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Mercyhurst College fired itsmens and womens tennis coachNeil Leroy on Oct. 10 due tophilosophical differences, saidMercyhurst College Director of

Athletics Craig Barnett.His operations of the tennis

team were different from ours,said Barnett. He was not con-sistent with what we want out of our coaches.

Mercyhurst College SeniorCouncil to the President Dr.

James Adovasio, who overseesthe athletic department, said thecollege dismissed Leroy becauseof differences in managementstyle.

There was a sharp differencein opinion between administra-tion and coach on what one

would call management, he said.

It was a situation examined overtime and only change wouldcompromise.

Barnett said the athletic depart-

ment was also concerned withcommunication between Leroy and the team.

We were very concernedabout how the team was being communicated with betweencoach and player, he said.

Barnett said text messages were part of the communication.He said Leroy did text messageplayers.

Yes, text messages were sent,said Barnett. Im not sure whatthey said.

Barnett said he has no problem

with coaches text messaging players.

Its a new form of communi-cation, he said. Coaches use itfor recruiting. The college hired Leroy in

January to replace longtimecoach Ray Yost.

Leroy led the womens team toa 9-2 start, their best start in overa decade.

This weekend the team droppedtwo contests: 9-0 to DuquesneUniversity on Saturday and 5-4 St. Bonaventure University

on Sunday.Before Mercyhurst, Leroy was

the head coach at Gannon forboth mens and womens tennisfrom 1995 until the program

was discontinued after the 1999season.

Leroy did not return a phonecall to his home for comment.

Barnett said Leroys leaving is for the betterment of the

college.We needed to make a changefor the best of our student ath-letes, he said.

By Joshua WilwohlEditor-in-chief

Mercyhurst College res tennis coach

Mercyhurst hosted GoodPeople Gather, a three-day con-ference featuring lectures onsocial and environmental issuesand other activities.

The event was produced inhopes of inspiring others to helpcreate a healing environment forthe world.

The event was gifted by DorisCipolla in memory of her part-ner, Charlene M. Tanner. Thetwo were deeply involved insocial justice, peace and theenvironment.

Mercyhurst Sustainability Director Cathy Pedler believedthat Good People Gather was anopportunity to expose studentsand members of the community to important issues that needawareness.

Pedler also felt the eventallowed individuals and othercommunity members to cometogether for a united cause.

The event instigates dialogueand debate, she said. If thecollege community memberschoose to participate in eventssuch as this, then they give them-selves an opportunity to become

exposed to the edge of the issue where the direction of the debate

is decided/guided/propelled.The root of our current socialand environmental crisis involveshow we interact with the earthasrelation or resource, Pedler said.Our current culture, especially as it expresses itself in the globalmarketplace, does not interact

with local earth, Pedler said.It demands product and

resource from distant places. Our

consumption is disconnectedfrom the damage caused topeople and place. This structureis allowing the ecosystems andindigenous social systems of the earth to be systematically dismantled.

The speakers in Good PeopleGather each addressed this crisisin different ways.

Speaker Winona LaDukepresented on Friday after-noon. She is the leading Native

American activist, an envi-r o n m e n t a l i s t , e c o n o m i s tand writer who spoke onthe topic, Recovering theSacred.

Senior Angela Phillips attendedthe speech.

Phillips said LaDuke insistedpeople need to recognize theimpact of their actions on the

environment instead of simply being satised with activities that

are generally considered environ-mentally friendly.She practices recycling and

alternative energy, but does notdeem it sufcient environmental-ism, Phillips said.

(LaDuke) talked about going back to a culture where, if werecold, we put wood in the reinstead of turning the thermostatup, Phillips said. If we see the

wood, feel it and take the timeto put it on the re, were morelikely to reconnect with how wesustain ourselves.

On Saturday Derrick Jensenauthor and environmental activ-ist, presented the speech, EndGame.

Jensens speech describedthe way industrial civiliza-tion is unsustainable. He alsopresented how society can even-tually change to be more harmo-nious with the environment.

Phillips also attended Jensensspeech.

He takes a green-anarchy perspective, Phillips explained.Civilization is crumbling, and

we need to get ready for thefailure.

Phillips said that Jensen con-nects our consumption practices

in todays society as being struc-tures of violence.

(Jensen) encourages alterna-tive energy and recycling, butdoes not see them as being really sustainable. He sees them asmeans of perpetuating the vio-lent structures of globalizationand capitalism, Phillips said.

Vandana Shiva, a physicistand activist, was the third andnal presenter of Good PeopleGather.

Shivas talk Earth Democ-racy was on Saturday and seniorMcKenzie Midock attended.

(Shiva) talked about the way that the global world puts corpo-rate rights above human rights,Midock said. Everythings forsale and everythings a com-modity.

According to Midock, Shivafocuses a lot on putting thepower back into the small farmer

with local support and commu-nity support.

Midock said that Shivasemphasis on encouraging localfarming was neatly correlated

with another event of GoodPeople Gather, the FarmersMarket.

The Fa rmers Marke tfeatured all local, organicp r o d u c e f r o m R a h a l

Farms out in North East,Midock said.

Midock explained that the pur-pose of the Farmers Market wasnot to make a prot but to raiseawareness of local eating.

Midock said that the averagemeal travels a very long distancefrom its source to our plates, soeating locally helps local farmersand ensures fresher food.

According to Midock buying food from places like Wal-Mart

does not allow you to know where the food you are buying comes from or what is in theproducts.

In that sense, the corporationand the government that spon-sors big corporations are taking away that freedom, Midock said.

In addition to the talks andfarmers markets, Good PeopleGather featured hikes, documen-tary viewings and panel discus-sions throughout the weekend.

Phillips and Midock said thatthere was good attendance atthe events and that the campushas been excited about Greenissues lately.

Theres been a lot of enthu-siasm this year for these issues,especially with the underclass-men, Phillips said.

By Jen HelbigStaff writer

Noted environmentalists come to Mercyhurst

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Criminal TrespassMcAuley HallOct. 6Pending investigation

Liquor Law Violation3909 Briggs Ave.Oct. 7College discipline

Burglary3808 Briggs Ave.Oct. 9Pending investigation

Liquor Law ViolationBaldwin HallOct. 10College discipline

Police and Safety Log

Mercyhurst is taking a step tojoin the fast-paced Internet craze

with a new tool enabling studentsto check the balance of their

One-Cards via the Internet. The new technology will alsoallow students to report theircards lost or stolen.

On Tuesday students received word of this new service by way of e-mail and were able to beginsetting up their accounts.

The e-mail also containsinstructions and features thatthe service has to offer.

Junior Alex Page took advan-tage of the system right away.

I set mine up as soon as I gotthe e-mail, said Page Its con-

venient to be able to access all of that information so easily.

This is considered to be one of the most comprehensive on-lineresources available by the One-Card ofce.

We have been working on this

project for about two years now. We wanted a way to internally display balances for students toaccess themselves, said JohnPatterson, supervisor of theOne-Card Ofce.

This service is being providedby ManageMyID.com, whichchose Mercyhurst as one of veschools to pilot the program, saidPatterson.

We are lucky to be thoughtof so highly and have the pro-gram implemented so quickly,explained Patterson.

The ManageMyID system is very similar to an on-line bank account.

The service is specically con-nected to Mercyhurst, enabling students to check the balance of Laker Loot, all campus transfermoney and campus cash, the

amount available for making copies, the number of boardmeals, the amount of dining dollars, a six-month transactionhistory and the ability to reportstolen or lost ID cards and dis-able them for safety reasons.

The process of depositing

money to the account, however, will remain the same.We are still working on a

way to create a credit system oncampus, said Patterson. Thecollege is fearful that (a creditsystem) wont be secure.

Patterson is currently working to nd a reliable and cost-ef-cient way to get a credit systemon campus. The ideal institution

to partner with the school in thecredit program is PNC.

The One-Card ofce encour-ages students to share access tothis account with their parentsor guardians.

If funds look low, or boardamounts run out before expected,parents will be aware and able tohelp out and make arrangementsfaster.

The ofce is under the samecode of privacy as the rest of thecollege when it comes to right togive out information.

Through the use of the Man-ageMyID system, parents canaccess this information withouthaving to deal with the circle of calling the ofce, contacting thestudent and so-forth.

The program is not requiredbut is a useful tool available toall students who depend on theOne-Card and meal plans on aregular basis.

A lot of students have already registered, said Patterson. Wehope to continue to provideservices to make the One-Cardservices more convenient forstudents. We hope in the coming

weeks to hear positive thingsfrom students.

By Ashley PastorStaff writer

One-Card gets

an upgradeOn Oct. 11, Mercyhurst Col-

lege welcomed convicted felonMatthew Eby who had just beenreleased from jail two days earlier,but why?

Eby spoke to two small groupsof students on Thursday about

a fun night out with his friendsthat left him convicted of DUImanslaughter and DUI seriousbodily injury.

Although Eby has been con- victed of both crimes he will only spend ve days inside a jail cellfor these crimes.

Mercyhurst invited Eby toshare his moving and uniquestory in hopes that students will

learn from his tragic mistake.On Oct. 8, 2005, Eby and

good friends Mathew Foster and Tanner Maxwell went out for adrink in Deereld Beach, Fla.

Eby and his friends traveledamong several bars and houseparties to drink with friends.

Eby, who had been driving that night, recalled that he andhis friends had been enjoying

themselves a little too much.I would denitely say we were

drinking heavily, admitted Eby.I had had signicantly too muchto drink.

Between 2:00 a.m. and 3:00a.m., Eby recalls losing controlof his 2003 Dodge Neon andcrashing into a tree. The crashresulted in the death of Ebys

long-time friend, Foster, and theserious injury of Maxwell. Eby suffered only minor injuries.

Hours after the accident, Eby had a blood-alcohol level of 0.2 percent, over twice the legallimit. Because of this, Eby facedthe possibility of up to 20 yearsin prison.

Eby traveled to Mercyhurst inhopes of preventing students

like him from making possiblelife-changing decisions when itcomes to alcohol.

While confronted with the pos-sibility of 20 years behind bars,Eby was fortunate enough tomeet prosecutor Ellen Roberts,

who fought to make Eby pay forhis crimes without spending yearsin prison.

Through the efforts of Rob-

erts, Eby was sentenced to spendve days in jail, one day a yearon Oct. 8 the anniversary of theaccident, for ve years.

He was also sentenced to 15years probation during whichhe must submit to random andfrequent drug and alcohol tests,cannot travel far distances with-out the consent of his probationofcer and cannot get behind the

wheel of a car.In addition, Eby was required

to put together a visual presen-tation of his experience as wellas travel to different collegesand high schools to tell studentsabout the dangers of drinking and driving.

Eby shows his presentation atthe beginning of every speech.

The video consists of news feed,court proceedings, scenes fromthe accident and other relevantmaterial.

Eby travels at least once amonth to speak with students.

I wont speak to large audi-ences of more than 50, said Eby.I dont want to make this somekind of show. Im just here toshare my story and show students

how serious the consequences of their actions can be.Freshman Thomas Feicco

thought Ebys message was very benecial.

It just made sense, Feicco saidafter Ebys speech. Something like this is a lot more effective thandoing things like AlcoholEdu.

While it may seem like Eby gotoff easy for such serious crimes,

he assures that he is paying forhis mistakes.

Its sad but Ive gotten use tohaving a leash tied around my neck, Eby told students in theMcAuley Hall lobby. Sometimesit feels more like a noose.

Eby explained that he shareshis story not only to give the lossof his friend some meaning butalso in hopes of saving the livesof others.

Its not just about you whenyou drink, said Eby. I hurt somany people because of onedecision.

Eby feels that this is a mes-sage more young people needto understand when it comes toalcohol.

When youre intoxicated youlose your perspective of not only your own well-being but othersas well, he said.

Freshman Amylyn Verronetold Eby after his presentationthat she wishes he would havespoken at her high school.

Someone like you really couldhave made a serious impact, Ver-rone told Eby. I think that youcould have saved some peoplefrom getting behind the wheelafter even one drink.

By Casey GreeneNews editor

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A group of students armed with cameras and a spiritualmedium ventured into the gutsof Old Main to look for signsof the life beyond. The filming was the first

step in creating the mini seriesfor Hurst TV called Haunted

Hurst. The new show is the brain-child of Nadine Zinram, ajunior communications major. The series will bring to life

and highlight a few of themost popular ghost stories oncampus, as well as interview students and faculty who havehad their own encounters hereon our haunted campus.

The group that filmed therst round of activity in OldMain was comprised of volun-teers who were just along forthe spooky fun. They met at 11:00 p.m. at

the entrance to ONeill Towerand entered the building just asPolice and Safety was locking the doors, to ensure that nostudent could accidentally runinto the shot. With them they had two regu-

lar portable cameras, one night vision camera and Mercyhursts very own spiritual medium,Peggy Rogers. The group went through the

chapel and Old Main in low whispers looking for sharpdrops in temperature and dif-ferences in pressure as thoseare signs of possible spiritualenergy.

Many of the people in thegroup had professed their fearof the dark, including Zinram.

The time in the dark was very scary, but Peggy assuredus that there are no evil spirits.

This and Peggys strong belief that God protects us from allevil made me lose my fear really soon, Zinram said.

Many of the students expe-

rienced a variety of reactionsduring the lming.One student said she could

feel her fingers tingle whenshe walked close to the confes-sional booth. Another said he could feel

the temperature drop suddenly when he was near the entranceof the tower. All of the students experi-

ences were caught on tape and will be a part of the show. What was Zinrams favorite

part?Watching everything unfold

while we were lming was thebest, she said. You cant plan

what is going to happen, whichmakes shooting exciting.

She added that she was excitedto go through the lm and see

if any of the cameras caughtanything unusual that the nakedeye may have missed.

More shooting will take placeall over campus in the coming

weeks, as the group gets ready to air its premiere episode at amost tting time: Halloweennight.

Interviews with campus fac-ulty, Campus Ministry, theSisters of Mercy and other stu-dents isolated experiences willbe a huge part of the episode.

Zinram also has plans to visitparts of Egan Hall at night fora second lming in hopes of nding more spiritual life.

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A recent study by the Na-tional Center for EducationStatistics shows that about50 percent of recent collegegraduates have student loans,

with an average student loandebt of $10,000. According to the Mercyhurst

College website, more than 95percent of this years incoming freshman class received institu-tional, federal and state aid.

If it werent for loans, Idont know how anyone wouldbe able to afford college, saidfreshman Nathan Katus.

But what exactly are thedifferent types of loans thatMercyhurst students, as well

as college students across thenation, are receiving? The rst type of loan is a

Federal Stafford Loan. This type of loan comes

directly from a bank, creditunion or savings and loan as-sociation.

Under the heading of the

term Federal Stafford Loan,there are two different sub-categories: subsidized and un-subsidized.

Subsidized means that thegovernment pays the intereston the loan while studentsare in school and during a six-month grace period after they have graduated from schoolor may be preparing to enter

graduate school. The interest rate is guaranteed

not to exceed 8.25 percent.

An unsubsidized loan isgranted to someone who doesnot qualify for the subsidizedfederal Stafford Loan, and forstudents who have a need foradditional monies.

Unsubsidized means thatthe student is responsible forpaying the interest rate while

attending college, but the pay-ments will be postponed untilafter graduation. Another type of loan is the

Federal Perkins Loan, which isxed at ve percent, but is alsolong-term.

Mercyhursts Ofce of Stu-dent and Financial Servicesconsiders every single eligiblestudent for this type of loan

and awards the money basedon those with the greatest -nancial need, since the numberof students eligible for the loancurrently exceeds the money available.

Repayment of the loan beginseither nine months after gradu-ation or when the student isenrolled for less than six creditsper term.

I think that Mercyhurst of-fers a lot of opportunities fornancial aid, not only in termsof loans and scholarships,but also through work-study,said freshman Rianne Howell.

Some other types of loansavailable to Mercyhurst stu-dents include the Parents PlusLoan, which is available toparents of dependent under-graduate students, the Alterna-tive Education Loan, which aretypically used in conjunctionto the Federal Stafford Loanand the GraduatePLUS Loan,

which is considered one of thebest loans for graduate studentsbecause of its exibility. Additional information about

these types of loans can befound on Mercyhursts websiteunder the Financial Aid tab.

By Carly LyonsStaff writerPaying back the debt

Senior Tamara Putney waits at the Financial Aid ofce for information on student loans.

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A well-deserved break iscoming up for Mercyhurst Col-lege students and faculty start-ing Thursday, Oct. 18, throughSunday, Oct. 22. Theres always time to chill

and relax before the four-day

weekend is over so enjoy it.Carla Cappabianca, co-owner with her sister Lisa, of Cap-pabianca Travel Agency Inc.,located in downtown Erie,didnt realize there was a fallbreak.

Maybe because its only afew days and people are waiting to spend the money when they can take a longer vacation,

Cappabianca explained.Cappabianca saw a declinein college business about 10years ago. The bar crawl seems to

be what some college stu-dents want and the big tour-ing companies know this, sheexplained.

We typically see families,teachers and husbands and

wives booking vacations for

spring break, and they go toDisney or on cruises, Cap-pabianca said.

We used to get a lot of Gannon kids, but the touring companies began direct mar-keting to college campuses,offering packages that include

wrist bracelets worn for barhopping tours. Cappabiancaexplained

That doesnt seem to be thecase at Mercyhurst College.President of Mercyhurst

Student Government MarissaStarin isnt taking an extrava-gant vacation, or participating in the bar crawl, but is look-ing forward to going home.

As far as I am concernedfall break is time to breathe,relax and chill with family

and friends, Starin said. Iam going home to Clevelandand am very excited to see my puppy, Kirby! After Starin catches up on

extensive projects for school,she and her family will gosquare dancing on Saturday night.

There is line dancing, ha y-rides and facepainting, in the

Metroparks, she explained.

A few of Starins friendsare taking a road trip to CedarPoint to experience Hallo-

weekends, a haunted experi-ence at the park, and others aretaking their Graduate RecordExaminations for admissioninto a graduate school. While many students take a

break from school, some of usstill have to work, take tests and

write essays.Esther Claros holds a post-baccalaureate in graphic designand her skills are a hot comod-ity. While working three jobsand maintaining an internshipat Mercyhurst College, shellnd time to relax.

Ill sleep, catch up on somehousework and write entranceessays for graduate school,

Claros said.Claros is preparing for theburst of excitement shell feel

when Christmas break arrivesand her family, including threebrothers, are all home for theholidays.

Around the rst of Decem-ber, I get so excited to gohome to Honduras and see my family, Claros said.

Although fall break is a wel-

come diversion, continuedlearning seems to be the trendat Mercyhurst College.

Senior Kelly Cofranciscoserves on the Student ActivitiesCouncil as the SAC chair.

She and members of the AdPro Club will be attend-ing the Student Conferenceand Career Fair hosted by the

American Advertising Fed-

eration from Thursday untilSaturday.

We were really lucky thatthe conference was on a break so that we didnt have to missclass, Cofrancisco said.

For those individuals whocant break commitments fora short respite, quiet medita-tion helps to ease the burdenof stress.

Fall break: Fun or just more work?By Carla HartStaff writer

Pittsburgh is a popular location for fall break.

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Fashion expirement proves that what you wear affects rst impressionsBy Sandy WatroStaff writer

Exterior appearances andclothing choices invariably affect rst impressions, whichusually end up being incor-rect.

Over the weekend a socialexperiment was performed tojustify this statement and toprove of a point of social andmaterialistic importance.

Mainly to ask the question,Why is it vital to get all dressedup to go out in downtown Erieand simultaneously meet new people?

Friday night, the subject of the trial wore a monochromaticsweat suit with bright whitepleather Reebok inspiredshoes. The top was a crew neck

childrens sweatshirt, complete with a glitter appliqu featuring two frogs, a rainbow and hearts,along with the word kissesemblazoned underneath. The lower portion of the

outt had a high elastic gath-ered waistband, as well as elasticankle holes. The subject styled her hair

and makeup as normal, to actas the control variable. The individual is employed

at an establishment on StateStreet, where she works Friday and Saturday nights and invari-ably receives a decent amountof attention from the oppositesex and social interaction ingeneral, as it is a late nightestablishment. The subject measured the

number of male customersshe interacted with, along withthe number of irtatious malecustomers. The ratio was 14:1 on the

test day, compared to an aver-age ratio of 14:6, as measuredon a previous normal dresscode day. The subjects interactions

with Mercyhurst students werequite varied and interesting.

In one positive instance,the subject asked Mercyhurstsenior Roland Andris, who wasunaware of the experiment,

what he thought of Friday nights attire.

Those shoes are crisp; I likethem, Andris said. Junior Frank Heinz was

informed of the investigation,yet still responded positively.

If I look at a girl, andshe has great facial featuresalong with a nice personality,of course I would approachher, said Heinz. It shouldntmatter what she is wearing.

Overall, most Mercyhurststudents seemed to be refresh-ingly non-judgmental on cloth-ing choices.

Clearly, the type of attire one wears affects another individ-uals perception and attitudetoward them.

However Erie, Pa. is notNYC, State Street is not arunway, and the Corner Stoneis not the latest version of Buddha Bar.

It is also important to note thatones personality and demeanordoes not change when wearing a ridiculous sweat suit, or thelatest True Religion jeans, forthat matter.

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Looking for a romantic placeto take your boyfriend or girl-friend for a sweetests day dinner? A place with the smell and

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nis Family Restaurant locatednear the corner of West 12thStreet and Peninsula Drive.

Open since 1938, the Ital-ian restaurant is known for itsamazing sauce and restaurantatmosphere.

Senior education major Sa-mantha Testa recently took her boyfriend to Seranis fora relaxing dinner.

You can smell the sauceright when you walk in thedoor and the ambience of therestaurant is quite romanticsaid Testa. Three menus allow the res-

taurant to cater to all of yourneeds. A lunch menu that offers sal-

ads priced at $6.95 includes An-tipasto and Grilled Chicken.Homemade soups including

Wedding and Pasta Fagioli arepriced at $2.75 for a cup.

Sandwiches like meatballand Italian sausage are pricedat $5.25. The dinner menu includes ap-

petizers, soups and salads along with larger dinners that start

at $11.95 for baked manicottiand go up to $16.50 for vealparmesan. All dinners include salad,

Italian bread and butter andRomano cheese.

Homemade pastas like spa-ghetti, linguini, gnocchi andlasagna are other dishes thatgrace the dinner menu. The carryout menu includes

all of the items mentionedabove and lets you plan for a

great family-style dinner rightin your own dining room by offering Pasta by the Pound,homemade spaghetti, marinaraor meat sauces and meatballs. These items are a bit pricier

due to their abundance, with ahalf pan of lasagna (9 pieces)priced at $32.00.

Call 814-833-7709 for carry out or stop into to Seranis to

enjoy homemade Italian foodin the heart of Erie.

So if youre looking for savory italian favorites, make Seranis

By Shelley Turk Staff writer

Seranis restaurant serves up traditional Italian favorites.Scoot Williams photo

Name : Haylie Starin Year : Junior

Major : Communication, double concentration in Public Relationsand ProductionHometown : Westlake, OHFavorite thing about Mercyhurst: The welcoming and friendly

people, and the comfortable atmosphere and the beautiful campusscenery.

Least Favorite thing: The lack of parking space for students.Campus activities: Student Activities Council Programmer, MSG

Representative, Spirit Club Co-Chair, Producer of the MSGevening News, PR for Hurst TV, Leadership Certication Program Level 3,

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1 package pie crust1 can pumpkin (15 oz.) cup sugar1 tsp. ground cinnamon tsp. ground ginger tsp. ground nutmeg

2 eggs, slightly beaten cup milk

1.) Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.2.) Roll out the pre-made dough and t into a

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3.) In a large bowl, mix the pumpkin, sugar, cin-namon, ginger, and nutmeg.

4.) Add the eggs to the mixture by beating witha fork until combined, then stir in the milk gradually until combined.

5.) Pour the lling into the pie crust and put foilaround the edge to make sure that it doesnt burn.

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7.) Let it cool for a couple of hours, then place inthe refrigerator.

If you have not noticed, thetheme of fall avors tends tobe pumpkins. You see them everywhere. If

you go to Starbucks they havepumpkin-avored coffee or, if

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BuZzOCT. 17. Loreena McK-ennitt. Sheas Performing

Arts Center, Buffalo.

OCT. 17. Steven Wright.Byham Theater, Pitts-burgh.

OCT. 18. The Wiggles. Tullio Arena, Erie.

OCT. 18. Phil Lesh andFriends. Sheas Theatre,Buffalo.

OCT. 18. Strung Out. Agora Theatre, Cleve-land.

OCT. 19. Tony Bennett. Allen Theatre, Cleve-land.

OCT. 19. Diamond Dogs: The Sound and Vision of David Bowie.

OCT. 19. Wilco. A.J.Palumbo Center, Pitts-burgh.

OCT. 20. Pat Monahan.House of Blues, Cleve-land.

OCT. 23-28. Ten Tenors. Avalon Theatre, Fallsview Casino Resort, NiagaraFalls, Ont.

OCT. 24. Tori Amos.

Sheas Theatre, Buffalo.

OCT. 24. After the Wed-ding film. MercyhurstCollege PAC.

OCT. 25. Lewis Black,Sheas Performing ArtsCenter, Buffalo.

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At one time Ellis Island was the main point of entry for immigrants traveling tothe United States. Immigrantsocked to America, theland of opportunity, full of determination and hope.

Today The Guelcher FilmSeries will present directorEmanuele Crialeses eye-opening lm titled Golden Door.

Winner of the Silver Lionat the Venice Film Festival,Golden Door shows a story of hope and desperation

Emanuele Crialeses beautifuldream of a lm, is hardly unfamiliar. Some version of thisimmigrants tale setting outfrom the old country, crossing

the Atlantic in steerage, ar riving

at Ellis Island is part of thefamily history of millions of

Americans, reviewed The New York Times.

The lm portrays the story of a Sicilian family living in poverty that decides to leave behind the

world they know in the hopeof nding new opportunities in

America.Beginning in Sicily in 1904,

Golden Door follows the lifeof a poor, struggling farmer,Salvatore Mancuso. He is barely getting by as he provides for histwo sons, one of whom is mute,along with his elderly motherSalvatore.

Captivated by stories of immeasurable wealth and theourishing fruit and vegetablesthat are supposedly grownfrom bountiful American soil,

Salvatore envisions endless

possibilities in the land of opportunity.

Determined to pursue a betterlife for his family, Salvatoredecides to sell everything heowns for a passage into theUnited States.

Golden Door truly showsthat Salvatores journey is asimportant as the destinationby revealing the hardships andobstacles immigrants overcame.

A Los Angeles Times review said, Ignorance, hope andimagination combine to createthe strange, lyrical images thatform in Salvatores mind.

When Salvatore and his family set sail for America, they meetLucy Reed, a single English

woman. Due to her mysteriouspast, she becomes the topic of gossip on the ship.

Golden Door will show at the

PAC today, Oct.17 at 2 p.m. and8 p.m.

Tickets are free with studentID (one ticket per ID).

By Mason Lorek Contributing writer

In the busy life of the averagecollege student, some timeis needed for recreation andrelaxation.

Many students nd thisentertainment through watching their favorite television shows. Although there are many

different shows on TV, a few shows in particular seem tobe especially popular among college students this year. When asked what TV shows

are most popular among collegestudents, Mercyhurst Collegefreshman Chelsea Cox said, Ithink most people are watching

ABC primetime shows likeGreys Anatomy and Desperate

Housewives. Mercyhurst student MeliaStanek said, I think collegestudents watch mostly dramas,especially medicals.

I know a lot of people watch

Greys Anatomy, and I like to watch it as well. I know lots of people who also enjoy watching Desperate Housewives, butI dont watch that show, saidStanek. Many people also like

House. Another Mercyhurst student,Elise Frey, said, I dont really like TV, but I know that Thurs.at 9 p.m. is Holy Hour on thethird oor of Baldwin because

Greys Anatomy, CSI andThe Ofce are showing.

Greys Anatomy appearsto be one of the most popularshows among many students.

Over the premiere week, there

were two different organizedGreys Anatomy parties on theMercyhurst College campus.

However students reportedthat they also regularly watching shows such as House, and

Americas Most SmartestModel. Students HeatherHuber and Kate Gilson alsoadded The Hills to the list.

So, although shows such asGreys Anatomy appear to

be popular among students,many college students are alsofrequently tuning into showssuch as The Ofce, CSI,Heroes and Americas Next

Top Model.

By Sarah Mastrocola

Staff writer

What Hurst students are watching

Golden Door, lm to show at PAC

Several Mercyhurst College students tune into Greys Anatomy every week.Contributed photos

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Last Thursday, The New York Times ran Tom Friedmans edi-torial.

He labeled college studentsand 20 somethings as Genera-tion Q.

The Q, standing for quiet.He goes on to describe our

age group as quietly pursu-ing their idealism, at home andabroad.

Initially I approached thiscomment with reservation hegoes on to state I am impressedbecause they are so much moreoptimistic and idealistic thanthey should be.

I am bafed because they are

so much less radical and politi-cally engaged than they need tobe.

While this may be true, ourgenerations idealism is a resultof an overprotective society andmany social issues that we didnot have to face.

The quarrels of our parentsgeneration are fundamentally different than those with which

we currently deal.Both sets of circumstances

are unique to their own timeperiod.

The issues we facie take placeon a more international stageopposing large corporations andgovernments simultaneously.

We are represented by poli-ticians who tend to talk morethan act.

People have lost interest in voting due to issues that arenever resolved or simply vetoed

with the stroke of a pen. When students do speak up,

they are tazered by campus secu-rity or blockaded several city blocks from where politiciansand world leaders are gathered.

If people were to act as out- wardly 40 years ago, they wouldbe targeted as anti-American.

They could potentially havetheir e-mails and telephone callsbugged.

Popular opinion is hardly everswayed by the masses of peoplethat join on streets for peacefulprotests.

The kind of radical move-ments Friedman refers to areoften ineffective and too radi-cal for politicians and middle

America to take note.

In contrast people in their 20sare currently watching I LOVENEW YORK with the hostsbreasts pushed up to her chin.

They watch this instead of taking serious note of countlessatrocities around the world.

The change we cause is inour own neighborhoods andamongst the real people thatpolicy affects.

Rather than having a physi-cal presence at governmentestablishments they are build-ing houses and tutoring childrendown the street.

Change is something you haveto be active in implementing.

It can not be accomplished by raising money from your com-puter.

Apathy is a disease that has

been rooted in our minds.I fear 20 years of mind numb-

ing is too late to reverse theeffects.

Unfortunately more peopleare likely to pay attention to acontroversial blog or Youtube

video then they are thousandsof people gathering in thestreets.

The days of the 1960s are aromantic era that modern day activists simply dream about.

They may never have the fulleffect as they once did.

Instead activists are oftenframed as criminals and theestablishment they protest is the

victim.If change is going to happen,

it will sadly be conveyed throughthe form of MTV or text mes-sages.

By BillSwaffordStaff writer

Weekly my closest friendsand I meet to participate in mantalk.

These discussions are greatbecause of the lack of sensordue to members of the oppositesex being absent.

These talks focus on thingssuch as the Washington Red-skins being better than theCleveland Browns or who mightbe the hottest or ugliest girl oncampus.

The greatest element of thesetalks is having the ability to callyour friend out for being a bumor possibly letting his girlfriendrun his life.

These necessary man talkspromote cohesion and allow everyone to vent his displeasure

with a friends behavior.Since the start of man talk

we have found that the morealcohol involved, the more onemight have the ability to tell afriend how he really feels.

Every set of friends has thetendency to talk about each

other behind each others backsto another friend causing a con-stant cycle of chatter.

This dilemma can be hurdledby actively participating in a

weekly session of man talk. At times man talk can reect apanel of experts on life.

Your friends dictate what youshould do in a given situation.

Although most of yourfriends have little experiencein life and possibly offer lessexpertise than your own, it canbe comforting because it comesfrom your friends.

These man talks can also be atime for reection.

This could entail calling yourboy out for hooking up with agirl that might have looked like

Jessica Biel to him after 11 whis-key and Cokes, when in fact she

looked like Rosie ODonnell.On the other hand, you

could tell a story about yourfriend totally botching a hook up attempt at the bar the pastnight.

The long laugh session due toexcessive teasing makes every-one escape from the troubles of life for a brief moment.

It can also lead to serious talksabout a friends tragedies in life.

These moments help yourealize you are friends althoughyou might be tough on him attimes and you might have talkedtrash about him; he is your boy and you would do anything forhim. The men who sit with mein these talks know that I wouldgo to battle with anyone any day of the week for them and vice

versa.

So just remember when youfeel like you and your friends areat the edge of hostility, schedulea man talk session.

They are great and allow youand your circle of friends toescape a night of bar hopping or going to crowded parties andallow for a night of spending time with your true friends.

Man talk: All should join inGeneration Q a bit quiet

By Ellen

KoenigStaff writer

Girl talk is seemingly moreproductive than man talk.

Guys, we dont just talk about what color to dye our hair nextor who is cuter: McDreamy orMcSteamy?

Girls, you know this is not

the extent of our chats. Occas-sionally, we need a glass of wine when we are talking, but theconversation does not dependon alcohol for honesty.

Women make life decisions when they chat with theirfriends.

The topics are much broaderand deeper than men think. Wetalk politics, cars and the oppo-

site sex as much as men do, but we consider relationships andcareers as well.

It is important to keep thisritual, otherwise all that man talk may make us go a little crazy.

Guys need their chats just asmuch as women, though womentend to make more solid choicesduring these discussions.

By MerissaFrank Opinion editor

Chat away

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As promised, my light-heartedjaunt in localized satire has onceagain concluded.

This week I will delve into theheart of a global pandemic money for nothing.

How exactly did it become

so trendy to give away yourmoney? Whether it be Hollywood

stars adopting children to theaverage American giving money to local charities, this practicehas become widespread andaccepted.

My position is not that I dis-agree with the concept of char-ity.

I refuse to believe people areentitled to my money and that Ishould not be guilted into suchan endeavor.

I believe charity should belargely based upon the belief that my money should be given

to them based upon my ownpersonal choice.

I do not, however, believe thatanybody is entitled to my money and that I must give it to thempurely because they are needy.

I refuse to be placed uponan altar of moral obligations in

which I do not believe. This utterance may bring a

cold chill to the hearts of theliberal left.

I would rather spend my ownmoney on improving myself andbecoming a force that can causereal change in society, besidesgiving a few dollars to poor chil-dren in a part of the world of

which I have never heard. To hell with the ethical stan-

dards of some, and to hell withforced eleemosynary!

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By Keith

NemethStaff writer &political analyst

The Good After complaints in a

previous GBU, the garbagetrucks no longer wake stu-dents at 3 a.m. Somehow

the word got out.

Fall Break starts afterclass today. Its abouttime.

The BadIf your light bulb goes

out, the newest policy ongetting it replaced meanstrekking over to maintenceto pick one up yourself.

Halloween costumes arebreaking the bank andthere arent that many tochoose from.

The Ugly

Professors arent as dumbas you think. Just becauseyou look like you are using your laptop to take notesdoesnt mean they dontknow you are really shop-ping on macys.com. Way totry and pull one over.

Registering for classesbecame a nightmare for

many when they werelocked out. Financial aidand billing issues weremostly to blame. Many stu-dents were not informedearly enough to makechanges.

Please e-mail any suggetions toopinionmerciad@mercyhurst.edu.

The GB&U is a compilation of

student opinions.

The Good,the Bad &the Ugly

Money for nothing

Does popularity exists in col-lege? With a little over threeyears of college down, I wouldsay no.

Dont laugh yet. Think back to high school when there werethe popular kids. Everyone

wanted to be these kids. They controlled what and who wascool. Does this happen in col-lege? I dont think so. Now people do their own thing. Itdoesnt matter if you were anerd, the quarterback or in theband because these things arentimportant anymore.

I think that people are moreaccepting of others differences

in college. Look at the differencebetween homecoming court inhigh school and in college. Inhigh school, homecoming wasa popularity contest. You didnteven have to be liked, you justhad to be popular.

In college homecoming isnot a question of popularity; itsabout involvement and being

well-known. Ultimately, peopleembody this characteristic from

being active in clubs, sports,organizations or just going outa lot.

This doesnt make them any cooler. Ive noticed that every-one is mostly friends.

In the end, we will graduate,enter the real world and be for-gotten anyway so lets just enjoy the four years of college wehave and let the trivial stuff go.

Let the trivial stuff goBy MichelleLaSlavicStaff writer

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I nd it ironic that ResLifeis holding meetings to nd out

why the majority of the studentpopulation did not know oreven care about homecoming

when apparently they are themost in-tune campus members.

It is wonderful to hear from

Keith Nemeth that KeithNemeth won homecoming king.

Congratulations from themajority of the student body

who didnt know or care and,now that we do know, still dontcare.

Keith was so proud of his victory that he decided to stray from his juvenile political ram-blings to once and for all provehis popularity.

If anything it should only make sense that he would winthis popularity contest of acourt that consisted of mainly RAs, MSG and SAC members.

Strange how that works out. You can win a contest among

the same out-of-touch individu-als who dominate the scholar-ship positions.

It would be nice if the stu-dent power elites of this school

would simply accept who they are; stop trying to play bothsides.

Wear your smug, self-accept-ing crowns around so that Imay distance myself from all of you.

It is apparent you all do nothold the majority support fromstudents on this campus.

You only operate in your ownpower elite circles in which yourpopularity will not be ques-tioned.

It sickens me to see you all

continue to struggle with thefact that your sole purpose is tosuck up to the people who handyou money.

In exchange for theirmoney, you give them yourundying support to their systemof limiting student freedom

and expression. Thumbs up, and dont act like

you represent the voice of thiscollege anymore.

PAGE 11Oct. 17, 2007 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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dent charged in infants death.Do I have a problem with theMerciad covering this story?

No.It happened and there is no

sense in pretending it didnt. What I have a problem with is

how it was presented. When did the Merciad

become a scandal rag?It is almost like the writer

was thinking How juicy can wemake this story?

It is not a joke. Am I defending this girl?No.But I also dont pretend to

know the whole story.Were college students and

we know not to put babies in aplastic bag.

I am not attacking the young

woman who said this quote,but I am asking what the writerof this article felt this quotebrought to the story.

Maybe some comic relief? Another person upset with

the article referred me to thisstatement of Mercyhurst core

values: We are socially merci-ful. Mercy restores human dig-nity, expands out social relationsand empowers us to reach out incompassion to others.

We are Mercyhurst Collegestudents; we know not to treatsomething like this as juicy gossip.

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As well intentioned as thearticle, Mercyhurst more toler-ant than Gannon from the Oct.10 issue might be, the fact is thatit is full of factual errors thatmust be addressed in regard tothe serious subject presented.

First of all, in promoting ourown institution, it is not neces-sary or appropriate to denigrateanother institution.

All Catholic institutions, exer-cising various legitimate modelsof church, strive to representthe Catholic faith to the best of their ability.

While styles of leadership may vary, the underlying religiousphilosophy remains the same.

That being said, this letter willnot speak to the issues or under-standings of other institutions,but rather, focus on those exclu-sive to Mercyhurst College.

As far as can be seen, no onein the administration, campusministry or the Sisters of Mercy

was contacted to comment forthis article.

For example, when the

author used the word liberal

to describe the Sisters of Mercy and intellectual freedom, thisperson seemed to suggest thisexplained a certain persuasion.Instead, both liberal and intel-lectual suggest an openness todialogue that calls for all sidesof an issue to be raised, offer-ing the context for mature, wellreasoned decision making.

Had consultation occurred,a more accurate picture of theSisters of Mercy and this issuemay have been presented.

Beginning with its revisedmission statement, consistent

with its Catholic identity andMercy heritage, MercyhurstCollege educates women andmen in a culture where faith andreason ourish together,Mercyhurst College is a RomanCatholic college in the Mercy

tradition and is not exemptfrom nor reticent to embracethe magisterial teaching of theCatholic Church in matters of faith and morals.

Mercyhurst College is very much a part of the Diocese of Erie, while not under the directjurisdiction of the diocesanbishop as other institutions may be, but still very much respon-

sible to the moral and teaching

authority of that ofce.In the area of human sexual-

ity, Mercyhurst College acknowl-edges rst and foremost thedignity and respect that is dueto each human person andparticularly acknowledges thatfor those persons who may bespurned by society for whateverreason.

As referenced in the new United States Catholic Cate-chism for Adults, the numberof men and women who havedeep-seated homosexual ten-dencies is not negligible..

They must be accepted withrespect, compassion, and sensi-tivity. Every sign of unjust dis-crimination in their regard mustbe avoided. These persons arecalled to fulll Gods will intheir lives

Historically, because of theteaching of the church andthe Mercy tradition of hos-pitality and compassion, theGay/Straight Alliance cameinto being. It was, and hope-fully continues to be, a vehicleby which the above statementbecomes a reality.

With that in mind, Mercy-hurst College cannot and will

not embrace any other under-

standing concerning homo-sexual activity that falls outsidethe magisterial teaching of theCatholic Church.

To do so would be not only irresponsible but contrary tothe stated mission of this insti-tution.

As an institution of higher

education, our sincere hope is

that all members of the collegecommunity will continue to dis-cuss, discern, pray and educatethemselves in regard to thismost delicate matter.

To do otherwise would negatethis institutions great traditionand discredit the name and spiritof the Sisters who brought it

into being.

PAGE 12 Oct. 17, 2007LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

By Fr. James E. Piszker &

Sr. Joanne Courneen

The question contested on

this and many other collegecampuses is the role of thefourth amendment in searchesof campus housing. What canthey do when they search andcan they even search without a

warrant? When the question comes to

Mercyhurst College, the answeris yes, they can search withouta warrant when not pursuing criminal prosecution and they

have legal precedence to do so.Searches performed by col-

lege staff are administrative notgovernmental searches.

According to several cases

including Piazzola v. Watkins,Morale v. Grigel and Smyth v.Lubbers, courts have ruled thatsearches that are administra-tive-those that result in schooldisciplinary actions not criminalprosecution-are not covered by the fourth amendment.

The fact is that searches areperformed by the college aregeneralized or routine inspec-tion for violations of hous-

ing, health, or other regulatory codes.

Another reality is that this isa private institution and accord-ing to rulings like Duarte v.

Commonwealth, the fourthamendment protections againstunreasonable searches and sei-zures are wholly inapplicableto a search or seizure, even anunreasonable one, effected by aprivate individual not acting asan agent of the government or

with the participation or knowl-edge of any governmental of-cial.

The other fact is that all resi-

dents in campus housing haveagreed to the campus housing policy, which includes a searchclause; look at page 41 in yourhandbook for the actual clause.

This again grants the schoola legal right to search and hasbeen defended in cases such aState v. Hunter.

This all being said, the schoolpolicies do respect the privacy of the students by requiring aprobable cause before a searchoccurs.

As an RA I must have prob-able cause and attempt to getpermission before entering. So

the college makes reasonableattempts to respect a residentsprivacy.

So there it is a brief summa-tion of fourth amendment and

what it means to a Mercyhurststudent. Yes, there are contra-dicting rulings to these and thisis a gray area in law but you haveto face the facts.

Like it or not the school haslegal precedence to search yourroom and property with out a

warrant as long as they are notpursuing criminal prosecutionand they try respect your privacy and rights within reason.

By Nicholas KovachContributing writer

The fourth amendment and you: Private colleges do not fall under this

Campus Ministry is not under the direct jurisdiction of the bishop.Scoot Williams photo

Intentions may be good, but factual errors discredit Sisters

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PAGE 13Oct. 17, 2007 SPORTS

The measure of a great teamis its ability to bounce back after

defeat.Coming off a weekend in

which the team surrenderedtwo games and conceded anuncharacteristic nine goals, theMercyhurst College womenssoccer team was in need of acouple of wins to get back ontrack.

These games would becrucial to their playoff hopes

as their opponents, Ashlandand Findlay, are both GreatLakes Intercollegiate AthleticConference (GLIAC) rivals.

The Findlay Oilers traveledto Erie on Friday to play theLakers.

Determined to have a greatstart, Mercyhurst came ring out of the blocks. Only twominutes into the game juniorChristine Rehnart crossed a

ball that senior Adrienne Sluganished.

The Oilers were stunned butkept the game tight and endedthe half down by a single goal.

The Lakers managed to stun

Findlay once more as Rehnartscored just 33 seconds into thesecond half.

In the 72 nd minute juniorSarah Powell hit her rst of thegame, and a minute later senior

Jacque Sluga assisted sophomore Taylor Hilinski to make it 4-0.

Powell capped off the scoring with her second of the day tomake it 5-0 with the assist by

Adrienne Sluga. Junior Rebecca Heintzmann

had a quiet game between thesticks, being called on just threetimes.

The Lakers took themomentum from this victory into their next game against

Ashland.Mercyhurst put the pressure

on Ashland from the startand had nine shots in the rst

half before they could nd abreakthrough.

Just 25 seconds remainedon the clock when sophomoreBraedyn Ordway found the back of the net to give the Lakers the

lead, and the momentum going into the break.In the second half the Lakers

looked to have the game wonas Powell found the net for thesecond goal.

Sophomore Karla Vogt thenput the game out of reach witha goal off of a Powell assist.

Ashland gave the Lakers fansa scare as they scored two goals,

but Mercyhurst hung on for the win, and a 2-0 weekend.

Jacque Sluga commentedon the game, It was a great

weekend for us, to come back and win two games after last

weeks disappointment washuge. The whole team playedgreat and we deserved these tworesults.

The team will take on Daementonight at 3:30 p.m.

By Stephen DugganStaff writer

Womens soccer wins two

Findlay proved to be a toughmatch for the MercyhurstCollege football team onSaturday. The Lakers couldntstop Findlays tough running game, as they gave up over 400yards rushing. The Oilers only looked to the air seven times androlled past the Lakers 38-22.

Despite the tough weekend,the Lakers were still able tosee some individual milestonesset against the Oilers. JuniorRichard Stokes became thesecond running back in schoolhistory to rush for 2,000 yards inhis career. Stokes reached 2,045yards with a 67-yard rushing day

against a tough Findley line.Senior Mitch Phillis had a big day as well, going 18-43 with191 total yards passing with onetouchdown.

Sophomore Josh Szeluga,after being hurt in the Gannongame, came back strong,

mounting 90 yards and onetouchdown on the day. SeniorBrandon Hill and Aaron Haynesalso combined for 83 yards,rounding out what looked to bea strong Mercyhurst offense.

The defense was led by sophomore Adam Brown whohad ve tackles and 11 assistedtackles on the day. Sophomore

Tim Herbener had a big gameas well with an interception that

was returned 14 yards and onesack. Unfortunately for thedefense the Findlay running backs were just too strong.

We really hope that as ateam we can end the season ona positive note, especially for theseniors, said freshman Freddy Hale. Looking into next week,

we really need to improve our

pass defense. Weve done agreat job running to the ball,now we just need to build ourcondence and trust with oneanother.

The Lakers (4-4) will battleHillsdale at Tullio Field Saturday at 1 p.m.

By Kyle CraigStaff writer

Setting a record in any sport isan impressive accomplishmentand display of physical ability.

This past weekend at theRoberts Wesleyan Invitationala number of the Mercyhurst

College mens and womenscross country runners setpersonal records (PR).

On the mens side seniorcaptain Kenny Foster nishedthe race with a PR of 26:18 for ave-mile course. This time wasgood enough for a second-placenish out of 152 runners.

Fosters strong nish led theteam to an overall second-placenish out of 14 teams.

Were denetely starting to look like were ready forthe GLIAC Championships,Foster said of the teams recentperformances.

For the women freshmanCherie Jackson continued toperform well. Like Foster,she set a PR at the Roberts

Wesleyan Invitational on the5K course with a time of 19:06. This time was goodenough for a fourth-placenish in a eld of 149 runners.

Jackson and fellow freshmanrunner Jennifer Mieczowski,

who nished 16th (20:20), were the top freshman womenrunners at the race.

On Saturday Mercyhurst will host the GLIACChampionship.

Football cannot handle therunning game of Findlay

Cross country sets recordsBy Brittany JackettSports editor

Junior Sarah Powell (15) takes on a Findlay defender in preparation for a shot during

last Fridays game at Mercyhurst.

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Laker Sports Quick Hits

Last weeks results...

Womens ice hockey............Oct. 13, W 6-5, BostonOct. 12, W 4-1, Boston

Mens hockey.Oct. 12, L 2-1, Ohio StateOct. 13, L 4-0, Notre Dame

FootballOct. 13, L 38-22, FindlayWomens volleyball......Oct. 12, L 3-0, Sag inaw Valley State

Oct. 13, L 3-2, HillsdaleMens soccer...Oct. 12, W 5-3, Findlay

Oct. 14, L 3-2, NorthwoodWomens soccer...................Oct. 12, W 5-0, Findlay

Oct. 14, W 3-2, AshlandMens water polo...................Oct. 12, W 14-5, Washington & Jefferson

Oct. 13, W 9-1, Salem International

Womens tennis......Oct. 13, L 9-0, DuquesneOct. 14, L 5-4, St. BonaventureMens tennis...Oct. 13, L 9-0, Duquesne

Colton/Payne athletes of the week

Freshman Billy Colton of the mens soccer team helped carry the team in twokey GLIAC victories on Friday and Sunday. In Fridays game against Findlayhe scored three goals for his rst collegiate hat trick, and assisted on thegamewinning goal during Sundays game against Ashland. Although only afreshman Colton is currently tied on the team for rst in points scored.

Junior defender Natalie Payne of the womens hockey team had a hand inthe teams two weekend victories over Boston University. Payne tallied threeassists in the rst come-from-behind game on Friday, and went on to addthree more assists during Saturdays 4-1 win.

Womens soccer named team of the week

The womens soccer team has been named team of the week, after pickingup two impressive GLIAC wins this weekend defeating Findlay University 5-0on Friday and Ashland University 3-2 on Saturday. The Lakers are secondin the GLIAC behind Grand Valley State University and fth in the region, asthey now are 11-3-1 on the season and 5-2 in the GLIAC.

Powell named GLIAC womens soccer player of the week

Junior forward Sarah Powell has been named the GLIAC womens socceroffense player of the week after leading the Lakers to two wins thisweekend by tailing eight points, scoring three goals and two assists. Powellhas added a team-best 30 points along with 12 goals, and has also addedsix assists on the season.

Payne and Chouinard named CHA players of the week

Junior forward Valerie Chouinard earned College Hockey America (CHA)Offensive Player of the Week (POTW) and junior defender Natalie Payne hasbeen named the Defensive POTW award after their victories moved No. 2

Mercyhurst to 5-0, which is the teams best start ever.

Three mens hockey players named to AHA honor roll

Senior forward Ryan Toomey, junior goaltender Matt Lundin and freshmanforward Brandon Coccimiglio have been named to the AHA Honor Roll fortheir performances this past weekend in the Lefty McFadden tournament.

Club hockey open season

The club hockey home opener is on Friday as the team hosts John CarrollUniversity at 7 p.m. They then follow up with a game the following dayagainst Youngstown State University at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The team

opened their season on the road going 1-1-1.

Mens soccer picks up two wins

As the deep grey cloudsrolled overhead and the crack of thunder struck, the MercyhurstCollege mens soccer teamtrudged onto the eld as thegigantic rain drops began tofall.

The poring rain managed tosoak the players to the bone injust a few minutes, but the menkept pushing towards victory over Findlay University.

Having already beat Findlay 2-1 this season, the Lakersbrought a condence to theeld that was apparent in theirplaying, as they took an early lead over the Oilers.

Scoring just two minutes into

the game off of a corner kick assisted from Nick Thompson was Kurt Young, who postedtwo goals and two assists in thegame Friday afternoon versusFindlay.

The Lakers were working welltogether moving the ball aroundon the eld, communicating and making simple and quick decisions that were able to

free up many players to create

scoring opportunities. The men had been working

extremely hard in practice thispast week to prepare themselvesfor two rough and skillful gamesthis weekend at home.

Their hard work paid off andthey walked away from the eldon Friday with a 5-3 victory overFindlay University, their rsthome game win of the season.

After an important win onFriday afternoon over Findlay,the men were ready to comeback to their home turf andchallenge Ashland University for another victory.

With a much neededimprovement on the weatherconditions, Sunday turned outto be a beautiful fall day to

watch a great soccer match. The men came out strong and

condent from their previousat-home win on Friday with aneagerness to get a goal against

Ashland.I think that we played really

well as a team, junior SeanSpangler said.

The two wins were very much needed and a nice boostfor our condence on theeld.

Working together and staying

focused were important for themen to have success on the eldthis weekend, but they wentabove and beyond their dutiesto achieve their wins.

Danny Mudd, the Lakersjunior goalkeeper, had a stellargame over Ashland.

He worked extremely hard walking away from the match with 12 saves and a shutout.

We had a very disappointing weekend with two losses last week, so to come back and win two games like we did this weekend, especially with theshutout on Sunday, is great,said junior midelder StephenDuggan.

With both games being GLIAC ties, two wins werecrucial for our playoff hopes,he said.

Hopefully we can take thisform into the last three gamesof the season, Duggan said.

The Lakers look forward tonishing off their season with

wins in their last three games onhome turf.

The Lakers, in the last pieceof their season before playoffsplay Ohio Dominican University this Saturday at 11 a.m. on the

Mercyhurst Soccer Field.

By Katie Waldin

Staff writer

Volleyball loses sixth straight GLIAC match

The Mercyhurst College womens volleyball team

welcomed Saginaw Valley StateUniversity and NorthwoodUniversity to the MAC thispast weekend in what hoped tobe a winning weekend for theLakers.

Unfortunately, our squadcame up short in the rst matchagainst Saginaw, a team thatproved to be too strong for theLakers. SVSU took the matchin three close games: 30-28, 30-

22, 30-27. Leading Mercyhurst was junior Lauren Kubinski, who tallied 17 kills. Both JennaMatson and Katie Fritz had 10.

The Lakers looked to endtheir ve-game losing skid the

following day against NorthwoodUniversity. Trailing two gamesto one, the team held off defeatby taking game four. In the fthand nal game emotions werehigh, as both teams played solid.However Northwood took the match by the scores of 25-30, 30-15, 30-23, 26-30, 15-11.Mercyhursts effort was led by senior Christine Nisbet, whonotched eight kills, two assists,

four aces and six total blocks.Sophomore Julia Butler totaled37 assists and 22 digs.

Were about were Id hoped wed be, said head coachPatton. We have some injuries

to people who have been on thecourt a lot, so we were able to getsome other people experienceagainst really good teams.

Were so far ahead of where weve been in the past and wevegot an incredible amount of upside, he said.

The Lakers will look to halttheir six-match losing streak onOct. 19, when they host Findlay at the MAC.

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Womens hockey starts season 5-0 for rst time ever

The Mercyhurst womenshockey team hosted BostonUniversity on Friday andSaturday night.

The Lakers headed intothe match ranked No. 2 in thenation riding a three-game

winning streak.BU gave the Lakers a slight

scare on Friday with Mercyhursttopping the Terriers 6-5.

Saturday proved to be nocontest for the Lakers as a four-point night from sophomoreMeghan Agosta gave Mercyhursta 4-1 victory.

This marks the rst time inschool history that the girls havestarted their season 5-0.

Being 5-0 is a greatopportunity for our team, saidjunior goalie Courtney Drennan.We have been working hard toprepare for each game, and treateach opponent the same way.

Each day the team enters therink with the same attitude; wehave to work hard to win every game because nothing will behanded to us, she said.

Saturdays win markedhead coach Michael Sistismonumental 200 th win of hisillustious career.

Sisti has been with Mercyhurstsince 1993 when he was anassistant mens coach.

He took over the womensteam in 1999 and has led theLakers to the NCAA playoffsthree times and CHA conferencechampionship ve times.

Sisti was also named the 2006-2007 Coach of the Year andelected to coach the West squadin the second annual FrozenFour Skills Challenge.

Mercyhurst will look to seek revenge this weekend as they take on Minnesota-Duluth, theteam that knocked them out of the NCAA playoffs last season.

Minnesota-Duluth is a very good team, and this weekend willbe a great test, said Drennen.

I think all of the veterans areexcited to play UMD and provethat we deserve, and did deservelast season, to beat them,she said.The team will handle thisgame, and UMD, will the samehard working and focusedattitude that we handle all of our games.

By Kyle Craig

Staff writer

Valerie Chouinard (18) looks to clear the puck during agame on Saturday against Boston University.

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Tennis drops a pair of matches

The weekend after MercyhurstCollege womens head tenniscoach Neil Leroy was relieved of

his coaching duties, the Lakers were competitive in matchesagainst Duquesne University and St. Bonaventure University.

Two days after Leroysdeparture Mercyhurst AthleticDirector Craig Barnett named

Terence McMahon the mensand womens interim headcoach. In McMahons rstmatch as coach the Lakers fell

to Duquesne 9-0.Even though Mercyhurst

did not win a match, they werehighly competitive in someareas. At No. 2 singles freshmanKim Ezzo won the opening set 4-6 but lost the next two6-4, 6-1, and at No. 5 singlessophomore Elizabeth Mullaneforced a second set tiebreak butlost 6-3, 7-6 (7-2).

The next day Mercyhurst

battled St. Bonaventure to ahard-fought loss, 5-4.

At No. 1 Ezzo and senior Jennifer Daly won 8-4, while Jaclyn McLean and MeghanRaynor picked up an 8-6 victory at No. 2.

In singles play Mercyhurstadded to its lead with wins atNo. 1, when Daly recorded a6-3, 7-5 win, and No. 2 withEzzo cruising 6-1, 6-1. St.Bonaventure swept spots No.4, 5 and 6 to tie the match andMcLeans valiant effort at No. 3fell short, losing 3-6, 6-1, 6-3.

In the GLIAC Conference, we will come across all types of

players, said freshman KeltonMacke.

By playing a tougher team, we will mentally be determinedto win, thereby allowing us tofocus better during the toughGLIAC matches, she said.

Mercyhurst, now 9-4 on theseason, nishes the regularseason hosting Ashland. The

winner will get the third seed inthe GLIAC tournament.

By Kirk CampbellStaff writer

Mens hockey falls to two ranked teams

The Mercyhurst Collegemens hockey team opened itsseason dropping a pair of hard-

fought games to two rankedteams, the Ohio State University (OSU) and the University of Notre Dame (ND) during theLefty McFadden Tournamentin Dayton, Ohio on Friday andSaturday.

We played terric Friday night; as good as you can with-out winning, said head coachRick Gotkin. They brought a

good work ethic playing against

the big guys, OSU and ND. The Lakers opened Fridays

game playing extremely well,as they grabbed the early 1-0lead on a goal from senior Ryan

Toomey.OSU battled back but had

no answer during the secondperiod, as Mercyhursts juniorgoalie Matt Lundin came up

with some big saves.Finally in the third period

OSU came out scoring twogoals that ended up helping togive the Buckeyes a 2-1 victory.

Lundin played strong, making 46 saves during the game.

This is more of a differ-

ent team then a year ago, said

Gotkin. These two games willmake us better.

The next day the Lakersplayed against ND. After play-ing a scoreless rst period, theFighting Irish came out in thesecond period scoring rst.

It fueled our passion afterthey scored rst, said Gotkin.The team was a little tired onSaturday, but the guys playedhard.

Freshman Ryan Zapolskimade his rst career start againstND making 33 saves.

The Lakers play another top15-ranked team this weekend, asthey travel to the University of

Maine on Friday and Saturday.

By Chris DavisSports editor

Field hockey looks to nish their season on strong note

The Mercyhurst College womens eld hockey team willlook to nish its season with

some wins after struggling ear-lier this season nishing on theirattempted shots.

The one thing about thisteam is that they continue toght each and every game, saidhead coach Stacey Gaudette. I

am a very proud with the effortthey put in this week at prac-tice.

The one thing about ourteam is that they are very ex-ible, as they can play many dif-ferent positions on the eld.

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