohim.In response to the question, "whyweren't you at coffeehouse two*

weeks ago when Gloss per-formed," I have three things tosay.First, I am not a drinker of coffee,not now and never have been.Second 1y, coffeehouse usuallyhassome sortof gambling event alongwith entertainment from time totime. For religious reasons of myown I do not choose to be in anenvironment where gambling formoney is going on. It's fine forothers and I'm sure it's fun, bu tit'snot my cup of coffee. And third,though I did miss that particularnight at coffeehouse I have been toa few during the beginning of theyear and just last week. If I recall,again I did not see the writer of theresponse letter at this coffeehouse.Finally, Lmust respond to thecomment, "Mr. Howard continuesto avoid any sense of reality in hisweekly cartoon and periodicalcolumns....etc, etc." I was notaware that two legged, clothingwearing, talking rabbits and catshad anything to do with reality tobegin with. As far as the subjectmatter of each strip, they - are acombination of pure fiction andpersonal experiences thai I havejwi tnessedin my twoand two-thirdsyears here at Mercyhurst. How-ever, since the writer of the re-sponse letter feel si that I shouldjust draw the pictures and "allowthe editorial staff to fill in thesentence bubbles," I have an an-nouncement to make. The "HaveMercy! "comic-strip will be drawnby yours truly and written andlettered by The Merdad's veryown Campus Life Editor, RandyHilliard, until further notice. Wel-come aboard Randy!I now wish you a safe break andpromise that this is the last you'llhere from me on this topic.easaesif.

The Truth about FinanciaBy Randy Hilliard ICampus Life Editor ~Col lege campuses nationwide aremicrocosms of the culture we live

in. Every concern that faces citi-zens throughout the country alsotroubles college students. Moneyis no exception. 11 seem s that moneyis everyone's favorite subject tocomplain about, and so much thebetter when we have someone toblame for our financial situation.At Mercyhurst College that scape-goat is the dedicated staff of thefinancial aidoffice. Without goinginto a deep sociological study ofhuman actions, I will boldly assertthat many of us expect a grant, acharitable donation, a partial orfull ride scholarship, as if it wereour God given right The*mainpremise of this notion is that some-one other than ourselves ought tobe paying for our education.

I have heard, and been guilty of,complaining about the lack of in-stitutional aid given here atMercyhurst So I decided to lookinto the situation a little deeperTnsteacror^usrcom piai n i n^Sbou tit. After all, I think that we all havetheright o know where our tuitionmoney and fees go. I asked aroundand was pointed to the office ofAndrew Roth, Dean of EnrollmentServices, theman with the answersI sought. Having several precon-ceived notions and a fairly biasedopinion already, I had pretty muchcomposed this article before ask-ing one question. However, Ilearned I ong ago that you can catchmore flies with honey than you canwith vinegar. I masked these feel-ings in the hope of some coopera-tion.. What Roth had to say was infor-mative and persuasive, as I amhow a converted supporter of the

financial aid office.they have to work wconstan t attitude giveungrateful students whands held high, I hathey have the most on campus.Now I am going you some of the numfine Mercyhurst's insprogram. According90 percent of Mercyhreceive some form oaid, which is fundedcent allocation of tbudget. That is to saevery five dollars oand fees goes towardfinancial aid. These vided in two categorcategory is composedartistic and merit which take 65 percenable institutional aiding only 35 percent toscholarships.

According to Roth,tration wants to fosterment of a diverse stAwarding need basedis one way to accoAnother concern, andmain goals of the FiOffice is to take a limof money and spreadstudent body which amounts of financial When asked abou"Dean's List Scho larsdents who consistenacademic excellencethat although it ceIworth looking into, hthat it would be an reward for what studbe doing anyhow. I gis fair to say that althcial Aid does an exthere is always room fment

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After last week's foray into the"cartoonI busine ss/' I; thought itwould be wise to return to a fieldthat I feel I am most suited for -politics. While drawing wasf anenjoyable diversion from my po-litical commentary, I believe thatsome issues need exploring andanalysis. With all of the hysteriasurrounding Bill Clinton's "zip-per" misfortunes and the crisis inthe Gulf, I thought it would bewiseto return to an item that directlyaffects every American taxpayer.Because of the strong willedRepublican Congress and a fis-cally conse rvative (orsohe seems)President, the United States willenjoy a budget surplus i nstead of adeficit. While both sides of thepolitical spectrum are saluting thisaccomplishment, many in Wash-ington are already* determininghow the money should be spentPresident Clinton, along withotherliberal tax and spend proponents,wish to use this mon ey, as well asthe proceeds from the- upcomingTobacco settlement, to prop up

Social Security and fund othergovernment initiatives.While Republicans agree thatSocial Security must be restored,they argue that the pending settle-ment revenues should be ear-marked for tax cuts and not addi-tional expansive government pro-grams. New t Gingrich, Speaker ofthe House of Representatives, toldmembers from the American As-sociation of Retired Persons(AARP) that the surplus would be'used as a "reserve fund" for SocialSecurity. Yet, Gingrich maintainsthat a tax cut for middle classAmericans is far more importantthan creating additional bureau-cracies and government programswhich are at the heart of Clinton'sbudget proposal. However, theDemocrats have already begun todemagogue Gingrich on this issue.In response Gingrich remarked,'The president created a false syl-logism that it was either SocialSecurity or a tax cut. We'll save

the surplus money for Social Secu-rity and have the tax cut by nothaving new bureaucracies." TPresident Clinton maintains thatthe tax cuts are not really neces-

sary due to the nature of the boom-ing economy. Instead he wouldrather take the money that we in-vested and spend itahe*way hewishes. This, if anything, repre-sents a false syllogism. If there ismoney left over, and it is ours, whyshould the government spend it.Rightfully, this money should re-turn to the people. Quoting SirEdmund Burke, an 18th centurypolitical philosopher, "to tax andto please, no more than to loveandto be wise, is not given to man." Itis clearly obvious that the govern-ment has usurped power from thepeople to fund their frivolous en-deavors. Nothing is more evidentin our bedrock tradition of populargovernment than the people, notgovernment nor their "pet pro-jects," are the focal point of ourrepublic. Y et, after six years of thisliberal revolution called the C lin-ton Adm inistration, the Am ericanpeople have been relegated to aposition of insignificance, only toallow government's preeminence.In his book The Constitution of| Libertyy economist Friedrich Hay-ek stated, "The greatest danger to. liberty comes from the men who

> ^ _The Young Repu blicans: Emilio Colaiacovo (left) w ith foCongressperson an d Vice Presidential candidate Jack Kare most needed and most power-ful in modem government, name-ly, the efficient expert administra-tors exclusively concerned withwhat they regard as public good."This q uote b rilliantly describes the"nanny state" that modem liberal-ism has fostered and encouraged.Government, according to liberal-ism, can lead people to the lightYet, conservatives like myselfplace a greater* degree of confi-dence in the people for we trustthem to be the best wards ol their

personal lives. HoweveClinton believes thathe,his advisors, knowsquestion to the presidenit that most upsets youturning power and mopeople? The fact of thethat liberalism believehumanity and glorifies ttion of government. Thtematically endemic oflems we face when dehow to spend the budge

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Finishing college a term beforeeveryone else might seem an in-credible task for most students, butfor SusheelaNemani, the time wasright Although it took her an extratwo terms, Nemani said she wasready to move on, even though thatmight prove d ifficultNemani originally came toMercyhurst from Ingomar, nearPittsburgh, where she attendedNorth Allegheny Hi ghSchool. Thedecision to attend co llege was notan easy one for Nemani, however."I really didn* t wan t to goat first,but I decided to give it a year. Th esize of the school had a lot to dowith my staying, as did the friendsI m ade in m y first year,'* NemanisaidjtNemani said she credits BobHvezda,directorofcareerservices,as someone w ho helped her decideto stay.)"Mr. Hvezda never told menever to give up on school, andthat bit of reverse psychologyworked. He genuinely cares aboutstudents," Nemani said.Sarah Thomas, a senior familyecology major, and Nemani'sroommate for the last four years,said, "The two of us decided- toroom together four years ago andhave been together ever since.She's a special person and anyonewho knows her is aware of that"Dave Roth, a senior an thropol -ogy major, said,("Her person ismirrored in her penetrating laugh.No m atter how bad a mood I'm in ,she's always able to bring out a

better side of me."Mercyhurst was the only schoolNemani applied to, and she camehere with the intention of becom-ing a disk jockey. Nemani chose anew major, though, when she tookAmerican Renaissance, an upperlevel English course, w ith Sr. LisaMaryjMcCartney, associate pro-fessor of English. v'"I have a lot of respect for thewhole department. They have agood sense of community, andthey're not ignorant as to whatgoes on in other classes through-out the term. Just when the depart-ment is starting to gain momen-tum and m eeting outside of class,I have to leave," Nemani said.

Nemani also expressed muchrespect for Dr Heidi Hosey, asso-ciate professor of English and di-rector of the English department,and said, "Heidi is amazing. I try totake every class she offers. She'sone of the hardest teachers atMercyhurst, but all her demandsare worthwhile.' M l"Susheela is one of the m ost cre-ative people we've hadas a major.You can alwavs count on her tohave some kind of sparkling in-sight," Hosey said.3For her Senior English Project,Nemani took a post-modern novel,The Crying of Lot 40 by ThomasPynchon, and transformed it into apost-modern drama, r;*~t "I always loved the drama classesI took, from Modern AmericanDrama to Genre Seminar: Drama.I was first introduced to thePynchon novel in Post-ModemLiterature. Once I read it, 1 knew I

had to do something more exten-sive with it. I was determined notto just let it sit on the bookshelf. Iplan to keep working on it after theproject is finished, because I thinkit has the potential for somethinggreater," Nemani said.Last summer, N emani internedat the Parks and Recreation De-partment for the city of Denver,Colo., close to where her sisterresides. During her time * there,Nemani worked at many of theparks, including Red Rocks, wrotepress releases, organized volun-teer projects, and managed thoseprojects all over Denver and itssurrounding mountains."Working in Denver made meconfident abo ut going out into theworld and living on my own. Ireally enjoyed the solid routineand the variety of people I workedwith there," Nemani said. Nemaniwas later offered a job there, butshe said, Once I got moving withschool again, I needed to staysomewhere that I was stimulated.*9

I Two months after her gradua-tion, Nemani plans to; move-toBoston in hopes of finding a pub-lishing job and for a change ofscenery."At first, I wanted to go back toDenver, but it's too relaxing formeat this point. Right now, I reallyneed to stay motivated -Boston is areallyyoung city withalotoftnter-esting things happening, and sincei t's such a large city, I hope tohookon with a publishing j:company.Also, there are a lot of colleges anduniversities in the area, and rightnow I really want to stay close to

Susheela NemaniPhotorjessica ;R ussellthat atmosphere," Nemani said.Nemani also said she hopes to goto graduate school within the nextfew years.,'/ Now that she's leavingMercyhurst, Nemani reflectedupon what kind of mark the schoolleft on her.'"I know myself a lof better thanwhen I started college. Th e amountof confidence, that appears when Ispeak has grown tremendously,thanks to all the knowledge I'vegained. I'll miss it a lot,.but I'll beglad when it* s over in a few weeks.

It may have taken a litthan I expected, but I' mwith it T here's a lot of cat Mercyhurst, with alland gray days, butI' 11 stNemani said.

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W o r l d R e l i g i o n s C l a s s V i s i t s H i n d u T e m p l eBy Chris Wloch. *$Editor An - Chief . *

On Saturday, Feb. 14, a group offive students from the World Reli-gions class at Mercyhurst visitedtwo Hindu temples near Pitts-burgh. The trip was organized bythe course's instructor ThomasForsihocfel, assistant professor ofreligious studies, in order to ex-pose students to the images andritual practices'; of Eastern reli-gions."Going on the trip made it easierto relate to what we'd previously

only read about and seen in filmsfor class," said freshman ChadGal I ison. "It helped to bring theteachings of trie course to life,"said junior Ben Booth.The first site visited was TempleSri Venkatcswara, which is mod-eled after a 1,000 year-old templein South India. Itis theoldcst Hindutemple in North America, After apresentation and guided tour of thetemple, the group w itnessed a ritualcalled the "Anointing of the GreatGoddess." During the ceremony,an image of Lakshmi, goddess ofgood fortune, was covered in fruit,

honey and sandalwood paste andrinsed with several ga llons of milkand water as the priests chanted."Experiencing Hindu religion inthe temples was extravagant. T herituals and the reciting of ancientscriptures were in full forceUhcday we were there," said seniorChris Hcrbolsheimcr. "Itwasn' tasformal as a Catholic Church," saidfreshman Bridget |Fit/patrick.[There were families sittingaround talking as the ritual wasgoing on."In the afternoon, the group vis-;i ted a temple which was shared by

both Hindus and Jains, where theyobserved a group of more than 30people marking the anniversary ofa deceased relative. Forsthocfelsaid that it is interesting to seefollowers of these two Indian tra-ditions worshipping together un-der the same roof. "Although bothreligions share common elements,they have different programs forachieving liberation," he said.Forsthocfel said that he plans totake another groupof students backto Pittsburgh some time duringspring term to \ isit the two tem-ples, a Sikh gurdwara nearby and a

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J V H o c k e y T e a m R a n k e d N u m b e r O n e i n C o n f e r e nBy Perry WoodSports Writer

Th e Mercyhurst College LakersClub Hockey Team movedjintofirst place in the Eastern Colle-giate Hockey League (ECHL) fol-lowing a 6-2 awayvwin againstIthaca College on Saturday.The Lakers currently hold a recordof 12-2 The University of BuffaloJ who took a tough loss this week-end, dropped into second place inthe conference.The Ithaca Bombers came outstrong in the first period,outskating

the Lakers and with three minutesremaining, scored the first goal ofthe game. Head Coach RobertBanks said, "We started out with alot of mental mistakes, overwork-ing the puck and offensive zone alot." The Lakers were playing alittle lethargically after the upsetof Binghamton's cancellation thenight before.An Ithaca team that was muchstronger than previousyears, brokedown in the second period conced-ing three goals in three minutesand giving Mercyhurst a com-manding lead. ?Freshman Mark Paternostro said,

"We pulled together as a team inthe second period and really fo-cused on what we needed to do."Another two goals by the Lak-ers in the third period sealed thewin and a spot in the playoffs. Ifthe Lakers, win their next twogames against Portland and Itha-ca, they^will be seeded numberone in the ECHL Playoffs,Stand puts from the game wereRob Mackinlay with two goals,and one assist. Ken Machesky,Brian Hapeman, Josh Hutchinson,and Matt Orysick each had onegoal apiece. * .bvThe Lakers havebeen doing wellthis year despite their lackof prepa-ration. A maximum of two and ahalf hours of ice-time a week isallotted for conditioning and strat-egy. "It*s easy to come into a gameand not be fine-tuned on ,f somethings/' Coach Banks said. Thegeneral attitudes of the playersseems to make up for disadvan-tages dealt with in the face of op-position. Banks described the av-erage players as, "hard working,dedicated, disciplined, and highlyskilled." ' 'i 'With playoffs nearing, Banks islooking to his strong defense, tal-

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ented offense, and overall teamdepth to make the difference in thefinal four. Banks said "BrianHapeman is a solid defense manand has anchored the defense. Ja-son Hain is also becoming a solidplayer." Unfortunately CaptainJohn Bastedo is out with a leginjury. "If s going to be.tough nothaving him out on the ice duringplayoffs. Any time you're in acrunch, he gets the job donejBanks said. ^However, with dependable, hardworking players like AssistantCaptains Rob M ackinlay and J.D.Hal tigan, leadership is still clearlypresent on the ice.Backing the team are three ex-cellentgoal tenders who spl i t time,usually alternating games. Bankssaid, 'T o be as strong at goal tend-ing as we are in the Club Pro-gram... you can't ask for more."SophomoreTom McKinnon is oneof the best technical goalies at theClub Level. Junior Zach M cHughis also a high caliber goaltender.Freshman Joe "Karate Kid" Largeis a key asset for the Club's future.Banks said, "Joe Large is a greatfreshman goal tender. He has verygood technical skills and is very

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Mercyhurst JV Hockey team on the attack in the icepromising.Even though a lot of seniorswere lost, the team has been able tosustain four strong lines, includingone Freshman line. Banks said,"Usually you don't feel comfort-able running a freshman line, butwe' ve been able to run them regu-

larly and that's been a bAlthough the CluTeam at Mercyhurst Cexperienced problemform injury to sicknessremained competitiveE C H L .^

W i n t e r G a m e s F u l l of T a l e n t e d l M e r c y h u r s t A t h l eBy Scott VanceMerciad Sports EditorThe M ercyhurst WinterActivitestook place last weekend, in whatseemed like mid-spring weather.It started out w ith people leavingthe REC center to drag their teammates out of bed, as they tried torid themselves of the hangoversfrom the previous nightThe games started at 12:30 p.m.and all eight teams were able to

field a team. The first event wasthe sack race, which saw TommyGrebiner fly across the court withthe grace of a ballerina, and Ste-phen "Horse" Nolan landing onhis face. How ever, there wasn* tmuch grace shown in the nextevent, which was the over-undercompetition with a role of toiletpaper. It was an event whichbrought team "MI SO (Mercyhurst

International Student Organiza-tion) Homy" to their knees as theytried in vain to hasten their time.Then came the bat spin and aftera hard night on the town, it wasjust too much for some of thecontestants as they ran in thewrong direction. *The tug-of-warprovided themostexcitement of the day and it wasteam "Big and Sexy, with a totalcombined weight of about 1,500pounds who emerged victorious.JThe finalevent was the field goalcomp etition^ which saw manysoccer players (Dan Didion, RobYurkovich and Rob Oillooly) fail-ing to lift the ball over the bar,while several women (Amy Con-ley and Marisa Ortman, to name afew) had no trouble in completingthe task for "MISO Sexy."At the end of the games therewere four teams tied forfirstplace.

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Next Few Games Vital For Men i BasketbTodd ZielinskiSports Writer

Last Sunday, the men's bas-ketball team hosted MountAloysius at the Mercyhurst Ath-letic Center. Winning the.game60-57, the Lakersfinal 1y saw whatit is like to win a closely contestedgame.With only a couple games left inthe season, every game becomesincreasingly important, as the firstplace chase in the GLIAC divi-sion tightens. Upcoming gamesfor the Lakers include this Thurs-day against Findlay and Saturdayagainst Hillsdale. Both are homegames at the MAC starting at 8p.m. and 3 p.m. respectively.For the Lakers, nothing has

been easy, especially since theinjury to starting po int guard JodyCrymes. Crymes has been plaguedwith a knee injury which he suf-fered during the last minutes ofthe Gannon game. Others havebeen expected to step up theirgame in his absence, and theyhave done an admirable job forthe Lakers.The first half of the gameagainst Mount Aloysius, saw theteams battle back and forth. TheLakers opened upa quick six pointlead to start the game, thanks toSophomore Demond Stewart whohit five for six on the free-throwline. However, Mount Aloysiuswas not done fighting, they even-tual fy claimed the lead at the 13minute mark, as the tide started tochange. Just about the time they

built their lead to six points, theHurst fought back as Senior JimRoe scored six unanswered pointsto end the scoring in the half, asthe 20 minute battle ended in a 25-25 deadlock.Demond Stewart, with sevenpoints, led the scoring for bothteams at the half. Th e Lakers threepoint duo of Jason Ioppolo andJeff Woleben had a hard time find-ing the hoop as they combined for0-9. In fact, at half-time neitherteam had hit a three-pointer. TheLakers were 0-15 and MountAloysius remained 0-5 from be-yond the arch, something that hadto change in the second half.The Lakers cam e out firing, asthey drew first blood, Ioppolo fi-nally found the touch, hitting twothree-pointers within the first three

minutes. Demond Stewart in hisnew point guard role continued todrive to the basket, picking upfoul after foul. Stewart would fin-ish the game shooting 80% fromthe free throw line, but more im-portantly, hitting seven of eight inthe second half.Tension was high with a minuteleft in the game. Mount Aloysius'ace, Dawood Thomas, silencedthecrowdby hitting a three-pointerto pull * his team to within twopoints of the lead. But, that was asfar as they would come as JasonIoppolo and Demond Stewart hitenough of their free throws to se-cure a victory.The Lakers scoring was spreadout; with four players in doubledigits. Demond Stewart remainedas the game's high scorer with 18

points, 11 rebounds, asists. Even though Io.two for nine behind tmanaged to compileJeff Woleben ex perienccold streak of the seazero for seven from tland, but managed topoints. Freshman Brestepped up his performbing 15 rebounds to leawhile scoring 12 pointsers as a whole shot a mipercent for the;gamepulled off a win. The ngames against FindHillsdale migh t tell theplace, so all are invitMAC to cheer on the MLakers for the remainseason.

L a k e r V o l l e y b a l l T e a m s E x p e r i e n c e M i x e d F o r t u nSearch Begins for New CoachBy Markets LacisSports Writer

There have been some recentchanges in the Laker volleyballprogram to facilitate the expan sionof the program. Head coach CraigDavie and assistant MikeRumbaugh have been releasedftom their duties as head and assis-tant coach, respectively, of thewomen* s volleyball team . I

This past season, the women'svollevball team at North East suf-iffered a lot of losses. Therefore,this year the North East team willbecoached by Davicand * Rummy/Pete Russo, the athletic director,said, 'The reason for choosingthem to begin a program at NorthEast is that they have a proventrack record for recruiting playersand starting new. volleyball

teams."Davie was the coach who beganthe men*s volleyball program herelast season. He proved that hecould recruit and sign high-impactplayers such as Adam Tokash andAndy Mahaven. Next year at NorthEast, Davie will strive to build asimilarly strong program, recruit-ing a solid class.Brigid Arbeznik, a freshmanpla\ er for the Lakers team, said.

Matt Tamborino prepares to serve fot the Lakers"I wish coach Davie luck begin-ning a new program at North E ast.However, I hope that the adminis-tration will hire somebody who iscommitted and prepared to takethe team to the n ext level.'*Mercyhurst placed an ad in theNCAA bulletin for a new women'svolleyball coach this past Mon-day. So far they have not heardfrom anyone who is interested inthe position, therefore the searchcontinues

Men's Team Looks to ImproveBy Stephen NolanSports Writer

''Halfway through the season,the ever improving Men's Vol-leyball Team had a tough gameagainst nationally- ranked OhioState University. Even thoughthey put on a good performancethe Hurst lost in three games 15-6, 17-15, and 16-14.

J The Lakers went on to defeatTri-State University on Saturdayat the MAC, they won in fourgames 15-12,15-5,14-16 , and 15-6. They now have a 9-3 record. TheLakers* conference is very diffi-cult because four teams have na-tional rankings.

They will have to put on somegood performances to move on tothe post season.Outstandi ng players for the Lak-ers this season have been freshmanGreg Beato with 536 assists,sophomore Jim Zorn with 154kills, sophomore Adam Tokashwith 14 served aces, and on thedefensive side, Matt Tamborinowith 55 blocks."We played well against OhioState but we just couldn't finishthe game. Toward the end we saton our ead and that is whatcost usthe win. Everybody was really dis-appointed that we lost, but hope-fully we get them next time whenwe play them at home," saidTokash.'This is a very young team andinexperience is often a problemfor us. We sometimes have diffi-culty in finishing games that weshould win, like the Ohio Stategame. But we will improve a lot.This is a team of freshmen andsophomores playing against teams

lull of juniors and senioon our side, we will imthe season goes on," sCoach Craig Davie.On theTri-State gamsaid, "It was a realty fWe play mem a lot dseason and we know mewas a good win for us.a good performance. Wmakes it a lot of fun is mbody gets to play, whichtant." * i W"We beat Tri-State -atState tournament. Theyproved a lot since we laso had we. The score shit was a pretty easy win fit was an important winless. We have to win gTri-State if we realisticalto have a good season,"Ledoux.Davie went on to saypossibility ofa national chship is defini te vt ithin thor three years, "Theimproved much more thpected andifwekeep impthis rate then the chancetional championship are We are very young and acan be a problem now itour advantage over the neof years," he said.