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VOL. 66 NO . 23 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, GLENWOOD HILLS, ERIE, PA. 16546 MAYNew housin lodesM e r c y h u r s t p l a n s e i g h t n e w t o w n h o u s e sBy Jule GardnerEditor in Chief

The Board of Trustees has approvedthe concept of eight new townhouseswhich, if inalized,will be built duringthe summer. According to coll ege Presi-dent Dr William Garvey, they are likelyto be located either near the currenttownhouses or on the eastern front lawnnear buildings 611 and 613.A decision to build will be ma de 'Verysoon," according to Dr. GaryBBrown,director of residence life.The set up will be similar to the currenttownhouses, which have three bedroomsand house six residents. However, thenew buildings will be two stories andwill not have a basementGarvey was especially impressed withthe architecture of the townhouses. Hesaid the Tudor lines compliment the ex -isting buildings and resemble the Stu-dent Union.The townhouses will be open only tofemale students in goo d standing (with-out write-ups). "We know that womenare gentler on facilities. These will begorgeous new buildings and we simplywa nt the best behaved to live there," saidBrown. "It's not a sexist statement, it'sjust the way it is."Although the selection process is stillin its draftstage , it will probably involvea lottery. Eligible females who applywill receive a number and random selec -tions will be made to determine who wil 1MultiplBy Joseph LeglerSenior Writer

Two Mercyhurst students have beenexpelled after they beat a Mercyhurstfreshman football player three times onthe night of Saturday, April 24 . Threeothers are facing disciplinary action."A decision has been rendered by theJudicial Board, upholding the actionsta ken by Dr (Gary) Brown (director o fresidence life), which resulted in twoexpulsions, and fines and loss of eligibil-ity for tea ml sports for the remainingthree," said Bud Dever, director of secu-rity.On that night, there wa s a party at oneof he townhouses on cam pus, according

Dever. At this party, three men beganarguing about the merits of two profes-sional hockey teams (the Penguins andthe Sabres).Dever said remarks were made that twoparticipants took offense to and a fightbroke ou t"At least two men began beating a malestudent, later identified as the victim |a freshman living in McAuley Hall,"Dever added.'This was a stupid thing to fight over,"said Dever. "People argue all the timeover sporting events it shouldn 't end

Tentative plans for new housing: model drawing for townhouses.live where.Considering the popularity of the cur-rent townhouses, Brown ex pects the newbuildings to be in great demand.Because the residents of thenew build-ings will be takenfrom pool of peoplewho currently have three roommates andwilt require two more, that will leavetwo others in campus apartments withvacant slots. These residents will havethe option of finding tw o roommates orhaving them assigned by the housingoffice.These plans are, however, tentative. Ahousing newsletter will explain detailswhenfinaldecisions are made.Meanwhile, the general contractors ofWhipple-Allen Real Estate are buildingthe foundation of two new apartmentbuildings south of the maintenance build-

ing.According to Terry Camp, director ofhousing maintenance, construction is aday ahead of schedule. Camp is the liai-son between the contractors and the ad-

i ministration.Students are scheduled to move inAugust 30.Although the new apartments will pro-vide students with additional space, thefurnishings will be almost identical tothat of the older housing, said Camp.Furniture is being ordered rom hesamecompany and students will have thesamenumber of pieces. "We, already havegood furniture," said Camp.When asked about possible renova-tions of Briggs apartments, Camp said

his budget has not changed and summerGx-ups will happen as they have in the

past "We are not taking awayfromoneto feed the other," Camp said." Before the money was poured into newhousing, Camp looked into a complete"gutting" of Briggs apartments. Thiswould involve major redesigning of theliving space. Camp said that the esti-mates he received are almost as high astearing down the buildings and construct-ing new ones. Also, 90 percent of the reshm anhaverequested to live on campus and need tobe housed. This number is higher than inprevious years.:. Regarding all the new additions, Garveysaid that he i s not interested in makingthe campusbigger, ust better. "Al thesechanges are enhancing the reputation o fthe college."result in expulsionup in a situation like this." KThe victim' s riendscame to his a id andpulled him outside and away from hisattackers, but the incident carried onoutside after oneof he attackers accusedthe victim of taking a g old chain thatbelonged to him, Dever said."During the struggle inside, a gold chainworn by one ofthe attackers, was brokenand pulled off. After the victim wasoutside, the man who had his chain bro-ken was unable to locate it so he and hisfriend cameafterthevictimagain,"Deversaid. Headded that theybegan to hit hmdemanding the return of the chain, jDever said the chain w as later locatedinsidethe townhouse where it bad fallenduring the struggle. "The victim neverhad it" Dever added.The victim was able to get away fromhis attackers and retired to his room inMcAuley Hall. . jThe two attackers who assaulted thevictim, accompanied by three other stu-dents, went to the victim's room. Deveisaid one acted as lookout while the othertwo held the victims roommate and afriend at bay"The original two attackers began tobeat the victim for a third time," Deversaid. "At this beating the victim 's headwas repeatedly slammed into the con-

crete wall, and eventually into the glassfront of the medicine cabinet causinglacerations to his head and back, requir-ing medical attention."Dever added that he has "no sympathy"fort the attackers, calling their actions"gangster type violence which went be-yond the realm of a fist fight"

Theattackersleftafterthevictimstartedtto bleed, Dever said.He added that security had been sum -moned and confronted the men whohadparticipated in the assault Reports, state-ments, and visual observations weremade to Dever and Brown.Continued on page 2Grads reap awards

By Anne L. McNeilsAsst. News/ Copy Editor

On Sunday, May 23,345 Mercyhurststudents will become Mercyhurst alumni.The students will be receiving associate's,bachelor's and master's degrees. Therecipients o f a number of awards beingpresented to graduates have been an-nounced.Vice President ofExternal Affairs MaryDaly said Ruth Anne Brown will receivethe Carpe Diem award, which is the"highest student honor given by the col-lege." Daly said the award is given to"the person who best represents the col-lege motto of 'seize the opportunity' byhis or her intellectual habit, communityservice, social integrity and potential

leadership to his or her profession andcommunity.*'Brown, who will be re-ceiving a bachelor's degree inSportsmedicine is a Rhodes "Scholarnominee, is listed in Who' Who Among

Students in American Universities andhas received a number of other honorsduring her years at Mercyhurst She isactive in Campus Ministry as a book-Continued on page 2

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* Two professors bid fond farewell to the HurstBy Mia U-Rycki *Merclad Advertising ManagerThis is the lastfoil erm for twofaculty members. D r. David Tho-rn as, associate professor of g eol-ogy, and Sr. Marlene Lehmkuhl,director of the Sisters of MercyInstitute for Religious Educationand Lay Ministry, say good-byeto Mercy hurstThomas received his master'sand bachelor'sof science degreesfrom Edinboro and studied g eol-ogy at Notre Dame and BowlingGreen. He came to Mercyhurst in1970 after teaching science onthe grade school and high schoollevels and coaching three sports.Thomas, who has been atMercyhurst for over20 years, sa yswhat he appreciates most aboutthis school is having the liberty totry different teaching methods. Inone class h is students have toread

York Times each week. "Stu- kids come back and say hello,I whether they are majors or not"Dr. Thomas will not be totallyabsentfrom heMercyhurst com -munity next year. He.plans onteaching a couple classes. In ad-dition to this, he wants to study

dents learn because they see it inthe newspaper," he said. Thomasis also an advocate for hands onexperience or lab work. He'staught some of his classes totallyfree of lecture.Although Thomas originallycame here to teach general sci-ence courses, his main love is forgeology. So in 1978 he started thegeology program and it grew inpopularity to h ouse 4 0 m ajors atonetime.Thomas' love for science equallycovers his love for his students."Mercyhurst allowed me to pur-sue the things I'm interested in-scicnce and students," he said.

Lehmkuhl says that she haslearned a lot here and thatMercyhurst has given hera strongfoundation which will help in hernextjob. She leaves Brie for Ken-tucky where she wilUrejoin herorder, the Sisters of Charity of

the history o f science and is inter- Nazareth. In Kentucky she will

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Over the yea rs his office becamea general meeting place for stu-dents to study, eat lunch, or justchat He and his wife were alsoknown to host a barbecue everynow and then. 'Themost reward-

ested in traveling.K Sr. Marlene Lehmkuhl, who hastaught Catholic Values and Mo-rality here, earned hex bachelor'sdegree in education rom SpaldingCollege, a master's degree in reli-gious studiesfrom he U niversityof Detroit and anothermaster's intheological studies from theWeston School of Theology. Pre-vious to her three year stay hereshefwas located in Columbus,Ohio teaching part time in a semi-nary and doing ministry work in apoor community.While here Lehmkuhl has beenactively involved in; the

the science section of the Newj ^ g thing," he says "is to haveGraduation...Continued from page 1(from page 1) keeper and peercounselor aswell as participatingin the food drive and working atthesoup kitchen. Brown will giveone of the addresses atcommence-

*mentThe other commencementspeaker is Brian M cHugh, recipi-ent of the Teaching ExcellenceAward. McHugh is chair of theeducation division and is an asso-ciate professor of education.These two awards wil 1 be pre-sented atthe commencement cer-emonies, along with the Bishop'sAward forAcademicExcellence,given to the student with the high-est ^quality points average(Q.P.A.). A t press time, two stu-dents were tied for highestQ.P.Aand Daly said, "Until grades comein, we won't know (who won).

At 6 p.m. o n Saturday, May 22 ,the graduation dinner dance willtake place at the Avalon Hotel.This event will be highlighted bythe presentation o fseveral awards.President's Associate Achieve-ment Awards will be: given in ieight areas: Business, GlennNovak; HRIM, Debra Brown; 'Education, Mary Borden-Cass;Performing Arts, Mark Fearey; *Social Sciences, /Thomas ^DeCoteau; H umanities, Y vonneMa her; Natural Sciences and

Math, Patrick O'Keeffe and Hu-man Development, Lisa Eckl.Sherrie Mishrell will receive theJames V. Kinnane Graduate Stu-dent Award. The Sr. M . FrancesXavier Warded Adult StudentAward will be given to JudithTruitt Neal Hammill will receivethe Sr. M. Eustace Taylor Lead-ership Award.Other students being honoredinclude two students who will becommissioned as second lieuten-

ants in the United States Army.Colonel Terry Camp, director ofhousing maintenance, will offici-ate the ceremony. The two newlieutenants are Cassandra Bakmazand Gina Giachetti. Margaret AnnPilewski, O.S.B., will be pre-sented with the Sr. M. AngelicaCuminings Senior Art Award.Daniel Marks and Gina Stepanikwill bothfbe receiving HRIMawards. This year, Lisa Eckl andSharon Flynn are the only twostu dents graduating as MercyhurstHonors Scholars and Peter Eaglenearned the Pennsylvania Instituteof Certified Public AccountantsAward.Commencement activities w illkick off at noon on Saturday w iththe Seniorj Sports Brunch. Thepresentation of the PresidentGarvey Student Athlete of the

Year Award will take place dur-ing this brunch. This award ispresented to a male and a femaleathlete. The recipients had notbeen revealed at press time.In years past, graduation week-end was characterized by a socialfor the graduates* families duringmost of the day Saturday and com -mencement on Sunday. This year,Daly said, an effort has been made"to give the fam ilies a nice pro-gram." There will be activitiesduring the day on Saturday allover campus so families will havean opportunity to "wanderaround" thecampus, said Daly.The big daySundaybeginswith a continental breakfast at 8a.m. in the Laker Inn. There will

also be two Baccalaureate Masses.The first one, at 9 a.m. will becelebrated by the ReverendMichael A. Brennock. The sec-ond Mass, at 10:30 a.m., will becelebrated by; the ReverendStephen Anderson, MercyhurstCollege Chaplain. Both Masseswill be held in the chapel of Christthe King. They will be followedby a brunch in the Egan DiningRoom. The commencement cer-emonies, which begin at 2 p.m.,will be followed by a farewell/celebration reception in Garveyt'Park.

help form a program for associ-ates and develop a ministry core.Though she is excited for hernew job, Lehmkuhl will remem-ber Mercyhurstfondly."It's beena peach of a job," she said. "Iwa sable to work with adults, be intouch with traditional students,get out into the parishes and knowthe sisters in the area."

Mercyhurst community. "It'sbeen an exciting three years be-cause I've been able to createthings," she said. One of her firstcreations was the Visiting Stu-dents Program. College studentstalk with high school and gradeschool students about obstaclesthey have overcome in their livesin hopes of becoming role modelsfor the younger generation. An-other creation of Lehmkuhl' s wasGala-10, a support group forgaysand lesbians in the area. She hasalso been instrumental in bring-ing a certificate program in layministry to adults unable to cometo the college.

By Anne L. McNelisAsst. News/Copy Editor

Mercyhurst Student Govern-ment (MSG) held its final meet-ingof the 1992-93 school year onMonday, May 10. PresidentGeorge Pa ydock opened themeet-ing by explaining some of thereasons for the location of newhousing being built in the Weberparking lot. Paydock said helearned that other sites were con-

The new SAC Board of Directors. Center, Michael Arrigo, chairperson.

sidered but the parking lot wasdeemed best because the Collegeowns the land. The new parkinggarage that will be constructedwill ma ke up for the lost parkingplaces by providing 50 to 60 addi-tional spots.Paydock also reported on therecent Board of Trustees meet-ing. H e said the Sisters of Mercy"were not pleased tofindout MSGlost $9,000 on the (Blues Trav-eler) concert ..(or that) studentswerecharged again,"despite hav-ing already paid a student gov-ernment fee which provides theMSG budgetThe Board of Trustees also dis-cussed pi ans to move the McAuleyDivision to an off-campus site.The idea is based on the fact thatstudents of the division pay lowertuition yet have the same benefitsthat regular-tuition students do.Paydock said the Board alsotalkedabout opening a junior college.Vice President Kristen Hurdreminded representatives of thefreshman orientations which willtake place over the summerandshe also discussed next year'scommittees.Jessica Cuffia, secretary, talkedabout theSpringFormal. Formore

details, read Jule Gardner's col-umn on page four. Elections fornext year's Senate were also held.Next year's senators are SherlynCelone, Colleen Kipfstuhl, JeffHutchinson, James Bean, Will-iam Wheeler and Leeann Kelly. Heid also asked for approval ofadditional money to cover the costof repairing the volleyball courtThe previous MSG body ap-proved $200 to $300 in repairs,but thefinalcostcame to approxi-mately $1,100. Student UnionDirector Cass Shimek said the

people former MSG PresidentJohn Bruno engaged to do thework misunderstood preciselywhat they were supposed to doand made'more improvementsthanwere requested. Shimek said,m w |"I don't think we're getting ex-tremely overcharged.. .(They did)a bang-up job." She also pointedout thatthis experience may teachMSG "to be a little more ques-tioning'' before they approvemoney. Representativesapproved

the additional funds needed tocover thebill.Student Activities Committee(SAC) Chair M ichael Arrigo dis-cussed the SAC survey, whichwill be available to students attheUnion desk. He also said SpringActivities week and weekendwere "a great success." Hethanked students for being "ma-ture and responsible and having agood time" during the activitieson Saturday. He said he plans totry to bring the Spring Ac tivitiespicnic back on campus next yearso m ore people wil 1 attend itMSG meetings are open to allstudents. Look for information inthe beginning ofSe ptember aboutmeetings and activities for nextyear.

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(from page l)The three studentsnot directly involved in the beat-ings must perform a nominalamount of service hours for thecommunity and also lose theireligibility to participate in anyteam sports.The victim has been treated andcontinues to be under close medi-ca1 scrutiny for possible eye socketdamage, Deversaid.Dever attributed this incident towhat alcohol consumption doesto certain individuals.| '"People have to learn to be re-sponsible and accountable fortheir actions. They shouldn' t drinkif they are going to lose control,"he said.

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mwmmA day in the life of a ballet dancer-more than just pink tutus and pretty shoesBy Michelle RyanArtsxSt Entertainment Editor

Have you ever wondered whatactually go es into a dancer's dayin the wa y o f sel f d isipline, weightcontrol and physica 1 endurance? Ispoke to two dancers here atMercy hurst, and they g ave meinsights on w hat it takes to be adancer.Shannon Vance, junior dancemajor, and Dawn Simmons, jun-ior Engl ish major, spoke candidlyon how they feel about the activ-ity. Van ce, who has been dancing

since the age of twe lve, definitelywants to pursue dance as her ca-reer."I had a friend whoused to dancewhen I was younger, and shewould show me stuff around theliving room. Then I r>watched"Fame"you know, that T.V.showand then I wanted to gointo it (dance)," Vance said, onher initial inspirations into d ance.A typical day for Vance, who isenrolled in the Mercy hurst dancedepa rtment, starts with getting upfor her 8:15 class. That's theonly time we can have academ-ics. Then I rush home to changeinto my 'bunhead' and go over tothe studio, and then we are usu-ally there from 11 to fourusu-ally a couple of classes and re-hearsals. Then I come home for acouple of hours, grab some din-ner, and go back to the studio forat least a couple of hours, some-times until 10 and then come homeand try to do some homework andgo to bed and get up and do it allover again!" Vance said.

Simmons, who dances for anErie company, Da inark, hasbeenon her toes for 18 years. She takesclasses at Mercyhurst and thenrehearses in the Dafmark studiofor approximately four hours.After several hours of practice aday,you would think a dancerwould be ravenous but discour-agedfrom eating. This is n ot thecase in the Mercyhurst dance de-apartment.

They don't tell you exactly whatyou're supposed to eat They don'tsay, 'You can't eat this,' but theygive you suggestions. A lot ofdancers arevegetarians. A lot ofpeople have different ideas. Wejust had a guest dancer who thinksthat we should eat fruit all day.It's your own personal thing tomaintain your weight, it dependson your own self and your ownmetabolism,'' Vance said, men-tioning that she didn't feel pres-sure to starve herself despiteweigh-ins ever few m onths.

self in* the mirror every day,Simmons said. "All dancers Iknow have a tendency to believethey are a bit heavier than theyactually are."A dancers body takes a beatingas Vance and SimmonsSmcn-tioned. "Just*normal stuff, likepulling muscles. I've done some-thing to my ankle*but V don'tknow what! I'vehad mostly ankleproblems and shin spl ints," Vancesaid.T

For Simmons, diet is not a bigissue. "I'm really lucky because Ihave a high metabolism. A lso, Idon't really worry about it, I onlyworry about it during performancetime. Where I dance , they are notreally concerned with the realskinny look. They don't weighus, and they don't keep a closetrack on (our weight). If you startgetting a 1 ittle bit too heavy, thenthey may comment about it," shesaid."When I was in Oklahoma, theywould weigh us once a week andthey keptweight journals. One ofthe things I heard the most was, 'Idon't care how you get it off, justget it off, it needs to come o ff.' Istarted losing a lot ofweightwhileI was there. They never told youto stop. I'd lose about one to twopounds a week, and get positivereinforcement You 'd never reachthe point where they would say,'OK, this'is enough, stop.'Simmons said she dropped to 103pounds on her 5 '6" frame."I've seen a lot of eating disor-ders. I think all dancers need tohave some degree of anorexiaabout them be cause yousee your-

I've been pretty lucky; I'mpretty tough," Simmons sa idwhenasked if sheever had any injuries."I threw my back out once. Mylower back gets the worst beat-ing, because I have scoliosis. Feet,too, and toenails; ingrown toe-nails, blisters and callous es."Financial strain is another issue.Vance said that a pair o f toe shoescan cost around $50 a pair, andshe has g one through three pairsthis month alone!I t depends on the person and theshoe and how much dancing youdo ata point Somebody else mightgo through a pair a week, or awhole year.*If you're a profes-sional, you might go through apair a night," Vance said.For Vance,1 some of the mostdifficult aspects of dancing^in-clude the self-disipline dancingdemands. "It's not only physical,it's mental," she said.Simmons said that the emotional Jjphysical and psychological de-mands dancing requires are someof the harder parts of dancing. "Ifyou 're doing it for the right rea-sons, I don't really see it as diffi-cult or as aproblem or anything,because I love it so much."What's thebest thing about danc-

ing? j y g"Performing. Definitely. B eingon stage makes it all worth it,Vance said."I love the d isipl ine, I love thefocus," Simmons said. "When Igo into class, I'm so focused onthe moment Working andseeingmyself improve; the act of danc-ingi love it so much."

Out with the old and in with the newW M C E se lects new crewBy Michelle RyanArts & Entertainment Editor

Mercyhurst's very own radiostation, WMCE 88.5 FM, has anew crew in charge of itsopera-tions.John Danknich, junior comm u-

nications major, is the new sta-tion manager atWMCE. JenniferTrinidad, freshman communica-tions major, will serve a s pro-gram director. Jim Bean has beenchosen as music director. Bean isa freshman biology major. JoAnna Shirey, undeclared, has thejob of special events promoter,and Jay K ennedy is the produc-tion director. Kennedy is a com-puter management major."I think WMCE is in store forsome changes. We'll have to seewhat they are. I'm sure they'll beattention-getters," says Joe

Legler, former program director.IWMCE underwent a formatchange earlier this year. Theymoved romcla ssic rock to d ance-top forty and for the weekends,alternative.

A&E: Recap of a New EraBy M ichelle RyanArts & Entertainment Editor

Welcome to the Arts and En-tertainmentpage! I'm your newArts & Entertainmenteditor andI'm hoping to start a new era forthis page and will welcome anyideas you, the Mercyhunt com-munity, may have. After all, thisis your paper and we need yourimput. |Next year, the Arts and Entertainment page will work hard toprovide a largecoverage ofvarious events on campus; whether itbemusic, dance, pottery, painting, bands, activities, formatsyouname i t One of my goals is to get the students involved in this page.Come fall, we will be accepting photography contributions on aweekly basis for print Out of the photos submitted, we will choseoneto place on the Arts and Entertainment page. H eck, we mayevenbreak ou t and print some poetry. So as you enjoy the summer ahead,pick up a pen or capturesomething uniqueon camera for publica tionnext year. x>Mercyhurst is no deadbeat college , A lot has happened this year inthe wayof arts and entertainment In September, the musical groupthe Styrenes rocked Homecoming weekend. The radical newspaperThe Freedom Zone was born and WM CE worked to change itsformat and get student opinion. October brought us The Birds, a2,500-year old play which starred an all- Mercyhurst cast InNovember, political science majors presented a mock trial overwhich Erie County Court ofCommon Pleas Judge RogerM.Fischerpresided. Christmas on Campus benefited many Erie children andvolunteers alike during December.In January, Academic Celebration exploded w ith a focus on theJFK assassination in which five spea kers expanded on thesubjectAnd how canwe forget the winter formal at die Rotunda (sorry aboutthe carpet) and winter activities on that cold, baren football Geld!Students were encouraged to fill out a poll to choose a perferredband for the spring concert, and the Blues Travelers w ere broughtto Mercyhurst in Ap ril. And how about that senior art show? Twoperformances, Tintypes and The Little Mermaid, offered week-end enterta inment for the Mercyhurst a ndErie communities in earlyMay. No w w e are preparing for graduation and senior we ek, andanother year is drawing to a close more quickly than it began.*Keep your minds open this summer, and prepare to let loose all ofthat bottled-up creativity next fall! Have a blast and we at theMerciad will see you next fall!

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tf Weeding It Out fBy Jule GardnerEditor in ChiefWe cry that weare treated like children. We complain when weareinformed o f changes after the fact. W e think administration wantsto lead us by the hand. We believe we are responsible adults.Why is it, then, w e cannot act like it?Because of our adolescent actions at the Spring Formal on lastFriday night, we have no place left to hold such an event We werepermitted tohold the dance in the beautifully renovated ballroom ofthe Avalon hotel and, instead, we had no respectI was not the one who tried to spell my name by grinding cheeseinto the carpet I wasn't the onewho purposely put out cigarettes onthe dance floor. Unfortunately, these actions and others like themreflect on me and on all M ercyhurst students.And we w ill suffer the consequences.According to MSG Secretary, Jessica Cuffia, who organized theformal, w e are not allowed to have formals anywhere else in E rie.Any place that is large enough will not book us. Our reputationprecedes us.Mercyhurst has two big w eekends during the entire school year.Activities weekends seem to be the only times we really cometogether and celebrate as a college should.Forma Is start the celebration with a welcome change of pace. Girlswear heels. Guys wear ties. We do a little "pre-formal" and singgoofy son gs on the pleasantly overcrowded shuttle.We get together off campus.We dance with riends.We dance w ith strangers. We dance withstrangers who may become a little more than friends before thecoach is again a pumpkin.Some people bring their squeeze, but it's cool to go with a groupof riends.A fewend up squeezing someone else's. It's the formal.Run with it

pSome people have fun and others, well..they have a little too muchfun. And still others think it's a good time to ruin everyone else'sfun.This is what happened at the last formal.I'man advocate ofgood times. Okay, I admit it I would rather buya dress, party with my friends, consume alcohol at a hotel and danceunder a Disco ball than sit home on a Friday night Call it craziness.| Unfortunately, we may not be able to have any more formals. Ofcourse, the sad part is the good time thatwe will be missing. Yet thething that gnaws me is what it says about Mercyhurst students.I'm not claiming that we should play Mozart and drink Taster'sChoice if we ever have another formal. However, I don't think it'stoo much to ask that we act responsibly while whooping it up.There isno reason to spell things in cheese or grind Hershey kissesinto a new carp et There is no valid argument that people shouldhave to smoke where others are dancing. Nee dless to say, the peopleat the Avalon are not going to forget it with a 'Those crazy college

kid s " excuse.After the many hours Cuffia and her crew spent organizing thedance, destruction is not an acceptable result I think she expressedwhat I feel w hen she told me that she "just took for granted thatpeople would be mature about i t"Legally^ we are adults. Although we may be adults who feel theneed to party, maturity should b e something taken for granted. Itshould be a given.If you drink before ormal,drink with common sense. Even if youare a freshman w hose mother would not let alcohol touch your lipswhile under her roof, use judgment Don't get out of control.Destruction and disrespect of property that's not yours is notespecially cool and the immaturity o f some has severely limited ourchances to continue the formal tradition.A pestilence to all you chocolate grinders, rude smokers andcheese spellers. Good times are few. It's toobad thefew have takenone away.

The M erciad welcomes let-ters to the editor]Letters must be si gned.but thename can be withheld b;quest under certain conditions.

Bruno defends record as presidentDear Editor: Freedom Zone staff were slan- tant, is this be! ief that MSG needs

Last week, I was unavailablefor comment So this week, I de-cided that I would submit someofmy thoughts on the past*-year.After all this past year was verydifferent in many ways rompastyears yet very similar as well.Sorry if that sounds ambiguousbut it is the only way to explain itwhile being brief.The first hing I would like tosay is that I am an advocate for thestudents and that is all I will everbe. Some people would love toconvince everyone that I am outto "screw the students over" oram out for my own "personalmotives." This isnot entirely true.I am out for my own "personalmotives:"my "personal motives"of try ng to do a 111 possibl y can toensure that the students w ho pay$13,000 to go to college here gettheir money's worth back fromthe school. As you cansee, th is isa difficult task. In spite of therecent small minded attacksagainst me, I will continue to pur-sue this activism as best I can inthe future. I just wo n't be the onetrying to lead the parade.

One thing I will never do is tryto bash other students just be-cause I have some personal rea-son or nothing better to due withmy time. Some people may bethinking of the last article in theFreedom Zone but I assure youthat I was only responding to slan-der, "fightingfirewith fire(only lrhad the bigger ire)."I don't re-gret it one bit When I and the

dered by the (former) Editor ofthe Merciad, I said to myself,"Well, I can sue, Could beat himup, or Bamm! I can slander himback." W e all know which I did.Oh, but God forbid the Presidentof MSG defend himself. Let'sstop all the fighting amongst our-selves and work aa a team.

The main reason for writing isto dispel some of the myths andbandwagon attacks on me. Espe-cially some of the anonymous at-tacks printed by your publicationlast week. It takes a lot of back-

to have a better relationship withadministration. Okay, this soundsgood. I am allfor it just as soon asthe administration acknowledgesthe students as an adultorganiza-tion and not a steak on someone'sdinner'table. I've heard thingslike, "we learned this year thatweneed to work with administra-tion...'' How? iWhat big lessonwas learned??? The bottom lineis that I accomplished everythingthat wa s done by last years MSG

bone to write about someoneanonymously. One of the thingsthat killed me the most was evena college administrator was toobig a pansy to sign his/her namewhile criticizing me (nice exampleyou set).To that anonymous girl whoclaims that I intimidated MSGinto doing what I wanted I wouldlike to say goback to high school.You're no adult. It is scary thatyou became an MSG rep. If youare so insecure that you allowyourself to*be intimidated intodoing things you don't want tothen you need to decide whetheror not you should have ever movedaway romhome because franklyyou can't take it I also think youshould apologize to the othermembers of MSG (anonymouslyof course) who have enough gutsto not be intimid ated. You era ekedlike an egg. And by the way, Iwasn't trying to intimidate any-one. You're just insecure andafraid.The last thing, and most impor-

without sucking upto administra-tion at all. Plus wedid things thatlast year's M SG wa s afraid to try(i.e. Freedom Zone). All in all, Iwish I could have done more.Believe me , I can criticize myselfbetter than any of you can. In theend, I'm just glad we kept MSGmoving forward. /^\I've heardfrom he mouths ofvarious administrators that be-cause I didn't run for MSG Presi-dent again they (the administra-tion) feel 1993-94 will be aCakewalk.Next year's MSG needsto work on improving relationswith administration by sticking totheir gun s. W hen administrationstops lying, being condescend-ing, and view ing the students ascommodities, then and only thencan MSGand administration worktogether as equals.Look for me next year in theMerciad and FVeedom Zo ne staffboxes. Maybe then I will be ableto stick to one topic.

John J. BrunoMSG President 1992-93Student claims apathy with yearbookDear Editor:

I am writing with the hope thatsomeone out there living andbreathing will respond. As a mem-ber of the yearbook staff for twoyears, I have been an eye witnessto a very crucial problem. How-ever, before I state wha t this prob-lem is please be aware that this isnot a letter to point Gngers orblame anyon e, rather it is a letterasking for help concerning thisproblem.,The yearbook, which is a longdrawn-out project, needs partici-pation in order to be completedand have a decent Gnished prod-uct come the following fall. Theproblem with this is that keyword:participation. It seems thatthe yearbook is almost non-exis-tent in the eyes of the Mercyhurstcampus. The yearbook staff itselfmay be partly to blame for lack ofpublicity. However as I said, I amnot writing to blame anyone, onlyto ask for a bit of help form theMercyhurst community.For the last two years I haveworked hard to help make thePraeterita what it is, as have ahandful o f others. That is just itthough, it takes more than a hand-ful of overworked students to cre-

ate the kind of yearbook graduat-ing seniors and returning studentsalike deserve. It is very difficultto capture the essence of an entireyear on Mercyhurst campus withonly fivepeople to organize, write,take pictures, et cIn last week's issue of theMerciad Anne McNelis wrote anarticle discussing the fact thatTheMerciad staff has tried withoutsuccess toget a response from the

student body about what issuesconcern them. My only commentto that is at least you have a sta ffready and willing to give peoplewhat they want There have beensigns all over campus and a noticein The M erciad concerning openeditor positions for next year. Inthe last two weeks there have beenabsolutely no responses. Granted,

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Associated Collegiate PressVol. 66 No. 23I ulc Gardner | Editor 1 n ChiefAnne L. McNeils Asst. News St Copy EditorIMIchelle Ryan Arts & EntertainmentEditorGrace Bruno < Features EditorCralg Ry bczyn ski Sports EditorKellh Courson Asst. Sports Editor

M ay 14,1995Joseph Legler Senior WriterUla U-Ryeki Advertising ManagerDavid McQuUlen StaffColumnistNick Krayger ; StaffColumnistTimothy Moriarty Faculty Advisor

Merciad StaffMary MedureErin HauberJennifer TrinidadChris KullmanRichSheltonJohn Shanaban

Megan Circle?Monica SerlikStephanie W ainrightDavid Kosobucki UBeth NicholsDavid Rumsey

Elizabeth JohnsonJay Fitchpa trickLiam BarronKatie JohnsonNicole GeradJohn Furiong

Beth HaasJay KennedyHeather Ryan tSuzanne ConeglioTiffanie WilliamsJohnMerdad Is the student-produced newspaper o f Mercyhurst College. Box 161,501 R 38th StnErie, Pa., 16546\ Phone 824-2376The Merciad welcomes letters to the editor.Jxlltojuusi

l i e Merd ad's editorial opinion is determined by the Editorial Board with theEditor holding inalresponsibility. The opinions expressed in TheMerdad arenot necessarily those of H o Merdad, its stiff or Mercyhurst College.

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MAY 13,1993 THE MERCIADiKiiililfe;;nil'- tHi- Hi; H I I -M m M i s 1PPSss&g * * H * * iiflj PAGE 5M M ^ !it means that little bit of extra helpnow and then, but students areturning away SCHOLARSH IPS!It seems as if no one cares-untilthe yearbook comes out, of course.Those same students who didn'toffer a moment's worth of helpare the first to criticize when theysee thefinishedproduct Maybeyou don't realize each ofyoupaysfor the production of the year-book whether you are satisfied ornot You all have money goinginto it, yet no one wants to lend ahand, only criticism. However,that is another subject in and ofitself. My only concern at thistime is how to get people to par-ticipate in helping put together abook that thousands o fpeople willlook back on in ten years and b eimpressed with.I'm not sure just why there issuch little participation. I have afew ideas of my own such as noteveryone has time, people per-ceive being a yearbook staff mem-ber as 'uncool', maybe you justdidn't know it was there or justdon't care. Whatever the reason, Iwould like to know.

Working on the yearbook is avery rewarding experience and Ionly hope to get a little responseout of this letter. For those of youwho will just sit back and ignorethis plea for help, let me offer onesuggestion-no more yearbooks.Without the help it simply cannot

I Student...continued rompage 4*J1 MaybV ^ would all Otherwise, prove you would likelike to graduatefromMercyhurstCollegewith nothing to lookbackon to remember the good timesyou had. If this is the case, say theword and I'll* save myself andothers the headaches next year.

to see an excellent quality year-book and participate; lend a hand.Thank you ,Robyn BraunrothCo-Editor '93-'94

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F a f l i k a n d H u r d a d d r e s s a l c o h o l i s mBy M elissa SvitekMerciad Contributing Reporter

When Jeff Faflik was born, healready had a 50 to 70 percentchance of becoming an alcoholicFa licwas unable to beat the odds.At age 15, Kristin Hurd, a stu-dent at "a yuppy private school,"almost lost her life to alcohol.These are the kind of storieswea t Mercyworld hear about everyday. They make for interestingmovies, tv . shows and articles inSeventeen. But Faflik and Hurdaren't imaginary characters; theyare students at MercyhurstOn Wednesday, April 28, Faflikand Hurd openly discussed theirbattles with alcoholism. ^Theycame into Sullivan Hall knowing

that they'd have to relive themosttraumatic moments o f their livesfor a presentation conducted bythe Advanced Public Relationsclass. Faflik and Hurd told theirstories because they know howeasy it is to become addicted toalcohol, and how difficult it canmake a person's life. If they canprevent just one person fromex-periencing that difficulty, it iswellworth the discomfort of tellingtheir stories.

Faflik came to Mercyhurst on afull basketball scholarship. Likemany college reshmen,he didn'ttake"academics very seriously.His attitude was, "school is forbasketball and drinking." Drink-ing is a normal aspect of c ollege

life, andmany students drinkregu-larly without having a problem.But Faflic was the son of an alco-holic, and tha t boosted hischancesof de veloping a drinking .prob-lem, 50 to 75 percent. H is casualweekend drinking became morefrequent until h e started drinkingevery night By Spring Term hewas scheduling his classes be-tween 12 p.m. and 4 p.m., so hecould go out drinking at night andhave time to recover in the morn-ing. Despite this, he ended upskipping classes. His grades suf-fered, his social life deteriorated,and hisbasketball career was stag-nating.

"I was always in search of theultimate high," Faflik said. That

Math brings anxiety toBy Teena Stewart fMerciad Contibuting ReporterJust the mention of it can send an

icy chill to my heart My mindstarts racing and the battle withinbegins while I try to fight downrising panic Part of me arguesthat I'm a grown woman capableof almost anything I put my mindto., .but the other ha 1 fbehaves likea scared rabbit that wants to runand hide. It reminds me of all thethings that have and could gowrong. Theroar within my brainincreases until I can't hear whatthe person who originally men-tioned the subject is saying.KWhat is the subject? It's a fourletter work ed, foul and nasty butoh, so necessaryMATH . Ishudder just writing it If youthink it.sounds like a phobia,you're probably right Accord-ing to my self-diagnosis, it is.I looked the cond ition up underphobias in Tabor's CyclopedicMedica l Dictiona ry. It read,"PhobiaAny persistent and ir-rational fear of a specific object,activity, or situation that resultsin a compelling desire to avoidthe feared or phobic stimulus."While perusing the pages I foundsome other interesting phobias.Here are a few: barophobiafearof gravity, ponophopiafear ofoverwork and graphophobiafear of writing.

O.K. Enough, you say. Sowhat's the phobia for math? Itwasn't listed. The closest I cameto was "mathematics anxiety"toobad, because I know a phobiawhen I see it, smell it and taste itAnxiety comes with any test oralmost any new situation. We'retalking about "persistent, irratio-nal fear".. .tha t makes you want toavoid something. So, I'll give it aname, mathaphobia. (I can't callit aritbmaphobia because that'sthe fear of numbers.) So now thatit's got a name what ami going todo about it?I could blame my past..I was

sick a lot in grade schooltrue. Imoved to a new state when I wasin second grade which disruptedmy educationtrue. I wa s boredstiff with the subjecttrue. Iwasn't allowed to count on myfingers true. I had self-esteemproblems which were connectedto my math failures. I becameconvinced that I would fail, there-fore I didoh, so true." If I could everjump startthe left side of my graymass, I1 could be anotherEinstein."Teena Stewart

So much for the past 1 am acreative, artistic, musically in-clined individual. According topsychologists, these abilitiesdrawup more on therightside of thebrain. The logicsid e, which wouldinclude math, is on the left. Manycreative people seem to have dif-ficulty with math, Could this bemy problem? If could ever jumpstart the leftside of my gray mass,I could be another Einstein.SHB

my teeth. This wa s after sni f l ngin the instructor's off ice , spend-ing hours with tutors and talkingwith the department head withhope that someone would havecompassion and pass me. Theydid. I' ve never been so excited tosee a "C" in my life.Did all of this improve my mathskills? No. I still don't have thefoggiest idea how to apply alge-bra to everyday life. I admit Ihave gained some confidence andhave reviewed a few fundamen-tals but I'm still greatly deficient,especially1! in my math logic .Those of us whostruggle are rarelydummies. We lack math com-mon sense that others find sosimple. Can this logic be taught?You can't treach someone to be avirtuoso on the piano who doesn'thave the natural ability, but youcan give them a good musicalfoundation. We the math im-paired don't need to learn alge-bra. We need to be taught practi-cal uses for math like how toproportionally enlarge or reduceor how to turn decimals into frac-

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search led him to the lowest pointin his life, "I told myself that if Istalled drinking every night, thenI have a problem. That happened.Then I told myself that if I camehome from drinking and was toodrunk to stand up in the show er,thenI would havea problem. Thathappened, too. Everything that Isaid would never happen, startedhappening."Faflik has been sober for 18months.Most Mercyhurst students knowof Kristin Hurd. If we don't knowherpersonally, the name is famil-iar to us from the recent MSGelections. Many people wereshocked to hear that Hurd, too, isa recovering alcoholic.Hurd "has yet to know what it islike to drink at Mercyhurst." Shehas been sober for three and a halfyears. Hurd had her first boutwith alcoholism when she was 15years old. The first time she wasdrunk was in sixth grade. Shedidn't drink for a while after th atbut when she became a freshmanin high school she developed adrinking problem.

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was a young girl who attendedprivate school, n ot a bum in thepark. But her family and f rien dsknew she had some sort of prob-lem, and her mother sent her to acounselor. When the counselorasked her if she had trouble con-trolling her drinking, she deniedit "but the seed was planted.Hurd is not shameful about herdrinking problem, but is gratefulthat she wa s able to recover. Sherecognizes that alcoholism is adisease. She explains that it hasto do with 3"a chemical in mybrain." Cathy Carr Rozantz, adrug and alcoho l prevention spe-cialist from GECAC (GreaterErieCommunity Action Committee),clarifies this:Alcohol alters a chemical in thebrain called acid aldehyde. This,in combination with dopamine,creates TIQs , which are strongmorp hine-1 ike, substances thattake control. In some people,controlling drinking "is not amatter of will; it's a matter ofchanging their whole body sys-tem." *? WA s Hurd states, 'There are defi-nitely people on this campus thathave drinking problems. If youthink you havea problem, DON'TAVOID IT: I'm always here tohelp."

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i f We can pay youwhat;you're worth. tBy Keith Coii rsonAssistant Sports Editor

The recently written releaseof he Mercyhurst a th let c schol-arship award policy seems tohave created some curiosityamong certain student-athletes.Let me first tell you what it 'sall about, since it has been writ-ten for the first time. A lthough itappears to be new to some, jMercyhurst College has b een instituting the policy for years.It basically says that die top athletic scholarship awarded to astudent-athlete should not exceed half-tuition, except for basket-ball. However, there is an exception to the rule. Occasionally, it ispermitted for those superlative student-athletes rated as Division Icaliberunder the judgment of the coach to receive an athletic awardgreater than half-tuition in any sport Also, the coach must notexceed the parameters of his program's scholarship budget Theaward must also have the written approval of all signees of theathletic scholarship.The confusion within the policy, for those disturbed by it, seemsto lie where it reads, "except for basketball." Is this discriminationagainst the other athletic teams? Is it unfair that basketball ispermitted more scholarships and more money than any other sport?Should the wom en's soccer team receive less athletic scholarshipmoney even though it is consistently ranked in the top 20 in thenation? Should the women receive less even though they've ap -peared in the National Tournament in 1991 and narrowly missed aseason later?Well, quite possibly it is discrimination and unfair, but that's theway it is. The fact is, this has been the historical background for mostDivision II schools around the country. They can't afford to offerevery player full "r ides " across the board. Basketball hasgotten theadvantage. It hasbeen set up thisway because basketball has alwaysbeen that high profile sport that has supported the athletic depart-ment since men have attended Mercy hurst "Mercyhurst sports havebeen anchored by me n's b asketball, "said Athletic Director PeteRusso.Russo reinforced the fact that the purpose of the written policyissued to all coaches was to serve as a reminder to make wise choiceswith their money. After all, this is the heart of recruiting season.While administration encourages coaches to attack potentialrecruits with the hope of spreading athle tic aid throughout, enablingMercyhurst to establish a forum of well-balanced student-athletes,coaches usually differ.As we know, the college or university offering the student-athletethe "fattest" financial package usually lands that person. Therefore,the aggressive coach, searching for that superior athlete that canpossibly lead his team to the n ext level, would often prefer to offera substantially larger sumof money to one or twostar players ratherthan balance the money among several players and probabl y remaina "respectable" ball du b. |Commenting further on the topic, Mercyhurst simply can't com-pete financially with m ost other institutions as it attempts to acquirethebest student-athletes."I think ibe coaches here do an excellent job recruiting, " saidsoccer coach Rich Hartis. "However, as far as pure dollar amountsgo, we can't compete." H artis tells his recruits that "We can't payyou what you're worth." He also points out tha t the only benefits onewill receive will come from the hard work and commitment theplayer puts forth. ^^^^And, there are such benefits. "We're college teams, *illustrated. "We need sports to add to the student's quality of life.Even those students that can't participate have something to getbehind." As for Hartis' players, "There's a lot of sacrifice."* tIs It alt worth it? Would those players who have become anintegral piece of a winner do it differently next time? Probably notHowever, Russo added that Mercyhurst is attempting to produceequity. "There is a sincere effort to better the other areas (other thanbasketball) and it's w ork ing," he said. "New funds are going toother sports and theamount of money men's basketball gets isbeingreduced." Nationwide, me n's programs are going to receive fewerscholarships, dropping from 12 to 10 available.So, Mercyhurst is a ttem pting to better the a mount of athletic a idavailable. But, is it enough to compete? Will it be enough to surviveathletically tomorrow? #JB1

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J.V. Men's Eight reaches finals at Dad VailsBy Liam Barron 5Merciad Sports Writer

The Laker crew squad traveledto Philadelphia this past weekendto compete at the prestigious DadVail Regatta, which is the na-tional championship of collegiaterowing. The Hurst went into themeet in good form, and there werehopes of returning to Erie withsignificant silverware.f'The Lakers fared well at thechampionships which were heldover two days. Twoof the team'sthree entries reached the semifi-nals and one team reached the

finals. The women's varsity eightand the m en's varsity eight bothplaced fourth at the penultimatestage, when they needed to finishthird or better to reach the finals.

their first competitive race of theseason, as they placed J third intheir heatAssistant Coach AdrianSpracklen was delighted with theseason. The teamperformed verywell this season, and the wom en'sboats had their best season in thehistory of the college, " he said."The women were definitely fastenough to preach* the finals lastweekend, and the men were upagainst some very stiff opposi-tion. We're also losing two very

valuable members of ou r women'steam to graduation. Erin Wadehas been the best ever women'soarsman at Mercyhurst, and AnnLorenz was the team's MVP thisyear."Spracklen is looking forward tonext year with /Optimism, "Wehave a lot of experienced menreturning next year, and thewomen are hoping to continue toprogress as they have done in thelast year."

\Sports ShortsBASEBALL, ]The Mercyhurst baseball teamreached the20 win plateau for thefifth time in six seasons. Fresh-Several of the women com- man JeffBenedict led the Lakersplained about their lane assign-ment deep into the night and"shafted"wasdefinitely the wordfor theday. The men's unior var-sity eight reached the finals andplaced fifth. In reaching the fi-nals, the J.V. squad became thefirst Laker eight in history to reacha Dad Vail final. The women'spairing of Stacey Goldstein andMolly Scott also fared well in

in hitting, posting a .372 average.Mike McKnight paced all slug-gers with six homers.Hurler AJ. Rusnak recorded themost victories of the Mercyhurstpitching staff (5-1). His lone de-feat came in the season finale atPittsburgh.TENNIfrf .The Mercyhurst men's tennisteam finished its season with a

record of 11-3 overall and a top15 national ranking.HOCKEYt k |Members of the Laker hockeyteam continue to notch post-sea-son awards. Seniors Andrew Moirand Rob Madia were tabbed Ail-Americans by1 the AmericanHockey Coaches Association.Moir was selected to the Divi-sion II/IIIfirst eam while Madiaclinched a spot on the second team.They join Scott Burfootas Lak-ers who havebeen honored by theAHCA. S312M H

\ f Keeffe preparesifor NationalsBy Craig Rybczynski andChris KullmanMerciad Sports Writers

Senior Pat O Keeffe, a Saska-toon, Saskatchewan native, hasachieved theultimate goal in Di-vision II tennis by qualifying forthe National Championships inEdmond, Oklahoma on Saturday.Like theNCAA basketball tour-nament, the format is single elimi-nation. O'Keeffe, who ended theseason with a 20-8 record is amonga 64-man field. Hisfirstmatch isset for Monday.O'Keeffe expressed his feelingsabout the tourney. He said, "It is a64-man draw of the best men inthe country and with its singleknockout format everyone real-izes ifyou lose once you've gottopack your bags and head home.Everyone is going to be fightingfor their lives out on the tenniscourt"O'Keeffe, the team's captain,knows how to handle the pres-sures of college athletics. Becauseof his efforts this year, the Hurstranked in the nation's top 50schools and was 11-3. In his se-nior season he was ninth in theEastern Collegiate Athletic Con-ference.O'Keeffe also proved his ver-satility by competing in d oubles.,'He and partner Andy Davidsonjust missed the nationals this year* with an8-0 record. They will serveas second alternates for the cham-pionships._Besides tennis,O'Keeffe knows

that his work in the classroom isjust as important as the time hespends on the court. He is amongthefinalists or the Prince Scholar

Athlete Award and the NCAASenior of h e Year. He will gradu-ate this year with a degree in chem-istry and biolog y.fi^ffifffrffWfTf^

He said, "This is a heavy weekbecause of a lot of tennis practiceand because I have to completeall myfinalssince I am graduat-ing inMay. WhenI arrive in Okla-homa City it is just going outthere and proving myself on thetennis court"O'Keeffe will representMercyhurst College at the tour-nament and look to continue hiscollegiatetennis career among the

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L a k e r s c l o s e o u t ! s e a s o n w i t h l o s s t o U n i v e r s i t y o f P i t t s b u r g hBy Craig RybczynskiMerciad Sports Editor

On Thursday, the MercyhurstLakers traveled to battle the BigEast Champions, University ofPittsburgh Panthers and wereoverwhelmed in a slugfest, 23-13, at Trees Field.The match-up pitted a big Divi-sion I university against a smallrural college in a game of base-ball . ThePitt Panthers entered thecontest 28-9 and were a teamheaded toward the regionals. Thenthere is Mercyhurst, a 20-15 squadthat entered the gamewith little tolose.Center fielder Kevin Schultzcommented after the game aboutthe loss to Pittsburgh. He said,"We played pretty lousy, wema de'some errors and our pitching did

not hold up. They are not as goodas they should have been and theydidn't impress me much."The Lakers backed up Schultz'sstatement by hanging tough forthree innings with the score 5-4,Panthers. In the top o f the third,the Lakers took the lead whenJason Runtas pounded a grandslam to stake the Hurst to a 4-3lead. *

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would not last In the bottom ofthe inning, the Panthers reclaimedthe*' lead off Laker pitcher A.J.Rusnak as they scored twice.Mercyhurst's chances of acomeback were doused the fol-lowing inning when Pitt blitzedthe Lakers for 12* runs. Left-handed pitcher Jeff Hutchinsonallowed six runs in the inning.After his poor performanceHutchinson expressed his view ofthe Pitt hitting display.Hutchinson added, "We think w e

have a decent pitching staff, whichwe do. We have a long way to goas the score indicates. They arethe eighth-ranked hitting team inthe country; enough said." %From the fourth nning on, theLakers chipped away at the lead,but never would regain the mo-mentum lost after the third.Pitt backed up its eighth rank-ing by ripp ing 20 hits. Mercyhurstdid keep up with Pitt by hittingtwo home runs in the contestMercyhurst^ Mike McKnight

(four RBIs) and Runtas (fourRBIs) traded homers with thePanthers' Brad Reese and PatWal sh . ; ILaker Tom Craig, in his lastgame in a blue and green uniformwent 4 for 5 leading theMercyhurst offense. He tried torally the team andthey respondedwith four consecutive innings inthe seventh and eighth. However,19-13 is the closest the Lakerscould come to catching the Pan-thers.

The pitching staff calmed downafter the fourth inning, but d id nothelp themselves. They allowedtwo unearned runs and 11 cameby wayof hit-by-pitches or walks.Pitt was able to capitalize on theLakers' mistakes and turned adose game into an easy victory.The team finished the season20-16 and loses only two playersnext year in Craig and Schultz.The young club will expect aneven bigger improvement as aplayoff bid is a realistic g oal.

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By David J. KosobuckiMerciad Sports WriterWhen Abner Doubleday in-3"vented the game of baseball over120 years ago he probably envi-sioned a father and his son play-ing catch. This scenario is theonemost people envision when they tthink of growing up with base-,ball. This all seems so innocent

and pure to everyone, doesn't it?!''There is one problem, however,to mis Utopian father-son situa-tion. How does the daughter fitin? * ' >Mercyhurst freshman KellyHeaton has the answer. "I'veplayed catch with a Softball withmy dad as long as I can remem-ber," she said. In a male domi-nated activity,Heaton wants to bejust one of the guys, so to speak."I wish people would supportgirls'sports as much as they do guys'sports," she said.Hea ton came to Mercy hurst fromNew Brighton, PA, where she

played softball, basketball, andsoccer. She decided to turn down >Division I school St Francis andcome to Mercyhurst because.*Mercyhurst offered her desiredmajor, Criminal Justice.Heaton had a difficult time thisyear because she could only par-ticipate in softball. She had to gothrough the whole fall and winterwithout playing any sport "Itwastough for me because we didn'thave a fall softball season thisyear, I didn't get to meet myteammates .until February; it's

tough toplay with people that youdon't know," she said.The Lakers 7-17 season was alsoparticularly tough for Heaton be-cause she loves to win. But thingsare going to get much better ac-cord ingto Heaton. "I think every-one had to get used to all of thenew situations we encountered,"she said. "We had a young teamand a new coach. Things will getbetter for us." The Lakers willreturn almost the entire startingteam next year.

Even though Heaton loves soft-ball, she knows she can't playforever; that's why she wants to

become a policewoman. "WhenIgraduate, I want to stay active. Iwant to always be in good shapephysically," she said.Sports have given Heaton in-spiration and enthusiasm. Theyhave given her a great relation-ship with her fa therand withmanyof her teammates. All o f theserelations!) ips will last forever andcan never be taken away. WhenIthink of baseball I think of themovie Field of Dreams, whenKevin Costner says/Dad , do youwant to have a catch?" Only thistime, it will be a boy or a girlasking the question.

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seniorsBest of luck in thefuture!- The Merciad

M o r s e l a n n o u n c e s n e w r e c r u i tsBy Keith CoursonAssistant Sports Editor Abdrabboh from Dearborn, MI.Abdrabboh at one time played

and5.5boards at Schooler aftJun- winners for the 1992-93 season.

Mercyhurst Head BasketballCoach Bill Morse recently an-nounced those round ball playersthat have indicated they are plan-ning to attend the college nextyear and have received the tenta-tive approval of the admissionsdepartment.Morse said next year's class"looks too good to be true." Headded that, "Barring some un-foreseen occurrence, we will endup with a crop of good players

who arc also very good students."The first recruit that the Lakermentor anchored was Mohammed ball for the University of Detroit.He averaged 20 points per game

ior College last season.Will Stinson is making his wayto M ercyhurst after transferringfrom Kent State University. Lou-isville, KY native DarrylVanClea vc should boost the three-point output of the squad. He pos-sesses great athletic ability ac-cording to Morse. VanCleave ledhis high school team to a 21-2mark in his senior season.Yet another recruit committedto Mercyhurst basketball is CraigYoung, a player of the year in hisleague when he played at River-side High School in Painesville,OH. i i

At a recent spring picnic for theteam, Morse praised his award

"Since it is hard to motiva te play-ers in some areas, we always rec-ognize defense, rebounding, andthe like but de-emphasize offen-sive things," he said.Rashe Reviere led the squadwith a 22-points-per-game scor-ing average. Meanwhile, JamieHouston paced the team in re-bounding averaging eight per con-test Rahsaah Roland averaged4.3 assists per outing.The team's'Most ValuablePlayer award went to Rcviere.Defensive Player of the Year wasKerry Baker. Four Lakers accom-plished spots on All-Tournamentteams throughout the seaso n.