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On June 30, 1994, after six years ofadministrative service to* MercyhurstCollege, Dean Michael McQuillen willstep down from his position andreturn tothe classroom as a full-time history pro-fessor."I believe^I've accomplished somegood things in that period of time (sixyears), but I'm ready, primarily, to re-turn to the classroom wh ich is where myfirst love really is," McQuillen said.He said administration is important,but he doesn't have the love for admin-istration as he does for teaching.- McQuillen, who instructs about twoclasses per year now, said teaching full-time allows him the opportunity to staycurrent in his field and m eet students ona regular basis by working with themdirectly in the classroom."Most of the students I meet now cometo me with a problem of some sort," hesaid. "You arenot able as Dean to estab-1 ish the relationships with students thatyou can as a faculty member."To locate a new Academic Dean, thepresident asked McQuillen to recom-mend a search committee which he is inthe process of finalizing. He hopes toannounce the names in thenext couple ofweeks. ^"There will probably be around 10 orso members of the search committee. Ihope that at least one student will benamed to the committee," he added."Regardless of the membership of thecommittee, there will be opportunity forthe college community to have input intothe process." .

CHECKOUTFriday, September 24FALL FUNFEST WEEKEND |7pan* Garvey Park.Human Bowl-ing Ball.Saturday, September 251 p.m. Football hosts DickinsonCollege.2 p.m. Volleyball hosts Seton Hill.3|p.m. ^Women's Soccer ghostsKeene State.4?to 9 pan. ZurntLawn/GarveyPark*Bungic Run, Gyro, AirborneComedians.Sunday, September 26BBQ Cookout^Tuesday, September 28SAC Tourney Night 'Wednesday, September 294 p.m. Men's Soccer hosts Wheel-ing Jesuit.SAC Coffee House.

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By Anne L. McNelisAsst. News/Copy EditorLast Halloween, a vandalsmashed the statue of Our Ladyof Lourdes in the Giotto.That vandal nasi: never beencaught and his action led to ir-reparable damage to the statue.Since then, Mercyhurst Collegeand the Sisters of Mercy? havebeen working to replace the statue.These plans have finally beenrealized. A?new statue of theBlessed Virgin recently arrivedfrom Italy and the Grotto itselfhas been repaired and refurbished.The new statue was purchasedthrough Friedrich's Inc. of Bfie.It is a more contemporary versionof Our Lady of Lourdes than theoriginal statue^ * '&! ^^Thfe nth* statue^s expected to fitinto the niche in the back of theGrotto. The previous statue wastoo large for the niche and Wasinstead placed on the altar. Thenew statue will be secured in theniche, provided it does fit, ac-cording toMary Daly, vice-presi-dent of external affairs. ^The purchase of the statue wasfunded partly by donations fromstudents collected last year byRAs. Dr. Gary Brown, director of

residence life, said this collectionraised $500. J* ^ &"I challenged the College Sen-ate to beat the RAs," said Brown.The Senate raised an additional$150 | IOther donations provided therest of the funding for the statue,which cost approximately $40 00,said Thomas Billingsley, vice-president of budget and finance .Sister Maura Smith, MotherSuperior of the Sisters of Mercy,handled the purchase of the newstatue. Billingsley /handled themaintenance and repairs to-theGrotto. I

Billingsley said the College paid

included repointing of the mor-tar, chemical cleaning of all stonein the Grotto and repairs to thealtar. The work, done by TirpakBuild ing Maintenance ofEriecost$3850. 1Billingsley said, "The vandal-ism of the statue brought to ourattention theneed to improve themasonry work," in the Grotto.Repairing the original statue wasconsidered* but there was "noguarantee of how it would look,"said Billingsley.The Grotto has been an impor-tant part of Mercy hurst Collegefor over 60 years. Sister M.Eustace Sr. Eustace, formerMother Superior and president ofMercyhurst College, explainedthe G rotto' s history. . , .4$ r*The. Grotto was designed andbuik >in the "early years" of theCollege by then-chaplain FatherWilliam SullivanJFr. Sullivanwanted to create a "replica of the.Grotto at Lourdes".*to preserve"the story of Mary's appearancestoa young peasant girl, BernadetteSoubirous, now known as SaintBernadette," said Sr. Eustace.She said Fr. Sullivan was re-sponsible for all of the originallandscaping on campus, whichwas then a farm. When he wantedto build the G rotto, he looked forhelp among the men who came tothe daily lunch the Sisters pro-vided. He was able to find maso nsand others who could assist himin this way and the!men were"very willing to help" as a way torepay the Sisters for free mealsthey gave during the Depression,said Sr. Eustace.While the Grotto was beingbuilt, work on the chapel was alsobeginning. The'funding for thechapel was provided by theO'Neilfamily. The O' Neils also donated

two statues for the Giotto in theirdaughter M ary's name.One of the donated statues wa sfor repairs to the Grotto, which the original statue of Mary and

By Anne L . McNelisAssL News/opy Editor; MSG Executive Board mem-i bers outlined some of the repre-sentatives' changing responsibili-ties at Monday's m eeting..Each representative will soonbe required to staff the MSG of-fice for a certain period of timeeach week.Additionally, if representativesare unable to attend a meeting,they must find someone to go intheir place. The substitute mustbe a member of the class the per-son represents and cannot be amember of MSG already.h Problems with phone lines werealso discussed. Senior WallyGagric has b een trying to get intouch with*the telephone com-pany representative.Gagric said he has spoken tomany people on campus and there

is "definitely a problem" with the

number of available phone lines.Many people have been unable toaccess off campus, numbers andothers have not been able to callpn campus because all phone cir-cuits have been busy.jJGagric expected to speak to thephone company representativewithin the week and give a morethoroughreportat the next MSGmeeting. ' -Representatives also discussedthe issue of the new parking ga-rage and parking in general.Gagric has been talking to somesecurity workers and planned toget more information about howmany spaces are available on cam-pus and how many stickers arebeing sold tofill hose spaces.'The possibility of students us-ing the lower level of the garageon weekends was discussed.Gagric planned to look into theseparking issues and report nextweek.

the other was of Bernadette. TheGrotto and statues w ere dedicatedin|l932, according to aSlaquelocated on the northern side of thestonework. ' /However, Sr. Eustace believesthe Grotto was actually completedin 1931 because of a small secioncreated by Fr. Sullivan in front ofthe altar where he placed coloredstones that form the shape of*31.'

Sr. Eustace described the Grottoas "lovely in all scasons...but es-pecial ly in the summermonths...Father Sullivan trainedwisteria over the Grotto so theflowers would fall over the front

of the Grotto. It was beautiful.The Grotto became "a quietplace for prayer and reflection,"Sr. Eustace said, "The first MayDays were held there." When the College held week-end retreats for women, the "finalceremony on Sunday, a candle-light procession," led into theGrotto. Eventually, mostof theseevents were moved to other areason campus.The statue of Bernadette wasvandalized in the 1960s. It wasdamaged beyond repair and sub-sequently buried. This burial lo-cation is unknown; '

The statue destroyed last yearwill also be buried before thenewstatue is dedicated. It will be bur-ied underneath the cem ent in frontof the Grotto, said Billingsley.A brief history of the Grotto andthe original statue, written by Sr.Eustace, will be buried in a vaultalong w ith the^ remains of thestatue. The burial site will bemarked by a plaque describingboth the original and the newstatue. .. fThe new statue is expected to bededicated sometime in early Oc-tober, although a definite date hasnot yet been set., . ~ .

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G r o t t o will again house holy statue.fromDean returns ito teachingOne thing the Dean won't m issis saying "no" to good ideas andsuggestions for improvement thatare worthwhile in helping pro-grams run as smoothly as pos-sible.!"Having limited resourcesforces you to make tough deci-sions about where your resourcesare going togo," He stated. "Evenif you're at Harvard or Yale, younever have all that you would liketo have in order to do what youwould like to do."Dealing with problems "on aconstant basis" has been verywearing and time consuming for

McQuillen and this has cut intohis extracurricular activities, suchas racquetball. He hopes to playmore actively in the future.Jokingly, the^Dcan said hisproudest accomplishment in histenure has been "surviving."Trying to pinpoint one greatestthing he accomplished was futile.He quickly gave credit to his fel-low adm inistrators and faculty forall of the progress in the last fiveyears.He sa id some of the things he ismost proud of are the new depart-

ments (archeology, risk manage-ment insurance, RIAP, eta) andthe improving computer capabil-ity on campus.McQuil! 11, who turns 50 onJune 24, had some advice for hissuccessor.

"Before making decisions,don'tact on one side of the source.Always make sure other individu-als are heard from. Be a goodlistener and treat all problems asimportant and significant"

M er cy hu rs t ro ya lty : Homecoming queen Christ ine Haslet tand king Michael Arrigo.

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B o o k R e v i e w O n B e c o m i n g a WomanE v e r y t h i n g w o u w a n t e d f o k n o w a b o u t b e c o m i n g a s o c i a l s u c c e s s

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On Becoming a Wom an, MaryMcGee Williams, Dell Publish-ing; New York^95ST 5g"A frank, modern discussion ofeverything a ten-age girl wantsand needs to know," (Williams)Okay, girls (and guysif you'reinterested), here is your opportu-nity to make that transition into - M ladulthood a little more gracefuland smooth. On Becoming aWoman has all the advice andguidance youneed to perfect yoursocial life, relationships, and

body. Read^n and-foHow thesetips. Before you know it, we willhave an entire campus full of so-cial ly adept people. (This is sup-posed to be humoro us, so please,no hate letters).On your body:"If the rounding of your hips isa little too noticeable, try on alight, controlling girdle.""Exercise to keep those legsshapely.""Ornate, piled-up coiffures are

fun for costume1 balls, but whatgirl wants to look like she's goingto a costume ball every minute?""Crooked teeth can cause juve-nile delinquency, and certain de-linquents can be rehabilitated byhaving their teeth straightened.""Claws are fine for birds, butnot so good for girls. ' ?"No girl can be really dainty ifshe hasn't got smooth arms andclean armpits." "If you go down to Ye OldeSoda Shoppe and eat hamburg-ers, which don't mean a thingwithout those sides of fried pota-toes; the first thing you knowyour friends are singing 'Roll Ou tthe Barrel' as you tumble frombed in the mornings.""A girl with shining, sweet-smelling hair is a pleasure for anyboy to sit in back of in a class-room.""Clean toenails are a part of afastidious g irl's make-up ." ."Harmonize your lipstick withthe dress you wear."On your clothes: | i"Don 't wear flashy clothes be-

cause you saw your date wink atagirl in j red satin. Stick to yourtype. If you are a cotton landgingham girl you will look jri-dicu 1 ous in red satin.""If you're plump, you wilt wantvertical lines and big collars.""Don't get a girdle too small oryou will only bulge worse.""Don't wear something that isslit up the thighthat'sfor night-club singers."On your social life;"Remember that boys don'tdevelop as quickly as girlsboysyour age don't have all the socialgraces they'll acquire later."

' ^Boys like girls, basically.They're* sitting around j ust wait-ing to be interested." "Onions and garlic are great,but they are social hazards." *"Boys love sports. So-*learnabout them." "*'-'UQl" i

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WeedingBy Jule GardnerEditor in Chief

Last night I tried to call offcampus and, here's a big sur-prise, all circuits were busy. Ifthis hasn't happened to you,welcome 'to the minority ofMercyhurstSister Mary Mark Doubet saidsuch situations are the normaround this time every year. S heattributes it to severe homesickness rom reshmen.I attribute it to an inadequate phone system.According to Doubet, director of research and information sys-tems, There are 47 outgoing lines and 23 incoming lines.There are over 1000 students living on campus. Additional phonesare in use at 5 new townhouses and 24 new apartments in Duval.Morefreshmen,more students living on campus, more housing, butthe number of phone lines remain the same?Apparently a study by GTE will be done in a few weeks to see ifthe system is overloaded. I guess there should be a study whenanyone oncampus can tell a story about how overloaded the systemis.Mark Monocello, a representative of GTE, said the study will beheld off because i t's just toobusy right now and a scientific readingwould be inaccurate until use tapers off.Yes. Let 's wait to see how m any more people are unable to call9-1-1. Let's wait until an administrator is beeped because of a gasleak or rape and he or she can 't call onto campus.Let's see how many more emergencies cannot be communicatedbefore they decide to fix it %On the other side (that would be the administrative angle, one I am

very fond of), the problem has notbeen this mamm oth in past yearsand it does cost money to add more lin es. ,jiI*Regardless of some study in the future, if you build m ore housingand equip them with phones, make plans to accommodate theaddition. More lines should not be the result of a study after studentshave arrived and vented their f rustratio ns. New phone lines should have been part of the plan at the start.Yes, I know that is no t theway it works around here and complain-ing does little after the factSo what can we do now? What do we tell our parents when they dialour number for three hours before getting through? ) ,}Doubet said the busiest hours are between 8 and 10 p.m. j ,Many students have told me their parents could not reach themanytime after 5 p.m.f l .|r. Maybe they should tell parents (remember, the ones who pay thesalaries of administrators), t o stay up until 1 a.m. so they can speakwith their children. Yeah, that makes sense. *. J} I hope the powers that be view the phone system is more than aninconvenience. The situation is vital in .my mind and concern isrampant on this campus. Most of the Mercyhurst community has

.been affected in one way or an other and a solution cannot waitvIt was reported at the M SG meeting that Gary Brown was unableto call campus when he was beeped . "We've solved Gary Brown'sproblem," Doubet said.Great Now it is time to solve the residents' problem.

Dear Editor:After reading thefirstedition ofThe Merciad , I was very disap-pointed with the opinion 'article"Shoe Gazing."- U.,To be mild, I found it utterlylacking in interest and honestlyhard to believe that I actually readit Maybe it was due to the factthat I was waiting for a point to bemade while believing that itwas astupid story leading to that point.But I was disappointed to findthis little stupid story \was thewhole article.

Stories about how he loves tofood shop at a particular storearemore suitable for Consum er Re -ports than they are for a collegepaper. It was very interesting tosee two highly educated and wel 1-thought-out articles (not to men-tion interesting) surrounding thisboy's joy for shopping. ;I believe David McQuillcnneeds tofindsome sense of magi-nation before hisnext article.Sincerely,Chris HoshawSenior, Mathematics Major

A t t a c k i n g F A a c t i o nWagner: "Is there no such thing as fairness?Dear Editor,

I think it is about time I voicemy opinion about RAs on thiswonderful campus of MercyhurstThere is someone out there thatabsolutely refuses to let any stu-dent at this college have a goodtime on the weekends. Is this be-cause this person is not havingfun and wants to bring everyoneelse down to join in the misery?We have been here for only twoweekends and I have encountereda number of issues, especially onthe weekends, that have broughtgreat disturbanceto me as well asto a number of my peers. Thereare one or two very distinct oc-currences that stick out in mymind.*Is there no such thing as fair-ness anymore? I sat at the kitchentable of a good friend of mine,drinking-yes, party-no. As a mat-ter offeet,besides the residents ofthe apartment, there'were fourother people socializing. This is atotal of eight people in this par-ticular apartmenta party by nomeans.

After only 30 minutes of sittingat the table playing a card gamethere comes a knock at the door.Granted, the music was playingand a window opened half waybut nothing out of control. %Who could be a t the door, but anRA - surprise, surprise. No namewill be released due to the waysome things are handled on thiscampus. I could get written up forplaying my Walkman too loud.Moving on, we imm ediately goto the door to apologize and turnthe stereo down. Too late.We received no notice of dis-turbancefromany neighbors, con-sidering itwas a Friday night andthe majority of everyone else wasprobably doing the same thing. (Iforgot to mention, this is approxi-mately 10:15-10:30 p.m.-hardlyan average bedtime for collegestudents.)

No distu rbing newsfrom neigh-bors and no previous warningfrom , any RA. W ell,;; here shecomes with this bull that the mu-sic is too loud and she is writingthe residents up. First it was awrite-up, then she did change it toa written warning. Whathappenedto being fair and at least offeringone verbal warning? Granted, theRAs do not have to give a verbalwarning, but it does read in thehandbook that "a large part of thecollege experience is to socializeand to have fun..." it also statesthat "..limits must be set for yourown enjoyment and the enjoy-ment, rights, and privileges ofothers." Whatfhappened to ourprivilege to socialize as the hand-book reads?

This disciplinary system is to"modify student behavior" andinappropriate actions. Here weare, eight people who see nothingof each other during theweek andwould like to socialize a little onFriday in a place that is actuallyisolated from the rest of campusactivity - hint, hint.i We are told to take it up withLarry. Of course a written warn-

ing is not all that bad, but it stillhas an effect on housing .pointtotals. This type of warning "actsas a notice of unacceptable be-havior." Again, eight people lis-tening to music is far from unac-ceptable behavior. These marksagainst this particular apartmentare crucial considering they'reabout as far down as they couldpossibly get -fWe asked for a verbal warningand we would be quiet No go. Inthis RA's eyes every RA handlesthings their own Way and if shewarned us once she'd have towarnus again and again and again.

May I please ask how this par-ticular RA knows exactly'*whatthese eight people will do if shesimply gives a Warning? An RawhoI, persona 11y, have nevereVenseen on campus, let alone knew

she was and RA. She's trying totell me she knows what I woulddo if she warned me once - Ihardly think so.I d on't want all RAs to thinkI'm giving them a total bad rap(I'm not even sure they care). Irespect the students who respectthem. RAs that bust out of con-trol, 40 person parties - I don'tlike it, but its your job.I understand that some peopleat the college level are not re-sponsible enough to participate inthe party scene - granted, we allhandle alcohol differently. I be-lieve we need RAs to keep theparties under control, but hon-estly, an eightperson get togetherout of hand? Keep us under con-trol, do not imprison u s.It all boils down to who youknow and the mood of the RA.I've also been to parties this yearthat have 30-40 people that neverget a second look. N ow, is it thateight people made more noise than30? I doubt it. It's because of whowa s known. (Believe me, I'm notcomplaining that there are peoplethat get away with it.) But, hon-estly, how fair does this seem tostudents who don't havegtheseconnections to even get into theseparties?

This campuswill never be a dryor a silent campus especially whenFriday hits and we all want toshed a bit of the rustrations romclasses during the week.To the RA out there who obvi-ously*has little respect for stu-dents and having fununtil yourespect the students here atMercyhurst and show just a littlefairness to us by giving us thebenefit of the'doubtyou jj willhave very little, if any, respectfrom us students. Take a lessonfrom a few of the other RAswhoare m uch more respected* andmuch more liked. * * *Sincerely,Suzanne WagnerJunior, Family Ecology MajorSizzling with Salsa

By Grace Bruno - ^Merciad Features Editor.Hola Amigos! '**''Do you like Mexican food? Are

you sick of having pizzas deliv-ered? Well, I would like to takethis time to introduce you to afabulousnew Mexican restaurant: Salsa's Gourmet Mexican.A couple of weeks ago I waslucky enough to be able to attendthe grand opening and have beenbragging aboutm y discovery eversince.Salsa's , located at 5046 PeachStreet, offers six different typesof salsas ranging in flavo rs fromcucumber to orange papaya.The food isflavorfulbut much

lighter than many typical Mexi-can restaurants. And the bestthing about it isfreedelivery witha minimum $10 order. Plu s, theyhave low prices. - ?|f\A group of my friendsand I hailSalsa's deliver on Tuesday night.Heather Ryan, sophomore, said,"The blue corn chips are uniqueand the pineapple salsa was

delicioso.""It is nice to have a deliveryservice," said Michelle Ryan, se-nior," that delivers Mexican ratherthan typical pizzatjand wings...Ilike the prices and the variety onthe menu. We had a genuinefiesta." - | %If you'd like to try it out pleasestop by or call at 866-7560. f

Problems with phones, apartments| policies ii^HH^iContact MSG Rep Wally Gagrlc from ResidenceLife Committee. ?jExt 2982

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By Dan McQuillenMerciad Staff ColumnistThere was an article in TheNewYork Times lastweek aboutthe environment Like all goodenvironmental articles it told mehow bad the earth was do ing andhow I was going to die.This particular one explainedthe possible effects of global

warming; rising sea levels, turbu-lent-storms, draughts, ruinedcrops, general. misery and whin-ing, heat waves, etc.;The carbon dioxide from ourcars and factories is increasingthe atmospheric temperature ofthe world. This was terrible toread. The earth is heating up.Wait a minute, there's some-thing good here.Don't get me wrong. I like toconsider myself a moderate envi-ronmentalist. I m not emba rrassedto recycle. I make sure I eat a lotof bulky foods. Or is that eat inbulk? .& ^ | ^I just don't want to seethe earth 4explode. But tell me what, dearscientists, is wrong with ALITTLE WARMTH! 4 i'Last year someone wrote an ar-ticle in the Merciad about theterrible weather in Erie. Hemoaned to you about the shadesof gray, the monotonous cold anddreary daysby the bay. You criedand hugged and formed support -\groups, He was right, you said.The weather is terrible he re. Halfthe year is snow. , {| ^But there is a solution. GlobalWarming!, i) * * .iWhat we must do is everythingin our power to increase globalwarming.Drive to your neighbor's houseacross the street Turn theheat onhigh and open all the windows.Think to yourself "Carbon diox-ide is good. Carbon dioxide is my -*Jfriend!* 9 Go outside and breathe^heavily. Burn your toast*Light_matches.If we all pull together, we canbe happy for at least twenty orfifty years. Then it will be too hot ]to bear and we'll die with smiles, ]on our faces a nd u tter ruin aroundus. Oh, it will have been worth it.r Just think, only two months ofwinter. Nobody going crazy fromwinter depression and strangling^their pets.Happiness! Fun! Who carcs jabout the m assive typhoon that Jwent through MeadvfJle? Weweresun-bathing in October. Whocares about the drowned coastalcities? They were ha ving too muclifun on their little boogie-boards.We won 't need those failed wheatcrops. We can have sun.

f\ We can havewarmth. And we'lldrag the rest of the world downwith us.

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m WHow do you feel about faculty andadm inistration having first priority inth e\ parking? garage ?

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T*>Marion Moncilovich, Junior, Psychology:7t*s not a good idea because mo re and more students have cars uphere and need the parking spaces." .4Liz Weber, Junior, Psychology:"I believe the parking garage should be open on a first come firstserve basis." *Kristin Balon, Sophomore, M athematics:"The teachers paid and they deserve the better parkingbecause the teachers have seniority here." places

Pat Laird, Junior, Undeclared:"The lower level has the better spots and the students are here all thetime and should be allowed to have the better spaces; especiallywhen the snow comes." iP. Barry McAndrew, associate professor of English:"My initial reaction was that I thought it was quite acceptable, forfaculty to have first crack at it, but in hindsight, a first come firstserve basis might have been fairer."Chris Primavere, Junior, Criminal Justice:"I think it's terrible and wrong because they are only here half thetime whereas the students live on campus and have to suffer ust asmuch, and don't even get to park down there. It should have been afirst come first serve, no t the teachers getting first cho ice."Kris ten Churchill, Sophomore, Dance:"With the weather andall it makes it hard on the students who haveto shovel whereas the faculty areable topark in a dry, snow-free lot."David Taylor, Junior, Business:"It does not bother me because I don't have a car here, but thestudents should have th e privilege of parking there."

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Nicole Putt, Sophomore, Sportsmedicine: J"I don't have a car but students should be allowed to park therebecause we're here all the time where as they go home and have theirgarages to park in."Quotes compiled by Nicole Geraci.

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The! M erciadMercyhurst College's First Class newspaper as rated by the Associated Collegiate Press

Vol. 67 No. 2 S ep t emb er 23,1993M ercia d Ed it o rspule Gardner Editor in ChiefAnne L. McNeils Asst. News 6\ Copy EditorMichelle Ryan Arts 4 Entertainment Editorprace Bruno -F - Features EditorC raig Ry bczyns ki Sports Editor

KeJl Courson Asst, Sports Editor[Joseph Legler Senior WriterMiaU-Ryckl AdvertisingManagerLarie Pintea Faculty AdvisorMerciad Staff

Melissa SvitekErin Hauber ,Jennifer TrinidadDavid KosobuckiRich Shel tonTonya Beebe

Megan Circle frLee Ann Kelly IKin Presler ''Katie Johnson _Beth NicholsDavid McQuillen

Elizabeth JohnsonJim Doherty IHeather RyanDon LeClairNicole GeraciDan M cQuillen

Beth HaasJay KennedyJay FitzpatrickJanel McBrideDaniel WarlikeNick KraygerThe Merciad Is the student-produced newspaper of Mercyhurst College, Box 161,SOI E. 38th St.. Erie. Pa., 16546. Phone 824-2376The M erciad welcomes letters to the editor;tin ronriUlftin hilt the n a m e

The Merdad's editorial opinion is determined by the Editorial Board with theEditor holding final responsibility. The opinions expressed In The Merciad arenot necessarily those oflne Merciad, its staff or Mercyhurst College.

Behind the WheelBy Nick KraygerMerciad Staff ColumnistThree weeks ago I would havedone anything to be back here inthese hallowed halls ofMercyhurst College and awayfrom the dreaded cash registerwhere I have spent the past threesummers of my life, and I nowfind m yself sitting here wishingI was back there. |Scanning with my friends.Hiding in thebakery from mymanager. Separating perishables fromreturnables. Returning Preparation-H to the toothpaste shelf in thehope thatsom e unsuspecting customer might pick itup and acciden-tal! y throw it in his or her ca rtBut something has happened in the past three weeks that will

change the course of my employment forever.I will never return to that famous Hypermarket off of PA 1-95'again, and the words responsible for this unexpected tragedy arevery simple, and all too familiar. v"Out of Business/'I never thought it could hap pen. Just two days before I was leavingto come back to school, myfrontend manager was asking me whenI was coming back for Thanksgiving so she could put my name backon the schedule.Then, on Labor Day, the Frenchmen had a meeting, (Carrefour,the store, is a French company, so the French people call all theshots) and decided that the store was not making enough m oney.So on Nov. 1, the store that I (and 1500 other people) called home,will be closing down forever. Talk about devastation!

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On Friday night, Sept 24,Mercy hurst College will sponsorth e .Irish minstrels NortheastWinds in a program sure to haveyour Irish eyes smiling. The pro-gram begins at 8 p.m. inMercyhurst's Zurn Recital Hall.Admission is free as a commu-nity service of Mercyhurst Col-lege.

The folk era recording artistsNortheast Winds will performsing-a-longs, sea shanties, and

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rousing instrumentals. Many ofthese are featured on their fourrecordings: Songs from Irelan dan d the Sea, Northeast Windsin Concert, Ireland by Sail, andEasy and Free. / %* * ^The group, who has been per-form ing together for 15 years, hasplayed everywhere from smalltown community h alls to big citycivic centers. Jthey "have per-formed in the* Pop Series withmajor symphony orchestras andalso in college and communityconcert series throughout the

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HORTh e Mercyhurst men's andwom en's cross country teams

competed in their second compe-tition of he fall last Saturday, theIUP Cross Country Invitational.Top Mercy hurst finisher DanChase brought ho me a trophy forhis outstanding effort running thefive-mile distan ce. Chase finished.in thel 3th spot overall and led theLaker men to a team place of 1 Othout of 12 participating "A " teams.

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3* Meanwhile, the Mercyhurst:wonien posted a seventh placeGnfeh at IUP. * #The M ercyhurst women's soc-cer team quickly disposed ofGannon and Slippery Rock thispast week* p? : /Sixteen goals were scored inthe Rock destruction, a school

record. Erin Stewart shot for an-other record with five goals. -

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Women's tennis backhands ClarionBy Keith C oursonMerciadAsst. Sports Editor

Clarion University became thelatest victim of the Mercyhurstwomen's tennis team last Satur-day. The women picked up tbesjrsecond win of the season.Tricia Webb, Jen Schultz,Carmel Dougherty, and SuzanneKavney alkpdsted singles victo-ries and the Lady Lakers also stoletwo of three doubles matches asMercyhurst cruised to a 6-3 tri-umph. 9.Head coach Gordie Quinton hasbeen pleased^with the women's,progress. "This is a team4hat re-airy doesn't have a superstar," hesaid. ."However, everyone haspitched'tfiSto play mtfffc like ateam. My assistant Chuck Keenanhas really come forward with the

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said Quinton. He added that thenumber sent is determined by theschool's past history in the tour-nament"It's just a good experience

where they will get to play againstthe top players in the easternUnited States," said Quinton.Th e top two finishers in thetournament will receive the op-portunity to go to nationals.-tar- i 2 "!&'! t n 2, * *J$: ' ) % P"Lakefigof4iiftproingBy David J. Kosobucki

i .MerciadSports Writer*it\**s

The Mercyhurst golf team con-tinued to show improvement tin'sseason during a week in which itplayed in three tournaments.The Lakers finished in 11th\ m

women s program. *Perhaps the biggest tournamentof the season comes October 1 asfour members of the women'ssquad will participate in the RolexRegionals."Basically, this tournament con-sists of all schools in the easternU.S. that have women's tennisprograms," noted Quinton.Julia Porter, Tricia Webb, KimMalinowski,and len Schultz willbe representing Mercyhurst thisseason. "Some schools will get to

place in the Slippery Rock Tour-nament held at Armco GolfCourse in Slippery Rock, PA.Top team score, went to, juniorMark Boeh, who shot a 77. Fol-lowing close behind Boeh wereTom Craig (82), BryceiBohun(83), and Rich Straub(84).On Friday, Sept. 17, the Hursttraveled to Olean, NY, to com-pete in the St. BonaventureTour-nament held at the Bartlett Coun-try Club.The blue and green againshowed consistency as Boeh firedan 80 to take team honors. CraigandlStraub bothl'shot>82 while

freshman Tony Greidanus andsophomore Matt Sharrow cardedan 84 and 88 respectively to" giveMercyhurst a 7th place finish inthe 12 team event.Mercyhurst then traveled^TfrDuBois, PA, to take part in thetwo-day Clarion University Tour-nament at the Treasure Lake Re-* % g _sorJ^TheLakersstruggled in bothrounds and finished lastBohun led the H urst with a totalof l$9(81-?8). Boeh inishedwitha stroketotal of 182 (89-93U'Despite the rocky season thusfar,Goach Paul Demynovich stillfeels that his golfers will improvein tournament play. "I've seen allof our guys golf better than theyhave in these tournaments," he

said. "I hope we can turn it aroundsoon."Mercyhurst travels to Edinboroto compete in the Fighting ScotsTournament at Culbertson HillsThursday.

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thump Gannon at HomecomingBy Keith CoursonMerciadAsst. Sports EditorIt would seem that all odds wereagainst you. The opposing teamhad already played two games,not to mention the fact that onboth occasions it won and d idn'tallow a single point Throw in thefact that on this day, Mercyhurstwas going to experience footballthrough the eyes of a new headcoach. Also, note that the oppos-ing team just happens to beGannon.

However, Joe Kimball, alongwith his dedicated staff of coachesand a blue and green army,thumped the Golden Knights ofGannon 17-7 at Homecoming infront of 5700 fans at Erie Veter-ans Memorial Stadium last Satur-day.Kimball called the triumph hisbiggestas a coach because, "Rightnow I'm at a school that reallycares about what I do and that'sthe greatest thing in the world."Although there were many keys

to the victory, perhaps condition-ing was the most important "In abig game like-that, to have 'anedge against a team that's alreadygot two games under its belt istough,"added Kimball. "Thatwasit for us."While the Lakers led 3-0 at thehal f the turning point was tocome

in the third quarter."Wehad to goto the air," noted K imball.Senior starter Frank Ruffalo,who did som e nifty running earlyon to setup a 24-yard field goal byfreshman Mark Williams, waspulled from quarterback and re-placed by sophomore NickSchneider. Schneider proceededto beat the drawn-in Knight sec-ondary with two long strikes totight end Aaron O'Neill and splitend Ryan Williams."I didn't really expect to get in,being that Ruffalo is a senior andthis was a big game and all," saidan excited Schneider, who com-pleted all three of his passes for91''yards. "I was surprised withmy performance. A lot of creditgoes to our line. I just w anted achance to show what I could doand I guess that I got i t"

Kimball was pleased with theend result. "Nick was able to go inand hit a couple of long oneswhich is really what we neededbecause they were : committingeight, almost nine people to therun, trying Jto stop CraigWoodard," he said.

When the Gannon defense fi-nally learned to respect the Lakerpassing attack, Woodard pickedup where he left off a short yearago and ripped the'Knights for168 yards on the day off of 30carries, scoring the first

Mercyhurst touchdown of he sea-son."Our kids hung in there anddrove them off the ball and thatgave Craig those yards," saidKimball.Kimball's other primary con-cern was controlling Gannonquarterback Chris Delmonacowho threw for 240 yards on theday."Delmonaco is probably the bestquarterback thatwe'11 face fallyear," pie said. "However, wehemmed him inf We bent a littlebit, but didn't break and as thegamewent on our team got stron-ger. That 's what won us that football game."The youth on this squad thatKimball was hoping would ma-ture in a hurry made some out-standing contributions on Satur-day. After 'the bom b fromSchneider to O'Neill in the third,Woodard darted around the rightside to give the Lakers a 10-0lead.On the ensuing kick-off,Mercyhurst stripped the ball fromGannon return mans SonnyMcClain and two plays later an-other freshman made his mark.Justin Everett plunged in from ayard out and the Mercyhurst leadwas increased to 17-O.TjHowever, not all was fun andgames forthe Hurst as senior cap-

Cr aig W ood ard scampering around therightside en route toPhoto by Joe Leglertouchdown.tain Jason Myers went down."He's got a bad hamstring pull,"said Kimball. "It can be seriousand we may not ge t him back forthree or four weeks. That can re-ally hurtus becausehe's an excel-lent football player."Gannon did finally get on thescoreboard on the final play of thegameas Delmonaco, underheavypressure, found a diving BillWalker in the endzone. However,it came too late as Mercyhurstscampered off withta 17-7 tri-umph.

Therefore, Mercyhurst joinsAssumption, Bentley, andS ton eh ill as the only undefeatedsquads in henewly formed ECACIntercollegiate Football Confer-ence. Gannon finds itself in fifthfollowing the loss.This Saturday, a very goodDickinson team that was 8-2-1 ayear ago challenges Mercy hu rst's

quest to become 2-0. "Dickinsonis a great football school and theyha ve great tradition. They 'rewin-ners," noted Kimball.

M e r c y h u r s t s w a l l o w e d b y G a t o r sBy Craig RybczynskiMerciad Sports Editor

The Mercyhurst Laker basebal 1team tried to com pletea storybookHomecoming weekend with asuccessful outing against the vis-iting Allegheny Gators.A victory or a doubleheadersweep of the Gators would haveadded to the already impressiveresults put forth by the footballand women's volleyball teams.However, the Gators were notabout to join in the celebrationand spoiled the Lakers' homeopener with a twogame sweep, 3-1 and 7-6. /V J *Allegheny also put a damper onthe prc-game festivities that sawthe field officially dedicated tothe late Philip D. Hirtzel. ]They benefited fromMercyhurst's mistakes as theyused walks and errors to score

three runs in the first three in-nings.The Lakers offense ran into atough Allegheny'pitcher in theopener as Chris Nelson held theLakers hitless through his fourinnings ofiwork. Not until thefifth did Mercyhurst break upAllegheny's no hit bid.Third baseman Dan Mcssnerripped a triple to the wall in rightcenter field to set up the only runof he game forthe Hurst. Messncrwould score on Doug Yeagcr's

sacrifice fly to center field.Allegheny, who had threegames in hand, also had problemsat the plate as they only m anagedtwo hits off the pitching trio of

some mistakes; we did somethings that normally won't hap-pen, but it was our first game.""Allegheny has played three orfour games already. This is our

An Allegheny batter awaits the pitch from Laker hurler DavidLee at Mercyhurst's Philip D. Hirtzel Field.

The Lakers rattled A lleghenypitching early as Yeager smasheda triple, scoring two runs.In the fourth, Allegheny solvedthe Lakers' pitching as theyscored five times. Once again theGators benefited from Laker mis-takes and pushed their lead to6-3.Allegheny only managed twohits in the inning, but receivedtwo walks and two batters werehit in succession. This sparkedsome controversy among .'thecoaches who exchanged word s.Mercyhurst clawed back intothe game with a single run in thefifth inning and two runs;in thesixth to ti e the game at 6-6.'McKnight and Jeff Benedictbegan the inning with consecu-tive singles. A sacrifice bun t byMcssner put the runners in scor-

ing position.

Gary Welgoss followed with apop out, setting the stage for BillPieloch, who singled home tworuns.The Laker hopes of a comebackwere dashed, as the Gators brokethe tie off Casey Crawford. Sec-ond baseman Joe Pass lead off heseventh witbia double and ad-vanced to third base on a wildpitch. After an out, the Gators'Joe Rine hit a sacrifice fly thatplated Pass for the game winner.Pitcher Jeff ^Hutchinsonshrugged off the importance ofthe fall.'The fall is usta buildingpoint for our team, to see wha t wehave to work on. It is good to getinto game situations," he said.Mercyhurst will try for its firstwin of the season against PennState-Bchrend on Friday atEdinboro.

David Lee, Rich Runtas and A.J.Rusnak.Despite the Laker effort, Al-legheny caught numerous breaksearly in the game. For example, inthe second inning the Gatorsscored a run without a hi tA walk to Craig Malagisc and atwo-base error by Lee put him inscoring position. He would laterscore on a ground out to MikeMcKnight at second base.Coach Joe Jordano expressedhis thoughts about the team'shome opener. He said, "Wemade

nrst game and neither team hit.We had three walks and the errorand it cost us threeruns," headded.

In the nightcap, Mercyhursttried to play error-free baseball.The Lakers hung tough andweretied going into the seventh in-ning. I *The Hurst staged a hard-foughtcomeback to try to salvage a splitwith Allegheny. However, itwasto no avail as the G ators added arun in their final at bat to snatch

Lady jspikers on a roll

victory from Mercyhurst givingthem a sweep at Hirtzel Field.

By Craig RybczynskiMerciad Sports EditorThe^Lady Laker volleyballteam continued its quest for num-ber one, as it captured theLeMoyne College InvitationTournament on Saturday.Mercyhurst rolled to an 11-1record.The win total is three more thanall of last season.

Before spiking the host Dol-phins, Mercyhurst also claimedtop honors at the Carnegie MellonTourney.iHead coach Craig Daviecomplimented his team's efforts."We have played very well andimproved tremendously. Theyhave matured over the spring. Inthe fall they are really turning iton," he said.Clarion visits on Thursday.