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From The WorldArena IBy: Gagan Suri

Merciad News Editor-E^S^S

Oscar Awards 1996The Oscar awards were as usual the most watched event on the

television this year following only the super bowl. However, thisyear there was a significant decrease in audience because of therecent controversy over the discrimination of not having enoughminority nominees in this year's Oscar awards.

The People Magazine reported that 12 percent of the population

of the 25 percent of the movie-going audience consists of African

Americans. Th e industry today has leading African Americanartists like Denzel Washington, Danny Glover, Forest Whitaker,

Samuel L. Jackson, James Earl Jones, and the host of this year'sOscar show, Whoopi Goldberg herself, to name a few. "It is actua 11 y

surprising that this year such an issue wa s ra iscd becau se I considerHollywood above these racial matters. Artists have no national?

said the official event spokesman. . ^^ The movie"Braveheart" received five awards. *%abe" receivedthe award for visual effects. Th e best actor award was given toNicholas Cage for the movie "Leaving Las Vegas." T he best actress

award was given to Susan Sarandon, for the movie, "Dead Ma nWalking." ^ a ' f

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English Farmers Fear The"Mad Cow Disease

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The value of livestock in Britain fell after the government's

official news release announcing that the beef infected with the"Mad Co w Disease" could be linked to a rare deadly disease in

human bein gs.uThe beef industry in Britain will suffer a $37.5 million per year

loss. Even the 660 McDonalds, the American fast food chain inBritain, announced that they would henceforth use imported beef

only in their burgers.• ft

Execution pn BahrainAfter 20 years a dissident who was charged for killing a police-

man was executed in Bahrain. Violence erupted among protestersand the police over the execution. *

The execution wa s to enforce the government 's determination tostamp out the protests. "The execution was followed by an unfairtrial according to the internationally accepted human rights stan-dards," said a London-based human rights group called AmnestyInternational.

The United Slates has a major naval base in Bahrain, whichoverlooks the Persian Gulf area.

Two Killed in KashmirKashmir, a major province in India, has been the major tourist

attraction for decades, and a possession issue between India andPakistan ever since the countries divided in 1947.K A furious gun battle between the peace keeping force and theKashmir guerrillas killed at least three guerrilla fighters. Th efighting has resumed after almost one year of peace in the area.

Above, from right to left: ' Cass Shimek, Dick K ubiac, Dr. William P. Garvey, and Alice Edwardsholding the blanket m ade by the students* ..

Wrapping Up Women's History MonthBy: Gagan Suri

Merciad News Editor

The month of March was cel-ebrated as 'Women's History

Month.' The Mercyhurst collegecommunity celebrated this month

by holding special events on thecollege campus.The principal or-ganizers of the events were themembers of Mercy hurst CollegeStudent Government.

'The events included lectures,brown ba g movies, poster pre-sentations, luncheon meetings andseminars. Th e college came upwith a logo for celebrating theevent, and the quilt designed anddecorated by the students to com-memorate this event is almostcomplete. Last night the celebra-tions concluded with a closing

lecture by Dr. William P Garvey,president of Mercyhurst College.

Theresa Schroeck , a graduat-ing senior at the college, who"designed this year's log o said, "Itried to keep the design relativelymodem , and at the same time keptthe women in the highlight. Th edesign sho ws many ^different

women's faces. The other thingsm the logo, as the hands and thefunky designs, are in the back-ground." Schroeck said that thecelebrations were quite su ccess-ful; many people did show up for(he movie, "How to^Makc anAmerican Quilt," and Dr.^Mary

H. Snyder's lecture, but still thespirit is lacking on campus. Sh esuggested that more involvementcould be created by approachingthe students directly through m ailboxes and organizations on cam-pus. Her suggestions were for thenext year. She also said that cel-ebrations for an entire month wereloo long, unlike last year's on e

week celebration, where the im-

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pact was more on the student body.

Kathleen IMcGeever, a junior

at the college said, "I think it isgoing very well. The movies andthe discussions are very informa-

tive, the buttons are selling well,and the quilt is a great idea. Manywomen from history, and evennow, are role models for the soci-.ety, but they do not get the recog-nition they deserve. This celebra-tion ensures that thesewomen ge ttheir rightful place in society. Ihope that the tradition carries oneven though some of the key roleplayers, like Theresa, are gradu-ating this year.

Karen Milinovich, a Sopho-more, said, "I think it is a wonder-ful idea, it should be pressed uponat Mercyhurst because the col-lege wa s founded by Sisters of

Mercy as an all women's college,and the tradition of giving dueimportance to women that theystarted should be continued nowthat the college is a co-education

college."Cass Shimek, the organizer of

all the major events related to thecelebration said, that initially, thecelebration was for one week, butthe committee members recog-nized the fact that the number ofevents that could be offered in aweek would be too limited. Sh esaid, • This year we have offeredmany more events and had anexcellent response from the stu-

dents, however there is still roomfor improvement, and the spirit ofcelebrating women can catch up.She'added, "The group projectfor this year was the quilt, whic hwould be the memorabilia for thisyear's celebration. The quilt wasan idea conjured from the movie"Making of the American Quilt"which wa s screened recently atIhc college. Over 100 people saw

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This year (he celebrations in-,eluded a lunch in which thewomen at Mercyhurst talkedabout other successful and influ-

ential women from MercyhurstThe attendance at the luncheonwas Tow because of some confu-sion about the time.The moviesthat were screened at the college

are available at Shimek's officein the Student Union. Anyone canborrow them from the office.

Shime k would like to thank Dr.Mary H. Snyder, a theology pro-fessor at the college for the lec-ture she delivered to the studentsand the community. The lecturewas attended by the sisters fromthe mother house as well.

Snyder delivered a talk on"Women in Spirituality, Chal-

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Century-Snyder said," I suggested spiritu-ality in a Christian context an-swering some concrete questionslike where does the strength tocarry on come from? The life ofJesus and his influence on ourlives was what,I focused on. Ipresented five challenges whichcall on us as we move into the 21

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century." According to Snyderthere is a reluctance to participate

in the celebration by many stu-

dents on campus.The Women's history celebra-

tion ended with the dinner onWednesday night where Garvey

gave a concluding lecture on thecelebrations. Th e proceedingstfbin the dinner meeting will gotowards,funding a women's lit-eracy project in Mexico.

This Sunday, however, there isa lecture in the Mary D'Angelo

Performing Ar(s Cen(cr onCatherine McAulcy at 6:30 p.m.

Admission to the lecture is free.



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Schedule for Yearbook Photos Announced•Note: All photo's will be taken in Sullivan HallThese groups will be photographed on T uesday, April 2,1996

Madama Butterfly

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6:00 Minority Student Union

Domestic Violence Awareness WeekThe senior Social Work majors will b e hosting a Domestic Vio-lence Awareness Week April 1. through April 4 . The week willconsist of a variety of activities including'Monda y, April 1 - A candlelight vigil walk protesting violence at8:30 p.m. at the Herrmann Union. - -'•'•"' "^ ^*

Tuesday, April 2 - Hie movie, Heart on a Chain, followed by adiscussion focusing on campus violen ce at 8:30 p.m. in Zurn 114.Wednesday, April 3 - Coffeehouse featuring the band One WorldTribe, compliments of Senior S ocial Work majors and SAC . ^f|s!Thursday, April 4 - A panel discussion on domestic violence at7:30 p.m. in Sullivan H all. |

Reception at D'Angelo Center'for CollegeCommunityAn open house at the Mary D'Ang elo Performing Arts Center, forall members of the Mercyhurst faculty, administration, and staff,

will be held on Friday, at3 p.m. so that the college community maysec and enjoy the new facility. Dr. William P. Garvey has autho-rized ihe closing of all offices so that all may attend the reception.

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Weird Romance at HurstBy : J

Kon Rambally andAmanda Stefik

Merciad Contributing Writers

Over the past two wee kendsthe Mercyhurst theater depart-ment put on the musical "Weird

Romance" in the Taylor LittleTheater. Even though the musicalis not a popular one by modern

day standards, the event was verywell attended especially by theMercyhurst community. Fiveshows were staged in all, March15, 16, 22 , 23, and 24, and theaudience seemed to love every

performance. "!t was definitelyweird," said one spectator, "but itwas a lot of fun."

"The show really came* together

very well," said director RichTry/biak. "The castfwas abso-lutely tremendous." This seemedto be the sentiments of the wholeeast.' "I am really proud to ha veworked with such a talentedgroupof people," said Aaron Council."1 ( was very nice to work withsuch a big cast as well."

w The cast, which was 100 p er -^cent Mercyhurst student content,**included (in alphabetical order) A

Kristin Balon, Allison* Byrnes,Aaron Connell, Lauren Diulus,Curry Huskes, Laura Kiriluk, Burt

Mamula, Jancl McBride, M indiMcDowell, Nina Napolconc,Courtney Nicola if Jamie Onk,Ronald Rambally,Susan Resetar,Brad Rybczynski, Claire Scanlan,Leslie Senita, Amanda Stefik, and

Ryan Wienand.* . .

One of the big attractions of themusical was the music, composed

by Grammy Award winner AlanMenken. The first act, entitled

"The Girl Who Was Plugged In,"was w ritten by Alan Brennert and

David Spencer. It was a spoof onmodern-day advertising, and wa svery light-hearted and fun.

The second act, "Her PilgrimSoul," was also written byBrennert but took on a more seri-ous tone as it focused more on the

ups and downs a relationship cantake.

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, "It is a shame, Jt really is ashame. Itseems like no one reallycares about theater at this school."

Were sentiments of Connell.The cast, many of whom were

in their first college theater pro-ducti6n, had a lot of fun puttingon the production and were also a

part of an educational opportu-nity unique to a liberal arts insti-tution such as Mercyhurst There

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was a sour note among the cast,however, as the last two perfor-mances were held. A committeeconsisting o f such administrative

figures as Tom Billingsly, Deanof Administrative Scrviccs and

Finance," and Sam Rotman, Di-rector of the Music D epartment,created a new rule stating that noone function could be in the Tay-lor Little Theatre for

1*more than

one week. f •*• |*Thcre was a decision among^

the cast that they were going to tryto fight the new rule, or atthe veryleast appeal to those necessary tohave the new rule changed.

Throughout the bitterness and thesorrow felt by the cast, they did 8

note that therewas something theycould be proud of. "Everyone did

an^ excellent job," saidRybczynski. "Everyone here ha s|done something they can be proud

of. It was a true display of art"/Amanda comments. The show w

"Weird Romance " cast consisteda range of experience from firstfitime performers to those who a re a

very familiar with the stage. Ev-eryone in the play agreed that it j

was definitely worth all the limethey put into it and the natural

high they received after each per-

formance was truly uncxplain-able.

Many people do not realize howmuch time and effort actually go esinto a production, but the experi-ence and the friendships gainedmake it all worthwhile.

"The Taylor Theater may notbe B roadway, but the dedicationand the zeal to perform were inthe hearts of all who displayedtheir talents for this show." saidStefik.

f MSG NewsBy Dan Hilfiker f

Editor-in-Chief

The final two events in the an-nual Mercyhurst Student Govern-ment fund raiser are scheduledfor the coming month of April.The first of these final tw o events,car bashing, w ill be on Monday,April 1, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.Students will have the opportu-nity to bash* an old car for 30seconds for a $1 donation to thefund raiser. The e vent will be heldinthe Baldwin parking lo t Rocket101 will be there and Smiths will

be providing hot d ogs. Pepsi has

also donated pop for the eventt 5The final le g of the fund raiser

will be a formal Monte Carlonight All participants will be re-quired to be dressed in formalattire to attend.

Iti Student Activities Commit-tee news, two bands have agreedto play here for die Spring Activi-ties concert The two bands areMoxy Fruvous and UniversalHoney. Contracts have been sentout to both bands. '

The Price is Right will be thebig activity this weekend as SACputs on their version of thepopu-lar daytime game show Friday, in

the Taylor Little Theater.fThe

games will begin at 8 p.m. 'Theperson who win s big is going towin really big," Marshall said.-

MSG Vice President Tim Duble

said thatthe letters of intent for allclass representatives are due in atthe MSG offices by Friday, April

12 * JF f IIn other MSG news, after a week

of discussion by MSG represen-tatives, a vote was taken on themotion made last week to donate$1,000 to help fund the perfor-mance hereby Chicago City Lim-its, a comedy troupe. The votewasyes, and was unanimous. Thegroup will be performing in thenew Mary D'Angelo PerformingArts Center on April 12.

1 Advisor Cass Shimek an-nounced to MSG that there willbe a candlelight Mass in the Great

Room of the Herrmann Union tocelebrate Palm Sunday. Shimek|

also noted that quilt squares arcstill available in the Union. Any-one may contribute a square,whether male or female J I



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I'm as shocked as you are. I fullyexpected to be writing this col-umn with a good deal of egg onmy face. Last week, I announcedmy picks for six of the majorOscar categories. On Mondaynight ,1 was amazed to learn thatI was sixfor six. Seriously, that'snever happened before. Remind

me to play the lottery ton ightThe reason I'm so surprised is

that the 68th Annual Awards werereally a crapshoot, with no real

odds-on favorites—no jForrestGump or Sch indler's List tosnagall the awards. What can you saywhen the nominal favorite is amovie about a talking pig?

In the end, it turned out to beMel Gibson's night. His sprawl-ing epic, Braveheart took the top

prize, along with four otherawards, including a Best Directorstatue for Gibson, who was vis-ibly nervous throughout theevening. Mercifully, he didn'tshow up in a kilt, although he didwear a plaid vest and a lapel pinshaped like' a sword.

Nicolas Cage surprised no onewith his Best Actor wi n for Leav-ing Las Vegas, nor did SusanSarandon, who won for her workin Dead Man Walking. Thehighly competitive supportingcategories were another story,with many surprised that KevinSpaccy (The Usual Suspects) andMira Sorvino (MightyAphrodi te) won^Spacey 'gra-ciously thanked his mother, and

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Sorvino tearfully acknowledged

her actor dad Paul Sorvino, whofwept openly in the audience.,* Perhaps the bigge'st'stlrprisdwas* *the virtual shut-out of the otherfour Best Pictu re nominees. Babe,Sense and Sensibility and ThePostman received one award eachand Apollo 13 sputtered by w ithtwo. The Usual Suspectshad thebest track record, winning inbothcategories in which it was nomi-nated (Christopher McQuarriealso won for his original screen-play). Emma Thompson madeOscar history as she became thefirst actress to win a screenplayOscar, for her adaptation of Jan eAusten's Sense and Sensibility,

Nobody made much of thisyear's controversy, the exclusionof African-Americans from allbutone of the categories. HostWhoopi Goldberg smugly dis-missed Jesse Jackson 's legitimatecomplaint inithe opening mo-ments, and itwas never m entionedagain. (Incidentally,thesole blacknominee,;Diane Houston, whodirected the short subject Tues-day Morning Ride, didn't win).

Producer Quincy Jones kept theshow going at a brisk pace, al-though there werecountless,awk-

ward moments and much long-windedness. For some reason,

Jones felt that a boring fashionshow was needed to prolong thealready bloated ceremony.iButperhaps Best Costume Designshould^ have been rccblistened

Best Pout, since the camera fo-cused not on the costumes but onthe stone faces of the overpaidmodels. By the time wc got to JimCarrey playing with*toys and

Whoopi making flatulentce jokes,

I actu ally began to think fondly ofLetter man's spinning dog and%maÔprlh* fiasco. Other lowpoints included Sharon Stone for-getting to bring one of the enve-lopes to the podium (although shecovered it w ell) and the rambling"what-the-hel l -i s-he-talking-about?" speech some jerk gave topoor Sidney Poitier to read beforeannouncing Best Picture.

But there were also severalmoments ofhigh emotion, classicOscar moments, the sight ofproud papa Paul Sorvino's tearsof oy at his daughter's win; KirkDouglas, his speech hampered by

the effects of a stroke, acceptinghis lifetime achievement<award

as his family looked on proudly;Holocaust survivor Gerda

The latest rage out of the LongBeach, Calif.ska-punk scene istheband Sublime. This band first*created a minor stir a few yearsago with the single "Date Rap e"off the album 40 Oz. to Freedomand now they're back with the^

' mostly self-produced LPRobbin'the Hood.

I think classifying them as aska-punk- is inappropriate as the"*1

band experiments with a lot ofloop scooping and samples andthe album contains a lot of dubs.They should just try to stick withone musical style, as nothing thisband comes up wit h works. I foundmyself skipping tracks as I waslistening to this album, and washard-pressed to even listen to theentire album in one sitting. It isbasically garage-garbage, whichis where the band got their initialgigs. They should probably goback there.

This is not to say I don't appre-ciate what the band is trying to do.

Any band that could pull off whatthese guys are trying deserves atleast a medal. The combination of

reggae in their old-school punk-rock style reminds me of the oldBeastie Boys EPPollywogStew .This album just sounds clutteredwith samples from movies*orshows thrown on top of rhythmi-cal dubs, and the actual musicthey play is just crappy, and youknow they weren 't kidding whenthey said they were record ing thisat home.

Did I mention that the albumfeatures Raleigh Theodore Sak-ers?! Wow! 4 *

I also recently read that thisband was back in the recordingstudio, which I thought was reallytoo bad. I hope this time the bandactually pujs in the effort to pro-duce some good music and mix itdown so somebody could listento it. •• 48

Don'tltake my word for itthough. If you're into dubs and

listening to garbage then I wouldactually recommend this album.Come on, help out the music in-dustry!

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speech about being thankful forwhatyou have; ChristopherReeveshowing up in his wheelchair to athunderous ovation. These arethemoments that we remember, thatmake the Oscar ceremony what itis—a night of high drama thatonly Hollywood itself could everconceive.

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Breaking the SilenceBy Chris WlochSecretary, Minority Student Union

"I found God in myself and I loved her fiercely." NtozakeShange.*' , ; *

This past Saturday, March 23, at 10 a.m., MercyhurstProfessor of theology Dr. Mary Hembrow Snyder addressed"Women's Spirituality: Challenges for the 21st Century."The above quote is oneexample of themany diverse sourcesSnyder incorporated into her insightful paper, originallypresented last year at a symposium for professional womenheld by Women Care, a division of the Mercy Hospital inKenmore, N. Y.

At the beginning of her lecture, Snyder affirmed that"women's experience of oppression is integral to spiritual-

ity." She employed Sister Maria Riley 's definition ofspiritu-al ity as "a life process... whereby we recognize the God of ourexperiences as well as the God of our faith tradition.... (It)takes shape in the quality of our relationships with ourselves,with others, with all of creation and with God. Outof this richvision and experience, we are energized for the transforma-

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tion of our church and world." »•Here , Snyder also cited an influential line by Marge Percy,

"If one woman told the truth about her life, theworld wouldsplit open."

Conseque ntly, Snyder was careful to stress the importantrole played in the development of spirituality by "the particu-larities of our lives, economic class, educational privilege,race, age, health, religious formation, and sexual orientation"among others.Snyder then proceeded to focus herexamination ofwomen's

spirituality around two questions from an untitled poem by

Adrienne Rich,-"With whom do you believe your lot is cast?From where does your strength come?"

For Ch ristians, spirituality is largely informed by how oneunderstands Jesus. According to Snyde r, Jesus had 2 majorpassions, 1)his "deeply intima te" relationship with hisAbba,and 2) his "deep grasp" and comm itment to the Reign of Godas evidenced by his words and ac tions which constituted "apraxis of justice, compassion, truthfulness and non-exclusivelove." h:-l.

Additionally, Snyder identified the five challenges thatwom en's spirituality is facing as it moves into the twenty-first century, those of: 1) Ongoing conversion, 2) Intimacywith others, 3) Intimacy with God, 4) The?Cries of theAnawim, and 5) G lobal Solidarity.I The first of these involves "the struggle for personal andcosmic wholen ess." Conversion,according to Snyder entails"a radical reorientation of one 's heart... a turning away fromall that intellectually, morally and spiritually keeps us miredin abusive relationships characterized by domination, fear,intimidation and dishonesty... and a turning towards (thoserelationships based on) mutuality, respect, courage and truth-fulness." •

For women, conversion is often a series of three steps: "I)(becoming) conscious of how our social conditioning serves,to keep the patriarchal structures that control our lives

intact, 2) (denouncing) the real oppression it has fosteredin our own lives and in the lives of all women, and 3)'(refusing) to be victims,' that is, (recognizing) our powerto create not only a new self personally, but our power tochallenge the interpersonal and social relationships thatdeny women, especially themost vulnerable inour midst,access to lives of dignity and ho pe.

Here, Snyder also set forth the questions first asked byValerie Saiving, "Are there feminine forms of sin? Howdo we name them and then work to transform them in ourhearts and minds?" Traditional theologies modeled aftermale experience has considered pride to be the worst sin.

However, the "fundamental sin" committed by mostfwomen is "an underdevelopment and negation of the

self." W 1This tendency results from what Charlene Spretnak has

identified in her book States of Grace as our "deeply_ V • f

ingrained cultural norms of separateness" which oftentake the extreme manifestations of "atomized detach-ment; intense cynicism, de nial, indifference and disen-gagement" in much ofposunodern culture. Since for mostwomen, the "organizing factor" fordevelopment is "rela-'tional growth," what many women currently face is whatSnyder terms the "crisis of destructive relational ity."

In her examination of our relationships with God andothers, Snyder expanded upon the description of intimacy

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tound in Thomas More's book "Soul Mates," "profoundlyinterior, and the most-within...Jby defining it as "ourcapacity to be vulnerable^to the humanity/divinity inanother in such a way that we are liberated, humbled, andrecreated by mutual self-disclosure." This includes "thedesire for both communion and solitude, communicationand silence, knowledge and w isdom, sexual expressionand mystical union." Concomitantly, the "paradox ofintimacy is an unrelenting hunger, an unknowing/anordinariness." In a paraphrase of Zen Buddhist monkThich Nhat Hahn Snyder affirmed that, "Emptiness is theground of all possibility. And possibility is the fruit ofquotidian grace, namely silence and solitude."

During the course of her presentation, Snyder also calledinto question "our culturally fashionable punitive attitudetowards the anawim. Anawim,(Hebrew for "littleones")is a biblical term which originally denoted widows, or-

phans and strangers, but by the time of Jesus included thepoor, sinners, differently abled, the sick and other socialoutcasts as we ll. Today it is used to denote those peo ple!who are most often characterized by poverty, powcrlcss-

ness and exclusion from community. |We need to take steps to en sure that individuals are not'"

trampling over the anawim in their quest for profit; privi-lege and power and that social structures do not forgetthem. As Snyder observed in a quote from a text onCatholic social teaching: "Without the doing of justice,God remains unknown." 3j

Consequently, the final challenge is that of global soli-darity which seeks to empower the voices of women fromthe third world who are particularly vulnerable to suffer-ing, violence, brutal conditions and exploitation. Addi-

tionally, since first-world women are the primary consum-

ers, we need to work at resisting the often dominant Amen-"can values of "consumerism, materialism and excessiveindividualism which produce greed apathy and violence inour communities."

At die close of her speech, Snyder read "The Seven <ofPentacles," a poem by Marge Percy with many great lineslike, "Penetrate quietly like the earthworm that blows.no trumpet... Live as if you liked yourself and it might happen."

Sisters of Mercy Remembered f .

By Chris WlochSecretary, Minority Student

Union* .&The second annual Women's

History Month Dinner was heldat5:30 p.m. this past Wednesday,March 27, in the Grotto DiningRoom.tOrganized by StudentUnion Director Cass Shimek andSpanish Professor Alice Edwards,the proceeds from his event willbe donated to Adelante! (Spanishfor "forward") which is a basic;literacy and arithmetic programfor wom en in the Mayan villages^in the vicinity ofMerida, Mexico.

Featured this night as specialguest speakers were MercyhurstPresidentDr. William Garvey andhistory Professor Richard Kubiakwho light-heartedly and scrious-mindedly discussed \the impor-tant contributions to this collegemade by two very significant Sis-ters ofMercy, Sister Borgia Eganand Sister Carolyn Herrmann.

Although Garvey did not knowSister Borgia before her death in1962, he was motivated by sev-eral people whohave always "spo-

ken of her with such great awe" tolearn more about the founder ofMercyhurst college through

"reading and conversations withothers. Why has shebeen remem-bered?" he asked.i

Before describing Sister Borgiaas "an ex ceptional, extraordinarywoman, far ahead of her time...with la rgcfc stature, a first-rate,balanced mind, an appreciationfor the arts," devotion to liberaleducation, firm commiuncnt tooutstanding faculty "and a greatstrength ... which she conveyed $[in] everything she did," Garveyasserted that "the one great qua1-1

ity that stood out above every-thing else' was her indomitablevision." This was her "inpst strik-ing characteristic before and a Itertlic founding of Mercyhurst," he.maintained, i

Even during the times when shefaced opposition and "the re-sources were really tight," Sister

Borgia was able to keep herin--tensc hope for the future alive.Both Mercyhurst College and Pre-paratory School are the result of acompromise ^between Sister

Borgia (who pushed for an insti-tution of higher learning) andBishop Gannon (who wanted a

secondary school). *Back in the 20s, Sister Borgia

was convinced that our collegeshould always "thinkbigand planfor the future." Nearly $60,000 ofthe$62,000 S isters of Mercy bud-get "was spent on acquiring the;76 acres" of the campus, a movethat was seen as some of theSis- r;

ters as 64 sheer folly." Garveygthen quoted Sister Borgia's re-sponse as an affirmation that, "Wedon't need this land now and wewo n't need it for a long time, butsomeday we will need all of [it]"a foresight which has proven tohold true as we can see today.

The construction of Old Mainwas also a difficult decision con-sidering that some Sisters felt themoney "should have been [usedon] a more m odest building andless land." However, Garvey be-lieves that Old Main as "a* mag-

nificent building, if not perhapsJHhc best in Eric... stands out as a

monument to her spirit, class anddignity."

As someone "who had a greatsense of this institution's real po-tential" Sister Borgiaswasjex-

tremely considerate of all othersaround*her,.especially of theirneed to grow. She strongly en-couraged all faculty members towork towards Ph.D.s at "the fin-est available colleges (not neces-sarily C atholic ones either)" andback in the days before the 'Hurstwent co-ed in!'69, she empha-sized cultivating the intellect andnot just the development of"goodmanners andtbehavior" for thecollege's women students.!

Garvey believes that the pres-ence of Sister Borgia Egan "isstill in theair, her spirit has guidedevery president of this college

since her [and will continue toguide*those] to come. . . . Thededication that people have whenthere is a dream worth chasingcan be kept alive only if a strongenough impression can be madeon those who follow."

After Garvey's address, Kubiakbriefly related his memories ofanother great Sister of Mercy,Carolvn Herrmann, Mercyhurst

President from 1963-72. Althoughshe had been "trained a s a scien-tist," Sister Carolyn was [eventu-

ally] tossed into an administra-tive position [where she].learnedthe gamevery quickly with a gooddeal of grace." J ' S

|A few decades ago, whenKubiak was hired, Sister Carolynwas an executive vice president.He describes her as "a multi-fac-eted person" with a good sense ofherself and a sense of humor whoeven continued to do basic choressuch as sweeping the floor aftershe became president of thecol-lege.

In '69, President Herrmann ex-hibited great courage and deter-

mination in carrying out the dcci-sion to go co-ed. Kubiak also re-called his feel ing that Mercyhursthad lost a "vibrant,capable leaderwhen she retired from the presi-dency in '72. At the close of hisspeech, Kubiak asserted that "thenumber of sisters is not nearlywhat it once was, but the samespirit is still hcrcfand it hasn'tdiminished at all;"

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RybczynskiMy name is Brad Rybczynski and I am

seeking the position of MSG President Iam a Junior Political Science Major. I amalso a JuniorClass RepresentativeonMSG,ai member at the College Senate and acontributing writer in the form of the "RybRoast" |

As president I will be accessible to stu-dents and be receptive to their needs and!

concerns. The duty of the president is t o |represent the entire student body and tofensure that we , as students, are taken intoaccount first and foremost in all decisionsmade on campus.

jWc all share a common identity as studentsof Mcrcyhurst. It is in realization of th i s |that I see theneed to come together to forma more united Mercyhurst

My name is Stacey Fitzpatrick and I ama junior HRIM major from M unson, OhioI am currently the secretary of MercyhurstStudent Government and have been ac-tively involved since my freshman year.

If I am elected MSG P resident I promiseto beâccessible, to be fair, honest andconsistent in all decisions.concerning thesludent body, and finally to take down

every election sign with my name on it (andrecycle them ).

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'* It would be a lie for me to say that I'mperfect for the Vice President position be-cause to be honest, I've never been vicep resident ofanything, butl will say this, I'vebeen on Student Government for two yearsnow, and I feel I've gained great insight onhow the school is run, and how it should berun. Furthermore, asâ student/athlete atMercyhurst College, I must admit that I lovethe school dearly and there's nothing I wontmore than to see the school m ove in a posi-tive direction. In short, if you want someoneto be in office whostakes great pride inrepresenting the student body, then vote forChris Herbolsheimer for Vice President

My name is Trisha Greathouse, and I feelI am the best candidate for MSG Treasurerbecause of the experience I have gained asSAC Treasurer this year and my generalknowledge of the duties învolved in nan-dling MSG 's finances. I have worked withthe current treasurer of MSG*through my

responsibilities as SAC Treasurer and feelthat I am qualified to do a great job. Theexperience I can contribute from my ac-counting background is an added benefit tothe pos ition. I guarantee you that I will do thebest job I can if elected MSG Treasurer.

My name is Jennifer Houch.Î am a Fresh-man Representative this^year in MSG, theMascot, and served onithe Budget and Fi-nance Committee, Constitution Committee,

and the Core Curriculum Comm ittee. I thinkthe best way to combat the apathy on campusis to open upfthe lines of communicationbetween students and their representatives.I'd like to see a showcase of some type put upin the union with all of the current MSGmembers pictures and names in it. That waythey canput a name with a face, itwould be atremendous step to increase Student involve-ment in the school's activities and functions.

My name is Tom .Bender and I am asophomore Sportmed. major from Pitts-burgh, Pa. I feel I am the best candidate forMSG vice president because of my knowl-edge of Mercyhurst college along with theunderstanding of the students who attendhere. I have been involved since my firststep on campus because I care about theissues that,face college students here atMercyhurst. I promise and guarantee youthat I will take the duties of Vice President

to the next level if elected.

My name is George Burich and I am aSophomore Special Education major fromCleveland, Ohio. I am a member of thefootball team, and am currently serving as asophomore class representative. 'V

I know I am the best choiceifor MS GTreasurer. The reason I feel this way is notbecause of my math or business skills, butbecause of my good leadership qualities. In

attending Student Government meetings forthe past two years I have noticed the bestexecutive board m embers were not theoneswhopossessed thebest skill for their particu-lar position, but ones who brought out thebest of everyone else. This years executiveboard does that and so will next years if I amelected M SG Treasurer.r

My name is Melissa Lang and I'm cam-paigning for the position of MSG Secretary.

I'm currently a freshman representative andan active participant in the fundraiser Jcommittee. My main goal for the next year isto fight the apathy on campus and to geteveryone involved. So when you(voteônApril 2 and 3 vote for m e, Melissa Lang, forMSG Secretary.

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T h e H e a v y w e i g h t C h a m p o f t h e R i g h t S p e a k s

By Emilio ColaiacovoMerc;ad Columnist

Pat Buchanan, though I believehim to be a dedicated Americanwith genuine ideas, is not the per-son to lead this country into thenext century. I believe that hiseconomic and foreign policies aretoo extreme. Furthermore, hispla ns to isolate America economi-cally, in my estimation, will se-

verely hurt our economy and inreturn harm Am ericans.

As a conservative, I stand forthe constitutional vision of lim-ited powers, unlimited equal op-portunity for economic growth,and government neutral i ty

among special interest grou ps.!However, IS really d o not thinkthat the pol iciesthat Pat Buchananespouses ^are of a conservativenature.

I According to Bejamin Zycherof the^Los Angeles Times, thedetails of Buchan an's policies callfor big government just as intru-sive as those favored by lib erals.

Zycher uses ^Buchanan's eco-nomic policy to illustratefthispoint Buchanan's essential eco-nomic feature centers around plac-ing a series of stiff tariffs on Japa-nese, Chinese and third worldgoods, with the revenues used tooffset reductions in some taxa-tion of capital. These tariffs callfor more government intrusionand regulation. This stance is at

variance with every ideal that theRepublican party'stands for.Realistically, these tariffs would

raise prices on both foreign anddomestic goods which in the pro-cess would harm the same middleclass families that Pat Buchananwishes to help.

Ronald iReagan once said,"Government is not the solution,Government is the problem." Inall honesty, if we elect Pat

Bucha nan, gov ernm ent willgrowwhether it be regulating trade orerecting a fence across the Mexi-can-American border. This is not

conservatism.Pat Buchanan is the first to say

that if you are not anti-abortion,you are not a conservative or ifyou like NAFTA, you are not aconservative. We should nothaveone person claiming to be theperfect litmus test for conserva-tism, especially when that personis far from conservative.

Regardless of what Buchananthinks, NAFTA and GATT dowork. Take for example the eco-

nomic boom now occurring inSouth Carolina, a state in whichBuchanan failed to get a sizablemajority in the recent primary.Unemployment in South Caro-lina is 5.4%, which is below thenational7 unemployment rate of5.6%. This is partly due to BMWmoving a planfto Spartanburg.According to George Will, "Youhave to hide in a barn to avoid

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And when 1 ge t loaded, I gel

loaded.I think I am pretty consistent in

my living. I think that people, nomatter how well they know me,never arc really sure what I amgoing to say. I know that peoplewho trust me know that they cantrust me. And I think^that whenmy roommates and I break out thebottle opener and invite over afew* friends, we can be<• assuredthat anything is possible.

And that is how= it should be.Afterall, in three months many of

us will be out flooding the jobmarket and look ing for a life. Oth-ers will start to crawl to the top ofgraduate programs, looking for

academic accolades. Some willeven return to the 'Hurst, crazy as

that may sound.I know that when I leave I will

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getting a job in South Carolina."Because of GATT and NAFTA,jobs are being created. Are we toclose up our walls and preventmajor industries like BMW fromcoming into our towns and creat-ing thousands of jobs? I do notbelieve we should.a Buchan an's isolation policy andprotectionist policies are not theways to encourage growth andopportunity. I am personally glad

to see Buchanan talking about theabortion issue and issues thathurtthe working class. We do need

candidates speaking about thoseissues. How ever, Pat Buchanan isnot the answer to our problems. Ibelieve that Senator Bob Dolecan bring the vision and the ideasthatcan heal a severed nation. PatBuchanan would alienate many,when we should be bringingpeople back to the flock.

However,'! feel upset whenpeople, who are inexperienced inpolitics, say someone is, for ex-

ample, a fascist and just leaves itat that. To make a logical argu-ment, one needs facts and sup-

porting statements to make theargument valid and sound. Poli-tics is an^art of factual support,and a little rhetorichereand there.

Pat Buchanan cannot bring theReagan Revolution to a success-ful conclusion. At the same time,I am not totally convinced thatSenator Dole could do it alone.However, one thing that is certainfor me, Reagan is a great man andhe did great things for America.

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C i r c l e K O f f i c e r s A t t e n d C o n v e n t i o n a t P e n n S t a t e

Circle K officers at Penn,State convention: (L to R)Jr. r:Kevin Kosco, VicePresident; Fr. Pui-San Cheung, Treasurer; Sr. Carol Ann VoItz,<;R.S.M.,Advisor, Fr. Jennifer Lehr, President; and Jr. Kathryn Berry, Secretary.

By Jessica RussellMerciadFeatures Editor

The weekend of March 15-17*found the officers of Circle K atthe Penn State Main campus for a

leadership conven tion. The offic-ers were oined by about250otherCircle K leaders from different?colleges in State College.

Sister Carol Ann Volte, Circl e|K advisor, saidl "What our stu-dents learned was just a real eye jopener. To think that that manygleaders could get> together and Jhave that much fun while havingleadership workshops. They werequite busy Friday, Saturday, andSunday. I got to meet a lot of fac-ulty advisors and different peo plewhen I was there. I was given a lotqffencouragement since this ismy first year.

"We did have an excellent ban-quet Saturday evening. It lastedfor about three hours and studentsthroughout the whole state werehonored for their service, so tro-phies and plaqueswere given out.Some year I would like to see our

students receive some kind of an

award there because of their ser-

vice," said Sr. Carol Ann.

"We were thanked, at the end,personallyoh stage. Jennifer Lehrand Mercyhurst were thanked fortheir enthusiasm. I?just felt soproud when I was sitting there,cause here in this big banquet hallyou hear Mercyhurst called b ut,"Sr. Carol Ann said.

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The convention was paid for by

the Erie Kiwanis Club, the adultextension ofCircle K. "They paidfor all our fees for the conventionso itwas really nice .

VI would like to see ou rstudents rece ive...an award there be-cause o f their service.1

The kids felt good about it,"

said Sr. Carol Ann .Circle K will be having an in-

duction banquet for members onSaturday April|27 in the cafe.Members will be getting their in-

duction pinsand will hear a mem-berof he Mercyhurstcommunityspeak. Members and their parents

a re asked to inform either Sr. CarolAim or any officer of the nam es of

those attending by April 10.*4 Any Mercyhurst student whostill want^to join Circle K cancontact Sr. Carol Ann in Egan 4 2at extension 2473 or any of theofficers. £

Choosing RoommatesThere are many problems that may be overlooked when college students choose roommates.

* Caryl Unseld and Kim Coughlin, coordinators of the housing sign-up process, suggest that studentsplanning to room together explore the following topics, smoking policies, guest visitation, cleaningschedules and purchasing groceries. They also recommend that students review the 1995-96 StudentHandbook for other areas to discuss when "creating their own environment.

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- With this year's hockey seasoncoming to a disappointing end, itwas also the end for five formi-dable Seniors. Over the past fouryea rs these players, namely KevinMcKinnon, John Tsakanikas,Bryce Bohun, Stephan Tremblayand Scott MacDonald, have giventheir all to not only Mercyhursthockey but tojthe school as a

whole.On Tuesday night I got together

with these Seniors in what was aninteresting interview, with noholds barred answers. 1

The PlayersEach of these players has con-

tributed to an ever-improvingMercy hurst college h ockey teamin their own individual way, KevinMcKinnon for just his all-aroundgame and scoring ability, Scott"Rach" McDonald for his speedand stick handling, John ."Youknow" Tsakanikas for his power-fflj-slapsnot, Bryce^the-ba l l ^

Bohun for his intelligence andcreativity on the Ice and finally,Stephan "the Duke" Tremblayfrom his all around defensive abil-ity and hard checking. '/

The Past Year"It was a pretty good year, we

didn't however accomplish anyof ourgoals we set out to do at thestart of the year,*I feel had wegone to nationals we would havegiven Alabama a better go at itthan Bcmidji did. However I felt

I that last year Was definitely theyear that we could have won na-tionals,'* said Bryce Boh un.

iMacDonald echoed Bohun *srema rks. Utwasvery, very dfsap-pointing, in simply that we didn'tfulfill our goals. The year beforewe wen the ECAC Champion-ships so the obvious goal was totake the next step and*win thenationals,andwe didn't do it. W edidn't get the same breaks thatw e

k were getting last year. The teamlast year was without a doubt thebest team we had in the four yearsI've been here. NVe just had agood balance, good goal tending,good defense, and good for-

wards."

Tsakanikas added, "I wasn'there for a few games, but I thought

g I could have played and done\A more. Like what the guys said,

last year was our best team«how-

evcr I felt if we w ent to nationalsthis year we could have donevery

well." ? •Tremblay added a little bit more

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"Personally this was my favor-ite year here. We came in and lostseven games all year, three ofthose being to Canisius. Had wewon the last game againstCanisius,andgot a bid for nation-als, I'm not saying that we wouldhave won but we would havegiven Alabama a much bettergame, than Bemidji did," said

Tremblay. *

The Memories ';<"In regard to hockey, the two

trips to the nationals as well as theECAC Championships are timesthat I will never forget, but on apersonal note I think that the hair-cuts we got on our freshman ini-tiation'will always be in mymemory, I got a Mohawk, andMcKinnon got ajHari Krishnasaid Captain Bohun,

"The highlight of my career herewas the last few seconds of theRIT game when we all jumped onthe ice, and the low point wouldliave~to "rie~30 seconds into ourchampionship game whenBemidji scored," saidMacDonald. . |j

"Probably last year when wewon the ECAC Championshipwas the highlight for me , and alsoto host the national Champion-ships was very special," saidTsakinikas. Th e funniest mo-ment however, would have to bewhen I was a freshman. I waskind of a stud freshman year, sothe guys decided to setme up andthey got some girl to call m e andpretend she wa s fromChannel 35news and that she wanted to do anearly morning interview at fiveo'clock in the morning with mefor the early news at the rink. Ihad my suit laid out, the tie set upand I 'm ready to go , I hadn't sleptall night. Then I get this phonecall telling me it was all just ajoke," said Tsakanikas.

Going to nationals twice andwinning theECAC championshipwas good, but above all of that Iliked the road trips that we tookto, Wisconsin, Alaska, Minnesota,and Maine. Just going to all theseplaces with the team and beingtogether was a wonderful tune form e" said Tremblay.

I "Winning the ECAC Champi-onships, definitely. I have enjoyedthe comaraderie with all the guysover the past four years. Some ofthe guys you might never secagain, while somcôf the friend-

ships will definitely last a life-time. My funniest experience overthese past four years would haveto be watching "Ball" (Bryce)getting changed/'said McKinnon.

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my hand after going to nationalstwice. I think we lost twochampi-onships to a better hockey team. Icou Id have went to Bemidji State,and if so I'd have three rings onmy finger now, saying how areyou doing guys?" said Bohun.

Not winning. I wouldn'tchange any§of my experienceshere. If I was to change some-thing it would be four gam es and

then I'd be wearing two rings onmy finger now ," said MacDonald.

"We went a lmost all the way ona number of occasions and thatsdisappointingbut I've made a lotof friendship here that will last alifetime," said Tsakanikas.3} "Not winning enough, I'm apretty competitive guy who w antsto win every time I step out on theice," said McKinnon.

"Kevin is the only guy I knowthatwould cross check his motherin the corner, thats how competi-tive he is," said Bohun.

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When asked to describe his se-niors, Gotkin had this to say aboutthem. "Bryce hasjbeen a greatleader since he's been here. He'sa quality person andya qualitystudent," said Gotkin. $®•£ "McDonald is one of the pre-

mier penalty killers and its goingto be strang e not having' aMcDonald around," he said. "W ecan't replace Kevin with anotherindividual. We'll need about 10or 15 individuals to score the 10to 15 points to make up for hisdeparture," said Gotkin.

"We'll miss John, his size andstrength was ever present on theblue line for the past four years.

He was a quality defensman," headded. "Stephan was .one of thetop defensemen in the nation thisyear, we're going to m iss that,"he said. . .

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"H e is a very fair man and Iadmire him for that," saidTsakanikas. "When I look back,I'd definitely consider him a goodcoach," said Tremblay. \ ty

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"Ever since we were all fouryears old we went on road tripsand tournaments, now we're to-gether for four years, and that willnever happen again, we'll never,all 27 of us be together again,repliedMacDonald, " I' 11 just missthe whole hockey thing.

Tremblay took a different viewpoint" I 11 just miss hockeynight,practice sucks and everything elsesucks, the only thing that countsishockey night. I'm also going tomiss the simplicity of life. We

only have to take care of a fewlittle things. If you pay your threebillsa year everything else is takencare of," he said. Tsakinikas addsthat, "you get up skip someclasses, and go to the pregameskate. All those teachers that Itold the reason I missed class wa s

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I'll miss the smell of the rink,

the hockey feeling, the four to sixo'clock hour,everyday. Its almostlike a class thats not offered apartfrom hockey.Iil miss a lo t of myfriends, especially a lot of thebaseball team," said McKinnon.

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BaseballBuilds MomentumBy Tat Gould "Merciad Sports Writer

Is it top ea rly to jump on the,bandwagon? Can I reserve ticketsto the college world series yet? Isuppose it might be just a littlepremature, being only 11 games

into the season, but I always seemto miss that damn wagon . So far,the men have posted a dazzling 9-2 record and providing they stayhealthy, we should expect moreof the same (actually, a lot more,they still have more than 40 games

left in their season).The first opponent to fall victim

to the mighty Laker machine wasDavis & Elkins from West Vir-ginia. Led by flame throwing

Casey Crawford, who hurled animpressive one-hitter, the Lakers

. crushed the opposit ion by 10 he fryjuris.' * * %t . $ ' 7 i

Later in the tournament the menof spring still had something toprove as they faced off against

Bloomsburg. Jeff Benedict had> eaten allofhis whea tics for break-fast that morning, and in fact mayhave stolen some from his team-mates, because he,exploded, fornine large RBI's including a grandslam and a triple. The Lakersended up bending Bloomsburg

I over their knee and giving them akj good 14-run spanking.

Êdinboro also fell prey to theLakers as they were ripped apart

by six runs. Brian Lopez (2-0)hurled for the win and Benedictknocked in four more RBl'S.Da vc Runko and Pat Cutshall also

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d&The only loss of the weekendcame--from Bloomsburg, appar-ently still bitterover the thrashing

the)' received earlier.The boys of baseball arcback in

action on Thursday in a doubleheader against Clarion. Then thesquad travels to Ashland to battletheir first GL1 AC opponent of theyear this weekend.



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Women'sjLacrosse Begins SeasonThis weekend the 1995 women*s lacrosse season swings into action with

j three games. On Saturday the Lakers travel to. face LeMoyne College.|IThe Syracuse side has an established program and should prove to be I

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Kcnyon University in two gam es. The first game will start at 1:30 p.m. jand will be played on the footb all practice field behind the Ice Center. I

| tough opposition for the young Lak ers.I On Sunday the Lakers will play their first home games when they face

| "There's a lot of potential in this team. We 've been practicing hard and jIwe'rc starting to get things going," said Rebecca Dubisz. T h e strengthIII

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of his team is the dedication and enthusiasm of he players," said assistant |coach Vonhebron Cousin. "We have a lot of inexperienced players who I

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lhavc progressed really well," said Cousin. £ •

.Men's Tennis Gets Back To Winningi * y I| The men's tennis team got back to their winning ways as they destroyed.

hocal rival Edinboro 8-1 over the weekend . The Laker netters now hold i•a 5-1 overall re cord. ' I• The Lakers were never in trouble against a weak Edinboro side. ThatI|teams single victory arose out of a Mercyhurst forfeit once the match was

Itin hand. Vyom Bhuta, playing in the number one spot, posted anotheri{win. Bhuta remains his team 's only unbeaten player this season. He holds)

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! Crew Teams Hit The Water iI This past weekend the Mercyhurst crew teams began their "on thej

) Next weekend the Lakers begin GLIAC play against Saginaw and

{Michigan Tech. * 'These games will really show us how good pr bad were, whatever the case may be," said junior Scott Vance.

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1Iwater training'' for their first race in Marietta, Ohio this Saturday. I

The Mens varsity team is anxious to prove themselves, and in this jI upcoming race they will take on Marietta, Colby and Perdue. The LakerII

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men have been training very hard th is year as they have their sights setj• on British Henley. Sean Tobin is very excited about this coming upl| season, and urges his men to bring their training up a level to meet thejI teams expectations. •J This will be the first ace for many of the Freshmen/Novice membersj• and they are understandably a bit nervous. Due to a plague of injuries thelI Womens Varsity eight has opted to stay home for this regatta, allowing]| the injured m embers to recover and hopefully get some more water tjme. JI Although the women are a bit disappointed they a re setting their sights iII

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McKinnon Named First

Team A11-American

Mercyhurst senior forward,Kevin McK innon{6-0,195; FortEric, Ontario), has been namedfirstjtcam All-American by theAmerican Hockey Coaches As-sociation. McKinnon totaled 42goals and 28 assists for 70 points

during the 1995-96 season, end-ing his stellar four-year careerwith 119goals and 79 assists. His198 total points trail only the in-comparable Scott Burfoot Kevinwas named ECAC West "Rookie-of-lhc-Ycar" in 1992-93 and wasmost recently honored with theFCAC Wcst$"Playcr-of-thc-Year'Ward for 1995-96.

Kevin joins four other hockeyalums in gaining Ail-Americanrecognition'. Burfoot in 1991, An-drew Moir in 1993, Rob Madia

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made second team that same year,and Justin Proud received secondteam honors in 1995.

McKinnon will join an elitegroup of Division 1 and II/l II play-ers for an All-Star game April 6 atthe I) of New Hampshire.

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By Dave Pe rryMerciad Sports Colunnist

% know it's the off-season forfootball and the mid-sum mertraining camps are still severalmonths away, but panic is begin-ning to look deep for the faithfulfans of the Black and Gold. Asyou sit reading my column, youmight be asking yourself why Iam writing about football whenwe'r e right in the midst of MarchMadness. For those of you whoare not aware of the situation,blame Bam Morris.

Last week, one of the brightestyoung stars in thetNFL and theleading rusher in Super BowlXXX w as found to be in posses-sion of at least six pounds of mari-juana? while being pulled overduring a routine'traffic stop inTexas. This "offense" could re-sult in the Stcelcr running backhitting the weight room of a LoneStar penitentiary instead of the

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This week coach Peter Ginnegarcame to Mercyhurst to take hisposition as the new head coach ofthe Lakers women's and men'slacrosse teams. With 16 years ofcoaching experience that has in-cluded spells at such big nameuniversities \as Ohio State andCornell University, Ginnegar iswell equipped to lead a very younglacrosse program at the HurstThis is the women's first year atvarsity level and the men's teamwill notbegin play until next year.

|$ "Ginnegar brings with him awealth ofcoaching experience and

should imm ediately lend credibil-ity to both M ercyhu rst's fledg-ing lacrosse teams," said athleticdirector Pete Russo. 'I 've been inthe business for a long time andits taken** me tp a good manyplaces," said Ginnegar. H e servedas assistant coach at Ohio Uni-versity and spent two years ashead coach at U niversity of Cali-fornia Santa Barbara.

Ginnegar comes to Mercyhurstafter serving as assistant coach toboth the men 's lacrosse and soc-cer programs at Cornell Univer-sity. Both these squads heldhigh national rankings and sawplayoff action during the 1995season. So how does a coach withsuch big time experience feelabout coming to*a place likeMercyhurst? *

"Physically its a smaller school,commitment wise I don 't think itsany different," said Ginnegar,"they're serious about winninghere.Obviouslywith lacrosse!

there's no history of the'game

one in Three Rivers Stadium.If convicted, Bam willJface any-where between two to ten yearsand a maximum fine of $10,000.

Hey, let's admit it, we're not allperfect Each and every one of ushas been guilty J of somethingsomewhere along the^linc.^Thcproblem is that when you arc anational celebrity, the word "re-sponsibility" takes on a new levelof meaning. You not only have tothink of yourself, but you have tothink of all the kids who w orshipyou as a sports hero.

When I think of this incident, I

have to ask "myself what in theworld Bam was doing.?Even ifhe's not using the pot for himselfand is simply transporting it forfriends (a distinct possibility),why would he risk throwing awayhis reputation, a million dollarsalary, and the chance to play thegame he excels at and loves somuch? |

It could be that Bam is jealous

Words of Wisdom...new lacrosse head coach Peter Ginnegarteaching the game to his new charges. Photo M ike Lorenz.

into one of the classiest programshere right nowand we're going totry get the college commu-nity and the city of Erie excitedabout the game- of lacrosse be-cause its new her e," he said.

"There's no lacrosse here, noteven in the high schools, so we'rereally going to take lacrosse froma nonentity so to speak, and try

turn it into a sport in the area that

the people cankembrace," saidGinnegar. "Our priority is to getthe program here at Mercyhurstoff the ground and hopefully theninterest | in the area will growaround it," he said. f

Development -s"This season is one of develop-

ment for us, the wins and lossesfor me are secondary as to whatwe're try ing to accomplish, whichis to solidify the program," saidGinnegar. "Really the goal for usisfto turn this lacrosse program

of such past Steel cr immortals asWorley or Eric Green. Per-

haps Bam wanted to get in on the

action. It might be that Bam feltleft out of some valuable presstime when DeonFigures was get-ting all of he attention after beingshot outside Compton last sum-mer. Maybe Bam was insultedwhen the media put YanceyThigpcn in the spotlight afterYancey had his car stolen at gun-point last A ugust

When Coolio won a Grammyfor his hit single "Gangsta 's Para-dise," I don't think he*had the

Pittsburgh Steelers in mind. The"Bam incident" now leavescoachBill Cower with an absolute ur-gent need to either acquire a run-ning back through the draft orthrough the free agent mark et

In my opinion, this problem iseven greater than the impendingquarterback controversy. Thebread and butter of the PittsburghSteelcr offense has always been

in the country. That takes time,"he said.

"With the enthusiasm of a newprogram you sometimes lose fo-cus of what the reality is. Abigwin mayjeause 'people to thinkyou can jump right up to the top.That's not reality," said Ginnegar."As the head coach of both teamsits my job to m ake sure we keep

our focus. If we are to build aK a i l / . c ' i l G U : QlOKLHUJ ii,- 501U& ii>

really strong program its going tobe a calculated progression," he-said.

jf I Although he's had only lim-ited experience with his currentcrop of players, G innegar appearsto have gained very favorable firstimpressions. "They are a specialgroup from what I can tell. Any-time you come from club t o var-sity level it takes a lot of work anddetermination. These girls haveworked extremely hard," be said.

In Jamthe power running game. FromFranco to Bam, the offense hasalways been built around aRodney Hampton/NatroncMeanstype of back. To be competitiveand take the pressure off the heirto Neil O'DonncIl, the Stcclcrsmust have this \ypc ofback. Whilethe Stcelcr front office mulls thisone over, Barn's hope will restwith his'ability to hire a goodlawyer.

Hey, it's not that bad. If worsecomes to worsts he can alwaysfollow the path of many celebri-ties such as former Yankee pitcherSteve Howe or pro-golfer JohnDaly and make money from hispersonal problem. A book or TVmovie might be J in thefworks("Good-bye t6 Glory" by|BamMorris). The talk shows are alsoa ^possibility. After all, this li sAmerica a great place to dosomething totally wrong and getrewarded with a cash windfall.?

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