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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MERCYHURST COLLEGE SINCE 1929
News:*Mercyhurst studentBrian M illerreturnssafely from combat inIraq.Page 2
Opinion:
It's back! The |
Good, the Bad andthe Ugly returns!Page 3
Features:Joe Delgato shines atDuke University withother political sciencemajors.Page 5
Arts & Entertain-mentCheck out the latestscoop on Ben and JLo's love affair.Page 6
Sports:
Men's hockeygeaars up for
season openeragainst Michigan.
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Cam pus EventsThursday, October 2, 2003 at 7 p.m.Rotaract Meeting in the Marion Shane
Reading Room in the Union.
Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 8 p.m.Dr. David Kozak, the director of LeadershipEric will speak in the Taylor Litde Theatre.
Friday, October 3, 2003 at 10 p.m.SAC presents Dueling Pianos in the Union.
Saturday, October 3, 2003 at 10 p.m.SAG presents October Fest which will includeRoot Beer kegs, a live local band and otheractivities in the Union.
Monday, October 6, 2003 at 8:30 p.m.MSG meeting in the Student GovernmentChambers in the Union.
Wednesday, October 8, 2003 at 8 p.m.Guelcher Film Series presents "Spellbound"in the PAG
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Archaeology digs into Texas
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Freshmen Megan Cameron examines material In the Archaeolo-gy lab. Many Mercyhurst students will help with the Fort Hoodproject.
A M ercyhurst Archaeological Insti-tute project that kicked off in July2003 will continue for the next fewyears - under the watchful eve ofthe U.S. Army.
Mercyhurst faculty and studentshave been charged with the task ofexcavating a handful of historicallysignificant rock shelters found on thenearly 200,000 acres of U.S. Armytraining facilities located within FortHood, Texas.
According to James ;Adovasio,Ph.D., director of the MercyhurstArchaeological Institute (MAI), thecollege was invited to participate inthe excavations because of its repu-tation as the leading resource in theworld for handling rock shelters.Found scattered across the landscape,rock shelters were used over the cen-turies as camping grounds and forprotecdon from the elements, a us-age that often left them with layerupon layer of relics and artifacts.Excavating and understanding the
often mixed layers found in rock she!-ter floors is an art honed bv the MAIafter its experience handling theworld-famous Meadowcroft Rockshelter outside Pittsburgh, Pa., plusothers in Mississippi, West Virginiaand Kentucky.
"This project includes the examina-tion of rock shelters, a type of site inwhich we specialize," explained Ado-vasio. "We have the best rock shelterexcavation capabilities in the country,
and we have developed rigorous pro-tocols for dealing with these shelters- that is why we are involved in this."
The project began with some initialwork this past summer, but next sum-mer marks the true beginning of whatpromises to be a multi-year seasonaldig at Fort Hood, an prospect thataffords outstanding learning oppor-tunities for Mercyhurst archaeologystudents as well as students from other- .
institutions.
Please see Texas on page 3.
N yg aard k icks off ne w llec ture se r ie sBy Joneile DavisContributing writer
Katie McAdams/Merciadphotographer
Richard L. Nygaard
The seats in the Walker RecitalHall quickly filled on Wednesdayevening as Mercyhurst students,local attorney's, and other com-munity members came togetherto listen to a lecture given by Ri-chard L&Nygaard, Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals forthe Third Circuit. i
' Judge WJgpSZtl fyrun.ptly tookthe stage at 7:30 p.tfl. to start hisdiscussion of the major casesheard in the U.S. Supreme Court's2002-2003 term. ' W J **
Nygaard informed the audienceand gave his view of the manydifferent cases that were heard inthe Supreme Court during thispast term . Some of these casesinclude Grut terv v. Bollinger,Lawrence v. Texas, Ewing v. Cal-ifornia, The Nevada Departmentof Human Resources v. Hibbs,
i Idred v. Ashcroft, Virginia v.Black, and The United States v.The American Library Association.
During his speech Nygaard alsofocused on the importance of theConstitution and the Bill of Rights.He stressed that those documentswere created to protect all citi-zens, and citizens should knowtheir rights.
After discussing each case anddie importance of the constitution,Nygaard finished his speech byc ha l l e ng i ng t he - aw l i e & c e- t o know
the constitution. He stated thatthere is no higher office in theland than that of the citizen.
Nygaard graduated, with abachelor of science degree inpublic administration, from Uni-versity of Southern California. He
then pursued his jurist doctor atthe University of Michigan Schoolof Law.
After receiving his education,Nygaard went on to help society
in many ways.Some of his accomplishments in-clude working as a consultant onconsti tutiona l issues, for Alban ia,Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia andCroatia, helping them to advancetheir principles of a judicial struc-ture and the protection of theirindividual rights.
He also worked as one of thearchitects of the Home Rule Char-ter for Erie County, and was work-ing as a judge in the Court of Com-m o n Pleas fo r t h e S i x t h Judicial
District of Pennsylvania.Nygaard recently joined the
Mercyhurst Civic Institute and hasset out to educate Erie citizens ofthe importance of the Constitutionand how it effects people every-day without them knowing.
His lecture kicked off the newlecture series put on by Mercy;*hurst College that focuses on theSupreme Court, the Constitution,and the interplay between lawsand individual rights.
M e r c y -hurst stu-d e n t sgather towelcomeh o m eBrian Mill-er, left.Miller em-braces hism o t h e rMary afterbeing inIraq if ors e v e nm o n t h s ,right.
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Miller retuprns from IraqBy Katie McAdamsContributing writer
Last Saturday afternoon, 33 Ma-rines, including onc^from^Mercy-hurst I ollege, Brian Miller, re-turned safely to the Marine CorpsReserve Center after fighting theconflict in Iraq for seven and ahalf months,
E It was an exciting day for manypeople, including Miller's family.It was an especially exciting dayfor his younger brother Scottiewho is a freshman at Mercyhurstand for his close friends at Mer-cyhurst.
As close family and friends ofMiller's gathered there waitinganxiously in the rain, the buspulled up at 12:10 p.m. and ev-eryone there just could not helpbut show their excited emotion.
While his aunts held signs say-
ing "Welcome Home" and "Wel-come Back Brian/* all decoratedin red, white and blue, his proudparents held flags in honor ofthere oldest son coming homefrom Iraq.
Friends from the 'Hurst made t-shirts in honor of the homecom-ing and all wore red, white andblue. Roommates Earnon and Bill,held the American flag as theywaited to run with the bus as itpulled up in the driveway.
Miller's former roommate BillBrown said, "Brian Miller is a heroin my eyes. He is one of the mosthonorable individuals 1 have m et.For what he did and how heserved our country everyoneneeds to appreciate."
While overseas for sevenmonthSi family, friends and rela-tives keep in contact with Millerthrough letters and packages.Originally, Miller's brigade was
supposed to come home duringin May but things did not go asplanned overseas!
Then , the seco nd arrival datewas supposed to be in the mid-dle of July, but again, no suchluck. The saying "third time's thecharm" worked out in this casebecause the third time he was onthe airplane heading for the U.S.A.
Family and friends listened inawe as Brian told of his experi-ences in Iraq. He told everyonethat the Hfeat was unbearable.
"The only wav 1 can d escribethat country [Iraq] is to tell you topreheat the oven to 140 degreesand stick your head in there for
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seven months while I throw bagsof sand on you," said Miller.
Miller mentioned over and overhow happy he was to be homeand how wonderful it was to see
is friends and family*Friends at Mercvhurst tried to
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fill Miller in on everything thathappened to them over the pastseven mon ths. Laughing, Millersaid, "It sounds like more stuffhappened over here than in Iraq."
Younger brother Scottie Millersaid, "Although I missed him andworried abo ut him everyday, 1
knew he was going to be okay.Just staying optimistic and believ-ing he will return safe as soon aspossible kept me believing in him.I am so proud to be the brotherof such a heroic and patriotic man.It is men like him that protect oureveryday freedom and deserve theup-most respect. My hat goes offto Brian and all veterans who haveever served this great country."
Miller plans to return to classesat Mercvhurst winter term*
The Mercyhurst Community con-tinues to keep all students whoare fighting the conflict in Iraq inour thoughts and pravers.
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NEWS To contact [email protected]
China scal ing backgovernment's ro le
in daily lives ofc i t izens
BEIJING Slowly but steadi-ly, China is easing intrusivestatecontrol over the lives of its cit-izens. In recent weeks, Chineseleaders have made it easier toget a passport and relaxed ruleson where citizens may live.
In the latest change, whichtakes effect Wednesday, the na-tion's 13 billion citizens will be
allowed to marry or divorce#
without permission from police
or workplace bosses.Red banners festooned the
Beijing municipal marriage reg-
istry center announcing "con-venient" and •'simple'* rules for Jmatrimony and divorce.
"We have made some drasticchanges/9 said Li Ziwei, the reg-istry's director. "Our new rules idiminish the role played by thegovernment." >
Such changes may seem mi-nor to those outside China, butthey offer relief for millions ofChinese and underscore the re-duction of the oppressive stateapparatus that was the hallmarkof Communist rule for morethan five decades.
Scholars credit the 6-month-
old leadership of President HuJintao and Premier Wen Jiabao
with initiating changes."They are sensitive to the
problenis of discontent," saidRichard Baum, an expert onChina at the University of Cal-ifornia in Los Angeles. 'Theyhave made a genuine effort tomake bureaucratic obstacles a
litdc easier"
Streamlining the bureaucracy
does not signal, however, any
intention by the Communist Par- J-
ty to end its monopoly on pow-er.
Instead, it is responding to un-happiness among many Chineseover the bureaucratic hassles thatcircumscribe some of their dai-ly activities as the nation goesthrough changes brought aboutby rapid economic growth andthe disintegration of a cradle-to-grave system of social welfare.Stability remains a major chal-lenge for Communist leaders.
La Dolce Vita lesssweet in the dark
after I talian
b lackou tVEN ICE , Italy. Italians wereleft in the dark early Sundaywhen an Alpine storm blew atree onto a power pylon in Swit-zerland, causing a maddeningdomino effect along Italy's elec-tricity grid. 5
The storm was blamed for thepeninsula ' s wors t b lackout ,which stranded 130,000 passen-gers aboard 110 trains for hours.The outage caused traffic jamsin major cities and forced firedepartments to shutde fuel foremergency generators to hospi-tals. The only part of Italy nothit by the blackout was the is-land o f Sardinia* where energy
is produced locally.Some of Italy's northern cit-ies, among them Milan, Veniceand Turin, regained power sh ort-ly after dawn, b ut Rom e was stillpartially blacked out by duskSunday, and southern provincessuch as Puglia and Sicily re-
mained withou t electricity Sun
day night
But why the entire Italian net
work collapsed within 20 minutes, leaving the nearly 57 mil-lion Italians without power, remaincd a mystery.
P ope namesP h i lade lph ia ' s
next archbishop
PHILADELPHIA Archbish-op Justin Rigali, Philadelphia's;next archbishop, will become acardinal just two weeks into histenure here far quicker than hispredecessors, who w aited yearsfor their red hats.
Rigali was the only Americanamong 31 cardinals-elect an-lnounced Sunday. Pope John
Paul II read the list at noon Ifrom his apartment windowabove St. Peter's Square. Theelevation ceremony will takeplace Oc t 21 in Rome.
Archbishop Sean Patr ickO'Malley of Boston, who suc-ceeded Cardinal Bernard E Lawthere in July, was widely expect-ed to be appointed with Rigalibut not among those named.
Church rules call for only 120papal electors, all of wh om arecardinals younger than 80.Next month's elevation cere-mony will bring the number toa record high of 140, thoughthat number will decline as cur-rent cardinals turn 80 and lose
their elector status.During his 25-year pontifi-cate, John Paul, 83, has named135 of the 140 electors. Theelevation of Rigali, 68, will takeplace Oct 21 on the steps ofSt. Peter's Basilica.?
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Fort Hood is the largest mili-tary reservation west of the Mis-sissippi River, with more than
220,000 acres. It is located on theEdwards Plateau in central Tex-as, and is home to, among manyothers, the major mechanizedunits of the U.S. Army. For de-cades the m ilitary has systemati-cally surveyed the acres used fortraining exercises, locating hun-dreds of archaeological sitesthrough out the reservation. Bothfederal and Texas law mandatesthos e surveys before an area canbe used for training, and ii thesurvey and subsequent study ofa site identifies it as significant,
the area is protected from the rigors of training. Nearly 1,110 pre-historic sites have been recorded on Fort Hood, and another1,100 historic European settle-
ment sites have been identified."Now, the fort and the Texas
Historical Commission wantsthese sites intensely studied," saidAdovasio. "\X'c, in turn, werelooking for field training oppor-tunities, particular rock sheltersas well as open sites."
As the MAI winds down itsextensive work at the Allegheny
[ National Forest site, Buckaloons,1
it had began searching for a newsite for summer field school —
| and the Fort Hood offer was to o| good to pass up.
"The Fort has a specific set ofneeds and we are looking for anew vista to offer different op -portunities in the field — thisworks out for everyone," saidAdovasio.
MAI staff and studen ts arc ex-pected to work at the Fort Hoodsites for the next five summers,reporting their findings at theend of each field season, About15 students will spend approxi-mately seven weeks in Texas eachsummer to co mplete the excava-tions.
Th e MAI personnel will workwith Dr. Cheryl Huckerby, thecultural resource project manag-er at Fort Hood. She said themain goals of the project arepreservation and information
'gatheringsbut added that chosefit in with a larger movementunderway at Fort Hood.
"We are concentrating on therock shelters in particular becausethey are a unique resource and
we have quite a few of them onthe installation,' explained Huck-erby. "But we are also focusingthere because they contribute anenormous amount to the under-standing of the history of this
area.The latter reason is key, said
Huckerby, because of-a move-ment toward mitigation on theinstallation. Because not everysite can be protected from thedamage don e by training exercis-es involving live ammunition,tanks and other heavy equip-ment, the fort is working to pro-tect the best of the sites - therock shelters and their cache ofhistory.
"We want to preserve the in-formation contained within ourboundaries, and excavating therock shelters is one of the bestways to do that" said Huckerby.adding that the rock shelter to beexcavated first is in remarkably
* good shape. Not only has it nev-er been looted or vandalized, thefindings of earlier minor investi-gations into the site are well re-corded .
The information extractedfrom the rock shelters by Mercy-hurst archaeology students andstaff will be applied to tho se ar-chaeological questions of thearea surrounding Fori Hood and
th e state of Texas, and eventual-ly, the information infused intothe findings of archaeologists atwork across the U nited States.
"What I envision is that wehave this overall goal of under-
standing and preservation, butwithin that are opportunities forstudents t o do research, master'sprojects as well as the hands-onwork," said Huckerby. >
Fort Hood was established asCamp Hood in the early 1940sand originally measured only108,000 acres. It was officiallyopened in September 1942, andwas used during World War II fortraining tank destroyers. Afterbeing renamed Fort Hood in1950, the military camp contin-ued its mission of training mech-anized units of the Army forcombat. The fort is named forfamed Confederate general from
Texas.
Archaeological resources onthe fort date from aboutl 1,500years ago to the present and in-clude all of the major periodsnow recognized in Texas prehis-tory. All artifacts found on FortHood are catalogued and storedby the Fort Hood Cultural Re-
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sources Management Program atthe fort.
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Pre-Major Fair f *Talk with faculty and administrators to find a
career that is right for you!
Academic Divisions that will be participating:, Buisness/HRIM I f \
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Fine and Performing ArtsSocial and Behavioral Sciences
Natura l Sciences and Mathematics
Tuesday, October 7, 2003 8:00-9:30 p.m.Heritage Room, Sullivan Hall
Prestige on the riseMercy hurst adopts two new graduate programs
By Angela AmatangeloContributing writer
Two new graduate programsarc expected to the boost therstandards even high er at Mercy-hurst College.
Hopes are that both the Foren-sic and Biological A nthropologyand Applied Intelligence willbring in students not just region*ally, but from all over the coun-try.
The Forensic and BiologicalAnthropology program is to beheaded up between two well-known professors. Dr. DennisDirkmaat and Steve Svmes.
It is anticipated the mention ofthese two men will help to bring
a very wide range of traditionaland adult students.
Applied Intelligence is to be led
by Bob Cisek, and considering
the state of the world, jobs ofthis nature are much in demand.
There are several hopes of add-ing these two programs to theMcrcvhurst curriculum. One isthat these programs will bring amuch needed heterogeneousgroup to the campus.
Second, Dr. Mary Brecken-ridge, director of Graduate Pro-gram in Organizational Leader-
ship says it is very important to"educate students in specializedareas that are much in demand."Finally, with bringing studentsfrom all over the nation, the Mer-
cvhurst alumni base will onlyw *
broaden and spread to large cit-ies helping the Mercyhurst name
grow in prestige.However, before anyone has
the chance to register for either
program they must both be ap -
proved by the state. T here is arwo- pronged process that is tak-ing place ight now. Breckcnridgesays that they are nearing the endof the second phase, the state-ment of program design.
This step includes review ofthe svllabi, course curriculum,and the course load just to namea few. She is optimistic this phasewill be complete as of October.f*.The next step involves expertsfrom the state visiting Mercy-hurst to review all aspects of eachgraduate program.
After the entire proposal hasbeen approved, it is possible thatboth Forensic and Biological An-thropology and Applied Intelli-
gence will be offered as earlyspring term.
Student Government Gab with Jess TobinOK, so let's talk "fall formal".
Fortunately most students en-joyed the dance very much.There seemed to be few com-plaints except that some w eren'ttoo impressed by the disk jock-ey. "He was a little out-dated forou r crowd." says sophomoreAisha jasper. Hopefully, n o on elet the unpopular d. j. rain on theirparade. On the bright side.ofthings, SAC is working on get-
ting a better d.j. for upcomingformals. "I think everyone had areally nice time. Irs great to seeall of your friends at one place.*'says sophomore Marisa Paolini.The gift given out at the formalwas especially handy. Everyonereceived a blue or green travelcoffee mug with a clip handle."The best partof the formal wasgetting the coffee cup. It is sovery functional." said juniorKelly Rose Duttine. Hopefullythe;winter an d spnng formals
will be as successful.This year the Senior Class is
giving a nice gift to the campus.They have decided to build apavilion over the Briggs and
Lewis picnic and grill area, andhopefully re-surface it as well.
The senior class hopes that thiswill increase student interactionand gatherings. The pavilionshould be especially nice in thespring, and is something for allof us to look forward to.
And now for your Mcrcvhursttechnology update: There is nowan electronic discussion boardavailable on h t t p : / / lakernctmercyhurst.edu/. Youcan log on to the discussion
board the same way you log onto your email. T he discussionboard is made up of seven mes-sage boards which include: theride board, the book swap andsales board, the academics board,the athletics board, the studentgovernment board, the studentactivities board, and the generalboard Feel free by all means togo on and start discussions. It isa really good way to communi-cate with other stud ents on cam -pus. T he book s w ap / s a l e s add
the ride boards should be espe-
cially helpful.This Thursday the leadership
speaker series kicks off. Dr. Dav-id Kozak, the director of Lead-
ership Eric, will speak in the Tay-lor Little Theatre promptly at 8
p.m.. He will be speaking aboutth e "Leadership Toolki t :thoughts and reflections." Thelecture is being sponsored bySAC, and is part of the six-lec-ture Leadership CertificationProgram. Students must attendfive out of the six lectures to becertified. Two lectures will beheld each term. Just a note, lead-ership certification looks great ona resume.
This Friday the "Dueling Pi-anos" comedy show will be heldin the Union at 10 p.m. The showis free and if you haven't seenthem perform before, they arereally funny.
On Saturday from 10 p.m. un-til 2 a.m. October Fest will beheld in the Union. Included willbe a band, and root beer kegs aswell as other activities. It shouldbe a lot.pt fun so please come.SAC is sponsoring all of these
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Campus Ques t ion:What have you been doing to occupyyourtime on the weekends since school started?"Fridays, I don't go out be-
cause I have a game on Sat-urdays. After the game, I usu-ally go out and celebrate withall the guys."
•Corey Banks,f reshman
"I go to the football gameseach weekend and watch alot of movies,"
- Mi c h e l l e P e e l m a n ,sophomore
"For the most part I sleepall weekend, but on SundaysI have people over to watchanime." £.
-Kristin Scan:,
senior
"1 try to go out to dinneron the weekends or go see amovie. Thar is if I'm notcaught up in homework."
-Parris Hobbs , Isenior
"I mostly hang out with myroommates and catch up onthe sleep I lost during theweek."
-Katie Ostromecki,f reshman
"I've been participating ina lot of the campus activi-ties, including the Clarks con*cert and the fall formal/'
-Niky Nocera ,freshman
"My weekends are prettymuch filled with homeworkand w aiting formy boyfriendto come home from Iraq/'
-Jen Ruffa,senior
"Lately I've been travelingwith the cross country teamand having a good time withmy friends."
* -Beth Kenniston,sophomore
"Friday nights are partynights. But me and my room* |mate try to do as many ofthe campus activities that wecan. We like the concertscene too."
-Matt Goodrich,junior \
"We live in the suites sowe've got access to the icerink "snow". We spend ourweekends throwing snow, sowatch out."
- A J . Duesler,
freshman
"Every weekend I've beenvisiting my friends at otherschools/**
-Colleen Jackson,sophomore
"Weekends were made forhomework and catching upon sleep" ;:
-Jim Pierce,junior
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•James Kelly,freshman
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-Amanda Mountain,senior
"Every weekend I go up toNew York State and fly air-planes for fun. I've been do-ing it since I was 15.1 planon Hying myself home toNew Hampshire for the mid-term break."
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If you do: congratulations, youare getting a ifth oommate! Youwill be awakened at 7:30 a.m. ona Tuesday to the sounds of re-lentless giggling and flirtatiousphrases such as "Don't misbe-have or you'll get a wicked'spanking!"
This will be followed by yourroommate and her towel-cladboyfriend darting in tandemfrom their room to the bathroomand showering together for ap-proximately nine days. ("to con-serve water.") They will ofcourse do this just as you havedecided that you have to pee.
Once your roommate and her
boyfriend-shaped hip ornamentemerge from the bathroom,they'll scurry off to the kitchenwhere they'll proceed to eat yourvery last Stouffer's FrenchBread Pizza.
Worry not! For eventually theywill settle down and watch TV.
Finally you'll be able to take ashower. Of course, all the hotwater will be gone from the pre-vious nine-hour shower andyou'll have to get dressed in thebathroom because it's just creepyto let your'roommate's boy-'friend see you in only a towel.Don't be discouraged right away |- putting jeans on wet legs takespractice, but you'll get the hangof it.
Now you can settle down inthe living room and relax. Final*ly, you can relax and watch"Anastasia and her Battle AgainstAnorexia, Cancer, Syphilis, Ar-thritis, and her Abusive Homo-sexual Husband: A Story ofFeminine Empowerment," the
Lifetime Original Movie you'vebeen waiting to see.
You reach for the remote.Walt! It's not in its usual place.It's in hip ornament's hand. He'sthumbing the buttons with aglazed over expression on hisface. You're just about to ask forthe remote, when hip ornament'seyes light up He's found a sportsevent. You have no prayer ofretrieving the remote now. Justcheer as if you know what's go-ing on.
There will come a time, how-ever, when you come homefrom class to find that hip orna-ment is NOT in the apartment
for once. "Whew!" you'll think"Finally 1 can get some peace andquiet" Wrong You will soon learnthat if hip ornament isn't in theapartment, there is probably areason. The two most common;reasons for a boyfriend to notbe in the apartment are:
1. They have broken up andshe will cry like a sick sheep withsyphilis until he comes crawlingback in the hopes to get her toshut up or-
2. He has been obliterated insome kind of freak meat-pack-ing incident and your roommatewill cry like a flock of maimedhyenas with gonorrhea.
However, you must rememberthat your roommate's boyfriendprobably also has his own apart-ment. This means that you canprobably talk your roommateinto spending the night at hi s placeat least once or twice a week. Asubtle way to suggest to yourroommate that she should dothis would be to pack all of her
things into a bag and place it bythe door. Place this bag outsideof the door while she is at classand change the locks. As a lastresort you can ask her to stophaving her boyfriend over, butshe will bring up ever)' small fa-vor she has ever done for youin your lifetime and make youfeel horrible for not letting herboyfriend stay "just this once."Just go eat your French breadpizza and call it a night. Oh
wait.. •
Good luck,Madam Malarky
OPINION
'You're stuclqwith me'Keeping the meaning ofjriendships aliveThis weekend, I came to a sud-
den, shocking realization.My friends are total dorks.What's more: I wouldn't have
it any other wayNever before have 1 had the
opportunity to sit leisurely on mycouch, drink in hand and watchcaptivated as a group of my clos-est twenty-something guy friendsplayed a heated game of Star
Wars Epic Duels. For a moment,I thought there was going to bebloodshed* This was no meregame of Monopoly, people.Anyway, like I said, they're totaldorks, but 1 can't tell you howmuch I love them for it Why?
Because, I'm a dork too. Betyou couldn't tell, but I am. A
complete, total, absolute dork.So, once I came to this life-changing realization, I got tothinking about friends andfriendship and all of tho se love-ly Hallmark card-worthy senti-ments. Actually, I think I evenhad a leeting hought about kit-
tens and rainbows before I hadto resist the impulse to stab my-self in the eye with a rusty fork.
Anyway, once I had acceptedthe harsh reality of my dorki-ncss and that of my dearestfriends, I had to wonder how agroup of such apdy suited dorkswere able to find each other.
Think about it: What are the
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odds? How often canone groupof people equally appreciate thefiner points of James Bond and
the Star Wars trilogy? Not many,I can tell you that much.
So, here's my bit of advice forthis week, if you want it. Apprc-
My friends aretotal dorks. J }
-Jaime Rinne
date your friends for who theyare, in all their varying types ofpersonality quirks. 1 can't prop-erly explain how annoyed I getwhen I hear someone say: "Oh,I adore my best friend. I really
do...except when she [insertvaguely charming personalitytrait here]." It takes all my willpower not to scream back,"Then you don't adore diem, be-cause that's part of what they
arc.
For example, my roomma te, amusic education major, bound-ed joyfully into the living roomthis morning after blowing dry-ing her hair to cell me that when
i you switch her blow dryer to"cool", it sounds like a majorthird. Did I roll mv eves? Okav.mavbe 1 did. But onlv a little, Iswear.
On the same token, when 1proudly tacked my brand-newHarry Potter poster to the wallat the beginning of the schoolyear, my roommate did notmock me mercilessly. She onlvsmiled and turned away so that1 wouldn't see her laughing.
Now, that's true friendship.
Let's face it: We're all dories insome way or another; Some ofus more than others certainly, buteveryone is a little bi t So, it mightjust be considered a iny bit hyp-ocritical if you mock yourfriend's love of "Dungeons andDragon s" while you turn aroundlisten to your Pearl Jam albumswith a glazed expression in your
| eyes and drool o n your chin.Think about why your friendswould ever want to hang out with
yon for once.Anyway, it's just a thought.Now, if you'll excuse me, 1
have an episode of The Simpsonsto watch. Very important.
Stealing the fizzy lifting drink:Aprofessor speaks onplagiarism^
By Dr. B. PittmanGuest Opinion
/(\t the end of too many terms,I think about my favorite scenesin one of my favorite movies,Willy Wonka and the Chocolatefactory.
When Charlie and Grandpaare accused of having stolen thefizzy-lifting drink and kicked outof the factory, they are shocked;then Grandpa is outraged, be-cause he can't believe that such
a trivial act has such a great con-sequence, After all, the fizzy-lift-ing drink was right there for thetakingsunprotected, and onlyforbidden by Mr. Wonka's in-structions.
But most ot all, the tempta-tion of the literal high the drinkoffered was too great to pass up.How could they have been ex-pected to obey Wonka's instruc-tion facing such temptation? Andhadn't they been sufficientlypunished by almost floating upinto the giant fan?
From Charlie and Grandpa'spoint of view, no one had beenhurt, and they arc still entitledto Wonka's grand prize. Is it anywonder, then, that in hisoutrageGrandpa threatens to give a gob-stopper to Slugworth, Wonka'sfaux nemesis?
You might find me wanderingin the halls on these days, mut-
tering "you stole the fizzy-liftingdrink" to myself, because onceagain 1 have been disappointedby students who have intention-ally stolen text from online sou rc-es and passed it off as their own
(I may never know Ihow muchelse is stolen).
Like Wonka, I am disgustedthat such unethical behavior hasoccurred, because 1, too, havegiven instructions, and I expect
students to use those instructionsand even go farther in seekingto* understand the principle ofdocumentation of sources thatis one of the hallmarks of aca-demic work.
When we scholars borrow in-formation to support our argu-ments or to show the depth ofour research, we credit thosesources, because we value ourown intellectual property and thatof other writers*
Why don't some of our stu-dents value these things?
Maybe students don't think oftheir writing as their intellectualproperty.
Plus, the Internet is right therefor the taking, isn't it? I guess thelogic is that if copying and past-
ing were wrong, then it wouldn'tbe possible* And the temptation
of getting a higher grade is toomuch to pass up, right? Plus,weren't these same students pun-ished enough by taking lowgrades on the earlier work Vheydid themselves? ^
It's at this point that some stu-dents express outrage or de-mands of sympathy for their fc-no ranee, just as Gra ndpa did.And I mutter "but you stole thefizzy-lifting drink."
So, what can I do? Well, I cangive zeros for plagiarism that I
can identify; I can give copies ofthem to the administration andstart the process of punishment;mosdy I become more and morecynical about academic honest)'.
Then every year, I stress ad
nauseam to new students howimportant it is to cite every bor-rowing from a source.
And I remember my very fa-vorite scene in Willy Wonka,where Charlie places his gobstop-per on Wonka's desk as a sym-bol of atonement, and Wonkautters from his heart, "So shinesa good deed in a weary world."
I'm looking for those gooddeeds and only wish I could of-fer a lifetime supply of choco-late in return.
But more than that I wish Icould instill in stude nts a respectfor the value of their own work.
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OCTOBER 1, 2003
The Good, The Bad and The UglyPeat's hot and what's not at the Hurst
The Good...Hie new bike tacks on campus ate encouraging students to ride their bicycles to schoolwhile the weather is still nice. Now, if the cyclists and the pedesterians could just learn torespect each other... L
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SAC's hardwork on the foil formal made it an enjoyable rime for all in attendance. Hopefully, more of Mcrcyhurst's new freshmen class will attend next time.
Hurst TV will be airing a new program: "Ladies Night". The program airs Tuesdays at 9pmon the Mercyhurst television network.
The Bad...Hey freshmen, here's a dp: Walking across campus in a giant group to an upperclassmen
party is a great way to get yourselves in trouble. Travel in small herds. It's less obvious. Oh ,and wear less lashy clothing. Glitter and sequins are sure to attract the attention of campussecurity.
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What's up with noises preventing students from sleeping lately? Garbage trucks outside ofBrigKS and Lewis* construction outside of the Warde Townhouses and lawnmowers outsideof Egan Hall make for pretty cranky students. We understand that you need to do maintenance work around campus, but let's start it jiftgr 9am!
The Ugly...Persons around campus have been tearing down and defacing the signs and posters ofcampus clubs and organizations. People, have we read the mission statement of MercyhurstCollege lately? "Pro mot es the values of truth , individual integrtiy, human dignity, mercy andjustice." Read your college handbook. You might learn something. ' 4
There are no call boxes at the Hirt Building and Egan Hall. Let's have one less tree on
campus a nd take a momen t to consider the safety of our students, okay?
A tradition of body mutilation:How to start your college career off right
By Ashley DuBoseContributing Writer
Ah yes, tattoos and piercings.One of the last rites of pas-
sage for college students, placedjust after leaving home and be-fore getting a real job. We cometo Mercyhurst, take the classes,buy the hoodies, and drink diealcohol. What's next?
Why, it's body mutilation!I got my tattoo the summer
before freshman year, and 1don't regret it. Well, I regret thenot being able to swim part, butthe rest was fine. After a weekof "Ouch, can't sit that way."My tattoo became another partof me. Sure it's small, but sizedoesn't matter, right?
Whenever I tell someone that1 have a tattoo, they ask one oftwo questions: %
Did it hurt?fWhat did it feel like?Usually I tell them, no , it didn't
hurt, because it was licked on bypuppies. As for what it felt like,it felt like I was being repeatedlystabbed by a needle.
Go figure.When I got to the 'Hurst, I
found out that 1 was ahead ofthe game. Most of the gills inEgan got theirs after the first
term. It was a first term surviv-al celebration.
After all, what else is the un-der 21 crowd supposed to do?All of a sudden, everyone wasmtoving a r o u n d dar<?fully or hud - i
dling around fcovered and ten-der body parts.
Why not? Tattoos and pierc-ings can be a great way to me-morialize important life experi-ences. You just have to be really
ft careful about the type and place-ment.
Here is a very good suggestion:If you only like a design, do notget it engraved on your flesh!Tattoos are permanent, get it?Tfjgr never come off. Well, you canget the surgery, but that can leavea nasty scar. Trust me on this,either absolutely love the designor do not get it done.
If you're unsure about the tat-too, but still want to add someunnatural shape to your body,why not get a piercing?I Just think of all the varieties:eyebrow, nose, cartilage, lip,tongue, not to mention the non-facial piercing possibilities. How-ever, I have to say one thing
about those. Ow. Oh, and OW.
Now, I am not saying that tat-toos and piercings are for every-one. I have been called crazyenough times to know that some
people don't like the idea. That'scool, I don't particularly like re-ality television.
If you do plan on followingthis-college rice, I have a fewsugges t ions : tj; •-•-!• <> \ -n^ ' - A
First, the winter is the best timeto get tattoos done; there are noUV rays or chlorine water tobleach the color.
As far as piercings go, as theBuddha's Body Art tattoo artist
said, "Well, you wouldn't soak acut on your hand in dirty water,would you?" So, no swimmingand no baths. Not that that ismuch of a worry on this cam-pus. Oh, and don*t tomb! Pokingand prodding will just make ituglier. No one likes scar tissue.
Second, plan ahead. We'retalking w/y ahead. Say to your-self, "How is this going to affectmy future job opportunities?"Very few people will hire you ifyou have a giant Chinese sym-bol on your face. Let's keep ittasteful, people.
Finally, stay away from names.Do you really want to have toexplain who Tanya or Shawnwas to your future spouse? Idon't think so.
So go crazy, go wild, go nuts.But don't go drunk, because thetattoo parlors will not lay a nee-dle on you.
Beginning life? at college:A reshmen alks about the crucial first weeks
By Meghan SmithContributing Writer
As sooi) as I moved in to Mer-cy suites 322 on August 4
H>2003,
I knew 1 was moving into a com-pletely different lifestyle. Never
before had 1 lived with four othe rgirls. I had grown up with twoolder brothers, they kept to theirside of the house and 1 kept tomine. All of a sudden I was sup-posed to share a bathroom andcloset space with completestrangers. Nothing could prepareme for the changes 1 was goingto go through when I finally madeit to Mercyhurst. g
With each day I'm beginningto feel more comfortable. Thereare new people I meet that helpme to fit n. I've found that therecan be some really friendly up-per classmen. Along with somereally obnoxious freshmen. I've
learned in just the few weeks thatI've been here, who to stay awayfrom and which crowd to sit withat dinner. Dinner, in fact, is an-other subject all in itself.
I'm sure I'm not the first tosay it, but the food here is lessthan satisfactory. Picking and
choosing what is edible is halfthe battle for me as I enter thecafeteria each day. The otherhalf is keeping the food down.I'd much rather Easy Mac andHi-C in my room any day. Lucky,for me , the food is the only thingthat's been causing me unhappi-ness so far.
I've got to say, I'm the luckiestgirl at Mercyhurst when it comesto my schedule. First of all myearliest class is 11:00a.m. and mylast class ends at 3:30p.m.. It isso nice to sleep in every morn-ing and take naps early in the af-ternoon. The best part about myschedule are my classes. I hon-
estly don' t realize how much I'mlearning because the teachersmake it so much fun. We spendjust as much time copying notesas we do laughing. I was so re-lieved after classes started. I hadbeen so worked up in nights pri-or 1 thought I was going to make
myself sick. I had heard numer-ous horror stories about collegeprofessors from friends and rel-atives that 1 was sure would hap-pen to me. They were wrong.
Mercyhurst has turned out tobe the exact opposite of what Ihad expected. I seem to be get-ting along pretty well. So far Ihaven't gotten lost or done any-thing too embarrassing in pub-lie. 1 have found myself to beextremely lucky thus far. I'm justhoping that in coming monthsmy luck continues. After all,Mercyhurst has become my newhome and I intend to enjoy ev-er)* moment, good or bad.
Questioning the deeper meaningcf supporting those overseas x
By William ElliottManaging Editor
Ever since 9/11 fear and pa-triotism have run rampant in thissociety.
No longer is it acceptable forpeople to voice their opinions,especially if t is opposed to whatour country is doing. No whereis this more obvious than whenit comes to "THE WAR ONTERRORISM." I f anybodydares to speak o ut against it theyare treated like a social degener-ate or even worse unpatriotic.
As horrible as those two titlesare, nothing can come close tothe comment, "You don't sup-
port our troops."How terrible a iling t is not to
support our troops. They areover there fighting for our free-dom so that we can stay at homecomfortable in our gluttonousways without a care about therest of the world.
Well, only until our access tocheap oil is threatened, but thatis another story.
The true underlying implicationin the statement,<rVou don't sup-port our troops," is that you don'tcare if they die and what couldbe more monstrous than that. 1mean, my god, if you don't sup-port our troops, you don't de-serve to be an American.
Well, you know what? I'm hereto say that I don't support ourtroops. In fact, I will never sup-port them or any military action.If I say that I support our troopswhat 1 am actually forced to sayis that I support their actions.When I support somebody, it isgiving my approval not only tothe person but also to all of theiractions. 1
How could I supp ort anybody's
actions that result in death?Let's not kid ourselves here,
people, in the war on terrorismpeople are being killed. All thatwe really hear are statistics and
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names, but let's not lose sight thatthese are people that are beingkilled.
It is easy to lose sight of thiswhen the only evidence we seeof this is that small scroll bar on
the bottom of our TV screen.
It's easy to forget that people arcdieing when they are nothingmore than a footnote.
Now, 1 know that people willalso say that we need to supportour troops because they didn'tmake the choice to go over andfight. Instead, we believe thatthey were forced to go by thegovernment* £
The problem with this idea isthe fact that they did choose togo mere. When die)' signed upfor the Armed Forces they gavetheir tacit approval to the gov-ernment. With this tadt approv-al of me government, they basi-cally give up their right of choicewith the government. In doing,
this we can claim that what diegovernment chooses is what thesoldiers choo se.
Having said all of this, I wouldhope that it Is easy to see why Ican't support our troops. I'm tobusy supporting life. This is mycreed. 1 support all life. 1 don'twant harm to happen to anyoneand this includes our soldiers, theIraqis, even Saddam Hussein.
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By Michelle StevensonContributing Writer
You know that girl who playsthe "I'm cute and sweet" role,
but you know is totally fake? Sheworks at Hooters down thestreet.
And what about the guy who"doesn't believe in drinking" buttaught you his rules the weekendbefore: "You're not drunk untilyou pass out and if you puke,that just means you have roomto refill/' He forgot that con-versation.
Then there's always your boss,who happens to be a sister,swears you to hell during workand makes you shovel multi-di-rectional walkways in the snowat 8 a.m.. Mind you this wasn't apet shelter, it was a recreationalfacility for the elderly.
There's that police officer thatbusts the boy next door for deal-ing weed, and then goes hometo smoke a joint... with his wife
For God's sake look at theCatholic church. Priests professthat sexual immorality is a sin.Apparently that rule is only forpeople over the age of 12.
What about the institution ofmarriage? "I take you, to haveand to hold, to love and to cher-ish, through sickness andthrough health...until I meetPamela Anderson and she bearsmy children."
How about athletes taking ste-roids? Or vegetarians and theirsecret attachment to this phe-nomenon we call beef?
We can't forget about the fam-ily doctor who just got out ofrehab for abusing pain pills. Iseem to remember him tellingme "take one pill, twice a day,everyday." Hippocratic/Hypo-era ic oath.
Individuality? I'm not reallysure it still exists. Look at writ-
ers, look at painters. The goal ofan artist is to crea te an individu-al style, not repeat the past, but
my last painting class?.The as:
signment was to copy one ofManet's paint ings perfectly*Needless to say I turned in apainting with one large quotationtrying to make this very point:
"The challenge is to be yourselfin a world that is trying to m akeyou like everyone else."^School systems arc slowly in*tegrating standardized teachingstyles into the mix.
All the kids are going to soonbe taught the same information,through the same teaching meth-ods, so that they can pass thesame tests, and meet the samepeople.
KEven school systems now willbe generalized, creating adoles-cents Into mere clones of oneanother. Sounds like a multi-fac-eted future society.
Oscar Wilde once wrote,"Most people are other people.Their thoughts are someoneelse's opinions, the ir lives a mim-icry, their passions a quotation."
Now that's the truth.
Letter to the Editor:Gay/Straight Alliance Member Speaks Out
By Emily CrofootA&E Editor h
Ever since I was six years old,I have been affiliated with Mer-cyhurst because both of my par-ents are alumni, and 1 took mu-sic lessons until my senior yearin high school.
Being an Erie native, I know
that Mercyhurst has a good rep-utation around the area for be-*
ing hospitable, accepting, andhelpful to students, especiallythose of a minority — whether itis race, low income level, handi-cap, or sexual orientation.
This brings up my next point.Never in my four years here,have I been embarrassed to be amember of the student body atMercyhurst until just recently*
I am a member of the Gay/Straight Alliance on campus, andthe way the students and admin-istration have reacted these pastfew days has embarrassed meand other members of our or*
garuzaQon.Our first club meeting is
Wednesday night, and we post-
ed signs both Sunday and Mon-day night to get our word out tostudents about the meeting.
By the next morning after bothdays of hanging up signs, themajority of them were takendown by students and work stud-
ies of administration.These signs that we hung upwere not pushy in subject mat-ter, but gave information aboutthe meeting and its whereabouts,
Since when is hanging up signsfor an accredited club about ameeting against Mercyhurst pol-icy?
You don't see anyone else tak-ing signs down for MSG, SAC,or Ambassadors.
We're not asking for people tooffer a lot of support, but to justrespect other's freedom ofspeech and freedom oi expres-sion. |
The Gay/Straight Alliance is a
group of gay and straight indi-viduals who offer support, andgive students a safe and comfort-able place to Be able to expressthemselves and talk about theirsexual orientation without being
judged, persecuted, or made funof. 1 |
Th e purpose in writing this let-ter to the editor is to spread the
word that the Gay/Straight Alli-ance is a recognized clubon earn-pus and arc not causing harmor pushingbeliefs on anyone, butletting students know that thereis a place to go to meet othergay and lesbian students, £
Students need to know thatthere are people who will notjudge them, and that the meet-
ings are safe - a true freedomzone.
So, please respect others life-styles. If you don't believe in al-ternative lifestyles, ignore it Andif you are an advocate for thegay community, supporters ateencouraged to come to meetings.
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Jar ed Adams andfTracy Heranicchosen to reign over MercyworldBy Kaitlyn Reif
Contributing writer
"And the winner is."
Seniors Tracy Heranic an dJared Adam s were crownedMercyhurst's 2003 Homecom-ing Queen and King on Satur-day Sept. 20. WW
"AU the girls on cou rt arc won-
derful. I r.was eally surprised
w h e n they a n n o u n c e d mym
name" said Heranic '£%*It was a great feeling know-
ing that my classmates voted forme to be die homecoming king.1 think it's a great honor just tobe recognized by my peers. I'dlike to thank everyone who tookthe time to vote and m aking thispossible for me," Adams said.
"I was very flattered so manystudents voted for me/* Heran-ic said.
Adams was in the locker roompreparing for the next secondhalf of the big game when hisname was announced.
"I w as pretty surprised when Iwas told that I won. The guyson court are all good guys; I re-ally thought it was going to beone of them."
The football program at Mer-cyhurst is what caught Adams'eye. A dams is a native of Twins-]burg, Oh io majoring in Business-Financing. Upon graduation hewould like to have a job whichallows him to travel.
"After a few years of travel-
ing, I would like to go back toschool and get my master's de-gree," Adams said.
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Tracy Heranic and Jared Adams were crowned 'Hurst Homecoming Queen and King.
Adams knows he has theknowledge and skill to pursue aposition in investment planningor other related finance job. Hewill be flexible and marketablefrom the knowledge he hasgained at Mercyhurst .
Hampton Township, Pa. ishome to Heranic. She is a duelmajor in Elementary Educationand French Education.
After college, Heranic plans tomove to France where she ide-
ally wants to teach at an Ameri-can school' with elementary lev-el kids.
"The culture and the Frenchlanguage are my passion. Whynot kill two birds with one stone,"said Heranic.
Both Heranic and Adams arevery involved at Mercyhurst
Heranic is part of the Ambas-sadors Club, along with being amember of Mercyhurst StudentGovernment
"I love Mercyhurst and 1wanted to share my enthusiasmwith incoming freshman stu-
dents," she said.Adams participates with the
football program, but also part
of the Mercyhurst E-Com-
merce Institute and has helped
with Special Olympics.Adams enjoys lifting, skiing and
water skiing, and wakeboardingHeranic enjoys French and
children, and anything to do withher friends.
The friendships and great peo-ple of Mercyhurst will be thegreatest memory of both.
For Heranic, her busy itiner-ary and the atmosphere will be
missed.Adams will undoubtedly miss
his alias "Joey Dale!"
Dr. Hosey leaves classroom to better MercyhurstBy Bethany Shaffer *Contributing writer
Over the summer, Dr. Heidi 1Hosey was approached artd' vasasked if she would be interestedin the newly available Associate
Vice President of Instruction |
and Assessment position at Mer-
cyhurstThis position would mean dras-^
tically reducing the amount ofteaching she would be able to do.
Hosey has been a part of Mer-
cyhurst for 16 years.m *
i;"I see myself primarily as ateacher, so I didn't leap to a deci-sion. It was a hard choice" shesaid.
After carefully considering allof the options, Dr. Hosey diddecide to take over the position.
When asked what factors con-tributed to making the decision,Hosey said, "There was enor-mous possibility in this position.It was an opportunity to dosomething that has never beendone before. I enjoy being chal-lenged to think differently. I am
very committed to MercyhurstCollege and its future/'
President Dr. William P.Garvey certainly made the rightdecision when he selected Hoseyas his main candidate in the areaof instruction and assessment.
After settling into a m uch larg-er office on the first floor of O ldMain, Hosey took the time to
Jody MefcyPhoto editor
Dr. Heidi Hosey is the Vice President of Instruction andAssessm ent at Mercyhurst College.
make sure everything she need-
ed to do was done efficiently.Her main priorities are instruc-
tion and assessment at Mercy-hur st This involves coordinat-ing efforts to develop and imple-
ment an outcome asses rnentplan. It also entails looking at thegoals Mercyhurst has set and ifthe college is on the way toachieving them.
Hosey also plays a big role incoordinating many things with
the faculty. She works closelywithin the hiring process, evalu-ations and retentions, as well as
faculty orientation."Teaching is the life of the col-
lege. The essence is that I am ateacher and I get to work closelywith them," she said.
Lastly, Hosey is also responsi-ble for supporting Dr. TomGamble, the Academic VicePresident of Mercyhurst.
When students heard that Dr.Hosey would only be teachingone or two classes this year theyhad similar reactions, being hap-py about her promotion and sadbecause they would not see her
in the classroom.
"I am so proud of Dr. Hosey/'senior Pre-Law major EmilyMosco said, "No one deservesthis promotion more than shedoes. She will be greatly missedin the classroom;" : * * ' R
Jaime Rinne, a senior englishmajor believes, "With D r. Hoseyyou always feel imp orta nt. Younever feel like just another stu-dent."
The reaction was much the
same from Jessica M organ, a sec-ondary education English major.
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She said, "Dr. Hosey alwaysmade time for me. * No matterwhat my questions were, she al-ways had time for me. She isleaving a space in the EnglishDepartment that will never bereplaced."
KSMuch to the relief of her stu- Idents, especially the seniors, Dr.Hosey will be back in the class-room to teach Twentieth Centu-ry Criticism in the winter. Stu-dents are also pushing for her toteach Women in Literature,which is scheduled for the springterm of 2004. S
Hosey has a message for the
students of Mercyhurst, "We areon the edge of becoming a great,well-known institution. All ofthis change is making this schoolwhat we want it to be. Alwaysremember that you are at a greatschool in the constant processofbecoming an even greaterschool." 3 \
Afraid to talk: the impact of social anxiety on campusBy El len Flee kens tein
Contributing writer
Half of all Americans would
describe themselves as being shy.Most of us have some difficul-ty speaking in front of a groupat times: The tension we feelwhen asked to do so can becomequite a nuisance now and then.
For many others, this can bemuch more than an inconve-nience. When it becomes prob-lematic, the intense dread asso-ciated with such a situation canbe crippling. As this occui , suchfears begin to impact the way aperson lives his/her life.
The symptoms that accompa-
ny social anxiety can feel tortur-
ous. They involve a physical re-sponse to an anxiety-provokingsituation that can be very pow-erful. This may play out in feel-ing dizzy or sick, restless orshaky, freezing up or shrinking
back. The notion of panic canbecome very real to such indi*
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viduals in a social situation. How-1ever, the anxiety this may createis far more than physical Theimpenetrable fear that sur-rounds a person with severe so-cial anxiety can lead to a life ofloneliness and isolation.
College students sufferingfrom social anxiety are seventimes more likely than averageto become depressed, thirteentimes more likely to attempt sui-cide, and twice as likely to be-come dependent on alcohol.
Unfortunately, some of thesestudents can experience a painso unbearable they choose todrop out of school beforethey 've had a chance to behelped.
It is exacdy this population ofstudents that may need help themost, but are least likely to askfor it. Actively seeking help forsocial anxiety means having toconfront this dread they face. It
requires them to meet new peo-
pl and in doing so face the fearsthat envelop them in new socialsituations. For this reason, onlyfive percent of people with so-cial anxiety report seeking mental health services for the prob-lem.
I f I could say one thing to the
hundreds of students reading this
article and realizing how close tohome this topic hits, it would beas follows... You are not alone.Despite how painful and lonelyit may be, you truly are not alone.There are many faces around
you that are feeling some of thesame things you are. They, likeyou, are also afraid to talk. Thetime has come to begin recog-nizing theproblem and caring forone another. For this reason, theCounseling Center would like tostart a group for students suf-
fering with social anxiety. I f youthink you may benefit from be-ing in this group, you can showyour interest by calling the Counst ling Center at ext. 3621 Groupmembers will be screened forauthenticity.
FEATURESDelgado studiesat Duke University
Jody Meflo/ Photo editor
Senior Joe Delgado studied with other political sciencemajors at Duke University this summer. |
By Courtney NicholasFeatures editor
"I got in!" is what senior JoeDelgado said when he receivedhis letter from Duke University.Delgado is a political sciencemajor and native of Lorain,Ohio. | i % I
He applied to the RalphBunche Summer Institute atDuke, The program is for mi-nority students who are interest-ed in pursuing a doctoral degree,
"I was very surprised and ex-cited," Delgado said,
Delgado was working as Dr.Clemens* research assistant andgave him the brochure advertis-ing about the summer institute
program. Clemens knew thatDelgado wanted to pursue grad-uate school and thought heshould apply to the program.
The Ralph Bunche SummerInstitute at Duke ran from June1 to July 3. ;4» f
fThere was an interesting mixof people. The setting was verydifferent from Mercyhurst, theLatino*. Mexica n^ and black sty -dent s Avcrtf radical/ 1 /Delgado saiol.j
Delgado Said that he didn't re:]ally prepare for the program. Hewas nervous and didn't knowwhat to expect He got mentallyprepared and the last few daysat home to relax. He did notexpect to have the heavy work
load that he did while at Duke."We had class for four hoursevery day for four days a week.Duke brought in many speakers,we had to write research papersand I did a lot of reading/' Del-gado said, "It was like a politicalscience boot camp." ,
The speakers involved in theprogram were Duke faculty.Every year the alumni from the
Ralph Bunche program are in-vited back to Duke to sha re theirwisdom with the present groupof college political science ma-jors.
"The only free rime I had waswhen I was sleeping," Delgadosaid.
The six weeks went by fast for*
DelgadoJ; He didn't have timeto get home sick. He calledhome and always had somethingnew and exciting to tell his fam-ily. He knew that this would bean opportunity if a lifetime.
During the six weeks, the pro-gram sponsored a recruitmentfair- Many graduate scho ols, in-cluding Duke, where present.Delgado received many phonenumbers and e-mail addressesfrom the fair.
"I got to do some many things.It was a life changing experi-ence," Delgado said.
Delgado and the rest of thestudents involved in the programwere required to write a researchpaper, j | |
The 10 best papers were se-lected and present qt the,. Ampr-
iczu*:P*olifeieal S^icoceiGonfci:-
ettce. Delgadb's paper along withnine others were presented. vj*
After his six weeks at Duke,Delgado came home being nioreconscious of who he is as aMexican male college student.
The close friends he made at
Duke helped him realize that heneeds to be engaged and thinkabout politics. -The program alsomade him realize there are manyissues in politics that he shouldstart considering
"I feel that these young peo-ple and I will stay in contact*? Wehave similar career goals and Ihope that we meet again."
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Affleck?
ARTS & IENTERTAINMENT
Lopez p a r t w a y sBy Lindsay Kezlarian
Contributing writer
Jennifer Lopez has trust issues;
Ben Affleck has personal prob-
lems.v4ls this really what led to thebreak-up of this famous coupleknown to manv as "Bcnnifer?"Furthermore, are they actually
"broken up?" | |According to US. Weekly; just
five days before the couple was
scheduled to marry. Affleck de-tided to pull out of the eventafter a fight
The two were supposed to be
married on Sept. 14 in Mon-tecito, Calif.
^However, as a result of their
pre-wedding quarrels, J-Lo in-
stead retired to Miami in hopesof easing her pain.[ While she was recovering fromthe unexpected break-up, her ex-fiance was spotted at the Hus-der Casino in Garden City, Ca-lif., where he gambled the nightaway.
Sources say that their separa-tion was caused by many differ-ent reasons.
First of all, Lopez was upset
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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez called off their wedd ingwhich was supposed to be on Sept. 14. \
about Affleck's trip to a Vancou-ver strip club in July
She also complained aboutBen's love for gambling, and thathis mother did not like the idea
of him marrying J-Lo.US Weekly reports that his
mother said "she worried abouthim having to live the rest ofhis life in a fishbowl and urged
>Biggs stars in 'Anything ElseFilm proves to be anything but entertaining
By Meghan SullivanContributing writer
* Jason Biggs plays Jerry in thenew movie "Anything Else." Jer-ry is a struggling writer who can-not say no.
He cannot sayJ no to his psy-chiatrist that doesn't give anyadvice, to his agent that doesn'tgive him any jobs , and to his girl-friend who doesn't give him anysex.
The only person in Jerry's lifewho is trying to look out for hiswell-being is his crazy friendDavid Dobel.
Biggs does a lower then ade-
quate job of acting in this film.
He is well-known for his ap-pearances in the "American Pie"movies, and should probably juststay there.
Biggs plays this part just as hisother character: overwhelmingnervous.
He does n ot act strong enoughto play a character where he isconstantly breeching the fourthwall, and trying to communicatedirectly with the audience.
Jerry is a human door mat,People walk in trampling the mudof their problems all over himleaving him strained with theirburdens.
He is afraid to cut off connec-tions with anyone. In the movie-
he is quoted as saying, "I can'tleave anybody, I'm afraid to sleepalone."
This statement alone defines hischaracter, especially in his rela-tionship with Amanda.
Amand a is played by Christina
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'Anything Else,' starring Jason Biggs, Woody Alien, andChristina Ricci, is now playing in theaters.
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Ricci. Ricci is known from oth-er movies such as "Casperi"Sleepy Hollow," and "T he ManWho Cried." . | i
She is probably the savinggrace of this movie. Amanda isa complicated, free spirit, who ison enough meds to take downan elephant.
Besides all of the drugs she istaking, Amanda has a seriouscommitment problem w here shegets to the point of actual suf-
focation.Besides these faults, she is still
sexually attractive to men. Sheseems to radiate flirtatious vibeswith all the males she intera< ts
w Ricci takes advantage of herunique beauty and charisma asshe plays Amanda.
Jerry's friend and mentor, Dav-id Dobel, is played by WoodyAllen. '!:
In this movie, Allen is the writ-er and director, as well as oneof the lead actors.
His performance is typical asfar as his acting goes. He wasslightly annoying, and proceed-
ed to ramble on each time lie
talked.
Allen's character was nothing
out of the ordinary' except for
the violent tendencies he pos-
sessed-i The script for this movie feltvery looser
The actors seemed to be im-provising all of their dialogue,especially in the scenes wherecharacters were arguing
[• }A lot of the scenes weredrawn out, and overwhelming
On a scale, from on e to ten,this movie would be rated a Five.It was mildly entertaining atsome points, but overly long and
pointless at others.
U pco m ing PAC event sBy Emily Crofoot.
Arts and Entertainment Editor
On Wednesday, Oct. 1, "WhaleRider" is showing in the PAC at8 p.m.
This film is so stunningly bcau-dful to look at - and such anuplifting story - you can under-stand why it has won so manyaudience awards at festivals allover the world (including Sun*dance and Toronto).
It's a gorgeous fable from NewZealand about the balance be-tween the old and new worlds,
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tradition and progress, supersti-
tion and faith.Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for
seniors, $4 for youth under 15years old, and free for Mercy-hurst students.
For more information aboutthe film, visit:www.whaleridermovie.com.
On Tuesday, Oct. 6, Leahy is¥ •
performing in the PAC at 7:30p.m.
They say the family that playstogether stays together, but themusical Leahy sisters (five ofthem) and brothers (four) givethat phrase an entirely newmeaning,
Just ask Shania Twain, who wasso impressed by the family's fu-
• r t
sion of Celtic, folk and countryi i t 1 * 1
music that she hired Leahy toopen her 1999 world tour.
Now the Leahys are head!in-crs themselves. And why not?
Not only do all nine tear it upon the fiddle (dad taught them),as well as guitars, bass, piano anddrums (mom's influence), butthey all step dance, too.
You may never see anythingquite like Leahy again.
Tickets are $22.50 for adults,$20 fo. seniors,? 12.5.0 I or youthunder 15 years old, and S15 for
Mercyhurst students.For more information, visit:
www.lcahymusic.com. On Wednesday, Oct. 8, "Spell-
bound" is showing in the PACat 8 p.m.
How could a film about the
National Spelling Bee get anOscar nomination for Best Doc-umentary?
Director Jeff Blitz followseight contenders to the spellingchampionship in Washington.D.C., and then paints a vividportrait of Americans multicul-tural makeup,
; il ach of these teens has a dif-
ferent background and his orher own reasons to compete.
Tickets are $5 for adults, $4for seniors, S4 for youth under15 years old, and free for Mer-
cyhurst students.
For more information* visit:www.thinkfilmcompany.com/SpellboundMovie/.v
him to call off the we ddi ng"J-Lo's past m arriages reallycon-
cerned her as to the well being
of her son.However, Affleck can't be let
off the hook and Lopez left withall of the blame.
In 19 99, Affleck told Playboythat he will often "create someincident to get out of a bad rela-tionship"
Another point against him isthat "he is a recovering alcoholicand may have jumped into a se-rious relationship too fast"
Experts advise not getting intoa serious relationship for a yearafter rehab.
What is difficult for addictivepeople is the boredom of nor-
mality.Butwhen thought abo ut it, how
can Jennifer Lopez and Ben Af-fleck lead a boring or normallife? * B
How many "normal" peopleget bombarded with paparazzi?How many "normal" f iancespurchase a 6.1 carat pink dia-mond ring worth SI.5 milliondollars? *
The plot thickened when thetwo were spotted at the LibertyCourthouse in Hincsville, Ga.,
just less than rwo weeks after
they split up*Supposedly, they were at the
courthouse to get a license.The media immediately
jumped to the conclusion that it
was a marriage license.However, the Libert}* County
Sheriff said "Affleck stopped byto ask about a gun permit."
Adding ano ther twist to the sit-
uation, according to CNN, Af-
fleck's brother Casey accompa-
nied the couple to the court-
house.Now the public asks the ques-
tion: Why would his brother bethere if he was seeking to get agun permit?
Just a little side note: Casey
Affleck was supposed to be hisbest man.
When calls were made to bothLopez's and Affleck's reps aboutthe current status of "Bennifer"
all they said was "absolutely nocomment."
So what is the real deal with"Bennife r?" No one rea l lyknows, except for the two them-selves, their family, and possiblya few fnends.
Only tim e will tell for this dra-ma-filled couple.
Roadhouse regretsBy Betsy DonnerContributing writer
The new Texas Roadhousechain carved its way onto thePeach Street strip, so I decidedto take the venture to see whatthe buzz was all abou t
My two roommates and Istopped by on a Tuesday nightand took our seats at the bar.
The crowd was still bustling,not to mention the immense uni-formed staff running aroundthe newly built restaurant
This Clarksville, Ind., bornchain restaurant has a Texastheme, with menu items, decorand country music to provide usYankees with a real Southernfeeling.
A unique addition to the atmo-sphere is that every hour on thehour, the servers break it downcowboy style and "perform" achoreographed line dance.
Th e company's motto is "Leg-endary food, legendary servicethrough legendary people!"
Th e new location in Erie, how-ever, is a far boot scoot awayfrom becoming all that the com-pany desires for its chains.
The menu contains "down onthe range" grill favorites fromhearty steaks, to ribs, and BBQchicken, all appropriately namedto fit within the Texas Road-house theme; "Road Kill,""Chicken Critters," and "Ratdc-
snake Bites" top my list of scary,yet tempting dinner choices.Before I begin my critical anal-
ysis of the service, keep in mindyou are listening to an HRIMmajor, aka Food and Beveragedork.
I take restaurant service seri-ously, and I believe there is always a way for food service pro-viders to get the job done cor-rectly or,yat least after the sec-ond or third time.
We were served rather quick-ly by a bartender, however sheforgot about one of our drinks;she poured it, but left the glasssitting straight across from us onthe bar. Since when does it notsay in the job description of a
bartender to make AND servedrinks to the guest?
One roommate orde red a
Chicken Critter Salad and theother a Grilled Chicken Salad.
I ordered the Combo Appe-tizer, featuring some chickencritters, rattlesnake bites andtater skins.
While we were waiting for ourfood to come, an extra appetiz-er came out as a mistake andthe bartender offered it to us.
It happened to be the sameone I ordered for my entree, soI cancelled that order and or-
dered myself a Chicken Crittersalad instead of my appetizer,
Pticto courtesy of www lexssroadhcuso con
The Texas Roadhouse isnow open on upper PeachStreet. *
with some of my own personal
specifications.We shared the appetizer and
in a coup le of minutes myroommates' salads came outfrom the kitchen.
I was told my salad was on itsway, and I then sat there for 15
minutes waiting for my salad to
come outBy this time, business had died
down, so how hard was it to pulltogether a salad supposedly toldto the kitchen staff as a priori-
ty? j •* iThen, when my salad came
out, it came with the wrongchicken and dressing and wrongspecifications.
They took it back; anotherfive to seven minutes passed andthe right salad came out, butagain with the wrongs specs.
They took it back once again,and finally it was correct. All ofthat hassle and wasted food toget my order right
They lost a total of $29 inmenu items from the mistakesthey made, not to mention thatthe bartender serving us hadactively decreased her tip fromus.
After a talk with the manager,I realized communication wasnot yet part of the working ma-i hine at the Texas Roadhouse.
Leadership from above is re-flected through those who arcled, and meeting the "leader ofthe pack" proved that the Road-house employees are being leddown the path po failure.
After my experience, the ac-claimed legendary servicethrough legendary people wasnot all that it was said to bethrough my experience at the
Roadhouse.
I plan on going back to theRoadhouse and giving it a sec*ond try. Maybe after the staffgets more comfortable, servicewill improve and my opinion onthis first experience will be for-gotten.
If you want to try your tasteat the new Texas Roadhouse, itis located on upper Peach byWal-Mart |
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Friday - 4 p.m. 11:30 p.inSaturday - 12 p.m.-l I;30pmSunday - 12pm.- 10pm.
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Football los es to N orthw oodsR
KERPORTS
By Ryan Palm
G mtr ibuiW Writer
The Northwood Timbcrwolvcsscored once in even- quarter,
leading them to a 30-3 victoryover the visiting MercyhurstLakers on Saturday, Sept. 272003.
Th e Lakers dropped their sec-ond straight contest, and was alsothe second straight game \vith-out scoring a touchdown.
The Laker defense forced apunt on the f irst Northwoodpossession, and marched all thewav down to their 23-yard line.
Junior tailback Justin Adamscame up short on a 4th and 1,giving the ball back to the Tim-berwolves.
On the next play, Northwoodquarterback Reggie Grahamconnected with wide /receiverRobert Height for a 77-yardtouchdown pass, giving them a7-0 lead with 7:04 left in the firstquarter.
After stopping the Timber-solves on their next possession,quarterback Jeff Nowling com-pleted five passes, leading an 81 -
yard drive resulting in a 21 -yardfield goal by Phil Scanlon.
Northwood then proceeded to
go 84-yards on just ten plays,capped by a Bryant Lawrence 1 -yard touchdown.
The extra-point made the score14-3, which took the teams toth e half.
Following a Laker punt, North-wood quarterback Reggie Gra-ham completed a 30-yard passto receiver Yared Yearby, whichgot the 1 imberwolves deep intoMercvhurst territory*
Senior running back PernellJackson scampered into the endzone on a 15-yard run whichmade the score 21-3.
The Lakers were unable tomove the ball on their next twopossessions, with Schuler punt-
ing on both drives.Following the second punt,
Northwood drove down thefield, going 89-yards, getting tothe Mercyhurst 4-yard line.
Senior defensive tackle MikeMcQuillan came up clutch forthe Lakers, forcing Northwoodquarterback Reggie Graham tofumble the football, and juniorMike Krahe recovered the ball,
letting Mercyhurst escape with-out allowing a score.
On the ensuing possession,Mercyhurst freshman quarter-back Jeff Nowling was pickedoff by Northwood's Allan Boganat the Mercyhurst 30-yard line.
Five plays later BryantLawrence got into the end zoneagain, this time from 3-yards
out.
The extra-point made the score28-3. v
The Lakers punted again ontheir next possession, and playedtough defense to force North-wood to punt.
Chris Putnam's punt off 41 -
vards was downed at the M ercy-hurst 2-yard line, giving the Lak-ers very little room to work.
Following two rushing plays,
Nowling was sacked in his ownend zone, giving the Timber-wolves a safety, making the score30-3. ; . I *
The game would finish thatway, improving Northwood'srecord to 2-2, while* being 1 -2 inthe Great Lakes IntercollegiateAthletic Conference.
Mercyhurst dropped to 2-2,
and are also 1-2 in the GL1AG
Mercyhurst battles Northwood in 30-3 loss.Patrick MartmofContribUtingPI
"We started really well, execut-ing the way that we wanted to,but'just couldn't make the bigplays", head coach Marty Scha-etzle commented following thegame, "They made the big playswhich gave them the momen-
Cro ss coun try team s runn ing wel lBoth teams pull out impressive wins last weekend
By Matt Jackson
Contributing Writer
Sept 27 was a winning day forthe Mercyhurst men's and wom-en's cross country teams as bothturned in dominating 15-50 vic-tories over the Gan non Knights.f The men p ut the first six acrossfinish line in the race while thewomen were just as dominantwith the top seven finishers.
Leif Schmidt turned in thebest time in the men's race witha. 27:34. j ~ ^Jl
(He was followed across theline by teammates Scott Bishop,Ryan Knight, Pat Hauser, CraigAndrews, and Nick Scalfone,who all ran under 28:25.
Nate Smith and David Fred-erick rounded out the Laker topten finishers with times of 28:42and 29:05 respectively.
Kenniston and Lauterbach.Sophomore Beth Kenniston
one again led the Lady Lakersto victory with a time of 19:38.
The women didn't stop thereas they took nine of the top tenfinishes, with only an eight placefinish from Gannon.
Senior Mindi Lauterbach, jun-ior Shannon Morton, and thepromising freshman Katejarocki
all ran respectable times of
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Craig Andrews and Nate Smith. \20:07, 20:13, and 20:21 rcspec-tively to finish second, third, andfourth in the race. 1
It was all members of the Lak-er junior class after that as HeidiI r o n s , Katie Mieczkowski,Stephanie Schnackc, Karen Th-omas, and Julie Dickman round-ed out the Lady Laker top tenfinishes.
Both the men's and women's
team will travel to Le MoyneCollege for the Le Moyne Invi-National on this upcoming week-
end on SaL, Oct. 4.The teams will hope to im-
prove on their previous invita-tional, held in South Bend, IN,where the men finished thir-teenth out of 28 teams and thewomen an impressive sixth outof 32 1
M en's lacro sse gets ready for upcoming season
B y A m a n d a H a r n o c z ;Contributing Writer
Mercyhurst men's lacrosseteam did so well in the 2002-2003season, expectation s are set highfor this season.
The team has already beenhaving grueling practices andconditioning, as well as manda-tory study tables.
Last years team had an unbe-lievable record of ll-3.Themen's lacrosse program is in it's
eighth season.Last year started off with a 8
game win streak.11 -3 is the men'sbest record ever at Mercyhurst
The team also made a Divi-sion II semi-final appearance, aswell as being ranked seventh inthe nation according to the Unit-ed States Intercollegiate LacrosseAssociation (USlLA).This yearsmens team is returning 32 vet-eran players as well as adding 11eager, young talented freshman.
Big wins for the men's lacrosseprogram last season include the13-12 overtime win against de-
fending national champs. Lime-stone College.A 13-9 win overWingate University helped boos tthe team into and secure a spotin the national tournamen t. I
The 13-9 win over St.* An -drew's College proved that Mer-cyhurst, who wasn't ranked at thetime, could beat the ninth rankedteam in the country.
Other individual awards werealso an accomplishment for thetcam.Senior and co-captain JimDetwilei was honored with sec-ond team USILA All-America,and also as All-Eastern CollegeAthcltic Conference (ECAC), aswell as being named Mercy-hurst's college athlete of the year.
Katie McAdnmvMerdtfd Photographer
Joe Poole eludes Andrew Sands In Inner squad play.Oth er players received individ- dedica tion to the team, Coach
ual awards.Awards such as recognition by
Division II Independent coach-es and first team All-Independent.Those who re-ceived these awards were Oe-twiler, Andrew Sands, DerekGabrilc, Brendan Doran, IanKomorek, Jerod Felice, and se-nior co-captain Matt Beach.
The teams accomplishmentshave done nothing but growsince head coach Chris Ryan hasbeen apart of the program.
With the skills, knowledge, and
Rvan has brought on mam"firsts" for mens lacrosse.
AU-American selections, schol-ar Ail-American selections,ECAC All-Star selections, and theteam's first ever Final Four ap-pearance are all incredible ac-
complishments by the entire l.i*j
crosse program.While all of these things are
branched from athletic ability, thelacrosse team also has the high-es t QPA th^y have everhad.Coach Chris Ryan startedcoaching in 1997 for Monroe
Community College^'Before coming to Mercyhurst
he coached women's lacrosse atAlfred University for one year.
After coaching the women'steam, Ryan accepted the assis-tant coaching position atMercyhursr.l lis main job was tohelp out with defense and rccruit-
i n & |
Ryan was eventually namedhead coach in 2000.
Coach Chris Ryan is helped byhis assistant coach, Jeffrey Rob-erts.
This is Roberts fourth yearcoaching at Mercyhurst.
He is mainly the offense coor-
dinator.Before coming to Mercyhurst
he coached two years as headcoach at Drew University inMadison, NJ.Goals for this yearis to achieve more "firsts" andbeat last years records.
This years team doesn't wantto just appear in the Final Four,but they want to be seen, appre-ciated, recognized, and to bechampions.
The men's lacrosse schedule is
extremely difficult being in Di -vision II with highly skilled andtalented teams.
Mercyhurst will play teamssuch as #3 Limestone College,
#6 Dowhng College, U10 Wheel-ing-Jesuit, and the national cham-pion from the New York Insti-tute of Technology.
The first game of the seasonis on March 3, 2004.
This game is away against Win-gate at 2 p.m.
The season's home openergame is on March 11, 2004 onTullio Field against Queens.Thefollowing game will be held onMarch 13, 2004 against Cataw-ba at I p.m..
turn.Northwood running back Per-
nell Jackson had a great day, rush-ing for 104 yards on just ninecarries and also adding a touch-down.
Jackson's teammate and fellow
running back Bryant Lawrencealso was key in the victory, scor-ing two touchdowns.
Mercyhurst running back Jus-
tin Adams led the Lakers with73-yards on twenty-three car-lies.
J u n i o r l e a d s w o m e n ' s g o lf
By Amanda PointerContributing Writer
This past weekend, the wom-en's golf team played in a tour-nament at the University ofFindlay.
The fall classic took place onSunday, Sept. 28, 2003 andMonday, Sept. 29£2003.J
As of day one, the team is inlast place out of the nine par-ticipating teams.
Grand Valley State is holdingthe first place spot with thescore of +38.
At the end of day one, the
lady Lakers score was +82.Junior, Sara Jaecks leads the
Mercyhurst golfers with thescore of 91, +19,
At Findlay last year, the girls
placed seventh o ut of the eightteams that played in the annualfall tournament.
This is the start of the sea-son for the girls who will beplaying again Oct. 2 when theyhost the M ercyhurst Invitation-al.
Last year, the girls placedfourth out of seven teams scor-ing 376 as a team.
In other women's golf news,a former Mercyhurst Collegegolfer has been given a coach-
Junior Sara Jaecks.F * Photo
mg position.Dave Hewett, an Erie local
who attended McDowell HighSchool, was appointed wom-en and men's head golf coach6n Tuesday, Sept. 9 * ,
Four months prior he waselected to the Mercyhurst Cpl-lege Athletic Department Hallof Fame.
Hewett, who spent all four
years on the Dean's list, grad-uated in 1987$ J
He was also one of the bestgolfers to have ever attendedMercyhurst College.
Hewett had the low roundin ten of thirteen matches hissenior year alone.)!
He also won two tourna-ments, averaged a team bejt,
of 76.6, and placed tenth inthe ECAC, as reported byMercyhurst Sports Informa-
u •
t ion.
W o m e n ' s fie ld h o c k e y w i n st h i r d s t r a i g h t h o m e g a m e
By Krista Ross
Contributing W riter
The Mercyhurst women's fieldhockey team remains undefeat-
ed on their home tun. winningtheir third straight hom e game ofthe season, defeating SlipperyRock 3-0 Wed. Sept. 24 at TullioField I St \ T
Leading the team in scoring forMercyhurst, junior forwardNicole Davis scored her ninthand tenth goal of the season in
Wednesday's defeatAlso scoring for Mercyhurst
was sophomore forward MistyDennis.
The goal was Dennis's secondon the season, and came with25:02 left in just the first half.
Freshman goalie Julie Smithwas credited 5 saves and postedher second straight shut out ofthe season.
Mercyhurst out shot SlipperyRock 21-3, and has won th e lastfour of their five games.^iThejLady Lakers will faceNazareth Tuesday, Sept. 30away,and will not be back on theirhome field until Monday Octo-ber 13, when they face Cataw-ba,
The game against Catawba willalso be their last home game ofthe season.*
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M e n ' s h o c k e y s h o o t i n g f o r s u c c e s sBy Patr ick MartinoSports Hdiror
At the beginning of every sea-son coaches and players alikesearch tor the secret of success.
I hev search for the clue that- V* I
holds a team together.It is an answer that eludes most
tennis season after season.Luckily however, the Mercy-
hurst mens hockey team un -doubtcdlv found the answer.
They found the answer a littleover three years ago when theyfound seven soon-to-bc fresh-men who would shape and moldth e Mcrcyhurst hockey programinto what it is today. '
For a team that had only oneDivision I season under its belt*
Coach Rick Gotkin and hiscoaching staff searched hard andlong for players that would bringMcrcvhurst hockey to a new lev-el. J I
N o l a n B r o w n , ShaneRelihan, Adam Tackaberry, Pe-
ter Rvhshoven, Mike Carter,
Jamie King, and MattCifelli answered the call.
These players immediatelyjumped into the lineup andturned the Lakers into nationalcontenders.
With the exception of the lossof Cifelli early last season, theremaining six are the heart ofthis team.
They are the leaders that will• >
take Mcrcyhurst hockey to newheights.^
Assistant Coach Chr is Herbolsheimer draws up a dr i l l in Monday's practice.Jody Me*wrPhoto Ecftor
It is without any doubt that withDrown as captain, and Ryn-shoven and Tackaberry as his as-sistants, that they are the leadersof this team.
Butwhat really makes this teamexceptional is that it does notmatter who is wearing a letter ontheir jersey.
Every senior on the squad
plays the leadership role.
Each one of these players hasseen and played against thebest players Division I hockeyhas to offer.
However, the leadership goes
much deeper."Guys through every level are
leaders on the team. Playersfrom each class were leaders on
their other (previous) teams andthey have their role here too/'said senior captain Nolan Brown.
Assistant captain AdamTackaberry feels the same way.
"Everyone plays theirpart. Letters don't mean toomuch. Everyone leads in theirown way/' adds Tackaberry.
But no matter who is leading,
there is no question that this teamadvances every year.
It is the seniors who have seenthe greatest portion of thechange.
With the advent of an auto-matic bid into the NCAA nationaltournament for the MACC (nowAtlantic Hockey), the sx currentseniors had the opportunity to
Men's tennis working together
play in two NCAA national tour- /|
naments after winning two
MACC playoff championships .
The same six have also domi-nated their league winning the lastthree consecutive regular sea-sons.
Among the teams they haveplayed arc Colorado College,University of Maine, Universityof Denver. Northeastern, Clark**:]son University, just this last yearfaced off against the two-timeNational Champions Universityof Minnesota and three yearsago nearly upset the hockey pow -erhouse. University of Michi-
gan. I > jy kI t is these appearances
that draw top-notch players toMercyhurst year after year.
All this leads up to an extremely;"j
anticipated season this year.Again more talent has been
brought onto the team and ac-
cording to Brown, "all the re-cruits arc really good."
And it is a good thing that theteam is ready for this year be-cause they first face off againstMichigan in front of a sure-to-be packed houee in Michigan on
Oct 4.;This is an enormous early op-
portunity for the Lakers.A MACC champion ring cere-
mon y will kick off this year'shome rampage on Oct. 11 at7:30 p.m. against Brock Univer-sity.
This year is sure to be a spec-tacle not to be missed by anvhockey or Mercyhurst sportsfan.
By Aman da Pointe rContributing Writer
So far in pre-season the Mer-H'Hurst Lakers riieri's tennis
team is on fire.John Nichols and Lee Marnik
took names creating a big upsetin the second day of Regional.
This junior and freshman duowas seeded number six in the
doubles and were victoriousover the No. one seed.glThe falling pair, from FerrisState lost 8-5 in the quarterfinalson Saturday, Sept 27.
All this action took place at the2003 ITA Great Lakes Men'sRegional at the Midland TennisCenter.
The Lakers fell the second dayto Northwood's number threeteam losing 8-4 in the semi-fi-nals.
Part of the Lakers ultimatedue from last Saturday, JohnNichols, is said to be the defi-nite leader of the team.
Holding the position of cap-tain, he is greatly respected bythe team.
"John Nichols is a great guy,everyone looks to him as some-one they can learn somethingfrom," said Rick Fowler, a soph-omore member of the team.
His partner this weekend, Lee
Le e Marnik Re Photo
Marnik, is a freshman showinga promising future for the team.
"From the way he's been play-ing, confidence is building in ev-eryone. Lee is getting good ex-perience for the spring. " Fowlersaid.
In the GLIAC, tennis specifi-cally faces a lot of tough com-petition.
One of the reasons for thestrong adversity is the massamount of international recruit-ing.
Many schools look to find stu-dents from Germany, the CzechRepublic, and Spain to fill theirroster.
Although Coach Ray Yost hasnothing against internationalplayers, Mercyhurst tends to re-cruit locally.
"We're pretty much an allAmerican team. Coach looks tofind players who are interested
in visiting the school, academics,and also tennis.; Scholarshipmoney is driven toward thosewho are looking to do more thanjust play tennis," said junior pow-erhouse John Nichols.
The top ranked team, North-wood, is a prime example of ateam composed of mostly inter-national players.
Most of their players hail from
European countries.
Mercyhurst fell to Northwoodlast year but hopes t o given thema strong match in the spring
"We're really taking it up anotch," said Fowler.
Ferris State and Northwoodtend to dominate the GLIAC butthis year the team should givethem a better match then in pre*vious years due to improvementsand new players.
Wayne Static, which is ranked3
r<1, following Ferris State and
Northwood, should get a defi-nite run for their money this sea-
son."We have? high hopes due to
losses Wayne State has faced thisyear." |
The Lakers seem anxiouswhen it comes to the upcomingspring seasons
Skill wise, much improvementcan be seen in the team.
£Evcry year we improve.We're a deep team, we're strong
all the way through our sixth play-er," said Nichol s. .
Nothing but good things havebeen said about Lee Marnik.
As the team captain and aftera winning weekend,John Nicholspraised Marnik, "For a fresh-man, he doesn't crack. Even ina pressure-filled situation, hestays strong"
Marnik is no novice to tennis.He played in the Pittsburgh area,
Peters Township, a strong tennisarea.
"He got a lot of experience by.having tough competition andgetting a lot of tournamentexperience,"said Nichols
Holding down the team withseniority is Tom Redband.
Redband, the only senior ten-njs player, has the most experi-ence and has been through it allwhen it comes to Laker tennis.
He's seen much change con-cerning the team and knowswhat improvements need to bemade from year to year.
"Tom has been around forev-er. He's a great role-model anda driven individual," said Nichols.
New players, new attitudes,and improvements in skill lookto offer the Lakers a promisingspring season.
Getting more experience, theLakers will be in action againOct. 1 at Carnegie- Mellon.
W omen's volleyball h asbittersweet weekend
By Matt JacksonContributing Writer
The Mcrcyhurst women's volleybali team experienced mixedresults this past weekend in two
Yost still do ing great things with w om en's ten:Team looking orward to acing Ashland this coming weekend
key conference matches*In the first game the Lakers
traveled to A shland and record-ed a well-earned 3-1 victoryover the Eagles.
The two teams put up scoresof 30-23, 30-23, 27-30, and 32-30. | %
Lyndsi Hughes came up justone kill shy of the school matchrecord with 26.
The record of 27 is sharedby Jenn Barba and Hughes.[>;BarI >a also contributed in thewin with 16 kills and four aces.
Sophomore setter KariClapham played her part total-ing 52 assists.
The win evened the Lakers'GLIAC record at 2-2 and setup an important conferencegame at Hndlay scheduled for
noon the next day.This match didn't go as well
for the Lakers, however, asthey were swept by the Findlay
Oilers 3«0.|j % 'krThe teams turned in scores of30-23, 30-17, and 30-25.
Senior Jenn Barba led the
Lakers in their losing effort withnine kills to raise her kill totalon the season to 234 in 19
matches . Sophomore Kar iClapham and junior KerryO'Brien each contributed tothe effort with 29 assists and13 digs respectively.
The loss dropped Mercyhurstto a 13-6 overall record anddipped them to a 2-3 confer-ence record.
They now sit two games backin the GLIAC South Division.The win propels Findlay to anoverall record of 15-4 and aGLIAC record of 4-1 , goodenough for a first place tie withGannon, two games ahead ofMercyhurst.
The Lakers will face a chal-lenge when they play undefeat-ed Northern Michigan (10-0,5-0) Tues; Oct. 3.
A win against the powerfulNMU team could completelyturn the season around for theLakers.
The Mercyhurst women nowhave 12 games left in the sea-son with each game being ex-
tremely important to the out-come of the season*
All of the 12 are conferencematchups and will give the Lak-ers an opportunity to gainground in the GLIAC standings.
By Amanda H arnocz
Contributing Writer
Coach Ray Yost has done spec*tacular things for both women'sand men's tennis programs here
at Mercyhurst College.For the women's program he
has fought for financial aid toequal what the men's team re-
ceives.Yost got permission to have
spring training at Hilton HeadIsland, S.C. and upgraded th eentire schedule so that his teamwill be playing the best DivisionI teams in the area.
Yost started coaching for thewomen's team in 1995.
The team's record for lastyears 2003 season was 15-10.
Also, the tennis team enteredthe Great Lakes Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (GLIAC)with a record of 7-11;*'
Last year's team finished fifth.The four teams above Mercy-
hurt women's tennis were allranked nationally^
This season will be strong once
again under the coaching of RayYost.
Five of the team's best play-ers from last year are returningagain this year.
There are three new additions
to the team.Those freshmen include Penn-
sylvania State D oubles Champi-on, Jamie Sutyak, and freshmenJaync Brady and Lisa Kir-
schman.The next opponents on the
schedule are Ashland, GrandValley State, and Ferris State.
These arc all home gamesThcmatch against Ashland will start
Coach Ray Yost
on Saturday, < )ct. 4 at 1 p.m.,Grand Valley State starts on Fri-
day, Oct.10 at 4 p.m., and FerrisState's match starts at 11a.m. onOct. 11.* * S*
l ;The women's tennis team plays
all of their home uames at theWestwood Kaquet Club in Eric.
This is owned by their Coach
Ray Yost and this is where theyhave all of their practices andhome evcnts.On Sat. Sept. 27,the women's tennis team hadtheir first GI 1 AC loss.
Their record as of now is 6-1in GLIAC and 6-2 overall.
|* Their loss was to Northwoodat Midland Community Tennis
Center, Midland, Mich.7-2 loss ruined their 6-game
winning streak,
liven with Freshman JamieSutyak's efforts and getting thelast point for Mercyhurst in hersingles match, the team could notpull of the win.Undsay Zimmand Alison Hughes had a valianteffort in winning their doublesmatch, but the points just weren't
enough. I I 1The Lakers hope to pull off
their home match against Ash-land this coming weekends;
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