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M e r c y h u r s t R e a c h e s S a t u r a t i o n P o i n tBy Chris Wloch,Merciad Nevis EditorA continuous downpour onTuesday, Sept 17 produced wide-spread flooding on campus. TheNational Weather Service re-ported a total rainfall of over halfa foot in some areas.Several of the college's apart-mentcomplexes including Meicy200 & 300, the Highland Apts. onLewis Avenue and numerousbuildings on Briggs had a fewinches ofwater coveringthe floor*

In a few apartments, the damagedcarpeting needs to be replaced.The basements in Zurn and OldMain and the lower level ofBaldwin were flooded, as .wereseveral of the dorm rooms onBaldwin's 'third floor. Thewomen's and wheelchair acces-sible bathrooms on the south sideof the new D'Ange lo Performing

Arts Center also had about aninch of w ater covering the floor.Flood waters from the parkinglot behind Zurn flow ed throughGarvey park and down the hillinto the grotto. After the rainstopped, a trail of sediment couldbe seen on the bricks. .A group of anywhere from 40 to60 people took advantage of theopportunity to slide down the hillinto the grotto. The water rideslasted a little under an hour beforethe mud-sliders were told to stop.On Wednesday, The Copy Cen-ter in the basement of Old Mainwas closed most of the day duetowater damage.At press time, both DeneenSenko, head of housekeeping andmainte na nee directorTerry Campwere unavailable for comment asthey were busy coordinating theclean-up efforts all over campus.

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Fire in Baldwin

Moving Back In: Luann Short (at left) and Annie Onofrey relax during a breakfromcleaning theirroom on Monday. The two were uaable to sleep in tharoom until the paint had dried the next night

By Chris Wloch, \ ggMerciad News EditorAround 9 p.m. Saturday, a smallelectrical irebroke out in Baldwinroom318, home to freshmen voicemajor Annie Onofrey and LuannShort, a major in psychology. Noone was injured and the buildingwas evacuated. The Erie Fire De-partment determined that thecause of the fire w as a short cir-cuit in an alarm clock on the deskby the window.Short, who lives a half houraway, had gone home for theweekend, but Onofrey was downthe hall visiting a friend at thetime. After bearing her suitemateJen screaming "Fuel* Onofreyran back toher smoke-filled room.Freshman art therapy major EmilyBurns yelled for help, pulled thefire alarm, and unsuccessfully at-tempted to work the fife extin-guisher which she then handed toOnofrey who also con Id not oper-ate it. i.Freshman Justin Siemon alsoattempted to put out the fire withthe txtingu isher before RA. I*fTi ITa ny Reid got them to clear outOf he building as smokefilled hehalls of Baldwin's third floor.The list of damages includesoneof the room's desks as well aspersona] losses which included aCD player/radio, a TV set; desklamp, two alarm clocks and someclothes and makeup. Onofreymoved most of her clothes to astorage room for which she didnot have the key. Short's roomkey and student ID were alsolocked in the storage room at first,and were then taken to Baldwin'sfront desk. On Sunday night Reidit turned them to Short.

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On Sunday. Short took severalbundles of clothes home forclean-ing. Onofrey spent the day wash-ing around 25 loads of smoke-stained laundry. A few \peopledonated some change to help hercover the exp enses.Maintanence painted the roomon M onday morning. The bed'smattresses which had been left inthe room until that timerwereplaced in the hall. During theevening, Onofrey moved the twomattresses back into the room.|k Other than the desk which wasdestroyed in the fire, none of theroom's other furnishings wasreplaced.Onofrey spent wha t time|^,she had between classes and dur- .feggggginc her lunch break on M ou da vS T^ ^S W A ! A. Zr^ :. J J S ^ A . - ' Vscrubbing the sooty carpet clean *and rinsing the ashes from theirblinds in the shower. Althoughshe wrote her R.A. a note request-ing new blinds, she has notrcceieved aresponse rom Main-tenance.u Al they basically dd ispaint our room for us. We dideverything else and we're stillcleaning. 1 don't have the newdesk or blinds yet," Short saidWednesday night.

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Biochemical DepartmentContinues to GrowBy Todd Zielinskl, kMerciad Contributing Writer

At tbe beginning of this schoolyear, the science department an-nounced the addition of a bio-chemical m ajor to its already ad*vanced curriculum. As Dr. ToddTrout said, "We are happy to re-port that lastiweck Mercyhurstreceived the approval from thePennsylvania Department of Edu-cation to award Bachelor o f Sci-ence degrees for chemistry andbiochemical majors.19In 1995, the United States Sen-ate announced the approval of

biochemical programs due to in-creased .interest in the field.Mercy hurst has also enjoyed thatsame increased interest with a1990 figure of just 5 biochemicalmajors, and a 1996 figure of 25students.

^Dr. Melissa Barranger-Mathys,head of the biochemical depart-ment, expressed nothing but sheerexcitement for the future, "I hopewe can entice people with bio-chemical majors and people inbiology and science in general,with the great courses we offer,"she said.One of the biochemicaldepartment's long range goalsincludes having external certifi-cation from the American Chemi-cal Society . Additionally, the de -partment h opes that the biochemi-cal field w ill put the Mercyhurstgraduates at the leading edge ofthe field,not just locally, but glo-bally as well .

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Senior Biochemistry major Ron Rambally, left, and Dr. Todd Trout conduct research In the chem lab

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By Bill Melville and Mary Pike,Merciad Contributing Writers4>f< ' ^* " *^ |r> "rf 'On Monday; September' 16, at

8:30 p.m., MSG held its weeklymeeting in the Student Govern-ment Chambers.Elections were held for severalunfilled MSG positions. WadeSarver filled the opening on theSenate; elected to the Judiciaryboard was Ron Rambally. DaveRoth and Maureen Polk wereelected as Commuter Represen-tatives; Michael Morgan andEmily Page were elected Resi-dential Reps; and the two vacantSenior Rep positions were GUedby Lisa Malinowski and KatherineBarry.The proposed 1996-97 MSObudget plan passed almost unani-mously, with only one memberabstaining from the vote..

gedi, Junior RepreFreedom Zone Ecin Chiefi. .*dSP-**fcdiscussedIT* 1 th e '- m111Q'ST>rogress andmented on the enthusiastic turn-out at last Thursday's club andorganization fair. "Almost everyone who walkedin walked out with a copy of theFreedom Zone in their hand," hesaid. -*The first meeting of the Free-dom Zone was Wednesday, Sep-tember 18, in Zurn 137 (not to bethe regular meeting time). Segedisaid he hopes for more organiza-tion'in the Freedom Zone thisyear,, and also for an increasednumber of submissions from

tp with the pi anning of the CI a ss'97's gift o Mercyhurst It wasstressed that in order to have thegift by-the end of this academicyear, plans must be set in motionnow. Vanessa Poppalardo, whoisonthe comm ittee, said not to lookatthe project as the school takingaway more money, butto think ofit as a gift.the entire graduatingclass can be proud of.In other MSG news, plansgive to the James R McKecverGolf Outing Scholarship fundwere tabled with no vote this week;and it was proposed that a shuttleshould be provided to take stu-dents to the w omen's home soc-cer games at Family Firstentire : : yVolunteers forthe senior projectCommittee were called for to

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Quartetto GelatoBy Jody WashingtonMerciad Columnist

Quartetto Gelato, the firstguests of the Great PerformancesSeries, andfifthof 47 events inthe college's cultural series, w illperform in the Mary D'AngeloPerforming Arts Center, on Sun-day, Sept. 29 , at 2:30 p.m.The Toronto-basedgroup playsa blend of classical favorites, op-eratic arias, tangos and gypsy fid-dl ing, without scores and with theconversa tional ease ofold friends,Quartetto Gelato fs membersare Cynthia Steljes, Peter DeSotto, Claudio Vena, and GeorgeMeanwell. Each plays multipleinstruments including violin,mandolin, accordion, oboe, En-glish horn, and classic tenor vo ice.

The individual members haveextensive careers in the perform-ing arts, having performed withthe Royal Winnipeg Ballet, theNational Ballet of Canada and theToronto Symphony.Their self-titled premiere re-cording is currently on sale in theUnited States and Canada and oneof their selections is featured onthe soundtrack o f the film OnlyYou.Quartetto Gelato promises toleave you charmed with their per-formance, and with a new appre-ciation for classical musicTickets for students are $3 forall seats except Gold Circle, whichare $15. Tickets for President'sCard holders are $15 for GoldCircle, $12.50 for orchestra, $10for rear orchestra and $8 forbalcony tickets.

Squonk LivesBy Jody W ashingtonMerciad ColumnistI What began as an experimen-tal performance troupe in 1992quickly evolved!into a quirkygroup that promises to shake thefoundations of the Taylor littleTheater, next Monday Sep t 23 at8 p.m. That's when Squonk Op-era, 'the opening event inMercy hurst's Visiting Artists Se-ries, will take center stage in apresentation ol music and cre-ative theater.

Led by Jackie Dempsey, a pi*ano teacher at the University ofPittsburgh, the Squonk is not onlyabout opera and not just a band."Squonk Opera is performanceart, music and theatre all in one,"said Dr. Albeit Glinsky, coordi-nator of the seriesand Mercy hurstfaculty member, "and much of itrelies on outlandish props andgaudy costumes." Other mem-

bers in the group include KateAronson (vocals), BrianBerkheiser (bass), Steve O'Hearn(wood flute, saxophone,*windsynthesizer), and Kevin Komicki(drums).\- |One of their biggest accom-plishments to date is a projectentitled "Night of the LivingDead: The Opera," a 90-minutetheater piece performed in con-currence with George Romero's19681 honor film classic. Theperformance, which premiered inSeptember, interacted with andmimicked, the movie as the per-formers danced to a musical scorethey had written.Concerts are free forMercy hurst students with ID andemployees with President'sCards. The masterclass/workshopheld on Tuesday, the day aftertheconcert, at 2:45 p.m., is also freeand held at the Taylor Little The-ater. For additional box o fficeinformation, or for a season bro-chure, call the performing artscenter at 824-3000. 1

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ONTHEDITCHBy John MurphyEditor In-Chief

This is bad. Only the second issue ofIbis literary masterpiece and I have'writer's block*. At least that's whatmy excuse is. It's not as if there's not stuffout there to write about, but sometimes it's hard to get really worked up aboutsomething.Strangely enough, I never have that problem after a few beers, (Okay, Iknow , just another pathetic male requiring alcoho l to act). But seriously,sometimes you need a beer, or ten, just to get you going. You feel compelled,to speak your mind; you have no problem telling it like it is. yThink about it. Say the members of Congress were required to have a fewbeers before each sesssiori, imagine how much more work would get done.Republican member, "Look, I'm nonvoting for this bill. Not that I really careabout thisbin. No, Ijust don't like the President. He's a bum. I'mnot passinga bill he proposed. Who agrees?0 Show o f hands, bill defeated. Now that'sprogress. iWell, since I'm in a sober and responsible state, I think if s a good time toaddress the newest members of Mercyworld, the Freshers. Welcome Suck-ers!Only joking. I'm sure at this stage you must be getting ticked off w ithupperclassmen's condescending little remarks. I remember what it was like,"Your only a freshman, what do you know?"44 If there's any freshmen at this

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party, ge t thehell outDon't feel bad about this treatment You see, it's just another one o f thosestupid colleg e rituals. It's traditionto pick on the freshmen. So , thenext timesome cocky upperclassman gives you grief, just relax in the comfortingknowledge that they had the exact same thing done to them before. Probablymore so since they feel the need to inflict this treatment on yo u. jAside from all thecrap, I hope your Mercyhurst experience is going well.It's a great yearreally. The workload isn't as much, the responsabilities aren'tas great And the partying is excellent, 'dudes'. ill 3However, looking back, the routine of classe s, workstudy, studying, and,partying, (not necessarily in that order) wa s a bit monotonous. What I didn'trealize then, is that there are lots of extracurricular activities to get involvedinon campus. My freshman year, the word 'extracurricular' was inextricablylinked with drinking. . - j^ > ypp >>pek. ;To be honest, another reason I didn't get involved in different activitieswhen I was a freshman is that I was afraid. Afraid of looking foolish. Nothaving the confidence to stand up and say, "Yeah, I'd like to try this. In fact,I think I'd be good at it." I don't care what they say, for a freshman this takesconfidence. *, ^ fThis feeling of inadequacy is part of the freshman exp erience. I regret thatas a freshman I didn't overcome this feeling. I regret actually believing insome of w hat those upperclassmen told me about not knowing anything. Infact, it wasn't until the end of my sophomore year that I finally had theconfidence to do something and get involved in the Merciad.Look, your freshman year will be a good yearno matter wha t This time nextyear you'll be looking back over some good times. What I'm saying is this,if you want to make those memories that bit more special, that bit moresubstantial, try som ething you 've never done before. Pick afew of themanyactivities that are offered and give'em a go. I know it's a cliche, but it's true,you can be good at something if you give it a good shot *

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attention. . In her lecture* Komfeld discussesherown personal experiences withthe prisoners, and in many cases,uses candid quotes from the in-mates themselves.The presentation is sponsoredby the Art and Criminal JusticeDepartments; the Aft Club, AltTherapy Club and Alpha PhiSigma, the Criminal Justice HonorSociety, and will be held in ZumRoom 1H.

By Emllio ColalacovoMerciad ColumnistIn this election year, one issuethat rem ains unattractive to thevoters is foreign policy and inter-national affairs. Tobe completelyhonest the American people justdo not care about foreign policy.For many, the "Evil Empire" is

gone and we have no threats, wehave no enemies. This is the far*thest thing from the truth. We livein a very dangerous world due tothe fact that nuclear technology isbecomingreadily*available- to Ucountries such as Iran, Pakistanand North Korea. 1Potential adversaries are aris-ing every day and it is quite igno-rant for Americans to assume weare at ease with the world. Moreof the American electorate shouldbe aware of oreignpolicy issuesand less enthralled by "Butt-Man"and "It takes a village" bashing.Many Americans feel we havebeen the wo rld's policeman forifar too long. However, we cannot4just lock our doors and hope ev-erything turns out all right. Rich- jard Nixon once said, "Some aretired of leadership. They say 4America carried the burden longenough. But if we do not providethe leadership, vwho will? TheGermans? The Japanese? TheRussians? The Chinese?

potential to lead in theera beyondpeace. It is a great challenge for agreat people." This is the chal-lenge for America. Yet, what kindof leadership should we be pro-viding?I will be the first to admit Presi-dent Clinton hasmade significantaccomplishments dealing withforeign policy . Haiti and Bosniahave beendiplomatic accomplish-ments for this administration andso far the jury i s still ou t on therecent Iraqi skirmishes.However, the Somali debacleclearly illustrated a lack o f lead-ership from White H ouse. Leav-ing military personnel in thestreets of Mogadishu without suf-ficient support is not a stroke ofbrilliance. As a result of a foolishdecision, 18 Rangers lost theirlives.Senator Dole doesnot offer muchinthe foreign policy realm.How-ever, pne noticeable difference i shis support for a strategic m issiledefense system similar to the onePresident Reagan proposed in the1980*8. ^ ^

Many military experts have.voiced concernsover whetherourcountry could defend itself againsta nuclear attack. Senator Dolewants to begin funding for such amissile system . President Clintoninitially said he favored researchona m issile defense system. How-ever, in 1995. President ClintonOnly the United States has the vetoedlegislationthatwould fond

research for a such a system.President Clinton may hurt him-self by jumping on and off theband wag on. It has*been docu-mented that North Koreans are^developing a ballistic missile thatmay threaten Alaska and Hawaii.The threat is there, but the presentadministration is dragging its feet^ on responding o the subject. CanLwe afford to lea ve future genera-tions of Americans; undefended?Bob Dole presents a plan to se ethat America is protected.Is Senator Dole using traditionalReagan maxims hoping to getelected to the presidency? Onlytime will answer that question.As I stated earlier, the world isnot a safer place as many unas-suming Americans feel. We canHot abandon our leadership po si-tion as ultra -conserved ves and PatBuchanan would like to see. Re-gardless of who is elected in No-vember, our problems and secu-rity risks will stillremain.Wcmust not bow our heads to isola-tionism for our problems will onl>multiply. We need a strong for-eign policy from the White House.

It is my opinion that PresideniClinton's policy is merely basedon political gain. Senator Dolehas the unmistakable convictionI to see that policy, not politics, isthe dominant interest -in interna-jtional affairs. That would un-doubtedly be a breatbof reshair.

Candidates Have Similar F.P. ViewsBy Joe Wong ]Merciad Columnist

International affairs lis not oneof those topics that most Ameri-cans are interested in, or at leastone that most know much ab'>ut.The current presidential camp * ignhas not'mader foreign policy acenter of attention, and >so thenational deficit of knowledge o nthe subject ha snot been improved.Part of thereason or this lackof interest is that the Presidentand Senator Dole agree in largepart on foreign affairs. Both menfee l strong! y thatthe United Statesshopld, be, is. gJotyil

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ByM.E.PikeMerciad Columnist

"Let Freedom Ring!"A gitat man once spoke thesewords to a multitude of thousandson the grounds of our nation'sCapitol* Someone musthave dis-liked or feared his words, forthatgreat man was killed - shot by acoward. It is *mh^ how ournation, founded on equality, builton the sweat and blood of fee*dom fighters, is so afraid of thatincredible word, free. What doesit a11 mean? I haven't aclue. So letlis go back to the start of it all.In the documents that shapedour land, one word is constant;freedom. Freedom of the press,freedom fof speech, freedom tolife, liberty, and the .pursuit ofhappiness. I submit that freedom- the very essence of us all - is aright, not a privilege, as somewould have you believe.

It is our Obligationas free menand women to speak our mindsand hearts without fear of beingcensored or incarce rated. In otherwords, if someone is quoted assaying something they believe tobe right and honest, they shouldn'tbe (bullied into recanting theiropinion. No one should threatenor oppress anotherforsimply stat-ing what is to be stated. Bluntly,to do so would be petty, tyranni-cal, and would expose the inse-cure element of the oppressor'slittle mind.

And isn't it rightening o findhow many of these thugs are inpositions of authority in our gov*eminent, inour homes, and inourschools? These' people presideover decisions which wi 11 shapethe future -ourfuture, and they dotheir best to insure that we havelittle to say about i tWhen we do try to speak ourminds, to show what we believeto be true and to ask the question,why, w e are censored either bybeing denied the right offree press,or bullied into inaction. Inactionis not freedom. Inaction is theinability or unwillingness to act,lest trouble rear.

Freedom is not just anotherword, and I was wrong. It isn'tmerely a right It isa living , breath-ing organism, andas such, it couldbe killed. Isn't such a magnificentbeing worth the bitof trouble thatcould be caused by speaking forit? ILet troublerear.Let the censorman fume until his mind boilswith rage. As freedom protectsour rights and lives in this coun-try, so must we protect it rom hefascists who would seek to de-stroy i t Everywhere and always.So I say to anyone who cares toread this; ifyou have and opinion,if you notice an injustice, if youhave a fire inside boiling aboutone issue or another, speak up.Speak out. And let reedom ive.

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By D. a. Roth'Merciad ColumnistComplexity. It is all too often thatwe as peoplefind t hard to see where someone else is coming from. Insomeclasses you a re told to think critically when studying something new, or something you may have never thought

of: i \ # .? >r ***To actually try and perceive something out of your own natural understanding i s a challenge, but how oftendo we as people plain forget about this or not even care. There seems to be a lot in the way.The title of this column is the title o f this piece. Logically layering canbe seen in every facet of ife, but howoften do people use this to their advantage. You can look around and see it basically suffocating peo ple. Theimage of dressing could be used to further understand this point You put on as many layers as you see isnecessary one 10 me mciemeni weainer, as you yourself see it.Now w e should be thinking critically about this image. Not only can this be arepresentationof howyou feelabout the day, but yourself as well. This is not my point of course.Step even further outside o f this image and gain a higher perspective. I amnot concerned with clothes at all.It is the images o f clothing and thinking that I am comparing. Something to the effect of easternwriting, ifyouare familiar. This i s sim ple. Instead of weather and clothing, think aboutfeelingsand thoughts. *Everything is layered, this paper you are holding is not only layered amongst the other sheets of paper it iswith and attached to, but within itself at the same time. Groove this forecast and try and catch my point I didn'tsit down and write thisfor no reason at all.If you can think about things in layers, which is the way w e all think anyways, picture a Native American.It is very important to be aware of any ideas that floated into your brain at this time. Be aware o f how they layerupon each other and form your opinion of Native Americans. *I can't imagine of what you may have thought It isn't my job here to stick up for Native Am ericans, but totry and show all of you oneof the most rudimentary facts of our consciousness, most thoughts are abstractionsand distract usfrom herealessence o f what something is aboutLet me cement this. I wonder how many people are aware of the fact that the onlyreason heyare able to evenread this is because o f Native Americans. Think about it See that layer. Then again I wonder. How many peopletliataresointofightingfortheirownrecogmtioninsocietydon'tevenconsiderthe Natives of this land. Haveany of you heard ofa national holiday memorializing them, maybe a school holiday, or even the simple reminderthat if it wasn't for the ethnic cleansing o f their culture, none of what everybody is complaining about would |

have happened anyway? ' & *It all starts at the surface, at ground level. Think of a tree. Not to layer any more confusion upon you all, justanother image of what a thought pattern may look like. It goes down into the ground for support, your owncranium. It thenreaches up for sunlight, rain, and carbon dioxide; outside stimulation. Period.

L et te r To T h e E di to rAs the student body has learned,thefire n room 318has had manyrepercussions already. \Being aclose friend of An nie's, I experi-enced many of the hassles which

our housing department has con-doned.

Since this fire occurred on aSaturday night, only minimal ac-tion was taken to immediatelycorrect the damage: she wasevacuated and many of her per-sonalbelongings were locked in astorage room... which made little

sense due to the fact that the ma-jority of times Annie had no ac-cess to this room.Once Sunday morning rolledaround, some things became veryevident For one, neither house-keeping nor maintenance had rc-

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turned to begin to help this girlreestablish her life here atMercyhurst. i, No one would even return thecalls, simply because it was Sun-day, and it was theirday off. Af-ter being told by the firefightersto stay away from the room itself,and avoid wearing any of theclothes in the room, this left Anniewith nowhere to turn.Her money had been locked up,so she didn't even have a way todo her laundry. Isn't it ironic that* for as much as students here pay*for housing, the little return weactua Ily receive for itwhen things Iget rough? This tire was not the I

S e w - * . v i j ' M J U E Y * ' vlault or any dorm* resident, yet * *this girl had no real place to live,no way to study (her computerwas damaged as a result of thefire), and more over, no clothing.While we began to clean (or at *least attempt to) we became in-formed that any expenses wewould incur would not be reim-bursed,because housekeeping audmaintenance would be here Mon-day.To add to the problem whichhas been ignored, there has been

substantial flooding here in jBaldwin for about a week and ahalf now. Regardless of theamount ofwater com iiuz in, main-tenance a Iwa ys seemsto be wa I Ic-ing o u t, be cause they cla im noth-ing canbe done. Maintenance wascalled to one room 12 times in thecourse of one day. No one evercame to address this problem. Andmore over, whenever these thingsoccur on Saturday night or Sun-day they are ignored until the newweek then put off for ridiculousperiods of time due to the greatnumber of problems which accu-mulate for these understaffed

work crews. > , jft vM. Freshman students are requiredto live on campus, and we livehere seven days a week. Howdoes the admissions office justifythis callous attitude oward ts stu-dents. It is understandable thatfinances may be tight, but stu-dents need to be this school's firstpriority. Nice landscaping doesnothing for us here in the thirdfloor of''Baldwin. Fires, floods,and fear of what else might gowrong are what you'll find.Sincerely yours,Jacqueline Tamas

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A N e w H e a d O f [ S e c u r i t y T a k e s T h e R e i g n sBy Brad RybczynskiFeatures Editor

Any time we say good-bye to avalued member of he Mercy hurstcommunity it is a sad day. Suchwas the case when Bud Dever,Head of Security) decided to re-tire. In saying farewell to Deverwe welcome a new member to theMercyhurst family.Kenneth Sid un is thenew direc-tor of security at'Mercyhurst.Sid un is a life long resident of thecity^of Erie. He is also familiarwith the greats reputation ofMercy hurst being a graduate him-self.

Sidunwas among the first malegraduates of Mercyhurst. In 1974he re ceived his degree Jin LawEnforcement Sidun termed hisstart as director of security as a"new ca reer," but it is also a home-coming.Before coming to MercyhurstSidun served the city of Erie as apolice officer. For 20 years heserved as a patrolman watchingover the streets of Erie. A nothernine of Sidun*s years were spentas an officer in traffic court rThis is not Sidun's first experi-ence in working security for thecollege.; He has been on hand formany co llege events to safeguardstudents and the campus. Evenwith experience under his belt,Sidun seems a bit surprised by the

Kenneth Siduir/Tbe New Head Of Security Posescollegescene. You can be sure hehas never had to put a halt to mudsliding before.SpSidun looked back on the mudsliding*with a smile. He said"Everyone seemed to have a goodtime/' but in the end the safety of

the students was apriority. Sidunbrings a definite concern for thewelfare of the student body to thejob.Sidun explains his job and thatof securities simply. "We arehere to service , protect and help

the students.'' This duty he takesVery seriously.Looking back on his first wee kson campus Sidun said that the jobhas been "very interesting andvery busy." Sidun stands confi- dent that he is up to the task.

Sidun is happy to be back atMercyhurst "citing the veryfriendly atmosphere" on campusas one of the causes. As for thefuture he states that he is " look-ing forward to a long tenure atMercyhurst"In All The Hurst

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Below Par PerformanceThe golf team continued its seaso n at the Gannon Invitational onSeptember 9th hot didn't fare too w ell. On a wet, windy day the teamstaggered to an 11th place finish out of l6 teams. Chad Hoisek led the

Laker contingent with a four over par 76. Mike Pattison eame in withan80,RichBurlen82,TonyGreidanus86andCurryHuskesshot88.The only highlight of the day was that the 'Hurst beat local rivalsCannon. iBetterroundswere to be in stole for the Lakers however as theymade their way to the two-day S t Bonaventure Invitational on Sundayand Monday. The Hurst arrived in Bradford. Pa., on a Sunday underrainy, cold conditions but nonetheless teed it up and played well thefirst day. The team shot 324 on the long, wet Perm Hills course andfound itself in the hunt heading into Monday's final round at theBarUett Country C lub.Tied for sixth out of 13 teams to start the day on Monday the Lakersplayed some great golf and finished in fourth spot against theirDivision I opponents. Mercy hurst was only three shots from s econdspot and finished the tournament with a two-day totallof 324-312=636. The Lakers were led by fifth place medallist Mike Pattisonwhohadroundsof 79-75 for a 154 total. Next was Curry Huskes witha 79-81-160, Chad Hoisek 84- 79-163,Cory Decoteau 82-82-164 and Tony Greidanus 88-77-165 .UI thinkwe can be fairly happy with a 4th place finish against DivisionI teams but we can't be content We probably could have all playedone shot better the last day and that would have put us into second. Itwa s a good learning experience and a real confident booster tq knowthat we have five guys who can tee it up against any team and with alittle luck win the tournament. I'm looking forward to playing atSlippery Rock to sec if we can improve on the 31 2 we shot Monday"said Chad H oisekTheLakers play nextThursday at Slippery Rock and then head to PineAcres Golf Club on Saturday.Runners StrideThe Mercy hurst cross country teams competed in two invitationals4is past weekend. The men's team and the wom en's B teams partici-pated in the Allegheny Invitational Friday afternoon. Thewomen's A

am traveled to the California University o f Pa invitational on Satur- .^ [ The men's and women's teams both placed seventh in their[respective meets on Friday. First in for the Laker men's team wasew Culler (Freshmen), who placed 32nd in 29:26 for the5 mileIcourse.Other Mercy hurst inishers n the men's race were Steve Siemienskiind Dave Dausey, 49th; Jay Porter 51st; Thomas Van Fleet, 54th; andlane Lynsky inished n 66th place. 4In the wome n's race, Wendy Lampart covered the 3.1 miles distancen 21:27 for 17lh overall.Lampartearned an award for being among the5 inishers.Next in was Jocelyn Pittser Onishing 43rd with 24:07.ler Laker women:[Meredith Peterson 45th-24:21, Julie Rogers 49th- 24:57, Sarah{Reynolds 54th-26:54. |he women 's A team took 8th place out of 17 total teams at thefornia Invite.FreshmanJenny Standfest was 17th overall outof 160total runners with a time of 20:44 for3.1 miles. Standfest also won anaward for being among the top 25 finishers.Other Laker finishers:I Bridget Helsheimer 33rd-21:28, Katie Conley 44th - 21:56 , CatherineFletcher 52nd-22:12, Colleen Nardi 67th-22:51, Terri Barringer 72n d-23:03, HaJJic Kashawlic 83rd-23:27.Back On The AttackOn Friday September 13, the Laker wom en's volleyball team faceda tough com petitor in Clarion. The outcomeof the tournamentwasnotsitive, however, the progress that was made was. The Lakers lostthree games to two. On Saturday September 14, the very next morning,bright and early, the lady Lakers swept three straight games fromMillc rsvillc.Their next match was at 3pm and the exhaustion and tiredlegs had clearly set in.The Lakers were beaten in three games byJuniata. The weekend was a success in many ways and the Hurst will ,once again be hack on the attack Thursday September 9, at EdinboroUniversity at 7pm .Tennis Team StruggleThewomen's te nnis team played its irst wo conference matches thispast weekend . They fell to Northwood 7 -2 and to Saginaw Valley 9-0.Despite the two losses, coach Ray Yost felt the Lakers showed sometoughness and fought to the end . The number one doubles team ofLauren Diulus and Kim Hodgkiss-Lilly made a strong showing, defeat-

ing the Northwood team. There was an improvement in the play offreshman Amy Smoulder and the rest of the team when playingSaginaw Valley, but the effort didn't pay off. The match outcome mayhave been different, if not for the injury to Diulus. The Lakers lookforw ard to playing arch rival Cannon on Saturda:

New Challenges for CoachesBy Maureen McMahonMerciad Sports Writer

There is a new lacrosse coach-ing staff here at Mcrcyhurst.Those familar names of headcoach Pete Ginnegar and assis-tant Jeremy Murphy ate back totake their Laker lacrosse team tothe division 1 battlefield.Pete Ginneger,! a Little NeckLong Island resident, assisted themen's lacrosse team at CornellUniversity after * receiving hismasters degree in Springfield,Mass. After hearing about a headcoaching opportunity here atMcrcyhurst, Ginneger sent inhis application, only to receivegood news. Ginneger said therewere so many positive things hereat Mercy hurst, that he wanted toaccept the job so that he couldmake this Division I team themost successful that he possiblycould."Iwouldn't have left CornellUniversity un less I thought I couldhave a successful career here,"said G inneger, "...and ifyou wanttobe successful, you have to havea dream." Not only the coachingjob, but also the beautiful Erieatmosphere drove this man toMercyhurst. He said "Erie is thekind of city one needs to see...Iwas pleasantly surprised wh en Ivisited here."Moving up to the cool Erie cli-mate with his wife and twodaugh-ters, Ginneger hopesthis experi-ence is a long term commitmentfor himself and his family. Al-though Pete Ginneger said hehas a vague notion as to where hewill be in five years, he is notlooking at his coaching positionas just another stepping stone.I 'm tired of stepping stones,"claims Ginneger.He says the players are "likesponges, they absorb everything."With all of hisknowledge of the

ly for the challenge...!, to R. Assistant Lacrosse coacoach Pete Ginnegar look poised for new seasoagame, he said be plans on takinghis team to the top of theirpoten-tials i l ; Jeremy Murphy originally fromSyracuse, N.Y. attended theUniversity of Massachusetts inAmherst, from which he traveledto England to coac h the EnglishWorld Team. After receiving acall from head coach PeteGinneager to come and assist theMercyhurst lacrosse team,Murphy came back to the states to

join the Laker squad. He wasextremely enthusiastic when tiesawthe men's team play, and sawhow much they wanted to learnand grow with the game."I am excited to see the guysstart playing and where they endup at the end of the season," ex-claims Murphy. He said he hopeshis players this year will prove tothemselves as well as to specta-tors that lacrosse has a definiteplace here in Erie.

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Roach Roasts California GirlsBy Steve TorrieroMerciad Sports Writer

soccerthe season in California, PA versus California University. Winless intheir first three games, the Lakers changed* their fortunes with aconvincing 4 - 0 victory. On a muddy and slippery pitch the Lake? s'Fiona Lee had the only goal of the first half, when she split theCalifornia defe nse and tucked the ball behind the overworked keeper.The Lakers backed up theirfirsthalf goal with solid defense.In the second halftheLakers became more accustomed to the muddyconditions and renewed their attack with new vigor. Freshmanfore ward Theresa Roach came out onfire,connecting on several solidcrossed balls and scored three goals, with assists to Erin Stuart andMarissa Rosctti, increasing the Laker lead to 4 - 0.Veteran Midfielder Erin Stewart said "The practice we put in oncrossing and inishinghas inallypaid off." Laker's goalkeeper StacieBortz backed up the Laker's offence with solid play andplenty of ballcontrol despite the wet conditions. The mud was great!" said Stacieafter recording herfirstshut-out of the season. Laker defender NikkiEsposito said "It felt great to have four first win, but I wish ourcompetition would have been stronger."The Laker's look to continue their winning ways on September 25th

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By Tom PorubskyMerciad Sports ColuministIn the world of competition,.anunderdog is the person or teamwhich isn't given much of achance, if any, towin. The under-dog is the team that is not as goodas allof theother teams; the teamthat not a lot of people think willbe victorious. %However, in the past there havebeen some big underdogs thathave performed in ways that noone thought was po ssible and wereable to pull of the big shocker.David slew Goliath, Buster Dou-glas knocked out the unbeatable"Iron" Mike Tyson, and last yearNorthwestern surprised every-body and made it to the presti-gious Rose Bowl.Even with all of these famousupsets by these gutsy underdogs,whowould have thought that theUnited States was going to winthe World Cupof Hockey and bedeclared the best hockey team inthe world.Seriously, with all of thehigh'powered teams that were at thetournament, no one reallythoughtthe Americans could win. Thepowerful Russian team, S weden,Finland, and of course the greatCanadian team that had the luxuryof playing the final gam es of thecup inthe crazy Molson Center inMontreal Also, the United Stateswas without theirbestplayer, John

Vanbiesbrouck, due to shouldersurgery.The initial expectations hadRussia playing Canada for-thechampionship. The experts thenthought that Canada, with thenow carry the label as "the great*est hockey team in the world.1*This victory is sort of revengefor the Americans because it wa s

Scooppics, a race that we have neverhome ice advantage, would walkaway with the cup. Somebodyforgot to tell this to the Ameri-cans. The good old-Americansstormed through thefirstroundwith an unblemished markof 3-0.With outstanding defense anddecent play by the offense, theymarched through the first tworounds allthe way to the champi-onshiproundwhere they wouldhave arematchwith the Canadi-ans who we had already beatenearlier inthe tournament The firstgame went back andforthall theway until overtime when Canadagot a controversial goal and tookthe series lead 1-0 in the best of

only a few months ago the Cana-dians beat the Americans in the 4rX 100 meter relay in the Olym-

three. The USA got even and tiedthe series at 1-1 with a victory inthe second game which lead tothe dramatic third and inalgame.With six minutes left in thegame, Canada scored to take a 2-1 lead. Things didn't look so hot

for the Americana because theMolson Center was rocking andCanada seemed to have all themomentum in theworld.-Shortly after Canada wentahead, Brett Hull tipped a shotand it went past Curtis Joseph totie up thecontest With a 1 ittle lessthanthree minutes left the Ameri-cans surprised the world as TonyAnion* scored to take the lead at3-2; The Canadians couldn'thandle this as theAmericans ba-sic ally took their hearts with thisgoal. The Americans scored Anempty net goal and another goa 1after they put the goalie back in.At the final whistle, the UnitedStateshad found themselves witha shocking 5-2 victory and theylost when we weren't disquali-fied. Led by thewor ld's quickestman, Donovan Bailey the Cana-dians were able to pull off anupset of their own. I have a feel*ingthat the victory w e had meansre than the one that they had.

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The Lakers were welcomed bymiserable play ing conditions onasmall field, which was already afew inches deep in mud. Despitethe sloppy conditions, the Lakersestablished their superiorityshortly after the starting wh istleblew. ' i" J. .-. .Glenn Francis started the scor-ing spree with a header from afree kick sent inby sweeperJimmyReen. Team organization reallypaid off for the L akers with thenext two goals also coming fromwell executed set plays. EricClarke placed a corner kick acrossthe mouth of the goal for yet an-other inishby Glenn Francis forhis second goal of thejgamevJimmy Reen added a third goal as

T - rhe fed the ball in to Glenn Francist jwhose shot was deflected by thekeeper, but Freshman Barry Allenwa s in the true poachers positions

Reminiscent of the legendary IanRush. *i After three textbook sty e goals,Barry Allen added the fourth andfinal goalfor he Lakers. KeithSelvitelli passed the ball to Allenwho then crossed the ball in front

still managed to put in one goalduring thefirsthalf. The Lakerdefense found themselves flatfooted after a long injury time out'for Mercy hurst *s left back, Avery* iJonas. % % ', V

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sity keeper got a touch on the ballwhich sent it into the net. Barrycommented jokingly, "I attributethe goal to the sheer pace of theball." Even though it wasn't theprettiest of goals, Barry still madehis mark in the stat books.Although the Lakersdominated the entire game, Cal U

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F o o t b a l l T e a m C o n t i n u e s T o S t r u g g l e20-10 Loss to AlbanyBy Scott VanceMerciod Sports Editor

The Mercyhurst football teamtravelled to the University of A l-bany last weekend in search oftheir first victory of the season.However, it wasn't to be as theLakers v were defeated by ascoreline of 20-10.Albany started off the gamewith a kick off to Mercyhurst'sJoe liotta who returned the ball13 yards on the opening play togive quarterback Matt Golga theball on the M ercy hurst 34 yardline. Golga moved the ball to theMercyhurst 39 yard lin e and thenran an option play as he faked tofull back and ran 51 yards beforehe wis tackled just short of theAlbany end zone on the six yardline.

However, the Mercyhurst of-fense of Matt Golga, BrianHamlin, and Justin Everett wereunable to come up with a touch-down. \ Eric Wick s converted thefield goal to put the Hurst up by 3-0. The Hurst stopped the openingdrive of Albany and forced themto punt to the Mercyhurst 19 yardline, so the ball w as once againback in the bands of quarterbackMatt Golga with just over sevenminutes remaining inthe openingquarter. Golga ran another op-tion to his left fora irstdown anda gain of 16 yards to bring theHurst out of d anger and to theirown 35 yard line. Two plays laterGolga found his wide receiverJeff Andres open for a gain of 13yards and anotherfirstdown.

On the same drive, Golga andAndres linked up again for a gainof 21 and put M ercyhurst in po-f-'tential scoring position on theAlbany 29 yard line.After a few excellent drives theHurst found themselves on the^ Albany 10 yard line needing onlyone yard on their fourth down tocontinue their drive. The respon-sibility of gettirg the extra yard

was put on the shoulders ofJustin

Everett, and for the second weekin a row he failedto come upwiththe extra yard needed for a Hurstfirst down.At the end of the first quarter,the Lakers found themselves upby a sco reline of 3-0. At the startof he second quarterandthe Hurstonce again forced Albany topuntto the Mercyhurst 23 yard line.But it was the same old story forthe offe nse of the Hurst whowereunable to come up with the firstdown after two incomplete p assesby Golga. Wick s was brought outto punt which he did in impres-sive style with a 44 yard punt tothe Albany 25 yard line.

But yet again the defense of theLakers stopped the opening driveof Albany and, forced them topunt to Mercyhurst's Joe Liotta'who returned the ball to the 20yard line.\j So on came the Laker offense totry and reward the defense fortheir courageous efforts. How-ever, it wasn't long before theoffense ofMercyhurstwas offthefield again as Golga failedto com-plete a pass on third down 13.It was at this point in the gamethat A lbany stepped up a gear anddrove the ball from their own 41yard lineto he Mercyhurst eightyard line. Then for the first timein the game, the M ercyhurst de-fense failed to do its job as theymissed several tackles to allowAlbany into their end zone for thefirst touchdown of the game.Albany converted the extra pointto give them a 7-3 lead with justoverfourminutes left in the firsthalf. The ball changed hands fourmore times in the first half butwith no avail, as both teams failedto further their scoring.In the third quarter, Wickskicked off to a confident Albanyteam t o start off the second half.Once again Albany was able tomake the mostof their chances asthey moved the ball 75 yards inten, plays to end off in a rushingtouchdown. Albany convertedthe extra point to give them a

Hetp' we go again...Laker kicker Eric Wi cks prepares to launch another punt for his teamduring Saturday's 20-10 los. PhotorEd Hess *commanding 13-3 lead. It was areal tough dayforGolga as onceagain on the next play he and theMercyhurst offense was unableto produce any of the magic thatwas in abundance last year.So with the ball back in thehands of the quarterback for A tbany on their own 44 yard line hewent to work again, and movedthe ball to the Mecyhurst 25 yardline. Albany offense once againcapitalized on their/good foldposition and on the next playBrowne rushed into theMercyhurst end zone for a 25yard Albany ouchdownas theymoved the ball 56 yards in justover three minutes. It was notlooking good for the Lakers asAlbany converted the extra pointfor a 20-3 lead. Jj -However, Golga was not aboutto give up as he picked the ball upon the Mercyhurst 20 line with5:39 left in the 3rd quarter. Hehelped to m ove the ball down tothe Albany 18 yard line thanks tosome fine passing and fine run-ning by Senior Brian Hamlin toend the 3rd quarter.With the ball on the Albany 18yard line, the Lakers, not for the

first time this year, were unable toconvert the pressure into points,which seem s to be the real prob-lem for the team. Mercyhurstfailed to make the first down byone yard, which gave the opposi-tion the ball backon their own 11yard line with a commanding lead.The Hurst defense was not aboutto give in and worked hard toforce Albany to punt. The Hurstrecovered the ball in good fieldposition on the Albany 50 yardline. However, the dismal day forthe Lakers offense continued asthey failed once again to get a firstdown on their opening drive, dueto the pressure from the speedyAlbany defense.Albany retrieved the ballon theirown 13 yard line. It was at thispoint where the luck of the ballwent theiLakers' way as DougBrickley blocked an attempted

Albany punt, and Junior, DanCrouton recovered the ball in theAlbany end zone to give the Lak-ers a ray of hope. "I was in theright place at the right time" saidCroutch. Wicks4 converted theextra pointto eave the Hurst 20-10 down with 7:13 left in the finalquarter. Butit wasn't to befor he

Lakers as there was no furtherscoring in the fourth quarter. .."Albany'sdefense is the quick-est one we'll face all year* We gotaway ro mour defensive philoso-phy, and we showed our inexperi-ence out there.To sum it all-up we lost becausewe didn't put points on the boardthrough inconsistent play," ssidHead Coach Joe Kimball.Quarter back Matt G olga ech-oed his coaches remarks saying"Our team will not win unless theoffense scores. We can't expect

the defense to shut out each teamand score on top of that."Once again Keith Swanson ledthe defense in tackles with 19, andquarterback Matt Golga lead inrushing with 56 yard s in wh at wasa frustrating dayfor he HurstThe Hurst travelsto BrockportState University this Saturday inwhat is a vital game for the Lakersif they are to redeem their poorstartT h e y are a solid football team,but I think we're ready to cometogether as a football team. We'rea pretty good football team wait-ing'to explode," said CoachKimball.

TwoOuttaThree For Men's SoccerBy Nicole EsposltoMerciod Sports Writer

This past, weekend theMercyhurst men's soccer teamtraveled to play in a tournamenthosted by East Stroudsburg. TheLakers had mixed fortunes with adecisive 5-0 victory over CokerCollege followed by a 3-1 loss toEast Stroudsburg.' In the gameagainst Coker, the Lakers onceagain showed th at they c an field awhole teamof solid players* Therewere four different goal scorersfor the Lakers, Glenn Francis(2),Shawn Kroener, Barry Allen, andIan Dickerson.Most teams have superior play-ers that standout; however, for

players poses a scoring threat tothe opposition. Commenting onthis aspect of the team,*CoachRich Hartis said, "This was thethird game in which we scoredfive or'more goals, and had fouror more goal scorers. This is agood indicator on how w ell bal-anced out attack is."Despite the result against CokerCollege, the Lakers had a muchmore difficult time generating aneffective attack against EastStroudsburg the following day.The Lakers dug themselves into ahole as they allowed two goals inthe opening half of the game.However, the Lakers started thesecond half In true fighting spiritand dominated thefirst en min-

reduce the deficit as be accuratelysteered the ball into theopposition's netto eave the Lak-ers 2-4down. Although the Lak-ers played a much better secondhalT they couldn't manage tomake up the two goal deficit fromthe first half. With 12 minutesleft in the 'game an EastStroudsburg player was broughtdown in the box to give them apenalty kick which they con-verted! and went on to win thegame by a sco reline of

3-1. Putting the long weekendbehind them, the Lakers onceagain packed up their bags onTuesday and traveled to Califor-nia of Pennsylvania University.\continued on page 11 Cool Clarkie...sophomore Eric Clark's skill on the ball has thisCalifornia defender lookin g a little excited. y