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C a m p u s H o n o r S o c i e t i e s I n d u c t N e w M e m b eBy Chris WlochNews Editor

During the past few days, threehonor s ocieties at* Mercyhursthave welcomed new membersinto their ranks.Over the* weekend, 16Mercyhurstseniors were inductedinto the Erie Chapter of KappaGamma Pi the National CatholicCollege GraduateHonor Society.On 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26,an induction ceremony and Masswere held for thenew m embers inthe Mary, Seat ofWisdom Chapelat Gannon University withMercyhurst Chaplain Father S teveAnderson serving as celebrantThe inductees mis year are An-drea Bullotta, Mary FrancesCamp, Rob Causgrove, SondraDorwart, Rebecca Dubisz, KimEvans, Jen Fragle, AndreaGearhart, Trisha Greathouse, JohnMcCauley, Mindi-McDowell,Joyce O'Hara, LaShawna Page,Bra d Ryb cz y n s k i, Kri stinSchmidtfrericka nd Ta ra Thom as.

in metropolitan| areas, becausethere is usually a local chapterthat is good atproviding opportu-nities for networking and otherservices.The honor society also publishesa newsletter and sponsors theCornaro scholarship, a $2,000grantfor students seeking to fur-ther pursue their education at thegraduate level .Also awarded at the ceremonywas the Saint Catherine Medal,which

ing, '92, Summa Cum Laude) acriminal justice graduate and anattorney practicing criminal, fam-ily and bankruptcy law withYochim, Skiba, Moore and N ash.While at Mercy hurst,Fry 1 ingwa sa member and officer o f AlphaPhi Sterna.

Founded in 1926societyfor ay women students atCatholic colleges, Kappa GammaPi has expanded its membershipcriteria in recent years to acceptmen. Candidates are selected ondie basis of academic achieve-ment and service leadership dur-ing their college years.

Mr WilliamKennedy, directorof student services, w ho serves asadvisor to Kappa Gamma Pi, saidthat the organization is helpful tostudents, especially those located

li'41 an outstandingundergra duate studentforserviceleadership at colleges affiliatedwith Kappa Gamma Pi. The medalhonors a sophomore or junior,selected by faculty members,whobest represents the ideals of aCatholic college education. Thisyear's? recipient of the!SaintCatherine Medal was sophomoreKate Shaffer.On Thursday, May 1, sevencriminal justice students,fiveun-dergraduate and two graduates,were inducted into Alpha PhiSigma, th e National Criminal Jus-tice Honor Society. These newmembers are Michelle Biel, Wil-liam Brown, John Haltigan, DanHilfiker, Rhonda Merriman,Reuben Smith and Diane Wickles.Theyjoin the20 other honor soci-ety members of Upsflon Chapterat MercyhuratThenew members of Alpha PhiSigma were;;honored at thechapter's spring banquet whichwas held at the Erie Yacht Club.note speaker aTina Fry I ing (Ti

Phi Alpha Theta, die Interna-tional Honor Society in History,inducted seven new members onSunday, April 27. An inductionceremony was held at 6:30 p.m.in the Prince of Peace Chapel,upstairs in die Student Union,followed by a reception in thefaculty dining room.This year's inductees includeBrian Donnelly, Jessi Gentile,Steve Haas, Steve Ligday, RobMinteer, Brad Rybczynski andLynn W ashowich."The members o f P hi AlphaTheta would like to see biggeremphasis placed on history atMercy hurst. The Civil Warreenactors could help people geta feel for what it was like to liveduring that period intime,"saidErin Lloyd, president of the cam-pus chapter.[? On Friday, May 2 , Phi AlphaTheta is sponsoring "The CivilWan Soldiering in die 1860V aspart of th is year's Academic Cel-ebration* The presentation, whichincludes weapons and other equip-mentfrom he Civil War period,will stake place in the StudentUnion Great Room from10 ajn .until 4 p.m. At 1230 p.m., thereeneactors will tire weapons at ademonstration in Garvey Park.

Celebrating th e Strength and Spirit of Womyn. This interactive, muti media pieceAcadem ic Celebration by artists Sara Jeszu and Karin Mensing and poet Gail Gol

bers of Phi Alpha Theta: (I to r.) Front: S teve Haas,Kim, Jessi Gentile. Back: Bead Rybczynski, Kevin PLigday,New Tuition IncreSets Record LoBy Todd ZielinskiMerciad Staff WriterThis w eek the Board of Trust-ees announced plans for the tu-ition increase that will be neces-sary for the upcoming academicyear. The proposal the adminis-tration came up with was only a

44% increase. This seta a recordaa being the lowest margin ofincrease in 2 0 years.According to TomLee, directorof finance, there are internal andexternal aspects to the increase intuition'costs. One of the mostsignificant external aspects con-sists of the outside competitionthat the college receives fromother private schools includingGannon University, CanisiusCollege and Allegheny College.In comp etition with the surround-ing 14 schools, Mexcyhurst ranksbetter than 92% of them. Of thetwo schools which tanked higherthan Mercyuhurst, the Universityof Pittsburgh receives both pri-vate and public funding and GroveCity College remains privatelyfinanced.The internal aspects of the tu-ition costs is where the little in-crease is felt Along with beingcomposed of investments and f i-nancial aid, salary increases andinstructional improvements makeup the vast majority of the neededincrease.Lee also said that their initialstrategic vision called for a 5.25%

increase in tuition, butthe high enrollment afinancial year, the adfelt they could run theless. This /high enrocludes the more man 2cations already receivincoming reshman claWhat does this mestudent? Lee pointed ostead of paying $10,9ition expenses, a studecharged $11,430 nexincrease ofonly $510 pWhile most of the smwill remain unchange

for room and board wcrease,from$4,50010As a result the totattending Mercyhurscreasefrom $16,095 th$16,803 during the 199demic year.College President DrGarvey said that $150,money raised from netuition will be spent onnew PhJ) , professors giving a 4% raise to thprofessors. "We're plcould maintain the cossaid. Garvey said thatwill get more value money inthe added funinstruction."We conclude that Mis a bargain and want tobargain.purchase for come,9'Lee said.

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Mercyhurst student gives readingBy James HainMerciadA&E EditorThose looking for somethingto do on Saturday night mightwant to drop by Cuppadno's inPerry Square, where Mercyhurstadult student Randy Hilliard willbe giving a spoken word perfor-mance. Hilliard's works will beaccompanied by music, also com-posed by Hilliard and performedby Dave Calabrese. Also avail-able will be Hilliard'sfirstbookof poetry, Expectations.

Hilliard is self-publishing thebook, so a limited number o f cop-ies will be available. The bookalso features photography byMSG President-elect KevinSegedi. In addition to publishingand performing his works, Hilliardalso heads his own band, FluidGroove, which is working on itssecond album. Fluid Groove'smusic is strongly influenced byLou Reed and the Beatles andHilliard's songs carry an interna-tionalflavor,which he attributes

tohis living abroad foHilliard's poetry diverse influences. T hExpectations vary wand cover a wide ran(Hilliard says the oldthe book, The Key,"pens to be the first powrote, | back inStop by Cuppadn12p.m. on Saturday,unique performance fHilliard, one of Meown.

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OK, so you aat through the Oscars, the G olden Glcbrs, the DirectorsGuild and Screen Actors Guild Awards. You *re sick of The EnglishPatient winning everything. Then tune in to die MTV Movie Awards onJune 12. The network Aat unleashed Pauly Shore on an unsuspectingworld has offeredviewers the opportunity to pick their favorite Glma andperformers since IWL Juat in case you're wondering, in that time, theAcademy haa chosen The Silence cf he Lambs, Unforgiven, Schindler'sList, Forrest { ]&Gump andBraveheartas BestPicture,while MTV viewers aave opted forTerminator 2, A Few Good Men, Menace U Society, Pulp Fiction andSeven, ,This year's nominees include:Best Movie: - _-Independence DayJerry MaguireTheRockScreamWilliam Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet

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Best Song;"Change the World" from Phenomenon. Performed by Eric ClaptonandBabyface."Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" from Evita. Performed by Madonna."I Believe I Can Fly"fromSpace Jam. Performed by R. Kelly.aMachincheadwfromFear. Performed by Bush. IHi Gush " from WilliamShakespeare's Romeo &Juliet. Performed byGarbage.

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E x p e n s i v e a c t i o n f i l m s h e a t up s u m m e r b o x officeBy James BainMerc'iadA&E Editor

This summer, i s usual, the stu-dios are practically trampling eachother in order to latch onto yourfive bucks. After the runawaysuccess of last summer's Inde-pendenceDay, Twister and Mis-sion Impossible, the studiosrushed out to spend as muchmon eyas possible producingbig-ger and bigger (ifnot necessarilybetter) summer fare. Ten filmssetfor releasethis summerhave bud-gets of around $100 m illion andJa mes Cameron's Titanic is push-ing $200 million, making it themost expensive movieevermade.And with only three months timeto make an impression, ifa moviedoesn't rake in a bundle in thefirst weekend, it'll be out of themultiplexes before you can sayThe Cable Guy* Yes, the explo-sions are bigger, the charactersare smaller and good luck findingany dialogue.Independence Day and Twisterhave spawned a surplus of disas-ter-type film s, including the al-ready-released Dante's Peak andVolcano* The competition is sofierce that the studios have de-cided not to risk it a nd have pushedsome o f the big-budget disasterflicks to fall and beyond. Th eFlood about a bank heist thattakes place during monsoon con-ditions, was originally scheduledfor rel ease this weekend, butnowyou probably won't be seeing ituntil September at the earliestAlso pushed back were PaulVerhoeven's Starship Troopers,the newest Alien film,Alien:Resurrection and the de-cidedly different Peter Weir filmTh e Truman ^Show, a comedy-drama starring Jim Carrey.So what can you expect? Sum-mer begins early on May 9 withthe sci-fi thriller77k? Fifth Ele-ment, stirring Bruce Wilis andthe comedy Father's Day, withRobin Williams and Billy Crys-tal. Then, on May 23, StevenSpielberg's long-awaited Juras-sic Park sequel. The Lost Worldroars into theaters. This film isexpected to be so huge thatall theOther studios are steering dear ofit Also, look for Con Air andSpeed 2: CruiseControl, Wo hi-ja eking films, to open Within aweek of one another. ThenBatman and Robin, the summer's

other cash cow, opens inlate June.Disney has Hercules on tap thefollowing week.Titanic is supposed to open onthe Fourth of July weekend, butthere are strong indications that itwon'tbe ready on time. It maybepushed back as late as Thanks-

giving, which will be great newsfor Men in Black, a huge sci-ficomedy starring Will Smith andTommy Lee Jones, that is set toopen on the same July weekend.As usual, the studios are pilingup the blockbusters in June andJuly, giving them the maximum

amount of play before the kiddiesgo back to school. By late July,the lastof the summer blockbust-ers, Air Force One, starringHarrison'Ford and The Con-spiracy Theory with Mel Gibsonand Julia Roberts will be ou t ofthe gate. So, if you wait until

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On The DitchBy John MurphyEditor in chief

like i lot o f seniors who ate edging toward departure, I am ex istinghi a sortof dual state these days. One aide of me is impatientand evenfed-up with college life, it's suffering fr om this * Seniority thingwhich occurs when a senior's brain says, "Look, I've brought you thisfar, but no m ore. Enough with this classroom drivel, enough of thispetty treatment like k ids, I'm outu here, see ya.w And off it g

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L e t t e r s T o T h e E d i t o rDear Editor.

Lack of Silencein Library McAuley HeistWhat ever happened to thedays when libraries were placesstudents could go to study? Afterall, isn't that what most studentsgo to the library to do? Our li-brary, howev er, seem s to operateby different standards. Standardsthat minimize the benefits thatlibraries are commonly be lievedto provide, such as a quiet placeto study. Ifsomeone were to visitthe Mercyhurst librar y whohadnever before set foot in a library,it would be very unlikely thatperson would realize libra ries aresupposed to be quiet

The problem that I hope I amnot alone in noticing is that ourlibrary offers no more tranquil-lity than do noisy dorms or apart-ments where loud and boisterousbehavior is more tolerable. I'mnot suggesting thatour library b e

completely devoid of talking.What Iam suggesting, though, isthat students realize the mostbasic rule of etiquette while in alibrary, be considerate of thosewho are there to study. Althoughit may be inconvenient, It is pos-sible *to carry on a J discussionwhile whispering.This situation concerns notonly students but also the libraryemployees who are equally, ifnot more, inconsiderate of stu-dents who requent he library tostudy. Many employees talkeven' louder than do most students. Ifanyone should correct this prob-lem, much less even recognize it,it should bethe employees. How-ever, the employees may havebecome immune to this noisesince it has become common-place. Furthermore, when! thisissue is brought to the attentionof library personnel, a likely re-

sponse is to find a quiet studyroom. This could be an adequate vremedy if these rooms were nottaken up by students who think!;quiet study rooms allow them totalk even louder, or by construc-tion crews who now have theprivilege ofhaving two quiet studyrooms as their offices.The library should not be aplace to socialize. Rather,itshouldbe a place students could study inrelative silence. For those of uswho do try to study at the library,let us hope that along with the"new" library com es a renewedknowledgeamong students andemployeesof one of the basicpremises of library etiquette- be -ing quiet

ISincerely,Harley Ellenberger

To the editor.

Prof. Upset With LanguageTo the editor,

I had dinner in the faculty din-ing room last night, when I hearda group of students in the hall at

the entrance to the cafeteria. Theywere goofing around, but wereyelling the obscenity ".." 15 to20 times for no reason other thanto demonstrate their lack of vo-

cabulary.I looked out the window in thefaculty dining room ana'therewere eight elderly people comingtd.pg8m

Welcome to Mercyhurst fresh-men guys in McAuley. Iwas veryinterested in reading the article inApril 24 edition of The Merciad.The reason I was interested isbecause I too, was finedfor dam-ages done to the McAuley dormmy reshman year. However, youshould be happy with a $20 fine.Last year, the entire dorm wasfined $45 dollars a person fordamages done. I promptly wrote aletter to the colleg e, stating that Ithought the fine was unfair andextremely high. The ma intanencedepartment failed toeven respondto me and instead simply put thefine onmy next year's bill. Thankyou very much for your time andconsideration. *I know that you're thinking whatdamage could the students in thedorm with me have done to merita $45 a person fine. The fine wasissued because on the last day ofschool, someone or some peopledumped a five gallon bucket of*,paint under an RA.'s door. Thefine was to repair damage done tohis room. Apparently, new car-

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A Tale Of Two PresidentsEmilio ColaiacovoPolitical Columnist

few weeks ago I ca lied hometalked tomy father. After talk-and sport-he said he had some-me. While readingrlocal paper, The Buffalo New s,had - come across an articleLaura Ingraham froms Tim es, compar-Bill Clinton. Since he,of you are already aware,tands my affection towardsfather read

a copy.article, Ms. Ingraham givesry examination of both thethat not allWith that

m's points.n's guiding prin-Reagan3 limited government,efense, encouraging world*

Clintons See latestpolling dataReagan: restoring nationalng tax es

Clinton: the "V" chip, schooland midnight basketball

Reagan: Iran Contra - fightinge juggernaut of communism inAmerica jClinton: Fund Raising - fight-gernaut of Bob Doles rejected by th e Sen-Reagan: Robert Bork - toughedwas vilified for his judi-views IClinton: Anthony Lake - with-of question-

contd. front pg 5that the rest of the scien-

e scientific world. 1At the same time that thisForeman, age 48,heavy*worlda man seventeen years hisday night, Fore-defeated this man., Georgeis not the first man toforties, but be

big and complained it was a "bru-tal ordeal19 even though he couldnot explain why he was not awareof intelligence gatherings of hisown agency.Most unorthodox confidant offirst lady:Reagan: astrologerClinton: Eleanor Roosevelt(makes you wonder about theiractivities in the 60s)Important forces behind Presi-dential election:Reagan: blue-collar workers,Southern Democrats and Catho-liesClinton: China, CXA, INS andthe Lippo Group Traditional suitReagan: brown, wide lapels

Clintons Paula Jones, sexualharassmentMemorable presidential dia-logue with repressive regimes:Reagan: (To the Soviets): "Mr. |Gorbachev, tear down this wall !"Clinton: (To the Chinese):"Cream or sugar?"Location of first family vaca-tions: iReagan: family ranch in SantaBarbara, Ca.Clinton: wherever a rich friendhad an empty houseStance on hot-button issue:Reagan: (abortion): pro-lifeduring the 19 80 campaign, pro-life during the 1984 campaignandpro-life duringfirstand sec-ond termsClin ton: (welfare reform): forit in the 1992 campaign,vetoed ittwice, voted for it to keep cam-paign promise and promised tofix bill if elected.Ms. Ingraham makes somevery humorous, yet convincingpoints about two presidents. Thearticle showed that where onepresident had tremendous staminaand conviction, the* other? hadnothing to offer except moreband-aid solutions to Ox our so-sure la the first man to take anearly 10 year layoff and then

ic back to capture the heavy-weight championship oftheworld,beating the best young ighters nthe world today.Is itright or Foreman to try toha ng on to one last chance at glorywhile at the age of 48? After all,boxing is a rather brutal sport anddemands a great deal of the par-ticipants. Well IfFoieman can stillbeat all of uWyoung men h theboxing world, then good for him.contd. pg V'

Letters To The Editor |MoreAbout The Freedom Zone

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cial, political and economic ills.Humankindwill forget whatBill CI in ton has done, but in myopinion, history shall never for-get the works and d eeds of RonaldReagan.Though Reagan had no fancydegree from Harvard, he shall

tilllwaya be remembered formunicating great Ideas to greatpeople. Though many may notagree with President Reagan, hisopponents w ill always admit thathe was led notby die latest publicopinion polls or political ramifi-cation, but by strong beliefs inwhr.iwa s right and just ThoughI believe Americans to be en-tirely cynical about politics andgovernment, it is obvious thatpolitics was not alwaya plaguedby indecisivenessand indecision.Let history show that there wasa time where quality meant moreman quantity and that men haddreams to follow and stars to guidethem. Let the "Reagan Recordindicate that America harnessed

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an idealistic optimism whichpaved the path for a period ofenormous opportunity andgrowth. Because of RonaldReagan, I am sure that forAmerica, there will always be abright dawn ahead.

In the basement of ourHammermill Library, thefilesofthe Freedom Zone ca nbe located.Leafing through its history, youcanvisually, literally and objec-tively see its evolutionary path,from its genesis to its present Inresponse to all this idleword toss-ing concerning Mr. Kevin Segediand his election as MSG Presi-dent, Ifelt he need to understandthe reason he has been the culpritof the Zone *s demise.In the records o f the Zone, itstrend has gone from somewh at tocompletely insignificant It wasthough, theonly monthly expres-

sion of student creativity. L ook-ing further back than three years,you can see an increase in size,publication numbers, commen-tary, creativity and conte nt Itwasoriginally started b y the then resi-dent of MSG. The election ofSegedi brings the positions ofMSG President and FreedomZone Editor-in-Chief back fullcircle. The Freedom Zone has al-ways been funded through andbyMSG and has never been an un-derground paper, however muchit has been proclaimed as being.This is not the point, this is com-pletely erroneous. *

At the time of its origiFreedom Zone was densecommentary and creativitycame out rather often. Theand president of MSG hadlot of time back into it thequestion then arises, was itcess due to the efforts of thtor, or to the interest in thedom Zone within the stbody. The Zone's constitstates that it is a forum forand the concerns of the stbody, in s o many words. Imat the Zone is a depictionstudent body. It Is, for thepart, dull and lifeless.

Mr. Segedi is more thanfied to be MSG president,as Freedom Zone's editochief. The Freedom Zone istive in response to the reasdie above paragraph, b it the editor of he Zoneto repus? Isn't it our responsibilput the drive behind him, bthe Freedom Zone? It is truthe Freedom Zone ha* shrAgain is this Mr. Segedi* s or just the dying interest wdie student body with the Fdom Zone? When it waa newas full of life and energy.Mr. Segedi's fault we havapathetic ennui in the creac o n t d .The MerciadVOL. 70 NO. 22 May U 9Merdad Editors

John MurphyScott VanceChris WloehBrad RybczynskiDan Hilfiker

Editor-in-ChiefSports EditorNews EditorFeatures EditorSenior Writer

James HaInJason GiffenMichelle MlziaAaron Conn ellJerry Tram bley

A&E EditorAdvertisingCopy EditorGraphicsAdvisorMerdad Staff

Jamz PorzioMichael J OppcrmanJoeWongMindi McDowellTodd ZielinsldAmanda Smith

Jessica RussellStephen NolanCarrie TappeJody WashingtonMary PikeSteve Torriero

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Campus Question Doyou feel it's necessary for the Erie police ton campus and break up parties or gatheriGabriel Cellini, Freshman,Management" Mercyhurst College is in in-stitution with academic enrich-ment1 it is helping us Gil thefoundation for our social wellbeing, I think tha t being respon-sible college students, the policehave no place in stepping in andtelling us whatwe can and cannotoo. n

Ashlee Tecza, Freshman,AllTherapy"I think that the security shouldtike control and not get the copsinvolved because that's their re-sponsibflity on campus."Letter contd. from pg 6in the side door. I wondered whattheir opinion was of these stu-dents.I often ask mys elf what makes aMercyhurststudentdifferent thanstudents from another college.Last night I wondered If thereeven is a difference. I hope thatthere is .Our present students should

Science contd. rom pg7If a 63 year old man or womanclimbed Mount Everest, wouldwesay it was wrong of them to try? Iwould take my hat off to them andcongratulate them on a job welldone. Those who are so critics I oftheir acomplishments arejust jeal-ous and bitter that they were notable to do the same things a t theirage.Maybe years from now, scien-tists,'will have developed newbreakthroughs that will help many

Lesley Foster, Freshman,Early C hildhood Ed."I don't think the Erie policeshould be allowed on campus.The campus should handle itthemselves and shouldn't be al-lowed to run overmy riendswiththeir cars."

Sarah D outhit, JuniorSocial Work ""

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By Brad RybczynskiFeatures Editorx It is time to say good-bye. This is obviously not our last issue, but I havean agenda to follo w for my last two columns.It is really odd how fast four years have gone by. I cannot even begin toimagine where all the time has gone.During my first three years here on the hill, I focused on the present Idid my work day by day without much concern for the next term or evenday, let alone my life after college.;- Now with less than a month togo before mygraduation, out ofnecessity,I have put a n eye on the future. I have begun to th ink very seriously abouthow I am going to pay for the bills I h ave accumulated in four years.I cannot begin to imagine what life is going tobe like not having to getready for another year of school.As a young lad I remember shopping for school clothes, notebooks andthose great tin lunch boxes with the matching Thermos inside.One of my earliest memories was shopping before I went to kindergar-ten. I was four years old and my mother and I were grocery shopping atTops when I spotted the book bag that I hadto have.It was a bag with Tweety Bird on it I thought it was the greatest thingI had ever seen. My mother plucked it offof the rack and bought it forme.As soon as I go t home, I tore through thegrocery bags and ran to myroom to put my school stuff (probably a big pencil and an eraser) insid e.If memory serves me correctly, it was weeks before school would begin*It now seems that I spent an eternity w ith that bag. I brought home mysupplies, notes from the teacher and my projects, including the profilesilhouette of my face, to my parents in i tI think kindergarten lasted a lifetime. I remember graduation. I walkedthe aisle of our auditorium with my paper cap on awaiting my diploma.My parents took the day off rom work to come and see the event I canremember the look of pride on their faces. It is one of the happiestmemories of m y childhood school days.

Three monthsflewby and before I knew it, I was out shopping again forschool stuff. I wanted a new bag.It was not thatTweety Bird was in ba dshape. It was still a good bag withsome mileage left in it I could have probably gotten another year out ofIwas , however, ready for a change, a new look. After all, I was movingOn to the first grade. |Right now I feel like my life is that Tweety Bird bag. Yea, it could holdout for a while longer, I am just ready for a change again.I am tired of coming home to an apartment that I have to share with threeother gu ys. They are a good bunch to live with for the most part, but thatapartment, by any stretch of the imagination, is too small.I want to walk on a floor that I do not stick to. I want to see an emptysink once in a while. I do notwant this erratic schedule anymore. It is now1:30 a.m., I should be asleep.I am craving normalcy. Four years has been enough.Mercyhurst has been fairly good to me. I think I have been good to

Mercy hurst The relationship has been a fruitful one, but it needs to end.I have been asked if I think I will miss college. I might, but I doubt i tI will probably miss parts of it like writing for the paper or the friends Ihave made.I am ready to take my chances. Mcrcyhurst will be put on that shelf inmy mind labeled "nostalgia." In a month, college life will join my TweetyBird bag and just as I did 16 years ago, I will not hesitate to move on.I have my regrets, I have made mistakes, but those are mine, I havelearnedfrom hem and I am content with that thoughtI will move on pleased with what I have accomplished. I will be mindfulto keep an eye on the future, a place in my mind and heart for thepast andbe sure not to be overwhelmed by both, so that I do not have time to enjoythe presentThat haa been what Mercyhurst hat taught me and it has been my mostvaluable lesson.

Esych Students Present ResearBy Chris WlochNews Editor

During the month of April, stu-dents in the psychology depart-ment at Mercyhurst have beenactively involved in various localand regional conferences throughthe presentation of researchprojects.Two and a half weeks ago, 11psychology majors took part inthe annual Eastern PsychologyAssocia tion Conference in Wash-ington D.C. from, April 11-13.The students wh o particpated inthe trip were Susanna Ackley,Paula Byrd, David Dausey, AmyD'Angelo, Joanne Fischer,Veronica Ledoux, ^NilesMagnusson, Carla McCutcheon,Beth Schultz, Aaron Stankiewizand Su e Toner. ';-*"We anticipated a weekend fullof excitement and new experi-ences, needless tosay weweren' tlet down," said junior Stankiewiz."The trip was a success. I'vegone to EPA now for two years ina row now. I think that this tripwas exciting because we had oneof the largest groups ever to go . Ifound many speakers at the con-ference whose papers I've readand I enjoyed meeting them per-sona 11y,w said Dausey.

1 am looking forward to help-ing next year's group prepare thetrip and pave the way for the next,class." he said.Throughout the day, many dif-ferent events were taking placeand one had a choice whether toattend a symposium, a poster ses -sion, a paper session or a lecture.Several top psychologists wereon hand and some of the grouphad an opportunity to m eet themon a more personal le vel.Sbultz said she thought the high-light of the trip was meeting Dr.Zimmerman of the University ofDelaware. They exchanged ad-dresses and she received two T i l l ksfromhim.According to Mr. Rob Hoff,director of the psychology de-partment, this is thefirst ime that

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Frvmlu>r.AmyDeA*gth>Dr.UyoskfiCsHmMcC^SusanmAckkynJNiUsMa,Mercyhurst has presented at anEPAconference.On Friday, April11 , Magnusson, McCutcheon,Ackley, D'Angelo and psychol-ogy professor Dr. MarilynLivosky presented a poster ees-sion on a study of the accuracyand consistancy of long termmemory over time.The study examined recall ofevents and reactions surroundingthe irst ime people became awareof the outcome in the original O.J. Simpson criminal trial. Spccifi-cally, the participants in this lon-gitudinal study were asked wherethey were and what they weredoing when they first heard thenews.Thesequestions were askedthree times, 24 hours, 30 days andone year after the announcementof the verdictThe studyfound hat during thefirst two times, the opinions wereevenly split with about 40% agree-ing and 40% disagreeing with theoutcome. How ever, a year afterthe trial, many more people dis-

agreed. livo sk y stressed that thereIs a need to be cautious aboutthese indingsbecause only abouta quarter of, the originalrespondents participated in thethird wave, which was conductedafter the start of OJ.'s civil trial.

"Our presentatreceived at the conhad a lot of people clook at the display ations. In general, thiwas much more higthan those in previousaid.On Saturday, Aprildents in the Experimchology II class preresearch projects at tnual Western Pennsydergraduate Psychosearch ConferencEdinboro University.ers included Dausey,Natalie Neumann Moigis. AdditionalMcCutcheon and* Asented a study whichducted with a sampl efreshmen earlier thistudy examined the rbetween drug and aGPAsand reshmenat"I think our student

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Tiger Makes HeadlinesBy: Todd ZielinskiMerciad Writer

In die midst of witnessing argumentative! y one o f the greatest athleticfeats of the century, Tiger Woods has yet again caught the attention of themedia. This time, not for his 330+ yard drives, his spectacular putting, or]even because he is the youngest player ever to win) the Masters in thehist ry of die tournament This time, Tiger has made die headlines or|every major paper in the country as the punch-line of a joke. jAfter Tiger's victory at die Masters on April 13, as reported in theBuffalo New s, PGAtour funny man Fuzzy Zoellermade several outland-ish remarks aimed at the 21 year old superstar an hour after he hadfinished his final round at Augusta. The comments were recorded at theCNN interview tower, butwere never fully exposed. Zoeller reportedlysaid, Tha t little boy is driving well and he's putting well. He's doingeverything it takes to win. So you know what you guys do when he getsin here?" ta Iking to the two C NN broadcasters, "you pat him on the backand tell him not to serve fried chicken next year. Or col lard greens orwhatever thehell they serve*" Pcor -1 around th e incident started to laughas the 45 year old Fuzzy walked down thestairs, but at that time, he hadno idea of die trouble into which he had just pvt himself!As soon as the media got wind of these comments, they started tobroadcast stories throughout the nation to put Fuzzy Zoeller front andcenter in another race issue. U SA Today reported Zoeller saying, 1 amthe one who screwed up and I will pay theprice." Welly die price, Zoellerfound out, was thefinancial backing he receivedfromK-Mart, his mostweirknown sponsor.The same week the allegations w ere reported, the PGA tour was toplaythe Greater G reensboro Cla ssic in North Carolina, which happensto bedie headquarters of the NCAA. Fuzzy Zoeller announced in a pressconference h is apology and that he would be in search of Tiger himselfto deliver that message personally. It was not until several days later,according to US A Today, that Tiger heard Fuzzy's apology for himself.Just coming from two days'worth of meetings with NIKE officials inPortia nd, Oregon, T iger reportedly accepted Zoeller's apology, taking itin the humor it was meant to display.It is in die opinion o f this writer, that such an incident could neveroutweighmesignificanccofwhatTigerWoodshasjustbeguntodo forthe world of sports. At an age o f only 21 , Tiger Woods has crackedarguably one of the strongest racially ignorant sports left to be modern-ized. :In the anniversary month, wh en Jackie R obinson accomplished thesame thing for baseball, Tiger W ood* has brought go lf to the forefrontof professional athletics, almost to an equal of the big four (baseball,football, basketball and hock ey). Hehaa turned a generation of kidsawayfrom thedespairing gray of the city to the beautiful lush green of the goiqcourse. For that reason alone, he will always be remembered in thejarchives of the sporting worid for generations to come, but forgotteni will be the unfortunate mishaps like this one and many more tocome.

Oakland Goes2-2 With LakerBasebalBy Kelly Gillig !MerciadSports Writer

The Laker baseball teamshowed weakness this weekendas the team split afourgame se-ries against Oakland University,the number two team in the con-.erence.;Saturday April 26, themen played with a purpose, tak-ing both games. Bob Balazentisled one Laker victory pitching acomplete game and striking outtwo as the Lakers went on- to anine to three win. Pat Cutshallprovided the offense, hitting twohome runs and driving intfiveRBIs. In the other half of thedoubleheader, pitcher BrianLopez held Oakland to a singlerun. The Lakers' bats were alivein this game as well, hitting four

home runs, leading them to an 8-1 victory.The team's success on Satur-day seemed to lead to over-confi-dent Lakerl bats going intoSunday's games. The Lakers ex-pected a repeat performance ofSaturday, but met better pitchingfrom the Oakland bullpen and thebats went cold. Coach JosephJordano said, "Oakland lu*s oneof the toughest pitching staffs inthe league." In the first game,Paul Taylor pitched a completegame for the Lakers,but wasonlybacked up by a single run. Onlyfour Laker hitters could managehits as they lost five to one.In Sunday's othergame, themenplayedbetter, but again, their batslet them down. Oakland tied thegame 2-2 at their last at bat andthe tie was finally broken by Oak-

land in the bottom i.The Lakers stranded 15the course of the 12 inninOnhaving stranded so mners, Jordano said "nothwrong, we had our oppoand didn't capitalize. Thnature of baseball." Oaktelligently chose toI wMamourieh once and Ctwice to minimize the dahitters could do .The p olls released Movealed that dieLakers hadin the standings romsixf *r eighth place with Mlege. This ranking is deThere is both a tie for seighth leaving no rankinenth or ninth place. Thegames will be crucial foing the fate of the Lakefour teams fight for pospositioning.

A Laker player shows fullconcentration as he connectssolidly with the oppositionspitchBy: Maureen McMahonMerciad Sports Writer Big Lacrosse

Freshmen Lead Crew TeamBy Kelly GilligMerciad Sports WriterCrew coach Sean Tobinsummed up the ciew teamsweek-end saying, "Ithaca was about 10seconds faster than wewere." Thecrew team challenged both Ithacaand Union Colleges this pastweekend, but Union was neveritention. The Lakerlitreally in - ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ _lowers finished second behindIthaca in every event except for

the freshmen eigh t race.Tobin said that die freshmen"rtcedagoodracebutforgotaboutUnion." Union stole the fresh-men eight race while Mercyhurstand Ithaca were each concernedsolely on bow the other was do-ing. Despite this anomaly, theteams finished with Ithaca takingfirst, Mercyhunt second andUnion third. \Next week cww rows againstMarietta, their gieatest rival.

1 he season tor the crew teams isusually measured by the coachaccording to their performanceagainst Marietta. T obin b elievesthat; Mercy hurst's crew teams"start later than other programsbut are caught up by May." Thisleads to Tobin's saying, "we areoptimistic about the Marietta race*despite recent losses. Tobin seesthe women winning next weekbut believes that "the men havetheir work cut out for them."

The men's lacrosse team played an outstanding game this wethey defeated Virginia Military Institute 15-12.I t was an important game against a well-established programgame definitely helped build up our credibility," aaid head coaGinnegar.I f the players believe they can play at this level and havedefeated Ave Division I schools, that In itself is an accomplishmnobody can take away," said Ginnager.Top players of the game were J.D. Jones with four goals and twPaul Fullerton with two goals and one assist, Bruce Alexandergoal and two assists and JeffRoland with three goals. Justin Bo15 saves on goal and as a team, the Lakers out-shot V.M.I.43-3Hurst averages 16.5 goals per game on offense,which places thtop 10 in the Division . They also average 11.2 goals per game onAlexander is leading the Lakers in goals and is in the topfive nIfor scoring. The Hurst has an overall record in the league of eandfive osses.

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F o u i i S u c c e s s f u l Years F o r H o c k e y S e n i oBy : Scott VanceMerciad Sports Writer

Four hockey seniors, GregSnetsinger, Ian Crockford, RussCiesielski and Mike Pattison haveachieved more sportingly in thelast four years than many athletescould dream of na lifetime. Theyhave won the ECAC pla yofls andhosted the NCAA Glials. Each ofthese players started hock ey at ayoung age, with the influence oftheir parents, "My mom startedme off playing hockey when shetook me down to a clinic," saidCrockford and they have contin-ued to play and love the gameever since

However, their successfulMercyhurst journey has come toan end and I had the opportunityto meet with thesefourseniors todiscuss their memories and expe-riences throughout theirMercyhurst years. \Memories

It is difficult to sum up fouryears off colleg e life into a fewsentences, however, these menwere able to share with me a fewof their memories that will bewith them for the test of theirlives.T h e highlight of my career, atleast hockey wi se, would have tobe sophomore year when wehosted nationals and seeing thefan turnoutmore than I have everseen here. The one thing thatmade me really fed part of a teamwas freshmen initiation* Fresh-man year no one really knew eachother, as f a r as reshmen knowingupper classm en, and one night allof thefreshmengot their headsshaved. Weall looked liked com*plete idiots, but it was just theprocess of shaving heads and therookie party that made me feellike a member of a team and thatwas a great feeling," saidCrockford.T h i s year was a lot of run be**cause I think that this year we

were more of a team than anyother year. If this is going to bethe last year that I play competi-tive hockey, then this is die typeof team I want to go out on.I also remember the time whenwe came to practice after examsbefore Christmas all hungover.None of theboys could skate andall you could smell was booze allover the ice," said Snetsinger.

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RegretsEven when athletes play onsuch a successful team as theMercyhurst hockey team, thereare still certain low points in theircareers that they would like torectify or see changed.The only thing that I regret isnot winning nationals.! Every-thing that I have done at schoolhas worked out for die best Ihave enjoyed it here, and Iwouldn't give it up for anything,0said Ciesielsk i f

"One of the biggest regrets thatI have as far as hockey is con-cerned would have to be stayingwithin the boundary lines of theadministration. I think that everyteam should be treated equallyand I think that die hockey team,because of its success and popu-larity,hasbeen put under a differ-ent light than some o f the otherteams. Sometimes the coachingstaff is a little to o concerned withwhat other people will think. Thecoaches are so concerned withwhat Dr Garvey, Pete Russo andTom Billingsley think, that theydon't consider the players," saidCrockford.*I have no regrets. Academi-cally I did well, I'm going tograduate with honors, I have tw odegrees and I already have a job.When you come to college youhave certain goals that you set foryourself. Graduating with hon-ors was a goal that I set and I didit therefore I have no regrets. Iloved it here for four years, I'Dmiss it, but I'm glad that I'mmoving on," said Patttenn

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When someone spends j,fouryears of their life in one place,they are bound toget a ttatched toit and they will untimately missmany things about the people theyhave met, the experiences theyhave had, or the teams that theyhave played on.I'll miss die team aspect ofhockey. We rely and depend onone another both on and off theice for anything, whether it beschool work, practice, or if youjust needed to laugh, you could gotalk to someone to get that I'llalso miss the one-on-ones thatyou have now and then with yourteacher and at most big schoolsyou don't have that," saidCiesielski.'I'll miss just getting ready forthe games and being l ost duringthe emotion of the game and for-getting die outside world," saidSnetsinger.

. On the CoachesT h e thing that I respect mostabout Rick (Gotkin) is that hegenerally cares for the guys onthe team and theguys respect him

for that He cares for you both onand off the ice. He's your friendand he is someone you can re-spect not only as a coach, butas ahuman being," said Snetsinger."Imight nothave always agreedwithwhat coach Gotkindoes, buteverything he does has a purposeto it and I think that if youlook athis record, everything that he hasdone he's been successful at itEven off the ice he's a good guy,you can go in and talk to him ifyou have a problem,19 saidCiesielski. ?

"I don't think that you can sec-ond guess the coaching staff'seffort They put 100 percent ef-fort into everything. Withcoach-ing, I think that there has to be adictatorship and I think that onceyou get awayfrom hat, like with

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Hockey seniors, From leftoighCiesielski and Greg Snetsingerour coaching staff, where everydecision is based on a oint effortCoach (Gotkin) has always toldus that he has the lastsay in every*thing and I guess if he says that,then it's true* However, it hasie to light with me that in themajority of situations, the two ofthem had equal say in the deci-sions. I think in doing that, it hasbeen detrimental to the team insome areas and in other areas it

has been go od," said C rockford.Th e coaches d id a great job.They were always truthful. Theynever went behind my back andtold somebody else somethingdifferent than they told me Theynever sweetened anything up forme and you have to respect themfor that" said Pattison.

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Future"My future with hockey i s prettymuch done. I'm going to go homethis summer and interview for acorporate job and get involved inmarketing research," said

*Tm going tofill! to do my studenAfter that I'm going tohockey career with Saginaw.; It is sometwant to do. I have befor 20 years of my lifthe Canadian kids, wer ally got paid for anL always had to bust ourCiesielski.

"It looks like I'll bDallas to be an accouHyatt I've pretty welthe fact that I'm not gplaying competitivelybut I don't want to givlike to b e a part of theaspect of it and give sback to the game that so much to me oversa id Snetsinger."I'm going to Californa grade six class. It's 4to the beach, a halfandskiing and 15 m inutes tional forest" said Pat

SoccerSix-on-Six co-ed soccer tournament (fiveplayers and a goalie)Date: May 10 lime: 10:00 a.m. \Whe re: Practice fields behind the ice rink Sign-up deadline: M onday May 5thInformation: Call Coach Ginnegar 2138