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FromArenaBy Gagan SuriMcrciad News Editor

The WorldNorth and South Korea's Cold warA Potential Threat

President Kim Y ung Sam of South Korea in an interview on theeve of a trip to Canada and th&Unitcd States said that a cold war isalive between the two nations namely, North and South Korea andcould break out into a real war at any time. The no man's land withheavy military, barbed wire and land mines remains a possiblebattleground involving United States troops and perhaps evennuclear weapons.Kim suggested that the major reason for this tension over theborder is the* desperation and frustration about the decliningeconomy of North Korea. He added that this frustration could leadto a course of adventurous military provocation by North Korea.The North Koreans had seized a South K orean ship transporting riceearlier this spring.

Kim spoke, highly of the United States troops in the region whohelp in deterring the war. Both Japan and South Korea wish to keepthe American forces but seek changes in the military agreement dueto the resentment at crimes attributed to the American soldiers.

Million Man MarchHundreds of thousands of black males gathered in WashingtonDC for the "Million Man March" near the capitol on Oct. 16 toaffirm their self-respect and p rotest the conditions besetting muchof black America.The march was called by N ation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.The march was the largest assemblage of black Americans sinceBanners stretching 10 feet, carried portraits of OJ Simpson andMum ia Abu-Jama I, the death row inmate in Philadelphia, who h as

become a rallying figure for many blacks who say he was railroaded.Islamic Fundamentalists MountFresh Attacks on Kabul

Seven months after the last severe altack,lhc Islamic Fundamen-talist force known as the Talibanfhas launched a fresh attack,regaining all its lost territory and pushing the Government troops tothe outskirts of the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul.Earlier in September the rebels had captured the westerncity of Herat and thisjhas created a diplomatic confrontationbetween Pakistan, believed to be backing Taliban, and three othernations holding interest in Afganistan, India, Iran and Russia.TheTaliban area majorityclhnicg roup that have providedrulers to Afghanistan in the past. The present gov ernment is madeup of he minority group. India's foreign ministcrsaid inn statementIssued in New Delhi that the elements who areattacking Kabul havebeen raised, trained and armed by Pakistani intelligence agencies.

Irish Cultural Society Present Bi-centennial Gift to ErieThe Irish Cultural Soc iety has invited world renowned Irishperformers, Comhalts, to present an evening of traditional Irishentertainment at Villia Maria Academy, 2403 West 8lh, on Thurs-day, Oct 19. The concert includes traditional Irish music, storiesand step dancing.Mercyhurst College and the First National Bank havehelped greatly to make this evening possible. The tickets are beingsold at one third the cost.

InternationalStudents Go toNiagara FallsBy Gagan SuriPresident: InternationalStudents ^OrganizationMerciadNews Editor

Members of the Mercyhurst International community enjoyNiagara Falls. ^

After all the arrangements oforganizing the trip to N iagara falls,on the final day the weather goddid not seem to be in a very goodmood. The whole last week wehad wonderful sunny days and onthe long weekend when every-body made plans, it rained allday, now how fair is that? Well,once at the college, bright andearly at 7:30 with the college van(whose brakes exist only forappearance) the scheduled depar-ture time, I discovered (hat many

the people who had signed up forthe trip did not show up (for obvi-ous reasons associated with Fri-day evening socializing.)Our journey began witha lot of laughter, but after 10 min-utes of driving out of town, I had

a very eerie feel ing of being alonein the van. I looked back from thedrivers seat to discover that allmy passengers were dozing off!Everybody's spirit revived oncewe reached the falls. Most of thestudents were v isiting the falls forthefirsttimc.Thcspcclacularsightof the falls left everybody spell-bound. After a bit of goofingaround we all had the wonderfulpacked lunches that Lisa from thecafeteria provided for this trip,and we all greatly appreciate herconcern.

tNext on the agenda was doingsomething considered "fun," sowcbought tickets lo the "Cave ofWinds." Talk about winds.lhalplace was like standing at the cen-ter of a cyclone. Everyone wasdrenched, but the tour gave us afeel for the mighty falls.Then came the interest-ing part where everyone startedsharing their diverse backgroundand cultural experiences. Pui sanCheung from Hong Kong taughta quick lesson to everyone in us-ing the chop sticks at the Ch inesedinner we had. Sheila Parkinson,I believe, had the toughest timefiguring out how to use those twosticks to pick her food. After a lotof struggle she perfected the tcch -niquckwhich no one else theretried to do. I

A M D H mum mm @ nullsSocial Sciences DivisionReverend Brock, of the. VictoryChristian Center, will be speakingon "Overcoming Fear and Vio-lencejn the Community, Tues-day, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. in SullivanHall . ' * iThis is the inaugural speech forthe Mercyhurst College SocialSciences Division's DistinguishedSpeaker Series. The Series is sup-ported by an Academic Enrich-ment grant from the college. AlterReverend Brock's ha If-hour pre-sentation, there will be a half-hourquestion and answer session, fol-lowed by a presentation. AH are-welcomed to hear this timely andchallengingmessage.

All faculty or dorm residentsshould place old phone books ina pile next to the paper recep-tacles in their hallways or lobbys.All apartment or townhousedwellers should hold onto their

old phone books. ECCO will becollceting|them for frecycling/charitable causes.The trip to HarmonyHouscfhas been changed to Sat-urday, Oct. 28. Sign ups are inthe Union at the front desk. Any-one, is still encouraged to attend.Health ServicesFlu shots arc currently being ad-ministered between 9 a.m. and 4p.m. at the. Student HeaHhjSer-vices offices located in Preston101. There is no charge for theshots. Persons who are allergic toeggs or are pregnant (or suspcelthay are) should not receive thisshot. Appointments may be madeby contacting the Health Servicesoffices at ext. 2431.Dean's List DinnerThe Dean's List Dinner will beheld on Sunday, Oct. 22, 1995.Refreshments will be served at 7p.m. in Sullivan Hall. Dinner will

be at 7:30 p.m. in the upper level ofthe Egan Dining Hall. The speakerfor the evening will IK* Michael

Fcdcriei, Ph. D. of the PoliticalScience Department.Study AbroadUndergraduate scholarshipsare available for thosewho wishto study abroad. The^scholar-ships are sponsored by the Na-tional Security Education Pro-gram. These scholarships areopen to Freshmen, Sophomores,Juniors, and Seniors.IFor more information contactRobert Heibel at ext. 2117, orAlice Edwards at ext. 2548.Massage

The rape.utic; massage, spon-sored by th&Mcrcyhurst Physi-cal Therapist Program, will begiven in the basement ofMcAuley HallSon Friday, Oct.20 from 1-8 p.m.The cost of the mas sage willbe $5 for 15 minutes. For moreinformation, or to make a reser-vation, call 824-2075.ReminderThe last day to withdraw/de-clare pass-fail is Thursday, Oct.31. I t

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Students enjoy hot dogs, pop, and good music during the BACCHUS picnic, M onday inGarvey Park. Hotf dogs were provided by Smith's and pop was donated by Wegmans.

NewsBy Dan H linkerEditor-in-CIiief i

Revision of the Academic Cal-endar was once again the maintopic for discuss ion at theO ct 16,1995 meeting of Mercyhurst Stu-dent Government. "Dr. Gowcrisasking for our support in axingthe free day at in id-terms and cre-ating a break between the last dayof classes and the first day offinals,"said Student GovernmentPresident Jessica OilVia.At the Oct. 9, 1995, MSG meet-ing, representatives were askedto talk to their constituents in or-der to see what the student bodyas a whole thought of the pro-, I study day. Discussion washeard on the topic, bringing manymixed reviews."Most of the people I talked towere not in favor of ending the.free day in order to make a studyday before finals," said Juniorclass representative BradRybczynski.Resident representative Pat

Klingensmith said: "Most of thepeople, that I talked to said thatthey would like to have the study"It sounds to me like we 're try-ing to create a cram day for (hestudent body. Students should bediligent enough to do their read-ing every dayand to keep up withtheir studies, not cram an entire

mid terms be sustained. The mo-tion was passed by a slim 16-12majority."Just because we have.,madethis, recommendation does notmean that the academic calendarwill not change anyway. All wearc doing is making a recommen-dation toDr. Gower,"Cu!Tia said.In other MSG news, Vice Presi-dent Tim Duble said that he islooking for fWc members of MSGto join the Constitution Commit-tee. The committee is going tolook through the constitution anddetermine whatlis outdated andother information or rules that arcin need of revision."We're going to go through theconstitution because things havebecome outdated. Things changeover time. We'll then bring up theparts that are in need of revision ata meeting to be voted upon,"Duble said.MSG Secretary StacyFit/pa trick noted that Sara Allenand she will co-chair the WinterFormal. "Sign ups for the formalcommittee will be next week,"said Fit/patrick.MSG Treasurer Marc Johnstontalked about the upcoming ErieCollege CareerfCoopcrativc in-formation day that will be held onThursday, NoVj 9, 1995 at theMercyhurst Athletic Center. It willbe an informational event wherestudents will be able to talk w |

term into one day,' Sophomorerepresentative David Roth said.A motion was made bv BradRybczynski to recommend toDean Cower that the free day at

prospective employers to talkabout possible careers in variousfields. "This is a very importantevent for the futures of many ofthe students here at M ercyhurst,"

Johnston said. The event will befrom 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.In Student Activities Commit-tee news, President BrianMarshall announced that on Fri-day, Oct. 20, 1995 comedianDavid Naster will be performingin the Taylor Little Theatre at 8p.m. "He is a very popular, veryfunny guy," Marshall said.There also will be a Monte. Carlonight sponsored by SAC in theStudent Union on Saturday, Oct.21, 1995. Anyone who wants tobe a dealer for Monte Carlo nightshould contact SAC at ext. 2463.Freedom Zone representativeKevin Segedi said that the. dead-line, for submissions for the No-vember issue of theFreedom Zonewill be Oct. 24,1995. Everyone iswelcome to submit articles forpublication.Attendance at the. Oct. 16 meet-ing (P indicates present; E indi-cates excused absence; and U in-dicates unexcused absence): JoyDlugos, P; Chris Glaz, P; KatieMcGlynn, P; Bridget Murphy, P;

Bridgette Palmisano, P; JasonPuh I man, P; Jen Feser, P; TriciaBaugh, P; Pete DeSocio, P; AmyKovach, P; Lisa Malinowski, P;Sharon Pritchard, P; BradRybczynski, P; Craig Zamary, P;Sarah Allen, P; Tom Bender, P;Chris Herbolsheimer, P; DavidRoth, P; Kevin Segedi, P; JenVctter, P; Melissa Lang, P; Col-leen Obre.mski, P; Sarah Lamout,P; JimCarrabbia.P; Ryan Kennis,P; Jennifer Houck, P; Kate Fedele,P; Pat Klingensmith, P; MikeMorgan, P; Rahsaah Roland, E.

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By Kim C oughlin, Graduate InternOffice of Student Union & Student ActivitiesO N E W E E K T O G O : Attention all Freshmen:Time isranningout to sign up for the Resident/ Commuter SIcepover. For your conve-nience sign up sheets have been placed in your campus mailbox (if youhave one) and also at the Front Desk of the Student Union. Call Kim fordetails at 824-2422. | IS T A Y T U N E D : Thcre^will be another "Commuter Council"meeting soon !DON'T GET CAUGHT WITHOUT YOURS H O I ! : Fin shots arc available at no extra cost in Student HealthServices, Rinvl 01 Preston, through Nov. 30 during the hours of 9 a.m. and4 p.m.UPCOMING ACADEMIC SKILLS & LEAD-ERSHIP WORKSHOPS: I j IGetting the Most Out of Your Study Time - Presented by Linda Linville- Tues., Oct 24 at 8:15 p.m.in McAuley Hall.Do's & Don'ts of Registration & Scheduling - Presented by Betty Damper& Elaine Ruggicro - Wed., Oct. 25 at 4:15 p.m. in Student G overnmentChambers.Time Managemant - Presented by Cass Shimek - Wed., Oct. 25 at 8:15p.m. in Baldwin Hall.MARK YOUR CALENDARSO c t . 2 0 - F A L L F U N i F E S T : Laugh & eat for FREE! Comeback to campus to enjoy thecomedy of Dave N aster at8p.m. in the TaylorLittle Theater. -ftfcg )4UO c t . 2 1 - FAL L FUNfFEST CONTINUES. Pl an onbeing at "MONTE CARLO NIG HT ' | p.m. - 11:30 p.m. in the StudentUnion. There will also be a Chinese Auction.Oct. 24 - ATTENTION SENIOR COMMUT-

E L K S : Are you planning on graduating in May or earlier? If so , youMUST make.'arrangements as soon as possible to take the WritingProficiency Exam which willbegiven on Tues., Octv24 from 6p.m. to 9 p.m.& Thurs., Oct. 26 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Zura Hall. Students shouldreport to the lobby of Zurn Hall at least 15 minutes prior to the examstarting. Need additional information? Contact Heidi Hoscy at ext. 2336.

Movie Review:ZORBA THE GREEK

By Gagan SuriMerciad News Editor

For all those of you who love the old charm of the black and whitecinema and the offbeat dramas this movie is a treat for yo u. Zorbais a manwh o dances to express hisjoy, he dances to venthis sorrow.He is crude, sly lusty and spiritual, full of life and unafraid of death.Zorba happens to meet this young and ambitious Englishman whomhe befriends and they together go into mining in Crete. A jack of alltrades and master of none, Zorba cla ims to have an extraordinaryolfactory sense for sniffing ores in mining.Although Zorba hassome very ingenuous ideas, his calculationsalways are fatally off, Zorba's weakness like many men's is"women." He ends up spending all of his m aster's business dealmoney on a woman from the streets. However, he does manage toconvince his "boss " to carry on w ith the project.Zorba is one of those rare screen characterizations which can Jnever be forgotten, and probably the rolebywhich Anthony Quinn willmost be remembered. Alexis Zorba reads through MichaelCacoyan ni's adaptation of Nikos Kazantzaki's novel. The moviehas background music of the famous "Zorba dance theme,M com-posed by MiU's Theodoraki'T"If ever the abundance of life force in a man has been poured forthon the screen... it is done in the brilliant performance given byAnthony Quinn."(Cassette cover.)

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Get a GripNicole PonstingleA&EEditor I

Hello all! I just wanted to men-tion a fewof he new featuresof heAits and Entertainment section ofThe Merciad, as well as what willbe coming in the next few issues. Itseemed that the.section was be-coming rather bland and needed tobe kicked into a realm of moreencompassing interest. So, what Ihave decided to do is to give youhappenings from Cleveland (thecool city), Pittsburgh and eve nBuf-falo. There will be things to do interms of plays, conceits and otherentertaining happenings tobe foundin that city. You know as well as Jdo that Erie is very limited in funstuff to do, unless {you dig lamebars.

Along with this, I found a veryfine writer and actor among ourlittle community to review m oviesto keep you up on the best flicks

around, but you will meet him nextweek. Also to come next week willbe a listing of all the Halloweenevents around this area. This willcome with a list of Erie'sfinestandnot-so;finesHaunted Houses, be-cause if you are like me, then youwant to cram in all the Halloweenactivities that you can .Finally, I just wanted to extendthe invitation to all of our commu-nity to make suggestions of thingsthat you would like to see in thissection. You can contact me byleaving a voice mail atThe Merciadoffice, ext. 2376. But, I did haveone last thought and that was tofeature a poem or picture of astudent's art work in every issue, soif anyone is interested, please be intouch. The reason that I am limitingit to poetry is simply for the reasonof space, so all of you short storyand novelistswill have to save it forthe Lit. Mag., sorry!

Just in time for Halloween TheRoadhouse Theatre is bringing"Gorey Stories" to Erie. Th is is amu sicalplay from Off-Broadwaythat has it's stories adapted from"Eighteen StoriesT' byk EdwardGorey.Th e NewfYorklPost said "Aunique, odd, perverse and engag-ing entertainment, it is not anevening you are going to easilyforget. The world of Edward

Gorey is a strange and gothic one.It is also exciting, because it pre-sents a peculiarly personal v isionof common abstract teno rs." Theplay will run on T hursdays, Fri-days and Saturdays from Oct. 26-Nov. 25 at 8 P.M. It is one thatshould not be missed. The Road-house is at 145 West Eleventh St.For more information, call 456-5656. L

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l a s V M I V 4jAThe Erie Art Museum 's Contem-porary Music Series is proud topresent The Andy M ilne Quartet,out of Montreal. The band playsrhythmic jazz and funk infusedwith rap, reggae and other influ-ences. The concert will take placeFriday, Oct. 20th at 8 p.m. in theErie A rt Museum Annex locatedat 411 State Street. Fortickets andinfo., caD 459-5477.

le Mercy hurst D ance Depart-lent was featured in the Octobertissue of "Dance Teacher Now"magazine. Many aspects of thecurriculum were given, as well asinformation on Mercyhurst itself.The article was entitled "Dancein Higher Education: M ercyhurstCollege, Erie Pa." So, if you so @ f f

Tunes On TailsBy Jason UleryMerciad Columnist Mark on themic. The album starts

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Time for another music cohimnwhich probably noneof you read.How about some feedback, huh?I feel like I might as well be writ-ing notes to myself. This is sup-posed to be a column for the stu-dents, but I have no idea if what Iam writing about interests any-body other than myself. It couldbe like the U nited States Consti-tution (sort of)- by a person, forthe people. My liberal studies his-y credit is paying off. Anyway,this week it's Keyboard MoneyMark and going to see the CircleIJerks live.If any of you listen to the Be astieSoys (and I know you do!), thenou have heard Mark Ramosishita (assumed name Moneyark) on the organ, Wurlitzer,:lav, and whatnot.His first solo album, in whichle plays everything, is beauti-illy melodic and combines dif-ferent seventies styles, withobvi-lous influences being the Metersand Sly and the Family Stone.This is mostly instrumental, bro-ken up by samples and Money

off with the relaxing and soulful"Sunday, Gardena Blvd." Thissong pretty much sets the stagefor the rest of the album, which,played at low volu mes and with abeer in your hand, is perfect fortoungin'. Do not buy this justbecause Money Mark is on theBeastie Boys album, however.This is; only recommended forthose who truly dig the long-lostseventies sound.

"Cry" and "Pretty Pain" arebluesy selections with jazz influ-ence featuring Money Mark onthe mic, and provides support tothe instrumentals. "Insects AreAll Around Us" and "Don't Missthe Boat" are offbeat yet lean,funky tracks which, along withlthe other seven songs, make this |album a pure joy to listen to. Goodluck in finding this one, however.It is made available on the ob-scure Pinto Records and is nearlyimpossible to find. It's worth theeffort looking, though.Now I will talk about seeing (orrather wishing to see) the CircleJerks live. This was a highly an-ticipated event for me, and I wasreally psyched. So my best friend

Agora Theater in Cleveland, iI waswaiting to see Keith Moiget nuts on-stage.We got there, how ever, to thsight of wo small bands of peoplhuddling around their respectivcars, so we say to ourselve'What's up with this?' Needlesto say, the show had been cancelled, but why we did not knowThe evening wasnot a total disaster as some kind of middle ageCircle Jerks roadie supplied uwith a sampler tape of a new bacalled the Deftones.

The Deftones employ a Pixies'like formula with soft, rhythmisections followed immediatelyhard sections, as if someone suddenly hit the distortion pedal.This album is now out oMadonna's Maverick label, aif I were you I would get it. Buback to the Circle Jerks, I recent]learned that gu itaristGreg Hetsoi(also of Bad Religion) quit thband three weeks into their summer tour. Bummer.Starting next week, I willalternating with music previewand ?concert information foCleveland and Pittsburgh. Later,

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liy Dan H MilkerMcrciad Editor-in-Chief

It's that time of year again. You know, World Series time. If youare a fan of the Cleveland0ndians or the Atlanta1 Braves, then Isuppose you arc one of those jubilant people whom I heard yellingand screaming on Tuesday night when the final two teams weredetermined.I am very happy for the Braves and the Indians, but especially forthe Indians because they have not won the American Leaguepennant for 41 years. It was 1 54 when they last had a season toreally get excited about. tThere has been a great deal of change in this world since theIndians last won the pennant, such as the Vietnam war, the!firstmoon walk, and so on. I really like baseball, although I don't careas much about the outcome as I did in the past. I also believe thatthere are many more important things that are going on in the worldtoday than the W orld Scries, but I do believe that events like thesehave a great importance thaligocs beyond the crowning of achampion for another year.Take a look at the Buffalo Bills. They have, been to and lost theSuper Bowl four different times. What makes matters worse is thatthey lost in four consecutive years. What a dejected bunch of peoplethat team must be made up of. They still played really hard and gavetheir 100 percent, but they lost...four years in a row.This not only looked bad for the Buffalo Bills franchise, but itlooked bad for thecity of Buffalo as well. Many of the people thatif alk to prefer to Buffalo as a city of losers. This is an unfairassumption concerning the city of Buffalo and its people, but manypeople out there still like to believe that it is true.I get a lot of bad ribbing when I tell people that I am from Buffaloand a great deal more when I tell them that I am a die hard BuffaloBills fan. Yes, the Bills lost four Super Bowls in a row, but it was notthe fault of the fans or of the city itself, it was because they werebeaten on the Held of play. * ft. For the Cleveland Indians, the city of Cleveland, and the Indiansfans, I would like to say good luck, and may the best team win.Cleveland is a great city that deserves a champion.I only hope that the city of Cleveland does not fall into the sametrap that has happened, to a certain extent, to the city of Buffalo. Itis amazing how much stock people put into a c ity's sports teams.When you think about a city, you should not base your decision ofthat city on the performance of their sports teams.Why does this kind of association occur? I know that Buffalo isone city that really loves its professional sports teams, and I am surethat worker productivity drops whenever the Bills lose on Sundayafternoons or Monday nights. I am sure that Cleveland sees the sametype of reaction to their teams' losses.I remember when I was young and the Cleveland Browns wereplaying on M onday Night Football. The sports commentator madea derogatory comm ent about the. city of Cleveland, basically givingthe viewer the impression that Cleveland was not a very desirableplace to be,|partly because their football team was not a verysuccessful franchise. I don't know if anyone in Cleveland wasoffended by the comm entators remarks, but I was even though Ididn't live there. Part of the reason why I was angered was becauseBuffalo was looked down upon at the same time partly because ofthe success, or lack thereof, of the Buffalo Bills.Years later, when the Bills were contending for the Super Bowlchampionship, I believe, for a little while, that the city enjoyed aboost in their outside reputation, but once they lost their first SuperBowl, they lost any gains in public perception that they had madeearlier. This truly is a shame for those people that live and workwithin thecity, and 1 hope that this does not happen to Cleveland, orany city for that matter.When people look at the reputation of a city, they should look atmany of the other cultural aspects of the city also, not merely theperformance of their sports teams. The living conditions of the city,the crime problems of the city, and the many museums, galleries,

and parks of the city are other areas that should be taken intoconsideration when someone judges a city.Without these many other things in our environment many peoplewould bewithout jobs, such as parks department workers, and thosewho work in museums and art galleries. The economy of a citycentersaround many of these cultural attractions as wel l, notjust on(he performance of the local sports organizations.IWith the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and thedevelopment off the waterfront areas, I think that Cleveland isheaded in the right direction as a city. Many of the "higher profile"{cities in the United Statesman'! say that they enjoy the culturalachievements that Cleveland, Buffalo, or even Erie for that matterare able to enjoy every day, right at their doorsteps.I hope that Cleveland keeps building upon their public reputation.They are a great city that deserves a winning reputation, not only onthe Held hut off. Co Tribe.

Integrationliy Nick KraygerMerciadStaff Columnist

I was one oEJjthc luckylpeoplewho had the.opportunity logo homeover the long weekend. I addedThursday to my weekend, whichgave me enough time in Philadel-phia to see just about everyone Iwanted to sec just once, withoutgetting bored by the repetition thathappens among good friends.I got kind of mad at myself be-cause there was an AIDS walk inPh illy on Sunday,and since I hadn'tknown or made previous arrange-ments, I was unable to do it. Iguess I was there in spirit, though.I did have a wonderful opportu-nity while I was at home. OnFriday, I went with my mom andtwo nephews on a hayride througha pumpkin patch. This gave us achance to reconnect.It's very hard for young childrento understand why someone theylove keeps on popping in and outof their lives. Actually, it' s prettyhard to be the adult doing all ofthepopping.But we had a great time. I foundmyself wandering through thepumpkin patch with my four-year-old nephew Christopher, trying topick out themost special pumpkin.It's amazing how, as adults, ourunderstanding of special can be sodrastically different than a child's.Amidst thousands of pumpkins,of all shapes and sizes, Christo-pher picked the most rotten andmalformed pumpkin in the hunch.It was completely discolored anddamaged.My mother and I tried to dis-suade Christopher from draggin'that sad old pumpkin back to the

haycart, but he w ouldn 't hear of it.He has a will of iron, and a tremen-dous amount of pride. He had de-termined that this pumpkin wasspecial and that he would have it.I guess thc.conccrn from mymother and myself was that in (wodays, Chris' pumpkin would bedead and we would have to throw

it away. We had assumed thatChris would wanlifto keep thispumpkin for a long lime, andneither one of us asked him whyhe thought this pumpkin was sospecial. fI think the issue for Christo-pher was a question of our judg-ment^ f he thought thepumpkinwas special, why didn't we?I guess we thought we had allof the answers that day.As the adults in the situation,we won. Christopher did even-tually drop the pumpkin andjumped back on the hayride -wi thdrawn, si lent, andpumpkinless.

At first I thought he was soupset because he didn't have hisway, but that wasn't it. Westrucka nerve in the kid. We stabbedhis pride, his sense of udgment,and his understanding of us ashis caregivers. If we loved himso much, why weren't we trust-ing what he was doing?My mother leaned over to meand said that we should have lethim bring the "bad" pumpkin,because now his feelings were"hurl." fMy nephew and 1 arc verymuch alike.A few weeks ago, IJwrole acolumn for the, Merciad aboutan experience I had involving aguy I met who had AIDS . Somethings were cut from my col-umn, and I didn't know about ituntil after the paper came out.I was furious. 1 felt violated.Somehow, someone felt thatthey had the right to change w hatI was saying.After I found out, which waswhen jI picked up a Merciadmyself, I wrote, a letter to theeditor. The letter was fair, con-sidering I tried to be as objectiveas I could with the information Ihad. I:tried really hard to veeraway from the personal insultsthat so quickly Hooded my mind.Then, that letter went imprintedinglasl week's issue JI br icilydiscussed "w hy" with the editorThe Merciad

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and with Bill Kennedy who claims"responsibility" for theMerciad.Why the letter was left out isirrelevant. I was given the optionto print it this week if I so desired.I think I-made my point clearthough. I'm glad I spoke to thepeople, involved.When I'm approached, I thinkI'm pretty easy to discuss thingswith, actually. If people are in-timidated by me , I can't help that.If they took the time to talk to me,they would see that I'm fairlyopen to constructive criticism. IAnd this issue for me is muchthe same as the one with mynephew and the pumpkin.At the. pumpkin patch, mymother and I wanted it our way.Being the adults, we felt ourjudg-ment was better. We were help-ing Christopher in the long run,right? | i ,fOr we re we?Could it be that we were pro-tecting ourselves from the stenchof a rotten pumpkin for the nexttwoor three da ys? Were we a fra idthat it would bring maggots, andthen w e would have to explain tovisitors why we had allowed forsuch a rotten pumpkin in ourhouse?Who really want's a rottenpumpkin sitting around thehouseanyway? . - . ?I realize that I carry many rottenpumpkins with me around thiscampus. They are in my back-pack. In my apartment. Some ofthem are even in me.But the bottom line is this.I will never know the reasonwhy Chris wanted that pumpkinso bad. I'll never understandwhyit appealed to him. W hen judginghis reason, I'll never know whyhe chose the pumpkin that hechose.

|And]I can smother C hris withall of the pumpkins I want I canpick them from the fanciest pump-kin patch. I can paint them withglorious colors.I can even convince him that hereally wants the pumpkin that Isec Krayger, p. 5. f

O c t o b e r 19,1995M e r c i a d E d itorsDitii HilfikerJohn MurphyGagun Su n/essica Russell

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Ryb RoastBy Brad RybczynskiMerc iad Staff Column is If *This past week has been a hectic one. Mid-terms were quite astrain. Our free day on Friday was wcl I deserved andvery welcome.I hope you all enjoyed it. ?That free day that we all enjoyed so mueh may not be a part ofournext years academic calen dar. So lake a little time to reminisce onhow you spent it. If you want to have one again next year, restassured that the Mcrcyhurst Student Government made that recom-mendation. That doe sn't mean that the Tree day is delimit ly goingto be there. It may still be replaced by a study day at the end of thefall term next year.In my case, I spent Thursday night and Friday doing nothing. Imean in the way of school work. 1 had a great time. I went and spentthe time with my girlfriend, I worked back home, and spent timewith my family and friends. I rarely have time to do these thingsduring the term withou t the weight of school on my shoulders.Well, enough of my personal life. It's not all that exciting.Something that may be more up most of your alleys is the word

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Women Win Oakland TournamentThis Sunday the Mcrcyhursl crew team made their way to Rochester,N.Y., to compete in the annual Bausch and Lomb Regatta. Despite'chilling temperatures in thc50's,and blustery winds, the team left campusat 5 a.m. and headed off to row against some of the best collegiate teamsin the U.S. and Canada. Harvard, Yale, Syracusc,|Buffalo, and the St.Catherine's rowing club were there to name, a few. I fThe Bausch and Lomb Regatta is composed of two parts. The. first is athree-mile head race, where one competes against the clock, while beingchased by another boat. The second part is a 1500 m sprint, where OIKraces the closest competitor from tlie^cad race standings. The two scoresare added together for a 'fifth 1 scofrc, wh ieh delerm ines the overaII stand i ng.The first on the water was the men's lightweight eight, they finishedeighth out of a squad of thirteen boats. The crew consisted of Joyce

O'Hara, Dan Beamer, Don Le Clair, CJ. Warner, Chris Moigis, ChrisThompson, John Janota, Ben Booth, and Rob Fetter. They were quitepleased with their performance despite the last minute replacement, ScottWilliamson.The wom en's varsity eight was the next of theHurst crews to take, on the]winding waters ol Roch ester. The eight consisting of veteran coxieHeather Drak**, Krisly Robinson, Jean Mc Feely, Jen Cloonan, KathleenHoudack, Erin Llyod, Renee Bums.Meghan Heggersall, and bowman SueBurke, were placed 21st out of 32 crews after the. head race but theymanaged to pull themselves into 18 after the sprint. They were disap-pointed that they finished behind their rivals, Buffalo, who finished in16th, six seconds ahead of them.The final boat to compete for the Hurst was thcmcn's Heavyweighteigh t the new coxie, Mike Opperman, helped his crew of Kevin Kosco,Will Suave, Will O'Brien, Jim Kavency, Josh Pawlovich, Rob Mc Nair,Pat Geiger and John Miljus, move through the three-mile course. Theywere quite disappointed in their final result but hope that changes to their

workout schedule will serve them belter at the. upcoming race in Ohio.The next regatta will be the Spockman Regatta in Columbus, Ohio.

By l>ee Ann KellyfcMcrciad Sports WriterLast weekend the Lady Lakerssoccer team traveled to OaklandUniversity to take part in the Cen-tral Region Classic Soccer Tour-* nament. The. Lakers scored twovictories to win the tournamentand improve their overall recordto

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The Laker fool ha II team fell toits second defeat in as many weeksas a powerful Buffalo State, squadrolled to a 44-18 victory over thehome side at Vets stadium onSunday afternoon. The. Lakers,who had a good start to the sea-son, have now slipped to an over-all record of 3-3.In their opening drive of thegame., Buff State, went 70 yardsdown field in 13 plays to score thegame's first touchdown.Thevisi-tors tailback Perez Din kinspounded the Laker defense for anumber of short yard gains andtheir experienced quarterbackTracy Bacon connected with acouple ol long passes. Through-out the game the home sides de-fense could not handle a very po-tent Buff State, attack. Less thantwo minutes after their first score,another huge 60 yard run gave, thevisitors a 14-0 lead over (he hap-less Lakers.Towardslthc. end of the firstquarter the. Laker offense beganapplying a little pressure and ablocked Held goal attempt by spe-cial teams set thehome side up fora touchdown early in the secondquarter. Senior running back CraigWoodard registered the score witha ten yard run. Sophomore kickerEric Wicks failed with the pointafter attempt to leave the score14-6. However, the. Laker defensewas still struggling to contain thepowerful running of Dinkins andin the very next drive he went 14yards for another touchdown.?Itwas the visiting quarterback w hothen had a big play as he con-nected with a 35 yard pass to giveBuffalo its fourth touchdown ofthe game midway through thesecond quarter.

Despite the best efforts of theLaker offense, in particular run-ning back Woodard, they failedto add another score in the firsthalf and the home side went in athalf-time trailing 28-6.

The second ha I (started off much

better for theLakers when specialteams had its second punt blockof the day to set the offense up fora touchdown. Junior quarterbackMatt Golga completed a six yardtouchdown pass to freshman tightend Mike Jeckel. A failed twopoint conversion left the>homeside trailing by 16 points.Unfortunately, the Buff Staterunners continued to punish theLakers as they once again went70 yards in 13 plays for anotherscore, exactly as they had donefor their first touchdown. Thescore remained 34-12 in favor ofBuffalo up until (he middle of thefourth quarter when their kickerextended the lead with a 38 yardfield goal.

Golga came back out with hisoffense and put together a stringof fine passes to give the Lakersa score and make the score look alittle more respectable. However,just in case there was any doubt inanybody's mind about who domi-nated this game, Buffalo St fin-ished the gamewith another rush-ing touchdown to leave the finalscore 44-18."Buffalo was a very tough op-ponent, they had a lot of fineathletes and a lot of offensiveweapons," said head coach JoeKimball. "But, there's no waythey should have won by what

thcyjdid, we did not play verywell," said K imball.H]His team's defense gave up 333yards rushing and 135 passing."Our defense has been playingsome solid football up until thisgame. Sunday we had a break-down against probably the mostpotent offense we 'll see all year,"said Kimball."Offensively we did do somefine things," said Kimball. Quar-terback Golga had 120 yards andtwo touchdown passes whileWoodard had one of his bestgames all year, rushing for 96yards and one touchdown.Next weekend the Lakers faceanother very tough opponent asthey travel to Robert Morris Col-lege. "We've got to gel back totask and we've got to do it fast,"said K imball.

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By John MurphySports EditorLast weekend saw four top qual-ity teams compete in the men'ssoccer "Invitational Tourna-ment."Our own Lakers competedexcellently to take the runner upspot to the winners, Gannon. TheLakers played two top ranked re-gional opponents, Northern Ken-tucky whom they destroyed 3-0and Southern Indiana, whom theyended up lying 1-1.. On Saturday afternoon, theMercyhurst men's team lookedas strong and determined as thewet and windy conditions thatsurrounded them.As the game began, both teamsset i led down to play and for muchof thefirsthalf the play was even.Then entered sophomore forward,Shawn Kroener. Less than fiveminutes after coming off he bench

he had the ball in the opponentsnet. He got the ball out wide andtook on the Kentucky defender.Skipping around him, he let flywith an inch perfect shot that gavethe keeper no chance and gave theLakers a 1-0 lead.Minutes later, Kroener had anassist on a well taken goal by theteam's leading scorer, MikeDomm.At the half it was 2-0 to thehome side, and with confident

and composed play they contin-ued to shut down the NorthernKentucky advances effectivelythroughout the second half. TheLakers created a host of scoringopportunities as they outshot theiropponents 13:1.Finally in the 75th minute ofplay one of those shots ended upin Kentucky's goal, courtesy ofJunior forward Ian "Ticker"Dickerson. Dickerson s ha rd workand skill paid offwhen he pouncedon a rebound to stab\home thefind score, of the game."Playing against a team that, onpaper, were a better team than uswit ha 12-1 record, we were rarelytroubled and fully deserved a 3-0win," said coach Rich Hart is.On Sunday thebad weathe r fromthe previous day had returned andconspired to create very poor play-ing conditions on the field. Play-ing against rain, hail, wind andmud, as well as quality regionalopposition .in Southern Indiana,the Lakers drew an unlucky 1-1tic after 120 minutes of play.The Lakers, who dominated thisgame from start to finish, actuallyfell behind to an early SouthernIndiana goal. But this Laker teamwas not about to give in and ral-lied to produce one of its bestperformances of the year.It took some great goalkcepingfrom the visiting keeper to denythe Lakers several good chances

in the first half.Just before half-time the pres-sure paid offand the La kersscoredthe equalizer. It was that managain, sophomore Mike Domm,who was in the right spot at theright time to score his twelfthgoal of the season.The home side never reducedtheir efforts throughout the sec-ond half as they continuallycon-trolled possession and were liter-

ally camped in their opponentshalf. Despite outshooling Indiana6:1 and creating nine comer kicks,the ball would not cross the linefor the Lakers. The ball actuallybeat the keeper twice but stuck inthe muddy goal mouth.With the scores still deadlockedafter 90 minutes, the game wentinto overtime.The Lakers contin-ued to dominate their opponentsbut nature and sheerbad luck con-spired to deny them a winner."We were the stronger team byfar and we battled hard iu regula-tion and overtime," said Hartis.Despite not getting the win theentire team played tremendouslyand showed great commitment.The play of team captain GreigWaddcll, defendersGlenn Francisand Jack Lcngel, and junior for-ward Ian Dickerson really warmedthe hearts of the few supporterswho braved the elements to sup?port the team. 1

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