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VOL 71. NO. 1 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, ERIE, PA. 16546 September 12^1996

H o u s i n g S h o r t a g e U p s e t s S t u d e n t s

By John Murphyand Chris WlochMerciad EditorsAt the end of last year, thehousing capacity was estimated

to be 1,192 beds. The week be-fore school started there was aneed dor 1,242 beds, leaving ashortage of roughly 50 beds; Thecurrent situa tion ha s caused hard -Hship for many students a nd Resi-dent Assistants alike. This over-crowding has also resulted inmany complaints against thebousing office. "This school isattempting to project an IvyLeague image, theonly thing IvyLeague about this school i& theivy growing on the walls," saidI Senior Baldwin R.A. TiffanyReid.The surplus of students requir-ing housing stems largely fromthe fact that the 1996-97 aca-demic year boasts the largestFreshmen class ever in additionto the highest percentage of re-turning upperclassmen that thecollege has bad in years.One of the most significantresults of this housing shortageon campus is that many of theR.A.S in the three Freshmen dor-jmitories have been temporarilyplaced with roommates at thebeginning of the school year.

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All fiveR.A.s in McAuley Hall,three of he four R,A.s in Ba IdwinHall have roommates and neitherof the two in Egan have room-mates. Oneof he Baldwin R.A.shad a roommate who was movedout just this past weekend.Mercy hurst feels it can makedecisions that affect its studentswith little regard for their con-'cents. Having a roommate wasnot partof my contract. I can dealwith it, but it was unexpected,and that's wha t bothers me," R eidsaid.Former Director of Housing,Dr. Gary Brown stated that hewas not sure whether a singleroom was part of the contract forR.A.s in the dorms, and that theyhad very likely assumed that theywouldn't have a roommate basedon the practice of previous years.However, the ResidenceLife Sta (TManual for 1996-97 states undersection 8.0 that the compensationfor RA.s in the Baldwin, Egan,and McAuley Residence Hallsind udes a single room.The RA s in the dorms who hadbeen expecting a single room wereinformed in August that theywould most likely have a room-mate at the beginning of his year.Some of Ihem, 1 ike Tiffany Reid,didnot receive the letter of notifi-cation until a couple of days

before returning toe campus forR.A. training during the thirdweek of Augus t The disgruntledR.A.s were not offered any com-pensation for these developments.One major difficulty of the over-crowding is the effect it has onallowing the dormitory R.A.s tocarry out their obs properly. "Lastnight a student needed some coun-selling. I could not use my roomto talk to the guy because myroommate was sleeping. I endedup-having;to go to the laundryroom," said Mike M organ.Brown responded by pointingout that the shortage is only tem-porary and that these R.A.s willhave their own rooms by the timethey go home for Thanksgiving.Based on the statisticsfrom pre-vious years, roughly 50 studentsleave the college for varioussons between the fall and winterterms.According to Brown, Freshmenover 21 are allowed to move off-campus, but those under 21 arerequired by school policy to livein one of the three dorms. Theycannot be moved to an apartmenteven when there are openings, besaid, and the college did not wantto deny housing to certain fresh-men just so the R.A.s could havesingle rooms.See Housing, p 3

Donna D'Aleo, left, and Tricia Six, in photo above, share their roomin Egan, while Jeremy Hartung, below, sat on a mattress in the EganLounge Tuesday, after the bedswere supposed to have been removed.

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M a s s T r a d i t i o n R e t u r n s t o M e r c y h u r s tBy: Bill Melville, iMerciad Contributing Writ

At 11:30, on Wednesday Sept11, ,1996, members of theMercyhurst community HI ledChrist the King chapel to'cel-ebrate the Mass of theHoly Spiritfor*the first time in over threedecades. Former Erie BishopMichael Murphy, Father JohnMurphy and Mercyhurst's FatherSteve Anderson led the Mass.The main procession containedmembers of various parts of thecommunity who were precededby a drummer and two flutists.After a brief invocation in themiddle of the procession, the cler-gymen began.President Garvey delivered thefirstreading, and a mixture ofreadings in different languagescame together for the* second.Among the faculty whoread w ereProfessors Alice Edwards inSpanish and Igor Stalsky in Rus-sian..Bishop Murphy delivered thesermon, in which he urged every-one present to devote five min-utes a day to the presence of God."Don't be afraid of loneliness:

*don't be afraid of silence," heoffered. aImmediately following theMass, a picnic took place on thelawn in front of Old Main. Manystudents expressed enjoyment atthe change of pace and relaxedatmosphere, although a few feltthat the music did not reflect thespirit of the eventSeveral professors also offeredtheir sentiments. >

Th e Picnic in front of Old Main following the M ass of the Holy Spirit was enjoyed by students, faculty and adm inistrators.bless the school year and inaugu-rate its beginning. It ended forunknown reasons at some pointin the 1960s. - :*' !* . " '*According to Father Steve

uAnderson, last spring, the admin-istration and Campus MinistryThis is one of the things, along. ^.decided to revive the Massfor hewith harder work of students, thathelps to make Mercyhurst moveinto the upper levels of institu-tions,"^ commented History Pro-fessor, Richard Kubiak.According to Dr. Kenneth

Schiff, "It was a really nice op-portunity for members of he com-munity to get together in an infor-mal manner."The Mass was probably firstcelebrated at Mercyhurst in the1930s to ask the Holy Spirit to

purpose of bringing theMercyhurst community togetherto bless the school year and revi-talize the rel igious energies of thecommunity. The picnic and theMass. were designed to beofequalimportance for bringing the com-munity together. ~ 3^FatherSteve affirmed, 'The stu-

MSG NewsBy: Tavis Overstreet

_ \and Chris Wloch V Mercyhurst Student Govern-ment started off the new schoolyear with its first meeting held inStudent Government Chambers

at 8:30, Monday nightMSG has purchased a new elec-tronic sign board which will beplaced downstairs in the union,where the old one is now. New s,

sports, and other information ofinterest to students will be dis-played.The Freedom Zone received anew computer this year at a totalcost of around $3,500.*MSG President StaceyFitzpatrick disclosed that the costof student IDs was raised from$15 to $25. SAC ChairpersonBrian Marshall announced thatSept 20 is the date for the FallFunfest

Elections for the s be Fresherrepresentatives will be held on*Sep t 2 3 & 24. Three other posi-1tions are also open: one residentand two senior representatives.Additionally, there are two stu-dent positions available for theJudiciary Board. Ron Rambally*was named as a temporary seatand a permanent replacement iscurrently being sought Letters ofintent are due in the MSG office !by midnight Sunday.II

dcills really deserve attention forattending. I was really proud. Thisis a sign that the spirit of God isalive and well at Mercyhurst"

Lawrence Otis GrahamStarts Off 1996-97Cultural Lecture SeriesBy: Chris Wloch,Merciad News Editor

This Tuesday, September 17,the 1996-97 Cultural Lecture Se-ries opens at 7:30 p.m. in theTaylor little Theater with au thorand lawyer, Lawrence Otis Gra-ham, presenting his lecture en-titled 11a rlem on my Mind."Graham graduated fromPrinceton and Harvard LawSchool and haswritten more than10 books dealing with issues of

diversity and race relations. In anupcoming movie for HBO, "In-visible Man: A $105,000-a-yearHarvard-trained Lawyer GoesUndercover asa Busboy atGreen-wich Country Club," Oscar-win-ner Dcnzcl Washington will por-tray Graham.The lecture is free forPresident's Card Holders and thecost of general admission is $4. Aseries ticket for al six lectures isavailable for $ 20.Action from Tuesday night's volleyball tournament organized by SAC. In action are the'Hammerheads' of Mike Hammer and Bill Desko, against T he Spanks' of Matt Orysiek andFran Rodowicz. In this marathon struggle the Hammerheads eventually won.

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Housing, cont'd from p. 1However, the chronic situationhas affected not only the R.A.s.Several students, particularilyfreshmen and transfer students,

contacted the Merciad with com-plaints. "I was aware ofR.A. con-cerns. However, I was not awareof such complaints among otherstudents. I have Inot been ap-proached by them," Brown said.Three of die looms in Egan Hallwhich usually house two studentsnow have three in them. Addi-tionally, the second floor loungein Egan, which Brown pointedout was originally a room yearsago. gWith regards to the lounge inEgan, Brown said that eventuallyit is going to,revert back*,to alounge. It's lousy. Most of thepeople in Egan don't party thatmuch, but we need a lounge,"said Freshman Jeremy Hartung"1 t'su nfa ir to students," sa idEganR.A. Sherrie Weldon. "Girls arelooking for a place to watch T.V.,study etc It's frustrating and dis-appointing to them."Although Egan's third floorloungewa s prepa red at the begin-* ning of this year as a four-personroom, Brown confirmed that as of4 p.m. Tuesday, the 10th of Au-gust, the beds in that lounge hadbeen removed. However, tMerciad photographer saw thatthe beds were still in the loungeTuesday night

Commenting on this, Brownsaid, "I was in the maintenanceoffice late on Tuesday a fternoon.Maintenance secretary TerryFrisch related that the order hadbeen made to Bill Kerbusch forthe removal of the beds."There are also four tranfer stu-dents living in the Tower. Theirrooms were home to the Historyfaculty last year. At the sa me time,

Mercyhurst is currently rentingseveral apartments off-campus,Highland Square Apts., JeffersonApts., and apartments on LewisAvenue.Although no R.As were placedin off-campus housing, and thesefacilities house Freshman transit]fers over 21 , Brown said that thestudents whowere selected to livethere were "hand-picked" on thebasis o f their disciplinary records.Elaborating on the overall situ-ation, Brown said that, "The hous-ing office faced a huge problemwith providing for this situation.Again, we did everything pos-sible to rectify the situation. Ob-viously, it is difficult to satisfyevery problem thatwill arise withsuch circumstances.""Through the good efforts ofthe housing office w e were ableto create 29 beds on campus, and29 off campus. When 1 got backfrom my holidays in July, I at-tempted to reach all the affectedstudents to notify them of thechanges," Brown said.Freshmen Donna D'Aleo , whoshares a room with two othergirlsin Egan, claimed she found outthe day she arrived at Mercyhurst."When I saw two other names onmy door, I realized I had tworoommates," said D'Aleo. "Weget along ine,but you never haveany privacy with three people."^/' I drove all the wayfrom hewest coast and found out when Igot here that I was living in theTower," sa id California n transferMattNutley. ,Freshman hockey transfer,Kelly, Kishman was not happywith thesituation he found in hisJefferson Apartmen t "We did getfe notice in the summer about thechange in -residence. Unfortu-nately, we had no electricity forthe first four days on our arrival.This meant that all the food I

brought from my home in Sas-katchewan, Canada, was gone offby the time thefridgeworked,"said Kishman. Th e bathroom wasblocked, we couldn't take ashower," h e said.The landlord was away for theparticular weekend, we had noaccess to where: the electricityswitch was," said Brown. "I wa sthere every day, but on the holi-day weekend (Labor Day), itwasdifficult to get things resolved."Commenting on why Kishmanand his roommates had to pay fora phone hook-up, Brown statedthat the students knew this beforearriving. "Where athletes wereinvolved, we communicated thehousing situation through theircoaches. They knew of the ar-rangements before they camehere," he said

"I went through a lot of hassleto get my room in Egan," saidMark R iley. "When I signed mycontract in April, my room wasfor twopeople. I was informed inthe second week o f August thatmy room would have three people.This wa s not part of my contractI am very disappointed," he said.Riley calculated thatwith threepeople in his room, Mercyhurstmade an extra$1,000 a month inrevenue. "I feel that we shouldreceive some sort of compensa-tion," said Riley. "We should getsome compensation, especiallyfor the first four days," saidKishman.Brownwasnot prepared to com -ment about giving compensation."Since I have not been approachedwith any complaints from stu-dents, or requests for compensa-tion, there is no point comment-ing on this. I will have to talk tothe students. When yougeta room,what you are paying for is a placeto stay, and a place to put yourthings," he said.

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Student Activities Corner1 < By Mindi McDowellMerciad Staff Writer

The members of the Student Ac-;tivities Committee are ready foranother year and want everyoneto join in the fun! Here's a greatway to meet people, relieve bore-dom, and get your mind off ' thatf* paper that's due in a week. If you1haven't attended any o f the eventsyet, now is your chance.Coffeehouse opens this week onThursday night and will featurethe alternative band "SeventhHouse" romPittsburgh. Most o fthe songs the ba nd plays are origi-nals, but occasionally they 'll addi": familiar cover songs fr om other

bands to their set While you're|1 istening, you can enjoy any oneof the coffee selections offered,includinglattes and mochas. Graba couple bucks, some homework,p and some riendsand head to the jI Laker Inn between 8 andll p.m. 2for some coffee, some mu sic, and|g some atmosphere.At 8 p.m. Friday, "Come ondown! You could be the next con-testant on*the Price is Right!"Remember PIinko, the Yodler, theI* GolfGame, and the Wheel? Thesef are only a few of the games thatwill be played in the Taylor LittleTheatre at the bidding ofMercyhurst's own Bob Barker.

There are $1,300 worth of prizesto be won , including a TV/VCRijcombo, a stereo, a phone, CDsIand many more! Come try yourJluck and see if the Tric e is Right"!The weekend events continue #in the Union on Saturday fromnoon until 6 p.m. with a wholenew way to play a video game.

Virtual Reality allows you to puton some goggles and gloves andjump into the 3-D world ofCyberspace. Come test your hand-eye'coordination as you battle'Virtual" enem ies!The tournaments committee ishaving a soccer shootout contestTuesdayduring Mercyhurst's soc -cer game. There is no lim it on thenumber of comp etitors, and eachperson gets to take one penalty!kick. The competition will con-tinue until first and second placehave been determined. The Gistplace winner will receive $20cash, and the second place winnerwill receive a $15 gift certificatefor the bookstore. If you're inter-ested, sign up in at the Union deskby 6:30 pm Monday.Be prepared to laugh Wednes-day night because the comedy"Get Shorty," starring JohnTravolta, Danny DeVito, andRenee Russo, will be showing in-the Union Great Room at 9 p.m.The story centers around an ama-teur gangster who gets mixed upin the movie business. ^Bring a blanket and pillow and get youri mind off homework for a coupleof hours. \If you have any ideas for ac-tivities you want to s ee on cam-pus or just want to become in-volved, come to theSAC m eetingSunday at 7 p.m. in. the Govern-ment Chambers. Each committeeis looking for eager members tohelp choose and organize campusevents, so jump in and get in-volved!

ATTENTION!!!!!!!!EARLY CHILDHOOD,ELEMENTARY,SECONDARY AND% SPECIALEDUCATION MAJORS

ALL MAJORSARE REQUIREDTO ATTENDTHE EDUCATIONDIVISION MEETING8 P.M., THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER 19,1996D'ANGELOPERFORMINGARTS CENTER*GUEST SPEAKER:DR. KATHLEENBUKOWSKI

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By Brad RybczynskiFeatures EditorMercyhurst is again expanding

and improving. Over the summerconstruction crews we re verybusyon? camp us. A t ev ery turn,Mercyhurst is gro wi ng phy sically.during the recess the campus RecCenter was refurbished, a foot-ball stadium w as put behind theIce Center and an addition to theAtheletic Center was erected.The inside of the RecreationCenter was g iven a facelift. Thereis anew weight room/fitnesscen-ter in the facility. Previously, stu-dents would go to the AthleticCenter to pump iron or climbstairs. Nowthey can go to a cleanerand more spacious facility.The old green rug of the Rec

Center has been replaced by ashock-absorbant floor. The newfloor will be a welcome additionto those with shin splints as wellas those persons wishing forgreater availability of basketballcourts. Thats right, the floor islined for basketball and volley-ball too. The Rec is equippedwith two sets of basketball hoopsand two volleyball courts.

The Rec Center hasbeen trans-formed. What was once an almostcompletely wasted space hasbeenconverted to afirstclass facilityfor athletes and students alike.The possibilities for uses of thisgrand facility are nearly endle ss.Scott Vance, a Junior elemen-tary education major said o f thenew facilities, "It is nice to beable to come work out in a clean

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environment" |Those of us who were around inprevious years at the Hurst canremember either having to get ina car or braving a long walkdownState to watch the Laker footballPteam play. Attendance wasconsistantly sparse, especially inpoor weather. That will now be athing of the past It has been apong wait, but M ercyhurst foot-ball has finally come to campuswhere it belongs.The first football game everplayed on Mercyhurst's campuswas on Saturday, September 7.The day wa s rainy and dark, butthat did not stop the fans fromcoming out to see the game andthe ne w stad ium in all of t's glory.The stands were full, and thefences lined with spectators. Theattendance for the game was astunning 1,850people. This wouldhave been unthinkable at the downtown stadium.

The grandstand i s complete w itha press box and reserved section*and rehabilitation room .The addition will encompassspacious classrooms, a rehabili-tation center, a taping room and astudent library. This new facilitywill do wonders for the SportsMedicine department

The grounds surrounding the sta-dium have been done in trueMercyhurst fashion. Flowers andbu shes line the parking lotand area great accent to beautify the area.The ootballprogram is sure tobenefit greatly from this new re-source. Coach Kimball said, T hi sis a tremendous step in improvingthe recruiting process and the pro-gram in general." The fact thatstudents no 1 onger have to trek 10blocks down town and need onlyto go on their own backyard forgames will provide a "great at-mosphere" for he team, Kimballadded.

The Sports Medicine depart-ment was also blessed with out-standing news this year. An addi-tion is being placed onto the Ath-leticCenter toexpand the crampedconditions of previous years. Inthe past, those taking classes saton training benches during lec-tures. The one room or he SportsMedicine departmentserved as aclassroom, taping room

Lee Lindstrom, a sophmoreSports Medicine ma or, expressedthe feelings of the entire depart-ment whenhe said,weverybody isreally excited about the new addi-tion.- %i

Top:Former Rec Centerhouses new fitness cen-ter.Middle: View of Pitch andnew stand on footballfield.Bottom:New addition tothe Sports-MedicineDept

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ON THE DITCHBy John MurphyEditor in-chief By M.EJikeMerciad Columnist

At this stage most people have had enough of "Hell o's," "Great to see you's,""You look great's," and all sorts of insincere stuff like that I won't bother.Besides, I'm not very sociable anyway (the latter characteristic' fluctuatesgreatly depending on the level of alcohol in my system).Anyway, welcome to the first edition of the Merciad. I hope its adequatereading, although I have to be honest, I'm not sure if I care at this stage. I'mwrecked. I mean this is a bloody hard job. I've been running around campus forthe past week trying to do a hundred different things at once, It's done, I'mhappy. IOne of my duties us to write a column, this column. The title is related to anIrish sport called Hurling, and the title meaning 4 s something like that of"Monday morning quarterbacking." Hopefully,jthe column will give thiscommentator's views on events that directly or indirectly affect the students ofMercyhurst. (Just to remind some of you, there is "stuff going onout there thataffects us. Shocker!) -)_On the subject of hurling, it's an ancient Gaelic sport, and it's the greatestgame in the world. Okay, maybe a little bias here. The day before I returned toMercyhurst, and America for that matter, I had the privclcgc of witnessing myhome county in Ireland win the 'All-Ireland Hurling Championship .' i |Since then, I've thought about the feeling of elation this gave me. Of how Iwas filledwith such pride and emotion that I shed tears of joy, threw my armsaround grown menI never knew, and even kissed them* I've thought about howI was locked in this bond with my fellow countyuien, of howythis eventsomehow represented all we were made of, all of what we came from, as if itwere part of our souls. The event went way beyond a game and a sport It wasspiritual. .And to think, such emotion was attained from watching 30 amateur sportsmenrunning around a field. There were no million dollar contracts here, no productendorsements, and no TV timeouts.jj These men were farmers,.shopkeepers,factory workers, ordinary people. They had nothing m aterial to gain from his.Again, there was a spirit created. It was beautiful, pure, and untainted.I tried to compare the aura created by this event to sporting events that takeplace in this country. Sorry, no/comparison. There isnot a single major sportingevent in this country that is untainted by materialism and commercialism. Agreedy America has taken sports and wrenched it of all the great qualities it hasthe ability to promote. *I A recentexample of this is the Atlanta Games. I sho uldn't be able to say thisbecause I worked inMadrid during the Olympics. But, even though I know nadain Spanish, the negative feeling emanating from Atlanta was such that even Iconld get a sense that the games were drained of their spirit. |

America was given a chance to host these ancient games, to help maintain theValues andglory traditionally associated with them. America failed. The lastingimpressions perceived about Atlanta among most Europeans are thoselofmeanness and a smugness on behalf of the American hosts. |The coverage and attention lavished upon the big name athletes, with the bigname sponsors. The lack of attention payed to the lesser known sports, the onesthat didnt attract huge public attention, and huge revenues for advertisers. Thetack o f sportsmanship displayed ? by the media toforeignathletes who'unbelievably' managed to beat favored American opponents.?By treating the Olympics as an American event,'rather than an internationalevent, the quality and integrity of the games were reduced in the eyes of theworld. World events like the Olympics are rare, any country lucky enough tohost them usually tries to display her best values to the observing world. \ :\If Atlanta were the best America coulft do, then perhaps she is in troubleheading into the next century."

$ As the season sheds its brilliantSummer form to turn into Au-tumn, we students discard the lastvestiges of vacation and return totheihouse on the hill. "My^firstyear," speak some excitedly; "An-other year," grumble others; andstill others quietly muse, "My lastyear;"Whatever the case, it has come,like it or not Perhaps theVeteranof Mercyworld might note a fewnew items of interest around, forexample, the football field, thetighter than lastfyear housingcrowd, or the stained glass win-dowover the main entrance to theUnion- a colorful reminder of thegraduating class of 1996.

However, the change Ithatstrikes me most sharplyls^thatprivate one within myself. A fewof you might notice this as well.It seems as I embark upon mythird year at the Hurst, that I amolder. "Certainly not wiser," a"/friend ofmine retorts witha smile.I glance at the class of 2000 and

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can not help wondering if theylook younger than I remember,when I was there. They are socarefree, so undaunted by the taskof this year, so open, sure, and,well, young. \I realize that I was just like thatat one time, at aflashingmomentin my life that seems like yester-day. Then Sophomore year aroselike a bleak winter, handing memore responsibility, and I bad torelinquish myfreshmanshadow.Naturally, Sophomore year hadto drag itoutofme, while I kickedand screamed to the end. I knowthat I am not alone in my loss.You see, as afreshman every-thing is new, exciting, even dan-gerous Awayfromhome for per-haps the first time, without momand dad there to guide or chide,but still with the safety net, theexcuse of being a freshman.[^Sophomore year, quite bluntly,[%obs you of this. Friendships be-1come more complicated, familyissues^rear, and financial prob-lems grow larger than life. In short,it becomes a dull, terrible chore,but not without its moments of

sun.When you finally emerge be-neath that dark cloud of Sopho-more uncertainty, you re a Junior.And when that ends ... well, I'mstill waiting. But it begins by feel- *jing older-, a little worn, and yet asexcited as any freshman. Sweet jGod, one more year!Perhaps some of you have no-ticed this, or will soon enough,and perhaps not. It is personal. Idopromise that there will be somechange inside. New ideas will re-tire the old and,tbe mind will ex-plodewith newly acquired knowl-edge. People ._!#illbecome differ-ent, classes*will seem morefim-portant, and homework-will be the exact same it has al-ways been. In any case, try to havefun. Enjoy it while it l asts,' thegood and the bad alike. After all,we will never see this time again,this first year, tbisplast year, an-other year. And someday we willtake a moment from the rat race,from the exhausting, exciting, dan-

pgerous world out there, and won-der: When did I crow up?v

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By Dan H ilfikerSenior WriterOne problem that I have withthe entire Juvenile Probation sys-tem is that these kids, who haveseverely screwed up, do not spendtheir day in schoo l, nor are theyreceiving any kind o f private tu-toring. They spend the majorityof their day sitting in a chair witha legal pad writing about whatthey have done wrong and howthey will never do it aga in. Theykeep writing until that legal pad is

full. . . > | . \ * ;Another senseless task that thesekids perform is that they work offtrict Attorney's Office every day. their offense. This is their punish-I work inside the confines of the ment; cleaning the courthouse

Another school year is startingand students everywhere are go -ing back to the classroom in orderto better their educations. For bet-ter or worse we are all here atMercy hurst of'ourown will aswehave decided to go on to collegeas a way to get a higher educationa nd possibly a better job.Unfortunately, I have recentlyseen a very troubling s igh t lamworking as an intern with the Dis-

Erie County Courthouse, andthroughout the course of the day Iwalk past the offices of the Juve-nile Probation Division numer-oustimes. It may not seem strangeto many of you, butalready, afteronly two weeks of school, thehallways are, filled with youngchildren who elect not to go toschool everyday, but who decideto spend their time talking to theirJuvenile Probation Officer. Thisis a very strange thing for me tosee because I have always, forthemost part, enjoyed school andbeen fearful of the law.The sad thing is that most, if notall, of these kids are getting ex-actly what they want by being outof the classroom every day andbeing held by juvenile probation.These kids do not want to learnand be a part of their classmates'lives.

offices totally unsupervisedthroughout the course of the day.Needless to say, they do not do avery good job of cleaning.The worst part of this wh olesituation is that we are alwayshearing about how the children ofthis country are our future, butwhat type of future are we goingtohave ifa grea t number of peoplespend their formative years not inschool, or being privately tutored,but by writing until their arm fallsoff or pushing a vacuum cleanerfor eight hours a day?After seeing what a lot of thesekids, and many other adults a roundthe courthouse, are doing nowwith their lives really makes mefeel fortunate to have grown up inthe environment in which I did.Sometimes we tend to not realizethat there are so many out therewho are less fortunate than us.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR RUDEAWAKh/sllNG B^ SHAWNTAfc H O M R D WfrDear Editor

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During the summer I made thedecision not to return for the 96-97 school year. After being a po-lice officer for 30 years, and 10years as the Security Director atMercyhurst, I felt it w as time togo fishing." My resignation waseffective September 1.1 want to take this opportunitytosay goodbye tomy many friendsin the student body, and particu-larly to the Class of 97 whichincludes many personal friendsof mine. In May I will be in theaudience when they graduate, toshare their joy , and say goodbye,to them and their parents.To all of you, good luck in what-|ever your choose to do with yourMercyhurst experience. Pleasework with the new Security Di-rector, Ken Sidun, and bis staff.Carpe Diem . I will m iss you andthe Hurst. You all have touchedmy life, and I hope in some smallway I have touched yours in apositive way. God bless you.

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Political Minds SetTheirAB y Emilio Cola iacovoa nd J o e W o ngMerciad Political Writers

As w e begin a new school year,we are going tobegin a new p oliti-cal feature in the Merciad. Moslprevious articles in the Merciaddealing with politics expressedviews on disjointed subjects andtopics. With this new column, w eexpect to limit our weekly writ-ings to single or connected issuesin contemporary politics. Whi lewe will base our writing on ourindividual political ideals, we donot want to concentrate on parti-sanship and answering "whichparty is better." I

At the same time, we are notlabeling ourselves Democrats andRepublicans or conservatives andliberals, and reserve.the right totranscend party loyalties and ide -ologies. We welc ome feedbackfrom the Mercyhurst community

on what we w ri te and suggestionson what we should discuss. Nowto give the reader an understand-ing of ourselves: fCola iacovo; I am a junior His-tory/RIAP major and a Spanish/Political Scien ce minor. I was bornand raised in Buffalo, New York

in a traditional Italian househ old.My father and mother raised me ina conservative fashion but alwaystaught me to respect the vie ws andbeliefs o f others. My father immi-grated to this country at the age of15 not knowing E nglish; or any-one here. He demanded no specialtreatment; he sought no handouts;he asked for no favors.

His l ife was an example of whatpeople, not government, can do toempower themselves. As I studiedpolitics more and more, I realizedthe Republican party wa s the ideo-

logical faction that best representsmy values. I believ e in individualinitiative and responsibility, lessgovernment intrusion, keepingmore of what you earn, and fiscalresponsibility.I grew up listening to the dreamsand hopes of Ronald Reagan andso if there is anyone I identifywith politically, it is PresidentReagan. President Reagan spoketo our highest ideals and madesure through tax cuts and limitinggovernment spending , powercould be returned to the people. Itend to be quite conservative indealing with social policy.

I still believe our greatest assetin helping the downtrodden is . communities, not governmentOn economic issues, I believe insupply-side economics and fer-vently feel, through tax cuts notg o v e r nm e nt r e g u l a t i o n , o ur

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1 economy will produce more. Tax-ing and spending are no longerthe answers. iI People crave freedom fromI government and desire the abil-ity to invest inf their families'futures, free of heavy tax bur-dens. Hopefully, our nation willmove towards fulfilling thosedesires.

Won g: I am a senior RIAP andPolitical Science major, with apersonal emphasis on interna-tional affairs. I was born in Cali-fornia, but have lived in Win-chester, KY. for the past 10 years.M y family has always been lowerto middle-class Democratic, frommy FDR grandparents to myKennedy-inspired mother. Living my teenage and earlyadult-life in semi-rural Kentucky,I havekept my Democratic roots,

T o m P o r ubs kyMerciad Sports Columnist

Hello and welcome to 'TheSports Scoop by Poop", a weeklylook at the crazy world of sports.It's football season so here is my1996 football preview special.Nebraska starts this season tryingto make it a three-peat for thenational title and this might betheir toughest task ye t With sev-eral key losses on offense to theNFL and the fact that their newconference will provide stiff com-petition every week, I don't seethem being number one at the endof the year.Watch Tennessee be the na-

tional champions at the end of theyear. Peyton Manning i s awesomeand he should lead the Vols to thepromised land. One thing thatTennessee has in their favor thatNebraska doesn't, is the fact thatthey play their toughest games athome infrontof 106,000 of thecraziest fans in the world. I thinkthat this edge will help Tennesseeknock off Nebraska to be the newking of college football. PcnnState should edge out Ohio Statefor the Big 10 title and go on toplay a surprising Arizona Stateteam. I think that Arizona Statehas a really good team and shouldbe tough to beat especially withJake Plummer at the quarterbackspot

endabut modified them with southernconser vatism. My primary inter-*ests are in foreign policy and na-tional security, where I am pro-military and believe Americashould have influence around th eworld.

In economics, I hold conserva-tive feelings on the budget andgovernment spending, but real-iz e Keynesian New Deal eco-nomics still holds some valuetoday. My social-politics areclearly liberal, ranging rom sup-port for Social Security and wel-fare to education and the arts. Iam not a true classical liberal nora modern liberal, butj feel morecomfortable using those terms todescribe myself than with Re-publican conservatism.

Scoop| * The NFL should be fun to watchthis year, especially with a lot ofteams having explosive offenses.It is hard to pick a team out o f theAF C to go to the Super Bowl, butI think that I am going to have togo with the Kansas City Chiefs.Now that they have a good kickerto go with the rest of the team,they will be better than they werelast year.I don't think Pittsburgh will betherewith all of their quarterbackproblems and Buffalo is too oldthese days so I think that KansasCity will win the AFC just be-cause no one else can.I love Green Bay in the NFC,especially with Brett Farve andthe offense that they have. RobertBrooks, Edgar Bennett, KeithJackson and the rest of that of-fense is too awesome for any de-fense to contain. Then you take alook at their defense and see theall time sack leader in ReggieWhite a nd a good supporting cast,they will be giving a lot of of-fenses throughout the league a lotof nightmares. They also haveoneof thebest specia 1 tea ms unitsin the who le league, so this is oneteam to be reckoned with* Wheneverything is sa id and done, I seethe Green Bay Packers winningtheir first Super Bow l sinc e SuperBowlflll and Brett Farve beinghailed as the Super Bowl MVP.Well that does it for this week a nduntil next time, take it easyl

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G a r v e y a n d M e r c y h u i s t H e a l t h i e r T h a n E v e rBy Brad RybczynskiFeatures Editor

I bad the honor of sitting downand talking with the one man thatmost embodies the true Spirit ofMercyhurst, President WilliamGarvey. There is a mystique thatsurrounds Garvey. He is the maniwho has spurred the growth ofMercy burst, he is a manwith greatvision.Garvey is a living example o ffulfillment of our college motto,Carpe Diem, or "Seize the day."Not only has Garvey seized theday, he has seized a decade thathas brought about over 60 per-cent of Mercyhurst's physicalgrowth. During his tenure,Mercyhursthas ga ined a new stu-dent union, ice rink, performingarts center and mostrecently,anew football field.When the growth of the collegeis mentioned to Garvey, excite-ment'fills his every word. He isquick to point out that Mercy hursthas expanded every two yearssince 1987 and will build againwhen the library is expanded in

97. * Excited does not begin to de-scribe Garvey when he is askedabout the students of M ercy hurst.Garvey is overwhelmingly confi-dent when he says "the future forMercyhurst is very bright" Thisis due to the fact that Mercy hurststudents now represent30 statesinthe Union as well as a great dealof foreign lands such as Ireland,England, Tanzania, Australia and

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The geographical diversity is notthe only thing that students arenow bringing to Mercyhurst, theacademic caliber of the studentshasalso greatly increased. Garveyspoke proudly when he said "Ourboard scores are up 150 points"and the "the improvement of ourstudent body has been by leapsand bounds." \ \

The improvement of all aspectsof Mercyhurst brin gs about thequestion of whether or notMercyhurst will get bigger.Garvey respondedby saying that Mercyhurst will"better, not bigger, ifMercyhurstwere to get bigger itwould lose its charm." Garveyenvisions a total enrollment ofabout 3000 , with 2500 on the main

campus and theremainder t theNortheast cam pus.Garvey *s overall visionfor hefuture of Mercyhurst i is to be-come part of the top tierfor na-tional liberal arts colleg es. Suchan accomplishment would speakvolumes for the reputation of theschool. Presently Mercyhurst israted in the top tier for Northernlibera] arts colleges.

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A P l e a F r o m T h e ' R y b R o a s t fBy Brad RybczynsldFeatures Editor

The Merciad is back. This yearthe staff of editors and writershave changed titles or have justjoined* We have lost the out*standing abilitiesofNickKrayger,but we have added new and en-thusiastic members.The infusion of new blood intothe Merciad will bring change.Change that is hopefully Co thebetter. I can only speak for theFeatures Section and I know thatwith the staff assembled we arelooking forward to a phenomenalyear.The Features section this yearwill embody a different style andemphasis. A great many of ourreadersresideon campus and theywill be catered to.

Weekly features of persons orevents or both will be run. I amhopeful that the Features sectionwill be where most turnto firstGnd out about exciting events oncampus. rMercyhurst is not a "big" school.We area campus of approximately2,700 students. This is not con-sidered big by most standards,but when yourare tryingto equallydistribute attention to e very de-partment or du b the task can be-come a difficult one.The features staff and, Icannot cover everything, we aretoo small. We need the help oftheMercyhurst community to ensurethat attention is given to thosethat deserve it. I am asking thatevery department head, facultymember, administrator, clubpresident and student be very

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greedy. I want you all to hunger,to desire a spot on the FeaturespageiIf a faculty member has donesomething outof the ordinary letmy staff know. If you have a clubevent, such as a bake sale, shirtsale or raffle, we are offering freeadvertising. If a student deservesition we will give it to them.Without the college the Merciad

does not exist It is in that phi-*losophy that we wish to serve thestudents of Mercyhurst. Use u s,we donot mind. We arenot doingyou a favor by eaturingan eventor person, you are doing us thefavor.The Features Section wants tobe a success. Alone we canonlydo so much.} With your help andsuggestions wewill improve and

continue to improve by leaps andbounds. I urge you to take a dvan-tage of us.With that said I would like towelcome all of you back toMercyhurst. I hope that everyone |

had an enjoyable and fruitful sum-merrecess.I know that I am gladto be back and hopefully all ofyou are as Well.To the class of 20001 am veryexcited to welcome you toMercyworld. You ate the largestclassever admitted to the college.I am sure it is an honor to be a partof Mercyhurst and I urgeyou tobecome a complete part of thecollege.Over the summer I ponderedendlessly on what I would write aboutin my first column. Now that I amfaced with putting words o n pa-

per, Iam still not sure 1 wanted 10welcome the class of 2000 in a

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grand manner and to attempt toinstill in them some wisdom Ihave gained over the past threeyears.Luckily for everyone 1not to get on my soapbox andpreach. I will instead say onlythis: Get involved. These four (offive) years will be the most im-portant ones of your life. Youwill find out who you are andwhat you are all about Enjoyyourselves and have fun.Well summer is over and soon Iwill he saddened by the trees los-

ing their leaves and by my losingtieof my hair. I plan on a gGist term and year nonetheless.Again I implore you to help us |the Merciad to help you.till : ;

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New Home Not Sweet For LakersScott VanceMerciad Sports EditorAfter four wins in a row at theend of last year, a new stadium on |campus, and a overall record of14-1 in previous home openers itwas looking very bright for theHurst as they took on RobertMorris in last Saturday's homeopener..However, that bright cloud Sturned very dark as the Lakerswere defeated by a margin of 20-0. '.:Mercy hurst started off in finefashion as they stopped the open-ing drive of Robert Morris, andforced a field goal which wasblocked by a more than impres-I sive defensive line. The gamecouldn't have had a better startfor the Lakers as they had the ballon their own 43 yard line. How-ever, they failed to make a firstdown and Junior Eric Wicks wasforced to puntRobert Morris returned the punt111 yards to their own 25 yard lineand continued five minutes of^ ^ f r t heustained to l ine.rushingMercyhurst 20 yard ^ ^Mercyhurst defense * forced J afumble when on the 20 yard line .jOnce again Golga was given theopportunity to impress the 1,850supporters wh o turned outon thiswet and miserable day to watchthe Lakers. Golga rushed for threeyards on the opening play, but onthe second down he threw an offbalance pass that was intendedfor oneof his receivers which wasintercepted by the defense o fRob-ert Morris, to giv e them the ballon the twenty five yard line. "HeDidn't have his footing on theand be tried to force the

tion of Justin Everett, BrianHamlin, and Matt Golga wasn'tgood enough and they were forcedto call on Wicks for another puntIt was at this point that RobertMorris took control of the gameas Wanamaker rushed 40 yardsbefore hewas finally taken downon the Mercyhurst 16 yardline, toend the first quarter. RobertMorris started the second quarteras they finished the irstand withjust,three minutes gone theyscored a three yard touch downand were successful with theex-tra point to give Robert Morris a7-0 lead. ' t * 11?

This score seemed to trigger theLakers offense as they drove theball from their own 35 yard line toRobert Morris 14 yard line.Thanks to some inerushing fromGolga, Hamlin and some greatcatches from Tom Brediger andJoe Liotta, .Mercyhurst was ontheir 4th down and needed sixyards when \Robert Morris re-ceived a five yard penalty whichmeantthat theLakers only neededone yard to continue their finedrive. However, it was not to beas Everett failed toget the elusiveya rd needed.

K Robert Morris moved the ballout of danger due to some finequa iterbacking by Jake Newmanand excellent running by ArchieWanamaker, but Robert Morriswas forced to punt on their 4thdown at their own 37 yard line.Jeff Andres returned the ball 35yards to the opposition's 34 yardline. '"This was just what the Lakersneeded and they moved theball tothe Robert Morris three yardlinewith under a minute left in the

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mud,play as he was under pressure,"said coach Kimball. .Once again Robert Morris wa sunable to capitalize on theMercyhurst error and two playslater they fumbled for the secondtime, and the bail was recovered

half. The Lakers opted for a fieldpoaL-ibut Wicks's effort, wasblocked, which sent the Lakersinto thelocker room down sevento zero.On the opening play of thesec-ond half, Joe Liotta returned the,m,^^^ ^ ^ ^ _ ball 20 yards which helped theby the Lakers. Unfortunately for Jiuist move the ball to the Robertthe Lakers, the rushing combina- Mortis 34 yard line, but two pen-

alties forced the Lakers to punt.Robert Morris had the ball onthe 20 yard line after Wick's puntwent into the end zone for a touch-back.However, once again theMercyhurst d efense remained re-silient and forced Robert Morrisfo punt, but the offense was un-able totake advantage ofthegoodfield position :|the defense leftthem in, and they turned over theball on their own 37 yard line withjust over 7 minutes gone in thethird quarter. The defense an-chored by JeffSwanson who had14 tackles in the game retrievedthe ball for the /offense on theirown 46 yard line The Lakerswere able to carry theball to Rob-ertMorris's 27 yard line thanks tosome fine funning by JustinGibson. *kThen it allwent wrong as Golgafumbled the ball on the RobertMorris three yard line, and Rob-ert Morris returned the ball for a

92 yard touchdown. They addedthe extra point and took a 14-0lead. "We had them on the ropes.It was very slick out there. Theball came out of Matt's handswhich was an unfortunate situa-tion, if we had scoredfthen wecould have won that game /' saidCoach Kimball.Golga's bad luck continuedthroughout the fourth quarter as apass of his was intercepted a fewplays later. It was a tough day forGolga who found it hard to linkup with his receivers wjth anyreal consisten cy, f t> J1 Overall head1 coach Kimballdescribed the game as " a disap-pointing and rustratinggame. It'seasier to accept a defea t toa betterteam, but that wasn't the case.Wehave toget things done insidethe red zone (20 yard) and wedidn't get it done. However, itwasn't through lack of effort asthese kids always give 110 per-

cent physically. If we play con-sistent football we can beat anyteam, but we didn't play consis-tent football on Saturday."There washowever, some posi-tive areas on Saturday with thedefense performing exceptionally

well, anchored by defensiveplayer of the*game, FrankFigliano, as well as solid gamesfrom Lou D'ambrosio and KeithSwanson.The Lakers face topopposition["Albany State in this Saturdaygame. "When you 're0- l you haveto focus the minute you step ontorthe bus untilthe game is ended. If"We play as a unit we'll be okay.We have a tough schedule there-fore we have to come and playeach week." t,Both Shawn Hamlin and MikeUler, are the only doubtful play-ers for Saturday's game due to-injuries they sustained in last

Saturday's game.

Growing Pains For New TeamBy?Scott VanceMerciad Sports Editor

IfWith thirteen seniors last yeargraduating it will be diCficult forthe Lady Lakers soccer team tomatch the success of previousyears. The team has eight newfreshman. Theresa Roach is abig, strong center fielder, MariaSunkqu ist romSweden is a full-back who is currently suffering ahip- lexor njury and BethForbus,who has already scored too greatgoals for the Hurst, are just a fewof the reshmannota bles.This team definitely has the ca-pability to make nationals. Theyhave to learn to cope with the factthat sometimes things wpn't goright for them. If the keep thepassion going they can be as suc-cessful as any other team.However, the Lakers didn't startout as previous Mercyhurst soc -cer teams. They found them-

selves two goals sown within thefirst ifteenminutes of their sea-son opener against the Univer-sity of Southern Indiana. Theteam,- however, fought back anddominated the rest of the game,but were unable to receive anyreward for the valiant effort ErinStewart had a particularly goodgame and she seem s to have over*come her knee injury.' In the Lakers' second gameagainst the team Edwardsvillcfound thems elves; down bythree goals within the first 15minutes, but the Hurst never lettheir b eads drop, a nd by half timethey bad reduced the deficit to 3-2 thanks to two fine goals fromfreshman Beth Forbus.* On thefirst goal Forbus brokefrom hemid ieldjbeat wo defenders andslipped the ball past the goalkeeper. Her second goal waseven better as she bent a free kickwith pin point accuracy into the

top corner leaving the opposi-tions goalie mesmerized. .The Hurst started the secondhalf as they ended thefirst,andwith just one,minute gone wereawarded a penalty. Junior Nick iEsposito failed a spot kick. It wasanother freshman Theresa Roachthat tied the game with a wonder-ful individual goal as she skippedby two defender and hammeredthe ball into the corner to leave the

vgame all square at two minutes,' left in the game. Senior MarissaRosctti was sent off for a secondbookable offense. This sent the" Lakers Into overtime with just 1 0 Jplayers, and within the irsteighthminutes of overtime Edwa rdsville 5took the lead, which proveJ tobethe game winner.,"I'm delighted in the way wecame back, now w e n eed to start*:off games like that, and if we do,we're going to do ine"said beadcoach Rich Hart s.

Freshmen lead the waBy Kathy FraleyMerciad Writer

The Mercyhurst men's andwomen's cross country squadstook thefieldon Saturday (Sept7th) for their first race of the sea*son at the Buffalo Slate Invita-tional held at Beaver Island StatePark in Grand Island, N.U., Themeet, featuring the top teams inthe NCAA East Region, was thefirst taste of college level compe-tition for 11 Freshmen, 7 on thewoma n 's team and4 on the men's.The women placed 7th out of 12teams, with 260 points. The men'steam placed 12th outof 13.Freshmen And y Culler led theLaker men, finishing the 5 mile

course in 30:01 for 50th place.Other Laker inishers:FreshmenSteve Siemienski 58th, 30:04;FreshmanJay Porter 90th, 31:35;Junior David Dau sey 97th, 31:41;Junior Thorn a s*Van Fleet118,32:50; Senior and Team Cap-tain Thomas Humphreville 135th,34:08; Freshman Shane Lynsky140th, 34:34.Freshman Jenny Standfcst wasfirst in for the women, finishingin the 30th spot in 20:53 for 3.1miles. Team captain and juniorBridget Holzheimer was next inat 21:14 for 40th overall.The Lake n travel to Alleghenyforthe Allegheny Classsic Invita-tional this weekend.

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By Michelle FriscarellaMerciad Sports WriterThis past Saturday kicked offthe 1996 football season here atMercyhursl. Even though the firstgame was not a victorious one,our Lakers did their bes t OnTuesday, Coach Joe Kimball com-mentcd that there were too manymental errors, but next week willbe an improvementPre season was a test for theLakers. Many empty spots wereleft open on both offense and de-fense. Some of last year's Se-niors had been starters for two orthree years and efforts like that

Golf BriefBy Mike PattisonMerciad Sports WriterThe 1996 version of theMercyhurst golf team is off to aninspiring and impressive start tothis year's fall schedule. The team,under new head coach JoePodolsky, has won its first twotournaments of the year in con-vincing fashion. The teamtrounced the opposition in theEdinboro Invitational lastWednesday at Riverside GolClub in Cambridge Springs.

Mercyhurst was led by secondplace finisher, Tony Greidanus,who ireda one-overpar 72. CoryDecoteau, Mike Pattison, CurryHuskes and Chad Hoisek alsoGred rounds of 74,75,76, and 79respectively to give the Hurst aremarkable 17 shot victory. Theteam total of 297 is the lowestteam total eve r posted by* aMercyhurst golf team. Congratu-lations boys!The great scores continued lastFriday as the team traveled toElmira to try and win its secondconsecutive trophy. Fortunatelythe team didn't disappoint andcame home victorious for thesec-ond time in three days. Once aga inthe team was led bymcdalistTony Greidanus whofireda 78.Tea mm a te Chad Hoisek alsoshota 78 butunfortunately succumbedindividual honors on the 3rd play-off hole. Also playing wellfor he'Hurst was Curry Huskcs whoGred a respectable 79 . Only fourgolfers broke 80 at the rough andthree of those were Laker teammembers. This good start shouldtranslate into more tournamentvictories for the boys of the links.As tea m memberTony Greidanussaid, "This is the strongest teamI've seen in the four years I'vebeen here. It's nice to go to tour-|na me n ts and have the other tea msworried about bow well we aregoing to play. It is also great thatthe g uys are bitting the ball solidright now. Chad Hoisek is play-

L aing really well, consistent golfand one of these times he is goingto win i tournament and bring ourteam trophy home." The Lakershave a busy schedule next weekas they play in three tournamentsstarting Sunday in the two-day S tBonaventure Tournament

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are hard to replace right away.According to Coach Kimball, ittook the Freshmen about three orfour days to come around, butnow they arc doing a great job.The Seniors, the first to be re-cruited by Coach Kimball and hisstaff, have proved to be excellentleaders. T h e team has a positiveattitude and even in demandingpractices the y are respond ing wel l.If we keep together as a team, wewill do very well," stated CoachKimball.

The newest addition toMercyhurst College has gotteneveryone excited. For those w holive on campus, it will mean less

travel. To the Lakers, how-ever, it means they will reallyplay at "home."Coach Kimball and the teamare grateful to everyone who hasaided in this project "Peoplehave done a tremendousjob," saidCoach Kimball. "The*staff hasworked hard to get done and w egreatly appreciate it"It is hard to predict the rest ofthe season. The Lakers play avery demanding schedule againsttough teams. Coach Kimballfeels, "The talent is here to win. Ifwe stay.as a team we will getbetter each week."

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"What are you guys doin' out there?" asks head coach Joe Kimball ashis players put in a losing performance on Saturday.

Soccer Team Off To A Solid StartBy Scott VanceMerciad Sports Editor

Having finished fourth in thenation last year, the Mercyhurstmen's soccer team will be hopingto improve on last year's perfor-mance and go all the way to winthe national championships. Theywill need the talent of the newfreshmen as well as the experi-ence of the upper classmen if theyare to achieve this featSome freshman noia bles areRob yurkovfch, who is a veryquick and aggressive player, BrianSayer, who has slotted in nicely atright full back orrightmid-field,a consistent all round player, andBarry Allen, who scored a greatgoal in the season opener. He is avery quick playerwith great tech-nical skill whowill get better withevery game. Allen hails fromCounty Meath in Irela nd and is anexciting a d ition to an already ex-citing squad.

The Hurst started off the seasonagainst southern Indiana andquickly disposed of the weak op-position by a score line of 6-2..The interesting thing about thisgame was that there were six dif-ferent scorers, with goals com-ing from Barry Allen, StewartHogg (2), Rob Yurkovich, GlenFrancis and Ian Dickerson.However, their second gamewasn't as easy as the Lakers weredefeated by a scoreline of 2-1 toEdwardsville. "After playing sowell in the first game, we per6formed we ll below pa r in the sec-ond game; .We thought we wonthe game before we went on thefield, and they let the standard,okay,the team to slip and playedpoorly. It was a lesson to the teamthat people are hoping to try toknock them off," said head coachRich Hartis.So with an overall record o f 1-1 Mercyhurstwent into their gamelast Sunday aga inst Sagjnaw Va I-

leywith mixed emotions.But any doubt was soon over-shadowed, as Shawn Kroenerbroke the dead lock with a finetop corner strike after some finework from Stuart Hogg. KeithSelvitelli doubled the score as hedrove a half cleared bait througha cluster of players and into theback of the ne t Hogg added athird goal with probably the strikeof he game, with a superbly struckleft foot shot thatgave the keeperabsolutely no chance. The im-pressive Ian Dickerson added afourth with a sheer class lob overthe unexpecting goal keeper.Fourth goals were added fromRob Gilooly and Did ion.

The team takes on EastStroudsberg this Saturday in agame theLakers will be hoping towin in order to improve theirrankings. The Lakers are cur-rently ranked third in their con-ference.

By Jessica Stout JMerciad Sports WriterTennis is back! The Lady Lak-era have started a new season,;welcoming back five upperclass-jmen, along with ive reshmen.Thenew players joining the teamare Laura Ha melly of Sharon, PA,Cara Paglia of Hermitage PA,Amy Smoulder of Warren, PA,Lindsey Waite from Liverpool,NY, and Kristina Zevnik fromEuclid, OH. The players return-

ing rom ast year include LaurenDiulus, Carmel Dougherty, Ma-rina George, Kim Hodgkiss-Lfllyand Jessica Sto utThe team started off their sea-son infinestyle with a win overCalifornia University ofPennsyl-vania. The Lakers swept Califor-nia six to zero with wins romallthree of the starting .Freshmen.The team is looking forward toGLIAC Competition, which w illstart on Saturdays I

Lacrosse At The Hurst Volleyball Team ImprovingBy Maureen McMahanMerciad SportsWriter

What has the students atMercyhurst all in anticipation? Itis the new Division I sport ofmen's and women's Lacrosse,head coached by Pete Ginnegarand assisted by Jeremy Murphy.A complete turn around fromlast season's club team, thebn 's Lacrosse team will openagainst Notre Dame with I thatfight ing Mercyhurst spirit Themen's team will also competeagainst top ranked teams such asMichigan State and Ohio State.With a combination o f talent andtheir exuberant attitude, both La-crosse teams strive to be as com-petitive as possible with a "noth-ing to lose " outlook for the sea-son* x

came from other countries' na-tional teams. Two players arefrom Canada, one from the En-glish National Team, as well as aplayer from the Iraqi NationalTeam.If you are a die hard Lacrossefan or somebody who wants tosee the thrill of the game, comeout next spring to the beautifulnew sta dium and watch your fel-low Lakers strive for victory!The one's to watch for on thewomen'steam are returning play-ers Rebecca Dubish, Kathleen

0'Hara,Kodie Marks and ErinTraeger. Allhave excessive skillsand hard working attitudes. Withthis new sport on the rise for themen's team, all 22 new playerscontribute to the game, and a few

By Kara ClarkMerciad Sports WriterThe Lakers volleyball team islooking stronger than ever withthree returning seniors HeidiBock, Heather Lemley andNatalie Pellcgrine. All of theseseniors will have a big influenceover the way the Lakers seasonwill go. The Lakers have alsorecruited some top class Fresh-men namely Sharyl Maulman,Justyn Headley, Hollic Jus linger,

Laura Sin ith, Maureen McMahonand Kara Clark all of whom willneed to play their best if they areto turn around last years losingseason into a whining one. TheLakers started their season at theCalifornia University of PA onAugust 30 and 31st and finishedwith two wins and two losses.The Hurst then travelled toEdinboro on September 6 and 7for their tournament and onceagain inishedwith two wins andtwo losses.

The Lady Lakers had their homeopener against Allegheny Col-lege last Tuesday evening, butwere unable to improve theirrecord and were defeated in aclose encounter. "The goal of this year's team isto finish in the top three of theGLIAC Southern Division I. I*feel that this is one of the bestteams I have coached atMercyhurst in the pastfiveyearn.Ourbackcourt defense is stronger jtjthan ever and offensively we aresuccessfu lly running a quickertempo offense. The biggest con-cern is the youthfulness of theteam, however I do know thisteam will go hard against anyteam," said head coach CraigDavie.The Lakers host a tournamenton September 13-14 which in-cludes teams .from Edinboro,Juniata, Lock Haven,Milllersville and West Virginia,Wesleyan.