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Lakers strive for NCAA titleBy Craig RybczynskiEditor in Chief

V March Madness has MercyhurstCollege in its grasp.

Two teams have emergedamong the nations best- theWomen's basketball team (25-5)and the Mercyhurst hockey team(23-1-2). I

The Lady Lakers captured theEast Region Saturday, defeatingSt Rose, and the hockey teamhoisted the ECAC West champi-onship trophy at the Ice Center,March 5, dropping the R.I.T. Ti-gers, 9- i * x 6 f i

"I don't know if there is anotherDivision I, II and III in the nationwhois having a year likewe are,"said M ercyhurst Athletic Direc-tor Pete Russo.

Last weekend, the womenearned a berth in the E lite Eightwith an emotional 55-53 victoryover St Rose at the MercyhurstAthletic Center. TheLady Lakerstravel to battle Stonehill Collegeof Massachusetts at North Da-kota State, Wednesday at 3 p.m.The game willbe heard onWMCE88.5 FM. m

aStonehill has a similar style to

us and rely on a hard man-to-manstyle," said Laker Head Basket-ball Coach Jim Webb. "I feel it isgood matchup, it's number sevenversus number two."

Teresa Szumigala reiterated thesentiments o f her coach."We have a pretty good chance,"

she said. 'They are number tw oand we are number seven . Wearethe underdogs and I think it worksto our advantage. Their competi-tion has not been too good. Theyare definitely beatable."

The Hurst is led on the court bythe senior leadership of Denise

Baginski, Julie McChesney, andSzumigala.Szumigala, for her efforts, was

honored as the ECAC D ivision nSouth Player-of-the-Year. De-spite the honor, Szumigala keptthe award in perspective with thegame and the goal ofreaching theNCAA finals ahead.

"Coach W ebb told me yester-day (Tuesday) and I w as pretty

The women's basketball team celebrates their victorysurprised," said the modestMercyhurst center. "But I havemore important things to worryabout"|

On the ice, Division IPs num-ber one team was granted thedistinction o f hosting the NCAADivision Championship at the IceCenter against the two-time de-fending NCAA championBemidji State Beavers of M inne-sota (22-7 -2).

The Beavers are not foreign toflie Mercyhurst Lakers. The Bea-vers swept the Lakers in Minne-

sota in the 1991 finals. 10-6 and5-0) a ta

But this year's version of theLakers has the home ice advan-tage and at the Ice Center theblueand green have compiled a 116game-winning streak.

T o be able to host the ECACplayoffs was a goal that has beenthere for a couple of years andthat is one of the reasons that webuilt die rink here," said HeadHockey Coach Rick Gotkin. T obe able to host the NCAA finalsis a tribute to Dr. Garvey, TomBillingsley and Pete Russo and

all the players. It says a lot aboutour program and how our pro-gram has evolved over the lastseven years."

The Lakers have reeled off animpressive streak since the R.I.T.loss in December. The Hurst isundefeated in its last 18 gamesincluding downing the ElmiraSoaring Eagles and R.I.T. to cap-ture the ECAC West title. '

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T he M e r c yhur s t hockeyfteam celebrates the school's tfirst championship.

ECAC West Championship. i

Goal tender Scott Barber wasone of the reasons for the Lakers'success.

Barber stopped 54 of 59 shotscapturing the ECAC West Cham-pionship most valuable playeraward. "The team made it easyfor me this weekend," said Bar-ber. "It was a great honor and Iwas happy about it ""He made some key saves when

we needed it and he gives us a lotof confidence back there," saiddefenseman Justin Proud.

Barber also was honored as

ECAC West Player-of-the-Year.Barber and Craig MacDonaldcompleted the first team selec-tions for Mercyhurst

It hasn't sunk in yet, but it is agreat honor, I worked hard thisyear," said Proud. "But I want towin this weekend."

Post-season awards aside, theLakers remain focused on theprize that eluded them two yearsago.

A more balanced Laker teamwill face Bemidji St, than thesquad that faced-off in Minne-sota.

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we have a little moredepth this year," said BryceBohun. "Each of the four linesand evenguys who are sitting outcan play when they're in the line-up and put the puck in the net justas well as anyone else can.

That has been one of the keys toour success is that no team can

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look atone line and say shut theseguys down and we'll beatMercyhurst This year it has beena whole team effort and that hasbeen why we are winning."

For the Women's Basketballteam, Baginski commented onthesignificance ofthe game, Wednes-day.

"We have a good chance ofwinning if we go out and ex-ecute," she said. "We have to dothe same things we've been doingall season.£

We know that if we lose it willbe the last time we (the seniors)play college basketball."

With the NCAA's on the linefor both sports the school has achance to make school history.

That is winning an NCAA



PAGE 2 MARCHW, 1995

Anne M. Schleicher

Features! A&E editor

Spring break — your thoughtsimmediately turn to bikinis,beaches, and beer.

Rarely does one think of longhours working for nothing otherthan the satisfaction of a job .well done. However, for some £students here at the Hurst springbreak turned out to be just that,and they wouldn't have wantedit any other way.

Four students: Aisha Nix, JoeGallagher, Nicole Putt and Am yHook, as well as Mercyhurstalumnus Sean Kennedy

accompanied Joe Dominic ofcampus ministry to Am ericus,Ga., the international headquar-ters of HabitatFor Humanity.*While there the group spent theweek building the interior wallsand ceiling for a Habitat hou se.

Habitat For Humanity w asestablished by Millard Fullerwith the goal of eliminatingpoverty housing worldwide.HFH takes buildings that mostwould consider shacks, buys

them, demolishes them, and

builds new homes in their place.Americus, Fuller's hometown,is the site of many projects.:

Those at HFH felt that if theywere unable to accomplish theirgoal in their own backyard first,then there could be n o hope forthe rest of the world.

HFH clients, or future home ;owners, invest at least 800hours of "sweat equity" beforethey can qualify for a home.Some of this time is spent ontheir own future homes and therest is spent working for others. \

The sweat equity forMercyhurst volunteers was n ot

poured into a house of theirown, it was for their ownpersonal satisfaction. "Thisphysical work was s o reward-ing, it was a good change ofpace. At th 2 end of the day youcould see something tangible.You would say: 'I built thatbathroom today.9,*9 said'Dominic.

For senior Aisha Nix thedecision to go was never givena second thought: "I thnrnuoJilv

They phoned ihomeMore than 135 students partici-

pated in the alumni phonathonthat took place between January30 and February 16. Teams ofstudents competed fo r monetaryprizes. The football team won thefirst prize o f$400, the Men's bas-ketball team won second prize of$250, and the Ambassadors tookthird prize of $100. Individualcallers also earned prizes. Thetop six individual callers wereShane Jahn, Joe Olszewski, JohnMurphy, Marie Watkins, GagnSuri, and Sara Allen.Dave Armstrong and Pa tLiebel,

coordinators of the calling, saidthat they would like to thank Sis-ter DamienMlechick, Sister Rose-mary Murphy, and Sister CarolAnn Voltz, as well as the follow-ing list of students, for their par-ticipation in the ^alumniphona thon.

Sarah Allen * Charles Andres *Brian Ash * Denise Baginski *Burheem Bakr * Bryan Baldwin* Melissa Boyd * Time Bredigei* Doug Brinkley * Susan Burke *

Brandon Bynum * Amy Byrd *Jarre ft Coco * Michael Coco *Chad Conrad * ChristopherCope

* Cynthia Cote * Dan Croutch *Emily * D'Amico * Bill Davis *Nikki Dobay * Tim Duble * EricEhrman *Jennifer Evans * RachelRenence * Rob Fetter * FrankFigliano * Cindi Fluhrer * JoeGatti * PatrickGeiger * Joy Girard

* Matt Golga .* Julie Gould *Trisha Greathouse * To mGrebiner * Brian Hamblen * BrianHamlin * Jennifer Hamelly *Kierie Heim * Kahari Hicks *Amber Hoffman * ChrisHoltzman * Kathleen Hudak *AmerHusain * Shane Jahn • John

Janota * Kiltie Johnson •Christo-pher Jurusik * Jim Kaveney *Chris Kessler * Pat Kl ingensmith* Jason Kokoski * Tracy Komar *Sue Kukovec * Don LeClair *Erin Lloyd * Jason Lucovich *Mike McDonald * Jason Maier *Sarah Marando * A llison Marsden

* Mike Martin * Pat Mattera *Mike Mayer * Mike Mazur *Julie McChesney * MindiMcDowell * Jean McFeely * JonMiljus * Kate Millenbach * ScottMills * Kristen Molli • JeffMonreal * Pat Monroe * JohnMurphy * Natalie Nagoda *

Cynthia Naylor * David Nemec* Matt Nesser * Maria Nicolo *Brian Numer * Will O'Brien *Joyce O'Hara * Joe Olzewski *Vanessa Pappalardo * JoshPawlovich * Dana Pazin * MikePeck * Dave Priebe * MauriceProfit * Connie Ralston, * RonRambally • Bill Reed * TerriRessler * Adrienne Richard *Chris Richardson *Chris Rickard

* Pat Robb * Kristina Robison *Jim Roe * Rahsaah Roland *Stephen Rozier * Frank Rubino* Will Suave * Melanie Schaeffer*Jim Scheffbauer * Matt Sharrow* Phil Sheridan * Scott Shiekert

* JoAnna Shirey * AnthonySkarote * Aaron Stankiewicz *Damon Sterling * Will Stinson *Gretchen Storm * Jack Stover *Gagan Suri * Keith Swanson *Whitney Szemenjei * TeresaSzumigala * Corey Taylor * Rob-ert Taylor * Jim Thomas * ChrisThompson * Matt Turner * MikeUhler * Darryl VanClcave * Chris

Vlasic * Lynn Washowlch *Marie Watkins * Eric Wicks *Matt Wilds? *?RJ. Williams *Gra ig Young * Becky ZawacJd

Nic ole P utt lends a hand

enjoy helping people. I espe-cially like Habitat because it'snot just a hand-out to those whoare less fortunate. You 'rehelping them build their ownhouse."

The group's choice to travelthe long distance to go toGeorgia rather than to stay andwork for Erie's branch of HFHwas made for several reasons,the first of w hich was the

weather."You can't do outside

construction in Erie in Febru-ary. Plus it was a chance to get

away, exp erience anotherculture, and participate m more

intense work," said Dominic.While at the international

headquarters, the Mercyhurstgroup was able to meet and talkwith many people from diversebackgrounds. Kevin, who justreturned from three years in

Zaire, Nick, a retired air forceof leer, and Brandon, anAmericorps volunteer, were ju stthree of the many individualsthe group worked with.

Students wh o are interestedin this sort of service work orvolunteering in general shouldcontact Joe Dominic at exten-sion 2430, or atop by his unionoffice. Putt and Gallagher h opeto go back to Georgia in Juneand work with the organizationagain and are willing to set *others on that track.

These five are not the only

spring break volunteers in ourmids t Junior Melony Lawloralso spent her vacation inservice to the S .O.M.E. organi-zation. So Others Might Eat isbased in W ashington, D.C

Lawlor spent her days at twosites, the main dining room andthe Isaiah day center for

mentally il! homeless.Lawlor doesn't see spring

break in a traditional way.Instea d it is an opportunity to dosomething.

"You would think that I wasthe one doing the giving but diepeople I met there did so muchfor me," she said

Lawlor explained that thedining room was for anyonewho needed a meal. "Yes,they're homeless, but that's nottheir essential quality. They are

such beautiful people, you catchgl impses of that They deserve

the help." -JIn die future Lawlor, an art

therapy major, hopes to helpinner-city children from allingthrough the cracks. That'swhat I want to use my educationfoi.*V I I

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M S G N e w s : E x e c u t i v e B o a r d m e m b e r s t o b e e l e c t e dBy Anne L . McNeilsCopy Editor

the specific requirements for eachposition are outlined in the stu-

Any student interested in run-ning fora position on the 1995-%Mercyhurst Student GovernmentExecutive Board should submit a

letter of intent to the MSG officein the Student Union by midnightFriday, March 17, Vice PresidentKristen Hurd reminded reps atMonday's meeting.

The execu tive Board positionsare President, Vice President,Secretary and Treasurer. The fifthmember of the Executive Board,the SAC Chair, is appointed bythe Board following elec tions.

Junior Rep Katie McGlynn

asked the current Executive Boa idmembers what the jobs entail.Secretary Jessica Cuffia said thatit's "what you make of the job.You do a lot of things just be-cause you think they should bedone."

Although there are scholarshipsfor all Executive Board members,Cuffia said, "If anyone is running(just) for the money, don't do it"MSG Adviser Cass Shimek sa id

dent handbook.Anyone with spe-cific questions can contact Shimekinher office or at extension 2433or the MSG office at extension2428. j \

As of Tuesday evening, threeletters of ntent hadbeen received,according to Hurd. One letter wasfor the position of President, onefor Secretary and one for Trea-surer.

There will be a meeting for allExecutive Board candidates onSunday, March 19 at 7 p.m. intheGovernment. Chambers. Cam-pa igning begins immediately fol-lowing (he meeting.

Elections will be held April 3and 4.

Senior Rep Jeff Hutchinsonbrought up the Freedom Zone.

The Freedom Zone is a student-run publication funded by MSG.Shimek a nd arep selected byMS G

are supposed to proofread eachissue o f theFreedom Zcwe beforepublication. Sophomore RepAmyKovach has been selected for thisterm.

Additionally, a member of theFreedom Zone staff is supposed

to attend every MSG meeting andreport on the publication's activi-ties. 9

Hutchinson said he has beenapproached by students regard-ing errors in themost recent issueof the Freedom Zone. Hutchinsonsaid he had noticed spelling mis-takes himselfand said college stu-dents can be expected to knowhow to spell.

Shimek said she read the issueand that there were mistakes that"were not there when I read i t"Kovach said she did not see theissue prior to publication."We 're paying a lotof money for

this paper,"Hutchinson said. "Weneed to straighten this thing out"Treasurer Damn Tovtin said

previous issues cost$300, but the

most recent issue cost $420.Shimek said that was because theformat of the Freedom Zone waschanged.

Shimek pointed out that theFreedom Zone does not have abudget with which they can do as

they please. The publication's

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all otted a certain amount ofmoneyby MSG for he purpose of pub-

lishing each issue.Hutchinson pointed out that no

one was at Monday's meeting torepresent the-Freedom Zone.

'That speaks for itself," he said."No one in the body is holding

them accountable," Shimek said.(And) that's not my jolSenior Rep Matt Adams asked

what options reps have regardingthe Freedom Zone. The Execu-tive Board said they would dis-cuss it and report back to repsnextweek. |

In otherMSG news, Tovtin said."MSG is looking into purchasingnew speakers" for SAC events

such as Coffeehouse. He said thebody has been offered two used

speakers for $25 0.President George Paydock said

he heard the speakers and "theysound excellent" M

SAC Chair Rich Straub said"Brian (Marshal 1, SA C secretary)recommends that wedo this." Thespeakers will be purchased froma friend of Marshall's.

Reps voted unanimously to pur-

chase the speakers. Paydock saidMSGwill try to sel1 the speakers

they already have.Senior Gretchen Ulery replaced

Heather Dailey as a senior rep atMonday's meeting. Nominationswere also taken for Dailey *s Sen-ate position.

Vice-President Kristen Hurdsaid she would take nominationsuntil Friday. Paul Roth, MattAdams and Marc Johnston werenominated.

Nominations were also takenfor a chair for the Spring Formal.Junior Bridgette Palmisano ac-cepted .her nomination. Sopho-more Stacey Fitzpatrick,who co-chaired the W inter Formal, and

Junior Holly Heid both said theywould consider whether theywould accept their nominations.

Cuffia said she will take nomi-nations until Friday and reps willvote on the chair at next week'smeeting.

MSG meetings are held everyMonday at 8:30 p.m. in the Gov-ernment Chambers o f the StudentUnion. The meetings are open tothe Mercyhurst community.

I n a u g u r a l e v e n t t o r a i s e f u n d s f o r V i n c e n t s t a t u e

Pennsylvania Secretary of Com-merce Thomas Hagen will be inErie on March 16, at 1:30 p.m. toannounce the inaugural event ofthe Bicentennial season. Sec.Hagen announced that a luncheonin honor of General StrongVincentwill be held at theAvalonHotel on Tuesday, March 28,

1995.Event Chairperson, Attorney

Monica Miller, said "the purposeof the event is to raise funds tofinance a statue honoring Vincen tin downtown Erie." Miller saidthatthe estimated costof the statue

is $100,000.• The event is being sponsored

bythe Strong Vincent Commemo-rative Committee. CommitteeChairman Merrill "Bud" Deverwill also be on band and said that

the Committee has been workingfor nearly a year to honor the Erienative and civil war hero. Deversaid," It is beyond question thatStrong Vincent of Erie was themost pivotal figure in thebattle ofGettysburg and because of hisleadership and heroism the Unionprevailed in thelmost decisiveengagement o f the war."

Erie Attorney Ron Dinicola, a

member of the Committee, hasarranged for the appearance ofaward winning director, RonMaxwell, who will deliver aspeech at the luncheon. Maxwelldirected the critically acclaimedfilm Gettysburg, released byTurner Pictures in 1993. The filmfeatures the heroism of Vincent,the decisive battle of Little Round

that Vincent's Brigade defendedat the height of the battle.Miller said that the event, which

is being held at the Avalon Hotelin downtown Erie, will begin witha cocktail reception at 11:30 a.m.on March 28 , with lunch beginingat noon. For tickets and more in-formation, please contactMonicaMiller at 868-8541. Tickets will

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Recently the U.S. Senate de-feated a proposed Republicanamendment to the Constitutionthat would have required the U.S.Congress to balance theirbudgetImagine that Congress wouldactually have to be able to have itsfiscal house in order, like everyother American. Liberals in Con-gress had previously supported abalanced budget amendment.However, now that a RepublicanSenate proposed it, they are

against it How partisan of them.In a Gallup poll, many Ameri-

cans were asked about the bal-anced budget amendment Morethan 80 percent of the Americanpeople wanted theU.S. Congressto balance their own budgets. TheAmerican people, who have tobalance their budgets 365 days a 'year, wanted the House of Repre-sentatives and the Senate to have |to balance their budgets just like"]

everyone else.However, the Democrats in the

White House and the Senate ob-viously feel that they know betterthan the American people. Bill

Clinton showed how much hevalues the American people'sopinions when he had a privatemeeting with Democrats whohadnot yet decided how they would

vote concerning the amendmentand told them to vote against itB Bill Clinton showed total disre-gard for the American people.Bill Clinton sees that the C ontractwith America is what the peoplewant. If 11remember correctly,during his campaign againstGeorge Bush, he said that he de-manded a balanced budget amend-ment. Well, I guess we can juststack that lie right up with? themiddle class tax cut promise andthe promiseJ:or health care re-form.

To put it simpy, while the Re-publicans are doing what is bestfor the nation, P resident Clintonis doing whatever he can to stop a

Republican victory. Thank you,Mr. President

However, the issue of a bal-anced budget amendmentwill not

die. Even many Democrats arefed up with their party's policie s.For instance, one DemocraticSenator defected from his partybecause he was disgusted withthe politics the Democra tic Partyplayed concerning the balancedbudget amendment

The Democrats said it would

harm Social Security ^benefits.However, the Democrats neglectto mention that they, two yearsago, placed a $216 m illion tax onC/%/*tal S<»/*iiritv benefits . Who is

truly attacking Social Security?Democrats in the mid-term elec-tions preached that the Republi-cans would eliminate Social Se-curity. Well, the people did notbuy it then and they are not goingto buy it now.

Sen. Bob D ole, M ajority Leaderfrom Kansas, said that he would

make sure that the balanced bud-get amendmentwill comeup againfor another vote. Thank God w ehave people like4 Bob Dole andNewt Gingrich who are in tunewith the people's demands. *

Who has lost out on this vote isthe true question to be answered.Many strategists said that Repub-licans have lost I have to disagreewith this statementbecauseI thinkit enunciates to the people howoutof touch the Dem ocratic Partyis with the common people.

The real losers are the Ameri-can people. The American peoplewanted! the balanced budgetamendmentand they were deniedit by Democratic politics.

The Democrats think they havewon the war, but they have notMark my words, the balancedbudget amendment will spell the

downfall o f President Clinton andI believe that the Republicans willcapture ev en greater numbers inthe House and Senate in 1996.

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Munson searches for spirit

Dear Editor:

The noun 'spirit' is so complexthat the Funk and W agnall Stan-dard Dictionary needs 21 defini-tions to properly describe it Ironi-cally, numberllO strikes at thevery heart of this writing "Spirit:ardent loyalty or devotion: school

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spirit"The Lady Lakers basketball

team under first year coach JimWebb fought and clawed theirway to the NCAA East RegionalChampionship. Luckily, theyplayed right here in our ownM ACWhat a wonderful home court

advantage. SAC purchased 200tickets ustfor students wh o wouldshow up displaying some sign ofteam support. After Friday'sgame, there were tickets left over,unused. Wherewere the students?Therewas a small group of8 or 10

young men sitting high in thestands,whogave vocal and visualsupport to the team. B less them.

The team won on Friday andwent on to play in the finals onSaturday. I anticipated a hugecrowd, but when we arrived at6:45 p.m., we were greeted by nomore than 20 people. Here wewere in a game to decide the Elite

Eight in the nation! As bad asattenda nee was on Friday it wasthat much worse on Saturday.There was support by athletesfrom other sports who know and

value!that 'extra person in thestands.' Faculty, staffand admin-istrators were well represented.Community support showed bythe balance of the attendance.

Where were the students? Was

there music? No . Were there danc-ers? No. Were there cheerlead-

ers? No. What does it take to getthe student support?

Our teams in almost every sporthave had a banner year. Two, the

ladies basketball team and themen's hockey team are playing in

the National NCAA inals. Theseyoung people have broughthonor,prestige j and destinctiontto ourMercyhurst College .

The S t Rose fans on Saturday,though small in number, weresolid in .their vocal support oftheir team. Wejhad no studentgroup to take the lead in cheers. Itwasn't until we were far behindthat one of our administrators,

Davej Armstrong, climb to therafters to a small group of stu-dents to lead all of us in cheers.An administrator shall lead us.Not a student

Like someone once said, I 'mnot apa thetic, I just don't care." Isit apathy? Is it an "I don't care"attitude? Are we embarrassed toshow emotion or passion? Is ittime? The MAC wasn't full butthen the library wasn't either. Is itcost? The cost of student bever-ages on Friday and Saturdaywould have filled die MAC tentimes over.

Spirit canbe created. It is conta-

gious. It takes but one student ora small group of students to turntill s around. Attend, get organized,sit together, show support Likeone match to a field of dry grass itwould ignite this$ campus withburning, eager, intense school

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Sincerely,

Bob Munson

Retention Facilitator

CampusQu estionWhat dicMm thiflf aboutCelebraiA^omenMeek?

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assay:ethany Kormos, Freshman, Chemistry!

"It needed more publicity. I w as intereste |inP but unfortunately d idnot hear much about it The list of the nag&s in the Union was a nicetouch. I think it was a great idea." J

Kyle Cook, Freshman, Biology: I

"I saw the names in the Union and thought that was a greatidea as a whole is very good."

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John Piatko, Junior, Graphic Desig|f"Unfortunately, I did not check into tip fhu ch, but it sounds like a

good idea. I think we should celebrate men, also."

Kate Millenbach, Sophomore, Art: \

"I thought it was something that needed to be done. People atMercyhurst need to be more await of women's issues. I also 1was a step in the right direction in recognizing women in the i

n

Jim Kaveney, Junior, Biology:"I think they should have done more, for example more open ceremonies for the Mercyhurst community to attend. A lso more advertisingfor the week would have made students more aware of what wasgoing on and what events were taking place. I think it was a great

idea overall."

Quotes compiled by Nicole Geraci.



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eightLarfy Lakers\enter\eliteBy Chris Fiely g W B B

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I Come Saturday, live pictures ofthe Mercyhurst women's basket-

ball team may be broadcastedacross the entire nation as theychallenge to become NCCA Di-vision II champions in the finalsetof games being played atNorth

Dakota. iBBMB?B8HHteBEI E.S.P.N. II will cover the cham-pionship game, the culminationof a season which started with243 teams hoping to achieve whatMercyhurst has realized, mem-bership in the "elite eight" of the

country. SrjMR BJJaH^laal

Ranked first n the E ast Region,theLady Lakers had to win theirlast game of the season againstcross town rivals Gannon to ma in-tain their position and host theNCAA sponsored East Regionalplay-off finals. :ff MB

The Lady Lakers brokeGannon's stubborn resistancewith a 7-point blitz late in thegame which saw themedge aheadof the G olden Knights by 73-68.H Oozing with confidence, theLady Lakers went into the EastRegional championships with 23wins and 5 lo sses. More signifi-cant, perhaps, was the fact thatthe ladies had developed an im-pressive winning streak afteremerging as victors in their lasteight games. * j^yfe

Team captain Denise Baginskisummarized the team's attitudewhen she said, "Wewere nervous J *»*^»~*« ™ m

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we were going to win."This sentiment was reflected in

the Laker's first halfperformancea ga instShippensburg University.The first four points on thescoreboard came as a result of

Coach Jim W ebb wills his team on to victory.

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free-throws —inconsistency bestdescribed the offensive mountedby Mercyhurst

Kristen Molli tried to spark theattack when she nailed a three-pointer to shorten the Lakers defi-cit to 21-19. ) %$$

Throughout the season coachJim Webb stressed his opinionmat the relentless defensive pres-sure applied by the Lady Lakershas continually set them apartfrom their East Region rivals.

The team rallied, chased andharassed to prove their coachesassessment right as they deniedShippensburg, in the last 26 sec-onds of the half from hreateningtheir 32-29 lead. |

" We have a knack of playing tothe level of the team we are com-

peting against," said JulieMcChesney, "so we were used tobeing in a tight game situation."

The two teams continued totrade points at the start of thesecond half. Then, according toS h i p p e n s b u r g ' s c o a c h"Mercyhurstgot the lead andhungin there."

With nine minutes to go TeresaSzumigala fought off three de-fenders made the shot, drew thefoul and punished Shippensburg

with the ree-throw. Baginski and

McChesney then checked inwiththree-pointers to inflict a crush-ing 10 point lead on their oppo-nents.

Webb said that these three se-niors, especially,havean uncannyability to sense when the otherteam is weak and then make a runon them.

After a scrappy game, the Lak-ers emerged as 73-68 winners toearn themselves a place in thefinals of the Eastern Regionplayoffs for the first ime in theMercyhurstbasketball program'shistory.Thenext day, nerves seemed to

have been foigotten as the Lakerscarved out a dream start againstSt Rose. Baginski, Szumigala,McChesney and Ralston! werescoring freely and the w ell tunedLaker offense ticked over nicely."We jumped onthem hard, early

and made all the shots but theywouldn't give up," said Webb.

Championship aspirations wererudely interrupted by a determinedSt Rose team at the start of thesecond half.

xWhile the Hurst offensestalled, St Rose piled on thepoints. "We ustcouldn tstop theirbest player, Kristina Kandere"said Webb.

The tide seemed to b e turningwhen St Rose established a fourpoint lead around thenine minute

mark.Then Szumigala wascalled for

her fourth foul of the night withseven minutes to %o. "For the firsttime all year, I thought we were inreal trouble," said Webb.

But the defensive ability of theLake r's proved invaluable again.The entire team pulled together torestrict the St Rose team to five

Intradural Notes*Congra ulaions to the following champions

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Allison Marsden hit a hugethree-pointer and with two min-utes left Szumigala secured a 55-46 lead.TheLady Lakers were hailed as

the East Region champions de-spite a late comeback by S t Rosewhich left the final scoreat55-53.

Webb's team have alreadyposted som e impressive achieve-ments. Presently, they are rankedseventh injthe nation.and theywere recently assessed as the sixthmost effective team fromthe free-throw line, according to Th eNCCA News.

But the team did not seem to beconcerned with "h onors." W ebbsaid that they are determined tobring the national championshiptrophy back to Mercyhurst Col-lege, v

The team leaves for North Da-kota next Wednesday at 4 p.m.and they will be followed by a"fan van" w hich will depart at 3a.m. Thursday morning. Any stu-dents interested in supporting theteam can contact coach Webb at824-2559.

Women's Basketball- "J.K.J. Inc." |Jennifer Rooth, Katie Fox and Jennifer Porac

Men's Basketball- StaffMatt Nesser, Jim Webb and Corey Taylor

Men's Ice Hockey- "Spanks"Rich and Fran Rodowicz, Matt Berani, BrianCote, Mark Johnston, Todd Hengerer, MattWalters and Dave Matucci.

* Co-ed Volleyball entry form deadline March21st, noon.

•Golf lessons for students/ faculty/ staff.

•Call Coach Demyanoviteh at Ext 2221.

The Lady Laker lacrosse team will play theirfirst game of the season against St. Bonaventure onSaturday at 2 p.m. on the field behind the Ice Center.



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Two years ago a brash collec-tion of Mercyhurst hockey play-ers traveled to Bemidji, Minne-sota to battle the Beavers of

Bemidji S tate. The resu lt was anawe-struck Laker squad that wa sswept in their first NC AA Divi-sion II Gnal.

Yet this year's dub has alreadyachieved a historic mark, captur-ing their first ECAC W est Cham-pionship title, defeating theR.I.T.Tigers 9-2 at the Ice Center, Sun-day, March 5.

Mercyhurst advanced to the fi-

nal with a 5-4 thriller against the

Elmira Soaring Eagles, Friday,March 3.

The two-time defending NCAAchampions fa ce a different Lak erhockey team that has been builtaround depth."I can remember getting thecall

from Pete Russo two years ago

saying we were in the NCAA'sand going to Bem idji," saidHeadCoach Rick Gotkin. "I know a lotof us in our minds felt like thatwasa major accomplishment andI think a lot of us forgot that wecould still go up there and maybewin two games and be nationalchamps. We just weren't ready to

do i f | I £ ' f g a mThemood on the team has lead

Gotkin to believe that this mighthis team's year."They seemed as focused today

as they did for the ECAC playoffsI think that this team really wantsit," he said. "Bemidji has a greatteam and they're going to be a

great opponent, they are the two-time defending national

champs."i Bemidji St defeated the Wis-

consin-Stevens Point Pointers to

win the Northern ColegiateHockey Association led by Divi-sion II First Team All-Star CraigMatatall. (20-28-48)

The Lakers (23-1-2) capturedtheir own conference champion-ship behind a balanced scoringeffort ledjby freshman TrevorBrandt f m ! ',;

Brandt had a hat trick and six

other Lakers scored in the fina le.Craig MacDonald, John

Evangelista, Mike Pattison, Jon

Johnson, Kevin McKinnon, and

Chris Morgan contributed single

goals.Brandt deflected a shot past

Chris Desso at 17:51 to completethe three-goal effort

"R.I.T., everybody expectedthem to give us a really good go,they are theonly team that beatusthis year," said Brand t "But ev-eryone picked itup and wanted to

win and we showed our depth."MacDonald and Evangelista's

goals 49 seconds apart sparkedthe six-goal second period.

"Once Craig M acDonald scoredthe goal pretty much burst theirbubble and gave us a little kick of

momentum," said Gotkin.The R.I.T. team, recovering

from food poisoning, might have

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capturing the ECAC W est drown

been feeling the effects as theyfell behind 8-0 before RandyCheynowski scored at 14:55 of

die third, f : | | &Barber stopped 25 shots in the

victory.In the semi-final game against

the Soaring Eag les, the infusionof McKinnon did not unsettle theLakers' 16-game unbeaten streakheading into the ECAC Champi-onship a

McKinnon, paired with Mor-gan and Scott MacDonald, was

pivotal in the Elmira victory.The Fort Erie native tallied

twice, includ ing scoring the game-winner at 15:30 of the third pe-

riod.He streaked into the Elmira zone

and forced the defenseman KyleKirkpatrick to turn over the puckto the right of goalie Bryan Musa.

McKinnon converted the give-away, wristing a shot over the

right shoulder of Musa."He (Kirkpatrick) was carrying

the puck and stumbled, I took the

puck and slid into the slot andtried to pull h imover," he said. '1used Kirkpatrick as a screen andI'm not sure he (Musa) saw i t"

McKinnon also scored the

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fourth Laker goal to even the

game. Jeremy Baker's secondgoal of he period staked the Soar-ing Eagles to a one-goal lead.

"In the back of my head I wasthinking crash the net and Musaleft a rebound in front," he said. "I

Bryce Bohun scored twice inthe first period and* CraigMacDonald chipped in a goal inthe second frame off of a JustinProud point sho t

According to Gotkin,McKinnon might be the differ-ence in the series against Bemidji.

"To have him, the weapon thathe is and to have him available a tany situation could be the key tothis thing," he said. "He had avery goodiweekend, as did histeammates."

In goal, the Lakers' Scott Bar-

ber is another key player.The ECAC West All-Star and

Player of the Y ear, turned aside54 shots in the tourney and in thefinal minute preserved the vic-tory with a series of saves againstElmira.

"He made some of the saves he

made against Elmira were abso-lutely incredible," saidlCoachGotkin. "He made somebig savesearly against R.I.T. when we hadto have them . Scott Barber gaveus great goal tending both gamesthis past weekend.",

"All the awards are great, butI'll have time to reflect on them atthe end of he year," said Barber.'The NCAA's are more impor-tant" * §

Craig MacDonald and Proudwere named to the!Division II

All-Star team and Barber was asecond team selection.

"Playing here is a real big ad-vantage we haven't lost here, "said Barber. "Taking a road triptakes a lot off of you, but now

we're athome and it is a big edgefor us." H "

The NCAA Finals, Friday andSaturday, are slated for 7:30 p.m.Both games will be heard onWMCE88.5FM. I

J.V. HOCKEY IN CBAMPIIONSHIP LOSS |After beating Cortland State 5-3 in the semi-final of th e

Eastern Collegiate Hockey league championship the J.V. hockeyteam lost 4-2 in a fiercely contested game against the Universityof Buffalo.

Brian Pazden, Jim Rennicks, Brett A twood, Mark Fisherand Brian Cote scored in the first game while Jason Lewis andMark Fisher registered in the seconD. |

"We were really looking forward to the playoffs going in

but we just came up a bit short. We couldn't put the puck intothe net and it was dissapointing but I think we still had a greatseason,** said team captain Lou Vise Hi

MEN'S B-BALL TEAM WINS lAST-GAMEThe men's basketball team finally laid a dissapointing

season to rest when they beat ColumbiafUnion89-78.Craig Young dunked and Damon Sterling jammed to put

the Lakers into an eight point lead by half time.*This lead was extended in the second half to secure a solid

11 point victory. W? | |

Seniors Todd Filipkowski and Damon Sterling werehonored before the earner

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H o l d t h a t t h o u g h t " P l a y i n g " w i t h s e x u a l . h a r a s s m e n t

By Heather MarshallMerciadStaff Columnist

There were five of us, piledinto my small car to make thelegendary trek to C leveland tosee yet another show. On thisparticular balmy Monday night,we were on our way to seeDigable Planets at the Odeon.After some rest stops and a fewspeeding scares, we arrived atdieOdeon, which is in the Flats in downtown Cleveland. It can holdabout 600 people, but on this particular night there were about 500people. The Odeon is set up so that no matter where you stand you>can see everything on stage. Not to mention-that the stage isbasically thesame level as the crowd, so you feel really dose to theband themselves.

The opening band, Spearhead, played many old covers as well assome of their own songs. They got the crowd in the mood with theirthumping beats and energetic vibe. They have the potential to be asbig as Diga ble in the future.

It seemed to take an eternity for Digable to take the stage aftermany sound checks and instrument checks. Finally the band was on,and DJ Jazzy Joyce, warmed upthe crowd even more by introducinguiejazz band and finally ntroducing Digable Planets themselves:Doodlebu g, Butterfly and Ladybug. They took the stage and startedplaying many hits from their most recent album, Blowout Comb, aswell as favorites from heir previous album reachin

9. Some songs

off the new album they covered were "9th Wonder," "Dial 7" and"Dog It" But the best songs off the most recent album that theyperformed we re Graffiti, w hich involved th e entire crowd and goteven the most tired person dancing and "Jettin\" The DigablePlanets played a rousing version of "Jettin\" complete with a basssolo by their bassist, which kept you hanging on until the very endof the epic-like song.

Off the previous album, Digab le played such favorites as "JimmiDiggin Cats" and "Examination of What" Thebest performancesoffthat album came with "Nickel Bags" and "Rebirth of Slick (co ollike dat)." "Nickel Bags'* was a real favorite of the crowd and alt*around us people were chanting in time with the music. Of course"Rebirth ofSlick"would be a hit, and Digable did an evenbetter jobof making it one of the best songs played the entire nigh tI All of thosewhowent along with me agreed that the jazz band w aswhat really made the sound that night at the Odeon. It was theirsound that brought the quality of he show upa couple o f notches andmade the show have true CD quality. Al though their loud p ercussionand horns emphasized points in the songs that would not have beenheard on any CD. .

DJ Jazzy Joyce allowed the band members to take a break whileshe put on her own amazing performance which left most of the

crowd in aw e. She energized the crowd with her exciting, rewed -

up stage presence and her technique of ripping up some great oldschool cuts such as Run DMC and LL Cool J.All put together, this show was excellent With the jazz band, DJ

Jazzy Joyce and the band m embers all worked together in perfecttime. They never slipped-up or made any mistakes and all on stageseemed to work together and played well off one another. It wasdefinitely a perfect combination o f fresh styles, mellow vibes, and a

very relaxed atmosphere, lentby the Odeon. Everyone who attendedwas treated to a cool atmosphere and a chance to groove to one ofthe better bands that I have seen.

Angelo concertThe Alliance for the MentallyDl ofErie County and Mercy hurst

College Center for Justice andMental Health Issues, in conjunc-tion with theD'AngeloSchool ofMusic, will present a concert ofThe Mu sic of Robert Schumann.

A narrative on the life ofSchumann and his music will bepresented on Sunday, March 19at 2:30 p.m. in the Zurn RecitalHall. Schumann, who was one ofthe major composers of the Ro-mantic Period, suffered most ofhis adult life from mental illness ,

and yet continued to be very pro-ductive and composed some ofthe world's finest music.

Dr. Albeit Glinsky, facultymemberofthe D'Angelo School,will present a narrative concern-ing Schumann's life and his men-tal health. Faculty and students oftheD'Angelo School will presentmusic which will include the pi-ano concerto, the piano trio, worksfor violin andgpiano, cello andpiano, songs and vocal duets.Admission to this concert is free.

Anne M. SchleicherFeatures! A&E editor

Look, I don't agree with it butI watched it and was angered..'

David Mamet's Oleanna, nowrunning at the RoadhouseTheater for Contemporary Art,is a thought provoking play thattwists and manipulates modern Iconceptions of sexual harass-ment

Power, gender, miscommuni-cation — these issues are someof the hot topics of the day andMamet isn't afraid to jump right

h into the discourse. | |Oleoma tells the story of

John, a soon-to-be-tenuredprofessor at a University,played by Scott McClelland,and Carol, a confused student ofJohn's, played b y JamieCampbell in her debut actingperformance.

The play begins w ith Carolsitting in John's office attempt-ing to discover why she is doingso poorly in his class. Shecomes to the conclusion that she• is stupid and unable to compre-hend the cryptic text that Johnhas written and that the class isreading.

^Seemingly innocent conversa-tion and platonic ph ysicalcontact become the b asis of anescalating accusation of sexualharassment by Carol. The"authorities'' are appealed to forjudgment and John is left in theposition of defending his everyaction. So confident andeasygoing in the beginning,John becomes the epitome ofthe male ego as he must revertto his physical prowess to retainany control of the situation.

Mamet's depiction of thesetwo characters is pitiful. Carol,an unsophisticated and naiveyoung woman, becomes

ridiculous as she -loses anyvoice sh e may have developedand becomes a microphone for"the group" that convinces herthat she is being abused. Onewonders if Carol has anyinkling that it really isn't Johnwho i s abusing her but thissacred "group''. What sort of

SprinThere will be four more Films

for Discussion in the Spring '95

Series. The films are screenedTuesday nights with a filmintroduction beginning at 7p.m., followed by the film andthe discussion.

The remainder of the scheduleincludes:

March 21 — ApocalypseNow, directed by Francis FordCoppola. It is being show n as acompanion to the study o fConrad's Heart of Darkness inMercyhurst Honor classes. T hefilm is loosely based onConrad's book and on the

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commentary is Mamet makingabout the very real instances ofabuse and harassment? Are thewomen who make suchaccusations all such ditzes?

And John, what sort ofprofessor in the "90s* is reallydumb enough to continue toinvite such an overreactivestudent into his chambers.without anyone else presentafter such a claim has beenofficially filed? Are all suchsuits ridiculous? Can miscom-munication ever b e comp letely 1eliminated between the sexes,between those with and those

without the power? What doesit mean to understand? What isour essential humanity? Howare individuals swayed by grouppressure? Are there anyindividuals today?

Question after question, Ihave my answers, for now. Butdon't take my word for it Getoff your duff and open yourmind. Directed by Kim Mc thisshow is a must see. The show

runs through March 24 and

tickets can be reserved bycalling the box office at 456-5656.

films startedVietnam War. Lisa Landers andAmy D'Angelo of the?

Mercyhurst Honors programwhich is sponsoring the Glm,will do the introduction andlead the discussion.

March 28 — Barcelona,directed by Whit Stillman. It isbeing sponsored by the Spanishclasses of Alice Edward's, whowill introduce the film and leadthe discussion.

April 4 — Mrs. Parker andthe Vicious Circle, the story ofDorothy Parker and theAlgonquin Round Table. It willbe introduced by Joanne

McGurk o f the E nglish faculty,who will also lead the discus-

sion.April 11 — The WonderfulHorrible Life of LeniRiefen stahl, a documentarybuilt around her life. Directedby Ray M uller. It will beIintroduced by Chris Wloch ofAmnesty International and PhilRogers of the political sciencefaculty. They will a lso lead thediscussion. The film s spon-sored jointly by AmnestyInternational and Political

Science.

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