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College
community
raises relief
aid for Haiti
Student
choreographers
present Raw
Edges
News A&E
Page 3
Weekly Poll
Chivalry
proves best
Valentines
Day present
Opinion
Vol.83,No.13/2/3/10/Free
Hurst students to get Irish
welcome in Dungarvan
Read Page 2 for the details and Page 4
for the students perspective on this
new study abroad experience.
What do you think of Mercyhurst transitioning
to university status?
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NEWSPage 2 February 3, 2010
Hurst to get Irish welcome
This spring, Mercyhurst Col-
lege will send students to liveand study Dungarvan, Ireland.
Eries sister city will host Mer-
cyhursts first 10-week faculty-led study abroad program.
A group from Dungarvan will
meet the students at the airport
and drive them to their newtown. Once in Dungarvan, the
locals will provide them with afull Irish breakfast. Accordingto Dr. Hosey, this incredibly
strange meal includes eggs,Irish bacon, baked tomatoesand blood pudding.
The people of Dungarvanwill give the students a big wel-come on March 6, where people
from the community will wel-come Mercyhursts group andgive them a bus tour around
Dungarvan and WaterfordCounty. Mercyhurst will leadDungarvans St. Patricks Day
parade.The 25 of us are going to be
like local celebrities for a while,
junior Caitlin Toner said.Representatives from local
clubs will be at the welcomefestival to invite students to par-ticipate in kite-surfing, soccer,surfing, rugby, ladies football,
fishing (or angling), equestrian,hill-walking and other activities.
Sophomore Jill Barrile is
excited for these opportunities.I cant wait to experience theIrish culture. I plan on partici-
pating in equestrian and possi-
bly surfing. Theyre two thingsI really wanted to do, and what
could be better than doing themin Ireland?
The 20 women and six men
participating will stay in three-bedroom, two-bath townhousesowned by the Park Hotel. Soph-
omore Ethan Johns will not beable to make the trip due tomedical reasons.
The first Mercyhurst classes
taught in Ireland will begin onMarch 8, three days after thegroup arrives. The core courses
offered will be tailored to Irishculture. Professors MichaelFederici, Keiko Miller, James
Snyder, Brian Reed and HeidiHosey volunteered to teachin Ireland. Joanne McGurk is
unable to travel to Ireland, butshe will supervise the literaturecourses through Blackboard.
Every Wednesday, the students will go to a seminar on Irish
culture and language taught bythree professors from Ireland.
Dungarvan has two class-rooms for Mercyhurst to use.
Students will be able to walkthrough the center of town toget to class in the art center, or
try on real suits of armor enroute to class on the upper floorof the historical museum.
Classes will only be heldMonday through Thursday,leaving the students ample time
to travel on the weekends. Fac-ulty will lead the entire group onweekend trips to Dublin and the
West Country and a five-day tripto Paris.
A Mercyhurst-run, long-term
study abroad program is idealfor many students who worry
about trimester vs. semesterconflicts and the cost of tradi-
tional programs. Toner, an archaeology major,
said, I know students who, in
order to study abroad, had tomiss two whole terms of classeshere. My course of study would
not have allowed me to do that. The FSAT program has
underwritten the airfare for the
trip, and the college has notforced the students to pay pen-alties for the room and board
revenue it will lose.Thats a real tribute to Dr.
Gamble and his extraordinarysupport, Hosey said.
The level of aid for possiblefuture trips is not set, but Hosey
said, my goal is to make this work for the college and workfor the students. If we can
charge 1/3 or 1/2 of the tradi-tional study abroad program...it will be entirely possible for
nearly every student to do it.
By JoEllen Marsh
Editor-in- chief
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Students and faculty will spend this spring studying abroad in
Dungarvan, Ireland.
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NEWS Page 3February 3, 2010
College community raises relief aid for Haiti
Mercyhurst College is host-
ing Haiti Relief Week Monday,
Feb. 1, through Friday, Feb. 5,
to raise money for the country
devastated by an earthquake on
Jan. 12.
Everyone from administra-
tors to student clubs and ath-
letic teams will participate inthe campus-wide fundraising
effort, which will include all on-
campus events this week and
continue throughout the rest of
the term.
The whole disaster was
devastating and horrible,
sophomore Elizabeth Geist
said. Im really happy that
people in the United States are
getting together to do some-thing about it, especially at
Mercyhurst where everyone is
pulling together to make a dif-
ference.
The list of events is exten-
sive. Academic departments
will compete to collect the most
donations. UNICEF will host a
Chinese Auction at Egan Dining
Hall Monday through Friday
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Green Team will sell
Haiti Relief T-shirts, and
red Relieve-Recover-Rebuild
Bracelets will be sold in various
locations on campus, including
Campus Ministry, for a mini-
mum donation of $2.
Special collections will be
taken at athletic, LCP, PAC and
SAC events.
Proceeds from the Rock
n Roll Chili Bowl Cook-off,
which will take place in the
Herrmann Student Union on
Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m., will go to the Haiti
Relief Fund.
Campus Ministry will also
host door-to-door collections
Thursday and Friday.The fundraising goal is to raise
$2,500 to donate to UNICEF
and Paul Farmers Partners in
Health, an established health
care charity in Haiti.
Campus Ministry Director
Gregory Baker said, We wanted
to consolidate relief efforts into
this week as much as possible,
but it is also worth noting that
future events will continue tobenefit Haiti, including collec-
tions at dance programs, a Soul
Food Dinner, a proposed spring
golf tournament and a Lenten
24-hour fast.
Mercyhurst Student Gov-
ernment will match student
club and organizations dona-
tions, and UNICEF offers a
national matching opportunity
for the money that Mercyhurst
collects.
One of the most exciting
things about the week is that the
money collected will be doubled
or quadrupled before being sent
to Haiti, Baker said.
I think its great how Mercy-
hurst is helping out the cause,
freshman Anne Valkosky said.
Baker said this fundraising
event demonstrates the colleges
commitment to its missionstatement and core values in
educating socially and globally
responsible adults.
As a Catholic and as some-
one who is passionate about
working for peace and justice,
I have been prayerfully and
actively concerned about the
people of Haiti for a long time,
Baker said. I am glad to see the
world community respondingto this tragedy. But I pray for a
world where people spend more
time asking the tough social jus-
tice questions about countries
like Haiti even when there are
no natural disasters to get peo-
ples hearts stirring.
For the most up-to-date list
of Haiti Relief Week events,
visit hurstathletics.com.
By Jennifer McCurdy
Staff writer
A Chinese Auction is set up in Egan Dining Hall during Haiti
Relief Week. Students can purchase Relieve-Recover-
Rebuild bracelets at the table as well.
Tyler Stauffer photo
This past week, Mercyhurst
College students experienced
problems with WebAdvisor
while registering for spring termclasses.
Mercyhurst IT has not yet
been able to resolve the issue.
The problem has not been
resolved primarily because its
an issue between the Datatel
system and IBM, Pat Benekos,
Executive Director of Learning,
Information and Technology
Services, said.
It is Datatels responsibil-
ity to resolve the problem, but
we are working with them to
resolve it, Benekos said.
According to Benekos,
WebAdvisor is not running
properly due to a time discrep-
ancy in the system.
There is an internal clockthat is five hours off, Benekos
said.
Now that the IT department
is aware of the problem, We
are at least able to cope better
with the problem and monitor it
more closely, Benekos said.
Due to the technical prob-
lems, some students were not
able to register for classes.
Sophomore Tyler Stauffer
could not log in to WebAdvisor
during his registration time.
I called my grandmother
via Skype and had her log in as
me and schedule my classes,
Stauffer said.
According to Registrar Pat
Whalen, there were very fewcomplaints about students not
being able to register.
The Registrars Office does a
study every day during registra-
tion to see if more students reg-
ister in the Registrars Office or
online. The studies showed the
vast majority registered online
successfully, Whalen said.
The Registrars Office helped
students who were not able to
register successfully and were
closed out of courses by find-
ing alternative classes they could
take.
I always find them a course,
Whalen said.
Whalen sent an e-mail to
students on Monday, Feb. 1,advising them to verify that they
are registered for spring term
classes.
According to Whalen, this
message was just an alert
encouraging students to make
sure they registered. Every
term, she noted, there are a
few students who thought they
registered, but their registra-
tions never went through the
system. Whalen said students
should verify their schedules
after they register every term,
and this e-mail was just a
reminder.
Freshman should not experi-
ence many problems when they
register on Thursday and Fridayof this week.
We should be able to head
off any issues and see if there
is anything that will impact reg-
istration significantly, Benekos
said. If you do have an issue,
try it again.
Students who continue to
experience registration prob-
lems should contact the Help-
Desk or the Registrars Office.
By Kelly LuomaNews editor
Problems with WebAdvisor create registration issues
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FEATURES February 3, 2010
Students: Dungarvan, here we come!
As students prepare for their spring
term abroad in Dungarvan, Ireland,
many questions and concerns arise, rang-
ing from packing and communications
issues all the way to expectations of the
travel itself and the experience in gen-
eral.
Although these questions can be easilyremedied on a short trip like spending
a weekend in New York City for spring
break, they become increasingly more
difficult for students spending those 10
long weeks in Ireland.
What seems to be weighing most heav-
ily on students minds is keeping in touch
with those they care about.
Anticipating this need for communi-
cation, junior Lindsey Overdorff and
senior Megan Hull have taken many pre-cautions to stay in contact.
I have done the Skype thing, down-
loaded the texting application on my iPod
touch, have friended everyone on Face-
book, have gotten phone numbers, and I
will be getting everyones box number to
send post cards, Hull said.
Overdorff is doing the same. The big-
gest challenge will be keeping in contact
with everyone; I got my mom a webcamso we can Skype while Im there, she
said.
Packing and money is also something
students are already thinking about.
At this point, I am saving money for
traveling, food and shopping, making
lists of things I need to take and buy over
there and making sure I have all of my
traveling stuff together, like my passport
and suitcase and things like that, seniorErin Lewis said.
For most students, it is not just about
getting things packed, but making abso-
lutely sure they have the essentials.
The one thing I absolutely have
to bring would probably be my digi-
tal camera. I plan on taking an obscene
amount of pictures of everything while
were over there, Overdorff said. Im
sure this is the same for pretty much
everybody.
When asked what is the one thing you
will not forget to pack, Hull responded:
One? Well, I guess my laptop. It will
be my main connection to home, and
of course everything I do there: write
papers, research, book flights and hotel
rooms in other countries I will visit on
the weekends, everything like that.Although the students are filled with
much excitement and enthusiasm for the
trip, there are a few things that they are
not anticipating with eagerness.
I am not excited for the flight, just
because it is hard to sit on an airplane...
for a long period of time, Lewis said.
However, with the excitement of get-
ting to stay and study in Ireland for an
entire term, the list of pros appears to be
greater than that of the cons.Overall, Im just so excited to be
involved in the first ever Mercyhurst-
in-Ireland trip, Overdorff said. The
opportunities were given are awesome,
and the city of Dungarvan sounds so
kind and welcoming. I just cant wait to
get over there.
By Jemma HomerContributing writer
Mercyhurst will now have a new campus in Dungarvan, Ireland. Erie campus
students will be first to have this experience abroad in the Spring term 10.
Richeal Forde photo
Graduate student marches for lifeBy Gretchen Beth Yori
Contributing writer
Yori poses with pro-life poster, friends.
Gretchen Beth Yori photo
On Jan. 22, 2010, I was blessed to have
been able to participate in the annual
March for Life in Washington, D.C.
I convinced eight students to attend
the event. We left Thursday night after a
brief prayer service. We took a bus withthe local People for Life organization.
It was a normal night of sleeping on a
bus, but when we arrived in D.C. the trip
was worth what awaited us.
I was dumbfounded by the energy of
the people attending the march. There
was live music and people carrying
signs, all for the purpose of stopping
abortion.
The march took a bit to start. As a
small group of nine, we found it almost
impossible to move at times, there were
so many people.
Everyone was there for this single
purpose. Groups were shouting chants,
singing and praying. People in yellow
raincoats waved pro-life signs of various
colors.
Once the March for Life started,
police cars led the crowd of women
who carried signs that read I regretmy abortion. Then we filed in behind
them.
The Mercyhurst College group
walked, a few of us with signs. Some
students took the surroundings step-by-
step.
I was overwhelmed again. I teared up
due to this emotion inside, a grace. I felt
we were doing the best we could to make
change, to prevent more lives from being
ended and trying to prevent women and
men from feeling the aftermath of abor-
tion.
We marched all the way up to the
Capitol. I will never forget how it felt
to be a part of something so large and
meaningful.
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A&E online
merciad.mercyhurst.eduBrew & View pleases studentsThe PACs irst Brew & View pleased students and facultyalike, showing Animal House after the food and drink wasserved.
Nick Jonas surprises with solo effortCasey Harvilla begs listeners to give Nick Jonas and theAdministration a chance before swearing them off asanother boy band.
Students show raw talent
The Dance Departments 12th
annual performance of student
choreography, 35 Years: Raw
Edges, will occur this weekend,
Saturday, Feb. 6, at 2 p.m. and
7 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 7, at 2
p.m. in the Mary DAngelo Per-
forming Arts Center (PAC). Although Raw Edges is
a long-held tradition, some
things have changed a bit for
this years performance, which
coincides with the Dance
Departments 35th anniversary
celebration.
The concert will feature
the works of the most experi-
enced student choreographers,
namely those taking the Cho-reography III and Senior Sem-
inar courses, unlike in the past
when Senior Seminar students
had their own showcase in
the spring and Choreography
II and III were combined for
Raw Edges.
In the words of Dance Chair
Tauna Hunter, Change is
always good, and we are shak-
ing things up a bit for our
35th.
Another new addition as part
of the anniversary celebration
will be the appearances of two
Mercyhurst dance alumni in the
concert. Meredith Lyons (2003)
and Noelle Lelakus (2008),
who both participated in RawEdges as dancers and choreog-
raphers when attending Mercy-
hurst, will each perform a solo
for the performance.
Raw Edges offers variety
with different dance genres,
music and thematic ideas being
put on stage. The choreogra-
phers this year are exploring
themes like living art, self dis-
covery, stress and its effect on
the human psyche, scorned
lovers and the 1742 Scottish
Act of Proscription, to name
a few.
Music used for the choreog-raphy includes Ceolbeg, Lucia
Micarelli, Safteysuit, Yann
Tiersen, Penguin Caf Orches-
tra and a score by Mercyhurst
senior Kirsten Rispin that was
commissioned especially for the
performance. Live music will be
used for two pieces in the per-
formance.
All Choreography III stu-
dents were required to includea collaboration with another
artist as part of their choreog-
raphy, which will add interest
to the pieces presented in Raw
Edges. Artistic collaborations
this year involve work by musi-
cians, a costumer and a visual
artist.
Choreographer and junior
dance major Brienna Hynish
spoke of Raw Edges and the
choreographic process: Actu-
ally getting to see my choreog-
raphy executed beautifully by
the dancers is the most amaz-
ing thing; Im close to tears
sometimes when I watch them
dance. I absolutely love seeingmy ideas set to music that
originally inspired me. It is so
rewarding!
Each performance will
include Take-a-Break, an
intermission chat moderated by
Senior Seminar professor Mark
Santillano, in which the chore-
ographers will speak about their
new works and answer ques-
tions from the audience.
I think choreographing is
the hardest and also the most
rewarding thing I do all year.
Taking the jumbled mess in my
head and having it make sense
on stage is no small task, fellow
choreographer and junior ClaireHinde said.
Tickets for 35 Years: Raw
Edges are $1 with a Mercy-
hurst student ID and can be
purchased at the PAC box office
in advance, at the door, or by
calling extension 3000.
By Sarah MastrocolaStaff writer
Still Walking centers around familys lost sonBy Kathleen Vogtle
Staff writer
This weeks addition to Mer-
cyhurst Colleges Guelcher Film
Series, Still Walking, presents
a story that almost anyone can
relate to, in which a family who
has experienced loss and dis-satisfaction among themselves
has gathered for a semi-annual
reunion. The familys oldest
son, Junpei, has been dead 15
years after rescuing a boy from
drowning. The youngest son,
Ryo (Hiroshi Abe), is married
to a widow (Yui Natsukawa)
with a 10-year-old son, Atsushi
(Shohei Tanaka).
A.O. Scott of the New York
Times describes Still Walk-
ing perfectly. He calls it both
transcendent and completely
absorbing, so sure of its own
scale and scope that while youre
watching it, the rest of the world
fades into irrelevance.
Perhaps the most memo-
rable characters, though, are
Ryos parents. Kyohei (YoshioHarada), the father, is a retired
doctor; he is an oppressive pres-
ence in the home. The mother,
Toshiko (Kirin Kiki), is a force to
be reckoned with in the kitchen,
not as open in her opinions as
her husband, but still obviously
frustrated with what life has
dealt her and her family.
The ghost of Junpei colors
the proceedings. He is a con-
tinuous presence in the minds
of those gathered, the ultimate
driving force behind their tem-
peraments, his spirit saturating
the house. He is the measuring
stick Kyohei uses against Ryo,
evaluating the life decisions of
his youngest against his dashed
hopes for his eldest.
At its core, Still Walking isa movie about family. It is about
the pain and frustration every
family faces at one point or
another, but it is also about the
bonds of undiminishing love
that hold them together. Writer-
director Hirokazu Koreeda
does a masterful job at showing
this dynamic without making
it melodramatic. The result is
a warm-hearted, multi-faceted
presentation that is equally
likely to make you smile as it is
to make you cry.
Still Walking is presented in
Japanese with English subtitles.
It will be shown today in
the DAngelo Performing Arts
Center at 2:15 and 7:15 p.m.
Tickets are $6 for adults, $5
for students and seniors and
free for Mercyhurst students
with IDs.
Still Walking, showing at the PAC today at 2:15 and 7:15
p.m., focuses on a family that has experienced great loss.
pac.mercyhurst.edu photo
Raw Edges will be
performed this weekend.
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Online Opinion Articles...
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Confidence is a tricky thing,
but when you have it you have
everything. How far should you
go to solidify your confidence?
Heidi Montag Pratt, fromthe TV show The Hills, thinks
the answer to that question
is by any means necessary.
After being accused of being
addicted to plastic surgery,
she confirmed that she had 10
procedures done to her face
and a breast augmentation. As
Pratt sat there looking like a
fem-bot, she looked disgusting
and alien-like.
I am troubled when thinking
about what this message is
bringing to young, vulnerable
girls.
In an environment where
celebrities rule and models have
the ideal body structure, what
does a completely manipulated,
barely human face gawking
about how the excessive amount
of plastic surgery makes her feelbetter show the world? What are
we run by and to whom do we
listen?
I strongly agree with making
changes to make you confident
and happy. I am even a believer
in plastic surgery. I just cant
imagine what young girls
struggling to fulfill a ridiculous
and, for the most part,
unreachable goal of being a size
zero are thinking when the rich,
famous people are spending
their money manipulating
their faces and bodies to fit an
unrealistic mold.
Its a tough world, and
sometimes you can be your own
worst critic. Whether you are
making a goal, going on a diet or
striving to stick with your New
Years resolution, ignore whatidiots like Heidi Montag Pratt
say about how to make yourself
feel happy.
Instead of longingly looking
at Pratt, The Girls Next Door
and the models of the Victorias
Secret Fashion show, embrace
your beauty. Be confident in
yourself. Strive to become a
better version of yourself, not
a fem-bot.
By Jordan
Zangaro
Opinion Editor
Disgusted by plastic surgery addiction
Chivalry and romanticism
need not be dead. It always
amuses me when yet another
woman describes her boyfriend
as crude or chauvinistic, and
then claims that chivalry is deadacross the board.
The incompetence of your
boyfriend does not prove
anything other than individual
incompetence.
Its a simple thing to do,
guys: Hold a door open for
a girl walking toward you.
Unfortunately, there are a myriad
of less simple responses to such
an action. My favorite tends to
be surprise, because apparently
there are so few individuals on
this campus willing to do so that
it actually warrants surprise.
Now, theres an equal and
opposite response and this is
a possible reason for his lack of
chivalry. This response is disgust
or anger. It doesnt happen
often, but when it does it can be
quite a shock to the system for a
guy trying to be polite.
So, girls, maybe your
boyfriend is more inclined to lie
on his couch with a beer and an
Xbox controller this Valentines
day rather than preparing youa (ResLife approved, battery-
operated-faux) candlelit dinner
because hes frightened that
you might yell at him, claiming
disrespect for some reason
he has trouble understanding.
Heres a better bet though:
Youre dating a guy too lazy to
care or attempt anything other
than whats laid out in front of
him by you. Anecdote time, ladies and
gents: A friend of mine from high
school is the specific inspiration
for this article, because last year
she had just been dumped and
was essentially having a case of
the yips.
She was so discouraged by
her past couple relationships
that she became convinced
she somehow didnt deserve
a high-quality, respectful guy.
So, because she saw her past
boyfriends as slumming, she
figured all she deserved was to
slum.
Seems crazy, but think of
this: How many of your friendsclaim to be the happy couple
in public, but then complain
about their significant others
personality or actions on a
regular basis? It seems like too
many people are willing to settle
for what theyve got on hand,
rather than make an attempt to
better their situation.
So instead of simply dealing
with one another this ValentinesDay, why not actually enjoy
one anothers presence by
actually playing along with the
pleasantries of a relationship?
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By Devin Ruic
Staff writer
Chivalry lives: Go out and get it
Bathroom bonding: letting it all outVictoria Gricks shares why she thinks it is
important to make a habit of talking to
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Sports Page 7February 3, 2010
Today, Mercyhurst College hosts
cross-town rival Gannon University in
both mens and womens basketball. The
women kick off the action at 5:30 p.m.,
to be followed by the men at 7:30 p.m. The Knights have dominated the
Lakers in basketball throughout recent
memory. The womens basketball team
has not defeated the Knights since 2003,
and the men havent beaten Gannon
since 2007. Things are likely to change,
however, for at least one of these teams.
Gannons womens basketball team is a
dynamo this year at 22-0, ranked No. 3
in the nation. They have outscored their
opponents by an embarrassing 23-pointmargin per game.
They are led by senior guard Kristina
Freeman, who is averaging nearly 15
points per game and leads her team in
assists, steals and blocks. The Knights
are a fine-tuned, veteran, high-octane
basketball machine.
Mercyhursts womens basketball team
is currently 12-6. They are a rather inex-
perienced club that has experienced its
fair share of growing pains. The Lakers
are led by junior Amy Achesinski, who is
averaging 14 points per game along with
eight rebounds per game.
The match-up on paper is not a very
attractive one for the Lakers. They are
clearly outsized, have a definite lack of
experience and are frankly outclassed by
their opponent.
If they are to have any shot at pullingoff one of the biggest upsets in Mercy-
hurst sports history, which a victory in
this sort of mismatch would surely be,
the Lakers must slow down the pace of
play and hope for early foul trouble from
Freeman.
They will need to jump out to a quick
lead and feed off the energy brought
forth by the home crowd. Achesinski will
really have to dominate against a large
front line put out by Gannon. This will be the Lakers only chance
against the Knights. Victory is very
unlikely. More likely, this game will get
ugly and get ugly fast as the Lakers dont
have the size or superior three-point
shooting to make up for a lack of expe-
rience and skill in comparison to the
Knights.
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merciad.mercyhurst.edu and click
the sports tab.
By Nick GlasierSports editor
Mercyhurst College junior Heiden Ratner looks to lead the mens basketball
team over Gannon University for the first time since 2007.
Etthan Magoc photo
Lakers eyeing Knights
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Mercyhurst College junior Ashley Cockell lays out for the puck. Unfortunately, despite this
effort the Lakers fell to Niagara University, 2-1.
Ethan Magoc photo
Lakers fall from grace
The Mercyhurst College
womens hockey team hasfallen from grace as it suffereda 2-1 loss to Niagara University
and lost its No. 1 ranking in theUSCHO.com poll.
This is the first week since
the beginning of the seasonthat the Lakers have not sat atthe top of the USCHO.com
poll. The Lakers did keep their
top ranking in the USA Today
Womens Hockey/USA HockeyMagazine Division I poll. Thisis the 15th straight week the
Lakers have sat atop that poll.
The loss was the Lakers firstsince Oct. 31, 2009. They arenow at 20-2-3 for the season
and 7-1-1 in College HockeyAmerica play.
The Lakers found Saturdays
loss hard to swallow as they felt
the play favored them through-out the game.
I give a lot of credit to Niag-ara for playing us very toughlike they always do. Theyre one
of the hardest working teams weve played this season. Sat-urday we outplayed them, out
shot them, but couldnt find theback of the net. Thats hockeyfor you, junior Captain Vicki
Bendus said.
While this past weekend was
slow for the Mercyhurst Lakers,it wasnt too bad for Bendus.She scored both goals in Fri-
days game against the NiagaraPurple Eagles in a 2-0 victory.
Bendus currently has 20
goals and a total of 46 points.
This gives her the number onerank on the team and in the
country.Despite this achievement on
Friday, the Lakers fell to the
Purple Eagles the next after-noon by a score of 2-1.
Mercyhurst s womens hockey
team plays against RobertMorris University this comingweekend.
For the rest of this article,
By Courtney ClairContributing writer
Laker SportsVisit merciad.mercyhurst.edu February 3, 2010
While Laker Spirit Club understands Mr. Baranowskis ques-
tion about the origin of the Blackout at the womens hockey gameagainst No. 4 Clarkson University on Jan. 15, and agrees that blackis not one of the school colors, we would like to address what
seems to be his larger issue, that of student involvement at athleticevents.
His piece presents the idea that LSC is not doing its job to getstudents involved in the games; however, what he failed to notewas that attendance at our Blackout game was the highest so farthis season by more than 200 people.
In fact, this was the only game this season that has topped the1,000 mark in attendance, with the official number listed at 1,211.While some might point out that this was due to the No. 4 ranked
opponent, during two games with rival and No. 5 ranked Minne-sota-Duluth, attendance only averaged 658.
However, we also understand that the goal should be to have
this type of attendance and support at all of the events, not just
those with special promotions, which brings us back to the article.Mr. Baranowski fills the article with suggestions, yet he failed to
present them constructively.Mercyhurst Student Government, of which LSC is a branch, has
weekly meetings that are open to all students where they can pres-
ent their ideas, which would have been a much more productiveand constructive forum for his suggestions to be presented.
In essence, by merely lashing out in the newspaper instead of
taking action, Mr. Baranowski was being hypocritical.He fell victim to the same problem of inaction that he accuses
LSC of by not doing his part as a member of Mercyhurst College
to make our sporting events the best that they could be.
By Michelle Tatavosian
Contributing writer
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Womens basketball coach confident
in team
Head coach Deanna Richard is impressed withthe unity of the womens basketball team.
LSC respondsto Baranowski
column