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Blood drive

supports student

Mayher sends the

weekly report from

Ireland

Womens hockey

stunned by Cornell

What do you

think of the

SpringFest band?

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Bendus accepts bitter-sweet honorH

elloUniversity Good

Highland SquareMINNEAPOLIS She had them all in tears.

As Mercyhurst junior Vicki Bendus stood at a podium

Saturday morning on the University of Minnesotas

campus to accept the top honor for a Division I

female college hockey player, she looked towardher teammates seated across the room.

I know the season didnt end up the way we

wanted, said Bendus, her voice breaking,

but be proud. Be proud of everything we

accomplished. It was a great year. Im

sorry.

Bendus, who became the first

Mercyhurst player in the

programs history to win thePatty Kazmaier Award this

weekend, had nothing to be

sorry for.

By Ethan MagocMultimedia Editor

Students and administration met on Thursday, March 18,

to enjoy mocktails, discuss issues affecting the college

community and find out what band will play at this years

Springfest.

The Mocktail Forum started with mocktails and

desserts and then a presentation by Mercyhurst College

Student Government Vice-President Santina Sgro. Sgro

discussed the Capital Campaign.

The Capital Campaign aims to benefit the students

by investing $50 million to the school over 10 years.

It does this by investing in the future and growing the

endowment. Sgro said that students are invited to

participate by donating money.

By Alicia CagleStaff writer

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NEWSPage 2 March 24, 2010

Hello university, goodbye Highland Square?Continued from page 1Students can vote to raise

the student activity fee, place

the donation on their bill, have

MSG donate with leftover

funds or make no contribution

at all. The money donated can

go toward whatever the student

body chooses, such as book

funds or scholarships.

Students may contact MSG

President Dinorah Sanchez forfurther questions or to give

feedback.

After discussing the Capital

Campaign, Mercyhurst College

President Dr. Thomas Gamble

spoke about the Highland

Square Apartments and Mercy-

hurst becoming a university.

I want to let you know, I

apologize, Gamble said with

regard to the apartments.He called the housing unaccept-

able and provided two options to

fix it. The first option is to knock

the housing down. This option

will cost the school about $22

million and will take one to two

years. This means students will

temporarily have to live in quads

on Briggs and Lewis.

The second option is to reno-

vate the buildings and replace

items including the windows and

carpeting. This option would be

completed by fall 2010.

The Board of Trustees will

decide between the two options

at their meeting in April.

Gamble then discussed the

transition to university status.A college is an institution that

does one thing and a university

is an institution that does mul-

tiple things, Gamble said. A uni-

versity includes an adult school,

associate degrees, baccalaureate

degrees and graduate degrees.

According to Gamble, Mer-

cyhurst College is already set up

like a university but without the

title. The university status wouldbe an umbrella that covers all

of the schools within it.

Those working on this want

to stabilize the undergraduate

part of Mercyhurst but increase

the graduate studies.

Becoming a university will also

give Mercyhurst easier recogni-

tion internationally. In Canada

and Europe, high schools are

considered colleges.

According to Gamble, call-

ing Mercyhurst a university will

give the college community the

potential to grow in certain

respects, and students can make

the decision whether this is a

good idea or not.

Two freshmen who attendedthe forum had positive reactions

to the issues the administration

addressed.

I believe becoming a uni-

versity will give Mercyhurst the

respect that it truly deserves and

give it the advertisement it needs

to expand beyond Erie, fresh-

man Elizabeth Mordenga said.

Freshman Senator Caitlin

Handerhan said, The forumaddressed many key issues

facing administration, and it is

always important to give stu-

dents not only the opportunity

to voice their views, but also all

of the information.

When I asked many of my

constituents how they felt about

the capital campaign, few of

them even knew what the cam-

paign entailed. I think the forum

provided a relaxed setting to ask

questions and get all the infor-

mation.

At the end of the forum, the

Springfest band was announced.

On Friday, May 7, Hellogood-

bye will be performing in the

Mercyhurst Athletic Center.I am so excited that Hello-

goodbye is coming to Mercy-

hurst, freshman Jeremy Dickey

said. When they announced

the band, I was giddy like a

school girl.

Freshman Brittany Jones said,

Ive listened to the band for a

couple of years now and never

got the chance to see them in

concert. Im super excited aboutthe choice.

Handerhan agreed with

Jones.

Hellogoodbye is such a great

Springfest choice, Handerhan

said. The reaction from stu-

dents when it was announced

was overwhelming.

Springfest will take place Friday,

May 7, and Saturday, May 8.

Tickets for Hellogoodbye will

be free to Mercyhurst students

and will be available prior to the

concert.

MSG ElectionCandidates

President: Santina Sgro

Vice President: Meghan Hess

Secretary: James Gallagherand Amber Schaefer

Treasurer: Patrick Garvin

Vote Wednesday, March 24,

and Thursday March 25,

at msg.mercyhurst.edu.

Online

NewsArticle

Actor, poverty activist

speaks at Hurst

Clean Air Rally

Friday, March 26

5 to 6:15 p.m.

Contact Dr. Anne

Zaphiris for more

information

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NEWS Page 3March 24, 2010

A blood drive will take place on campus next

week to benefit Mercyhurst College sophomoreEthan Johns.

In January Johns was diagnosed with acute

promyelocytic leukemia, a highly treatable formof cancer of the blood and bone marrow.

He had to medically withdraw from the col-

lege for the winter term, but he is back forspring term and will be continuing treatmentfor the next two years.

During this time, Johns may become a candi-date for a bone marrow transplant.

In order to help replenish the reserves Johns

uses during his treatment, a blood drive willtake place on Wednesday, March 31, from 9a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Herrmann Student Union

Great Room.Students who donate blood are able to join

the Be the Match RegistrySm, which is part of

the National Marrow Donor Program.To join this program, students need to com-

plete paperwork and give a sample mouthswab.

This is a chance to support both the Erie andMercyhurst community and a way to show sup-port for Johns.

Appointments to donate blood can be sched-uled online at centralbloodbank.org using thesponsor code ZRTN0627.

Walk-ins are also welcome at the blood

drive.The blood drive is sponsored by the Central

Blood Bank and the National Security Club(NSC) with help from Mercyhurst CompetitiveIntelligence Club (MCIC).

The non-profit organization, Central BloodBank, supplies blood and transfusion servicesto 40 hospitals in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West

Virginia.Identification is required to donate blood.For more information, e-mail Alex Falatovich

at [email protected].

By Alaina Rydzewski

A&E editor

Blood drive to support student

Intelligence Studies majors learn to detect lies

Its a bad idea to lie to Mer-

cyhurst College Intelligence stu-dents. On Saturday, March 20,hundreds of students learned

how to detect lies from decep-tion expert Frank Marsh.

Frank Marsh has taught

deception detection, intelligence

analysis, critical thinking andother classes to intelligence and

law enforcement professionalsall over the world.

Marsh filled Saturdays lec-

tures, called 3D POW:Danger Damage DeceptionPower of Words with jokes

and hands-on case studies toengage students. The lecturesprovided Mercyhursts future

intelligence analysts with tech-niques on how to determine ifsomeone is lying by looking at

body language, verbal and writ-ten statements.

The words we people use

to deceive are the very wordsthat give them away, Marshsaid.

According to Marsh, 90-95percent of deception is omis-sion. The omission of words,

especially pronouns, is an easyway to detect deception. Someother ways to spot deception are

bad grammar, inconsistencies in word choice and the inclusionof explanations and unimport-

ant information.For those students enter-ing law enforcement, Marsh

included specific techniques todetect violence.

Silence equals violence. With

more adrenaline, a person canthear. That is the most danger-ous time, Marsh said.

Another important tech-nique in detecting deception

is body language. If peoplechange their body language orstep away when answering aspecific question, they are most

likely lying or sensitive to thetopic. Conflicts in body lan-

guage, like a suspect nodding

his head during an adamantdenial of murder, are blatant

signs of lying.Director of the Undergradu-

ate Intelligence Studies pro-

gram Dave Grabelski worked

with Marsh at the National

Drug Intelligence Center and isresponsible for bringing him to

Mercyhurst. Grabelski said hehopes to bring Marsh back toMercyhurst.

Many students in Grabelskis

law enforcement class expressedinterest in hearing Marsh again,and even participating in an 8-

hour class on deception.Wound into the lecture were

two concepts familiar to Mercy-

hursts intelligence students: theimportance of communicationskills and the benefit of con-

tinually asking questions.We must understand that

everything we do and dont do

communicates something, evenwhen we are not saying or doingit, Marsh said early on in the

three-hour lecture. Throughout the lecture

Marsh reminded the audience,

especially those members who work as police officers, aboutthe harmful power of negative

thinking and the effect workingwith murder, sexual assault and

other horrible cases can have ona person.

The thoughts you think aremore important than anything

you say to anyone else, Marshsaid.

By JoEllen Marsh

Editor-in-chief

Deception expert Frank Marsh spoke to Mercyhurst College

Intelligence students on Saturday, March 20.

Ethan Johns photo

Mercy Week EventsMarch 24-26

Wednesday:Luncheon celebrating

Womens History Month11:30 a.m. to 1p.m.

Student UnionGreat Room

Friday:Wellness Fair

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Student UnionGreat Room

24-Hour Fast 5 p.m. Friday to 5 p.m. Saturday


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After several family deaths and months of

not working, Christine Dimperio answered

a phone call from Mercyhurst College in

1994.

In spite of concerns about interacting

with students, she accepted the part-time

job at Mercyhurst and told her husband,

Maybe the voice of God is talking to me.

Sixteen years later, Christine Dimperio is

retiring from her position as nurse director

of the Cohen Student Health Center. Of astaff team that has worked together for 15

years, Dimperio will be the first to retire.

As nurse director, Dimperio supervises

day-to-day operations and performs both

administrative and clinical duties.

Over the years, Dimperio has taken over

50,000 temperatures, handed out roughly

150,000 ibuprofen, and, despite having no

children of her own, mothered 64,000 sick

students.

Those staggering numbers do not indi-

cate monotony, however. Everything is not

the run-of-the-mill sore throats, Dimperio

said. Sometimes everything can be weird.

In fact, Dimperio sometimes teases stu-dents about meeting in Egan to organize

stump the nurse day.

Additionally, changes in privacy acts and

privacy regulations keep daily operations

interesting. Every day is a learning experi-

ence, she said.

Although the majority of cases fall under

upper respiratory conditions, Dimperio also

sees many sinus infections, gastrointestinal

bacteria and sports injuries. Still, the health

center staff stays up-to-date on diagnosticprocedures for those students who stump

the nurse with uncommon conditions.

According to Dimperio, contact with stu-

dents is the most rewarding and most diffi-

cult aspect of her job. You get attached to

them so quickly, she said, and you hate to

give someone bad news.

The second best part of her job was

working on the campus schedule. We need

those breaks to recharge our batteries, she

said

Its been a fun journey, Dimperio said,

and it was a hard decision to retire.

In retirement, Dimperio will volunteer at

local charities, baby her pet dog and travelwith her husband. This fall she plans to travel

to Arizona, but first she wants to spend her

summer fulfilling the most important item

on her to-do list.

Im going to pull out the lawn chair and

watch the clouds roll by, she said.

FEATURES March 24, 2010

By Jennifer McCurdyStaff writer Online...

Merciad.Mercyhurst.

edu/Features

Sophomore nomi-

nated for presti-gious scholarship

Video Game

of the Week:

Cube Field

An Erieite Appetite:

Barbatos

We just began our third week

of classes in Dungarvan, Ire-

land.

So far its unbelievably busy.

Our study abroad started with

a warm welcome when the citymayor and other city officials

met us at the airport and took

us out for an Irish breakfast.

We then received the keys to

our townhouses, where we were

provided with food and toilet-

ries in our rooms courtesy of

Dungarvan.

The following day we had an

official civic reception at the

city council office with the U.S.deputy Ambassador, along with

other officials. After the recep-

tion the mayor invited us to a

pub with an open bar.

We attended a concert by

Christy Moore, an Irish folk

singer. At the concert, Christy

paused and welcomed Mercy-

hurst to Ireland. After the con-

cert the Mayor of Cappoquin,

the city where the concert was

held, hosted all 26 of us at a pub

and treated us to an open bar.Tom Keith, our professor for

Irish Culture class, has taken us

around the city to show us local

mass graves from the time of

the potato famine. He also took

us to a nearby Gaeltacht region

(Irish-speaking area).

Keith then took us to Ard-

more, a beautiful seaside town,

which was a 5th century monas-

tic settlement, and then to Lis-more castle.

The first full weekend we

were here, the mayor took us to

a hurling match, which is a very

intense, fast sport.

On St. Patricks Day we went

to Mass where students led the

procession and served as lectors.

We then marched in a parade

through the city and were again

welcomed by clapping and

the playing of Star-Spangled

Banner.The luck of the Irish has been

with us; the weather has been

very nice. It has only rained for

two or three days, and then nor-

mally clears up pretty quickly.

We only have class Monday

through Thursday, so we can

travel on the weekends.

Many of us have taken a bus

to the second largest city in the

country, Cork, and had a greattime there. Others went to

Waterford, and some travelled

to Scotland for the weekend.

We will go as a group to

Dublin this weekend, then spend

Easter in Paris. Others are plan-

ning trips to Germany, Croatiaand possibly Italy. Ill travel with

two other students to Barcelona

for a few days.

Our first three weeks here

were unreal. We are balancing

classes along with exploration.

It is only going to get moreinteresting.

Stay tuned for more updates.

By Andrew MayherContributing writer

Junior dance

major Receives

NDA Award

Page 4

Your weekly report from Dungarvan, Ireland

Students experience pubs, parades, pints of Guinness

150,000 ibuprophen prescriptions later, nurse Dimperio retires

Students in Ireland participated in a St. Patricks Day parade

in which they represented Mercyhurst College.

Contributed photo

Nurse Dimperio will retire after 16 years

of mothering sick students at the CohenHealth Center.

Ethan Magoc photo


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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Page 5March 24, 2010

A&E online

merciad.mercyhurst.eduMercy Week exhibit opens

A photography exhibit documenting the poorest places onearth bu Paul Jeffery opened in the west alcove in Old Main.

There is hope for Angels & Airwaves

With Blink-182s Tom DeLonge as lead singer/guitarist,Angels & Airwaves hopes to impress old and new fans.

Hamlet exposes murder, love and insanityBy Megan DuaneStaff writer

An Education tells a

story of growing up

As a student in the wonderful

world of academia, you, someone

you know or society at large will

eventually ask: OK, youve made

it this far, now what are you goingto do with the rest of your life?

Whether this involves fur-

thering your education, getting

a job or starting a family, the

expectations of those around

you and your expectations of

yourself will have to be taken

into account. But sometimes

something will happen in our

lives that will take these plans

and reverse them.

An Education, this weeksaddition to the Guelcher Film

Series, grasps this idea and runs

with it. Anyone whos ever been

a teenager can easily identify

with the protagonist, 16-year-

old Jenny (Carey Mulligan),

who is desperately anticipating

the day she can remove herself

from her familys conserva-

tive chokehold and escape to

Oxford. She is energetic and

smart, and anyone whos evenslightly in tune with boy-meets-

girl plotlines knows that this is

a recipe for disaster.

Enter our devastatingly hand-

some, albeit slimy antagonist,

David (Peter Sarsgaard). Like

any good boy who sees a girl he

likes, David approaches Jenny

when shes lugging her cello,

and they engage in an animated

conversation on British com-poser Edward Elgar.

David is everything Jennys life

lacks he is charming and wise

of worldly ways, chivalrous, atten-

tive and has a tantalizing knowl-

edge of a world into which Jenny

is only beginning to dip a toe.

David spirits Jenny off to art

auctions and concerts, feeding

her curiosities in strategically

concocted bites. Surprisingly

enough, Jennys stodgy par-

ents are enamored with David

as well, and are hopeful he can

advance their daughter through

cutthroat Victorian-era Britain.

But unlike your typical

romance, with the predictablefight, breakup and miraculous,

who-woulda-thought reconcil-

iation, An Education takes a

radically different course, high-

lighting its light-hearted nature.

Jenny and the audience both

are gradually shown Davids

true colors, an inevitable pro-

cess which Sarsgaard masterfully

and believably delivers. Jenny is

unique in her awareness, how-

ever, still clinging to her desire

for that unknown and alluring

world of which David has only

shown her a glimpse.

She is determined to see this

education through to the very

end, despite any personal orsocietal consequences. For the

audience, this means an ending

which shouldnt be missed.

An Education shows in

the Mary DAngelo Performing

Arts Center today at 2:15 and

7:15 p.m. Tickets are free for

Mercyhurst students with ID.

By Kathleen VogtleStaff writer

In the next Metropolitan

Opera Simulcast presented

at Mercyhurst Colleges Mary

DAngelo Performing Arts

Center (PAC), there is a clearconnection between music and

literature.

The opera Hamlet, com-

posed by Ambroise Thomas in

1868 with the help of French

librettists Michel Carre and Jules

Barbier, was inspired by Shake-

speares tragedy of Hamlet,

Prince of Denmark.

Following is a breakdown of

what happens in the opera.

Act I: Just a little after the

death of King Hamlet, wid-

owed Queen Gertrude remar-

ries Hamlets brother, Claudius.

The ghost of his father haunts

Prince Hamlet and tells him he

was murdered by Claudius and

demands that Hamlet avengehis murder.

Act II: Ophelia, Hamlets

lover, attends court and sees that

Hamlet is acting distant. Hamlet

arranges a play to be performed

at court to bring out the guilt of

Claudius and Gertrude for the

murder of the King.

Claudius erupts in anger and

Hamlet takes the crown from

his head in an act of disre-

spect.

Act III: Hamlet tells Oph-

elia he no longer loves her and

tells her to join a convent. Oph-

elia leaves in complete distress.

Hamlet then approaches his

mother regarding the role she

played in his fathers murder.She begs for forgiveness and the

ghost of the king returns to talk

to Hamlet.

Act IV: driven by the grief of

her fathers death and the loss

of her lover, Ophelia descends

into madness.

Act V: Upon realizing the

tragedy that had taken place

while he was away, Hamlet seeks

vengeance for the death of his

father.

The single, most-talked-about

moment in Hamlet is Ophe-

lias mad scene. Its passion and

drama is thought of as one of

the greatest moments in opera.

In this MET production,

Ophelia will be played bysoprano Marlis Petersen.

The stage will be shared by

Jennifer Lamore (Gertrude),

Toby Spence (Laertes), James

Morris (Claudius) and Simon

Keenlyside (as Hamlet).

The simulcast will take place

on Saturday, March 27, at 1 p.m.

Tickets are $15 for Mercyhurst

students with ID.

Hamlet will be simulcast at

the PAC on Saturday, March

27, at 1 p.m.

Contributed photo

An Education, a coming-of-age romance, will play at the PAC

on Wednesday at 2:15 and 7:15 p.m.

Contributed photo


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Online Opinion Articles...

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By Devin Ruic

Staff writer

I like to think I have areputation of being an optimistic writer. I try to give the readerssome glimmer of hope whentrying to relate to the issues thatmost college students are dealingwith daily. It is not always easyand I was not always that way.

There was a time in my life,

an actual specific moment, thatI hit rock bottom. I thought mylife was over and I had enoughof the constant struggle dayin and day out to try to findthe silver lining of my patheticstory.

I was 18 years old. I was sick,no one knew how to fix me andI was losing a lot of weight, allthe while trying to continue withmy basketball season. It was theholiday tournament. It was half-

time. I spent the majority of mycoachs pep talk in the bathroomthrowing up whatever was left

in my deflated stomach. When Icame out, they told me I wouldnot be starting the second half.

I was furious. I stormed outof the locker room and went tomy mom, who was teary-eyed inthe stands. She had nothing leftto say to me because she knew Iwasnt quitting.

I finally got my coaches to letme play, probably because theywere scared of me. I remember

feeling like I was running under water. I remember trying toshoot a three-pointer, and thenit goes dark.

I passed out and was carriedoff the floor. When I cameto, I was scared, confused andnauseous. I tried to run to thebathroom and I will neverforget how I felt crumpled upin that bathroom stall. I hadenough. I was done. It was the

lowest point of my short life

as I gripped the toilet seat. Ifelt powerless. I quit that day. Icouldnt continue living that way

and I was depressed.I have been healthy for a while

now, and I felt the need to sharethis part of my life because ittook this horrible memory ofmy childhood ending to get meto look at what I have.

I appreciate most thingsdifferently because, for a while,I had no idea how bad my healthwas and no idea what was goingto happen to me. I choose to

look on the bright side becausefor so long all I had was a terribleoutlook.

Life doesnt always go asplanned. There are a lot ofthings out of your control andthere is no way of telling thestruggles that lie ahead. You canlearn from the obstacles youhave overcome or let them bluryour vision for the rest of yourlife.

The choice is yours.

By Jordan

Zangaro

Opinion Editor

A few weeks ago I proposeda different form of health carereform. Sunday night, almostat the stroke of midnight, theHouse Health Care Reform Billpassed by a margin of 219-212.

This means that the proclaimedhistoric (and, more confusing)civil rights legislation passedwith 50.812% of the vote in theHouse of Representatives.

Democrats spoke about theirfight to pass it, stating that onlyDemocratic Party members hadstriven for the much-talked-about change President BarackObama promised in his cam-paign. One man mentioned thatthe Democrats who voted forthe bill would be rewarded withre-election because they did so.

Again, the Health Care Reform

Bill was espoused as a great pieceof civil rights legislation.

histrionics From Dictionary.comnoun (used with a singularor plural verb)

1. Dramatic representation;theatricals; acting. 2. Behavioror speech for effect, as insincereor exaggerated expression of anemotion; dramatics; operatics.Above is the definition of his-

trionics, and yes, I am referring tothe way the House Health CareBill is being touted.At this point, there seems little

point to describe the particularfaults with a flawed bill; I havealready done so in multiplearticles.Also, there have been so many

changes in the bill that it is un-likely that a single one of theRepresentatives who voted for,

or against, the bill can hope totruly understand its effects.What can be written is the

question that ought to havebeen asked long before a vote

occurred: How will this bill beimplemented? Again, as it isunlikely that the House Repre-sentatives or any one of theirstaff truly understand the entirebill, who will be in charge ofimplementing its many changesto our health care and health careinsurance systems?The true effects of the Health

Care Reform Bill will not be

felt until it is signed and enacted,and then the true test of itsmettle will occur. It is likely, atleast to me, that the confusingand purposely long-winded na-ture of this bill will serve to ob-fuscate exactly what companiesand hospitals should do underits provisions, confusing thosewho need to know, and furthercomplicating the processes we gothrough to obtain health care.

Truly, as we discovered againSunday night, the road to Hellcan be paved with even the bestof intentions.

Health care reform reaction

Optimism through struggle

Crashing into the futureWe all have moments in our lives that we

wish we could just take back. Victoria

Gricks is no different. Read about how

one mistake changed her life and what

she has taken from the experience.

This I Believe:

Hobbies relieve undeniable stressAdam Burks discusses the pressure every student feels

during the academic school year and how it is important

to find things to ease your mind.


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Sports Page 7March 24, 2010

Womens hockey stunned by Cornell

This one stung.

Mercyhurst Colleges womens

hockey team ended its season

with a 3-2 loss to Cornell Uni-

versity Friday night at the Uni-

versity of Minnesotas Ridder

Arena in the semifinals.

This years early exit from theFrozen Four came on the heels

of 2009s 5-0 loss to Wisconsin

in the championship game at

Boston.

But the loss to Cornell was

much different, and arguably

more bitter, for the Lakers.

Mercyhurst came into the

Frozen Four as the No. 1 seed,

having earned the nations top

ranking for nearly 20 total weeksduring the season and carrying a

30-2-3 overall record.

On paper, the Lakers appeared

impenetrable.

At the 6:30 mark of Fridays

first period, though, Cornell

freshman defenseman Laura

Fortino poked the first hole in

Mercyhursts defense when she

popped a rebound past sopho-

more netminder Hillary Patten-den for a 1-0 Big Red lead.

I think we had a lot of

nerves going into it and were

bobbling pucks, junior forward

Jesse Scanzano said.

In its most important game

of the season, Mercyhurst came

out flat for much of the first

period.

Cornell won the battle in

shots on goal, 13-7, and, mostimportantly, held the countrys

top offense scoreless.

They were definitely pressur-

ing really hard, Scanzano said.

One Laker line woke up

during the second period.

Junior Kylie Rossler scored

unassisted, near the games

midway point to tie the game at

one.

The (Meghan) Corbett-

Rossler line played unbeliev-

ably tonight, getting two huge

goals and really helping us get

momentum back, junior for-

ward Vicki Bendus said.

Two minutes later, Rossler

fed linemate Corbett a centering

pass from the boards.

With just two goals coming

into the game, the sophomorefrom Winnipeg, Manitoba,

seemed an unlikely hero to give

her team its most important lead

of the season.

But Corbett did just that,

one-timing Rosslers pass past

Cornell goaltender Amanda

Mazzotta.

Both teams clamped down

defensively in the third period.

Cornell and Mercyhurst tookjust nine total shots.

Junior Karlee Overguards

point-blank attempt was the

only one that mattered for Cor-

nell, as she tied the game with

13 minutes remaining.

That shot would ultimately

save Cornells season and help

to send Mercyhurst home a day

early.

Junior Ashley Cockell received

an elbowing minor with two

minutes and 59 seconds remain-

ing in regulation, effectively

ending any chance of a late

Laker game-winner.

With help from her team-

mates on the Mercyhurst pen-

alty kill, which held Cornell

scoreless in six man-advantage

attempts, Cockell escaped fromthe box with the score still 2-2.

They (this years team) kind

of fly by the seat of their pants,

Mercyhurst coach Michael Sisti

said. They have been sloppy

from time to time.

With just under seven min-

utes to play in the first overtime,

Cornell capitalized on a Laker

defensive lapse during a 2-on-1.

As Cornells Amber Over-guard ran interference on

Mercyhursts lone defense-

man, freshman Samantha Watt,

Cornell sophomore Catherine

White streaked toward Patten-

den and went to the backhand.

The Laker goaltender denied

Whites first attempt with her

left pad, one of 27 total saves.

The puck hit Pattenden and

it just seeped out there, White

said.

And just before Corbett could

clear the puck from the crease,

White swept it under a sprawl-

ing Pattenden for the win.

I cant even explain the emo-

tion I hadto beat the number

one ranked team in the coun-

try, Catherine White said.

After a short video review,officials confirmed the goal.

No one wants their season to

end this way, Scanzano said. It

definitely wasnt our best game.

Games over now, you know, so

nothing you can do.

Cornell went on to lose Sun-

days NCAA title game to Min-

nesota Duluth, 3-2, in triple

overtime.

While Mercyhursts loss hurts,each of the Lakers appears ready

to use this stunning ending as

motivation to finally capture

a championship at the 2011

Frozen Four, which they will

host at Tullio Arena.

If (this loss) is what it takes

for us to learn a lesson to be

successful next year, Bendus

said, then I guess it will be

worth it.

By Ethan MagocMultimedia editor

Cornell Universitys sophomore Catherine White sweeps the puck under sophomore goaltenderHillary Paddenden to seal the 3-2 overtime victory over the Lakers.

Ethan Magoc photo

Bendus

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award

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Though her team made an

early exit from the Frozen

Four on Friday night with a

3-2 overtime loss to Cornell,

Bendus did have plenty of

reasons to be proud.

With 65points in 36

games, she

tied teammate

junior Jesse

S c a n z a n o

and Division

I Minnesota

D u l u t h s

Emmanuelle Blais, a senior,

for the nations scoring lead.

Not bad for a five-foot-one, 117-pound player

who was once passed over

by some college coaches

because of her size.

During the college

recruiting process, not every

team was willing to take a

chance on me, Bendus said

at the podium. But Coach

(Michael) Sisti thought that

my head and my heart wouldmake up for what I lack in

size, which is quite a bit.

She beat out the nations

seventh-leading scorer, New

Hampshire senior Kelly

Patton, and Noora Rty, a

Minnesota freshman goal-

tender who missed parts of

the season while competing

at the Winter Olympics.

I think she would tradethis honor for winning the

national championship,

Sisti said. Thats just the

kind of person she is..

(The Cornell loss) still

hurts a ton, Bendus said

after the award ceremony.

Id give anything to be able

to go back and win that

game.

Vicki BendusEthan Magoc photo


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Laker LifeVisit merciad.mercyhurst.edu March 24, 2010

Ailey II to show off dance moves

Described as indefatigable,

virtuosic and relentlessly sexy

by the Los Angeles Times, Ailey

II is known for its vibrant and

impressive work.

Ailey II will appear at theMary DAngelo Performing

Arts Center (PAC) on Friday,

March 26, at 8 p.m. If past prec-

edent for the Ailey tradition

holds true, this will be a show

not to be missed.

Founded in 1974 by legend-

ary dance figure Alvin Ailey,

Ailey II is the second company

for the main Alvin Ailey Ameri-

can Dance Theatre, which wasfounded in 1958.

The work of Ailey II, like that

of the main Ailey Company,

fuses the ideals of African-

American cultural expression

and the American modern

dance tradition, especially in the

presentation of Alvins chore-

ography.

The original Ailey II

Company, known formerly

as Alvin Ailey Repertory

Ensemble, consisted of spe-

cially selected scholarship

students who had distin-

guished themselves while atThe Ailey School.

Today, Ailey II continues

the practice of exhibiting fresh

talent with its presentation of

spirited, energetic young dancers

and emerging choreographers.

As such, Ailey II offers unique

opportunities for young artists

to refine their technique while

gaining important performing

and teaching experience withthe company.

Alvin Ailey, born in Rogers,

Texas, in 1934, received most

of his formal dance train-

ing from exposure to modern

dance classes with Lester

Horton. This background in

Horton technique is appar-

ent in much of the movement

styles that appear in Alvins rep-

ertory works. Some of Alvins

work also pulls from his blood

memories of Texas, the blues,

spirituals and Gospel religious

tradition.

Former Ailey member Silvia

Waters has served as Artistic

Director for Ailey II since its

inception. The company has

flourished under her direc-

torship, becoming one of the

most popular dance com-

panies in the U.S. As led by

Waters, Ailey II combines a

rigorous touring schedule with

extensive community outreach

programs.

As was always important to Alvin in his day, Ailey II per-

forms repertoire from a variety

of choreographers in addition

to many works created by Alvin

himself. Repertory over the

years has included works by

such lauded dance figures as

Ulysses Dove, Lar Lubovitch

and Judith Jamison, the main

Ailey Companys current Artis-

tic Director.Tickets for the Ailey II per-

formance are $15 with a Mer-

cyhurst student ID and can

be purchased at the PAC box

office or by calling (814) 824-

3000.

By Sarah MastracolaStaff writer

Music students shine on the PAC stageStudents of the DAngelo

Department of Music got

a taste of the big stage this

weekend with the production

of Opera Pops and Sizzles.

The show was presented on

Friday and Saturday night at8 p.m. and on Sunday after-

noon at 2 p.m. in the Mary

DAngelo Performing Arts

Center (PAC).

This production was directed

by Brent Weber and conducted

by Stephen Colantti. Lighting

design was done by Matt Heri-

nke.

Voice students from the

music department were show-

cased in a way that allowed

everyone to share the spotlight,

from freshmen to seniors.

Each person had a part and

a solo, so that they could all

have a chance to sing for the

audience.

Selections for this produc-

tion included the most famous

opera solos and ensembles.

Composers included Mozart,

Verdi, Puccini and Bizet. Many

pieces were recognizable to

audience members as being in

commercials or background

music in movies.

Some audience favorites of

this production included La

ci darem la mano from Don

Giovanni, sung by junior Katie

Wagner and freshman Eric

Delagrange, as well as Quando

men vo from La Boheme,

sung by senior Andrea Baker.

The singers were all magnifi-

cent, but one thing that lacked

was a storyline to hold the musi-

cal selections together. It was

almost as if it was a concert,

with different people perform-

ing their pieces at certain times.

Sophomore audience member

Michelle Mula said that, it was

easy to know which song was

which, even with no musical

background.

Students participated in all

aspects of this production,

including cast, pit and crew.

Senior Lynn Dula sang as

Carmen in Les tringles des

sistres from Carmen, and

as Maddalena in Un di seben

rammeatomi from Rigoletto.

She described her experience

as much different than a typi-

cal opera, but it was both chal-

lenging and rewarding to learn

several characters and songs at

once.

By Alex Stacey

Staff writer

Freshmen Brittany Barko and Sara Maitland sing a duet

together in last weekends Opera Pops and Sizzles.

Tyler Stauffer photo

Ailey II, under the direction of Sylvia Waters, will dance its way

into the PAC this Friday at 8 p.m.

Contributed photo

the merciad, march 24, 2010

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