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L e a k s A p p e a r I n ; P a r k i n g R a m pBy Tavis OverstreefMerclad ContributingWriter ASome may have noticed, cspe-cially during Erie's monsoon sea-

son, thatthe middle o f the parkinglamp by Duval hasbeen drippingwater on to the lowerportion. Theramp9 built during the summer of1993 by the "Whipple Allen Con-structionCompany,*has two ruinber expansion joints, one at theentrance of the top ramp and onein the middle of the deck.According to Terry Camp,Mercyhurst's Plant OperationsManager, the joints expand incoldweather and contract in warmweather to prevent the concretefrom expanding too much andcracking. However, the joints onthe parking deck are primarilyused for climates somewhatwarmer than what we enjoy inErie.

extreme cold, the freezing waterforces the joint to rise above thesurface of the cement Then, assnow plows and other machinerypass over the parking deck, theexpanded joints are sometimessnagged by the plows. This se-quence o f events has caused themiddle expansion joint to allowwater from the top of the rampleak to the bottom.Whenever there is heavy rain,as was the case last week, anyoneparking in the facility has to con-tend with the numerous leaks. T ouse this type o f joint was not thebest design decision," said Camp.The Merciad w as unable to con-tact the construction company,and got no comment on what wasapparently a construction mistake.Camp did not recall how muchit originally cost to construct theparking ramp. But, after only threeyears, it is now in serious need of

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Because the joints are generally repair,incapable of contending with theSaturday Night AssaultsStill fUnder InvestigationBy Todd Zielinskiand Chris Wloch,Merciad Contributing Writers. )

At least two related incidents otassault occurred on campus thisweekend involving two menwh oare not Mercy hurst students whowere attending parties on campusaccording to Security DirectorKen Sidun. Reports of assaults infront of Mercy 200 and BriggsAvenue kept security busy Satur-day night from 11:30 p.m. untilafter 2 a.m."It was a party weekend on cam-pus The incidents were a spilloverfrom several parties at Baldwin, *Mercy and Briggs Apartments.It's unfortunate that many such.incidents arc alcohol,related.Problems often result when people ;drink more than they can handle.Moderation is the key," Sidunsaid.Around midnight, McAuleyR.A. Rob Causgrove was as-saulted outside of Mercy 200 by anon-Mercyhurst student whosename has not been released bySecurity Sidun said* About 75people who were outside at thetime were witnesses. Causgrovesaid he had come over to Mercy toget a movie.Junior Diebied'Sbawne Reid,who witnessed the incident, saidthat the other person involvedwalked up the stairs from a partyin a basement apartment.After heca mc out the front door of Mercy200 and.stumbled on the steps,^Causgrove told the individual notto open a can of beer and madeanother comment which eventu-ally led to a confrontation bo*tween the two. The other personlanded two punches according toCausgrove. ^

Causgrove then called securityfrom the phone box outside ofMercy 200 and alerted them tothe situation. He attempted to de-termine the individual's identityand informed him that he had ju sthit an1LA. Reid said that aboutfive minutes passed beforeCausgrove called security againfrom Mercy 100. The other partybegan walking away. NearGarveyPark, they were confronted by theapproaching security officerswhom they ran away from. Theyrepo rtedly surfaced again later inthe parking ramps between 1 and2 a.m., Sidun said.At press time, details were un-available on an incident on theotherside of campus which Sidunsaid be believed was related. Ittook place shortly after the as-sault in front of Mercy and oc -curred on Briggs Avenue report-edly involving the two unnamedmen from the M ercy assault andtwo Mercyhurst students, onemale, the other female, Sidun said.On Wednesday, Sept 25, Sidunsaid that the investigation would^take several more daya and at'least two more people have yet to

be interviewed. The names of thealleged assailant and the personaccompanying him have not beenreleased pending further investi-gation. Sidun confirmed that thetwo were allegedly brothers fromOhio who were not Mercyhurststudents.On duty Saturday night wereAssistant Director of ResidentLife Shawn M cMasters who wascovering the entire campuses w ellas all three R A ^ in the MercyApartments Kevin Seged i,Roxanne Veitmeier, and MikePattison. McMasters did not wit-

ness the incident She was insideof Mercy 200 when it occurredand came outsidei after hearingthereporton her walkie-talkie.Once security stepped in,McMasters responded o a call onthe other side of campus.

Rain wa ter trickles down ipto th e lower level ofth e three-year-old parking ramp through themany cracks in the ru bber expansion joints.Photo cred it: Aaron C onnell.

Sidun said that Ray Kertulis andBrent Sullivan were the officerswho responded to the reports.Security called the Erie PoliceDepartment for assistance in lo-catingthe tw o individuals. Around2 ajn., squad carswere dispatchedto Briggs Ave to ad in the searchfor suspects. f 1

Causgrove expressed his appre-ciation for the support that hereceived from the Security offic-ers and other students immedi-ately ollowing he inciden t "TheMercyhurst students were greatThey were an asset as far as re-solving the problem.Security wa sthere lickety-split,* he said.McMasters also said she wa svery happy with the way that theincidents this weekend were takencare of. "All the R.A.S who wereonduty all did an excellent job. Ifeel that all the situations werehandled appropriately. They dideverything that they were in-structed to do during R.A. train-ing* I was very pleased with theirperformance th is weekend,19 shesaidAnyone with information pcr-|v taming to the assaults is stronglyi i encouraged to contact Sidun atextension 2104. All informationas well as the Identity of the co n-tributorwill be held in confidence."You don't even have toa leaveyour name," Sidun said. Just writewhat you know on a piece ofpaper and drop It off in Old Mainroom 209. *

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By Chris Wloch,Merciad News EditorLast Tuesday, the continuous,heavy rainfall caused widespreadflooding all over the Mercy hurstcampus.-According to Mainte-nance Supervisor Bill Kerbusch,"It will be a?couple of weeks,maybe a month before we have afairly decent estimate for theamount of damage we sustainedmonetarily."The price tagfor the destructionaround campus will include thecost of the new carpeting in atleast four apartments, a replaced

ceiling in another, fixing the land-scaping around campus and thehiring of workers from outsideagenciesto aid in the overwhelm-ing amount o f cleaning and repairwork that needed to be done.Maintenance and housekeeping- cr ews worked until 10 p.m. Tues-day responding to calls fromnumerous residences andvirtually every building oncampus.Water soaked the floor in manybuildings including the south sideentrance hallway in McAuleyWayne Street, the Gym Lobby,the Cafeteria, the Tower stairwellinOld Main, several offices, class-rooms and the equipment room inthe D* Angelo School of Music,the Performing Arts Center, andthe basements of the Librarv. the

Little Theatre, Preston, Old Main,Zurn, and Baldwin where theflooded boilers caused a lack ofhot water until around midnight.| In the newly remodeled RecCenter, water seeped in throughthe foundations. Several studentresidences werefloodedas well:Mercy 331, Baldwin 331, Egan's3rdfloor,and on Briggs Avenueat 3928,3830,3910 #1,3924 #1 ,4008 Lewis Ave #1 . t*Maintenance crews also re-sponded to President WilliamGarvey *s house where there wasthree inches of water in the base-ment according to Kerbusch.

The carpeting in at least fourapartments was completelysoaked and hasbeen replaced. Ata cost of $8-9 per square foot, thecost of recarpeting four 1,200 sq.ft. apartments is more than$42,000.Flooding was not the only prob-lem caused bythe exce ssive rains.In Zurn 121, the windows gaveout from the pressure .The roof ofthe Laker Inn which had < beenfixed last year, sprung new leaksfrom the amount of water.In 3924 Briggs Apt #4, the ceil-ing caved in. Work on the newceiling was still underway onWednesday afternoon.mSome ofthe shrubbery and land-scaping work around campuswa salso damaged by thehigh w aters.Kerbusch hasnot yet assessed the

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Students wade throu gh Garvey Park last Tuesday after th e Grotto "water slide"was closed. Baldwin residents could not take a hot shower until around midnightbecause basem ent flooding shut down the boilers. Photo Credit: Aaron ConnelLdamage to the grass in the Giottowhere mud sliders rode a streamofwaterdownthe hill. He pointedout that the landscapingworkdoneby the a ccess ramp for the newcampus football field behindBaldwin was ruined and hasbeenrepaired* mAdditionally, the flower ar-rangement spelling out "LAK-ERS" by the field was washedaway and needs to be replaced

before this weekend. A dead treeweditear the chapel was also reby maintenance crews after thewater washed outthe so il aroundthe roots.-# *Kerbusch said that two clean-ing services were employed to

provide extra personnel becausethey were faliing behind the num-ber of calls for assistance thathave been placed since last Tues-day. Most of the clean-Up was

completed by Friday asa result ofthe hard work and overtime put inby the maintenance and house-keeping staff.

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By Bill Melville and Mary PikeMerciad ContributingWritersOn Monday, September 23 ,MSC held its third weekly meet-ing of the year at 8:30 p.m. in theStudent Government Chambers.It was announced that the newsign board, located in the lower

level of the Union, is in place andworking great. Brian Marshall,the SAC chairperson, expressedenthusiastic feelings for the newboard, and indicated all the newfeatures this board possesses.World, entertainment, businessand sports news is taken off theinternet and updated daily. Cam-pus news is updated every week.Marshall explained that the newboard is especially beneficial tocollege studentswho wish to knowwhat is happening in the outsideworld but who are too busy to sitand watch the evening news ontheT.V. Marsha 11 also stated thatif anyone wished any campus in-formation to be placed'on theboard then it must be submitted inwritten form to the SAC officesby the Saturday afternoon beforethe event.I TheMSG

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: : y discussed theMSG retreat that will take placeon Saturday the 28th at CampNotre Dame. The retreat is a 24-hour camping stay for StudentGovernment Members that willenable them to become more fa-miliar with each other. This is sono member, new or old, will feel

uncomfortable in expressing theirviews to the rest of the membersat a meeting.Freedom Zone Editor, KevinSegedi, announced that the firstmeeting of the Freedom Zonewent well. Segedi stated that theturnout was promising, and he isin the process of planning alter-nate me etings for those who cannot attend the regular me etings.The next meeting will be on Fri-day, Sept. 27 at 3:30 p.m. in theFreedom Zone Office upstairs inthe U nion. Bring subm issions anddecorations for the office walls.The deadline for submissions isTuesday, October 1.

In other MSG news, it was an-nounced that the telephone direc-tory for students went to the printerand will be out for use beforeOctober. Also, the lecture seriesbrochures went to the primer,andwere promised to be availablebefore any of the events of theseries take place.It was voted that MSG wouldgive a total of $100 to the JamesR. McKecvcr scholarship fundthis year with only one memberof MSG abstaining from the vote.There is a midnight bowlingtrip on Saturday the 28 th, andany who w ish to attend must signup at the front desk o f the union.Hie transportation will be leav-ing Baldwin Hall at 11:30 that

Mercyhurst bought a house onParade* Boulevard near thecollege's west entrance as an in-vestment. MSG is looking intowhat the College plans to do withthe house. iThe Duv al apartments will notbe getting the dumpster they re-quested for behind their buildingbecause a truck!to service thedumpster can not get to that loca-tion However, MSG assures theresidents that the mess that hasbeen building up next to the ajpart-ments will be taken care of. ,SA C -chairperson BrianMarshall announced that plans are

being made to have either a peprally the night before or a tailgateparty the day of the homecominggame, and it was requested thatshuttles be available to take legal-age students to andfrombars onthe weekends in order to preventdrunk driving.On Tuesday evening, resultsfrom the! election s wh ich tookpiace on the 23rd and 24th wereannounced. The six new freshe rrepresentatives for the *96-'97school yearare Chris Fultz, MeganHale, Scott Koskoski, ColleenNardi, Jenny Novak and BradParks.

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The Taylor Little Theatre hostsspeaker James Hollis on FridayOct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. for a lectureentitled "Psyche and Soul: ThePlace of Myth in Modern Life."In this lecture, Hollis will ex-plore the deterioration of themyths that link individuals to thefour sec tions of mystery cosmos,nature, society and the self. Hewill review;the prominent;fea-tures of "modernism" and thepurpose of the individual to findold links of psyche and soul.( Holliswill also answer the ques-tions of what is meant by thewords "psyche" and "soul," andwhat contribution a Jungian per-

spective makes to the individualupon whom the full task of find-ing meaning has fallen.A graduate of the C.G. JungInstitute in Zurich, Switzerland,Hoi 1 is is the author ofThe MiddlePassage: From Misery to Mean-ing at Mid-Life, as well as manyother books and articles.This lecture is for those who arenew to the journey or Jungianpsychology as well as the experi-enced traveler and may be of spe-cific interest to majors of psy-chology, theology, sociology andanthropology.Tickets to the lecture arc freefot students with ID andPresident's Card holders.\

Friday, Sep t 27Comedians:Pete Correal!and Mike DiNicolaStudent Union, 8 p.m.Saturday, Sep t 28 1Midnight Bowling.Buses Leave 11:30 pan.from B aldwin HallTuesday, Oct 1Euchre TournamentStudent Union, 8 p.m.Academic Support DeptLecture o n Study TimeStudent GovernmentChambers, 4 p.m.Wednesday, O ct 2Movie: "Happy Gilmorc"Student Union, 9 p.m.Academic Support DeptLecture on Study TimeStudent GovernmentChambers, 8 p.m.MBA: Business Mixer12:15-1 p.m.Preston Hall.

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Obs id i anyM.E.PikeMerciad ColumnistRumor has it that someone is telling our teachers not to give so manyAs (as in the letter grade). Did you know that at the endof each academ icyear, our teachers are evaluated? Those w hose students earned toomany. B+s or As are docked points on whatever perverse grading scale they aresubmitted to.An other words, if a large percentage of students in aparticular course work bard and get high grades, then the teacher issubjected to scrutiny.I bring up this point to make one of myown. That is, teachers don' t givegrades, we students earn them. From an F to an A, it is the students'responsibility, and theirs alone.I should think that an A would mean that the students learned well andthat the teacher has* educated. Unfortunately for the students, thebureaucrats think differently. To them, an A means that the studentwasn't bullied enough and that the teacher had bestflunka few morenext time. * *In light of this,I am struck by something one of my hardest teacherssaid. He said that we (students) go to co llege to be educated, not to geta. grade. I learned from him things I had no clue about before, eventhough the course had little to d o with my major. I worked hard andreceived a C+, a fair grade.Sure I moped for a bit, but when I reflected upon it. I realized that I waslucky to get that grade. See, he challenged me to think independentlyfrom what was ingrained in my brain, and lam glad I didn't get an A.It gives me something to work on and think about. Strange, but truenonetheless.Those bureaucrats don't want us to think. They want ustobe m indless sheep that they can easily herd. And there a re a greatmanypeople over those walls who w ill try to do the same thing.This, in plain English, is not fair. However, such is life - from theearliest times humanity has had to deal with this. I hope that those whodecreed this awful thing are satisfied, because they educated m e, if onlyin something terrible.I know now that no matter how hard we try to succeed, there willalways be one more bureaucrat pushing; us down so thatthey might look

good to their fellow bureaucrats.It is wrong and unfair to threaten a teacher into submitting to suchbureaucratic nonsense. E veryone knows that the job of teaching is hardenough without having to make excuses forwhy their students succee d.Ah, but such is the tyrannical way of the world, I suppose. Life is not fair,and we 'd better get used to that fact if hey are so keen on shoving itdownour throats. After all, if it is the only thing we learn here, at least we willhave learned something. .

By John MurphyEditor-in-Chiefy You 've got to love it. All that hard hitting, trash talking, blood sw irling, crowd pleasing entertainment Nope,it's not the NFL. That's only for lightweights. This is the Presidential election race, where men are men, and,well, you'd better have enough testosterone to go around for a variety of issues that need kick in' buttForeign affairs is one area that always gets lavish attention from this male hormone during election years.Of course, with the big bad Russians outof the picture, candidates have had to be more creative in creating avill ian with whom the U.S. has to contend. ' \* Saddam Hussein has bee n good to the politicians the last few years,but as much as that old braggart might like to think, he is n o replacement for the Communist threat The bigboys in Washington need some other oreignmenace to stare down thegun barrel, and withhead up, shouldersstraight, say , "The hell I will.'' S#How about the United N ations. "Every damn nation in the world, hell, we can take 'em." Sorry, I mean nodisrespect to 'The Duke' by comparing him to this years presidential candidates, but with the recent 'toughguy'stance President Clinton has taken with UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, it's not a bad analogy.Washington wants Boutros-Ghali outof his job as Secretary General. It feels threatened by a man who hasworked tirelessly in trying to make the United Nations live up to the spirit on which it was ounded,a spirit thathoped to create a world body to facilitate peace among nations of this earth.Ghali has called for a permanent peace keeping force. He has tried to increase the influence of ess powerful

countries in the UN, he wants more countries represented on the powerful Security Council. In essence,Boutros-Ghali has tried to make the UN what it's supposed to be, an international organization. Unfortunatelyfor Boutros-Ghali, he has tried to do this independent of American control. p.Boutros-Ghali is not prepared to play ball with W ashington. In response to this situation, the Americangovernment refused to pay the UN the money it owed, leaving theorganization on the verge of financial ruin.Essentially, the government tried using financial blackmail to ensure Boutros-Ghali is not re-elected asSecretary General. ' . < "The powers that be in foreign affairs have argued that Boutros-Ghali is attempting to make the UN a powerfulbody, one that would eventually infringe upon American sovereignty. For them, a UN that is not dominatedby America isnot worth having. World peace and co-operation, itwould seem , is unacceptable unless it isdictated by Washington's terms.By taking this selfish and pompous stance toward Boutros-Ghali and the UN , theU.S. may be jeopradizingthe best chance for success in international relations since the UN was founded. A strong UN is needed tocombat such global problems as the environment, terrorism, and nuclear proliferation.As the world's dominant power, why do A merican political leaders feel so threathened by an organizationthat is trying to promote the solving of these problems? Problems that if solved, might actual 1 y make America'sposition more secure. Most Americans take little interest in what their government does in itsrelations *with other countries. Yet, the problems in today's world affect us all in some way, andfull internationalco-operation is required if they are to be solved. This November, American voters should questionwhether or not their government is pursuing the right foreign policy.Helmet Takes To Drink

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By Dan HilfikerSenior Writer 4As I sit back and reflect uponmy many days here in college . Iam coming to the conclusion thatalcohol has been a major part ofmany of those happy, and not sohappy memories. It seems asthough the consum ption of a lco-hol goes hand in hand with allcollege* campuses, not onlyMercy hurst I remember very w ell

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nights looking for mass quanti-ties ofequally cold beer, and meet-ing in droves on the basketballcourt to decide where all of thegood parties (those still inprogress) were.Today, I spend the majority ofmy drinking time in one of Erie'sfine legal drinking establishments.I like going to the bar and havinga few drinks. There have-beensome times when I have had morethat a few drinks. I also*havedriven myself home on some ofthese occasions. I never seemedto think too much about it at thetime, but in hindsight it was apretty stupid thing todoSLuckily,I have never gotten into anytrouble with the law because ofmy drinking and driving.All of this brings me to the realreason for this article. Last Satur-day I had the opportunity to workalongside the Edinboro PoliceDepartment, Erie CountySheriffs, and the Erie CountyDetectives in the enforcement ofa D.U.I. checkpoint. All of thisIpart of my internship. The

experience was very eye-open-ing, especially in light of the fact'that it was conducted in Edinboro,righ t next to the University.I was given the chance to seefirst-hand how tough the law canbe on those; individuals wh ochoose to drink and drive. Manyof the people who were asked to

naa naa mat evening, ne replied:"A few." He was then asked tostep out of his car and was given aGeld sobriety test which he passedwithflying colors. Unfortunately,he registered a 0.08 on hisbreathalyzer reading. This is notamassive reading by any means; Iknow mat my own Mood alcoholcontent has probably been doublethat during some Briggs Avenueparties on more than'one occa-sion. Unfortunately for this guy,he was not allowed to drive homeand had to call one of his rie nds odrive him home. This was a realproblem because he did not knowanybody who was not drinkingthat night He had to get a ridehome in a police car.I know thatI would not trade anyof my memories herep atMercyhurstr for anything, espe-cially those that were enhanced b ythe use of alcohol, but I now havea much different attitude toward

pull over were college-age stu-dents much like myself. I couldreally empathize with one'indi-vidual who was pulled over.' Hewas asked bow many drinks he

drinking and drivingsMy point is not to preach aboutthe evils of drinking and driving.My point la that you never knowwhen the long arm of the law isgoing to reach out and gra|> you.The unfortunate problem is thatthe police do not catch enough ofus driving drunks.I have not given up drinkingbecause o f what I saw last Satur-day. I will probably be very drunkone of these coming days, but Iknow that Ir will not be puttingmyself behind the wheel of a car.The risks involved are too high.Besides, 1 came to college to getan education, nota criminal record.

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This year's presidential caiti-pa ign has shifted from hot topictohot topic fairly regularly. Fromtobacco to tax cuts and deficits todrugs, the campaign rhetoric hascoveredvirtually every major as-pect ofmodern society, and someaspects just the politicians wantus to think abou t One subjectwhich has been mentioned verylittle is education. James Madison wrote in an 1822letter* to W .T. Barry "LearnedInstitutions ought to be favoriteobjects with every free people.They throw that light" over thepublic mind which is the bestsecurity against crafty & danger-ous encroachments on the publicliberty....What spectacle can bemore edifying or morejseason-able, than that of Liberty & Learn-ing each leaning on the other fortheir mutual & surest support?...Apopular 'government withoutpopular information orthe meansof acquiring it is but a prologue toa farce or a tragedy or perhapsboth." T:An educated popu lace is para-mount for a nation a nd its govern-ment to survive. An educatedpeople is better equipped to pro-

tect itself rom he lies, cheating,and stealing of unvirtuous lead-ers More importantly, it is vitalthat a-people be educated andhave access to information- cur-rent events or historical- to pro-tect 1 iberty, or what we might calldemocracy. It is not just a matterof competing against the Japa-nese cr the Europeans in a globaleconomy, it is beyond that Edu-cation enhances oneself, and inturn enhances society. $It is the duty of the government,I believe every government fro mlocal to state and federal, to pro-vide its people with the means ofeducating themselves. Todaypeople require more than a simpleeducation of basic math and read-ing. The need for high-tech, ad-vanced learning and research isas important as reading a work offiction and determining itsauthor's meaning and its mean-ing for oneselfThis is one of those occasionswhere I feel a national mandate isrequired. Federalists, and themock-Federalists manyRepubli-cans and Democrats wish to be,believe the federal governmentshould not infringe on how a statechooses to govern itself. Educa-tion has never been the domain of

the federal government and lamnot suggesting it should be, butthere is definitely a need for na-tional standards. Good educationis a must for a society and nationto survive, something that a ffectspeople*in every state and everycity. The problem with suggest-ing that states develop their owneducation standards is!that thestandards will be different Anarea near the Oak Ridge NuclearPower Plant may feel science isthe most important subject; an-other region may feel history isimportant because it is the "birth-place of America." Standards fora competitive education, andmoreimportantly standards for a "vir-tuous" education, transcend na-tional boundaries and even time.

There is no need for Americanstudents to graduate from highschool at different education lev-els because some come rom stateswith lowstandards. National stan-dards should be set for all schooldistricts and all schools. Neitherpresidential candidate has sug-gested anything of this scope, andfew ever will.Perhaps this is calling for anunfunded mandateby the nationalgovernment. So be it. The needfor a good education affects all

people in all classes in everystate.*Everyone benefits when we ex-pand our own education, orwhenour neighbor does so. I am some-Mone who still believes in publiceducation, and am a proud prod-uct of state systems, and I believeall Americans should be willing

to pay local school taxes for bet-tering their community and theirnation, J |In addition, I am calling on thefederal government to providegreater access to higher educa-tion. ;Those state;colleges anduniversitiesI am familiarwith arebastions of learning and research.All are tributes to what statefunded education can do, ata fairlylow cost to the student Privateschool*, like Mercyhurst, excel aswell, as evidenced b y the recentqUS N ews rankings, but most arevery expensive, like MercyhurstGovernment, at every level,should expand gloan programs,grants, and scholarships to m akepublic college more affordableattainable. So how does thisall affect us here at Mercyhurst?We have chosen to go to an ^expensive private college, onewhere we assume we can receivea better education than at a cheaper*state school. But that does notu

excuse the school from makingevery effort it can to offset thecost; of the. education atMercyhurst. The school is out tomake money , unlike government-sponsored sch ools, and has doneso well. But the search for a profithas made the school cold to itsmission.Instead of guaranteeing thoseattending the school a good and/Virtuous" education, the schoolis more concerned with increas-ing its numbers. That is why wehave students living off campus,inTowers, and doubled and tripledup. More importantly, that iswhywe are "guaranteed to receive thesame financial aid you did theyear before," and nothing more.Providing funds to incomingfreshman is important, but it ispossible to not accept an appli-cant so that an upperclassman isrewarded for academic success orhelped through family financialtroubles. This school, and inturnthis society, need to take a closerlook at education and its benefits.Education must be taken moreseriously, as it is far more impor-tant than new footba 11 fields or anew B-2 bomber.

D o l e ' s P l a n C a n I n c r e a s e F a i r n e s s I n S y s t e mBy Emilio ColaiacovoMerciad Columnist:David Broder, a senior writerfor the Wa sh ing on Post, stated in ja recent article, "education is amatter of serious debate for bothcandidates." If there is one issuethat voters feel to be the mostimportant, it is the future of edu-Mcation in America.BUI Clinton and Bob Dolepresent strikingly different pro-posals to restore the pride andefficiency in education. In The

Devaluing of America, BillBennett believe s we have a n edu-cational meltdown in society to-day. Once, our public schoolswerea source ofhope and oppor-tunity. Today , many of ourschools are dangerous and fosterincompetence.jsWe are at a cross-roads^ in American education,however, are either of the candi-dates presenting a tangible blue

print aimed at saving educationas a whole? ,*BobDole jumped on the educa-tion band wagon first by advocat-ing federally funded schoolvouchers and prepared to returnparental choice in education. Theresponse to these suggestions hita supportive nerve among theelec-torate. President Clinton wa s anearly leader in the education re-form m ovement, but recent fail-ures? in the school system havecreated widespread doubts aboutpublic school education.The United States spends moreon education than, any o f theworld's leading industrial nations,yet our problems have steadilyworsened. However, we haveseen that throwing more and moremoney at a problem will not leadto an eventual solution.The corner stone to the Doleeducational reform package is theconcept of school vouchers which

I enthusiastically support jByoffering better education to lessadvantaged families, Bob Dolehopes to restore some fairness inan otherwise cruel and oppres-sive educational environment Inall honesty, I am amazed atwhatgoes on in public schools. Thereis no order in public schools, andif there is no order, how do ad-ministrators expect teachers toteach.Several states, including Ohio,have launched similar voucherprograms for needy families andthe Supreme Court has allowedthese vouchers to be used in pri-vate and parochial schools. Sena-tor Dole also offers "OpportunityScholarships for Children0 whichprovides annual payments of$1,000 per child .'in elementaryschool and $1,500 per child inhigh school.; If you combine thiswith the GOP sponsored $500perchild tax cut, you are looking at

considerable savings for educa-tional purposes.These proposals sound like goodsolutions, but they will never be-come a reality as long as associa-tions 1 ike the NEA (National Edu-cation Association) are around.The NEA, which claims to bededicated to America'syouth, hasspent more?money on electioncampaign donations than on help-ing children. Whatjwas origi-nally supposed to help children,has quickly become the fifth larg-est political action committee.

The NEA has bullied teachersaround by requiring that all teach-ers before being hired, becomemembers and pay dues. The NBAis not concerned with education.Historically1they have opposedany movements to empower localschool systems, school vouchersfor poor families, and parentalchoice. The NEA's priorities arenot educating children but acquir-

ing as much political power aspossible. With the NEA around,it is doubtful to this conservativethat educational reform will everbe accomplished..School vouchers can quicklyreturn fairness and opportunity tothe American educational com-munity. We experienced such aconcept in 1944 with the passageof the G.I. Bill. Through this bill,ex-soldiers Iike Senator Dole, wereallowed to use federal money toattend college . Good educationshould be affordable to everyone.Private schools should not bearound only to educate the daugh-ter of the President Schools arefor everybody from the very richto the very poor/ Bob Dole's planof school vouchers can restore free -dom and fa i rn ess to America n edu-cation.Hopefully this plan is notjust campaign rhetoric for our edu-ca tional system which now morethan ever, desperately needs a fix.

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?Ryb RoastBy Brad RybczynsklFeatures Editor

Well my senior year is not quite what I thought it would be. Many of thepreconceived notions I approached this year with have proven false. Ofcourseallof mypast experience with being a senior was from high school, unless ofcourse you count my eighth grade year of grammar school. That was almost likebeing a senior. ^ ^In high school I can remember walking arrogantly dow n the hallowed hallsof St Francis High School and feeling like a giant I wa s Invincible. Underclass-men did not dare to look at me funny or stand in my way. To say that I was cockywould have been an understatementAs a senior in high school everything belonged to me. I knew the halls, howtoget out of class, which teacher's clssses I could goof off in snd get away withit and all of those great things that seemed so important to me at the .time.Another thing was the special privileges that set the seniors apart from theunderclassmen. We no longer had to wear school sweaters during the wintermonths (I went to a Catholic school). We could wear whatever sweater wewanted. We could leave the lunchroom legally during lunch, which made iteasier to have a smokefor hose that did. Best of all, we got out of classes inthe beginning of M ay and graduated in late May . 'Wewere seniors. That was evident by the clothes we wore and most of all bythe chip on our shoulders. There were 155 masters in the castle. It seemed asif nothing stood incur way. It was a grand time, HUpon coining to Mercyhurst I made sure I brought my chip with me. It washard to leave home. Aftera 11,1 had spent four years creating it and molding itI did not want to give it up just because of a change of scenery.Now that I am a senior in college I noticed that I do not wear my chip so often,I am just not as cocky aa Iused to be. Ifyou think I am cocky now, you shouldhave known me three and half years ago. I know that my girlfriend and familywill read this and laugh. They know just how arrogant I was.I think what happened is that I realized that there was a great big world outthere that I never knew about Suddenly I was faced witha world full of hunger,war and bomelessness. My e yes were opened to much of the pain that existedaround m e, pain I had been previously oblivious to . The world was a mess.I also had to start fe nding for myself* I d id not want to ad mit it in high school,but I just could not do everything alone. I began torealize hat I needed myparents, my brother and friends. I could not be an island.When I came to Mercyhurst my brother washere. He introduced me to peopleand helped me make friends. I was not alone. There was support here for me.After my brother left I w as a bit worried. I still had a very goo d friend herethough, JamieOnk.Manyof youmay rememberJamie. W ell Jamiehelped meand I helped him . He wa s like a second brother.This yearwas probably the most flightening one for me. Mybrotherwasgoneand so was Jamie. I hardly knew the guys I would be living with.;Thankfully I amcoping. This would not have been possible without help. Istill have support, but it is more indirect now. I still cannot fend for myselfcompletely, but I know that when the time comes I will be prepared.1 have been humbled by the help of others. Maybe that is why I am not sococky in my senior yearof college, why I do not think that I own the world andthat the world owes me something.That is the one great thing college has taught me, that no one can get by alone.By being awayfrommy family, my friends and my girlfriend, I have come toappreciate them much more. I truly value every minute spent with them. Mostof all, I value what they have done for me. '"So what, I am not what I was like three years ago. I am glad, I have temperedmy attitude a bit. I am not the only Gsh in the sea, in fact I am a pretty small on e.As Stewart Smalley of Saturday Night live would say aand that's... OJ C "

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EventsBy Mindl McDowellMerciad ReporterFrom theperspective of SAC,last weekend was a success. Eventhough the concert Friday nightbegan a little later than planned,people still came to hear Univer-sal Honey and theClarks. Most ofthe feedba ck was positive, andstudents seemed to enjoy the op-portunity to have a concert in theirown backyard.Saturday's Monte Carlo nightwas also received very well* All

of the tables were busy the entirenight, and people had the chanceto gamble the night away. At theend of the evening, tickets weredosely examined to see if thenumbers matched the ones calledin the raffles. Congratulations toall of the winners.This week's activities beginonThursday night from8-11 p.m.with Coffeehouse. The alterna-tive band "Haply Medium" willbe playing. As* usual, therewillbea variety of beverages, includingcoffee, mochas, and lattes. Cometo the Laker Inn.Thursday nightto enjoy the mood and the coffee

while you do your homework orhang out with your friends.For the first time this year,SAC is bringing some comedianson campus. Pete Correali andMike DiNicola (Matt Frost is alsolisted on the calendar, but even

just their agent) are two youngrising sta rs who have worked withsome of the big nam es in the com-edy circuit Each comedian willbe performing separately with hisown routine, so there will bedouble the opportunity for laughs.You can catch their act Fridaynight at 8np.m. in -the StudentUnion.On Saturday night, see whyErie loves bowling so much bytrying to bowl your own strikesand spares. You won't have toworry about' all of the bowlingchamps making fun of youeither,because they usually don't makea habit of going at midnight on aSaturday nigh t Y es, it *s true, SACwill be taking vans to Eastwaybowling alley at 11:30 p.m. Sat-urday night for some fun off-cam-pus. There is enough room for 40people to g o, and if you're inter-ested, sign up at the Union deskby Friday at 4 p.m. Here is anopportunity to have a lot of funwith your friends and laugh at allthe gutter balls. Plus, you havethe chance to wear the really coolbowling shoes. The games andshoe rental ate free, and if yousign up to go, meet in front ofBaldwin Hatl at 11:30 p.m.

Realizing that Euchre is apopular card game on campus,the tournaments committee ishav-

Gnd the right cards and read eachother's minds enough to beat theother teams. First prize for thefirst place team will be $30 andthe second place team will re-ceive $20. Check the Union deskfor a sign up sheetFinishing up the week is amovie tha t gets rave reviews fromalmost everyone who has seen it.On Wednesday,October 2 at 9:00pm be prepared to laugh at thehumor of Adam Sandler in

ing a Euchre tournament at 8 p.m.Tuesday night. Here is a test tothough he may be funny too, he's see if you and your partner can

"Happy t RGilinore." Come to the StudentUnion Great Room and see a lousyhockey player become a, world-class golfer. There is also a cameoappearance by "The Price isRight's* Bob Barker.How would you like to actwild and crazy and supportMercy hurst sports teams, a 11 w ith-out anyone knowing it was you?Here's your chance. We are look-ing for some more people to bethe mascot at the games. If youare interested in wearing thecoolcostume and jumping around likea maniac, call the SAC office atx2463 and leave your name andphone number. The people wh oare chosen to be the mascot willbe announced at die Homecom-ing PepRally. When asked aboutthe mascot, Brian Marshall, said,"We just got the mascot last yearand it's a great way to promoteschool spirit I'm excited to see itback again this year."

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Tennis Team Squash,GannonBy Jessica StoutMerciad Columnist :*

The women's tennis team .continues their domination of area col-leges as they recorded their second win of the season, pushing Gannon9-0. Leading the way was sophomore Jessi Stout, with a whitewashingof her foe, 6-0,6-0. Freshman Cars Paglia stomped to a 6-1,6-1win.Other singles wins camefrom Lauren Diulus, Kim Hodgkiss-Lilly,Amy Smoulder,-and Carmel Dougherty. The doubles teams also !prevailed. Marina George and Jessi Stout earned their irstdoubles winof the season, 6-2,6-1. Assistant coach Raul Raymunds was there tolead the ladies to victory while head coach Ray Yost was with themen's team. Coach Raymunds was very pleased and excited with theall-out assault on Gannon. The team travels to M ichigan this weekendto play league powerhouse Ferris State and Grand V ally. The LadyLakers look forward to the competition that awaits them.Montesano Inspires LakersBy Scott VanceMerciad Sports Editor . .The Ladies soccer team played Wheeling Jesuit on Tuesday afternoon,and were victorious by a score line of1-0, to improve their overall recordto2-3. t... ' .' a&. J & i In the first half of the game Wheeling Jesuit exerted a lot of pressureon the Lakers, but the opposition had nothing to show for their efforts.The Hurst went into the dressing rooms at half time happy not to haveconceded a first-half goal. !,., .-.**The LakeTs improved their performance drastically in the secondhalf,and were by far the better team. Then, in the 62nd minute, it took a topclass strikefromMercyhurst's Angela'Montesano to give the team thelead they so richly deserved ., It was a goal M ontesano deserved as shewas by far the Lakers'best player. * *V '**'We were definitely the better team, it just took a little bit of time to getthat elusive goal," said Junior Nicki E sposito. 4 4 i -The Lakers face Northwood University this weekend/

Siemienski Leads LakersByKathy FraleyMerciad Sports Writer

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Dickerson Steals iThe ShowNicki EspositoMerciad Sports WriterThis past Sunday, the Mercy hurstmen's soccer team had another vie-tory depite, poor playing condi-tions. Their competitiors, DruryCollege,did not seem to pose muchof a threat after a stormingfirst enminutes of sheer domination bythe. Lakers. Mercy hurst freshmanforward, Rob Yurkovich, showedthe enthusiasm of young blood ashe started the Lakers off to a goodstart with thefirst wo goals.

The first of Yurkovich's goalswas scored only three minutes intothe game. Mercyhurst left back,Avery Jonas, sent a through ballinto thebox which the Drury goaliewas able to pick off. The goaliethen made a costly error and al-lowed the ball to get away fromhim.4 Many of the Lakers had al-ready turned their backs on theplay, when Yu rkovich came in w ithpace, placing the ball in the back ofthenet. ?Yurkovich sinext goal .wasstarted by mid-fielder Stuart Hoggwho slipped a great ball to senior,

Ian Dickerson. Dickerson then made the score 3-1 in Laker's fa-flawlessly crossed the ball forYurkovich 'sfirst ime finish.Mercyhurst Lakers seemed tofeh ave the game well under controlwhen the team's work leveldropped significantly. 1 "The lads^relaxed after the early goals, andthat a l lowed Drury to get back intothe game," said 'assistant coach,John Melody. '*_'After a penalty called on the Lak-u~ers, Drury had afreekick that justLmissed' the Lak er's w all.Mercyhurst keeper,^DarrenMurray, made an excellent deflec-tion , however, despite hisefforts aDrury forward was able to inishongoal without a challengingMercyhurst defender. This Drurygoal made die game 2-1 in favor ofMercyhurst at the haltOnce again, the Lakers were ableto put in a goal within the irst hreeminutes ofthe second half.CaptainJimmy Reen sent a perfect throughball to forward, Rob Yurkovich.Yurkovich drew 'a penalty-j inDrury's box after being taken down.Centerback,Glenn Francis, steppedup to take the kick and effortlessly

vor. Within the nextfiveminutes,Drury answered to Mercyhurst goalwith a pentalty shot of their ownafter defender Jimmy Reen wascalled for a foul.Drury continued to make a strongcomeback aga inst the Lakers whenthey put in their third goal off acorner. Drury found themselvesright back in the game, now tied 3-3. With ten minutes left in\ thesecond half, the Lakers' came outon top once again. The Lakers lastand winning goal was a brilliantdisplay of confidence on the ballwith senior Ian Dickerson dribblingthrough numerous Drury defendersfor thefinish.When asked what theLaker's attributed their success to,defender Avery Jonas echoed a longstanding team motto, "Becausewe're stronger!"The Mercyhurst Lakers continuetheir quest back to theNCAA FinalFour with two home games. Theyplay Ashland University on Octo-ber 2nd at 4 p.m. and LockhavenUniversity on* October 5th at 12p.m.

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Steve Siemienski leaves hiscompetitors in the distance ashe inishesfirst or the Hurst.

Continued fromP8 *Some of the longest existing ri-valries are played between smallerschools like Harvard against Yaleand Lafayette againstLehigh. Notonly have they been some of thelongest rivalries, they have beensome of the best rivalries. Myuncle used to teach at North Ala-bama and their arch enemy wasPittsburg State (located in Kan-sas) and that was more importantthan life to those fans, yWith all of the things that I justtalked about fresh in your mind,wouldn't it be neat to have this atour school. I know we wouldn'thave 107,000 fans at thefgamebutit would stil I be neat to have a littlesomething extra at our games. Ithink that with the new stadium,something should be done to m akethe games more than just games.Something to make it a specialevent for everyone involved.Something to make it the way thatcollege football should really be

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By Mike PattisonMerciad Sports WriterThe golf team continued itsseason at the Gannon Invitationalon September 9th but didn't faretoo well. On awet, windy day theteam staggered to an 11th placefinish out of 16 teams. ChadHoisek led the Laker contingentwith a if four over par 76. MikePattison came in with an 80, RichBurlctt 82, Tony Greidanus 86

and Curry Huskes shot 88. Theonly highlight o f the day was thatthe Hurst beat local rivalsGannon.Better rounds were to be instore for the Lakers however asthey made their way to the two-day St. Bonaventure Invitationalon Sunday and Monday. TheHurst arrived in Bradford, Pa.,on a Sunday under rainy, coldconditions but nonetheless teed itup and played well the first day.The team shot 324 on the long,wet Penn Hills course and found

itself' in the hunt beading intoMonday's final ground at theBartlett Country Club.Tied for sixth out of 13 teams tostart the day on Monday the La It-ers played some great golf andfinished in fourth spot aga inst theirDivision I opponents. Mercyhurstwas only three shots from s econdspot and finished the tournamentwith a two-day total of 324-312=636. The Lakers were led byfifth place medal list Mike Pattison

who had rounds of 79-75 for a154 total. Nextwas Curry Huskeswith a 79-81-160, Chad Hoisek84- 79-163, ICory Decoteau 82-82-164 and Tony Greidanus 88-77-165. "I think we can be fairlyhappy with a 4th place finishagainst Division I teams but w ecan't be content We probablycould have all played one shotbetter the last day and that wouldhave put us into second. It was agood learning experience and ateal'confident booster to know

that we have five guys who cantee it up against any team andwith a little luck win the tourna-ment I'm looking forward to play-ing at Slippery Rock to see if wecan improve on the 312 we shotMonday9 said Chad HoisekThe Lakers play nextThursday atSlippery Rock and then head toPine Acres Golf Club on Satur-day.

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Lakers Lose iDespite Three Pointf LeadBy Scott Vance and MaureenMcMahonMe re ad Sports Writers*The Lakers football team kickedoff against Brockport State in theirthird, in a effort to end their cur-

wrent losing streak. However, itwas not to be for the Hurst as theylost their third consecutive gameby a score 1 inc of 28 -17, despiteleading with-just over three min-utes left in the game.Brockport State took the gam eto the Lakers right rom heopen-ing whistle and scored on theiropening play with a 63 yard touch-down run to give the home sideand early 7-0 lead. Mercyhurstreduced the deficit to 7-3 after asuccessful field goal attempt byJunior* kicker Eric Wicks .Brockport increased their lead to14-3 with a threeyard touchdow npass after a short lived attack bythe Hurst A ftera tough offensivebattle between the two teams, thefirst quarter ended in favor ofBrockport 14-3 .J11 was at this point in the gamewhen Freshman Justin Gibsonrushed the ball on three individualoccasions for a total of 40 yards torekindle^ the 'Lakers offense.Gibson's injection into the gameseemed to ignite the team and onhis final rush he ran intoBrockport's end zonef for aMercyhurst touchdown."I'm pretty happy that the of-Poop

By T om "Poop** PorubskyA Saturday during the fallmeans a lot at most college cam-puses across the country. Foot-ball games on Saturdays are ofhuge importance at schools in alldivisions, not just thebig schools.College football brings somethingspecial to a school that makes thegame fun for everyone involved.Tradition, mascots, crazy fans,and rivalries all form together tomake college football more thanjust a ga me. Atsome places acrossour great country, college foot-ball is life.'1 really never thought about ituntil I watched thebig game be-tween Tennessee and Florida thispast weekend. In case you missedit, the game was played in themiddle of a rain storm. I knowyou I ook a t tba t a nd think to your-.se Ives "big deal, it was only rain!'There happened to be 107,000

people in the stands to cheer ontheir beloved team, most of themwearing orange ponchos (orangeis the same color as Tennessee'suniforms). All that you could secin the stadium was one big or-ange blob.And then you look and see tha tthe end zones were painted inorange and white checkers, Ithought that was something spe-cial. All of that fanfare and spirit|as pretty cool and it added an-other extra special dimension to

fensc scored for the first time,"said Gibson. The Lakers optedfor a two point conversion andwere successful as Golga foundTim Brediger alone in the endzone resul ting in a score of 14-11.With just over five minutes leftin the first half, the Hurst foundthemselves on the Brockport fiveyard line thanks to some success-ful rushing by Brian Hamlin, Jus-tin Everett, and Matt Golga. But,the Lakers failed to put the ball intheend zone. Throughout the lastthree ga mes the offense has reallystruggled to sco re when they havebeen inside the opposition's 10yard line ."If we can get it done, work theoffense and the defense, we wouldbe 3-0," said coach Joe Kimball.Therefore, the first halfended withBrockport up 14-11.With that ightingMercy hurstspirit, the Lakers once again foundthemselves in good field positionand called on Wicks for a 22-yardfield goal attempt which he suc-cessfully com pleted to tie the score14-14. $- ? f'The Hurst's defensive wallproved its strength, WhenBrockport failed to score afterhaving gon e 17* yards, and thescore remained unchanged. Withthe ball now in Golga's posses-sion, he threw two incompletepasses and the ball was turnedover to the opposition once again.On this occassion Brockportwas unable to mov e the ball and

WScoopthe game. Just imagine what theplayerswere thinking when theywalked out1 on to the field andsaw that incredible sight. This!happens all over the place, notjust in Tennessee.There is so much tradition andfan support at schools all over theplace. At Clemson, the footballteam goes through a ritual thathas been at the school since it wasstarted. It involves a team break-fast followed by a walk acrosscampus to the stadium. Beforethey enter the stadium, they alltouch a 'Rock'which is supposedto bring them good luck.Therockhasn't