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R u s s o t a k e s c h a r g e i n r e v a m p i n g t h e MBy Keith CoursonMerciadStaff Reporter

"Our basketball team is much betterthan it has ever been and we're going totry to encouragemore fans. I think that it

is important to have an attractive house,"said Director of Athletic, Pete Russo.Indeed, Mercyhurst's basketball homeis shining as Russo has led the chargetoward remodeling the Mercy hurst Ath-letic Center. "We're trying to dress it upI

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a bit and make it a little more e xciting,"he said enthusiastically. J"We've got three more scoreboards,courtesy of Pepsi," noted Russo. Adver-tisement panels are also located in prox-imity to the scoreboards and will be soldto potential buyers, adding a touch ofclass to the M .A.C. Other additions in-clude new shot clock s, carpeting, pa intedlogos and signs, and a new ticket booth.| i However, perhaps the most noticeabledifference to the face lift is the removalof the large overhang wall directly be-hind the player benches. "We took downthe wall and opened up the place," saidRusso. 'It now looks more spacious. Idid it primarily for visibility, but it is alsogood for the building's ventilation."

intramural assistantstands below the new scoreboard

The displacement of theold scoreboardsand clocks should save operators someunnecessary trouble during Laker con-tests. "The original boards were placedhere when the building opened in 1977," added Director of Athletic Mainte-

nance Dave Cherico,"As you've seen in several games thisseason, the clock has gone out severaltimes during the game. It was time forthem to b e replaced," he commented.The new locations of the scoreboards should also prove beneficial to the play-ers themselves. Since they are now lo -cated on the baselines of each end of thecourt, players will now have an easiertime singling them out when time iscounting down and the big game is ontheline. The four-sided counter at centercourt was also taken ou t

The renovations certainly have madethe athletic center an exciting arena totake in a ball game. The changes, as in abasketball game itself, have involved atotal team effor t "The new ticket counterwa s made by Bob Buettner and JoeKissof the maintenance department," notedCherico. "All things have been improve-ments tothe building, which were greatlyneeded."- ~ * w ^ . . . - . . .

GHEC(OUTFriday, January 29

Thefts increase with number of 'outsiders

7;30 p.m. Hockey hostsHobart!9 p.m. to 12 a.m.iRo-tunda Res tauran t .Winter Fonnal.fTicketscm sale in Student Union.Saturday, January 307:30 p.m. Hockey hostsElmira.Sunday, January 31

l1:3 0 p.m. Zurn RecitalHall. Music Conserva-tory Recital! Free Admis-sion.

By Joseph LeglerEditor in ChiefThefts that allegedly occurred over thelast two weekends have Bud Dever, di-rector of security, concerned about dienumber ofoutsiders requenting hecam-pus ori weekends."We are getting a cross section on thiscampus of a lot of outsiders; high schooltypes are trying to crash the parties andweare getting several students ro mothercolleges coming in and partying on ourcampus," said Dever. "Whenever thesekind of things start to occur, you tend tosee thefts like this occur."The thefts Dever is referring to oc-curred on the January 8-9 and January22-23 weekends.At some time over this past weekend,Dr. Jack Williams, director of chemis-try/physics department, had a portableSony am/frn CD stereo player and a disc-

man CD player with earphones removedfrom his office o n the thirdfloorof Zurn."He (Williams) believes the door to hisoffice was locked," said Dever. "If twa slocked then entry was made with a keysomehow."The m issing property has an estimated

value of $300.Dever said that they have entered.theserial number and make of the equip-ment with the Brie police and the NCIC(National Crime Information Center) inthe event that the merchandise may turnup elsewhere.The other theft that occurred over theJanuary 8-9 weekend involved a resi-dent of 4008 Briggs and a coat that shehas reported stolen ."A resident of that apartment allegesthat she had a black, full-length, suedeleather coat taken at some point over thenight," said Dever. There had been asmall group of friends at a party; at somepoint when the party broke up, the apart-ment was left unlocked for the period oftwo to three hours. She believes that atsome point during this time her coatwastaken." *

The only person left in the apartment atthe time the theft is said to have occurredwas in bed according to Dever. The otherresidents were out of the apartment, butthey left the door unlocked."There were other coats piled on thechair with this coat, but they were leftthere," Dever stated. "However, keyswere removed 'from the pockets and

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Should homosjxual people beallowed to serve in the military?By Jule GardnerMerciad News EditorEditor's Note: This column is designed to represent differentviewpoints of Mercyhurst, students about current, newsworthytopics. The opinions are obtained through a random telephone pollof on-campus numbers. (That means you should keep up on theissues because next week I might be talking to you.) - ;Bridget Murphy, freshman, Elementary Education;"Sure. The way you are shouldn't make a difference if you aredefending your country."Paula Burkhart, junior, Family Ecology:"Yes. I don't think personal sexual preference should mattes,Tha t's not what they're really there for."Jim Travarca , sophomore, undeclared:"Hell no because they don't belong. They will undermine theintegrity of out national security." tJefim Gattozzi, sophomore, Business Management:"If they're notout to look fresh o r cause problems it's O.K. Thereshouldn't be a lot of womanizers in the military bothering femaleseither." Tom Shine, freshman , Spo rt smedicine: '*.tj"I don 't care. If they want to die for their country, that'sfine. t' stheir prerogative."Katie Johnson, sophomore, Chemistry: /"I don 't think determining who is qualified to defend our countryshould be based on sexual preference. Ifanyone is wil ling to risk hisor her fife to defend our country, he or she should be given thechance,"Dan H andel, junior, History:

uI do n't know . There are a lot of questionable factors there."Jennifer Katona, junior, 1IRIM:

MNo . It seems they will bring about problems in the military.Gary W elgoss, sophomore, History:"No. It would cause toomany problems with housing and the pointof view of other soldiers. They would not be able to w ork withthem."Brian Parker, senior, HRIM:

u Sure, why not? They have theright ike anybody else.Nicole Donachy, j unior, Finance/CMIS"Yes. I don't think it makes a difference whether a person isheterosexual or homosexual. A lot of people think that they want tohave relationships in the military. If someone is not there to have arelationship with a female, a homosexual w ill not necessarily haveone with a male."

Sherree Pfechnkk, junior. Music EducationsuYeah, equal opportunity for everybodyWatty Gagric, junior, M arketing:"I disagree with it. If I'm in the military, I would not want to beshowering with a fag."P an Camm arata, senior, HRIM :"Sure. It doe sat matter what kind offeelings you have toward aperson as long as you can protect the US . It shouldn't matter if youare gay or lesbian, as long as you defend the country.". - &

* Jen Porak, freshman, Business:"Yes. There should not be discrimination.

Graduates seekin ment:Moore forsees bright futureBy Joseph LeglerEditor in Chief

In the Winter edition of the Col-legiate Trends newsletter, a re-port indicated that 1993 repre-sents the fourth consecutive an-nual decline in hiring intentionsof college graduates among em-ployers. However, the drop a lsorepresents the lowest rate of de-cline in the last 12 years.Tyrone Moore, director of ca-reer services, cooperative educa-tion and internship programs,thinks that this will shrink evenmore over the next few years."I think that the economy hasreached a point where it is goingto really boom within the next sixto nine months," said Moore.'That along with a number ofcorporate entities, who"'I thinkhave been on the ('bubble' forquite some time regarding expan-sion, growth, and development,is going to all combine into somepositive things for prospectivecollege graduates."horn the perspective of campusrecruiters, the report indicatedthatthe most serious problem s facingrecruiters are limited numbers ofminority and female candidates,unrealistic expectations of gradu-ating students and a lack of ca-reer-related work experience evi-

denced by job applicants.In regards to recruiting, Moorestated that his office does every-thing humanly possible to assistgraduates finding work throughon-campus recruiters, jo b fairs/career expos, alumni job listingnewsletters, and a Career Servicenewsletter.He pointed out two specific out-of-town events that have helpedand may help students this year:1) the PNC Career Expo held thispast January 5 in Pittsburgh and2) the Pittsburgh EducationalRecruiting Consortium to be heldon Wednesday, March 17.He called these off-campus jobexpos extremely beneficial to allmajors, but especially to majorson our campus where we mayhave only five or ten graduates."If we have only a handful ofgraduates inany given major, thatmakes it cost prohibitive for acompany to want to come toMercyhurst College and recruitthat few students," Moore said."Sowe try to avail these variousopportunities to those students."The report added that job av ail-ability is somewhat better in thesoutheast and north central re-gions and more competitive inthe southwest, south central,northeast and north west regions.Moore believes that it is stron-ger in Southeast ana southwestregions because of the low cost of

living. However, he doesn't be-lieve that there is a worse areaanywhere. "There are appropri-ate positions available for indi-viduals everywhere," he said."They mustbe wil 1 ing and able tobe geographically m obile tomoveto the areas of the country thathave a significant need for theirkind of credentials."The study reported that employ-ers continue to be very selectiveabout new hires and some em-ployers will not consider an ap-plicant with less than a 3.0 GPA."The GPA of a student is cer-tainly a factor for a number ofcompanies," Moore said. "How-

ever they will rate o ut, as beingfar more important, the level ofrelated and/or interrelated expe-riences that a person would havewithin their field of study."He added that "I strongly urgestudents to be involved in as manydiverse experiences related to theirmajor as humanly possible."Moore encourages graduates tostay in close contact with his of-fice."Any student, in any major...itmatters not; if they are interestedin 'impacting' any organizationthroughout the country...all theyneed to do is make an appoint-ment with myself and we willbegin that process of personaliz-ing their career search," Mooreconcluded. ~ '*

Celtic Progra m on Sunday nights' from 6 to 8 p.m. Those interestedare asked to contact Mr.Leiseringat ext. 2264. IThe Honor Society is now sell-ing PAAL alarms, or persona 1attack alarms for their secondfundraiser. They are water-resis-

tant and can be purchased for $28from Preston 124. For further de-tails, contact Shirley Williams orSherrie Mishrell at ext 2266.

a.m. to 1 p.m. at the parish hall,located at 520 East 13 street Themenu will consist of ham, sau-sage, chipped beef, eggs, homefries, fruit cup, breads and past-ries, juice and coffee. The cost is

$5foradults, $2.50 for children 6through 12, and kids under 6 eatforfree.Therewill also bea "soupsale with homemade duck-soupand vegetable soup available fortake-out

The Erie Area Fund for the Artsis sponsoring an arts in educationworkshop on Saturday, January30 from 9 a.m. to noon at ZurnHall, Villa Maria Campus in Erie.The Arts Fund is creating a direc-tory of individual artists and artsorganizations that can providecurriculum-related programs.forgrades K-12 at schools in Erie,Crawford and Warren counties.For more information and regis-tration, call the Arts Fund officeat 452-3427. *A change in doctor's hours hasbeen made in the Health Office.Dr.David Kruszewski will be fill-ing in for Dr. Cohen who will beaway for eight weeks. Those whoneed to see the doctor may do soon Monday mornings from 9 to10 a.m. In the Health Office.Hie Saint Stanislaus Mom'sclub will be sponsoring a Sundaybrunch on February 7from8:30

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"' l * " * * " * * * * * * " " * * * " * * " * * * " * * * ** " l * " " * * * * " " * * * * " " " " * " * * * * * * * - ** * " " " - * " " " " * " * " * * " " * * * * * * *Sm ith attacks campus counselingDear Editor,I would like to take some timeto comment on our counselingprogram !here at Mercyworld.They have made some changessince last year and they've beengood changes. They have an ac-tual counseling department nowand you can actually find themwhich was next to impossible lastyear.However, there are still a fewthings tha t need to be worked ou tFor example, there's only onecounselor and one psychologist,neither of which is full time. Be-cause of this, it can take up to amonth before some people areable to see a counselor. Does any-one here see a potential problemwith this? I always thought thatthis kind of perceptual blindnesswas typical of most colleges. Ifound out differently over break.Most institutes of higher learn-ing, including Gannon and PermState Behrend, have at least Gvecounselors. I 'in sorry, gang, buttwo isn't even close to equalingAve.Of course, getting into the pro-gram is half the problem. Thencomes the exciting challenge oftrying to schedule appointments.I personally had a nice little gapof a bit over two months betweenmy last two appointments. That'sridiculous. If I'd gone in to See

them about something relatively tration with a semi-au tomat icminor, that would be ignorant butif you take into consideration thatI had a rather major problem, it'sjust asinine.How would the administrationhere explain'to the parents of astudent who had just Committedsuicide why there wasn't coun-seling available to their'child?"Well, she/he looked fine so wethought she/he-was fine." Thathonestly seems to me what theadministrators here really think."No, none of our*students haveany problems. This is

weapon from the -roof of OldMain? Wake up guys!As'I see it, there are severalthings they could do to better theprogram. F irst, they could increasethe hours of current staff. Second,hire, a few more people. Finally,how about setting up a peercoun-seling program? You could trysetting something up through thePsychology department. It wouldbe wonderful experience for thestudents going into Clinical andCounseling Psychology.Speaking now as a psyche maj orand future Clinical Psychologistas opposed to a frustrated andrather irate cou nselee , I'dbe veryinterested b eing a peer counselor! and I know of several other stu-Sharon D . S m it h dents that would also be inter-ested. These could be set up as

"As I see it, there are sev-eral things they could do tobetter the program."work study positions or as volun-teers and would require some formof training. You've taken the first

Mercyworld, where nothing badever happens to anyone. Look atour students. See how fine andnormal they all look. If every-thing looks fine then it must beOne." 'L^ \Yeah, tell that to the girls whowere allegedly raped1 last term.What's it going to take before thepeople who run this place wakeup and realizeJthat appearanceisn't everything (oranything, for jthat matter)? One of the studentsgoing ballistic9and picking off . . _.random members of the a dm inis- Sharon D. Smith

couple steps; now prove you canrun the mile. Until then, I'm surethat myself and the rest of thestudents who pay far too muchmoney to go here really appreci-ate feeling that the administratorsthink it's far more important tobuy more flowers than secure ourmental health.

Taylor advocates for responsible fraternityDear Editor,

I just finished reading an articlein the January 21 issue entitled"Vegetable Kingdom" whichshows exactly what can be donewhen a reporter is not informedwell enough to write an accuratearticle. The subject of this par-ticular article is the sillin ess, andpotential damage, that follows afraternity.'Although the statements madeare true in a large number ofGreekfratern ities, there are also a lotwho are decent, hard workinggroups who place service andeducation above social activities.Among these are the Alpha Phi

Omega national service fraternity,which currently has over 250,000brothers, and the Gamma SigmaSigma sorority.M graduated rom Mercyhurst in1991 and went to Edinboro Uni-versity for my master's degree. Iknew no one until I met a coupleof A-Phi-O brothers. Within aweek, the men and women I methad become my brothers and Ihad 70 more just like them. W eworked together to raise moneyforthe Edinboro FireDepartment,the Red Cross and The SecondHarvest Food Bank. Wehad studytables three times a week to helpmaintain our GPA and I couldcall any one of my brothers if IThe Merciad

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Joseph Legkr Editor in ChiefJule Gardner New* EditorA u e McNeils 7: AdkE/Featuru EditorCraig Ry bczyn ski Sports Editor

John Danknleh Asst. Sports EditorMichelle Ryan I Copy EditorY vonnc Maher Advertising ManagerTimothy Morfaity Faculty AdvisorMerciad Staff

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Mary MedureErin HauberTonie BolanDavid KosobuckiBeth NicholsDavid Rumsey iSteph SzaboStephanie Wainright Karen Trapolsi

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Tate DavidsonEliz a beth JobnsonKeith CoursonJa y KennedyHeather RyanSuzanne ConcglioTiffanie WilliamsJay Fitch pa trickMerdad is the student-produced newspaperot Mercyhurst College, Box 161,501 E. 38th St., Erie, Pa., 16546" Phone 824-2376

The Merciad welcomes letters to the editor.fr nJw.y tt l ihf4dbVA t Merda ds editorial opinion Is determined oy we tMiionaiDoaru w w i nEditor holding final responsibility. The opinions expressed in The Merciad are* nM Mur ii v those of The M erd ad, its staff or Mercyhurst College.

needed any help wjth anything.There ? is a fraternity atMercyhurst College; it is a peti-tioning group offAlpha PhiOmega. With all their hard workin working to earn their charterthey d o not need to be judged byprejudicial statements made inThe M erciad. They are nota bunchof drunken, stoned, stupid sem i-students that you might see as afraternity in movies like AnimalHouse. They are sportsmedicinemajors, education majors anddaneers.They are also the 15 peoplewho raised $245 to help feed thehungry. They are the ones whoworked as Hairy Carrys andmoved the freshmen into thedorms. They are also the oneswho spent a rainy, cold Saturdayafternoon working at a recyclingcenter. In other words, normaland decent Hurst students.Saying that fraternities are allthe same is like saying all Hurststudents are snobs. I know for afact that neither statement is true.There are a lot of riendlypeopleat Mercyhurst and there are fra -ternities who actually care aboutother things than w here their nextbeer is coming from . I sincerelyhope that your writers will thinkseriously before they make gen-eralizing statements in the future.Sincerely yours,Robi Taylor '91(

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w h a i t e v e n By Joseph LeglerEditor in ChiefAbortion is the killing of a hu-man life. There is roughly oneand a half million of these 'kill-ings per year takingplace. Therehave been at least 27 million ofthese 'killings' since the Roevs .Wade Supreme Court ruling in1973. \* * *>' !/President Clinton has said thatt ^^^__^^^__^____^^^he will signithe Freedom, of Choice Act (FOCA) if congress

approves it This bill, as introduced in Congress in 1992, says that"a state may n ot restrictthe right of a woman to choose to terminatea pregnancy 1) before fetal viability; or 2) at any time, if suchtermination is necessary to protect the life or health of the woman."Its only qualification was that states may "impose requirementsmedically necessary to protect the life orhealth of women ."This bill, if passed and signed, would basically get rid of informedconsent, a waiting period and parental notification When a minorseeks an abortion.*This b ill, if passed and signe d, would permit abortion at any timeduring pregnancy for the sake of the woman's health, includingmental health.1 ! ^ ^This bill, if passed and signed, would virtually legalize abortion ondemand, even into the ninth month of pregnancy.This b ill, if passed and signed, demonstrates the lackof morals thatpeople have in regards to the p rotection of anunborn life . *This bill, if passed and signed, will enable every third childconceived in the United States to die because the U.S. governmentallowed them to be a "choice." X*This bill, if passed and signed, will stop millions ofbeating hearts.This bill, if passed and signed, will allow useof your tax dollars topay for abortions.This bill, if passed and signed, willrequire states to allow abortioneven as a method of birth control.I could go on and on with the atrocities that this bill will provide,but I don't want to sicken you with anything extremely offensiveregarding tiny mutilated bod ies.I believe that human life starts at conception.During the third week of pregnancy the body and head of the childcan be distinguished. The heart begins to pulsate at this time too.Around day 28, eye lenses begin to appear.By the sixthweek, the components ofthe upper jaw are prominent;the formation of limbs, hands, and feet are evident By the end of the eighth week , the major external features (ears,eyes, mouth, upper and lower limbs, fingers, toes) are formed andthe major organ systems have been established. > *What does it take to be considered a human life? Do these peopleadvocating for abortion on demand believe that a human 1 ifc isn 't sountil it is actually birthed? If this is the case, then I guess you canrightfully say that it is OK to carve up a fetus at nine months duringthe labor period because it hasn't been born y et tI've heard several arguments; here are two: 1) "lean do what Iwant!It's my body, notyour body. ?maybeyou should have heldmore responsibility with your body before you'ilet yourself getpregnant and you wouldn't be in this position. You couldn't havethat life in your body without man's fertilization, s o it's part o f ustoo. We should have some input into the decision process. 2) "Whyshould I bring a child into the world if it's not going to be wantedby anyone." There are a countless number of people out there whowould love t o adopt a baby.I would like to point out tha 11would condone abortion in the eventof rape or incest, but I would not condone it for anything else.

I think that a man should always stand by a woman who is goingto have a child. So many women ha ve abortions because men decideto 'up and leave' when they hear the news. Men should realize theirresponsibility if they impregnate a woman. How ever, women shouldnot automatically go out and have an abortion ifa man leaves. Theypartook in a sexual act with their mate and they knew that they stoodthe chance of getting pregnant If they get pregnant, they should atleast do the moral and responsible thing...have the baby. Don't killthis unborn life.Abortion is a sin. Abortion should be stopped. &Fight the Freedom of Choice Act...contact your legislators todayand voice your objections. ^

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By Jule GardnerMerciad News EditorTh e Merciad sucks now that we see what the Freedom Zone canThis is a phrase I overheaid at a party. I chose to ignore it at the timesince it wasnot directed atme and. despite popular opinion. I amnot

a nim-nose propagandist whose only goal in life is to get the scoop.From previous conversa tion, I arrived at the conclusion that the boydidn't possess gray matter, anyway, and his remark didn't reallyaffect me.So now I hear similar accusations frequently; and this time, peopleare usually in my face about i t It's as if I have the infinite pow er tochange the college newspaper into a student government, semi-underground publication. Here's a big due: The Merciad is astudent newspaper with new s, sports, features, photographs and,yes, some opinion. The Freedom Zone is 16 pages of pure opinion.Did you catch the difference?If it were up to me, I would transform the Merciad content to 90percent opinion. However, it is not up to me, this would get me into-considerably more trouble and the Merciad would notbe considereda credible college paper. Besides , such a transformation would befutile because the Freedom Zone already does afine ob of this.Yes, I like to read the Freedom Zone as much as the next person.I am not its enemy inany sense. I also think opinion is a hell of a lotmore interesting than, say, reforms of student evaluation surveys.Yet, both media serve a useful purpose onthis campus. Theyexpressdifferent aspectsof this institution and, being unequivalent, shouldnot be viewed as in competition with one another.

One aspect., that I have already mentioned, in which these publi-cations are somewhat alike is opinion. Each publication expressesindividual view s about the worlds inside and outside of the gates.For example, this is some of my opinion: the more people whopublish what ison their minds, the better it is forevery mentally alivestudent attending this college. The more forums for debate thatexist, the more opportunity for minds to be expressed.If you don't like a view expressed in either paper,respond*Saywhat you want. It doesn't really matter which medium you use.That's a simple idea, but this fabricated competition has compli-cated the message. Maybe you don't like an opinion expressed intheMerciad just because you think the Merciad is not a comparablestudent voice. Maybe you don't like an opinion expressed in theFreedom Zone just because you voted for George Bush and thatpaper is just too darn liberal. This is asinine.To me, the dangers of this idiotic contest are clear. It seems wewould ratherfighteach other than fight for what should be ours: thetruth and fairness we are entitled to aathe paying components of thiscollege. It seems some would rather stretch out some competitionbecause it is easier than stretching out the wool that is being pulledover our eyes everyday. Two papers that speakout in their ownwayare not opposing forces and this is not a war.I've expressed many times that I value the Freedom Zone. But Ilive in t he real world, too. I need to learn what it is to applyjournalistic standards because it is quite probable that when I leavethis ha 11 owed ground, I will not be writing opinion on the injusticesof my world. If I'm lucky, I might get to write about traffic rep ort s.The point is that right now is a crucial time in our lives. We all havethe opportunity to express the way we feel. That should be the mostimportant factor o f both media, not which one "sucks" and whichone is better. I believe people should think about the true purpose ofexpression before they open their mouths in unnecessary compari-son and criticism.

I spend enough of my free time and keyboard action trying to ripaspects of this school apartHowever, I feel that I should not neglectone of the most positive and unique elements of Mercyhurst. I amreferring to Academic Celebration. Many students take this event solightly ("Academic Inebriation**) when Wt should see what anextraordinary opportunity these seminars present. I know of noother college that goes to such d istances to enlighten its students andthe community at large. For those of you who could not And thestamina to crawl out of bed, you missed Mcrcyhurst's highlyaccurate version of a ChiUuqua: people coming together to sharetheir knowledge in open forums. No pressure. No grades. I t's calledrea l education and I commend Mercyhurst for going where othercolleges dare not tread*

Moriarty feels impact of suicideDear Editor.

The paper began, innocentlyenougha student writing aboutcommunication skills he/she hadlearned in a human communica-tion class. It read like so manyprevious papers.But then, page three hitme flush,similar to an unseen elbow in apickup basketball game. Unex-pected. Certainly attention-get-ting.

The student's paper read, "LastMonday I attempted suicide. Itook an overdos eof sleeping pills.Since then, I've been hallucinat-

my office several hours after theclass to drop off the paper. As ismy policy, papers turned in last the following information to helpLee Shuster, a professor of so-cial work at Mercyh urst, shares

U i n g . . . ^ ^I was stunned. For the third timein less than a year, a student had

revealed to me his/her intentionsto commit suicide. I made severalhurried phone calls to college of-ficials. A counselor trained incrisis resolution suggested that Imake the initial contact with thestudent since h e/she had initiallydisclosed the attempted suicide tome."My life is so messed up," thestudent disclosed over the tele-phone. "Money problems. Fam-ily problems. Big problems in arelationship."i'No health' insuranceno re-sources, the student said, to reachout and get assistance. Nowhereand no on e to turn to.Arrangements were made for thestudent to receive counselingthrough the Office of Counsel-ling Services, secondfloorMain,phone 2555. *Today the student says his/herlife "has turned around." Thestudent was lavish in praise ofBob Hvezda of Counselling."He's such a great listener andso compassionate."This incident has a happy end-ing. But it easily could have hada different ending. The studenthad not been in class to submit apaper. The student showed up at

are the "last" to be graded. Iplaced the paper at the bottom ofa stack of papers. I remembertelling myself that it would takethe better part of a week to gradethe papers.I grabbed a dozen or so papersto take home that afternoon. Ilocked the office doorand thenhesitated. I re-entered my office,grabbed that student's paper atthe bottom of the stack, placed iton top of the dozen or so papers Ihad and lef t After several er-rands, I arrived home two hourslater and went to my study tobegin grading several o f the pa-pers.Guess whose paper was on top??Was it fate? Luck? The hand ofGod? *I believe "the hand of God."I' m not about to present the d i f-ferent sides of he suicide discus-sion. Clearly this studentwas ina state of high anxiety and duressand reached ou tIn my human communciationsclasses, students write papers inwhich they relate class terminol-ogy to their real-life experiences.I amAdeeply moved by the per-sonal struggles so many studentsencounter: from alcoholaddicitions, pregnancies, anxiety,depression, abusive parents andsuicidal thoughts or attempts. Ina typical class of40 students, abouthalf will self disclose a vast arrayof personal struggles . -

you become more aware of riskfactors for suicide among yourroommates, friends or loved ones.*Someone might be consideringsuicide if he or she frequentlywrite and talk about death or dy-ing; | j3Suicidal people often give awayprized possessions such as jew-elry, music collections or cloth-ing; ' h v jiidThey;may write a suicide or"goodbye" note well in advanceof a planned suicide attemptDon't "blow them off;" take

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such signals very seriously andget them immediate help, even atthe risk of alienating them. Calltheir relatives. Call someone oncampus: Counselling Services, apriest, nun, professor or staff.

, Suicide is the second leadingcause ofdeath among college stu-dents. Those who give signs ofcontemplating suicide will oftenfollow through with an attempt,according to experts.I'm thankful that I've been in aposition to h elp. With finals ap-proaching, perhaps you too canbe more aware and sensitive tothe needs of someone who reachesout to sav. HELP ME!

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Shoe GazingBy David McQuillenMerciadStaff Columnist

I was sitting next to a couplefrom Puerto Rico who werebusygurgling at their newborn baby.They were gurgl ing and cooingin Spanish and it occurred to methatbaby gurgle in any languagesounds the same. So, I cooed tothe baby .in English and it musthave understood me. It spit up.Tired of the baby, I thought of gurgling in English to the parentsto see if they could understand me, since they spoke Spanish gurgleso well. As I was about to introducemyself, though, the plane beganto descend and the "Fasten Seatbelts" light came on*

rI've always thought that one of the coolest things aboutflying sbeing above the clouds. You know that the earth is below, eventhough you can't see it; and you know that you are as close to outerspace as you are going to get unless you get that space shuttleinvitation that you 're waiting for. >Up above the clouds, everything seems calm. Especially on a daylike today, when the clouds are thick enough to walk on and theycover the ground like a heavy blanket, so heavy that you can't seeanything bu t white below and sunshine and blue sky above. Yeah.And although the captain said it was cold and snowing heavily downthere in Ph iladelphia, it was sunny and warm out my win dow .!Fastening my seat belt, I left my chair in the reclining position justto see if the stewardess would notice and throw a fit. My littleattempt at rebellion. A s usual, the stewardess came by and insistedthat I put my chair in the upright pos ition. Hmmph.,.. _,Gradually, the plane came down from the atmosphere and theview from my window faded to nothing but smoky wh ite stuff as weflew into and through the fluff. When we broke below the cloudsthere wa s a problem. The planet was gon e.

Whoa, It just wasn't there. The w hole thing. Gone. Therewas noplace to land. I, and I suppose everyone else on the plane, had takenit for granted. It had always been there for us. Sure, we abused itevery once in a while, butwe never thought it would leave! So therewe were, floating around in the space the planet used to occupy andsurrounded by the clouds that acted as if nothing wa s happeningEventually, the frustrated captain noted his fuel gauge and decidedthat maybe we should head for the moon. Popular opinion on the

plane, however, held that we should just stay put and see if Earthcomes back."You don't understand," 1 said. "It's gone. We took it for grantedand i t'sgone. Toolate guys!" With that, everyone bega n fighting forthe little bottles ofsauvignon blanc and the few remaining servingsof chicken cordon bleu on the stewardess cart. I sunk in m y chair andtffbught ofthe things I had taken for granted. Wow.My family. Friends. My roommates. Food (although not the foodin my apartment..that food w as precious and well hidden from thehands of my roommates). All the good times and adventures that Iwas having and which I thought would never end. Everything thatI felt secure about Everything which I felt would always be therewas gone. Including you. *So here it is. I'm trapped on a plane with 100 other people who arefighting to get into the bathroom. I've learned my lesson. I won'ttake any of them for granted. But you're still on Earth, wherever itis. So, d o me two favors. Favor one: Look around you and reallyenjoy what you're doing, really notice;;the people around you.Things m ay be different tomorrow. Favor two: Don't get on air-planes until you've taken care of favor one.

0A , I know this is supposed to be a music review column, but tabe honest;/didn't get any new albums this week and I thought I'dtry something a little different. Next column: A friend oaned me thenew 10,000 Maniacs disc so HI talk about oVNatalie Merchant'slatest effort and I'll let you know how the Ned's Atomic Dustbinconcert in Cleveland was. ^ ^

Competition encourages hidden talentBy Tate DavidsonMerciad StaffReporter

To encourage die growth of thearts, for the past-three yearsMercy hurst has hosted the annual"Scholarship Art Awards" com-petition. The ceremony featuresartwork from students at severalhigh schoo ls in E rie and Warrencounties as well as fromCattaraugus, Chatauqua and Eriecounties in New York state.This year, 438 works were re-ceived and 150 of them were se-lected for exhibition. Currently,theshow resides in the CummingsGallery an the Hammermill Li-brary here on campus.Categories of work range fromdrawing to photography. A teamof three jurors helped choose thewinners; Dr. Jerry Lindquist ofSUNY at Fredonia, Lee Rexrodeof Edinboro University and SaraBauer-Michalak.Tom Hubert the exhibition co-

ordinator of the Gold Key Cer-emony,understands there "a renotmany opportunities for studentsto show their art work and begiven recognition for their extratime and efforts." This competi-tion provides that opportunity.Students in grades seventhrough twe lve were consideredfor several awards; including theSilver Key Award, which desig-nates regional winners, tWorkschosen to compete inthe NationalScholastic Art Awards Competi-tion in New York City receiveThe Gold Key Award. Five par-ticipants receive the HallmarkHonor prize for best in show ofthe painting, drawing and mixedmed ia categories.The President'soffice of Mercyhurst selects onework forthe Presidential Awardthis winner gets $100. Each ofthese works is marked with a la-bel designating its award.This competition is very impor-tant tohigh school students. Since

artistic talents are often not moti-vated by their environment, thescholastics ceremony is a highgoal to reach for promoting somepowerful art 'This is the onlyregional exhibition available tothe students in the five counties,"said HubertOn Saturday, Jan. 23, winnersvisited Mercyhurst to accept theirawards and enjoy a receptionwhile viewing other students'works. This' process encouragesthe future in overall education aswell as art; many students jour-neyed through ourartdepartmentafter the show, possibly survey-ing their future.To promote the arts in theMercyhurst Community, I haveleft out the winners' names aswell as descriptions of any spe-cific works. In turn, visiting theshow in the gallery i s a necessityfor anyone even mildly interested.Please view this inspiring exhibi-tion.

Operalprovides tips for revengeBy Erin HauberMerciad StaffReporter

Is it possible that a person ourage could relate to an opera? Thisweekend you'll have threechances to find out*40n Thursday, Friday and Satur-day, Jan. 28, 29, and 30,. theD'Angelo Opera^ theater willproudly present Die Fledennas(The Bat) by Johann Strauss.

The D'Angelo School of Musicand the Mercyhurst Dance De-partment have joined togethersince September to produce this"high quality" opera, SamRotman, director of the D'AngeloSchool of Music, said.Die Fledennas is a humorousopera that takes pla ce near Viennain 1850. It's about a man namedGabriel Von Eisenstein, playedby Steven Stull, who plays a jokeon h is friend, Dr. Fa Ike. Further-

more, Dr.Falke, played by DavidPeMetier, plans an elaboratescheme of revenge to get hisEisenstein back. It's definitely anexperience everyone can relate

to.The cast of characters rangingfrom Mercyhurst graduates andstudents to faculty members andthe amount of tim e put into thisproduction is incredible.According to Rotman, "There'sa great sense of pride to have allstudentsfromMercyhurst exceptone great artist"jOverall, Rotman is ju st over-whelmed with the entire produc-tion of Die Fledennas and is ex-tremely proud of everyone whohas made the opera success.So make your plans now to gosee Die F ledenn as in the LittleTheater in Weber Hall. Each per-formance is at 8 p.m.Who knows? The opera mayinspire a great idea to get revengeon that certain friend hat playeda joke on you.

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F r i e n d s h i p s u r v i v e s d e s p i t e m i l e s o f s e p a r a t i o nBy Anne L. McNelisA&E and Features Editor

Remember high school? Re-member how much best friendsrelied on one another to cope withall the troubles of life, no matterhow trivial they were? Imaginedealing with all those events with-out your best friend, who 's half aworld away.That's exactly what freshmenTonie Bolan and Staci Loughranhad to do. The two met whenBolan transferred to Loughran'shigh school in Buffalo, NY fromLouisiana during their freshmanyear. Loughran said of Bolan,"She was in a couple of my classesand within the irstcouple weeks,we became best friends.''

was in Germ any... it was too hardfor her to say good-bye in per-son," said Loughran. BecauseBolan's father is in the Army, herfamily of four has had to moveseveral times throughout her life.The move from New York toHanau, Germany wasjust anotherin a long series of moves. Bolansaid, "I feel like I'm always pack-ing and moving..."For the next three years, Bolanand Loughran kept in touchthrough weekly letters. In theirjunior year of high school,Loughran visited Bolan in Ger-many. Loughran said, 'It was thebest experience o f my life...I re-member running to her in the air-port"

After Loughran's return to theUnited States, they continued to

Tonie Bolan (left) and Staci LoughranOne day, shortly a,fter Bolan's 1 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^arrival, she didn't show upjw keep in touch, but not as frequenayas in the past They were bothbusy with the rush of senior year;trying to make college decisionsand preparing for graduation.^Loughran decided to attendMercy hurst in October of 1991,but Bolan still wasn't sure what

class. Loughran, who Bolan calls"a worrywart," went to theprincipal's office to see if anyonethere knew where Bolan was. Noone did."A couple weeks later, I got aletter from her saying that she

she was going to do, even in June1992. She had been accepted toseveral schools in America, butnone really appealed to her so shebegan to plan on going to Schoolin Germany. Then, three daysbefore gradu at ion, the a ccepta neeBolan had hoped for arrived.A few weeks later, in early July,

Depressed f ind comfort zoneBy Nick Krayger -Merciad StaffReporter

Do you oftenfindyourself star-ing blankly at the wall ? Lettingyour homework pile up? Scream-ing at your roommate(s) fbr noreason? Eating while you're nothungry? Sleeping when*you'renot tired? Drinking when you'rereally not in themoodfor t?fit could be that you feel likethere's no light at the end of thetunnel and you feel like you'regoing to be in school forever?Maybe you're a senior this year;you're * about to graduateandalthough you're ready to moveonyoufindyour roots are stuckin the "mud" of this here"Mercyworld." Allof these thingscan be classified asdifferent formsof depression, and just becauseyou may be feeling one of themdoes notmean that you are apsycho... it just means you arejust like every other college stu-dentAs co llege students, we're go-ing through lots of changes Q

know what you're thinkingtellme something we don't alreadyknow!) OK, I will. Many of thechangeschemical, emotional,psychological and educationalare perfectly natural, and gener-ally non-problems tic in usual situ-ations. But when we dwell onthese problems and become de-pressed they become issues thatneed to be dealt with.For examplelet's say you'rean upperclassmanand you'vebeen here at Mercy hurst for a fewyears. The party scene is okay,but after awh ile, you want some-thing moreyou're tired of go-ing to the Same parties with thesame people doing the samethings; yet you' re drawn to thesesame "social gatherings" every

weekend. Youmay question your-selfwhy do I do this? Am Idrinking too much? Should I stopaltogether? The m ore you thinkabout it, the more depressed youget, and the more you worry. **jOr maybe you are having prob-lemswith the stress of your classesand you're afraid of failure.

Maybe your boyfriend/girlfriendseems to have lost interest in you,and it upsets you because youthought this was "it". All o f thesethings could cause depression, andthey all could be dealt with ratio-nally once you* take control ofthem. No matter what the prob-lembig or smallsomeone hasbeen mere before and can helpyou.Talk to you're friendswith-out totally exposing yourselfand see if they are dealing withsome of the same feelings. If youdon't want to talk to your friendsor feel that the problem is toooverwhelming, go to the CampusCounseling Center in Ol d Ma inor contact Bob Hvezda, directorof the counseling center, at ex-tension 2555. He could have afew useful suggestionsforyou.

Whatever you have to do,takecontrol o f the situation, but don'tlet depression eat away at you.Once you open up, you'll be sur-prised how many people feel thesame way!

MSG drives students to drinkKaren TrapolsiMerciad StaffReporterAs of Friday, Jan. 8, shuttleshave been departing on Fridays

from campus and heading down-town to the plethora of bars forthe drink happy hour provides.The idea came about to insure adesignated driver is involved indrinking situations. When Stu-dent Government approachedadministration, Gary Brownagreed this was a good idea forthe students provided the driver isresponsible and in fact designated.He is concerned about the waythe college looks having a school

van parked outside a bar, how-ever, that is not his main concern.He hopes the students will ap-preciate the-"safe ride" and actresponsible keeping In mind theyare examples of Mercyhurst Col-

lege and they do represent theinstitution.Speaking from experience,these past four and one half yearsof college have been most memo-rable. What I am saying is.. Ourcollege years are supposedly thebest years of our lives. Allowyourself to enjoy them by beingsafe, by being smart about drink-ing. Decide to be driven by adesignated driver; you will havemore of a chance of going putwith your friends for another goodtime.Memories are what collegeyears are made of, allow yourselfas many as possible!

Loughran received "a wonderfulcard" from Bolan'saying she[Bolan]Tiad been accepted toMercyhurst and asking Loughranif she wanted to room with Bolan.It is now almost impossible tofind one of them on campus with-out the other.

filled with evidence of their com-mon interests, one of which ishockey. Bolan had never seen ahockey gam e until this year,butisnow one of the Lakers' biggestfans.Loughran said the first gamewas fun forher because shehad toexplain everything to Bolan. "Iwas clueless,9' Bolan said. "Staciexpla in e d everything to me. I wasin awe."^Loughran even had toteach Bolan'how to pronounceSaskatchewan.They said that even though theylike to go out together and have agood time, they don't have to bedoing anything in .particular tohave a good time. They find funin just about everything they dotogether.'

Even though they may not se eeye to ey e on everything, there isalways some thing that holds themtogether.Loughran said, "We've had somuch fun together [this year]. Iguess I'm really lucky but I'mscared to find outwhere she'll beTheir room in B aldwin Hall is next

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The Cheap SeatsBy John DanknichMerciadAsst. Sports Editor

Changes, they are a com in'.In just the past week, both theNHL and Major League Base-ball have come up with propos-als for divisional realignmentHow will,,.these proposedchanges affect each sport? Willthe effect be good or bad? Howlong will it be before they hap-1pen? All of these are valid question s that bear answering.With the addition of the Florida M a rl ins and the Colorado Rockiesthis coming season, the number of Major League baseball teamsincreases to 28. Under the "three-division proposal," each leaguewould divide its teams into an Eastern, Central and Western Divi-sion with five teams in the former two and four in the latter.The major point of having three divisions is to add an extra tier andtwo extra teams to the playoffs. Under this system, the three d i vis ionchampions along with a wild-card team would make it to the postseason. The wild card team would be the club with the best record!who did not w in its division. The first round playoff games wouldbe the best of Gve with the championships and World Seriesremaining the best of seven.It's very obvious that the real reason this has been proposed isbecause of money. More playoff games means more TV exposureand more mone y. Teams need all the money they can get with theever-escalating player salaries.However, the fans will also benefit from realignment D ivisionsare usually decided by S eptember. Fan interest would be sustainedthroughout the final month if teams were vying for the wild cardspot It's very possible that a second place team could even win theWorld Series. t >One other thing that might interest you is that baseball is alsoconsidering interleague play - as many-as 48 games. While thismight detract slightly from the World Series, I think the excitementof watching theCubs playing the White Sox or the Mets playing theYankees outweighs i t I have always been in favor of interleagueplay. 4; . $Don't expect realignment to com e right away, though. Remem-ber, former commissioner Fay Vincent resigned because he tried to^realign the National L eague last year. How ever, the same ownerswho forced Vincent out seem to be in favor of this radical overhaulof our national pastime. Executive Council chairman Bud Selighopes a vote w ill be taken on the possible changes at the owners'meeting in March. *Needless to say, baseball purists aren't going to like this, but needI remind you that before 1969, there were no divisions at all? Onlythe best team in each leagu e made it to the World Series. Fans gotused to divisional play after a short time and will get used to threedivisions, too.The NHL's plan for divisional realignment isn't as radical. Onlyfour teams (Pittsbuigh, Tampa Bay, Winnipeg and Toronto) wouldbe affected. The major problem in realignment is the addition of theexpansion teams in Miami and An aheim. Toronto would enter theNorthern (Ada ms) Division, a move that is geographica 11 y sound. Inturn, the Penguins would move into the Central (Norris) Divisionwith Winnipeg, which makes no sense at all.The addition of M iami and Tampa Bay to the Eastern (Patrick)Division orces he Penguins to play teams in the Central time zone.Pardon me, but isn't realignment done to prevent teams fromplaying in divisions not in their respective time zone?If the Penguins do change divisions, they lose their naturalrivalries with the Rangers and the Flyers. Don't expect Penguinsowner Howard Baldwin to vote in favor of this proposal.t Another thing that the NHL is proposing is dropping the names ofthe divisions, which is also ludicrous. The names of the divisionsI hearken back to the old days of theNHLand serve asa tribute to itsfounding fathers. Realignment may be necessary, but I draw the 1 ineat changing the names of the divisions.*Change is inevitable in all things, especially professional sports,whetherwe like it or not However, these proposed changes arc notset in stone and may be altered before they are implemented. #For once, I would like to know howmy readers feet Whatare yourfeelings on realignment in theNH L and in baseball? Do you thinkit's good or bad? How would you change things?Write tom e with any comments or questions you might have c/o"The Cheap Seats" Box Dl 171. Anything that Ifind nteresting oramusing will be used in my next column in two weeks, so write in.From the cheap seats, this is John Danknich signing off. Go Bills!

D e C o t e a u c o n c l u d e s c a r e e rBy Liam BarronMerc lad Sports Writer

"We've done in five years whatother, hockey programs havestruggled to achieveu in fifteenyears." Senior tri-captain TomDeCoteau, a native of Saskatoon,Saskatchewan, may have begunhis final year under the Lakerspotlight, but he still carries thesame enthusiasm for hockey thathe had when he,first arrived inErie.DeCoteau wasfirstrecruited b yHead Coach Rick G otkin to playat Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti-tute, but when Gotkin took over atthe Hurst Jn 1988, he remem-bered the youngster he had seenplaying junior hockey in Canadaand asked DeCoteau to considerMercyhurst. DeCoteau acceptedthe offer on the condition that hecould bring his brother Bill alongwith him. Bill hadn't played or-ganized hockey for two years buthe could play a bit, and the walk-

on proved to be a huge success asan integral m ember of the team.DeCoteau remembers that fallwell. "I had never seen M ercyhurstmyself but my dad had visitedonce before and said it was a niceplace* so I decided to give it ashot,"sa id DeCouteau. DeCoteaualso spoke with Scott Burfootabout the Hurst hockey programand was very impressed by whathe was told.In his four years as a Laker,DeCoteau has reached theECACplayoffs on three occasions, andin 1991, hewas a vital member ofthe team that made nationals.Number thirteen had the distinc-tion of scoring the irstgoal in thenew ice center, and at the start ofthe season, he needed just threepower play goals to surpass theschool record.He has fond memories of histime at the Hurst "I love to playhockey, and being a partof such asuccessful program has been veryexciting forme," DeCouteau said.

"We've come a long way fromthe 6 a.m. trips to the Glenwoodice rink, and although many faceshave come and gone , the future ofthe program looks very bright in-deed." * jjj IDeCoteau hopes to attend m edi-cal school when he graduates inMay, following in the footstepsof his father and brother. He mayalso explore the possibility ofgoing to law school, but medicalschool is his first choice. He is'currently looking at several Ca-nadian and American schools. Onthe ice, DeCoteau hopes to con-tinue playing when he graduates,and he also hopes to give some-thing back to his favorite sport bycoaching young kids.Teammate Paul Capizzanosummed up DeCoteau's contri-bution to the program \: when hesaid, 'Tommy is a great leader,and he has a tremendous presenceboth on and off the ice. He alwaysputs the team ahead of himselfand is an exa mple to all of us."

Hockey team crowns the RoyalsBy Craig RybczynskiMerciad Sports EditorEntering thegame Sunday night

against the University of Scranton,fans and players alike thought theyhad seen It all when Mercyhurstbeat the Royals of Scranton 19-0at the Mercyhurst Ice Center, al-most two weeks ago.This time would differentRight? Wrong! &Even with |third| stringgoal tender Richard Gobbatto innet and the insertion of JoelMontminy (four goals) into hisfirst game, the Lakers improvedupon their home whipping of theRoyals and won at Scranton 24-0,pushing their winning streak tofour games, jThe Lakers methodically dis-mantled the Royals ,byiscoringeight goals* in all three periods.They wore down the Scrantongoalies by putting 104 shots onnet. In comparison, Laker goalieGobbatto faced only twelve shots.Reflecting on this one-sidedvictory, coach Rick Gotkin said,"You see in a school like Scranton,that has little or no commitmentto \ the hockey program. UnlikeMercyhurst that has a very good.commitment to the hockey pro-gram, as well as all the sports

here." "k ]The Lakers were cert a inly com-mitted on Sunday night. Eighteenplayers igured n the scoring. RobMadia led the blue and green withfour goals and four assists. BryceBohun (three goals and four as-sists) and Paul Capizzano (twogoals and four assists) also im-proved upon their season statis-tics.It did take Mercyhurst time to-get started, as it took six minutesto open the scoring, Bohun beatScranton goalie George Bosackwith the assist going to AndrewMoir (four assists). Seven other

other different players wouldscore in the period. Th is, includ-ing Madia's first of the game,staked the Hurst to a 8-0 lead.I Bohun and the MacDonaldbrothers led the Lakers in the sec-ond, each with two goa ls. Madiahowever would not be denied, ashe chipped in with four assists.He contributed to three straightMercyhurst goa ls. First Bohun'sgoal which made it 10-0. AfterCraig MacDonald's goal, Madiaagain assisted on a Bohun tally.In the third, the Lakers contin-ued their scoring way s as Madiaadd Montminy each scored two.Montminy made sure he left nodoubts about his ability as thesetwo goals gave him four on the

night. Montminy gaveMercyhurst a 19-0 lead, with as-sists going to Kevin McKinnonand Moir. Montminy's secondmade- it 20-0. Art Thorn?s andMoir picked up assists.Coach Gotkin stressed the teamcan't look past Hobart to theElmira game. Hobart is currentlyranked e ighth in Div ision, IIIhockey. ;With the victory, Mercyhurstgoes to 11-6 on the season and 7-2 in the ECAC. The Lakers havetwo divisional ga mes a t home thisweekend against Hobart Collegeon Friday and arch rivalElmiraCollege on Saturday. Both gam esstart at 7:30. The Elmira gamecanbe heard on WMCE FM 885.

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If you sat a basketball coachdown'and asked him what thekeys to winning were, he wouldmost likely reply, "We have toshoot well and be strong on thedefensive end of the floor.9*

Last Saturday, the MercyhurstLady Lakers executed both keysand promptly routed visitingSeton Hill College 81-66 at theMercyhurst A thletic C enter.Head coach Paul Demyanovichwill be the first to concede thatearly on this season,his team shot

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T r a c y Komar boxes out a Seton Hill defender during theLady Lakers' 81-66 victory. Photos by Jay FitchpatrickMen drop third straightBy John DanknichMerciad Asst. Sports Editor

The road woes of theMercyhurst men's basketballteam continued Monday nightThe Lakers lost their third straightgame on the road to the OaklandUniversity Pioneers by the scoreof 84-74. The loss dropped theHurst's record to 11-6.*At the end o f the first half, theLakers held a 39-35 lead. How-ever, a flood of second half freethrows by the Pioneers enabledthem to overtake the Lakers earlyin the second half.Despite mak-ing three less fields goals than theHurst, Oakland earned the vie-tory by making 28 of 35 freethrows. .TheLakers' troubles at the freethrow li ne continued. The Hurstwent to the line only 2 L times,making 11. The Lakers were infoul trouble throughout Monday 'scontest. Kerry Baker and RasheRevicrc both fouled out. GerryBattle and Jamie Houston both

had four fouls.The Pioneers took the lead forgood at 45-43 at the 16:04 markofthe second ha 1f. Houston' s shortjumper pulled theLakers to withinsix, 76-70. However,the hostteamcashed in on eight of 10 freethrows down die stretch to putthevictory away.Battle led the Lakers with 23points on 11 of 16 shooting.Reviere added 18 points. Bakerand Houston chipped in with 14and 10, respectively.Also contributing to the Pio-neers' victory was their torrid fieldgoal percentage. Oakland shot ablistering 64 percent for the night

(27 of 42). Despite taking twentymore shots than the Pioneers, theLakers were at 48 percent (30-62).The Lakers will try to breaktheir three-game losing streakwhen they return home to theMercy hurst Athletic Center Mon-day night to face Pitt-Johnstown.The game starts at 8 p.m. and willbe broadcast on WMCE 88.5 FM.

Student skating times forMercyhurst Ice Center(Winter term: December 1 - Feb ruary 24)-excluding Christmas break, Dec*18-Jan. 3--

Mondays |7:30 - 9 p.m.Wednesdays 6:15 - 8:45 p.m.Fridays 6fl5 - 8:45 p.m. *No ice on Jan.15,29, Ffeb. 5|19 due o varsitygames.Saturdays ;?3:45 - 6:15 p. m.Sundays 3:30 - 6 p n.;*Ice time change onDec 13 o|7- 9pjm. No ice on Jan.24

goa 1 percentage hovering the low30s. However, Mercyhurstrippedthe twine 53 percent of the timeagainst Seton Hill and ran awayin the second half.The game-clinching spurt camehalf, as Mercyhurst pulled out toa 61-37 lead *and never lookedmiserably rom hefloor, ts field back.Th e third tyear head man,Demyanovich, and his team im-proved their record to 8-9 afterthe triumph. "We played a goodoverall game," he said. "Nowwe'vegot to get set for the road."Teresa Szumigala, coming off a23 point performance a week agoagainst Gannon, posted 19 in theSeton Hill winand paced the squadwith seven rebounds. Reserveguard Karin Salem shot for 15,and Denise Baginski netted 11points for Mercyhurst

The arduous road schedule

in the;firstnine minutes of thesecond stanza as sophomore JulieMcChesney initiated a 29-10 runwith twelve of her game-high 22points. The Laker scoring out-burst decided a fairly close firstkicked offonWednesday eveningat Oakland Un iversity, which cur-re ntly leads the nation in three-point field goal percentage. Fol-lowing tha t contest, the LadyLak-ers will be occupied with a four-game road swing that is to beplayed over the next two w eeks.Games versus formidable op-ponents Lock Haven and Pitt-Johnstown should prove to behighlights of the trip. "Johnstownis young like we are/' added as-sistant Jim W ebb. "So, it shouldbe a real good game."| TheHurst defeated Oakland 64-62 . Szumigala led the Lady Lak-ers with 25 points. Krista Kivilo fights off sdefender for a lay-up.

Faflik makes most out of lifeBy David J. KosobuckiMerciad Sports Writer

For most people, life is a seriesof ups and downs, and no one canbe sure what will'happen nextFor Mercyhurst's Jeff Faflik, lifecouldn't have been better, andsuddenly, ifcouldn't have beenworse.Faflik grew up in Huron, Ohio.He played sports all day anddreamed about them at night. "Ialways wanted to go to DukeUniversity and play basketball,"he said. Faflik graduated fromHuron High School as a localbasketball star, but his dream wa sout of reach. Faflik insists, how-ever, that aiming high is how youget the best out of yourself! "Thehigher you set your goals," Fafliksaid, "the closer you '11 be to yourpotential.nfFaflik came to Mercyhurst inthe fall of 1989 on a basketballscholarship. He got quite a bit ofplaying time as a reshman.Thiswas to his liking. Everythingseemed to be falling in place forhim. That's when things beganfalling apart "I began drinkingheavily during my first year ofcollege," he said. 'Things beganto get really bad. I was beginningto become analcoholic."For the next year and a half,Faflik wondered if hecould helphimself anymore. He saw verylittle playing time as a sopho-more. Hisgrades dropped. "Therewere times when I just wanted toquit," he said, "just leave every-thing behind that I had workedfor."Luckily for Faflik, there wasstill one person that be hadn'tturned his back on yet, God."When I let God into my life,things changed for me. I owe ev-erything to Him frommy olothesto my abilities to my life," he said.Until about 14 months ago,Faflik was living the hardest parthis life. Every step of that journey

can be translated directly throughhis basketball career. "During mysophomore year," he said, "I saton the bench a lo t I learned manythings during that time. Everyonehas to pay their dues. This was thefirst time in my life I felt I was anobody. That type of situationbuilt me a lot of character." Faflikwondered if things would everget better. They did. *Faflik entered an AlcoholicsAnonymous group after the sum-mer of his sophomore year. He'sbeen sober ever since. He stillattends the Wednesday meetingsheld at Mercyhurst He realizedthat life was worth more to him

Faflik know s will help him downthe road is teamwork."Teamworkis what you need infife,you haveto be able to work together withpeople," Fafl k sa id.Faflik is a Hotel and RestaurantManagement major, and he's notreally sure where he's headed af-ter he graduates this spring. Nomatter what it is though, he knowsone thing is for sure, he'll workhard. "I know that you have tostart out on the bottom if youreally want to get to the top," hesaid. "I'll put my faith in myselfand in God and I'm sure thingswill turn out OK."Two years ago, Mercy hurstbas-

Jeff Fafl ik

than he thought it was before.'There a re so many wa ys to enjoylife without using alcohol," hesaid. Faflik enjoys11 walkingthrough the mountains and mar-veling atnature. This is where hestrengthens his relationship withGod. * Faflik enjoys going out inboats and jet skiing.Most people have trouble moti-vating themselves. .Faflik usessports to give himthat extra drive."I love basketball beca use itkeepsme going," he sa id. "I need sports.I'll really be sad when the season

ketball suffered through the worstseason in its history with a recordof 4-22. That same year, Fafliksuffered through the worst yearof his life. Fortun ately, things havechanged for both Faflik and theLakers.[ Remember, no matter how bard

is over. One,aspect of athletics that

things get in life, it is importantnot to give up. You owe it toyourself to fig ht your problems,whatever they may be. In the longrun, overcoming these obstacleswill only make you a better per-son. And usually, the farther youfall, the higher you'll rise the nexttime.